It looks like I’ve just about reached my limit as far as media goes, on this free version of WordPress.I’m not sure If I should move over to Blogger or find other alternatives.I’ll keep you guys posted 😉
The Clawful Sure Packs A Punch!
A package, from a trade I made with John from the Clawful Punch,arrived today! I’m super stoked about the Quick Kick and Crystal Ball figures as they were a part of my collection as a kid. Nice to have them back! The Perseus figure had been on my want list for a while now so I can finally scratch him off. I’ll be doing individual posts as soon as I get a little extra time. Thanks again John!
G.I. Joe Retaliation-Ultimate Storm Shadow
When I walked into Five Below the other day, on a tip from John over at the Clawful , I didn’t expect there to be many Joes. Maybe a couple Retaliation peg warmers, like the green suited Duke or the Roadblock with the unsightly deformity. I certainly did not expect the Ultimate line of Joes to be freshly stocked the way they were, and for the low price of 5 dollars to boot! These guys were going for big bucks on the bay and that’s not even factoring in the shipping costs. O.K. so they had Roadblock, Budo, Flint and most of the others from the line, big I knew for sure Storm Shadow wouldn’t be there. Stormie was going for bucu dollars online and I had already come to terms with the fact that I would probably never own one. If I could pretend that I was O.K. with not owning a Renegades Storm Shadow then I could do the same for the Ultimate version. BOP! Why did I walk into Five Below and find two Ultimate Storm Shadows hanging stealthily behind a Roadblock and Joe Colton figure! After the initial shock finally wore off, I chest bumped an old lady standing next to me.I finally had an Ultimate Storm Shadow figure in my hands, and he was coming home with me.
QUIET STORM!
G.I. Joe Retaliation – Ultimate Snake Eyes
There really are too many Snake Eyes figures, and this one would have remained on the pegs had I owned the 25th Ann. version, which manages to capture the look of Snake Eyes V.2 very nicely. I don’t have the 25th Ann. version so this one was a must-add, considering the price and availability. It pisses me off, though, that Hasbro wasn’t able to add a more accurate head sculpt instead of just opting for the repainted Ninja Duel head. Every time I look at this figure I think about what could have been. A proper head sculpt and this figure would have gotten an easy 10.I could try to switch this head out for another one but I’m not one to mess with the integrity of a figure. If It came with the head sculpt,It stays with the head sculpt.Enjoy the pics!
Sorry about some of the pics being so dark. Snake Eyes is one of the hardest figures to photograph because of the all black uniform.Any suggestions on how to better photograph dark figures are welcome.
Five Below Badness!
Not “bad” meaning “bad” but “bad” meaning “good”!I shat myself when I saw Ultimate Stormy behind a couple of other Ultimate Joe figures at our local Five Below! Wow! Still can’t believe I was lucky enough to find this one. Although I think these are popping up in a lot of other places including Marshalls and a store I’ve never heard of called Tuesday Morning?A big shout out to John over at the Clawful Punch for giving me the heads up about these showing up at FB’s ;)tLoose pics coming soon!
X-Concepts-Nano Speed
Remember Micro-Machines?I sure as hell do and that’s exactly what these little fockers reminded me of when I saw them hanging on the pegs of our local Dollar Tree store. I’m not sure how much Micro-Machines went for back in the day but I remember them being packaged three or four cars at a time. I’m assuming they were anywhere from 5 to 7 bucks per pack seeing as how they were made by Galoob.So naturally I thought that a buck a piece for each Nano Speed two pack was well worth the purchase.After digging up some info on these online, It seems that there is also a racing track as well as a few other Nano Speed vehicle sets. I love the little detail on these guys! The word METRO and route number on the city bus (Hopper) and the kill decals on the military Tank (Bravo) and Humvee (Wadibash)!Little things like individually named vehicles and details make these a very collectible item. In fact, at a buck a piece, you could pick up a boxed set of the two packs for 5 bucks! When I went back for these, the others were sold out but luckily the two main sets I was interested in were laying in a pile of other miscellaneous toys so I got lucky. The way they work is simple. Just pull back and watch em’ go. Oh and BTW-They’re fast! Very fast! We’re talkin’Nano Speed 😉 Enjoy the pics!
Each vehicle is individually named
Trash Talker
Hopper
Wadibash
Bravo
Nano Speed!
Marvel 3 3/4 Infinite Series-Iron Man
Back when I was heavy into reading comics, late 80’s early 90’s,I only knew of three Iron Man armors. The original red and gold, Silver Centurion and the oversized red and gold 90’s armor. Since getting back into toy collecting the amount of Iron Man armors has grown exponentially, and no one has benefitted more form this than Hasbro. With so many different action figure renditions of shell head, It’s hard to not get sucked into the variety vortex. Currently I own the Marvel Universe classic and 90’s style because of my childhood connection with the two. Buzzchuck also sent me a carded Mark 5 figure a while back, which up to now had been my most updated version of Iron Man. I knew that I would soon need to change with the times for the blogs sake and picture taking purposes. I would hate to display an original styled Iron Man next to a Heroic Age Captain America. I’m maniacal that way. It just wouldn’t look right. So while I am still trying to add some of the older styled figures, especially ones who appeared in the Secret Wars Saga, I will also be looking for updated versions of them. It’s a tall task but my birthday is less than a month away and hopefully someone from the fam will read this and provide me with some much needed action figure aid in my ventures 😀 But enough with the rambling rhetoric and on to the figure! I was curious as to what this figure would look like out of package and very pessimistic. I had seen it before in Heroic Age three packs, but with this new 3 3/4 Marvel Infinite Series release I was able to snag him up individually. The plastic used for this figure is very soft, almost rubbery but the detail is amazing! I’m not crazy about the thigh cuts/articulation but it works. In fact I had a great time posing this figure as the articulation allows for limitless pose-ability. The paint is spot on and the ports/repulsors, and there’s a lot of them, all have nice glowing effect to them.The card itself is pretty damn snazzy for those of you who like to display your figures carded.Enjoy the pics!
Blog Fodder!
A couple figs to blog about in the following weeks, so stay tuned 😉
Marvel Universe (Family Dollar)-Wolverine
Last post about anything that has less than 10 points of articulation. I promise (fingers crossed behind my back).In fact my good buddy John over at the Clawful Punch put me up on a Joe sighting at a Five Below variety store and since then I’ve picked up a couple that I’d like to get around to posting about. But today we have the Dollar Store exclusive (Dollar General, Family Dollar and maybe Big Lots-NOT DOLLAR TREE) Wolverine. I’m loving the head sculpt first and foremost. The vibrant Astonishing X-Men uni looks great and the height of the figure is pretty much on point. It’s an awesome figure considering.
AF&T 