Mommar
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What benefit is there to putting a $50 toy into a $280 toy? Other than saying, "because I can", there's no real use except for some ACBA guy who just absolutely wants to take a picture of Tony entering/exiting the thing. And I don't, I want a cool looking Hulkbuster I can pose and this thing fits the bill perfectly for the size. -
Just to keep this on topic, DYING to get my three figs. I did notice they have the Movie Realization figures listed at Amazon (for thirty dollars more) but they say that the Storm Trooper won't be released until June 30th. I hope that's only the case for the American places and not in Japan. CDJ still says May 2015. I'd hate to wait another month for Vader and Mk 43. It was a Toys R Us exclusive, it was under-packed in the cases, and they really only made one shipment of figures and that was it. Now even used figures will go for over $100 on ebay. Captain Marvel you can find EVERYWHERE. They have piles of them at my local Walmart. I could mail you twelve if you want. I'm thinking of buying a second one and painting it to look like the low-vis outfit she wore just a few months ago.
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I'm just concerned about sanding/painting. My other experiences with Shapeways parts have been that I'm very good at accidentally breaking things when attempting to sand or modify them. I never finished Kurisamas 0D mod because I kept snapping tabs off of things.
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Yes! Thanks IXTL, I was hoping new posts meant new pics. Yes, Scyla, that has been a point of contention for people who wanted to buy multiples and have a leader and two wing men. Ooooh, it doesn't come with two heads. Just the one head that transforms. Clever. Something I had not considered when picking up the unwanted super parts from the previous release, the white markings on the Brera have a light shading of red/blue in the mix. This green one will not have that... that color might clash.
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Seems to be only on some, my markings are aligned.
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I see that as a false equivalency. This new figure is massively detailed and articulated, it's not just some extra lights. And they're using metal in places to make the thing actually look metallic. Unlike the cheap Hasbro one which is a red, plastic eye-sore. And it's apparently hyper poseable as well. You might not want the toy, or want to pay that much for the toy, but they have their reasons for charging what they are. Given how excellent the Marvel Now Iron Man figure was, and how many magnitudes better a figure in sculpt and material it was over other Iron Man options, I feel like this Hulkbuster is worth getting personally. Also, why do you want to keep putting figures in other figures? I do not understand the appeal. Ah, the Winter Soldier (and Avengers 2 cap) don't use the Bucky Cap mold. That's a different one on your Cap. To be honest, while I'm sick to death of the Bucky Cap mold, I prefer it to the WS/A2 one. I don't know much about any Deadpool molds, I've never been a fan and don't own any, but in terms of a good Wolverine figure there are three (four, sorta). There's his low vis one from the "Hit Monkey" wave that is pretty cool looking all around (there's an alternate SDCC version that has a flat grey paint instead of a shinier silver as well but I think the shiny version looks great and is easier to find), there's the Blue and Yellow Puck Build-A-Figure series Wolverine which is the same mold just different paint and last is the Jubilee Build-A-Figure series Wolverine from last year which is largely like the Puck series but has a bit of a wash to give him a more orange color and he isn't wearing a mask plus his claws are colored a darker metallic color (and look best of the three IMO.) That one you can get on ebay super cheap, he was way over packed in the cases and nobody cared about him (unlike the Storm figure which is f**king impossible to get for less than $200.) All of those Wolverines use the same mold, which is actually a hold over from when Toy Biz was making figures, but it poses well and is well proportioned. Hasbro changed the plastic for the claws and it's probably the best rendition of a Wolverine in figure form IMO. Update: Looks like you can easily nab the X-Force and Jubilee Wolvies for around retail on ebay or Amazon. The Puck version is going to set you back $50 if you want one brand new (and there's also the issue of finding one that doesn't have bent claws in the packaging. A lot of them on ebay obviously have bent claws.) That new Spiderman... the mold is excellent, I think. It really looks like an amalgam of all the iconic Spidermen put together. However, they messed up his hip articulation. It's worse than the Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man from last year and The Spectacular Spider-Man release from last year as well (it's worse than the Bucky Cap mold, actually.) They didn't cut a hole in the cup to give room for the T-joint peg so it's limited. If you're okay super heating up a figure and popping the legs off there's a quick mod to fix that, but it sucks that you have to mod it considering they did exactly what the mod does on the two previous Spider-Man figures from 2014. It still looks great and you can get him in some good poses but it was a huge disappointment for me personally coming off of two better articulated Spider-Men from the previous year. I still need to do the mod myself (and try the same on Spider-Man 2099 and "Mayday" Spider-Girl...effing useless Jubilee mold.)
