This Week In Your Plastic Crack, Action Figures and Toy Collection 26 26

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 hour ago, D84 said:

After over 2 decades, I've finally snagged this at a good price.

Now, I need to figure out how to remove the accessories without destroying the cardboard. 

I feel they could have put a little more thought into the stand....

[D84]

3 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

I feel they could have put a little more thought into the stand....

That's one of my generic stands. The one it came with is more like old doll stand. To be fair, the figure came out in 1999, long before Sideshow and Hot Toy started getting creative with their stands.

[THE_BEYONDER]

45 minutes ago, D84 said:

That's one of my generic stands. The one it came with is more like old doll stand. To be fair, the figure came out in 1999, long before Sideshow and Hot Toy started getting creative with their stands.

Just not feeling the double testicle hold it seems to have on Indy 

[D84]

26 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Just not feeling the double testicle hold it seems to have on Indy 

It's a very gentle hold.🤣🤣🤣

[porcupine48]

My gift from my partner,about three bux a piece shipped!

Thought I may have shared already but damn brain damage..

 

 

Thought I posted this too,but..

Edited January 5, 2021 by porcupine48

[porcupine48]

Above transthjngs are dollarama,montoy knockoffs,1.25$ each!

And Buzz,the legolikes are also,but TWO for 1.25$!

Edited January 5, 2021 by porcupine48

[F For Fake]

Pretty  nice b-day haul from the Missus today. I admit, I may have given her some guidance.

I am still digging these new MoTU figs, I may be in danger of going down a rabbit hole. Also glad to have the AWE Striker, and have out that Classified standee to good use, since I’m not collecting the actual Classified series. May need another HISS to balance it out.

This Mega Construx Alien Slime Egg is a hoot. Blind “boxed” figures in an egg, sealed in a membranous pouch full of slime! Too funny.

Also digging giant Zombie Wolverine Pop.

I married well, no question!

 

[707comics]

13 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

Pretty  nice b-day haul from the Missus today. I admit, I may have given her some guidance.

I am still digging these new MoTU figs, I may be in danger of going down a rabbit hole. Also glad to have the AWE Striker, and have out that Classified standee to good use, since I’m not collecting the actual Classified series. May need another HISS to balance it out.

This Mega Construx Alien Slime Egg is a hoot. Blind “boxed” figures in an egg, sealed in a membranous pouch full of slime! Too funny.

Also digging giant Zombie Wolverine Pop.

I married well, no question!

 

Happy B-Day! 

Nice haul, some cool stuff in there for sure. I'm digging the Wolverine figure

[F For Fake]

11 minutes ago, 707comics said:

Happy B-Day! 

Nice haul, some cool stuff in there for sure. I'm digging the Wolverine figure

Thanks! Yeah, I don't do many Pops, but these are pretty cool. Am now wondering if I need the rest of these giant zombies...certainly need Magneto, at the very least, right???

[707comics]

18 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

Thanks! Yeah, I don't do many Pops, but these are pretty cool. Am now wondering if I need the rest of these giant zombies...certainly need Magneto, at the very least, right???

With some of this stuff it feels like eating potato chips. Before you know it half the bag is gone and you don't even know what happened hahahah.

[Buzzetta]

Mail call !

The Roadblock and Scarlett are two of the best GI Joes I have seen in awhile. 

The Lando's are to replace the ten year old versions I have.  These are so much better detailed.  The paint sculpts are just eye opening.   Mandolorian in Beskar is staying carded in case I get the Walmart exclusives actually sent to me.  And Poe is waiting for his X-Wing which I broke down and picked up after seeing an unavoidable deal online.  

 

[fantastic_four]

A note about the Black Series I've learned over the last few months--Hasbro has SIGNIFICANTLY improved their articulation, sculpts, and paint for the line in 2020.  I mention that now because I see you have Admiral Ackbar there, but it's the old version.  They re-released a new version this year, and it is WAY better in terms of articulation.  I've heard that old one can barely move at most of its joints.  You can find pre-2019 figures at steep discounts these days, but there's a reason for that--collectors are realizing the old ones are far worse than recently-released upgrades.

Because of the huge improvements this year I'm skeptical of buying ANY Black Series figure made before 2020 or 2019.  I will only buy one if I see Youtube reviews affirming that it's great for its time.

Edited January 8, 2021 by fantastic_four

[ADAMANTIUM]

That's awesome @F For Fake

Wolverine seems a bit green in the gills as well ha. It's nice to see that you had an awesome gift given  

Definitely did well  Prayers answered!

