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Joe Fisto posted:Todd, why do you do this? He's like a classic eccentric millionaire just doing whatever the hell he wants with his toy company, absolutely not giving a gently caress if it's what anyone would call a "good idea," and you have to kind of admire that. He's just like, let's do the entire classic Justice League, but only as snarling vampires. Let's clog the pegs with bizarre characters nobody wants, with a new wave every four days. Let's take the few products with universal appeal and make them exclusives and rare chase variants, and just watch the collectors trip over each other. gently caress you, nerds!
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Sanschel posted:https://store-horsemen.myshopify.com/products/pre-order-bodvar-deluxe-beast Yeah, it's just the neck piece to switch out. He has both a neutral head and an open mouth head. He's very tall -- a little taller than a ML troll. Looks great in person
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Joe Fisto posted:Picked up the "collector edition" Firestorm and Sinestro. I am a sucker for the goofy classic costumes so Firestorm rules. Sinestro is nice and classic as well. I just bit the bullet and grabbed Hawkman on eBay for $60, sucks to pay that but I got impatient waiting for a lottery I may not even win to have the option to purchase for $40 shipped. I’ll say he’s very nice with Jay and Alan, even though I hate the greasy black hair sticking out of his mask, but it would’ve been nice to just pick him up like a normal drat figure.
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The_Doctor posted:I wish they did him in other outfits. He’s in that one for about 3 seconds before any player changes it. Like me.
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Cheesus posted:I'm not sure what any toy company could do to meet anything resembling TOTK gameplay expectations of outfits short of an additional $50-$200 of extra arms/legs/torsos. Even if they were able to come up with 70% solution, you'd still have people whining about their missing favorite outfit like "Buh-buh...where's the Ancient Heroes Aspect?!!!!!" Let’s not be obtuse about this. The players demand the Gerudo outfit.
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Gripweed posted:Let’s not be obtuse about this. The players demand the Gerudo outfit. And we all know what they’ll do with it if they get it
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Gripweed posted:Let’s not be obtuse about this. The players demand the Gerudo outfit. How bold of you to assume I make Link wear clothes. 
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please make link wear close thanks
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Any clue when TOTK Link will go up for preorder? That's an instant cop for me
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epsilon posted:Any clue when TOTK Link will go up for preorder? That's an instant cop for me It's usually quite a while from these unpainted prototype announcements. In some cases, years.
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Samus from metroid Dread was first announced with just concept art in Feb ‘22 and released in October ‘23, so figure 18 months give or take if we’re seeing an actual prototype.
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Target tonight was well-stocked with the new Moon Knight, and I picked one up. I don't like the airbrush blast of gray on his chest. I think it was a weird, bad choice. I feel like they did this to help add contrast to the moon logo, but in execution it has the opposite effect and really distracts from it. If they wanted the logo to be white, I could see airbrushing gray around that for contrast, but the silver with a black border stands out fine from a white background on its own. They also did airbrushing under the hood, around his eyes, and on his cape, which doesn't look as bad but I'd still rather they didn't. All I ever wanted from Moon Knight was an all-white suit with no bullshit, which this basically is, but they didn't really stick the landing. I simply picked out the one with the least gray airbrushing, but I might still try to scrub it off with some acetone later, or just paint white over it. Or maybe I'll just say gently caress it and bask in the awkwardness for the life of this toy. He's otherwise cool. It's an old buck with pinned joints which I don't love, but that's not really a gripe, because with his all-white suit they're hard to notice. I understand it's basically a reissue too. He comes with a pearl white version of Gambit's staff, which looks cool. The little crescent shuriken he comes with are some of the smallest accessories I've ever seen. His belt is really nicely detailed. He looks good on a shelf, weird gray paint and all. My favorite Moon Knight figure is still the MCU one - that guy is rad. But I did really want a comics-based one.
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No idea what the gently caress this is from.  Doesn't ring a bell from the comics.
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Backwards S is a definite Bizarro thing, but that’s the Man of Steel movie costume in purple. Is it literally just Bizarro SnyderSupes?
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Why you say that? My mom named Artham too.
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Nerd Of Prey posted:
Isopropyl Alcohol is better for this, doesn't harm the plastic.
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There are people over on the Action Figure subreddit who actively collect and display the little space marine toys from the dollar store. I don’t know if they’re kids or adults, but I think that’s adorable. Good for them.
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They’re pretty neat for what they are. If you want something that evokes older lines that’s the one to do it. There’s vehicles and weapon packs, monsters ect All for a dollar twenty five
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Joe Fisto posted:space marine toys from the dollar store. CelticPredator posted:
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Welcome to America
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CelticPredator posted:Welcome to America Hope you survive the experience!
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Chuckles back in stock if you need him: https://hasbropulse.com/products/g-i-joe-classified-series-philip-chuckles-provost-75
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The Last Call posted:Chuckles back in stock if you need him: Dumb question: Was he always 42 bucks?
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Dawgstar posted:Dumb question: Was he always 42 bucks? Yup
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Dawgstar posted:Dumb question: Was he always 42 bucks? Plus loving shipping if you’re not subscribed to their little club. The price on that guy is absurd. I still don’t regret getting him though, he’s a really fun figure to have. I don’t care much about the fancy box and all the accessories, but they’re good. If he was just a regular release in a regular box at a normal price, that guy would be a must-have. Weird choice to make him so limited.
