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On 2/29/2024 at 12:19 AM, F For Fake said:

I am honestly not a Superman guy at all, but I always liked those designs, and they looked like such lovely figures, when they went on sale, I grabbed them. I will likely buy more DC figures from them, since I'm not a fan of what McFarlane is doing with the license these days. Marvel Legends has me mostly covered on Marvel figures, though some of the Mafex stuff looks nice .I did order the Psylocke rerelease, as it looks like she'll scale well with ML.

Did you see Thor is on sale for $60 at the moment at BBTS, with $4 shipping for you Seppos. 

I'm also not a fan of what McFarlane is doing. I did preorder the Kyle Rayner/Kilowog pack, 99% for the more accurate Kyle, but it's gonna cost me, $172 dollarydoos all up, including shipping. I also got Catman, because I love Catman, and I bought a few others in the past. They're just too hard to get here, meaning I have to resort to US ebay, costing me a fortune for each one, and frankly I'd rather spend the money filling in holes in my Mattel DC collection. And I'll be honest, they're not really doing characters I want anyway, and if they do, they don't look right. 

Psylocke is really tempting. She looks so good. I've managed to say no so far, but I'm not sure how much longer I can hold back! 

On 2/29/2024 at 12:06 AM, F For Fake said:

Yes, the cape really is fantastic on the one I have, so I'd imagine they're all pretty spectacular. I have the Cyborg Superman and Steel in my Pile of Loot at BBTS, and those capes look amazing.

Oh cool. I'm not a huge fan of any of the Superman characters, though I did enjoy Connor in Geoff Johns' Teen Titans run, yet that Steel in particular was very tempting to me. It looks fantastic. I reckon you should have about as much fun with it as I'm having with Batman. Only reason I say 'about' is that all the scallops on Batmans' cape have their own wires, so you can REALLY pose that thing how you want, and Steel of course doesn't have an equivalent. I still think he'll be an S-tier figure though. Hope you enjoy them both! 

On 2/28/2024 at 11:53 PM, F For Fake said:

Lots of fun stuff! My first Mafex was the Knightfall Batman (Azbats) and I was amazed at the quality. I mean, for the price they'd BETTER be nice, but I was still blown away by the materials, the articulation, etc. So I've added a few more via BBTS sales. At $100+ they're still a big pill to swallow, but at $60-ish they're a little easier to justify. But I'll definitely be getting more.

I've got 3 now, I believe. A sequel Stormtrooper I got for $26 on clearance at BBTS, a 90's Jean Grey, and now Batman. The others were good, Batman is sublime. His cape is just gorgeous to work with, you can literally do anything with it. I think it was @fantastic_fourwho said it's like a second figure, and it really is. It's marvellous. All the other extras are just gravy.

Not EU related but may be of interest to some of you: a Marvel GIJOE Compendium is being released in October, collecting issues 1-50.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/G-I-JOE-Real-American-Compendium/dp/1534371508

GIJOE Marvel Compendium coming October, collects issues 1-50.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/G-I-JOE-Real-American-Compendium/dp/1534371508

On 2/28/2024 at 5:47 AM, mrlatko said:

For Justice, Ross only did the finished art on top of Doug Braithwaite, so let's blame him if some of it wasn't "Ross" enough for you.

It's not that it wasn't 'Ross enough' for me, it's that Ross' paints came off to me as often appearing... muddy, is the best way I can describe it. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's the reproduction of this particular edition (I don't think so, but it's a possibility), but some pages, IMO, don't have a crispness to them I associate with Ross' work, and no, it's not the pencils at play causing it. 

My Mafex Hush Batman arrived today. Stunningly beautiful figure. So indescribably happy to have it. Furai Hound was also in the box, ready to be built when I see a mate in a few weeks time and we build some kits together. I'm pretty intimidated by this one. SS86 Ratchet was also in there, he's nice, along with some other stuff like the latest ROTJ Luke from Star Wars Black, and the Gundam Universe Gundam 00 QANTT figure, which is pretty nice, especially for the nice. 

Separately my Mattel DCUC Alan Scott Green Lantern figure also arrived. I know I should have had him years ago. His expression turned me off buying him. Glad to expand my JSA and include him, but I still don't like that headsculpt. 

All in all, a great day. 

Time to embarrass myself. I've run out of Brodarts, and I can't remember what size and the other details I need for omnibus size ones. Does anyone happen to have this information please? And where is the cheapest and most reliable place to order them from, that will ship to Australia? Iirc last time I ordered them it was from Block. I go for the non-stick ones (are there even still sticky ones? I don't remember, but I don't want them, just the regular clear plastic, paper-backed ones). 

Thanks! 

On 2/27/2024 at 8:09 PM, s-man said:

Interesting that they would have to put the word bomb on a bomb! 

I thought it was a flowerpot. Now what am I going to do with my daffodils? 

Green Lantern by Grant Morrison Season 1 Volume 1 - the back of the book blurb proclaimed this to be a psychodelic hit. I found nothing psychodelic about it, except for the GL with the exploding volcano head, I guess. Still, it was a decent read, and I intend to buy further volumes further down the track. 

