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I've been listening to Unparalleled's stream with DGDX who said (paraphrasing) that he'd pay attention to the 2003 Turtles when NECA does them. 100% meant nothing about the future in the context but it did get me thinking about S7's licenses going up for grabs if they do go belly up. A NECA...

The Hobbit movie was made by Rankin/Bass and the Lord of the Rings was made by Ralph Bakshi, the designs are very different. Bakshi didn't finish The Lord of the Rings... he was going to do a second movie but never finished. Then to make it more confusing, Rankin/Bass stepped in again and made...

This is from the 70's Hobbit cartoon. While I definitely would take an entire Fellowship of figures done in this kind of style, it may not be my ideal. But it gives you an idea how wildly different literary characters could be represented. That's a much different Gandalf.

Yeah, it's not like they don't look like the characters, but in my mind it's like a Marvel comic figure vs an MCU figure. I'd like to see the characters artfully imagined in an illustrative style instead of marrying them to the actors that played them and those specific movies. There's a...

I think both Hasbro and S7 were caught using AI for their card backs. 🤡 🤦‍♂️ Honestly I think companies don't answer questions that make their company look bad. I can't really disagree with that I suppose, when I think about their perspective. Like "hey Brian, why do your figures kind of suck...

I've often found SHF figures look better in hand than in pictures. It's almost as if the designers understand that light will hit a 1:12 head in a different way than it'd hit a 1:1 head, and sculpt them to read under real life conditions. Crackpot theory, I think they really just woof it...

I remember when the Toys R Us first opened in my hometown, I was probably around 6 years old. Prior to that it was an overpriced KB in the mall, and the toy section in the Clover store near us. I was big into TMNT at the time, and when we rounded into the figure aisle my eyes nearly popped out...

Hoping we get a Shredder release soon. I'm looking forward to checking him out in the case at SDCC. Their original display of him looked pretty awkward, but the second time looked better. I have no idea when NECA is going to re-release their maroon Shredder without battle damage, or if they'll...

Definitely worth waiting to PO Winston from another retailer, if you aren't getting the 2-Pack, to skip the tariff fee. Most are pay later. That book looks really cool! Might actually pick it up. Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen it. My wife and I grabbed two of the 1:1 Spirit proton packs...

More praise for Fahrul. I have two heads from him for MAFEX Spidey, I'll never ever use the stock heads again. Brilliant work and cheap, downside is he looks to be sold out at the moment. I'd like to get his hand pack.

Yeah, I imagine Mondo might do something like their Ahh Real Monsters! set. I'd be totally okay with minimal articulation, but I'm afraid Mondo will still be well over $200 for him. What I really want is just a Halloween Adventures decoration for sub $50. Kids toy grade. I think I'm going to...

For Peter, they released more or less at the same time, but Egon I believe did not become available at other retailers until about a month after the Mondo launch

I suspect that's it, canprime. I think we might get a better idea of the Hasbro price ceiling once they release the price of their 1/12 He-Man figures. But at the same time, they might try pushing the limit there, too, after the success of RGB. It's exciting seeing the team being built slowly...

He's $65 because his left leg can be Photoshopped into a deeper bend than the figure will get.

I thought I was happy with my KO Juggernaut from Ali, made partly from the Hulk body. But this one really looks superb. Has a lot of swagger. No price on him yet though? Bracing myself...

He reminds me a bit of John Romita Jr.'s version during the Typhoid Mary run. But it's hard to tell. He definitely has kind of a retro look to his face, though one that doesn't age as far back as their Captain America or Thor. An unmasked head would have helped the ID.

Deadpool would make sense, because I just purchased the MAFEX reissue. 🙃 First Deadpool in my collection, in homage to the 1993 Joe Madureira Deadpool poster I bought from my local comic shop and hung over my bed in elementary school. Never read a single Deadpool mini or ongoing after, but that...

As a writer and an artist, I've had to start including a bunch of WIP shots of my artwork to prove it's not AI. I'd rather castrate myself with a spoon than use AI , let alone put my name on whatever the computer makes. But I guess I'm glad that they actually care enough to want proof. On one...

Yeah, at the end of the day it's a matter of taste and preference. I guess I just don't like the hand waving over some of the issues. Toy Shiz says in his review "as far as articulation, I think a lot of people are going to have that notion that for $100 this thing should be able to do...

The four pack is cool. I slept on the original releases, I'll likely pick this up, even though Bill Murray maybe looks less like Bill Murray than their first attempt? And second? We'll see. I really wish I backed the Ecto 1, and at the same time glad I didn't, but I'm definitely starting to...

Alright, I got the Tonsen Bike Goku figure in from Hobby Model Shop. He does not disappoint, except for the price. $94.06 from China to my doorstep, very expensive, especially for a third party. But it does come with a really cool, metal, DBZ style bike that'd work with my MEZCO TMNT as well...

Yeah, I unfortunately agree. I don't see how these would undress, especially the arms. But they don't have nude arms in the packs. Seems like they might be priming for a double dip - sell these guys, then sell Ultimates with the Stump bodies.

I always thought the character was intentionally or unintentionally pronounced Sam Hain in the original cartoon. But now I can't remember if they ever called him by his name in the show. Definitely always heard him called Sam Hain in the fandom, though. I have a feeling he's not supposed to be...

what package? 👀

Alright, so I just got my first post-tariff package in directly from China. Package shipped from Bombusbee in China and was the Fish Toy Horse, made in China. It was $75 ($10 first time shopper coupon applied) and I chose free shipping, using the method "Large Parcel Shipping by Boat". So I...