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Some recent acquisitions:   The Limtoys Arthur Morgan is especially impressive in person, and comes with a crazy amount of accessories.
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I was just wondering why nobody has made action figures of the original Blade Runner. I know NECA did a couple based on the sequel, which is a great movie, but I want Deckard in his oversized coat, and Roy clutching a dove, and Priss in her war paint. Someone go poke NECA.
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License issues. Or lack of interest. The 2049 figures didn’t do so hot.
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Nerd Of Prey posted:I was just wondering why nobody has made action figures of the original Blade Runner. I know NECA did a couple based on the sequel, which is a great movie, but I want Deckard in his oversized coat, and Roy clutching a dove, and Priss in her war paint. Someone go poke NECA. Blade Runner TMNT figures on the way! Donatello talking about how he made some replicant foot soldier's eyes, Mikey complaining about soy based pepperoni, April in shoulderpads wearing her hair high and tight, let's go Fuzz fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Nov 14, 2023 |
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I don't usually get high end figures, but I got Super7 Ultimates Slash and Metalhead on steep discount from BBTS, and these things are dangerous. I can never justify a full collection at $55 a piece, but I absolutely wish I could. The attention to detail on these is insane.
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Stumbled onto Mafex Catwoman being back and stock and Amazon helpfully implying people also bought it with Mafex Nightwing and Huntress and almost did it.
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Mr. Yuk posted:I don't usually get high end figures, but I got Super7 Ultimates Slash and Metalhead on steep discount from BBTS, and these things are dangerous. I can never justify a full collection at $55 a piece, but I absolutely wish I could. The attention to detail on these is insane. That line was great but unfortunately either Playmates or Nickelodeon told then they can no longer release updated versions of the old toys. That's the rumor, anyway.
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  Hope he comes with a sixth scale almond joy. Also, for the Hellboy fans, this... gal. 
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CelticPredator posted:License issues. Or lack of interest. The 2049 figures didn’t do so hot. The 2049 movie kinda bombed on its release, but it's gained esteem over time - which is funny because that follows the pattern of the original movie - but anyway I'm not surprised the figures didn't sell well, they were kinda visually boring (old Harrison Ford in a plain gray t-shirt, whee) and also based on a movie that wasn't performing well at the time. I don't think the distribution was that hot either, I never saw them in stores. Again, I loved 2049, that's a great movie, but the characters in the original were a lot more toyetic if you ask me. I figure somebody would need to acquire the license, and NECA probably didn't buy the rights to both movies at once. Basically I only shouted them out as a company because they specialize in classic 80s sci-fi movies great and small, and it seems very much in their wheelhouse. Honestly kind of a coincidence that they made the toys from the new Blade Runner movie, because they don't do that much new movie material, vintage properties are way more the kind of thing they do. It's not like they're afraid of cult status. I mean, Gargoyles was a pretty loving deep cut, nobody expected that, but they turned that toy line into a juggernaut and now nobody questions that choice. I think they would have had way more success making figures from the original movie in the lead-up to the sequel, building up a little hype with the established audience in the process, and then do figures from the sequel if that did well. Missed opportunity, if you ask me. Anyway, Blade Runner has been a top 3 favorite movie of mine for decades, and the lack of merch has always been a little frustrating. I take what I can get. I have not sought out the 1/6 scale bootleg Deckard figures that exist cause I'm not much of a 1/6 guy and they're super expensive. Replicas of his gun are plentiful and often affordable, but I'm not really a gun guy or prop guy either. I do have a few things that are pretty cool; the tiny police spinner and origami unicorn that came with the big fancy DVD box set (yes, I've watched all five cuts) and a two-foot-wide Blade Runner logo transparency thing that was made to go in a movie theater's ticket booth:  Currently posted up over my closet, but maybe someday I can set up some kind of cool light box for it.
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Shiftypenguin posted:That line was great but unfortunately either Playmates or Nickelodeon told then they can no longer release updated versions of the old toys. That's the rumor, anyway. Apparently a new handshake agreement is they can still do vintage figures, but at X% of total releases. So the next wave will be 4 2003 Turtles and the wave after that will be 3 vintage and 1 something else. I guess this agreement made everyone happy. Also, supposedly Super 7 had a bunch of vintage stuff already sculpted and ready for production so this could go on for quite a while. Also, I've literally never heard a good thing about how playmates does business.
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There’s supposed to be a new wave announced today. Here’s the updated Rat King https://twitter.com/itstherocketeer/status/1724453289893478461?s=46&t=2Vl5mZOAuXyv2LbW1v-6cQ
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I hope someone gets around to doing good TMNT Mutant Mayhem figures. The current ones are nice but everyone’s face is all  when that’s not really their personality in the movie (aside from Raph). Also some additional articulation wouldn’t hurt.
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The_Doctor posted:I hope someone gets around to doing good TMNT Mutant Mayhem figures. The current ones are nice but everyone’s face is all These turtles I can get into yeah
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