Yeah yeah, you all knew it was coming. Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of some reorganizing right now, so I don't have everything ready for a full breakdown yet. Still, I'll show off a bit of what I have, and just ask that you pardon the mess for the time being.
(http://i.imgur.com/BylIkd6.jpg)
-this is the whole bookshelf, as it currently stands. I've got to do some "repairs" to a few places (a few of my Harley Quinns decided to commit suicide and they somehow managed to take the Young Justice AND Titans shelves with them on the way down) but the big thing right now is filling up space... I recently opted to replace my Marvel Universe shelves with Minimates, but I don't have more than a handful of minimates yet, so there are a LOT of empty shelves right now.
(http://i.imgur.com/aGzhwTK.jpg)
-Ahhh, my Batmobiles. I wanted to show these off awhile ago (when I made that youtube video) but because of the size of the things I really can't put them on my main shelf. I had been keeping them in a corner of my room so I wouldn't step on them, but I recently got a brand new computer desk, and it'll suffice until I find a more permanent solution.
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-Justice League. You'll notice a few changes since I showed them off last... I added back in the DCUC figures (Mainly to mirror the Morrison CSA, but admittedly I kinda missed having legitimate pre-n52 versions on my shelf), and I did finally cave and replace the STAS Aquaman with the JLU version. Before Benton kills me, in my defence, all three other figures there are Orange/Green and I wouldn't be using that one if this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/JLU-Orange-Shirt-Aquaman-Unproduced-Product-Sample-RAREST-JLU-FIGURE-EVER-MADE-/191235393970?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2c868489b2) wasn't nigh-unobtainable or the STAS one wasn't a full head shorter (http://www.oafe.net/rustin/art/jlaq6.jpg)
I am so very jealous!
What do you do with your figures when you move them off the shelf? Like the Marvel Universe ones you mention. Is there a back up shelf or a toy box with all your rejected figures?
Depends. For larger/more durable figures, I mostly take them to my parents house and give them to my adopted brother. I don't really trust him with all my Marvel Universe figures yet (I'd rather keep them in storage for now) but he enjoys it when I give him new toys to play with. And if I do decide to pull stuff back out, I can just go pick them back up.
Very very cool. Love the way you organized various incarnations of the characters!
Also love how Deadpool is with Batman and Superman on the movie shelf, lol.
Did you get any of the new 52 CSA?
Looking at your Batmobiles makes me want to go back to my parents house and get mine from TAS. I forgot that I still had it
Quote from: bat1987 on July 11, 2014, 09:42:45 AM
Very very cool. Love the way you organized various incarnations of the characters!
Also love how Deadpool is with Batman and Superman on the movie shelf, lol.
Did you get any of the new 52 CSA?
Not yet. I definitely want them, but I'm still recovering from my trip to Trotcon a few weeks ago. I'm probably going to worry about the Justice Lords figures first... they're a bit more expensive.
Quote from: JeyNyce on July 11, 2014, 02:55:34 PM
Looking at your Batmobiles makes me want to go back to my parents house and get mine from TAS. I forgot that I still had it
You should. That thing's worth some good money now too, even out of package.
Gawds...now we have a section where you blokes who waste money on action figures can show their crap off?!?!?! Ach...give me your money so I can use ti for what's right in the world...BOOZE!!!!
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 24, 2014, 03:06:13 PM
Gawds...now we have a section where you blokes who waste money on action figures can show their crap off?!?!?! Ach...give me your money so I can use ti for what's right in the world...BOOZE!!!!
Well if you still have the bottles, you can post your collection, LOL!
Quote from: JeyNyce on July 24, 2014, 05:28:46 PM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on July 24, 2014, 03:06:13 PM
Gawds...now we have a section where you blokes who waste money on action figures can show their crap off?!?!?! Ach...give me your money so I can use ti for what's right in the world...BOOZE!!!!
Well if you still have the bottles, you can post your collection, LOL!
No...I turn my bottles in for cash to buy more booze...
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Got the new custom figures in. I'm debating what to do about the custom Polaris... Eventually I'll probably break down and pull the Marvel Universe figs back out for the X-men shelves, but for right now she's bumming with the Justice League movie figures (no pics atm, sorry) until I get the DCC Arrow figure to help bolster their ranks.
I also took some new pics of the JLA shelf... I've included both Aquamen, just so I can showcase my issue with the Classic version. I'm debating asking for advice from some of my JLU custom friends, but we'll see.
Some new pics for the day:
(http://i.imgur.com/oEReWzs.jpg)
-First, the original X-men, complete at last. I've decided I am going to be pulling my figures back out, but I'm thinking of making some changes to the arrangement... like having the Original X-men paired against the Original Brotherhood, for instance. Gonna take my time and wrap my head around it before pulling everyone back out though.
(http://i.imgur.com/nz7dwBd.jpg)
-Speaking of a shelf undergoing some changes, I finally got my hands on another Cyborg figure after sacrificing my first one to the JLA shelf... which means I don't have to keep artfully hiding his right arm behind Red Arrow to hide the fact that the jerk who sold me my first one sent me the wal-mart exclusive version (which has a permanent sonic cannon) despite the amazon page clearly showcasing the regular version and I'm totally not planning his murder why would you even suggest that?
Erm... anyway, what with the expansion of the JLA shelf to include the JLU animated series, I've decided to also expand the Titans shelf to include figures from the original Teen Titans cartoon... which will be especially interesting, as several characters either did not appear (GL, Supergirl) or did not have figures (Wonder Girl, Kid Flash) so... more customs I have to put together *cracks knuckles.*
And yes, for anyone wondering, that is Kaldur'am from Young Justice standing in for Garth until I have a proper replacement.
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So, as I mentioned, I opted to add the old Bandai figures to my Teen Titans collection. I'm still missing 3 I need, but I've got BB and Robin on order (leaving only Raven left to get). I'm more than a little disappointed they didn't make a Kid Flash (or Wonder Girl for that matter, though that's more forgivable since she only had a cameo) but I have to make my own Supergirl and Kyle anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
That Titans shelf is pretty sweet.
Kaldur'am looks fantastic! They really did a good job with young justice figures overall.
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I've been restricting my figure budget lately due to trying to get my store up and running, so I haven't had as much to post about lately... but I've been slowly working on a SSB shelf "on the cheap." Most PVC figures like this can be found pretty easily (I think the most I spend on the whole thing was $75, and that's including a whole ton of Mario figures I haven't gotten yet), and I think the most I've paid for a single character was $15 for Pikachu, and that's only because I went to TRU and got the pack with Ash (who was a bit too tall to stand in for "Pokemon Trainer" on the shelf, much to my annoyance.) I made a list of characters (http://tomatoinsanity.tumblr.com/post/100213736800/my-modest-little-ssb-shelf-is-coming-along) I'm trying to get on one of my sub-tumblrs, but a lot depends on how many of them I can find in the right scale range. I might eventually resort to 3d prints, but at the moment I'm content to just pick off the characters I can actually get.
Those are pretty nice. I like Diddy.
They look pretty cool. Link and Diddy are best looking IMO.
Meh.
So since taking that photo, I intended to add a whole bunch more minifigures... I even had this giant lot of them I was hoping to use to add Peach, Luigi, Mario and Yoshi. But they're wildly out of scale (even by the loose standards of Super Smash Bros) so they're all basically unusable, except for Yoshi (who is almost as tall as Wario). I'm more than a little disappointed about that right now >.<.
On a (somewhat) more positive note:
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Picked these up today at Toys R Us, and I'm very happy with what I got. There's still a part of me that's disappointed with them more or less rebooting Sonic since that leaves me having to more or less set aside the Jazwares line (which is what got me into collecting Sonic figures in the first place) but honestly... Sonic's needed a clean start for awhile, and I'd rather start fresh with the new show then have 30+ important characters that should really have figures, but that realistically no toy company can get to as quickly as I want (Ex. Jazwares had the license for years and we still never got Rouge, Cream, Gamma, Omega, Marine, Metal Knucles, etc.). In a single day I found most of the major players (and I'm only missing Sticks because my TRU didn't have her), so as long as Tomy can keep up with SEGA, I'll be happy.
For SSB shelf, depending on how much you're willing to spend on them there are these
http://www.amazon.com/Luigi-amiibo-nintendo-wii-u/dp/B00O97ZWVC/ref=pd_sim_t_2/181-8448630-2676737?ie=UTF8&refRID=1HFZY5NMDWKCE16YJY4C
They're around 13$ a piece, and I'm assuming they are gonna do the full roster. If you have the WII U though, they are gonna be more than plastic statues in that case since you use them similar to Skylanders on your WII U pad. They do look nice, not sure about the scale between the figures though.
I've been seriously considering those, my only issues are, as you said, scale, and that it's unclear if they actually are doing the whole roster. Specifically, are we going to get third party characters, like Sonic and Mega Man (because I don't know what licensing rights there are for them). An additional sticking point for me is Waluigi, who isn't part of the "Super Smash Bros" roster, but I want him on the shelf as well.
So I'm sure you guys knew this was coming eventually, but I think it's about time I posted photos of my Batman collection already. I've honestly meant to do this for awhile, but I'd been having horrible issues with the shelf (it was very wobbly, and the Batman figures being on the top meant at least 6 figures would be fallen over at any given time). I finally broke down and got some leveling shims to stabilize it a few weeks ago, but I still wanted to get in a few more figures before posting.
Batman Family (Nothing new here as far as I remember):
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Arkham Inmates:
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This one's obviously my pride and joy, and I honestly cannot tell you guys how excited I am for how complete it is right now. I'm completely done collecting the TAS and Lego lines, and with my most recent purchases (DCC AO Deadshot, DCUC Deadshot, and DCSH Killer Croc) I've also managed to collect every available figure from the DCUC and Arkham toy lines. Obviously there are still gaps I'd like to fill, and one or two figures that aren't out yet (like Arkham City Clayface) but I'm pretty happy with who I already have.
Looks awesome! It really is nice when a shelf is complete, or the very least close to being done.
Some interesting customs there as well, good stuff.
A LEGO Zsasz? That's cool and creepy at the same time.
Quote from: JeyNyce on November 21, 2014, 08:18:55 PM
A LEGO Zsasz? That's cool and creepy at the same time.
And technically canon as well... true, there hasn't been an "official" Zsasz minifigure, but Zsasz himself is present in both the DS version of Lego Batman, and the portable versions of Lego Batman 2 as a boss fight.
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Apologize for the quality on this one, but my camera finally died on me (I've been having issues with it for awhile) so I had to use my phone to take a picture.
Sorry to hear about your camera. Lost mine last spring *sniffle*. Really swank collection though. I sometimes miss collecting and customizing and such, especially when seeing line-ups like this.
Looks like someone's been picking up some ambios.
Nice collection Tom.
Yeah, I got most of Wave 1. Once they finally showed off wave 3 (which includes Sonic and Mega Man) that was when I finally decided to go for it. I think I'll need to wait for some other games before I can get a few other characters I want (Waluigi, Daisy) but I've been toying around with making my own if needed.
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Got my Two-Face in today. I haven't gotten it home yet(Yes, I was that impatient to post pics), so the figures here are hand-me-downs I pulled from my brother's toy bin for the shot, just to give an idea of scale.
(http://i.imgur.com/m5hQMVn.jpg)
Oh hey, I made a new custom figure the last few days.
Nice, is this to be a Justice Lords figure?
It is a Justice Lord figure, so yes. I've got a few of the official Mattel ones on order, but Flash here has been sitting on my desk waiting for me to work on him since I decided to include them.
So I did a video thing.
http://youtu.be/0MG8x7RB8rA
Nice display. Arkham villains shelf looks pretty dope, I like it a lot. And man that animated corner is gonna look great as soon as you get more of them.
You need a Constantine figure
Actually, I think I HAVE a Constantine figure... somewhere. The DCUC figure was part of the Club Infinite Earths subscription, so I'm sure it's somewhere at my parent's house. Thing is though, I don't have any shelves for him to be a part of, so it got lumped with a lot of other figures that I just keep in storage in case I ever find a use for them.
In other news, I actually got Catwoman ahead of schedule (it wasn't supposed to be here until January 2nd) so I'll be doing another review of that one. I've had more time to prepare for this one, so it might take me a bit to get a review posted.
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So through a series of odd coincidences, I got all the Justice Lords figures on the same day, despite buying them weeks apart and from 3 separate sellers. The Batman and Superman figures came with the stupid "brainiac clone" deco (and had a TON of paint smudges besides) so I opted to re-sculpt them a bit to better match their cartoon appearances.
I have to say, I am extremely envious of this collection. :D
Still putting off doing my review of Freeze, but I've been meaning to post some updates for a few shelves that have recently gotten a few new additions:
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Not much new here, admittedly, but I finally broke down and purchased a DCUC Green Arrow. I was debating which version of Ollie to get for awhile, because the other version is arguably a more "classic" interpretation of the character... however, I ultimately decided to go with the "Brightest Day" costume because A. It's more recent and thus cheaper, and B. I already had the other costume represented with his JLU figure. I'm glad I did too... the Brightest Day costume really pops against the more drab greens of the other Arrows.
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A slightly bigger update here, in that I finally started picking up the DCC Crime Syndicate figures. It's a bit surprising it took me this long to get around to it... It was the figures that got me truly excited for Forever Evil, and while it's not my favorite CSA story of all time, it's easily my favorite DC event post-flashpoint. The figures are, if anything, more beautiful in hand than in some of the solicits, and I can't wait to expand my roster.
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And then... there's Mr. Freeze. I've made no secret of my lack of enthusiasm for this figure, and it did not help matters that the person who sold him to me broke his gun wielding hand and didn't bother to include that little tidbit in the description. It's nothing I couldn't fix (obviously, since he's holding the gun in the photos) but it's still irritating to deal with. Plus, the figure itself is... not great. I'll go into it more when I do an actual review, but while Catwoman really cemented the line for me, I can see why fans were so divided after Batman and Freeze came out.
Ya, the CSA figures are amazing. Not sure why they changed Owlman's color scheme though, the prototype looked more like he does in FE.
So I had some time to kill today, and since I was in need of a new pair of work shoes anyway I stopped by Wal-Mart and killed some time going through the toy aisle... when I ran across the latest wave of lego DC sets. Now that LB3 is out, we're starting to see sets that cover more of the DC Universe... and while I'm probably passing on most of the sets due to price, there was at least one I knew I needed to pick up: set #76028, Darkseid Invasion. After choking down my frustration with the giant hole the set was going to make in my wallet (the set was almost $70!) I made my way to checkout.
