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They have the standard 'each box may not contain everyone' thing, but most likely a box of 8 has all of them with a double. Then the double may sometimes be the chase. It usually works that way.Gripweed posted:yeah which is really annoying for army builders But those are all unique characters.
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Aphrodite posted:But those are all unique characters. Yeah, and you don't know which one you're gonna get which is annoying for army builders who would want like twenty of a specific one.
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Gripweed posted:Generally you want to do subassemblies first. Although Star Wars ships are pretty simple without many moving parts, so you'll probably be able to get away with painting after final assembly. Bandai kits don't actually need glue, but if you're painting it you'll probably want plastic cement for visible seams. Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I prefer to look over the pieces and do a dry run in my head, trying to balance difficulty in painting post assembly/whether anyone can actually see the area after assembly/chance to screw tone matching up if I paint adjoining areas at different times. Excellent, thanks for the advice guys. I think those Bandai kits will be my next project after I finish up the D&D stuff. Does anyone here have a Black Series Heavy Mandolorian Infantry they'd care to part with or know where I can find one for a decent price? Most of the ones on ebay are going for double retail.
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Gripweed posted:Yeah, and you don't know which one you're gonna get which is annoying for army builders who would want like twenty of a specific one. That's illegal.
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https://twitter.com/Adam16bit/status/1254307215416061953?s=20
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Props to Lanard for convincing Walmart into stocking dollar store GI Joes in slightly different packaging for about the tenth time.
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Gann Jerrod posted:Props to Lanard for convincing Walmart into stocking dollar store GI Joes in slightly different packaging for about the tenth time. Hey their Aliens sets were pretty great. Granted the human figures were not good but the Aliens and vehicles were great.
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Oh, I saw that the other day. Again, not great, but fun that it’s even out there.
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Japan suspended mail to the US, so rip all you anime figure collectors. Looking at you, Rhyno.
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Apr 27, 2020 17:24
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All my poo poo comes from China.
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Apr 27, 2020 17:35
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If you order with DHL shipping you’re fine.
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Nanigans posted:If you order with DHL shipping you’re fine. I think it’s only Japan’s internal postal service.. like EMS which is their version of the USPS. 3rd Party shippers like FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc shouldn’t be affected right?
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Gann Jerrod posted:Props to Lanard for convincing Walmart into stocking dollar store GI Joes in slightly different packaging for about the tenth time. I'm pretty sure they bought the molds for the 90s Jurassic Park dinos and are doing selling them at Walmart too.
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I got the new Rhino Alien Kenner remake figure from NECA, and holy goddamn is it awesome. It’s missing one point of articulation on the back legs that would be useful for stability - I get why they cut it because it lets the sculpt be more faithful to the Kenner toy, but I’d have been okay with them compromising on that so they could put the articulation in. I also kinda wish it had big stompy feet like the Kenner toy but I suspect they did it this way so they could reuse the mold for a Bull Alien.
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Xenomrph posted:I got the new Rhino Alien Kenner remake figure from NECA, and holy goddamn is it awesome. I saw that the other day, and drat he’s huge.
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I’d say the Rhino is about as long as the Mantis Alien is tall; that figure is also huge. Speaking of, what are some good ways to tighten up figure joints? My Mantis Alien’s legs kind of collapse on themselves due to the figure’s weight and he just looks like he’s squatting down.
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Jet Ready Go posted:I think it’s only Japan’s internal postal service.. like EMS which is their version of the USPS. Japan's postal service is just called Japan Post. EMS is a service level under a big international co-op agreement. Something like 200 countries have EMS. It's not always called EMS though. USPS calls theirs Priority Mail Express International. Canada's is XpressPost. It's usually just handled by the postal service of the country but you have some cases like the UK where it's Parcelforce and has its own identity, branding, trucks etc. even though they're part of Royal Mail. Apparently for EMS from Japan to the US they have a 4 month backlog right now. quote:3rd Party shippers like FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc shouldn’t be affected right? They're affected, but for the US it's minor. Like DHL is reporting 1 extra day wait. They have their own planes so it's just the heightened security and volume that's slowing them down. Postal services like Japan Post ship most of their stuff on commercial flights though, and well...
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Xenomrph posted:
a *TINY* dab of Pledge floor polish, or if your brave, put some super glue in the joint, and keep it moving while the glue sets.
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Xenomrph posted:I got the new Rhino Alien Kenner remake figure from NECA, and holy goddamn is it awesome. He is awesome. Does the "removable" headpiece on yours not want to stay attached as well? On mine it is only held on by the horn it slots around. Otherwise there's no friction or anything to hold it in place.
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Shiftypenguin posted:He is awesome. Does the "removable" headpiece on yours not want to stay attached as well? On mine it is only held on by the horn it slots around. Otherwise there's no friction or anything to hold it in place. Mine stays on pretty well, not as bad as I was expecting. If it really came down to it I was ready to glue mine in place because the ridges underneath are a neat touch but not being able to see them is far from a dealbreaker for me; the dome look is way, way better.