[Buzzetta]

1 hour ago, fantastic_four said:

A note about the Black Series I've learned over the last few months--Hasbro has SIGNIFICANTLY improved their articulation, sculpts, and paint for the line in 2020.  I mention that now because I see you have Admiral Ackbar there, but it's the old version.  They re-released a new version this year, and it is WAY better in terms of articulation.  I've heard that old one can barely move at most of its joints.  You can find pre-2019 figures at steep discounts these days, but there's a reason for that--collectors are realizing the old ones are far worse than recently-released upgrades.

Because of the huge improvements this year I'm skeptical of buying ANY Black Series figure made before 2020 or 2019.  I will only buy one if I see Youtube reviews affirming that it's great for its time.

Those are all 3 3/4" versions.  Each of them are the best that they have offered.   So that was the Ackbar 3 3/4" from 2017 released as a Walmart exclusive.  The Landos were 3 3/4" using the 6" photo real tech. 

Edited January 8, 2021 by Buzzetta

[fantastic_four]

2 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Those are all 3 3/4" versions. 

Oh wow, you're right now that I compare it to the others in the pic.  Since I just started buying Black Series I didn't even know they were putting 1:18 figures in big Black Series boxes at some point in the past...any idea when they were doing that?

Edited January 8, 2021 by fantastic_four

[F For Fake]

1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

That's awesome @F For Fake

Wolverine seems a bit green in the gills as well ha. It's nice to see that you had an awesome gift given  

Definitely did well  Prayers answered!

Thanks Brother! It was a weird birthday because we couldn't celebrate with family and friends, but the wife went above and beyond to make it a special day.

[F For Fake]

10 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Mail call !

The Roadblock and Scarlett are two of the best GI Joes I have seen in awhile. 

The Lando's are to replace the ten year old versions I have.  These are so much better detailed.  The paint sculpts are just eye opening.   Mandolorian in Beskar is staying carded in case I get the Walmart exclusives actually sent to me.  And Poe is waiting for his X-Wing which I broke down and picked up after seeing an unavoidable deal online.  

 

I really dig the sculpt on Scarlett and Roadblock (and the other new Joes), but I haven't been able to find the figures locally at all, and haven't been willing to pay eBay prices...yet. I'd be all over it if I found it on the pegs. The only ones I've seen in person are Snake and Storm Shadow, but I wasn't very excited about them, so I passed. Nice lot of stuff!

[Buzzetta]

3 hours ago, fantastic_four said:

Oh wow, you're right now that I compare it to the others in the pic.  Since I just started buying Black Series I didn't even know they were putting 1:18 figures in big Black Series boxes at some point in the past...any idea when they were doing that?

I have been replacing a few figures.  The ones on the left are from ten years ago.  The ones on the right are the newer versions with the photo real applications that Hasbro has been using on the 6" line.  As you can see Lando now looks less like Groucho Marx and more like Billy Dee. 

The Walmart "Black Series" reintroduced the Vintage Collection sculpts with new paint apps back in 2015-2016.  It was kind of a test run for the return to the Vintage Collection line. 

I already put them away for now, so I apologize for the pic for now but the Han and Luke sculpts are far superior in that they even have separate Stormtrooper bodies.  While Han has his blaster and holster, the back of Luke's belt shows the utility cable that he used to swing across the Death Star chasm.   I have been very impressed with what they are doing these days.  Enough... that I wanted to replace some of the things I sold and upgrade a couple of things I always wanted to keep. 

[Buzzetta]

Sooo... I kind of regretted selling Luke's X-Wing... I had one of the earlier BMF versions from 2002 which was one of the first ships they made more in scale in comparison to the Kenner version that had been reused and reused since 1978. 

These ships had come a long way and I really wanted an upgrade.  Even though this is the Rise of Skywalker version this is a completely new tooling with new features on the X-Wing not seen on any of the other vehicles.   The landing gears are articulated... the detailing on the underbelly... The body fits R2 or BB8 style droids and was molded in a way that it fits with ease.  I just had BB8 handy for this one but you can take a look at the JediTempleArchives pictures for an R2- droid in the socket. 

I took a bunch of pics before it went on the shelf in the man cave / basement but then I realized that there were better galleries online as it was out for a year.  It retails for $100 but I was able to score one for $70 with some patience. 

https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=JReviews&rop=showcontent&id=3788

 

 

Edited January 8, 2021 by Buzzetta

[OtherEric]

2002 Palisades version, not Mego.  But I’ve wanted an Acroyear figure for over 40 years, my parents kept buying different versions of Time Traveler for me instead: