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Aphrodite posted:I have no interest in Goro but I assume the lineup would also include humans (and near humans) in cool sci-fi gear too. I think that a skeleton in a space suit is a must at this point
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What series is that from, anyway? Is it a game thing?
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Mythic (and now Cosmic I guess) Legions are all original creations but with a healthy dose of completely shameless ripoff.
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:Colorways are one of my favorite things about Sofubi. is there a certain type of paint that works best on these vinyl figures? i've been wanting to try improving on some of the original paint jobs
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Sep 2, 2021 17:39
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I’m expecting lots of star wars-adjacent characters. Dark Invader, and his enemy Lars Skyrunner.
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Sep 2, 2021 17:42
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gently caress, I’m all about weird aliens and knock-off Star Wars designs
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Sep 2, 2021 17:47
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Invicta{HOG}, M.D. posted:I think that a skeleton in a space suit is a must at this point I am in trouble if this shows up. I've been debating making a sixth scale custom but the suits are SO GODDAMNED EXPENSIVE.
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Sep 2, 2021 17:58
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Also definitely some KO stormtrooper they can repaint to infinity and people will want for armybuilding.
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I would hope for some cool robots. I kind of always hope for cool robots in general.
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Sep 2, 2021 18:51
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Found these guys today, now I just need to find that flocked Panthor. I saw one a week or so ago, but the packaging was beat all to hell so I passed on it.  I thought I would also share my best MOTU piece, a gift from my sister. 
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CRAYON posted:is there a certain type of paint that works best on these vinyl figures? i've been wanting to try improving on some of the original paint jobs Yes. I’ll make an effortpost when I’m not just on my phone.
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Aphrodite posted:Mythic (and now Cosmic I guess) Legions are all original creations but with a healthy dose of completely shameless ripoff. I have like 80 or so of these figs, but man it's tough to keep supporting these guys. They have straight up stolen art from people for some of their designs, which is skeezy. Also, the figurehead Cornboy was openly liking a (too young for a 40 something) girl promoting her onlyfans account to buy Legions. He was also looking for 3-somes on Reddit, but I don't think he realized other people could see that (or doesn't care). I still havent run across that new He-man/Battlecat set. The last time I mentioned not finding MOTU here I found it on my next trip, so fingers crossed!
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:I have like 80 or so of these figs, but man it's tough to keep supporting these guys. They have straight up stolen art from people for some of their designs, which is skeezy. Also, the figurehead Cornboy was openly liking a (too young for a 40 something) girl promoting her onlyfans account to buy Legions. He was also looking for 3-somes on Reddit, but I don't think he realized other people could see that (or doesn't care). Do you mind elaborating on the stolen art thing? This is the first I've heard of any of it The rest of it is whatever honestly. What adults choose to do in their free time is on them. I'm presuming she's an adult given she has an Only Fans page but unless this guy has been grooming or worse, I don't really see the issue with what he does in his private life.
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This popped up on eBay. 1:1 silicone Bobby Causey sculpt. I’m more than a little tempted. 
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Burkion posted:Do you mind elaborating on the stolen art thing? This is the first I've heard of any of it The two egregious examples I recall are the Goblin LB head (which is awesome) being ripped of some old RPG, and one of the elf swords ripped straight off of a dude on deviant art who drew a bunch of elven weapons. I'll have to see if I can dig up pics. Edit: Large Elven Sowrd: http://www.sourcehorsemen.com/mythic-legions/armory-weapons/large-elven-sword vs Feanor on: https://www.deviantart.com/atohas/art/Elven-Weapons-Silmarillion-331442392 Dwarf Long Sword: http://www.sourcehorsemen.com/mythic-legions/armory-weapons/dwarf-long-sword vs https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/rdjpwns/lotr-swords/ As far as the dude's sexual proclivities, I mean he can do what he wants, but have some decorum to separate that poo poo from your job / toy line...imo. S.W.O.R.D. Agent fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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I just wish Four Horseman would work on their engineering. Their articulating is even worse than DST, which is already impressively bad.
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Sep 2, 2021 22:16
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They should work on not having me wait two years for my preorders all while asking for more and more preorders. Then when my thing ships and is missing something, it took four months of almost daily emails to get their lazy asses that won’t hire customer service to do anything.
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Caesarian Sectarian posted:They should work on not having me wait two years for my preorders all while asking for more and more preorders. Then when my thing ships and is missing something, it took four months of almost daily emails to get their lazy asses that won’t hire customer service to do anything. There's only four guys in the company and they gotta designa and manufacture and ship everything. You think they're called 100 Horsemen?
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So the only current thing I've sort of been collecting and displaying are KAWS companions. My partner and I just bought a house in an expensive market so my art and art toy collecting has gone to the wayside but I still love reading about toy hunts and the like.
