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This works really well, so well I'm surprised there isn't a knock off Flash by some indie company with this exact theme, though I would have called him "Stars and Streaks" (stars for America, streaks because it sounds like it's a play on stripes and his speed and still keeps the ability to make 'naked man jokes' you get with "the Flash")

I think it only looks "too big" because of those foot loops. If you cut 'em off and replaced them with lego pegs (or maybe just sculpted over the holes" it'd look fine, I mean, I don't know how small the 616 gliders are supposed to be (honestly, the one with Menace looks a little too small to me) but wouldn't a jet designed to carry a man around need to be a little on the large side?

So out of curiosity, if it's Mattel that's the problem in making DC minimates for TRU (wasn't C3 some kind of trick to get around Mattel's licensing?) couldn't DST work with Mattel like they worked with DCD and Playalong before (and like how they keep implying they're working with Playmates on a 3.75 inch Star Trek line) to get DC Minimates to TRU or at least Matty Collector? Or does DC Direct still get the final say over the matter? Because maybe if we can't contact Brewer to say how much we want DC minimates, maybe "Ask Matty" is the way to get DC Minimates a third breathe of life. Clearly they've seen the market demand for "Superhero Squad" and "Mighty Muggs" and responded with the excellent "Action League" and Blam-oids level terrible "Atti-Tubes", if minimates really are making that much of an impact on the market of niche collectables at big box retail maybe Mattel would like in at the ground level. ... well hopeless dreaming aside, I actually have been hoping someone would make DC "might muggs" and 6in Mez-Itz are pretty close so this news makes me happy, I've come pretty close to getting HB, Abe, and Freddy so if Batman or Joker are half as good they've got my $20

I'm still surprised they've milked the two movies for all their worth but the Real Ghostbusters hasn't even been touched yet. At this point I'm wondering if it's BECAUSE they've milked the movies so hard they don't want to pay for the expanded licenses since it's only a matter of time until the license folds on itself and they don't want to have paid for cartoon rights and swirly pompadour sculpts when it does. ... that said they'd be crazy NOT to invest in the RGB licenses if the TRU line keeps selling since "Citizen Ghost" alone offers FOUR potential sets of repaints of the guys (tan outfits but with animated faces, GOOEY versions of that, and then clear green heads with both outfit variations) on top of the normal RGB outfits... plus I think Egon got turned into a were creature like every other week so there's that. I still don't see a need a Extreme Ghostbusters if it's a separate licenses from Real Ghostbusters since only Kylie and Eduardo are new designs (I'm still 98% certain Roland and Garret were intended to be Winston and Ray's updated designs that got reassigned as " new characters" at some point since they're wearing "official" looking Ghostbuster uniforms while Kylie and Eduardo are wearing piece mail costumes and you'd think if their designs are so out there given the chance to design a new "Black Mechanical Expert" and "Handy-capable jock" you'd come up with something more exciting then "Black guy in Ghostbuster two-piece shirt-pant combo rather then jumper" and "slightly pudgey red-head in ghostbuster uniform AND wheelchair")... but if it was included, I'd love to see how they handle Garret's wheelchair as the current GB torso piece doesn't fit into the Xavier wheelchair. Would they design a "clip-on" protopack? would they make a new wheel chair? would they, like Kenner before them, just ignore poor Garret? I'd like to see.

Is that a threat? because I like mutants very much actually, just not Feral or super 90's Domino (modern I would like, but not 'weird 80's poster make-up Domino) What's weirdest is even though the GB set is like TRIPLE redundant (guys in tan uniforms: CHECK!, Guys with GB2 logos: Check! slime blowers: half check, though I'm sure Winston is coming... hold for giggles since I said "blowers" and "coming" in the same sentence...1,2,3, continue ranty) I'm excited about this set, but my thoughts on X-Force Cable and Deadpool is "really? do we need another Cable and Deadpool?" Despite knowing how in demand Deadpool is and that set will sell like liquid hot cake gold because of him alone.... that ain't right.

Tan uniforms but with "glove hands" and "Peace sign logo" for Egon and Peter making them different and tan Slime Blower uniforms for Ray and Winston (I guess blue Slime Blower Winston is in TRU wave 5?) Is it sad I'm more interested in this set then the X-Force set?