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Wow, I just did a quick glance around the internet and the price of that Hulkbuster is really prying out the babies. And they're making the same sorts of arguments again it's price we hear about the Arcadia toys here. More than a Hot Toys figure, more than an MP Transformers figure. It should be $150. Wah, wah, wah.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming, in theaters July 7, 2017
Mommar replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That's the thing, Garfield was a great Peter/Spider-Man in a bad-ish film. The first one didn't bother me, the second one wasn't good though. I also agree about Butterfield. -
I don't know, I still don't really like how Thor looks compared to the other figures in the line. I forgot I also have War Machine Mk 2 on pre-order as well. It's based on the Iron Patriot mold from the IM3 wave which got the best reviews of all plus it's back to the real War Machine colors so that's cool. I kind of wish I'd picked up a WM MK1 back when they weren't over $100 though. I couldn't bring myself to get the Luke figure, something about his face just doesn't do it for me. A shame as it looks like Vader really isn't anywhere near fudging scale with the Black Series figures, unlike Iron Man which you can get around by splaying his legs or making him fly. I was originally hoping to have Hulk stand with my Legends figures but the style really doesn't fit. Luckily at 25 cm's the Hulkbuster should be pretty close to in scale with the Legends Hulk though it might not look as wide.
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I'm super bummed man, I didn't know when the other figures went up for pre-order and I missed out on Cap, Hulk and Thor. I managed to snag Mk 45, and I had already pre-ordered Mk 43 in January but I'm the guinea-pig for that BandaiOnline place, because I couldn't find Cap or Hulk available anyplace else. I just double-checked their website, they appear to be taking pre-orders for the Hulkbuster now as well. And speaking of Mk43, my package with Mk 43, Darth Vader and the Movie Realization Storm Trooper should be shipping from CDJ next week.
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You're in good company. Did you manage to get a Hulk or Cap anywhere?
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I wouldn't bank on maybe it might show up someplace else. I'll spend the extra $10 to guarantee I get it.
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It's hardly an art book. It's largely text. It has far less photos/pictures than any of the other Master File books.
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The different missile options would be a better idea but likely they'll sell separate variants to milk the mold.
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Dude, what era are you living in? First, WEb Shop Exclusives are EASIER to buy than anything Bandai regularly puts out these days. Second Web Shop Exclusives are made to purchase. They'll offer a small markup to make money off the initial sale but we all put in our pre-order and then Bandai makes them and that's it. If there's a mark up afterward that will be after it's released in January and they source extra from somewhere. And even then they usually don't do markups like that on Webshop exclusive stuff because they don't sell out like the regular Bandai stuff does. I just pre-ordered, it's fine.
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But they do usually offer stuff like that at Nippon-Yasan.
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No idea what that means.
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I guess it's cool. I couldn't get Hulk or Cap so I'll likely not be able to pre-order this either.
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HOly eff, I couldn't even track down The Hulk and Captain America. There's no way in hell I'll be able to pre-order that (thanks again, Bandai)
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Smaller toy, weaker joints. You want less weight on them, not more.
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Sorry, wanting a Regult pilot is like wanting high speed mode on the 19. It's a compromise that breaks the functionality of the toy. It's a bad idea, especially at this size. Keep the weight as low as possible so the knees actually function.
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Why do you guys always want to put figures inside your Regults? I just want one that actually articulates well at the knees and be posed well with the VF-1's. I don't want to put smaller toys in my toys.
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And quite possibly a new mold.
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I warned, back when that gimmick was first announced, that the plucked turkey mode would be highly underused/almost useless but it would have major affects on how the rest of the toy would perform. How do you tighten a rivot???
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The whole minor Navy pastel color is working for me.