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Got Darkseid in But the big surprise package is coming, though only Gatos will super care about what it brings. Also part 7 Jason is going to force me to rearrange my display again when he finally arrives
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CRAYON posted:is there a certain type of paint that works best on these vinyl figures? i've been wanting to try improving on some of the original paint jobs So the BEST paint to use is vinyl paint. It's what is used in Japan. It bonds to the vinyl, dries incredibly quickly and best of all, actually flexes with the vinyl if the figure is malformed by squeezing it or heating. This is incredibly useful to kids toys made out of soft vinyl that are tossed around and played with. The paint won't flake off or scratch easily at all. Now the bad news; When atomized in an airbrush, the paint is really loving toxic (xylene based reducer is used) and you should have really serious ventilation and a proper respirator with appropriate filters. And furthermore: the paints are really really difficult to get a hold of. There was one company importing them from Japan (Gunnzo.com) and just before the pandemic, they started their own label called Mad Ape Ninja. Of course, the Pandemic came and they couldn't import them anymore. You can still find MAN on their site but it's all in "pre-order". There is a fishing lure company that makes vinyl pain in the US but they are UV reactive day-glow colors. This makes them matte and their chroma fades quickly compared to regular vinyl paints. The colors that I do use from them, like white, black, baby bass green and a few others have a very low pigment load and you need to do 2-4 coats instead of the usual one or so. You can also use CS brand vinyl thinner (Component Systems paint is the fishing lure paint I mentioned - https://www.csipaint.com/products/liquid-coatings/vinyl-paint-lure-jig-finish.php ) and mix it with Mr. Color lacquer (gundam paints) to airbrush and it will cure properly on soft vinyl! This is a really good compromise and actually has a huge palette. Use CS clear to add a little bit of thickness to that mix since thinning down Mr. Color will make it TOO thin. Also remember not to do this kind of mix with the Mr. Color Aqueos line as those are water based acrylics. I was told this trick by a toy maker in Japan. He mentioned he learned it while working for a medium-sized soft vinyl maker in Japan and said a lot of toy makers over there do this. There is a new company that is making vinyl paints specifically for toy customizers and they will be shipping really soon. I've received a couple samples and the stuff is really, really legit. Check https://www.vinylwonder.com/ for those! The guy behind it, James Sizemore, is a toy maker himself (Check out IG WonderGoblin) and has done all the chemistry right, investing literally tens of thousands of dollars into proper paint milling equipment. Vinyl Wonder is going to become the soft vinyl paint available in the USA. You can, of course, use other paints. Many art toy makers use automotive lacquers. There are tons of really wild colors out there, but the disadvantages is that they scratch easily, and if the vinyl is squeezed the paint can crack. This isn't a huge problem for most art toy collectors since they just display their pieces and don't move them around and play with them. I know Monster Kolor is a lacquer that is used by a lot of makers. I tried it for the first year of painting sofubi but eventually I tried VColor (the Japanese brand sold by Gunnzo) and was hooked, even though VColor has a much more limited palette. I just like how it's so durable. I know of some makers who will also use things like Vallejo figure paints, acrylics, and even gouache, but you have to prime the figures beforehand and still those are delicate paints. The professional vinyl pain in Japan is known as FOK, and that stuff is MAGIC. The color pallet is somewhat limited, but it has a high, high pigment load, and since they make Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and Black as part of their line, someone with color knowledge can REALLY mix some serious colors with them. These are industrial paints though, and also due to their highly flammable nature are just not available in the States at all. I, um, happened to get some though and it's fantastic. The purple on that Godzilla Ultima I painted is FOK Violet. Anyway, good luck! edie: Burkion posted:
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Endless Mike posted:There's only four guys in the company and they gotta designa and manufacture and ship everything. You think they're called 100 Horsemen? They should hire more Horsemen!
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I don't know how Five Guys keep all those restaurants open; poor dudes must be so overworked.
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:Bitchin' paint info! So where does the color of the vinyl itself come in? Is that just dye or pigment added to the vinyl? Same with the sparkly stuff?
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Anyone have any experience with NECA's Puppet Master figures? I loved the movies and the figures look good but they seem to be permanently discounted by 45%.
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Only real complaint I've had with any NECA stuff is they use really lovely plastic, so their figs can be brittle. If you don't gorilla hands them or leave them in the sun you should be fine to pickup whatever.
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The_Doctor posted:I’m expecting lots of star wars-adjacent characters. Dark Invader, and his enemy Lars Skyrunner. I would love some not-40k stuff. Chaos Cultists, Mechanicus guys, Inquisition retinue guys, it would easy to do figures that are recognizably those things while also being legally distinct.
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:Only real complaint I've had with any NECA stuff is they use really lovely plastic, so their figs can be brittle. If you don't gorilla hands them or leave them in the sun you should be fine to pickup whatever. Yeah that and brittle joints I've heard was a big complaint a few years ago but I've also heard they improved a lot lately.
