Padrino
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2 hours ago, Tommy Wiseau said:
Yeah, I'm kind of over trying to collect these. There are definitely some cool ones that have come out, and I appreciate getting characters that haven't come out in the mainline, but showing up to the different stores in my area and seeing:
1. Peg with two Roadworn Thor/Civilian Loki packs
2. Peg of Wave 7
3. Peg of Black Panther Wave
4. Don't Carry Minimates At All
It's, needless to say, been pretty frustrating. I'd really only been collecting the main Marvel line before these started coming out, so I'm probably just going to go back to sticking with that.
I've had the same experience. There are 3 Walgreen's/Duane Reade stores within 3 blocks of my office. One has the latest Wasp sets, one has Animated Spider Man/Iron Fist, and the last is devoid of minimates.
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On 5/19/2018 at 10:28 AM, Mattallica said:
Evil Hank
Really?! I thought it would be "Killjoy Dutch"
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3 hours ago, MisterPL said:
Well, yeah, not that they have that Vulture and Falcon head tooling from the Marvel Animated assortments.
(Hail Ivan!)
This! A million times! This was my favorite show growing up.
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I read that between 10% and 30% of the entire toy industry will be affected by this. It’s like the stock market crash of this industry. It’s almost inconceivable.
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31 minutes ago, MrClean said:
On a personal note, I’ve made a lot of friends at and thru TRU over the decades. Some of them have become lifelong friends even long after they left TRU. My memories aren’t of the toys, but of the relationships I’ve built. I feel sick for them and all the others who are losing their livlihood. I’d give up the whole minimate line if it meant those 33,000 people could keep their jobs. This sucks on more levels than the loss of plastic hanging on the pegs.
Beautifully stated.
For us, this is a hobby.
For some of these people, it's rent, bills, healthcare, tuition, or their next meal.
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Few more quick customs. Black Lightning and Wiccan.
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29 minutes ago, NerdyTrev said:
Just because a character is obscure doesn't mean TRU won't take them. They picked up the Mojo / Spiral pack. That's two obscure characters. Even if you remember Mojo from the 90's X-Men toon, Spiral is still C or D-List. Plus, the popular mobile game "Contest of Champions" gives Collector a bit more closure.
Really? Spiral was a pretty big player in the X-books for more than 10 years, far longer than Mojo was around. She was in the Facebook Avengers game and was active pretty recently in the comics until all heck broke loose in Marvel continuity with the Secret Wars events. She certainly isn't A-list anymore but I think that she is pretty familiar to older comic readers (I am now in that category). Mojo has faded into obscurity but has such a unique look that it was begging for a figure.
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WIP- Modern Moon Knight and Wonder Woman
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Not sure if anyone saw this but the Magneto/Wolverine set is up at TRU
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Anyway we can convince the site owner to submit some of these designs to shapeways? That Sorceress is perfection!
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4 hours ago, Roccothegreat said:
fun fact: the "hand headquarters" base is filmed right near me on staten island. that place is actually a wedding hall lol. i wish i knew they were filming i would have tried to meet them.
I know! My friend lives a few minutes away and had no idea that they were filming there, either.
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50-year-old women do not all look like grey old grandmas. That's a fallacy.
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On 3/29/2017 at 2:14 PM, Roccothegreat said:
it was still fun lol. better than the second half of cage for sure
My biggest gripe is that they missed so many opportunities. The meachum storyline was soooo bloated and could have been handled in half the time. The really interesting stuff regarding the Sensei and their relationship to the Hand was over in about two episodes.
Agree with Cage. I thought Cottonmouth was a far superior and nuanced villain to Diamondback, who was very flat IMO.
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2 hours ago, DSTZach said:
Yes, he comes with two normal hands. I swapped out one of the hands at Toy Fair without thinking about which hand, and they did not change it back for the photo.
BUT to be fair, in the comics he can charge both fists, and I have not finished the Netflix series. If he can only charge one fist, that seems like a tactical error.
There are a number of "tactical errors" in the Netflix series...
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Anyone have any photos to share?
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23 hours ago, pk13 said:
Looks good, love the Quasar!
Thanks!
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11 hours ago, Nervous Rex said:
good stuff, I really like a lot of the parts combos you used, especially on Quantum and Templar...
for Hyperion, did you use someone's arms, or just paint the sleeves on? It's my main hangup with him, and been bugging me since i first saw him...
I know! The arms were really bothering me. I used the arms are from Mary Marvel.
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Nico is Yukio's body, Viper's head, Chloe Frazer's hair and Ocean Master's staff
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These are some quick customs that I threw together. This is my first attempt at green-screens as well. This is a combination of characters that were never made with some new characters that I thought up. Let me know what you think!
Maxima and Violet (my character)
The Defenders (DD, JJ and LC are from the sets. Electra and Iron fist are new)
Hyperion (some modifications to make it more comic-accurate)
Two new characters- Templar and Ombra
Warrior Angel
an Amazonian Princess of Power
Nico Minoru
My personal favorites- Buffy, Willow and Zander
Captain Marvel/Pulsar, Quantum (my character) and Quasar
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12 hours ago, hellpop said:
Mister PL has the best words. The best.
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15 minutes ago, Gmonkey2k said:
Wave 71 is the next Guardians wave.
Heres the panel: http://www.toyhypeusa.com/2016/10/09/nycc-2016-diamond-select-toys-panel-video-coverage/
Thanks!
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These look amazing! Spiral and Silver Samurai were on my list of most-wanted figures for a long time.
I've been offline all weekend. What's wave 71? Has that been announced? I don't see a link to the panel on the forum.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/146/569/original/HAILHYD2015002.jpg
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Whichever 'mate you do, please do it "justice."
I'd be cool with an updated Firestar, too.