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Much to my delight, unlike a lot of previous sets which only give one or two additional minifigs, the Darkseid Invasion set comes with 4 brand new characters... Hawkman, Cyborg, Green Arrow, and Darkseid himself, which filled all the holes in my current Justice League collection with a single set. Additionally, the Superman minifig, while not "new," features a cape made of a softer, cloth-type material (the old capes were glorified construction paper) so I'm just as happy to get him even though I already had one. Really, the only disappointment in the set is Hawkman... while his inclusion makes it more likely I'll eventually get additional Hawkman figures, the wings on the minifig are made from a very thin, semi-translucent plastic that I do not foresee surviving serious play.
That said, I was also REALLY happy with the Javelin. I kind of shrug off most of the included builds for these sets... I have fun building the things, but outside of the occasional Batmobile I keep for display purposes, I don't really care enough to keep them around. But I'm debating what I'm gonna do with the Javelin... it doesn't go with any collections, but it's too cool a piece to show in a box somewhere.
So I bought some figures the other day (I know right, me buying figures? That's almost as unexpected as Murs making silly remarks to lighten the mood.), specifically a few of the arkham figures from the DC multiverse line. I dismissed the line originally because I was already getting the DCC figures, but I prefer smaller lines for space reasons anyway. Between that and the prospect of shelling out 150+ on rounding out the DCC lineup, I'm pretty sold on making the switch. It doesn't help that the figures are actually pretty decent, with good articulation and solid sculpts. I plan to take pictures at some point, but I own 3 versions of Arkham Two Face now, and the new Mattel one is easily my favorite of the lot.
Between that and my budget shortfalls, I think I'd like to sell off my DCC Arkham figures. If anyone is interested in any of them before I put everything up online, send me a PM
(http://i.imgur.com/Qndf42o.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/Ddj0nHT.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/bs2l6o5.jpg)
Pictures of the Multiverse figures I picked up, as I promised. I bought a Black Mask as well (you can see his DCC counterpart in at least one of the photos) but I can't find it at the moment for pics. Clayface in particular is probably why I finally decided to jump over the the multiverse line... Most of the DCC figures are fantastic, but that Clayface (http://i.imgur.com/NvhsQps.jpg) is not worth $90. Batman's easily the weakest, but I only bought the thing because it came included with Clayface, so it's not like I wanted it to begin with. He'll serve as a placeholder until I can get my hands on the Arkham Knight figure.
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm gearing up to sell my arkham figures... I have a day off on Thursday, so I'll be taking final photos and getting everything ready for shipment then. If anyone wants me to set some figures aside though, PLEASE let me know.
That's too bad. But I totally get it, this hobby can get expensive, and some cuts need to be made from time to time.
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So I threw some of the money I made from my Arkham figures back into getting replacements, so now I have most of the available figures from the DC Multiverse line. I've been really happy with the DC Multiverse line overall (I have several of the Burton-era figures as well) and I think the only real disappointment is Deadshot, who was from one of the earliest waves and not nearly as sleek as the figures who came later. Between that and the drastically lowered price tag on these figures compared to the DCC ones (the most expensive was Clayface at $25, compared to the normal DCC price of $21) I'm relatively happy with the switch. Now I just wish they'd let me pre-order the date night pack already, because deliberately walking past AO Joker at my local targets is getting a little frustrating.
I'm curious Mato, How come you don't collect the Marvel figures? I have seen a great looking Captain Marvel as well as Spider-Girl (May-day Parker)
I go back and forth on Marvel... I have most of the Marvel studios 6 in. figures, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next wave of Avengers so I can get AoU Cap, Iron Man and maaaaaybe Hulk.
The biggest problem with the marvel figures is Hasbro's lack of consistency. I started out collecting the X-men figures from the original ML line, but by the time I really got into it Hasbro was mainly doing Marvel Universe figures, with maybe 2-6 new ML figures coming out a year if we were lucky. But I stubbornly held onto the Marvel Legends line for years, before I saw the MU second genesis pack in stores, which was what finally broke me and got me collecting smaller figures in the first place... Hell, I was so happy with them I even got a whole bunch of Avengers figures to go with my X-men ones. But now, of course, they've recently started phasing out the Marvel Universe line since the Marvel Legends figures are apparently selling better.
So right now I'm kind of in limbo. The main ones I still want are X-men figures (my need for avengers figures on my shelf has pretty much been sated by the MCU ones), but with the (admittedly understandable) focus on characters related to Spiderman and the Avengers, X-men figures have been pretty sparse. Every so often I skim through previews to see if we've got some new X-men coming out (and to be fair, there are a couple I've been keeping an eye out for in stores... Bishop, Emma, and Collossanaut are ones I've been wanting for awhile), but for the most part the only new figures I've been really excited for are the 6in MCU ones.
Those Multiverse figures do look good. Bane, Freeze and Clayface especially.
Sorry for the threadjack 'Mato, but there's a Collossanaut?
There's one coming, I don't know if it's out yet though. Originally it was supposed to be in a 3 pack with Emma and pre-AvX Cyclops, but that pack never made it to market. However, both Emma and Collosanaut showed up at a toy fair earlier this year mixed in with the upcoming Infinite series figures, so they're probably just being reshuffled into the single pack releases.
Finally found MLIS Wave 2 in stores today, couldn't resist getting all 3 MCU figures, replacing my old Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk.
(http://i.imgur.com/g0Ibncc.jpg)
Not sure whether I'm going to bother with any of the other figures from the film, honestly. War Machine is a maybe, but I'm probably gonna pass on the four pack with Thor, Bruce Banner, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. Hawkeye is in the same costume I already have from Avengers 1, Bruce Banner is boring (and I already have Hulk on the shelf), I prefer the deco on the CA2 Black Widow figure, and Thor... I really don't care too much for Thor's outfit in AoU. It doesn't help that he's easily the most consistent of the MCU characters in terms of costume (it's basically the same for 3 successive films) and to suddenly change it to the gold is a bit off putting for me.
That said, Ant Man is a must buy, and I'll probably pick up Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver figures if they ever come out. Not gonna bother getting Ultron, mainly because he's a BAF and I'm not spending $100 on figures I don't want just to get an Ultron, especially since I've still got Loki in storage.
I like how you put Spidey in the group, but I'm so used to him NOT being an Avenger that he looks out of place. Very nice figures!
Not the typical fare, but I had to show this off. Me wearing my new T-Shirt (with the Tomato to Model logo on it) holding the Minecraft version of me in the same shirt.
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Very cool :thumbup:
That's all kinds of awesome :thumbup:
That's really neat, Tomato!!
So just a heads up, I'm gonna be spoilering pics of my Batman shelf for the time being, as I'll be making some additions that could contain spoilers for the events of the latest game, Arkham Knight.
So first of all, finished new Black Mask custom.
(http://i.imgur.com/1kRvIyL.jpg)
Also, update for the Batman Shelf (in spoilers tags because reasons)
Spoiler
But seriously guys, spoilers from Arkham Knight follow
Spoiler
Granted, it's not a very big spoiler, since the game totally telegraphs the reveal early on, but you still might wanna avoid the reveal.
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Well, if you're sure... better be...
Spoiler
GRYFFINDOR!
... sorry
Spoiler
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I skipped over Man0Bat this time, mainly because the photo came out really fuzzy and I didn't feel like taking it again
I might update later with a minor tweek to my Avengers shelf. I added a non-MCU legends figure (might add a few... you'll understand why when I post the pics) but she is determined to fall over, and I'm not up to fixing it for the 20th time right now.