He's actually just named after Tyson, since as far as I know the majority of his personality (murdering a man in the ring, joining an international crime syndicate as an enforcer, being best buds with a giant black mohawked Englishman) has nothing to do with Tyson. Plus, I think Tyson's gripe would be more with Capcom then anyone making fun of Balrog... the person making fun of Balrog didn't make him a money obsessed walking stereotype who literally screams out "I GOT GET PAID!" after winner certain fights and 99.9% of their ending cinemas involve him stealing cash from Bison's exploding base since he wants money. (Granted, Tyson is more then a little cash strapped these days, but he's not screaming "Were's my paycheck?!" at the end of each episode of "Tyson's Pigeons" on Animal Planet or kicking down doors and running away with big bags of loot when a fire alarm goes off at his production office) I must have missed this memo, I love the fact there's two very different types of Boxers in SSF4 and although I haven't played SSF4 yet I can't wait to give them both a whirl.

You need Ofelia though! That's like having a Wizard of Oz set and leaving out Dorthy (not the most visually striking or interesting sure, but she holds the movie together!) I would want it like this: 4-Pack: -Ofelia (with 'pet' mandrake root 'brother' and hand-holding-chalk accessory) -the Faun (with 3 'pet' faeries, his circular case, key, and 'doug jones expressive hand poses' hand accessories) -The Pale Man (with "open hands" and a set of normal hands with "eyes on plate" accessory -the Frog (built like a TerrorDog!) companion 2-Pack: -Captain Vidal (with either two heads or a reversible head for end of movie spoiler purposes. also a wine bottle to horrify everyone) -Mercedes (with knives) ... and of course we'd need Hellboy 2 minimates to go with them

Sorry, I thought it was closer to 'covering your assets' than hiding... Again I ain't no big city lawyer but from what I understand, it's only legal if you sell it for a 'real amount' If you're about to get divorced and then have your friend buy your collection of mint 1970's Star Wars figures and 9.8 rated Golden Age comics for $1, her lawyers are going to see right through his as him 'hiding' a portion of your worth for you to reclaim later. If he buys it close to market value (he can pay under so long as it's like "it's valued at $10k, but he got the friend price for $9k" and not "he got the friend price for $7.50 and this Lord of the Rings DVD" were you're clearly ultra low balling it to keep it away from her), even if the plan is for you to buy it back later, it's nice and legal... however if she WAS entitled to half the collection she'd be entitled to half of whatever money you made selling it. So if you're smart about it, you can 'transfer' the collection to protect it, it'll just cost some cash in the long run. Here's the thing about that though... despite you owning it all before she came around, she's still entitled to part of it because in the marriage you essentially told her "don't worry about buying a house, car, furniture, dinning sets, appliances, I got all that!" you can't kick her out on the streets with nothing. She'd at least be entitled to enough money to get herself a car and a place to stay with utensils for living until she's back on her feet. Also, good luck keeping YOUR furniture and appliances after marriage, if she doesn't redecorate right away odds are if the marriage last more then 3 years you'll need to replace them (couches wear out, blenders break) and then, even if you paid for it, it's 'communal' since you bought that couch with the implication it was for your life together. He knows, his wife left him... no doubt after hearing endless for 20 years about how "cool" the pod race was going to be.

I am not a lawyer and this in no way legal advice, but from what I understand the point of divorce is to be "made whole" NOT to decide who gets the red and who gets the black pieces of your "connect 4" game. The only items "at risk" in a divorce are those purchased jointly or those purchased with the implication of being for the two of you and anything acquired as a gift for you as a couple. A house, a car, a big screen TV, a computer used by the family... big ticket items that even if you went out and bought with your own money count towards your communal worth and will be spilt up. "Bitch got half my stuff" is a bit of an outdated notion, from when the man was the breadwinner and the woman was the homemarker, he works his ass off, earned all the money, then in the divorce she's walking away with stuff HE PAID FOR, the woman does not automatically get her stuff PLUS half. In fact in these modern working-women times you're probably going to be making joint purchases, so you'll both be getting half each others worth, and in some cases the woman is the one loosing more (take for example Jessica Simpson, she was a big time movie star and Nick Lasha a failed boy bander, she had to give HIM money) So unless: -You sank so much money into the collection the only way she can be "made whole" is to sell it -She collects too and part of it belongs to her OR you purchased together -She's a vindictive bitch who knows she can get whatever she wants by threatening to take your toys ("It's the kids or the Gold Spider-man") If it's the first, you asked for it by sending too much. If its the second you can probably barter to keep what you REALLY want (for example, should the impossible happen and my relationship go south, I get my minimates but she'll get the Four Horsemen and Hellboy figures.) If it's the last, get a better lawyer who can find her weak spot to give you some leverage or to realize you need to adjust priority to figure out if its worth it keep your collectables to give up the car, house, kids, and dog.

