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No problem, sorry.  The only reason I knew was because 01TheDude sent me an email. 

6 minutes ago, Warlord said:

Stick it ^^^^^^^^^^^^.  No prize offered no prize taken, I pass.

On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 5:28 PM, lizards2 said:

Purple Trainwreck? 

Aw yeah hybrids.  When I was in San Francisco I got some Wedding Cake with 30% thc, best I ever had.  I just went to the dispensary.  This is what it's like in Chicago...

$1 Drew

On ‎6‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 9:09 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Traded for the new Black Series 4-LOM and he arrived today. It's for my small "random robot" collection that I add to whenever I have a few extra bucks from a sale or get a bonus at work. A vintage Micronauts Acroyear like the one I had as a kid should be arriving shortly. 

Wher's 3PO and Twiki?  Bidi bidi bidi

On ‎6‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 8:38 PM, followtheleader said:

I've wanted a Rattler for a loooong time. 

Found a complete nice one in a recent trip.  

Includes the box, instructions, and figures.

About 1 week later, added the Tiger Force version.  It's also complete minus one half of a missile.  

Should have a couple other Joe items in the near future to post.  Deal hasn't been completed yet though. 

Patrick

I always liked the comic where Ace and Wild Weasel have their dog fight.

I only got a few but I recently passed on the white guy with the black helmet.  I think he was some type of skiff guard.  I kind of wish I would've bought him.

5 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Sigh... I have no idea where I am going to put this thing when it finally gets here. 

 

Badass.  Do you have enough figures to fully load it?

2 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Well it's been a long 10 minutes.

I was high plus I count slow.

DocBrown is that you?  WTTB!

I'm in if it's not too late.  If it's too late then I'm out.

On ‎6‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 8:27 AM, comicwiz said:

For at least the past 5 years, I have been slowly putting together a small run of Batman figural prototypes - as I may have previously mentioned it started out as something I was doing with my youngest boy. A few months ago, while doing some rearranging, I was realizing I was running out of display room, and started getting an idea to build a custom display cabinet. I had worked with a gent, who is a consumate professional and craftsman, on a Star Wars display in the past, but wasn't sure if he'd be able to do some of the things I wanted from the display. To say he exceeded all my expectations is an understatement. The entire display is fabricated using acrylic, and the curved edges had to be made from molded acrylic. He also constructed two clear acrylic figure displays for the hardcopy and wax with the leftover parts from laser cutting the pieces for the display, and as a nice touch, he etched in the logo on the translucent base, which also comes off easily, and this cabinet can be wall-mounted. The logo uses the line art from Batman 251 for half of the Batman text, and Batman 608 RRP for the other half. I wanted it to be themed to preproduction works, and the timeline of prototypes in it date from 1966 through to the late 2000's. I tried to keep my focus to 5 point articulated figures because that's really my nostalgic sweet spot, and am now looking for a 70's prototype (MEGO pocket super heroes Batman prototype of any kind would be perfectly suited for size and era) so if anyone here has any leads, please PM me as I'd like to add that in at some point. For now, it's a nice thing to stare at and thought you guys might appreciate seeing it

Number 7 looks nice as the center piece.  For some reason it reminds me of the front to the Mego Bat Lab.

Good thinking.  Now that you have the first piece you should complete the whole utility belt.

2 hours ago, Jimbo749 said:

No action figures, but how about a shiny metal batarang? This showed up in the mail yesterday, and we had no idea what it was, turns out my wife dropped a business card into a giveaway bucket while at a comic shop months ago and this was the prize. Pretty neat, the base is heavy and solid, the post is magnetic so the batarang just snaps onto it.

 

 

Congrats on the win.  It does look neat.  Is it sharp?  Throw it at the wall and see if it sticks.

53 minutes ago, fantastic_four said:

My twins are now 2.5 years old, so for the past few months my son in particular has gotten heavily addicted to action figures.  As his interest in them grows, mine has rekindled.  I've never collected, but I played with Star Wars figures in the 1970s and GI Joe in the 1980s.  I gave it up about the age of 12 and never got back into it.  I started buying statues from about 2000 to 2008, and I didn't realize that Hot Toys had effectively crossed the line between action figures and statues until just yesterday, and since then I've been thinking a lot about switching from statues to these figures.  I've got a few newbie-level questions about this type of ultra-high-detailed action figure:

• Is there a better word for these high-end figures than just "high-end figures," "highly-detailed figures," or "Hot Toys figures"?
• Are there other major companies doing what Hot Toys is doing?
• Are any of the companies creating these things adhering to classic comic styles?  Hot Toys appears to mostly try to reproduce the specific look and body type of actors from films, but is anyone creating highly-detailed figures that adhere to comic forms like classic Superman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, etc?  I don't really want Hugh Jackman in jeans or in that dumb original X-Men black movie costume, I want a 5' 2" yellow and black Wolverine hunkered down and looking feral or a Juggernaut that's built like a Hummvee.
• Has anyone fully switched from statues to these figures?  Suddenly statues seem MUCH less appealing knowing these figures are so much lighter, articulated, and fun to play with.  My two-year old just broke down crying a few days ago when he asked to hold my Bowen Daredevil statue and I wouldn't let him, and I know how he feels, I wished in that moment I could play with it, too, and let him play with it.  
• Is there a master list somewhere on the web of all the Hot Toys figures that have been released?  Or even better, a master list of all highly-detailed figures available from all companies?
• Is anyone else turned off by action figures that look like real human beings?  At first, I was amazed at the level of detail.  As I looked at more and more of them, the idea of having a plastic version of a realistic-looking human being began to creep me out.  I may get over it, but for now I'm torn between admiring the craft and feeling creeped out by their appearance.  There's a well-known phenomenon called the "uncanny valley" where if something looks almost exactly like a human being but is very slightly off, it tends to creep people out:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
  
  The uncanny valley has mostly come up in society in relation to androids and realistic-looking robots.  I think I'm having this exact reaction to Hot Toys figures, but I'm not sure of it yet.  Like I said, I just found out they existed yesterday so my taste for them is still forming.

Try these, better than crack.  Mezco 6"...

I'm stoned to the bone.  I logged in to like the mopping post but it disappeared.  The last few pages were a great read, thank you.

Not Hot toys but still high end, Mezco 6".  I wish they made 4".

Spoiler

1 hour ago, comicwiz said:

Not plastic, but an aluminum prototype of the 1966 Empire Toys Batman bicycle ornament. The background on the piece is it was displayed at a Batman museum that operated in the late 80's through to the 90's in Springfield, MA. The produced toy was listed in this Hero Complex top 10 vintage Batman toys list.

Number 7, nice score.  I remember having number 1 but I think it was made by Remco.

I+hate+it+when+ebay+is+like+this

31 minutes ago, Kevlar said:

GO FUND ME has been set up:

 

https://www.gofundme.com/britcgc

 

Please feel free to make direct donations. Sales thread for donations will be up and running shortly.

Donated. Maybe paste the link in the first post as well?

54 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

 

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

It's a sad situation.  Hopefully, someone, like you said, with Stan's best interests at heart will step up and take care of him.

16 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said:

My wife and I lived next to an elderly widow. She had no children and other kin were distant. The two caretakers, one in particular, grievously abused the situation, even acquiring property through the woman's name. Elderly are vulnerable and without someone who truly cares about the person practicing oversight, the range of abuse they can suffer is just appalling.

I agree, the pics are nice.  Thank you for posting.

1 hour ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Hmm....

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/04/02/stan-lee-blood-stolen/

I was thinking the same thing.  Poor Stan.