(http://i.imgur.com/bX9g2L8.jpg)
Yes, those ARE Giant Man and Wasp in the back with Ant Man. I figure they aren't very likely to appear in the films anyway (I should note that I have yet to see Ant-Man, so I guess there's a chance that they could appear in a flashback... but we certainly haven't seen any figures even if that is the case.)
They look really cool together. Looking at TASM 2 figure, it's a shame the movie wasn't that good. The costume looks perfect, and I'm really curious how he'll look in the MCU, but that suit will be hard to top.
AOU Cap looks fantastic btw, really great, detailed sculpt.
Yeah, whatever gripes you might have with the ASM series, the second movie had that costume pitch perfect. Anyway, off to see Antman!
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So this is a project I've been working on lately, ripping one of the trophy models from Smash 4 in order to make my own custom Waluigi Amiibo. Now, originally, I was gonna paint it myself, but a buddy of mine offered to do it for me since I gave him a good deal on my BTAS/YJ figures awhile back.
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So I got in most of the Batman v Superman figures yesterday (I ordered Wonder Woman too, but she's coming separately) and I wanted to showcase them here. I have the previous movie figures in for comparison, and War Marchine because he was the first MCU figure I got my hands on.
Overall, I'm really happy with them. They're both larger figures then their predecessors (Batman obviously so, but even Superman stands a few cm taller than the previous Movie Masters figure) which is nice in placing them against the Marvel Legends figures, since now at least they don't look so embarrassingly short when standing next to their MCU counterparts. I also love that this line will also feature the Arrowverse characters, which gives me greater freedom to bolster the ranks against the much larger MCU. I did so previously with the DCC toys, but they were so much larger than even the Marvel Legends I had to hide them in the back.
That said, a warning to fellow collectors: the figures I got, particularly Superman, had a fair amount of slop. That's always an issue ordering figures online, and it doesn't normally bother me, but Superman had some gold paint from the belt on his crotch. It was easy enough to scrape off, but yeah... it was not a good first impression.
Still, the figures ARE much better made. As you can tell from the image, my previous Superman figure never really stood up correctly, and a lot of the other movie masters toys had similar issues. These figures though, they're 100% solid. I didn't even have to adjust them too much, they just stood upright out of the package.
Maybe it's me, but it looks like they are missing something or not very detailed, I can't quite put my finger on it, but if you're happy with them, then that all that matters
Part of that might be how bad my phone camera is, for example the gold on Superman's belt isn't very noticeable in the picture, but it's very much so on the figure. Also the stupid red lines on the boots.
That, and it could also be that the movie designs don't have that much going for them. I still say Superman should have more red.
Cool stuff, Tomato.
But I'm actually not sure which is the new Superman, left or right? :wacko:
The new one is the one that doesn't look like he'd fall over if blown on.
(But seriously, all snarking about the toy that I fought with for years to get to stand properly aside, I put the new ones in the center, old ones on the outside.)
Anyway, not sure what I wanna do about the Arrowverse figures. On the one hand, I'd sort of like to expand the DC figures to match my growing collection of Marvel ones... but on the other, Flash is gonna have a film version soon enough, and the Green Arrow figure uses a design that is already outdated (Flash does too, technically, but I have white paint). In both cases they're more or less placeholders, and online prices (about $40 a pop) is a bit steep for that. I might feel differently if I see them in stores at regular price, but I may forgo them for the time being.
Still... being able to group together Luthor and Reverse Flash? 'Mato likes.
(http://i.imgur.com/pf0Yoz3.jpg)
Got Wonder Woman in the mail today. You'll notice I got rid of the harness, as well as the sword and shield. I'm not a big accessories guy anyway, and I don't really feel like WW needs them.
For this photo, I managed to dig out my Movie Masters Hal from the Green Lantern film (a film a lot of people give flack, but would have been a far greater start of a DC Cinematic Universe IMHO) and an Arrow figure from DCC. At this point, I don't see much of a point for either figure... I might keep Arrow as a placeholder until Mattel releases a proper "Green Arrow" from the latest season, but GL is so out of scale now that I'm better off just waiting for the inevitable DCEU figure.
So for those not yet aware, I'm going to be moving down to Las Vegas soon, and one of the things I'm going to be doing there is participating in Let's Plays with my friends over at Double Take Las Vegas (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6D-_QUrp6MPgV7frlX1nYQ). Well, after seeing some LPs of Lego Dimensions, I discussed the game with my friends, and we decided that we could probably find some fun stuff to do with it for the channel, and since I kinda wanted to play it for myself anyway (I'm gonna be basically dungeon master for the channel playthrough) I've been the one buying the game and all the packs for it.
Well, today I decided to take stock of the insanity and...
(http://i.imgur.com/ErLmhbe.jpg)
My Lego dimensions packs so far.
4 level packs
2 team packs
8 fun packs
I have on preorder
Ghostbusters level pack
Sensei wu pack
(For those who are in the know and wonder why I have cyberman already, my local tru had that and the DC team pack up early)
(http://i.imgur.com/ngGWBv3.jpg)
I have some Spider figures. However...
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:thumbup:
(http://i.imgur.com/qUsWd3G.jpg)
Minor update. I've got more on the way (I bought Ock Spidey and the 3d prints I posted about, and I've ordered a custom Kaine and Iron Spider from a customizer who is doing some amazing Spider-Man work (http://www.figurerealm.com/customfigure?action=view&id=80753).) I want to follow up with some Spider-Women soon.
That said, I'd be interested in seeing someone else's collection. HINT HINT Podmark.
Now you just have to get the Black suit Spider-man and Miles and you'll be set!
Miles is a must get, and as for black suit... I've discussed getting a custom Ultimate Black Suit Spidey with HDC when the new USM figures hit shelves later this year.
The next must have for me is Gwen, I just wish she was cheaper.
Quote from: Tomato on March 10, 2016, 06:06:10 PM
That said, I'd be interested in seeing someone else's collection. HINT HINT Podmark.
If you insist...thought it's a lot of the same.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/podmark/20160310_180043aa_zpstrvmcxeg.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/podmark/media/20160310_180043aa_zpstrvmcxeg.jpg.html)
If you were wondering about the rest of my collection, that would take some work. It's in random spots around my place, a lot of it in boxes.
(http://i.imgur.com/LmLArm7.jpg)
Got my legs in today (it took so long because Shapeways was offering $6 off in exchange for waiting a longer time period, which I'm fine with.) so I spent a good chunk of the afternoon working with the legs and... eh. Don't get me wrong, the design is awesome and he does fantastic work, but... the material was not what I was expecting. Instead of being red all the way through, it's basically painted red after printing... which is a problem when the model itself is built on sprues and the model is all red. It's not awful, but it required a bit of patching. Additionally, there was one joint in particular that existed purely to vex me... I just could NOT get it to go in on its own, so I ended up having to dremel a bit out of the joint to get it to pop into place.
That having been said, the legs look and move fantastic. I was a little afraid to move them at all for the picture while I wait for the backpack to cement in place, thus why one of the lower legs is partly upside down, but the pieces themselves move well and hold position once popped in place.
I also took the opportunity to repaint his eyes. Granted, the art for Superior Spider-Man's eyes are all over the place, but there is not a piece of artwork I've seen that went with BRONZE. I went back and forth before finally settling on a dark silver. I'm planning on touching up the paint in other areas once the backpack is more secure, but for now... Superior Spider-Man.