Rereads of Transformers #5, Thundercats #1. Still can't get used to Tygra's moustache. It's just wrong. Transformers is just a quality read. It deserves to be on everyone's pull list, Transformers fan or not, it's THAT good. 

Green Lantern Kyle Rayner Compendium - now we're talking. This started at Emerald Twilight and went from there. Same material as was in the single volumes they released, I rebought it just to show support and hopefully lead to more of Kyle's run getting modern reprints. I'd love to see his whole series collected in Compendium form, tbh. I loved it so much at the time. Just good, classic comics. 

Justice hardcover - this is pretty decent, if not a bit too much into the Super friends for me, who were before my time, so I don't get the nostalgia huffs from it. Still it's enjoyable enough, with some decent twists. Is it just me or is some of Ross' art a bit muddy looking in this book? 

That puts me up to 495 books read for the year, and you won't hear from me for awhile, as now I'm starting on the Johns Green Lantern omniboo. I've read everything in the first 2 before (I dropped the book precisely where book 2 finishes, which works out perfectly I'd say, leaving me with book 3 as all-new material) so I'm very keen to get to book 3, which is still enroute, but will have no doubt arrived by the time I'm ready for it. 

Alright, GL by Johns volume 1 arrived today, and volume 2 arrived last week. Volume 3's still in transit but I'd say we're ready to party! Time for a reread (conveniently, I stopped following the books right where volume 2 finishes. So volume 3 is all-new material for me. That works out really well.) 

Someone sent in a 5.0 graded book to an Ah, who sent it in for a regrade, and it came back a 4.5. 130 people believe the likeliest explanation for this is that the book was swapped out. Why are people so stupid?? 

On 2/25/2024 at 10:45 AM, 1950's war comics said:

a stupid cover, his head is on backwards, nobody could turn their head to the left far enough to see someone to their right side 

Please stop showing us pics of your Willie. 

To those who have the Geoff Johns Green Lantern omniboo, is there much overlap between them and the Blackest Night omnibus? Do the GL omnis contain the main BL story as well as the GL tie-in issues? 

Cheers. 

TRIGGER WARNING: SIDS 

On 2/24/2024 at 11:24 PM, Buzzetta said:

Ahhh

DC Collectible Minifigures: 

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/dc-super-heroes-series-71026. (This one has Stargirl in it)

Lego Batman Series 1 and 2

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lego-batman-movie-71017

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lego-batman-movie-series-2-71020. (Series 2 is stronger and has the Wonder Twins, Apache Chief, Vacation Joker (killing Joke version minus hat), Black Canary)

 

Here is the current list of all 521 (as of now) released DC minifigures and all variations from blind bags and sets. 

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=M&promoCatID=247

Dr. Fate has never been officially released.  However, Blue Beetle appeared in only one set (Ser# 76054) almost ten years ago in this incarnation:

 

 

 

Thanks Buzz, you're a legend. I didn't think that Dr Fate looked right for some reason. Good attempt though, I'll give it that. 

@Buzzetta did DC do many characters in Lego blind bags? I know they did some, as I bought a Catman. But did they do characters like Dr Fate, Stargirl, and Ted Kord Blue Beetle? Someone showed them off on Reddit, along with other supposed DC Lego's, and I want them, but only if they're legit.

On 2/24/2024 at 5:02 AM, Rockyjo3 said:

I really liked it, Green Lantern has always been my favorite of Geoff’s runs but I think I like JSA just as much as his Lantern run now.  His Hawkman run was good too, wasn’t a big fan of Rag Morales art though 

I normally don't like Morales' art either (it's his noses that do it for me, I can't stand his noses) but I thought he did alright in Hawkman, for the most part. Totally understand you feeling the opposite though. 

And that's high praise for JSA, but IMO we'll-earned. It's quality all the way (well, not counting the last few issues which Johns didn't do, and they're still not too bad). Are you going to read Omni 3 now? It's a very different tone IMO. Strong first 7 issues or so, but I'm not personally a fan of My Kingdom Come, the semi-sequel to Kingdom Come. It just doesn't do much for me. 

On 2/23/2024 at 10:33 AM, Rockyjo3 said:

Finished JSA omnibus vol 2 which includes:    

JSA #26-75 

JSA Annual #1

JSA Secret Files and Origins #2

Also read Hawkman #5-25

I think this brings me to 254 comics this year

What'd you think of it? And was it the Johns Hawkman? If so, same question. 

Pencils of Jim Lee cover for Amalgam Omni. 

https://www.comicsbeat.com/jim-lee-dc-vs-marvel-amalgam-age-omnibus/?fbclid=IwAR1hQmqofMO43pRs5Y0Q5nb8PNsbodykQId0licEk8tF45Arxq56GFnBZNA_aem_AXVpkVlFpjpkcCSZz8Aso1cwbqfDE-GKJ3OY48HZmKfZ1Y6dVLZv6qzphTp0wDFFOZ4