Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

[Denyer]

Wildstorm always varied its character and costume designs a lot, often to the extent of parodying how other comics were doing it, but elements are fairly bang-on to some of the images (i.e. colour palette is relatively consistent as black & white but mostly he's wearing a white t-shirt rather than shirt, etc).

https://www.writeups.org/jack-hawksmoor ... ch-comics/

Not really that fussed about being super-accurate with customs at the best of times, but it does make it easier and fun when the source material gives artists opportunity to put a personal spin on things without it breaking the flow (e.g. characters having a completely different look in another comic that's running at the same time, or really inconsistent between scenes/issues, or with some IDW TF titles I seem to recall that characters weren't even consistent about alt modes or faces let alone more minor details).

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Power Rangers Lightning Collection In Space Black Ranger,

Power Rangers Lightning Collection In Space Pink Ranger,

Power Rangers Lightning Collection In Space 2-Pack Astronema & Ecliptor.

Bought these discounted from Amazon.

[Denyer]

Came across a couple of options for reasonably priced mummy figures. NECA have done a retro card glow-in-the-dark version of their Karloff without extra accessories, and the Bride of Frankenstein that's just come out looks decent with the face covering if you wipe the metallic paint off (then they look like stitches rather than metal staples). Just be careful as the head is moulded out of skin colour plastic, although a little bit on the head area isn't going to matter as it looks like exposed bone.

Wasn't going to sample the NeMA Fiendish Feet (they're mini figures based on the 80s St Ivel yoghurt pots) but saw a Pharoah Nuff that already had a case, and that's also on an Egypt theme...


https://i.imgur.com/dJmmkjV.jpeg

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Marvel Legends Puff Adder BAF wave:

Molecule Man
Baron Von Strucker
Yelena Belova
Marvel's Wonder Man
Marvel's Orb
Ultimate Captain America
Iron Man (Extremis)

The above were bought from JB Hi-Fi.

Marvel Legends Silver Surfer (Wal-Mart)

Marvel Legends Iron Man Mark 2 (Gold)

These were bought from a friend.

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Dragon Stars Gohan Super Saiyan 2 Power-Up Pack - It was cheaper to pick up the power-up pack that has the lightning effects than the regular release.

Anime Heroes: Naruto Shippuden: 4th Great Ninja War Kakashi Hatake.

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LEGO Indiana Jones 77013 Escape from the Lost Tomb

Looks like the Indiana Jones sets haven't done too well in Australia as two of the sets have gone on clearance at one of the retailers here.

Marvel Legends Captain America: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson 2-Pack

Basically going into clearance price for this one on Amazon AU.

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LEGO DC Super Heroes 76265 Batwing: Batman vs. The Joker,

Marvel Legends Avengers: Beyond Earth's Mightiest: Black Widow,

Marvel Legends Avengers: Beyond Earth's Mightiest: Iron Man (Model 01).

[Tantrum]

Lots of LEGO and bootlego this weekend.

LEGO 11033 Creative Fantasy Universe - I already own this, but US$50 for 1800 pieces is too good a deal to pass up. I realize that by this logic, I should've bought out the entire stock, but I lack follow through.

LEGO 31144 Exotic Pink Parrot - I'd thought about the blue version, but never picked it up. I'm glad I didn't, because I like this color scheme better.

Block Tech Mount Up Deep-sea Angler, Flametrail Phoenix, and Greenback Crab - I already owned the crab, but bought a second because the joints for the arms are very similar to Kre-O ball joints. They're all plastic, no rubber, so they aren't interchangable with Kre-O. That is, I can't use these ball joints with Kre-O sockets, or vice versa. But, on their own, they're a decent enough match to look good alongside my Kre-O builds.

Snap & Switch Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly - A brick built, pink, chibi bear with what appears to be blood dripping from his mouth and splattered across his chest. I couldn't pass this up. Upon building him, I realized that there is more red stuff on his paws.

I looked up the character name, and it turns out it's an anime of 12 episodes, about 1 minute each. Gloomy is a Grizly adopted by a man as a pet. But, Gloomy doesn't understand the pet/owner relationship, because he is a bear. So, he mauls his owner every episode. It is glorious. Despite the copious blood in the show, the red stuff may be pomegranate juice.

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Marvel Legends Totally Awesome Hulk BAF Wave:

Captain Marvel (MCU)
Marvels Photon (MCU)
Ms. Marvel (MCU)
Marvel Boy
Marvel's Karnak
Commander Rogers
Iron Man (Heroes Return)

Bought from JB Hi-Fi in separate hits.

