Mysterious Stranger

I was wondering why I got a shipping notice from you when all my orders have arrived.

War Machine definitely looks new. You can see the "Mk.3" painted on his bicep. And his arc reactor shape is new too, more like IM's from SM Homecoming. So he better get a new chest cap at least.

If anyone gets the Zemo/Cap-buster pack and doesn't want the Cap, please think of me. He's all I need from this wave.

The box the Batcave shipped in is going to be a guest wing on the cardboard mansion I'm building from all these large playset boxes (HT HoA, MOTUC Grayskull, etc). Its where I'm going to live when my wife finally kicks me out.

Three words: A New Hope. Fox's Marvel film rights may be what everyone is hoping for but I would bet that Disney is also looking long and hard at getting the home video rights to the original theatrical cut of Star Wars Episode IV. That's really just about the only thing holding up fans getting the original theatrical cuts cleaned up and on Blu-ray and Disney making bank on the sales.

Lastest wave has been spotted on ebay. Seller looks to be in Connecticut. Let the hunt (frustration, disappointment and whining) begin!

I received my Batcave yesterday and man is this thing huge! I guess I just didn't register the scale. Now I just need to find a place to put it.

Considering there is a sculpted head or 3 that could be used for this season's big recurring villain I would be totally down for a 5th box set. We still need Butch (with parts for his new look) and a proper Barbara. Throw in Carmine Falcone (to keep tooling costs down) or Poison Ivy and this seasons new villain and I'd say you have a really nice box set.

Found the latest wave today. Got the two Carl Weathers packs I wanted so I can display both looks. But they only had one of the Arnold packs. Plenty of the other two. Not sure I knew the Lava Predator has a clear red body. I might get more of the other packs eventually. But right now I just need another Arnold and I'm good.

I'm probably not going to have a trophy area, but I would like to have the costume memorials. I just need to get those figures and work out how to modify the heads so they look like they are on mannequins.

I don't even remember that car from the series. I just got a notification from BBTS that my Batcave will be arriving in the next 10 days. Looking forward to getting it and putting Old Man Bruce in the chair with Ace at his side.

I enjoyed organizing this last year but I don't have the time to do it this year. If someone else wants to organize it I'd be in to participate.

And Menagerie suddenly has multiples listed on ebay. Coincidence?

Nice! Not really looking forward to hunting down all the exclusives but if this is how we get more characters then I'll make it work.

Ugh! I want these sooooooo bad! Finally some colorful Predators. And I'll be needing two of this whole wave. MisterMiracle, you're on notice

I think Zach is recovering from a Halloween candy binge. Like all of us.

Thanks for that info. Sounds like a cool story. Who are the other Avengers that got Buster armors? Hulk, Cap...

DST's current Trek "figures" seem to be more along the lines of deluxe dioramas than actual action figures. Pre-posed "figures" with alternate swappable parts for a little diversity in displaying them. Hopefully "Discovery" getting a second season will help retailer interest in Trek of all flavors and maybe we'll get some Minimates eventually. Perhaps in a movie year if "Discovery" is still going?

Yeah I'm definitely going to need that Capbuster. I don't watch these shows so I'm not familiar with why there are Hulkbusters in most of the incarnations. Honestly I don't care either. DST is getting some mileage out of the AoU Hulkbuster tools and I'm getting some cool 'buster figures for my Hall of Armor and that's good enough for me.

How has working in the industry changed your perspective on comics and toy collecting?

Really?! I just got one in a lot with the Mirror Mirror figures, Spocks Brain and Swashbuckling Sulu and more for $62 including shipping. Speaking of, I just completed my TOS crew collection with the above mentioned ebay lot. With some help from Facebook trades, ebay scores and Luke I was able to get all of the characters and their variants (except all the gold shirt Kirks, who needs 5 of that guy? He's like the Wolverine of Trek 'mates) This pretty much relit my Minimates collecting fire. Stoked to get this last lot and put them on display with the Mega Bloks sets.

I've seen the remains of it here in L.A. but no sign of the Heimdall/Loki set. If anyone spots it I'd like at least one, two if possible.

The labels on the bags for the giveaway figures I've gotten had the safety warnings on them (choking hazard, bag not a toy, etc) as well as copyright/TM. That's a standard liability thing, especially with toys regardless of their distribution method. As for the "Not For Resale" label, that's not much different than individual Twinkie wrappers from the big multi-pack boxes that have "not packaged for individual sale" on them. The "Not For Resale" just means they aren't meant to be sold to the general public. If you want to argue semantics over the language then go for it. But don't read anything into it other than these are giveaways, plain and simple. If the person they are given to decides to sell them, well so be it. But CoC or Nickelodeon or DST or whomever aren't selling them, which is why they have that label on them. Now, who has them in hand and wants to show off some pics? I'm really curious about a close up shot of the shield with Civil Warrior. Looks like a brand new tool which is exciting.

I will take your Iron Patriot Hulkbuster.

Yeah I bit on one of the $27.99 sellers for the set. Like MrClean said, a way better deal than I what I paid for the purple Donnie from SDCC.