(http://i.imgur.com/XQu7Q6t.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/PwHHf6R.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/GRDnSMV.jpg)
Realized I hadn't updated in awhile, thought I would. I ended up deciding to split up my Spider-Men into the "Amazing" and "Superior" teams like in the mobile game "Spider-Man Unlimited," with the "darker" Spider-Men on one side and the more heroic ones on the other. Of course, there's not many dark spider-men yet, but I'm planning on putting Iron Spider over there too, as well as Kaine... speaking of whom, the custom is apparently done already, the customizer sent me a phone camera shot, and it's pretty awesome. I'll cross-post pics of it when he sends me the professional ones.
(http://i.imgur.com/MRL1ts9.jpg)
Already posted this on Instagram a minute ago, but this is probably the last update I'll be able to make before I finally move (yes, it is FINALLY happening. I've been going on about it for what, a year now?) both because all my spare money is going towards saving for the move, and because I'm gonna have to start packing everything up.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEaApouvrcn/?taken-by=happydaycustoms
This(and the Iron Spider figure) will probably be the last figures I get pre-move, if only because I actually paid for them a month or so ago.
So after making a big deal about not buying any more figures and even turning down a very generous offer from Jeynyce for a spare Spider Gwen, I stumbled across Venom and Spider Gwen in my local target and ended up buying both. HRM.
https://instagram.com/p/BEwNJ4JL1w1/
Love the Spidey stuff. The new comic ML Spidey and Rhino are absolute favorites for sure!
Resistance is futile :P
...and yet still no DJ figurine with his bottle of super booze....hmpf...
I'm sure if I look around Las Vegas I can find a lump of mud that'll serve as a decent approximation of your smelly corpse in 1:12 scale
Quote from: Tomato on May 28, 2016, 02:46:15 AM
I'm sure if I look around Las Vegas I can find a lump of mud that'll serve as a decent approximation of your smelly corpse in 1:12 scale
But ti will be missing my signature smell and booze....
I'm sure he can find a bottle of Pepe Lopez tequila to soak it in.
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on June 04, 2016, 04:01:31 AM
I'm sure he can find a bottle of Pepe Lopez tequila to soak it in.
Tequila?!?! YUCK!! I don't drink that crap!!!
Hey, I can get an action figure of my avatar in a little plastic egg...
(http://i.imgur.com/haqDoWJ.jpg)
Finally got back on firm financial footing again, so of course I'm buying more toys, duh.
In all seriousness though, I splurged a bit and got the entirety of the Marvel Legends Infinite Series Spider-Man: Space Knight Venom wave, as it's the first wave where I'm totally ok collecting every figure. And while I technically won't be using either USM1 or Silk in my "final" collection (Ultimate Peter Parker will be represented by the black suit counterpart, which I have put waaaaaay too much effort into to NOT do at this point, and Silk didn't make the cut amidst so many fantastic Spider-ladies.) they're still both wonderful figures, and hell, I can swap them out.
That having been said, I *will* have a spare Ultimate Peter Parker (the box comes with two of each version of USM, and I'm using the spare Miles for Symbiote USM) so if anyone else wanted one you can PM me.
Man I haven't been keeping up on the newer figures. Space Knight Venom is especially cool.
You're going to have quite the collection, Tomato.
Quote from: Podmark on September 05, 2016, 02:36:50 AM
You're going to have quite the collection, Tomato.
Man, I am super looking forward to a couple gems too... on top of the Iron Spider and Kaine figures I ordered (which I still don't have... hrm) I've been testing different paint combinations for the last few months trying to find something I was happy with for Symbiote Suit USM... I am so happy with what I came up with. My only fear is doing all the white sections (not so much the eyes, but the symbol... ugh) but I also just found someone who sells spiderman themed decals on Etsy (specifically various different artist themed eyes and kits for the Future Foundation design) so I sent him an email about possibly selling me ones for the black suit.
(http://i.imgur.com/YPrA2wn.jpg)
So I would have had actual photos for ya'll, but I had a string of bad luck this morning, so I had to leave without taking any. In the meintime, thought I'd post an example of my raging OCD... Basically, to prevent myself from going overkill and just never stopping, I have to chart out my collections pretty heavily to establish limits to my raging insanity.
I may have posted this chart before, but eagle eyed people might notice I swapped out Agent Venom for Space Venom... Mostly because I was buying the whole SV wave anyway and it didn't make sense to then buy a separate version of the same character.
In other news, I've already started painting Black suit USM, right now I've just gotta rework the head and add the chest symbol. I'm kind of annoyed that I ran out of time to take a quick photo, it looks so good already.
(http://i.imgur.com/hiPRAan.jpg)
Need to set up my shelf for the current group shot, but here's USM as he currently stands. I'm waiting for the the sculpt to finish so I can sand down the eyes and finish painting the head, plus do some quick touch ups to the paint job, but I think he's coming along fairly nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/2HwNO97.jpg)
Much better photo this time, not with the mask as well. I'm actually still doing touch ups there (mostly just cleaning up edges) but he's mostly done, at least until I get the logo decals.
I'm gonna finish up a few minor things and then set up the shelf again, try to take a shot of the full collection
(http://i.imgur.com/mDYhzJY.jpg)
So right after taking a whole bunch of photos of the shelf, my ipad dinged, letting me know the packages containing Hammerhead and Kraven the Hunter were delivered. So I was like "welp, so much for those photos" and ran down to go pick those up before the PO closed for the day. The successive batch of photos was not great, especially since the lamp is just to the left of the frame, but... eh.
That is one impressive collection of spider-characters.
So after torturing myself over some of the recent (and not so recent) reveals, I finally broke down and restructured my list so as to incorporate some of the characters I had/wanted to add.
Spoiler
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And an update to the shelf:
(http://i.imgur.com/1zkXQDw.jpg)
Yes, that is an unfinished Ricochet and a headless ML8 Green Goblin. The former will need some new pieces, and the latter's head will be stuck on a Spectacular Spider-Man body spliced with GG/Hobgoblin pieces for a Harry Osborn custom (I wanted the ML8 Goblin head since that's far closer to the classic art than the more modern Sandman wave GG). Electro is handless because I'm giving him some spare hands because the lightning ones weren't great.
So today I got some new additions to my MCU shelf, and since I was taking new photos of some of my old collections anyway (recently joined a forum for DBZ figures), I snapped some pics.
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(http://i.imgur.com/V6ZEcHU.jpg)
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This is cute.
So I've been around a little bit less lately, partly due to me having the attention span of a gnat, but also because I've recently moved from an ok apartment with not a ton of space, to renting a house with 3 of my best friends. And unlike the apartment, which didn't REALLY have a ton of space for me to put my displays, we've got a bit more legroom as far as "hey, here's the top of a bookshelf I can put these figures on." Since today is my first "day off" (not really, but it was a half day) where I wasn't moving furniture up stairs and all that, I've had a bit of time to set some stuff up today, and took some photos.
Before I go into that though, question for other collectors out there: A few of the friends who will be moving down have pets, a dog and a cat. I'm not really worried about the cat knocking them off directly (the more valuable displays with customs are mostly in my room, anything downstairs can and has taken a few tumbles). That being said, there are always going to be issues with figures falling due to a bookshelf being knocked, and I'm trying to think of ways to, for lack of a better explanation, glue their feet to the shelf without actually gluing them down.
