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The newer action figures (and other toys) thread (NSF56k)
see317
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After 7 years, the old action figure thread once again hit critical mass and racked up 100 pages of glorious tie-in merchandise for all sorts of nerdery and nerdish IPs, so it's time to start a new one.
For those unfamiliar, here is where we post about toys. Glorious toys.
Toys that we might never, ever remove from their original packaging.
Or that we might.
Because they're toys and it's really your call how you treat them.
I leave you with a bit of my collection that I look at whenever I stop and wonder about where the hell my paycheck goes when I'm not paying attention. Just to remind my self that I have no willpower when it comes to such things.
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Some online places to get toys (let me know any that I've missed and I'll add then to the list, eventually):
Big Bad Toy Store
Hasbro Toy Store
Make Toys, transformers but without those pesky copyrighted names.
Toywiz
And of course Amazon and eBay.
For those unfamiliar, here is where we post about toys. Glorious toys.
Toys that we might never, ever remove from their original packaging.
Or that we might.
Because they're toys and it's really your call how you treat them.
I leave you with a bit of my collection that I look at whenever I stop and wonder about where the hell my paycheck goes when I'm not paying attention. Just to remind my self that I have no willpower when it comes to such things.
Edit
Some online places to get toys (let me know any that I've missed and I'll add then to the list, eventually):
Big Bad Toy Store
Hasbro Toy Store
Make Toys, transformers but without those pesky copyrighted names.
Toywiz
And of course Amazon and eBay.
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http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/07/09/fan-voted-combiner-victorion-official-images-296663
This looks pretty cool though.
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I do think the red and teal colours could work, if used with another colour; like more silver or black. As it is now it's they're just too over powering.
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I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who actually likes those colors.
EDIT: Opened my Figma Saber (dress version) from Good Smile Company. It's a good looking figure, that's hindered by a solid dress piece that hinders poseabilty. My figure's left open holding hand doesn't hold Avalon (the sheath) at all, which is a shame but I can live with it.
I'm a little peeved that Good Smile Company overcharged me on the shipping. They charged me 2000 yen while on the parcel it the price listed was 1500. I knew from the start that 2000 yen was a little overboard, because I always check the EMS rates from Japan before purchasing from Japan based stores, but I had assumed that they'd use a large box or add some more cushioning or something. Nope, just standard small box and a bit of paper inside.
So on top of constantly delaying their products, GSC also overcharge on shipping. So looking forward to them overcharging me again when they bill me figma Rin Tohsaka 2.0. Like it's only 500 yen, but it's still annoying.
I guess the moral of the story is don't buy from the GSM store, but I'm weak when it comes to cool looking things, so I'll probably buy from them again if they have a cool exclusive, like say Figma Kill la Kill figures in the powered down clothes.
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Is this common in the line? I feel now like I've wasted 50 bucks and am weary of buying more even though there are some character figs I would love to have.
Also preordered this bad boy:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/transformers-transformers-optimus-prime-threea-toys-902482/
In other news, I now own 3 Detolfs and have built one
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http://maketoys.jp/products/rear-end/
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/27530055d1437422875-maketoys-mech-manga-series-rear-end-tailgate-11738057_1577798219149160_823307012987555882_n.jpg
This pic made me buy an over priced RTS Cyclonus and Rodimus Set from ebay, simply for Cyclonus. I should have bought the loose RTS Cyclonus I saw on ebay when I had the chance a couple days ago. So much money wasted.
But the prospect of having a a good looking Cyclonus (after the upgrade is released) was too much to pass on.
What makes this worse though is the fact that I have the classics version of the figures, but that upgrade probably wouldn't blend well due to the colours.
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100% happy. I don't nitpick, though, so YMMV. He's pretty much perfect to me.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1071717196180483.1073741849.408149355870607&type=3
Ok so in the other pics it's more apparent the colours don't match, but it still looks great in my opinion
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Here's hoping the seller is legit
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Accidental masterpiece?
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I guess I just have to buy it too, right?
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Those sets and Devastator are still available as of now as well.
It will be rereleased at some point, in different packaging. You can count on it.
Ah, that's good, I was worried I woundn't get another stormtrooper to go along with the 5 or so other variations of 6" stormtroopers I have on my desk.
The 6" black series is so weird, you have a bunch of figures that look really great, like japanese 50 dollar figure great, then you have a bunch that look like they were designed by a blind monkey.
It's really bizarre to see great figures like Bossk or Greedo on the shelf next to the young Obi Wan. It's like they gave him half the paint applications of the other figures, and most of the ones I've seen look cross eyed.
Obi wan and slave leia at least were obviously sucky so I didn't waste money.
I was a bit disappointed with the clone variants, they aren't terrible but don't rise to stormtrooper levels of quality. Still bought 3 of them though so can't complain much.