I replaced Thor Reborn's head with Ultimate Thor's... it's not comic accurate or anything, but I think it's more 'mythologically accurate' to have a Thor with a beard.

Mine's done! Presenting: The Teslamat 3000 Model name: Teslamat 3000 Manufacturing number: NT390721 Height: 15 feet (17 feet counting antenna) Weight: 3 tons Primary function: Assisting in laboratory builds Secondary function: Unknown (aspects of programming left incomplete following Nikola's death) Offensive /Defensive capabilities: Body is made of indestructible alloy of unknown composition. Super strength and built-in tools provide a good deal of defensive capability, though it is rumored he was a capable of far in planning. History: Though hastily built in 1893 by the great Nikola Tesla help him with the quick assembly of the electric lighting rigs at the World's Fair, the Teslamat 3000 stands as one of the geniuses greatest creations. Heralded, along with AC current, as a glimpse into the glorious future Nikola Tesla would provide this world (but sadly, Thomas Edison ensured would never occur) the protoype Teslamat offered fair goers a look at the future of the American work force, one man with several Teslamats at hand could raise a skyscraper in a day, build a city a week, and tunnel mountains in just under a month. Powered wirelessly, drawing current from radian AC sources using his head mounted antenna (any number of tools with similar antenna could be mounted onto the Teslamat for increased capabilities) Telsamats could work in any environment for any length of time... provided an AC station be nearby! The Teslamat's invincible shell (made of alloy the great invent whipped up specifically for the unit, it's composition lost with many other works in a lab fire Edison claims to know nothing about) provide incredibly useful when Thomas Edison's goons came around trying to smash the poor thing and Nikola's lab to bits. Releasing he could never destroy OR defeat the Teslamat 3000, Edison turned to destroying Tesla financially, ensuring Nikola could never achieve backing or funds to mass produce the Teslamat nor build improvements upon his existing unit to reach it's full potential (Nikola often hinted he planned to turn Telsamats into the future of warfare, so no man need ever die in war again, and in fact so no war ever need be waged again.) The sole Teslamat would remain Nikola's loyal servant until the inventor's death in 1943, at which point he would become something of a curiosity, touring the country to help lift war-warn citizen's spirits making public appearances and helping in war time construction to remind the people of glorious future they once imagined and could through hard work and dedication once again achieve. Today, the Teslamat (still running after 120 years with no signs of stopping) continues his spirit lifting endeavors: doing benefits with celebrities to raise awareness, rebuilding flood and earthquake damaged infrastructures, and whatever else is necessary to ensure his creator's dreams of a better world for all mankind through technology are made possible. Telsamat makes a guest appearence with stand up comedian Jim Gaffa-gorn, symbiotic Swedish guitarist Eddie ROCK!, and the worst Michael Jackson impersonator we could find to raise awareness for the importance of trees in drought stricken lands. Teslamat shows off his built in "hand tools." His hands literally transform into tools!!! This miniature Tesla coil could convert the radiant energy Teslamat used to power himself into storable energy other battery powered devices could pull form, giving traditionally powered tools and vehicles an emergency 'jump' in dire situations. His "heat gun" used for wielding. Some have said it's design is eerily similar to Nikola's "Direct Energy Weapon", although not nearly as devastating, who knows what his may have evolved into in future revisions of the Teslamat.

I almost made this (only with a Batman mask in place of the Iron Man mask) I'm glad I didn't because this one kicks the crap out of my attempt.