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I need to share this amazing eBay listing for Ex Nihilo from the Marvel Legends line: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Legends-Ex-Nihilo-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-loose-Hasbro-2017-/274928515991
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It's nothing soft nor cat related, but it's certainly filling some holes I have in my toku corners that I've wanted taken care of for a while
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Joe Fisto posted:I thought I would also share my best MOTU piece, a gift from my sister. This is loving great. drat, Skeletor has some ta-tas! Cloks posted:I need to share this amazing eBay listing for Ex Nihilo from the Marvel Legends line: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Legends-Ex-Nihilo-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-loose-Hasbro-2017-/274928515991 This is also loving great, and well worth the click. Thank you.
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thiccabod posted:I don't know how Five Guys keep all those restaurants open; poor dudes must be so overworked. It's Five Guys per restaurant, duh. 
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:So where does the color of the vinyl itself come in? Is that just dye or pigment added to the vinyl? Same with the sparkly stuff? Whatever color you order. Some factories will even let you chose by Pantone colors, smaller ones don't usually though because you have to order the vinyl in 16 liter cans from the manufacturer of the liquid vinyl, and they don't go through that much of a particular color sometimes. The place I go through I send pictures of the colors I want and hopefully they match it or at least as close enough. This has only really been disappointing to me once when I ordered hot pink and got more of a bubblegum pink instead of the eye-searing pink I was wanting. For glitter (known as lamé in Japan) it's added to clear vinyl, but you can only use certain sized glitter because you don't want to add a rough texture to the vinyl, making paint masks useless. There are methods for adding big glitter and such but it's more expensive and some places don't want to do it because it's a technique that is physically more difficult and produces more waste vinyl.
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Cloks posted:I need to share this amazing eBay listing for Ex Nihilo from the Marvel Legends line: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Legends-Ex-Nihilo-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-loose-Hasbro-2017-/274928515991 The best way to list loose figures Ed: Gatos, I'm really glad for your honest and informative posts about sofubi because they paint (lol) a clear picture that I just don't have the logistics to get into the hobby wrt production. Do you have any IG accounts to follow for designs similar to this guy, who I've posted/you seem to know about? I like more bizarre designs & kaiju stuff I blame my inner edgelord DJ Fuckboy Supreme fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:The best way to list loose figures https://www.instagram.com/paulkaiju/ <--- Paul Kaiju is HIGHLY sought after and makes some amazing stuff. Priced $$$$ https://www.instagram.com/mutantvinylhardcore/ <--- also highly collectible and $$$ especially on the aftermarket https://www.instagram.com/shirahamatoy/ <--- American who lives in Japan and has his own soft vinyl making facility. Probably the best maker of marbled soft vinyls ever as well. https://www.instagram.com/blobpus/ <--- Japanese maker who does weird paint jobs as well. https://www.instagram.com/lulubell_toys/ <--- toy shop in AZ that also has lots of soft vinyl that are made by their partner in Japan. Unusual and lots of times really well priced sofubi of their own making. https://www.instagram.com/grodyshogun/ <---Lulubelle Toys man in Japan. Luke does weird and fun sculptures and isn't afraid of taking strange risks or using old parts from other old toys like doll heads to make new soft vinyls. https://www.instagram.com/sqdblstr/ <--- another ExPat in Japan who makes some fun stuff. GATOS Y VATOS fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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I've booked tickets for one of the bigger comic cons here in the UK for November. I'm thinking of saving a wad of cash between now and then, to see if I can finish my vintage MOTU collection that I've had since I was a kid. The only figures I need are Scare Glow, Randor, Sorceress and Blast Attak, so big money figures. These figs weren't widely available over here when they were released, so not exactly easy to find, but I think this is the year to finish the collection one way or another. Pitwar fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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Joe Fisto posted:I thought I would also share my best MOTU piece, a gift from my sister. Is there an artist for this thing? I would love to see their other work.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Ed: Gatos, I'm really glad for your honest and informative posts about sofubi because they paint (lol) a clear picture that I just don't have the logistics to get into the hobby wrt production. This is 100% how I feel. Gonna keep the dream alive though, lol.
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From the Funny Pictures thread For Mega Construx MOTU fans Big Bad Toy Store has preorders for the Land Shark - https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/176789 and Hordak Strikes - https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/176796 no pics, but I think those will come at PowerCon. Also, Amazon has the last Mega MOTU Heroes wave for order again, which isn't selling out as fast as the last time they listed it https://www.amazon.com/Mega-HBP37-Masters-Universe-Heroes/dp/B08V3KG5PN?tag=transformers-20 Finally Mega is doing a Slime Pit - coming sometime? 
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