Anyway, to photos. We'll start with...
TitansSpoiler
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So this one's been through some iterations. I did finally unpack Tempest (he was made by loosecollector over a year ago, but I never unpacked him because when I got him I was moving from Maryland to Nevada, and then had no real space for displays). As for the Teeny Titans (they have a real name, but I'm not looking it up atm) I went through a few iterations of them and I'm still not entirely happy with the results. I got some of the Bandai figures from the original Teen Titans show, but those were kinda blah, they never really looked like the show, and making customs to fill in the gaps wasn't really appealing. Briefly got a few of the Jazwarez figures (which is where the Tower comes from btw) but... while I will credit them being show accurate, those were some cheaply put together toys. I bought a few larger ones for my brother (who LOVED Go) and Raven pretty much exploded right out of the box. Plus, the writing was pretty much on the wall that Mattel was taking that line away from pretty early on.
The reason I'm relatively ok with this line (which is Mattel's) is that, A. I got really into the Teeny Titans mobile game (it's good. worth the 4 bucks or whatever) and B. They're basically glorified lego men. If this line dies, customs are stupidly simple.
JLA/CSASpoiler
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So this collection used to be a bit larger, but due to some issues (A few of the N52 league figures broke during one of the moves, and the DCEU ones... just... meh) but in a way it's also been distilled down into my favorite iterations of the two groups. Also, I've got this one set up on the shelf in my closet, which has a sliding door where you can only see one half of the closet or the other at a time: Nightmare for photos, but it's also like... I open one side, Justice League. Other side: CSA/Justice Lords.
DragonballSpoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/bO4F7ue.jpg)
So between getting the androids and the re-release of Cell I've mostly filled in the gaps with what's actually been released that I want. I have my WIP custom Gohan still packed up, haven't bothered to get him out since he still has no head to speak of atm. I'm eventually planning on making the second Cell (the Figure Rise one) into a custom Final Form King Cold, but I'm not there yet.
Marvel Cinematic UniverseSpoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/hXUThHs.jpg)
Apologies on the cruddy quality of the photo, but getting a good shot with my ipad was kinda awkward. This one's had a few changes, partly due to the space I'm using for it, but also because of current and upcoming characters and figures.
First, I removed Giant Man and Wasp. I love them, I wish OC Janet and Hank were included, but the comic costumes just don't quite fit alongside the MCU counterparts. I'm kinda waiting to see what happens with Antman and Wasp though, since Wasp will be in that film, and I've been toying with how to include Hank. Second, I picked up some GotG figures finally... I know I know, but unlike the other MCU films, I don't have any attachment to the characters outside of the film. Third, I left a space open for the Netflix figures coming... whenever they're coming. I also currently have my Andrew Garfield Spider-Man chilling in the back of Team Iron Man until I bother to pick up the new SM figure.
Edit: Also, before I forget, I DO have a special space that's already home for the FR figures. I'm just not sure where one or two are at the moment (bubble wrap: Great for keeping figures safe during moves, not so great trying to find them amongst other bubble wrapped things.) so I'm waiting to take the photo until they're out.
...and yet you still don't have a DJ, MikeB7, Gdaybloke, Beyonder, or MJB figure...hmph..no love for the originals...
Sweet collection. I was actually really close to picking up some GotG figures today.
Is that Piccolo posable? If it is I'm really impressed to see a figure that can cross it's arms like that.
What they do with the figuarts figures (which is where that figure comes from) they're made for collectors, so they have swappable faces, arms, hands, etc. For the crossed arms, they're actually molded that way as a separate attachable piece, because there's realistically no way to do it otherwise with hard plastic.
That said, there are apparently Dragonball figures that have flexing biceps now. So that's a thing.
Envy. I used to have so many (think I mentioned I worked at a toy store) but really loved the Spidey stuff. The design just lends itself to figures so well. My favorite line was probably Along Came A Spider followed by Planet Of The Symbiotes. I also love the Deep Sea Venom for some reason.
Speaking of I've been extracting models from Spider-man Unlimited and uploading them to my Deviantart account all week. Should have almost everything up by the months end short a few that came out broken. Spider-Ma'am was the first I did as I thought I recalled you asking about that one.
Envy your Mario stuff too. I've had a desire to buy a lot of the small plush World Of Nintendo ones. Sort of waiting for them to go down a buck or two. I have the Toad in Catsuit one though, he hangs out on my bed with with my Harley Quinn plushy lol.
Oh and last, was just looking at these online last night. Whoo, don't have the $$$ but I so WANT!...
http://necaonline.com/2016/05/sdcc-exclusive-tmnt-arcade-turtles-and-foot-clan-box-sets-video/ (http://necaonline.com/2016/05/sdcc-exclusive-tmnt-arcade-turtles-and-foot-clan-box-sets-video/)
So last week I went out and got a display shelf specifically for my Spider-Man figures... figured I'd show updates to that one off here.
(http://i.imgur.com/Aa5z2G9.jpg)
Larger pics of the individual cubbies are up here (https://imgur.com/a/0dmvh), but I also want to show off the newly completed addition to the shelf, which has been a labor of love for me for awhile now.
(http://i.imgur.com/1JKycUe.jpg)
So I've talked a bit about this before, but I'm a bit more of a fan of Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin than I am of Norman in the role. While Harry had died by the time I was 4 years old, I grew up on my dad's back issues, and I loved the complicated history between Harry, Liz, Mark, Peter, and MJ. Harry's confrontations with Peter just seemed much more... personal than they ever were with Norman, especially since... well, let's face it, aside from the secret identity thing, Norman really had nothing to do with Peter's life outside of his dealings with Harry. Harry ALSO knew Peter's secret identity, but there was also personal torment because he was also Peter's friend. And they've TRIED to do some weird father-son dynamic with Norman and Peter since his resurrection... but to me, it just wasn't as strong as what we'd gotten with Harry.
So if I was gonna do a large scale Spider-Man shelf, having a Harry Osborn was a must. But rather than do the cliche "Here's a second Green Goblin figure, and I shall name it Harry" thing, I wanted to have a Harry that was visually distinct from his father. To accomplish that goal, I took the head from the original ML Green Goblin, and trimmed the ears down so they'd be more in line with the smaller ears used on Harry's mask. I then used a Scarlet Spider body to give him the same lean body type as Peter to distinguish him from the future Green Goblin figure that was inevitable as soon as Hobgoblin came out. The result is a Goblin figure that is distinctly Harry Osborn.
So I recently finished a few customs, thought I'd post them here.
Enforcers:
(https://i.imgur.com/llTxJ8h.jpg)
About freaking time. Been working on these guys off and on for two years now. For those who don't remember, these are VERY loosely based on the Enforcers of the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon... With outfits that don't annoy me.
Agent Antivenom
(https://i.imgur.com/frwyTZD.jpg)
This was something I decided to do more or less on a whim (hey, what if instead of having Brock venom, Brock Antivenom, and Flash Venom, I just do Brock Venom and Flash Antivenom. Shouldn't be too hard right?) and spiraled out of control. I'm happy with the result though.
Next to him is a modified Toxin... Not much to say there, the figure was meh but the original head (http://"https://imgur.com/a/dSiSWs5") was just derpy looking, so I repainted the Brock Antivenom head and it looks much better.
...and still no DJ figure...
