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[ADAMANTIUM]

I'm only picking up the ones I see in the wild , and only the comic issues I own as well.

That's what I keep telling myself 🤔💬

Edited January 9 by ADAMANTIUM

[Buzzetta]

On 1/2/2024 at 5:47 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

GameStop calling out to me again, saying "Sucker!" 

With membership only about $25, but that is expensive tbh

Wouldn’t it be funny if Funko advertised these as being factory sealed but someone figured out how to break the factory seal and replace the brand new item with a used one of lower grade?

 

Okay I’ll shut up now. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 1/9/2024 at 2:45 PM, Buzzetta said:

Wouldn’t it be funny if Funko advertised these as being factory sealed but someone figured out how to break the factory seal and replace the brand new item with a used one of lower grade?

 

Okay I’ll shut up now. 

I thought that was a Netflix special  starring Kevin Smith  

And since you didn't quote the JIM #89 Pop from today, you get a pass.

[Jayman]

Posted these before but I just got these flexible stands in and am having a load of fun posing the figures now!

[fantastic_four]

Got the Mezco Fantastic Four 4-pack in yesterday.  I generally don't like cloth goods on figures so I skip most Mezco releases, but wow, Reed, Thing, and HERBIE from this set looked clearly like the best versions of those characters ever created in twelfth scale, and yep, they sure are.  I thought I wouldn't enjoy Johnny or Sue, but I really do.  Something between the brightly saturated blues and blacks in the costumes tends to minimize the oversized stitching you always see on 1:12 scale soft goods, and they all look great here.

The accessories these figures come with are absolutely insane and impeccably done.  Just an incredible set.    They also just released what looks to be the best 1:12 scale Doctor Doom ever made, and I should have him in within a few weeks.

Here are the promo shots Mezco has for the set showing the insane number of accessories:

Edited January 10 by fantastic_four

[Jayman]

Ok, having way too much fun with these! Last post on these I promise. Just picked up some tiny battery operated LED lights that just go so well with these Dragonball Z figures! 

[Chip Cataldo]

On 1/10/2024 at 2:18 PM, fantastic_four said:

Got the Mezco Fantastic Four 4-pack in yesterday.  I generally don't like cloth goods on figures so I skip most Mezco releases, but wow, Reed, Thing, and HERBIE from this set looked clearly like the best versions of those characters ever created in twelfth scale, and yep, they sure are.  I thought I wouldn't enjoy Johnny or Sue, but I really do.  Something between the brightly saturated blues and blacks in the costumes tends to minimize the oversized stitching you always see on 1:12 scale soft goods, and they all look great here.

The accessories these figures come with are absolutely insane and impeccably done.  Just an incredible set.    They also just released what looks to be the best 1:12 scale Doctor Doom ever made, and I should have him in within a few weeks.

I really really REALLY want to get this set and Doom, but I don't collect action figures anymore. I only have a few random things here and there. They do look absolutely amazing, though.

I. Must. Resist.

Edited January 13 by Chip Cataldo

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 1/12/2024 at 10:06 PM, Jayman said:

Ok, having way too much fun with these! Last post on these I promise. Just picked up some tiny battery operated LED lights that just go so well with these Dragonball Z figures! 

[Cushing Fan]

Today's project - rebuild Peter Cushing! If it could be done in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) then I could certainly give it a try lol! This Peter Cushing as Van Helsing statue used to belong to the late Brian Holland who started the Peter Cushing Association. Unfortunately at some point, it fell off a high shelf and broke into all the pieces you see here. Brian's daughter kindly donated the statue for me to repair. After lots of patience and gorilla glue, the statue is now back together and has joined my little collection by my computer.

[Cat]

On 1/14/2024 at 4:48 AM, Cushing Fan said:

Today's project - rebuild Peter Cushing! If it could be done in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) then I could certainly give it a try lol! This Peter Cushing as Van Helsing statue used to belong to the late Brian Holland who started the Peter Cushing Association. Unfortunately at some point, it fell off a high shelf and broke into all the pieces you see here. Brian's daughter kindly donated the statue for me to repair. After lots of patience and gorilla glue, the statue is now back together and has joined my little collection by my computer.

Hasbro Pulse has his Star Wars Black action figure on sale at the moment, in the role of Grand Moff Tarkin, of course. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 1/13/2024 at 12:48 PM, Cushing Fan said:

Today's project - rebuild Peter Cushing! If it could be done in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) then I could certainly give it a try lol! This Peter Cushing as Van Helsing statue used to belong to the late Brian Holland who started the Peter Cushing Association. Unfortunately at some point, it fell off a high shelf and broke into all the pieces you see here. Brian's daughter kindly donated the statue for me to repair. After lots of patience and gorilla glue, the statue is now back together and has joined my little collection by my computer.

