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The thing is Kenner Star Wars (and secondarily Micronauts) killed dead the soft goods boys 12" and 8" dolls that were the main action figures at the time. Classic Joe was just about dead (that also had cultural headwinds at that point). Action man dead. Mego - which was the main game in town for...

Kenner Star Wars was hugely successful in 1:18, as was the Micronauts, in the late 70's and early 80's. But both of those were also vehicle and playset heavy. But Star Wars being such a huge seller made the 1:18 scale pretty popular. Before that you had things like GI Joe, Captain Action and...

Whatever you do, don't mention you don't recall what a Dreamcast is - I made that mistake to my (apparent) shame...

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Softgoods are always tough to do well at the 1:12 scale (works better when it isn't trying to look like tailored clothes), but in hand I generally liked the robes - robes having no hope of being done well sculpted in plastic and allowing for posing.

I checked and like Biblical Adventures they will connect everything to source material/paintings/artwork - which I appreciate, it really helps with the context and the design decisions. D13 wants to use this to get the female buck made, as they will be reusing the male buck from BA. Then the...

I don't think they blend in with anything but themselves, but neither do bobbleheads, or Mego figures, or minifigs (Legos/Miminates/Palz/Kubricks) or gaming miniatures, or toy soldiers - they all really only work with each other. For me that's a strength - adds variety if one shelf or cubicle...

They have a Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/nipponadventures - that has very nice shots of the protos posted today.

I do think there was more of difference even 10 years ago than now let alone that some of us recall the 20th century when 5 point articulation and minimal paint was the norm for 1:18 scale. That style was (and still is) cheap - when 1:12 scale took off it was a vastly different product in terms...

This Insta has a few pics of some protos from LegionCon - shows the female buck, and many heads/faces and a few yokai - kind of hard to see though (I had seen a better set of pics but can't find them now).

Agreed about the expense in making 1:18 vs 1:12 is likely not that great anymore - materials and shipping (smaller weight and volume) are the only real advantage for 1:18 in terms of cost. Some of that is the expectations for the 1:18 scale in terms of paint and detail has increased. And, for...

This plus store exclusives, it shouldn't be that much work to know what is even available. I was getting the Md Max Fury Road POPs and a few times was surprised something existed. I like them, they cover some properties no one else is doing at times, and could go kind of deep as well in terms...

I do think they put out so many POPs that it is hard to keep track - they could have properties you never knew about or saw - if you were a Funko POPs collector you may have known, but if you were, say, a Twin Peaks fan you might never have known they made that.

I think many collectors believe that their collection has (or will have) monetary value above what they paid for it and is therefore something of an investment (or at least that is what they tell themselves to justify their purchases - to both themselves and their significant others). Now that...

Added 36 backers this week...

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Yeah, it is weird how often it seems like action figure manufacturers seem to have this conversation - Decision Maker 1 - "Wow, customers seem really happy that we are predictably and logically releasing figures to build teams and collections!" Decision Maker 2 - "Well, I'll be damned if...

Kind of intrigued by these re-releases. Don't need any so far, but I am all for it if it means they don't have to come up with questionable variations of heavy hitters in some waves.

Going to go outside the box for some of these: I still would love some supporting cast to fill in the displays... Jarvis and Rick Jones Aunt May and Uncle Ben Robbie Robertson and Betty Brant General Thunderbolt Ross and Betty Ross Foggy Nelson and Karen Page More probable - Marrina and Box...

An Egyptian god line could be very cool, I had totally missed Anubis and Bastet, but now have the retailer version on order at BBTS. I really need to get Ganesha and hope that becomes a retailer version as well - will match well with the Legends of the Ramayan figures.

If you are talking about this: https://articulatedthoughts.com/threads/nippon-adventures-d13-toys.284/ then I gather they were going to have some protypes at Legion Con.

The actual campaign is gong to launch in January according to this page: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/47e6d4a9-a2e7-4680-b774-0dd085f7301a/landing?ref=home-page

Gremlins 3 from Spielberg (producing) and Columbus (writing/directing) coming in two years... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warners-gremlins-3-steven-spielberg-chris-columbus-1236419932/ I liked the look of the Mogwai but didn't really like the original all that much if I...

Interesting, I need to rewatch it myself I guess....

I assumed that Agatha did that. But they never fully state that. The implication was that Agatha lived there before Wanda moved in, I think that was part of the plan to get her here, to maybe fake that Vision had done this. I think that was more an editing issue when they decided to obscure...