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Marvel Legends Gamerverse Avengers Starboost Armor Iron Man,

Was able to get this armor really cheaply from eBay after a couple of false starts elsewhere.

Marvel Legends Black Widow (Grey Suit),

Marvel Legends Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Gwen Stacy.

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Marvel Legends Lady Loki (Agent Of Asgard) - Found at TK Maxx at clearnce price.

Marvel Legends Gamerverse Hulk (Outback) - Bought from Ebay.

LEGO Sonic The Hedgehog 76991 Tails' Workshop and Tornado Plane,

LEGO Sonic The Hedgehog 76990 Sonic's Speed Sphere Challenge,

LEGO Dreamzzz 71454 Mateo and Z-Blob the Robot,

LEGO Dreamzzz 71453 Izzie and Bunchu the Bunny - Bought from Big W, some of which were discounted.

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LEGO Dreamszzz 71456 Mrs. Castillo's Turtle Van,

LEGO Dreamszzz 71455 Grimkeeper the Cage Monster,

Power Rangers Lightning Collection Turbo Invisible Phantom Ranger,

Power Rangers Lightning Collection In Space Yellow Ranger,

Power Rangers Lightning Collection Lost Galaxy Green Ranger,

Some of these were bought from Big W, others through Popcultcha.

[Baxter]

G.I.Joe Classified Copperhead arrived yesterday. Also ordered a 1:12 scale Maitso Harley Davidson motorcycle that I hoped would fit Zartan and the Dreadnoks. Alas it's a bit small for Zartan but works decently with Zarana.

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LEGO Dreamzzz 71458 Crocodile Car
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LEGO Dreamzzz 71457 Pegasus Flying Horse - Bought from Big W with a 30% discount.

Marvel Legends: Beyond Earth's Mightiest: Black Knight & Sersi - Bought from Amazon AU, discounted.

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LEGO Dreamzzz 71460 Mr. Oz's Spacebus
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LEGO Dreamzzz 71459 Stable of Dream Creatures - Bought from Big W with a 30% discount.

Marvel Legends: Beyond Earth's Mightiest: West Coast Avengers - Bought from Amazon US, while discounted.

[Denyer]

Not something I've bought and Star Wars isn't particularly my thing but eBay insists on promoting this for some reason, and I totally would buy one if money was no object and I had space. Plus if money was no object, one for the stranger this immediately reminded me of.

https://www.collectorfreaks.com/threads ... ot.249724/

Not sure if it's an official character or a gender-swapped Luke. But also looks like this image which regularly comes up on Facebook:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comme ... legendary/

And there's a nice story about a wedding present from Mark Hamill:

https://imgur.com/a/yT5l6

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Marvel Legends Marvel's Mr. Hyde BAF Wave:

Shang-Chi
Wenwu
Xialing
Death Dealer
Civil Warrior
Tony Stark (A.I.) Iron Man

Bought this wave at half the seller's price, making it very cheap.

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Dragon Stars Super Yi-Shenron (GT)
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Dragon Stars Gohan Beast Form (Super Hero)

Marvel Legends Marvel's Infinity Ultron BAF Wave:

She-Hulk
Kate Bishop
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
Moon Knight
Mr. Knight
Ms. Marvel
Sharon Carter

Bought half-price from an eBay seller.

[Denyer]

Diamond Select Toys Amazon Original Invincible Dupli-Kate which goes some way to proving that it's not just TF sub-lines that have long presumed titles. Not a series I'm that wildly into (dropped the comics due to losing interest, recently started the animated version and in motion plus edited for time it holds up better) but an unusual figure -- currently marked down at Forbidden Planet -- that goes to town with the series' distinctive love of blood spatters and superhero power levels having consequences. And/or guro fetish bait.

For a figure that's supposed to have switchable parts, you'll still need heat or boiling water to be safe. Snapped the very end of a peg in the first couple of minutes and had to drill it out. But the truly unforgivable thing is that the knees don't have the full range of motion they're designed to -- if moved back much at all an irregularly-shaped piece inside the joint causes visible stress marks in the plastic in front. No excuse for it.

The sculpts of some of the other characters are... variable. Might be persuaded by a cheap Allen or Robot out of that wave but Eve has much thicker lines on the face print and the earlier waves seem to have come and gone.

http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW-061223a.htm

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Dragon Stars Super Saiyin 2 Goku (Halo)
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Dragon Stars Majin Vegeta

Marvel Legends Retro Fantastic Four set:

Mr. Fantastic
The Invisible Woman
The Thing
The Human Torch
The High Evolutionary
Psycho-Man

Marvel Legends Retro Firelord

All were bought on clearance prices, either from eBay or JB Hi-Fi.