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Golden Goblin's new costume looking weird... I had no idea those armor figures were metal. That's badass. I just thought they were expensive lil hyperposeable and stylized mafex style figs. That magneto is badass!
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Golden Goblin's new costume looking weird... That's the best part: they're so hefty. My one gripe is that the heads and hands are just plastic and they feel, not cheap, but less-premium than the rest of the figure. That said, I haven't had issues with any of them. Joints are all sturdy without being difficult to move, good range of motion. I'm a big fan
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CelticPredator posted:For 150 bucks I’d like the eyes to be printed correctly Yeah like if this was a $100 figure I'd just shrug and honestly probably have a go at repainting it. But $140 is high, especially considering that the Yen is tanked right now.
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Vintersorg posted:He's loving perfect!!! Gonna get this JJ and make him yell at me for photos of Spider-Man edit: Jet Jaguar Jameson would be a good username
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Gripweed posted:Who does good bouncy balls these days? Have you tried hitting up vending machines in grocery stores?
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Nerd Of Prey posted:Have you tried hitting up vending machines in grocery stores? Those often have a mold line that can throw off the bounce. And sometimes even a slightly misaligned mold In which case you might as well go gently caress yourself.
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The professional bouncy ball league player has logged in.
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I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want a quality bouncy ball with a reliable bounce.
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Is there anything that can be done to fix/stop plastic weeping? I pulled my NECA Simpsons Weird Al figure out of storage to display and the back of his hair is very gummy and you can noticeably see where it's weeping. Got it all over my hands before I realized what was going on. I know this happens, but it's my first time ever running into it in person.
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Some of the stuff I got recently:         Amazing figures all around. The flutted armor is the only one that's kind of hard to handle since the torso seems to like to pop off with any mild manipulation.
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I have that dread suit en route, what pushed me over the edge to get it was the magnetized wallgrab panel
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Captain Invictus posted:I have that dread suit en route, what pushed me over the edge to get it was the magnetized wallgrab panel
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Did anyone buy the Snake Eyes set that came with the white repaint of Timber? It was deeply discounted on Walmart.com recently, but sold out at all my local stores. https://www.walmart.com/ip/G-I-Joe-Classified-Series-Snake-Eyes-and-Timber-Kids-Toy-Action-Figure-for-Boys-and-Girls-11/893660860 I'd be interested in that Snake Eyes figure for a custom, if anyone just wanted white Timber from the set.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Did anyone buy the Snake Eyes set that came with the white repaint of Timber? It was deeply discounted on Walmart.com recently, but sold out at all my local stores. That guy has been going pretty cheap for a while, looks like the best deal right now is $27 at Best Buy. Hey, they lived up to their name! I picked one up cheap at Target months ago, kind of an impulse buy, but I'm not looking to get rid of it at this point.
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Gripweed posted:Who does good bouncy balls these days? Maybe try this?
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There were a lot of good guesses about my jungle environment the other day, but nobody got it. My latest creation is actually all-but-forgotten early-90's PC-shareware platform-jumper Jill of the Jungle!   "Tarzan but he's a hot chick in a bikini instead" is a really well-worn trope in pulp fiction, dating almost as far back as Tarzan himself. Off the top of my head there's Rima, Sheena, Shanna, Jungle Girl, Cavewoman, and who knows how many others. There's only one with a special place in my heart, though, and that's Jill of the Jungle.       This was a game I played the hell out of in my formative years. if you're not familiar with it I found a pretty good video explaining what the hell it is. Basically this was an above-average platform game with nice graphics for its time and cool music, and also one of the few early examples of an action game with a female protagonist. I think of Jill as kind of a precursor to Lara Croft, but there's really not much of a Jill of the Jungle fandom left in the world today. If I didn't make a Jill figure myself it was definitely never going to happen. As a 12-year-old I was particularly drawn to the suggestive vine-climbing animation!    This figure was built using a cheap wrestler figure as the base, but I chopped it up and totally re-engineered a lot of the articulation and completely changed the body proportions. An extensive amount of custom sculpting was involved. I had looked for a long time and never found a base figure that looked right for the project, so I basically built my own, using this cheap toy as sort of a framework to build on top of. The head used to be a Lara Croft head left over from a custom project of many years ago, but even that I carved down and extensively resculpted because I didn't want it to be recognizable as anyone else. Lots of scratch building here. Her hair started as layers of fabric soaked in glue, then I sculpted on top of that with epoxy putty.        