The Dark Angel Mutant powers not apparent at birth often manifest during the teen years or after events of extreme trauma. The latter was the case for young Warren Wayne whose wings painfully burst from his back shortly after watching his parents get gunned down in crime ally (what two rich socialites were even doing walking their young son down 'crime ally' at midnight is a question all it's own, but it's a story for another day.) It on that day he vowed to use his "deformity" to hunt down those like the ones who took his parents from him. He took on the persona of an angel to strike terror into the hearts of evil doers to make them think God himself had sent a warrior upon them to punish them for their crimes. (PS-pretend the yellow oval has a bird or something in it... I didn't feel like designing a logo and he looked more like "Angel in grey sweats" then "Batmangel" without the symbol)

To box sets of 4 different army builders I say: NAY! Right now my army building goes like this: AIM Soldier: 0 Ultimate S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent: 0 Skrull: 0 Hydra Agents: 0 Vault Guards: 4 (or as I call them "Lex Luthor's Lackies") MultipleMan: 0 Kree Soldier: 0 Sentinel: 2 Hellfire Guard: 0 Hammer Drone: 2 from wave 35, 1 Battle Damage (who has a dump drone head stuck on him since ,"drone better") Dump Hammer Drones: 4 of each So if they made a box set with an exclusive Hand Ninja (the only non-robot army builder I'd probably want) I'd have to find someone who wanted all my extras. a TRU or 'filler wave' 2 pack of either 2 of two different army builders would be preferable to me so I could more easily dump off the unwanted double on someone who wants an army of just that figure... of course a two pack of two of the same figures would be ideal but let's not get carried away.

I'm kinda bummed Hulk Buster is twice the size of Hulk, seriously, if they were doing to sculpt all those new pieces for Iron Man they should have sculpted new ones of equal size for the Hulk... the size difference is like calling a rocket-launcher a 'moose buster' sure the name conjures up "oh! we need something HUGE to fight that!" but at the end of the day it's overkill. That said, I want one, and Lockjaw...

Since this is Mugen you can fix that with a little work you know. Although this is being packaged as a "game" the basic MUGEN coding within should allow you to add characters, just find a MUGEN version of Iron Man you like (it might take some searching, for every good 'plays like the real thing' Mugen character there are 80 'half finished' versions and 2047 'crappy over powered made up moves' versions) then following instructions found on-line, add him to the select screen by either: -replacing a character you don't like -'breaking' the select screen and having him poking out on the side over a portrait -replacing the default select screen with one found on-line with more squares. More of topic: I'm impressed from the videos the DC sprites don't look half bad, I'm so used to seeing half-assed 'crap I need this move from Magneto but this move from Ryu...' traced amorphous shape-shifting DC mugen characters that seeing Batman and Deadpool stay on model was pretty cool.

I haven't, I wanted to make sure the new molds actually worked before I committed to any orders (and which took 5 days since I had to find my legos to build the casings, then wait for the Plastic store to open to get more silicone, then it takes a day for the silicone to set, then it takes a day for the resin to set... it's crazy!) However I'm happy to report my molds went smashingly! Only a few small hitches: one of them is missing an arm, I'll have to cut a wider pour hole there... and two of them have silicone bits in them from where I either didn't cut away enough over hang and it tore (the actual outside of the mold is fine, it's the part like where the armor overlaps the hip piece, the silicone filling in the gap that's what tore off) or I missed picking out a piece of cut silicone and it got stuck in the mold... the forth turned out absolutely flawless and is probably my favorite clear casting yet! So I'll be responding to PM's today and begin mass production soon.

So did my theater loose a reel or was and bring on

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well for clear I use EasyCast (other clear resins are a pain to use and one I tried was REALLY toxic, I threw it away after one failed mold, this one seems to be targeted at scrap bookers and costume jewelry makers rather then industrial workers), it can be obtained easily if you have a good craft store nearby or a TAP Plastic, which if you do have a TAP "TAP Silicone RTV" is my favorite molding silicone, and their house brand of resin (TAP QuickCast) is much nicer in my opinion then Alumilite. If TAP is not an option, www.sculpt.com carries EasyCast, in place of the TAP brand silicone use Plastil 17-20 (found in "molding compounds>Silicone, Platnium base")... I'd avoid alulimite since they sell it in weird "we poured it into a different bottle" packs so you can never tell how fresh it is, but they sell it there too if you want a quicker setting not-clear resin.

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I'm envisioning something similar to those boxes of candy kids get for fundraisers (oh wait, we live in the internet era, I can look it up!) One of these: http://www.fundraisingzone.com/cgi-bin/fzo...;catalogno=7034 which is... okay? I mean not $25 okay, especially since plastic tackle boxes exist and can be obtained at K-Mart, Walmart, maybe Target if you're lucky for the same price (unless the cardboard box is full of Reese's cups I get to eat, then it's great!!!)

Excellent execution and ingenius design, BUT... Ghidorah has horns! Still pretty great though.