The huge dissapointments for me though were Jedi Luke and Vader, though. Got them both, was really excited, and ended up with a luke that looks like a 12 year old in a leather catsuit and a vader thats just badly designed. Like I think its not bad to use cloth for the cape (dunno why they needed quite so much though, it gets caught under his feet and bunches up badly) but the inner tunic looks terrible, should have been done in soft plastic. His helmet also is just off, the helmet itself is ok, but he has no neck, it looks like he's scrunching up his neck.
Meanwhile luke has the same body size as pilot luke, tie pilot, and bespin luke, but those figures all had baggy clothes and tons of accessories to add visual heft to the figure, jedi luke doesn't so he looks like middle schooler. It doesn't help that his face is smooth and eyes have big bambi irises for some reason. The paint also is way too glossy so his cloth shirt and pants look like leather.
Sorry /rant. I know some like those figures a lot, they just didn't do it for me.
Anyway, Boba Fett, all the Stormtrooper variants, recon trooper, Bossk, Han Solo, etc all look great so I can't really complain too much. Even palpatine looks decent if you fiddle with his cloak some. Win some lose some I guess.
I had forgotten how bad the classic Rodimus mold is. Arms can only move about so much. Hopefully Hasbro makes a good IDW inspired figure one day.
Cyclonus is still a good figure, witht he only real design nitpick being the lack of bicep swivel. Also his main purple colour is more grey than purple. Still looks good though and will look even better when Maketoys releases their IDW inspired addons.
The pack also came with a shitty comic book, and a diecast matrix which can't be used for anything. Seriously I tried using it with my MP Ultra Magnus and it just doesn't fit.
So overall I paid about 95 AUD for a Cyclonus figure that I'm going to spend even more money for upgrades in the future.
This is really expensive hobby.
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Also discovered I might have missed my chance to get Combiner Wars Blackjack, he seems to have disappeared from stores (including BBTS), and is currently sitting at around 3 times the original retail price on Amazon.
Recently found Groove in store, he's ok, but his shoulders don't peg into anything which is annoying.
I have Huffer on my desk and he's a lot of fun
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Man that was a rabbit hole, took over 2 hours to make something halfway decent looking and had to talk her out of trying again for something "perfect". I'm convinced it would be significantly less trouble to make the same garment for a real human being.
I'm waiting for the hot rod re-mold of this sculpt.
In other news, I got SDCC exclusive Marvel Legends Ghost. I'm not familiar with the character but I really liked his clear body with the various details, and he makes a decent pseudo-Psycho Mantis. Pseudo Mantis?
Also I received TFC Hercules and holy shit he's awesome. I know he's not perfect G1 but nostalgia doesn't wholly rule my desires and I dig his look. There's a bit of fiddly-ness and floppiness, but not enough to really bother me, and the fact that the previous owner reprolabled him up and included an add-on kit with alternate head, gun, and other accessories all for a total of $150 means I feel actually guilty, like I stole it.
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Yeah, action figure sized clothing is a pain in the ass to sew, not unlike doll clothing in general. I've done some stuff for my 1/6 scale but for half that height would be a real pain-- your wife is rad for giving it a go!
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This is what she ended up with -the only real issues are that the seam is a bit uneven on the left, and the right side bunches under the arm- still a great job though and better than vader's tunic and cape from hasbro.
On the other hand, I found Groove in the wild, so I snagged him up quick.
Also finally put in the order for my 18" Cherno Alpha.
Scale is a weird thing, because 6" is different than 1/12 scale. If the Spartans were 1/12 scale, then they should be like 7" tall.
Speaking of scale, I just got my 1/6 Jacket figure from Hotline Miami.
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So I guess I have those now. The first Transformers I've bought in ages. And now I guess I'm about to fall down the collecting hole again. The new Defensor is just... Just the best.
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I made a thread once. It didn't end well for me.
Tau are small, 4 ft or so, and wear power armor (though a somewhat different style.)
I have about 3 scales going that are annoyingly close but not close enough to not be weird.
Legends scale (6 inchish) - vast majority of my guys, marvel legends, star wars 6", funko legacy (got). Bandai star wars kits work here too, sh figurearts do so far but I only have a stormtrooper.
Slightly too big scale (7inchish)- marvel select thanos, some dc collectibles, and neca predators are the figs I have that seem here, just slightly too big to really fit.
Slightly too small scale (5inchish)- halo mcfarlane, assasin's creed, bandai halo kits.
Random scale - stuff like pac rim and bandai gundam kits that sort of fit in with one of the above scales until you consider what they represent. Sometimes in my mind I just retcon them into star wars droids.
I would skip the smaller toys but the halo and assassins creed figures are just too damn good.
Edit: moved dc collectibles to large scale after looking back in comparison. Also, just kind of noticed that mcfarlane walking dead figures are kind ofin scale with mcfarlane halo spartans if you assume spartans are taller than normal and in the 7ft range, while mcfarlane assassins creed figures are in scale if you consider spartans to be normal size human beings, so I guess assassins creed just takes place in a universe where everyone is freakishly tall?