I've already told you DJ, my figure shelves get dirty enough without adding in a pile of decaying goop.
Though real talk I did spend some time a few months ago trying to find your avatar skin and I might legit have a decent base figure for a custom based on what I remember of it, but I never did find a DL and even if you sent it RN I couldn't guarantee I'd do it right away given what I'm about to talk about, but I would like to at some point if you want to send me a PM.
Anyway, so as of this afternoon's completion of a Scorpion custom, I'm about 88% done with my Spiderman collection (which I will post later, decided to take new photos and have to edit them all). It's... actually kind of surreal for me, since I usually don't achieve collection goals and in fact have been scaling back most of them for awhile now to make them more obtainable. Granted, some just don't have an end (the MCU shelf will continue evolving as the MCU does, for example) but it's nice to, FOR ONCE, finish a collection I planned out. It makes my OCD happy.
That said... I was hoping to discuss a few gaps I still have in the collection, since I'm super wishy washy on their inclusion. I'm currently missing 6 figures... 1 Amazing (aka good Spider-men), 1 Symbiote, 1 Superior (the darker characters like Kaine, Superior SM, and Noir) and 3 Spider-Women*. I'm pretty dead set on the Amazing and Spider-Woman characters I have planned, but the Symbiote and Superior sets... I'm not so sure. I have some characters listed that I MIGHT still resort to, but I'm not positive.
Superior- Up until a few months ago I wasn't really that fond of my options, and when I was compiling the list for the shelf I even went so far as to move over Ultimate Jessica Drew from the Ladies shelf to pad it out (and also to have as many spider-ladies as possible). With Spider-Geddon though... I dunno. I like the Spider-Osborn character introduced even if I cringe back from the idea of customizing him (though there are tutorials on the net for a six arm Spider-man I could potentially adapt) but Assassin Spider-man was one of Octavius' inner circle in 'verse and I'm reluctant to remove him even if he does have kind of a boring outfit. I honestly may just wait and see on this one, since I expect we might get one of them in a future wave and 'Geddon is still ongoing.
Symbiote- ... Hrm.
You would think... with a movie out that I actually marginally enjoyed (not great, but better than I expected) and with the sheer INSANE number of symbiote characters getting figures, that surely SOMEONE would take my interest long enough to get me to purchase a figure, right?
AHAHAHA no.
Thing is, I'm not even that fond of the ones I already have. Venom, Anti-Venom, Scream, and Carnage are all symbiote mainstays, and I've managed to make a decent looking Symbiote Scorpion figure (based on some customs I found online with a similar goal in mind) but Toxin has a bleh design and I only tolerate the released ML figure now that I've replaced his head with a repainted version of Anti-venom one which doesn't have the stupid buck teeth. Other than that, my options are:
Red Goblin- Has a decent figure and the design is at least visually interesting (a problem with 75% of symbiotes tbh), but it's a stupid, gimmicky concept that I've hated since they introduced it. The magic of Norman overcoming the symbiote weaknesses was just stupid, and despite some ok bits the story was marred by a pointless character death, several heel-turning character motivations, and was generally more frustrating than it was worth.
Poison Spider-Man- Why did this need a figure? It doesn't help that he doesn't even have a proper wikia page, being relegated to a "list of poisons" while there's a what if story where Peter re-dons the Venom symbiote and calls himself "Poison" and THAT comes up when doing a google search instead. I literally only know about it BECAUSE it has a figure. Otherwise, it's a boring design that looks like a discount anti-venom, who I already customized. No Thanks.
Riot- Oh Sony, you tried so hard to make me care, but I really, REALLY don't. Riot is a palette swapped Venom without the symbol to give him any personality. And it's not even a GOOD palette swap, since Riot is dark gray to Venom's black... YAWN. He's such a boring loser he didn't even make it into the wave made to coincide with the film where he was the primary antagonist, and I doubt many even noticed.
Lasher- While this one at least isn't technically yet ANOTHER Venom or Carnage variant, and I do technically own it (it was one of the Lizard wave) it's just... boring. The character's yet another of the Life Foundation posse, who all just felt like lame spinoffs even when they were introduced. Scream is the only one to ever really do much in the books, and the Lasher figure is just kinda there. It's a poor repaint of the Spider-man buck, and I already have several better figures on that buck. Plus, Scorpion kinda fills my "green symbiote" quota. FYI, not listing any of the other two LF symbiotes because they're even worse.
Hybrid- So while I'm not fond of the Life Foundation symbiotes separately, of all the options, Hybrid has probably done the most. It's just such a shame that a mix of 4 very different looking symbiotes, none of which are red mind you, resulted in yet ANOTHER Red symbiote in a sea of Black/red symbiotes. At least Hybrid Deadpool kept the colors (though I wouldn't include him because DP can never be in a collection, only photobomb other collections. It's a rule I have), regular hybrid is boring and meh looking.
Mania/Maniac- The problem with both these options is the same: they're a poor man's Venom and share the exact same visuals we've seen with all the Venom incarnations over the years. Mania at least was a kinda decent redesign of the whole She-Venom idea, but the whole curse mark thing was stupid and without Flash there's not much to do with the character. And Maniac... I dunno, I've never actually read the books he's in, but he isn't that interesting visually and what I've read up on him isn't any better.
Scorn- Don't like the character too much, but based on visuals alone I tend to give this one a bit more leniency. I'd like a purple symbiote anyway (it's a color that I don't already have, and it would help break up the mass of black and red I've got going on) and the mix of purple and silver is pretty visually striking. That said, she doesn't really have any sort of consistent look, not even the symbiote "hair" we've seen with Mania and Scream. And, again, the character isn't really interesting and was apparently killed in a story about Symbiote god (or whatever, this is why I get so freaking tired of symbiote stories in comics) so bleh.
And... yeah. There's a glut of meh to awful options for symbiotes, even with the sheer glut of insane options from eye-rolling events like Venomverse. So I dunno.
*As an aside, the fact that we have SP//DR, Red Goblin and Spider-Ham and we STILL don't have Julia Carpenter or one of the SEVERAL Superpowered MJ figures (my preference would be Spinneret from Renew your Vows, but Iron Spider, one of the SEVERAL Spider-woman versions of Peter's outfit, the Carnage one from the USM cartoon... I'd have taken ANY of them) is INSULTING and I'm so salty with Hasbro about that. I'm finally resorting to customs for both, which are at varying stages of completion.
Nice Enforcers customs!
Thank you, it's appreciated.
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(https://i.imgur.com/MvHfVtJ.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/BE1gkK2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zFVWFMN.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/oS6n9cT.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/3MXFDco.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zUyaUpm.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/2DjtMqp.jpg)
Current state of the shelf. Scorpion turned out amazing, so happy with how it turned out. I also have a few wips I can't wait to finish so I can show them off, though I'm still terrified of how I'm gonna paint the outfit on MJ.
P.S. Still salty about symbiotes.
Huh, didn't realize it'd been so long since I'd actually posted stuff here. Let's fix that shall we?
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First, finished customs of two Spider-Women, Spinneret and the Julia Carpenter Madame Web. Because Dangit Hasbro, you give us House of M Spider-Man, Red Goblin, and New Black Suit figures, but none of the half-dozen superpowered MJ variations, or ANY Julia Carpenter? I call shenanigans. Whatever, I fixed your mistake (as a funny aside, teh base red I used for the Renew Your Vows MJ was Mephiston Red. Not intentional, realized it after I'd started painting). I've also gotten a significant bit of work done on Uncle Ben Spider-Man from the original Spider-Verse event, which I've posted a few updates of in the Discord.
