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[STORMSHADOW_80]

Finally got around to finishing this project. It whitened up real nice. Makes me feel bad I just had it in a dusty box for a couple years. Crusader is probably up there as a top ten vehicle for me.

Edited May 4, 2022 by STORMSHADOW_80

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/4/2022 at 4:48 PM, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

Finally got around to finishing this project. It whitened up real nice. Makes me feel bad I just had it in a dusty box for a couple years. Crusader is probably up there as a top ten vehicle for me.

I like the idea of "Joe in space" or what it would seem, and I haven't seen much like that...

Cool!

[Yorick]

On 5/2/2022 at 10:42 AM, Buzzetta said:

Any questions... feel free to ask

Any idea whether they made these pressure-injection or just vacuum chambered resins?  I have a hard time believing they'd produce metal molds for limited production.  And the fact they probably don't have the rights to create anything other than "art objects".

[srezvan]

I'm not a big Lego fan, but we recently took the kids to Legoland and there were some cool things. They had these Lego torches/sconces all over the place. Not being a Lego guy, I did some quick searching, but couldn't find a kit for this. Is there a good Lego source to find instructions for something like this? Thanks!

[Cat]

On 5/5/2022 at 8:26 AM, Yorick said:

Any idea whether they made these pressure-injection or just vacuum chambered resins?  I have a hard time believing they'd produce metal molds for limited production.  And the fact they probably don't have the rights to create anything other than "art objects".

If these were Ryan's, I'm pretty sure he used to use silicon molds. It looks like his stuff, but I thought he was out of it all, and frankly, a lot of these look alike anyway. 

[followtheleader]

On 5/4/2022 at 3:48 PM, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

Finally got around to finishing this project. It whitened up real nice. Makes me feel bad I just had it in a dusty box for a couple years. Crusader is probably up there as a top ten vehicle for me.

The Crusader is amazing.  Also one of my favs from the entire line. 

It gets overlooked because of the Defiant.  But combining the Defiant and the Night Raven = Oh Yeah!

Patrick

[STORMSHADOW_80]

On 5/4/2022 at 10:01 PM, followtheleader said:

The Crusader is amazing.  Also one of my favs from the entire line. 

It gets overlooked because of the Defiant.  But combining the Defiant and the Night Raven = Oh Yeah!

Patrick

I don't mind the different color scheme either. I think it's pretty rad. Only change I didn't like was the top where the pilots are, how it doesn't have the hinge mechanism. It feels more realistic on the defiant, but I'm sure they probably had a bunch break.

[B2D327]

I asked my son if he remembered having this one back when he was 5 years old. Now he wants it again but this one is mine. He's gonna have to get his own

[Cat]

The other 3 Super 7 Ultimates TMNT Turtles arrived. All look pretty good, but there was a bit of a case of 'seen one, seen them all.' My Michelangelo has pretty sloppy paint on the alt-head, which is really disappointing for the price point. Luckily it's not one I'd have used anyway. Ditto Raphael's heads. They're a lot cleaner than Mikey's, but still not up to par for the price point on them (and woefully inadequate considering Super7 has said they may be increasing the price of the line to $75USD for normal size figures, that's outrageous). 

Apparently the Metalhead is a piece of junk from them, so he's off the drawing board, so now I'm just waiting for Ray Fillet to come into stock and I've got everyone I want. I do want an IDW line, but not from Super 7, if all these QC stories I've read about their stuff are true. Very worrying. 

[reptilekingdie]

On 5/6/2022 at 1:25 PM, B2D327 said:

I asked my son if he remembered having this one back when he was 5 years old. Now he wants it again but this one is mine. He's gonna have to get his own

Meanest parent ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[F For Fake]

With stores doing their spring resets, there have been a lot of great prices out there, leading to a plastic avalanche at the FFF household.

 

First deep discount, then Target had 25% off MoTU with Amazon randomly price matching; then more Target and Best Buy clearance. It adds up to a lot of good deals. And there’s more on the way. 

 

I was able to complete MoTU Origins Wave 7 and Masterverse Wave 3 in one fell swoop at a great price, plus lots of other cool stuff. I like to say I only collect vintage, but that’s pretty clearly a big fat lie! 

Edited May 7, 2022 by F For Fake

[F For Fake]

Also, some old stuff. So odd to think that these are now old enough to be “vintage”. I thought these were great when they came out, with an amazing character lineup catered directly to my tastes, with cool sculpts and accessories! I think the weird scale kinda doomed this line, as we only got two waves. I picked up Hellboy and Christine at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago, which spurred me on to pick up the rest of the line in a lot on eBay. Still need The Spirit, but he’s easy and cheap to find.

Packaging materials were a bit flimsy with this line, the figures too heavy for the thin bubbles, the card stock too thin and given to warping. They’re not easy to find MOC in great shape, but aside from Hellboy, none are particularly valuable or expensive. I’m debating opening them all up, but I do dig the card art. I still have my loose Hunter Rose from when I bought this line 25 years ago, they’re very fun toys to play around with!

[F For Fake]

And finally, this was a random and unexpected find. I will occasionally check Target’s NECA stock, as they seem to get random replenishments. A couple of weeks ago, they suddenly had 5 Alien Resurrection Warriors in stock. These have been gone for a couple of years. I managed to snag one, the rest sold quickly. How odd. Happy to pay MSRP for this guy!

[B2D327]

Mail call

getting there; just a few more to go

 

[Diamonddave]

[Amazing Spidey]

On 5/7/2022 at 1:41 PM, Diamonddave said:

[cyclonus11]

Is there any service that grades/encapsulates miniatures (HeroClix, DnD, Warhammer 40k, etc.)?

[Cat]

On 5/8/2022 at 3:41 AM, Diamonddave said:

But... which one... is the real... He-Man? 

[MetalPSI]

Wow

[whisp]

20% off because of free comic book day sales so grabbed all 4.  I had the turtles when I was a kid and 2 of them had mushy recall heads.  I traded GI Joes for them back then.  Kind of strange since I sold some joes today and then went and pick these up lol.