TLC!!

[fantastic_four]

Got the Mezco Doctor Doom in yesterday.  I'll say more later, but my initial impression is it's one of the most impressive 1:12 scale action figures I've ever seen.  The hood is ultra-posable with a wire around the opening, so you can position it in every possible way I've ever seen it sit in the comics--fully up, collapsed down as it is in the pics below, draping halfway over his face, etc.  There are some nit-picks, but wow, this thing has new features I've never seen in action figures in several ways I never would have expected until having him in hand.  The biggest thing is the weight--he weighs half a pound because parts of the armor are made from hefty metal.  The feel of him in hand is like nothing I've felt before.  He's REALLY satisfying to pose, although his arm and knee range of motion isn't as great as it could be which isn't completely unexpected since it's a suit of armor.  The leather burlap-type material the tunic and cape are made from are just amazing too, and the two big circles on his upper chest gently stay in place with magnets.  The face plate comes off, and you can see the eyes from the sculpt below the plate quite clearly through the eye sockets.  Spectacular figure with a HUGE array of accessories shown in the third pic below, more than I ever imagined I'd want from a Doom figure--tons of blast and spellcasting effects, multiple thrusters, and even the cosmic power siphon he used to steal Surfer's powers that lights up.

Also got the Mezco Hela from Ragnarok in which is 4 years old but I've wanted it all that time and now it's cheap on BBTS.  Also got the light-up chamber she's standing in shown to the right of Doom in the pics below.

Edited January 18 by fantastic_four

[fantastic_four]

Another shot of Mezco Hela with her horned head on.  Love this figure and how much she looks like Cate Blanchett.  You can also see some of the finer details on Doom here including the eyes showing through the mask.

 

[B2D327]

On 1/18/2024 at 7:58 AM, fantastic_four said:

Got the Mezco Doctor Doom in yesterday.  I'll say more later, but my initial impression is it's one of the most impressive 1:12 scale action figures I've ever seen.  The hood is ultra-posable with a wire around the opening, so you can position it in every possible way I've ever seen it sit in the comics--fully up, collapsed down as it is in the pics below, draping halfway over his face, etc.  There are some nit-picks, but wow, this thing has new features I've never seen in action figures in several ways I never would have expected until having him in hand.  The biggest thing is the weight--he weighs half a pound because parts of the armor are made from hefty metal.  The feel of him in hand is like nothing I've felt before.  He's REALLY satisfying to pose, although his arm and knee range of motion isn't as great as it could be which isn't completely unexpected since it's a suit of armor.  The leather burlap-type material the tunic and cape are made from are just amazing too, and the two big circles on his upper chest gently stay in place with magnets.  The face plate comes off, and you can see the eyes from the sculpt below the plate quite clearly through the eye sockets.  Spectacular figure with a HUGE array of accessories shown in the third pic below, more than I ever imagined I'd want from a Doom figure--tons of blast and spellcasting effects, multiple thrusters, and even the cosmic power siphon he used to steal Surfer's powers that lights up.

Also got the Mezco Hela from Ragnarok in which is 4 years old but I've wanted it all that time and now it's cheap on BBTS.  Also got the light-up chamber she's standing in shown to the right of Doom in the pics below.

This may have to be my first Mezco purchase. I’d planned on making a custom figure eventually but the detail and sculpt on this one is as close to a perfect figure that one can find

[Namtak]

On 1/13/2024 at 1:48 PM, Cushing Fan said:

Today's project - rebuild Peter Cushing! If it could be done in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) then I could certainly give it a try lol! This Peter Cushing as Van Helsing statue used to belong to the late Brian Holland who started the Peter Cushing Association. Unfortunately at some point, it fell off a high shelf and broke into all the pieces you see here. Brian's daughter kindly donated the statue for me to repair. After lots of patience and gorilla glue, the statue is now back together and has joined my little collection by my computer.

@Cushing Fan

[Cushing Fan]

On 1/18/2024 at 5:13 PM, Namtak said:

@Cushing Fan

It's my statue 

[Namtak]

On 1/18/2024 at 5:36 PM, Cushing Fan said:

It's my statue 

Oups didnt read who posted it and tought of you

[Comics4All]

On 1/18/2024 at 6:05 PM, Namtak said:

Oups didnt read who posted it and tought of you

Sentince!

 

[Chip Cataldo]

I'd say today was a pretty great toy day. 

Edited January 19 by Chip Cataldo

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 1/19/2024 at 4:48 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

I'd say today was a pretty great toy day. 

My favourite toy of all time.  Still own my original