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Xenomrph posted:Mine stays on pretty well, not as bad as I was expecting. If it really came down to it I was ready to glue mine in place because the ridges underneath are a neat touch but not being able to see them is far from a dealbreaker for me; the dome look is way, way better. Ah. Maybe mine is a bit defective. I have to remove the dome to pose it, otherwise it'll fall off. I too like the under-the-dome texture and think it looks cool. If the dome were more transparent (like on some of the vanilla alien characters) I'd be all for glueing it on as well.
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My MAFEX Cyclops missed the EMS cutoff by a day and has been sitting at the shopping post office for 3 weeks now.
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Joe Fisto posted:My MAFEX Cyclops missed the EMS cutoff by a day and has been sitting at the shopping post office for 3 weeks now. It probably wouldn't have helped anyway. Mail to Canada isn't shut down, and mine is still stuck in Posting/Collections for 10 days.
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Hot Toys Spider-Gwen announced also comes with Spider-Ham.
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Vintersorg posted:Hot Toys Spider-Gwen announced also comes with Spider-Ham. It’s up on Sideshow, no deposit
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Well, I was annoyed that the exclusive version of Gordon Freeman sold out on Mondo (as well as the regular one), but I found the regular one for 179.99 and free shipping on surethingtoys.com so yay for saving 20 bucks and whatever shipping would have ran. I can always print and paint a head crab.
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For some reason Amazon decided that I only needed 5 of the 7 figures in the Gamerverse wave. I don't need Leader and Mar-Vell I guess.
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Enh, what can you really do with toys that have the power of really smart and cancer?
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Joe Fisto posted:For some reason Amazon decided that I only needed 5 of the 7 figures in the Gamerverse wave. I don't need Leader and Mar-Vell I guess. I got Dark Beast and Wild Thing. Not the best when what I really wanted was Sugar Man.
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Cloks posted:I got Dark Beast and Wild Thing. Not the best when what I really wanted was Sugar Man. I got suckered into grabbing Sunfire and Dark Beast, might end up grabbing Morph too. If so, you can have the BAF pieces off me for cheap, if you want.
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Fuzz posted:I got suckered into grabbing Sunfire and Dark Beast, might end up grabbing Morph too. If so, you can have the BAF pieces off me for cheap, if you want. I appreciate it but I managed to order them all from Amazon, I just have no idea when they'll ship.
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Oh, so you're Waiting for Sugarman.
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Joe Fisto posted:For some reason Amazon decided that I only needed 5 of the 7 figures in the Gamerverse wave. I don't need Leader and Mar-Vell I guess. I cancelled my amazon order for The Child and re-ordered on BBTS. Amazon workers, along with Target, Instacart, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods workers, are currently on strike due to unsafe working conditions from coronavirus. Sorry to bring politics into this thread but y’all should not be crossing the virtual picket line (unless of course you disagree with the workers’ demands) As for the Gamerverse line, did you check Gamestop? They’ve had a lot of that stuff on sale recently, although the availability for shipping vs. store pick-up is pretty inconsistent. Edit: VVVV Power to the penguins! Chill Penguin fucked around with this message at 21:22 on May 2, 2020 |
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Chill Penguin posted:I cancelled my amazon order for The Child and re-ordered on BBTS. Amazon workers, along with Target, Instacart, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods workers, are currently on strike due to unsafe working conditions from coronavirus. Sorry to bring politics into this thread but y’all should not be crossing the virtual picket line (unless of course you disagree with the workers’ demands) I did the same, but with Dorkside and they had my order to me in 5 days presumably without the human rights violations. Edit: I just noticed our username combo. Us penguin folks are apparently getting uppity. Shiftypenguin fucked around with this message at 16:35 on May 2, 2020 |
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Finally got a couple of action figures that were stranded in the other side of the border for a couple of months:   First is SHF Infinity War Hulk. This figure is just awesome. It's a really beefy figure, bigger than Figma Hulk and I think it's a little bit bigger than the ML one. Probably the definitive 1/12 Hulk.    I also got Mezco Freddy for a good price on ebay. It's kinda annoying how the sweater is not screen accurate, but I don't mind that much. I expected the lovely Joker body they use for thin characters on this figure, but they used and improved body with double jointed elbows and knees, so the articulation is top notch. There isn't that many accesories included, but they compensated with 4 amazing headsculpts and what's probably the best Mezco base I have seen.
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The sweater is screen accurate for the first film.
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CelticPredator posted:The sweater is screen accurate for the first film. Holy poo poo, it's true! It's been so long since I watched the first movie that my mental image of Freddy it's closest to the other films were the sweater has the green strips on the arms.
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Yeah to be fair to you he’s had the stripped sweater from 2 onward. Basically that’s Freddy’s main look entirely. One is the singular outlier
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Kingping was announced as a Marvel Legends release in the Spider-Man vintage line. $30, can be pre-ordered on most sites now. I'm only buying him because my Shadow King head needs a home. https://marvelousnews.com/252-26868
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I had a huge collection of those Spidey animated series figures but I gave them all to some neighborhood kid about 10 years ago. I remember buying the Rhino figure with 30 of my own dollars at a collector toy store. It was super rare and I was like 11 years old edit: since its may 4 which I guess is a new holiday here's some bad cell phone pictures of my star wars figures  
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