At some point while I was building the figure I was struck by a persistent nagging thought: She's not Jill of the loving Shelf, she's Jill of the Jungle, and she's not going to look good displayed anywhere but in a large jungle environment. So I started simultaneously building this huge diorama display. It's got vines that can be moved around a few different ways, including the one she can climb, because that's important, and swappable day and night sky backgrounds with a hidden LED light to illuminate them. (It's actually pretty hard to photograph the backlit display, as it turns out.) I thought about adding some little animals or other accessories to the jungle but I didn't want to steal too much focus from Jill in the end.      No two pieces of promotional art ever looked the same for this character, so there wasn't a solid visual to work from in that regard, but I wanted this to be the character I pictured in my head.  My main inspiration outside of the actual game sprite was the art of Frank Frazetta. I felt like Jill of the Jungle was a Frazetta Girl at heart. He specifically painted a lot of sexy women in jungle environments, and they always looked like they could kick your rear end. His women were voluptuous, but also really beefy and strong-looking. Probably my favorite painting of his was "Moon's Rapture," which is kinda NSFW so I won't post it here, but look it up. I kept a copy of that in my folder of reference images. That's what inspired the full moon in the night background. And the big butt. (I can not lie.)     Will anyone but me ever care about this? Probably not. But I own the only Jill of the Jungle action figure that will probably ever exist, and I like it.
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That Jill figure is spot-on. You produce some incredible customs. That diorama, though, is something else. I've wondered how folks go about creating environmental props, and yours is a fantastic insight. E: "moon's rapture" lmao indeed, what a caked-up butt
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That is incredibly rad; excellent job! It's all super good, but man I love the texture and tears you got on the clothes. Thanks for sharing I love seeing this kind of stuff.
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Nerd Of Prey that was a fantastic read - thanks for sharing! Amazing work!!!
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Gotta agree with everyone that reading the process and also seeing the process of making that fig was incredible. Not to mention it’s an absolutely incredible fig.  I wish I had those kinda skills. I’d love to make some custom figs but I don’t even know where/how to start.
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That Jill is fantastic and I really love that you share your process as well! Tamashii Nations has announced that they are releasing a Jumbo Machinder Mazinger Z for it's 50th anniversary!  NGL I might try and get one to relive my childhood. Fingers crossed that if this one does well they re-release a Brave Raiden as well (I loved mine)
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How much is that going to be selling for? Got a good friend that'll love this.
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Roughly $140 but you'll need a proxy purchaser and then ship it from Japan. The package won't weigh much at all but it'll be big. https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14741/?wovn=en
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Mezco announcing their animated Batman line along with a nice looking Batmobile. The set is $125 USD https://www.mezcotoyz.com/5-points-batman-tas
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Comics best couple is now complete 
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My Ultimates Destroyah and 1200° C Godzilla arrived today. Haven’t opened them up yet, but they look amazing, way better than the Biollante wave. Destroyah is so loving huge though, I was not thinking about space when I bought these 
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BSS: Bisexual Super Son > BSS Action Figure Megathread VIII -Big Mean Jerk posted:I was not thinking
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My Ultimates Destroyah and 1200° C Godzilla arrived today. Haven’t opened them up yet, but they look amazing, way better than the Biollante wave. I look forward to the photos!
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Anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the rest of the Batman Mcfarlane DC Direct set? I came across Scarecrow at Target and fell in love with it. I want the rest of them now so I can make Condiment Man.
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IG-88 posted:Anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the rest of the Batman Mcfarlane DC Direct set? I came across Scarecrow at Target and fell in love with it. I want the rest of them now so I can make Condiment Man. They’re Target exclusive figures, so options are limited
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IG-88 posted:Anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the rest of the Batman Mcfarlane DC Direct set? I came across Scarecrow at Target and fell in love with it. I want the rest of them now so I can make Condiment Man. Rotting on the pegs at target. You’ll probably find them. They’re all over the place
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Feeling like getting jerked around on my HASLAB HISS, still no shipping confirmation, nothing. I've contacted them twice, the first time said it was shipping that day which was good enough, a week later and still no HISS contacted them again and was told it would ship soon and that I needed to keep an eye on my email. It's basically a fart on the wind at this point.
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CelticPredator posted:Rotting on the pegs at target. You’ll probably find them. They’re all over the place my gf is gonna drive my drunk rear end around now to look for them, wish me luck
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