The solution of the Symbiote issue was so obvious that once it hit me I was mad at myself: my Ultimate Spider-Man custom with him in the Black suit. It's purple, which is a color that I didn't have otherwise, it was an important character, and since the Ultimate Symbiote costume is a completely different animal than the 616 counterpart, no duplications. However, it's left a hole in the shelf I now need to fill.
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Now the list I have is just some of the more likely candidates, but I'm not opposed to others either, just that those are the ones I've been considering most. I'm also considering flipping one of the Superiors over to Amazing (either Kaine or Noir) to make room for a second "Superior" aka evil-ish Spider-Man. Also, only reason Spiders-Man isn't on the list is because the figure'd be boring. I'll likely post a followup with some micros/renders/something so that those of you who don't know the characters as well can get an idea for them.
Some new additions
(https://i.imgur.com/YODCq0h.jpg) (https://www.figurerealm.com/customfigure?action=view&id=100452)
(https://i.imgur.com/BEuFrHs.jpg) (https://www.figurerealm.com/customfigure?action=view&id=100451)
Not gonna go into too great of detail on these because I have been blowing up the poor FR discord with WIPs, but I am linking the images to another site I posted them at or anyone interested in the nitty gritty. Long Story short: Lots of work for both, but I love how they turned out.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxn_KQ_lP8J/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
So I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I am essentially 98% done with my massive "Seven Groups of Seven" Spider-Man collection (which is already closer than I thought I'd get) and with Spider-Ma'am completed I'm officially down to one final figure. As things stand, that open slot is for a Spider-Man (freed up by me moving Ultimate Peter to the Symbiotes) but I can move some figures around to make room in either the Superiors or Spider-Women as well. I have a few ideas on what I'd LIKE to do, but they vary from terrifying to boring to problematic and I'm very torn. I doubt anyone will respond, but I'm going to lay things out there for the sake of my sanity.
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Sp//dr
If you had told me last year that this was not only a character I was considering for the last spot on my shelf, but the top contender among other very good options, I'd have laughed in your face. She was the character I was least excited to see in the lead up to Into the Spider-Verse, as I have no love of the character in the comics (Sp//Dr? Really? Really with that name? Come on now), the suit design is ugly, and I have zero attachments to Evangelion or any other mech anime the character's creation was attempting to homage. And, to be honest... I still don't like her, even in ItSV. She's a walking anime and asian stereotype, who I think only works in the film because, like Noir, she's SO different from a lot of Spider-people that she stands out and injects the film with a style it didn't already have with the other characters.
But at the same time... there's something to be said for the fact that she's the ONLY character from that film I don't have represented. And while I do think some of the decisions border on questionable... dang if I'm not drawn to including her on the shelf for the same reasons. I've mentioned this before, but part of the reason I did Ultimate Peter in the first place was because I saw no reason to have two versions of the same costume next to each other. Peni/Sp//dr is different than anything else on the shelf, and wildly so.
However... there's still a problem. The comic design of Sp//dr is still garbage, and that's what the ML figure is based on. And you'd think "well, they made toys for the ItSV movie, it was popular, surely there's a Sp//dr that's at least PASSABLE right?" but you, my friend, would be a fool. THIS is the monstrosity that is the movie toy (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bzhiWNAQL._SX425_.jpg). The paintjob is awful, the proportions DON'T match the film, the fun, expressive digital screen is replaced with generic Spider-face that's sculpted in, all on top of the fact that this thing is apparently 9.5 inches, meaning it would TOWER over all my other figures. The amount I would have to do to this monstrosity just to make it passable (cutting away and resculpting most of the torso, detaching and trimming down the limbs then adding clear blue separators and devising a complex system of magnets to better match how it works in the film...) and having Sp//dr as my final figure makes me feel like someone running a marathon and be feet from the finish line, only for the finish line to suddenly move 2 miles further ahead.
(https://i.imgur.com/IhBdSqY.jpg)
Spider-Man: India
So before Spider-Ham took his place, Pavitr Prabhakar was going to be my last "Spider-Man." While it might seem insane that I'd place him above the more well known Ham (and, in hindsight, it kinda was) Pavitr was, even among an army of Peter Parkers, probably one of the smartest Spider-Men in Spider-verse, bar none. I also loved his self-aware discussion with UK concerning all the Parker variants. And as I've mentioned in the past, there's not a ton of Middle Eastern superheroes period, so having one I like and who had a major contributing role to SV seemed like a no brainer.
However, what ultimately led me to move away from the character is still relevant. For one thing, his design is... well, it's Spider-Man with different pants. With classic Red and Blue Peter already on the shelf, not to mention sever others aping his color scheme, I don't feel like Prabhakar would be sufficiently unique to stand out. Plus, since there isn't a figure right now, I'd have to customize him... and while I'd really, REALLY rather not customize the last figure, if I'm gonna do it, it'll be for something more creatively satisfying than Spider-Man with new pants.
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Spider-Punk
So I'm gonna be honest... I do not understand why this version of Spider-Man caught on as much as it did. Before the official figure came out, I saw more customs of this spike headed uber-punk than of most other Spider-verse characters. And like... I hate the spiked mohawk thing (it's not even like Hobbie has a mohawk. Dude's got a huge afro that must be a nightmare to fit in that mask, ESPECIALLY with those dumb spikes), I hate the denim jacket over spandex, I hate the Air Jordan tennis shoe nonsense.
But despite how awful I find the costume, I don't hate the character. There's a charm in Hobbie's in your face, stick it to the man because they control the whole world shtick. As a character and as a foil for other Spider-people, he works. And I DO already have a figure of him, even if I only bought it for a Lizard piece (I was considering using the shoes for another custom but I went a different direction with that one). But... MAN do I hate his stupid, stupid costume. It doesn't help that it's even more like Peter's costume than Pavitr's, at a glance anyway.
Honorable Mentions
A couple characters even less in the running but are still up there are Assassin Spider-Man and Mangaverse Spider-Man. The former was going to be the last of my Superiors before the six armed Norman Osborn Spider-man came in and pushed most of the others out of his way (for the record, SV2's Spiders-man is only not a contender because his costume is JUST Peter's with spiders inside and around it). That said, his costume was kinda boring and he was only really a contender because he was in Otto's inner circle, but he's barely a character in the story and his design is kinda plain. Mangaverse fairs better in that regard, with a more unique take on the design... but because there is no figure we again run into that hole where if I'm going to put in a level of effort, I'd rather go all in on the insanity that is Sp//dr.
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So with everything going on, I've been trying to keep myself busy with IRL projects. First, we have Sea King and Grid, the former was directly tied into the creation of my skin (that hook is a 3d printed version of the one I made for FF).
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And then there's this behemoth. As I stated in the last post I made here, Sp//dr was not my first choice to include for my shelf... but ultimately what won me over was both that she's the only ItSV character not on the shelf and... frankly, if it's gonna be the last character in this collection, I wanted to go big. Every piece above has been 3d printed, and I'm currently working on 3d printed joints as well. Each will be connected via magnets, meaning that like in the film, I can move pieces around to different formations.
I'm also trying to figure something out for the screen, but we'll see.
That's really cool that you are 3D printings for your figures now.