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I can verify having purchased mj variants in Ft. Jackson, SC and on Lowry AF Base, CO in the early 90s

I pretty much look at anything from Aliexpress as a bootleg considering where it’s coming from and you are correct about the holograms as well as the badging on most of the packaging coming from China, not to mention they offer figures with or without a box. As long as you know what you’re getting, I can live with a lower quality place holder until I find an officially licensed one here and there. The factories are usually the same too aside from quality control, you basically get factory seconds or thirds that didn’t pass inspection. As a shoe collector, this was also common and tons of counterfeits entered the market until people became more familiar with materials and how the serial numbers on the tongue coincided with the factory and place of manufacture among other little details one needed to look out for especially among the Air Jordan line. The Amazing Yamaguchi stuff is one of those lines that even the knock offs are extremely close in quality using the same molds, materials and factories as the official. The difference is usually a quality control issue like a paint defect or excess pvc that was overlooked when coming out of the mold and a matte finish to the packaging instead of a gloss finish but the one surefire way to tell is the back of the box is printed upside down

These came in today too

Yeah, it’s hard to put my finger on what exactly it was that put me off but the Doom was probably the one that kept true to the character’s appearance best until the Marvel Legends FF version came out. It really was a well designed figure

Yeah, I recently saw the Doctor Doom still sealed nib for a decent price but decided to pass since I fell out of love with the majority of the other figures and it doesn’t fit the scale of what I’ve been picking up recently. All of my og Mego figures are stored away but if I decide to start displaying them again, I might look into some similar scale figures again.

None taken. Just a placekeeper for now

Pretty sure it is since it was only $15 shipped from China 🤣. Just a place keeper until I pick up a Mezco 1:12 or Hot Toys 1:6

Cracked this one open today

I was collecting the Famous Covers line back in the early 2000s. I ended up giving them all to my son and leaving the boxes behind in a storage cubby when I moved. I think it was the nostalgia of the Mego line that drew me to them but other than the Doctor Doomand and maybe Rogue, I never really gained any attachment to them.

Probably why I’ve always been a fan

Back cover to DeadWorld #10 was always a favorite of mine

Congrats

No red flags here

That sketch is bada$$

Galactus chose him as a herald

Namor giving me that “Rocky Horror” vibe

A few that have graced my collection at one timethen there’s this one I still ownand there’s also the pizzazz inserts. I’ve happened to run across quite a few of them but can’t remember if I still have any. I don’t think they’re all that rare considering how many I’ve come across

Added some more goodies from Japan and took a few interior photos

Nice little haul I had imported from Japan arrived today along with a Master Roshi I picked up from Amazon

Closed.

Having some fun with Spidey and his magnetic extremities

Getting in some display posing

Buscema did some amazing interior panels too. Seeing Johnny Storm go supernova for the first time as a kid blew me away. Gabriel wasn’t as impressed. 🤣

Some pickups this week. First FF storyline I ever read as a kid was the Air Walker/ Galactus in a Marvel Treasury. I was hooked.