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Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Anukahn posted:

Guessing this is the thread where to ask for opinions/suggestions about this custom?

Try using a more diffuse source of light for photos, it'll hide the brushstrokes better. Other than that, it's great!

# ¿ Feb 7, 2009 15:47

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# ¿ May 22, 2013 17:32

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Rhyno posted:

So some random dude emailed me about buying my entire Muggs collection. Is BSS public?

Yeah, it is.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2009 21:13

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Gramps posted:

This isn't "technically" an action figure, but it's pretty badass so I thought I'd share. I scored a vintage wacky wall walker in original packaging today. Anyone have the faintest notion of what these things are worth? There are no real vintage ones on Ebay right now and Google is a bust.

Oh man I loved those things. Is it just a lump of sticky now?

# ¿ Mar 18, 2009 14:26

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

McFarlane is getting rid of 60% of it's remaining staff:

From the comic industry gossip column, Lying In The Gutter by Rich
Johnston. posted:

McFarlane Toys, the company owned by comic creator Todd McFarlane,
has had a long history and reputation for increasing the quality of
design of action figure dolls, transforming them from the simplistic
posed plastic characters of my youth to the intricately designed and
articulated figures commonplace today.

However, of late, the company have had a few problems. And has
internally announced a third round of redundancies far more severe
than the previous two.

The company is split into two, design studios in New Jersey and
administration in Arizona offices. I understand that Ed Frank,
President of the NJ group and founder of the original company before
it was bought and renamed by Todd fifteen years ago read a letter out
to the New Jersey staff, visibly uncomfortable.

The studios will see forty staff drop to thirteen. Major operations
will be shut down, including the mold, paint, sculpting, and model
departments.

The only department to survive will be the digital department, and
only two of its members will be held on, and a couple of traditional
sculptors are being trained up to handle digital sculpting.

The plan as it currently stands is that most new sculpts will be scans
of actual people (posed standing up, making a T shape,) cleaned up
digitally, armour and accessories assembled and added digitally (think
Mr Potato Head,) mixing and matching from other sculpts, and then the
files sent to China for 3D printing, cleaning, touching up, sculpting,
articulation and the rest. New Jersey will only generate digital
output from now on. This is still a very experimental process, however.

The New Jersey complex will be reduced from four buildings to one,
with the equipment either being sold of shipped to China. As for
Arizona, they will shrink from seventy people to around thirty-five.

The phasing out off staff will occur sometime between now and June,
though no specific dates of personnel of departments have been given.
When asked about severance, a human resources representative stated
that "allowing you to work until June should be looked at as your
severance package."

The surprising part for me is that they had such a big operation to begin with.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2009 11:20

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

The best way to be be more efficient with the putty is to start with a thick aluminum posing wire (or copper, but that's a waste since it's so expensive). If it's REALLY big, then rough out the form in wire mesh.

Paint won't chip if you let it dry thoroughly and leave good clearance at joints.

Nope, but work on a couple things at once in a cascade (start another model about 10 minutes in) so you can put down initial shape for the item, then let it harden up and smooth the details and not be twiddling your thumbs. Then when it's almost hardened completely, you add the sharp details. TL;DR- soft=shape, medium=features, hard=details.

Work in small steps if you can. It's much easier to make small changes gradually than try to form the final shape in one go.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2009 14:55

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Click here for the full 472x709 image. (from toyhaven)
holy carp I thought this Ma.K masterpiece edition was really cool until I hit the price... $1050.

Of course then I read that it's limited to 600 pieces and the both the bot and the girl come with a bunch of accessories, which makes a little more sense. I guess I'm not cut out for the big leagues if something like this still surprises me.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2009 18:19

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Well, one of the properties that dragged them under was micronauts. It was awesome when the figures weren't broken in the package.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2009 20:54

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Custom District 9 Prawn Mech

Pretty sweet. I would have went more appleseed chunky with the scaling of the armor panels in the upper arms, legs and torso, but I think it turned out well for what it is.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2009 12:52

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I was interested in them, but not $250 interested for the limited amount of accessories that come with them. Are they representative of cool characters? I haven't read WWR.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2009 02:25

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Ah, I was looking at them and thinking they if they came with a bazooka & a rifle also I'd be down, but not knowing anything about the characters leads me to pass. The helmets are real cool, and the masks are ok, but I'm not a mauser fan. I might pick up thrice naut later because the face sculpt with glasses is hilariously awesome (apparently a marysue of the master sculpter, 3zero).

From the one picture of the blanc, the accessories look bitchin in that winter theme.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2009 21:36

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

what kind of plastic, what kind of paint?
Vinyl? - an acetone dip is fine, or graffiti wipes.
ABS? Rubbing Alcohol works ok for stamped graphics. Simple Green works, but you have to soak it for a while.
I dunno, I guess I need more information, really.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2009 18:55

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Ikea detolf display cabinets are going to be on sale for $20 on dec. 29th. Limit 1 per customer, so bring a couple friends.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2009 12:48

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I wonder if it'll have the wesker glowing eyes.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2009 17:39

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profbobo posted:

They weren't that bad

Sure if you bought them last october, they're like $600 now.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2010 01:25

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There's such an shortage of Wood's toys that after the sale EVERYTHING that retailed for less than $200 doubles in cost. The brambles that sold earlier this year are now in the $110-150 range. You could buy them retail $55 back in Dec.

The big bots >$200 aren't at such crazy heights because the low end of the market is the only side that's growing.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2010 15:08

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It's more likely that a major player would pull out of toys than prices going down.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2010 13:59

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profbobo posted:

YES! They finally came! Left the Ash figure at my brother's apartment, so I haven't taken pics of it yet, but it is basically the same thing with blue lenses.

Bonus: the 3a figure totally looks like me:

Cool, I'm still waiting on mine, but I expect it today. You got much else on order, or did you get out before you bought a used cars worth of toys? (doh)

# ¿ May 4, 2010 14:57

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Got peaceday and the noms, but I gotta wait until I'm home to open them.

profbobo posted:

I have way too much on preorder - the Large Martins, Tommy Mission, two different Little Shadows, Armstrongs are all on preorder. I bought some Dropcloths for a friend, as well. I skipped the TQ's; something just had to give. I've been canceling my Hot Toys preorders just because they're easier and more reasonable to find down the line than Ash's stuff.

I've been cut off now that I finally got the TQs. I mean I'm happy with what I have on order, but man it's gonna suck if something really cool comes out and I have to pay double to get it later.

I totalled it up over the last 2 years, and ash has dropped $15k in merchandise, half of which is in WWR.

Good news is that things should be quiet this month and next at least. The only announced thing I'm interested in is the 1/6 heavy bramble (depending on colorway), and some WWRp Dropcloths.

# ¿ May 4, 2010 18:21

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

He's said that metal gear rex and ray are some time this year, so get out your tissues. I expect him to drop those around chistmas time, unless the owners want them to rework it. IF, IF he does another 2000AD or Tank Girl 1/6th it'll be much later this year. We haven't seen anything on 2000AD or tank girl, except that tank girl protos will be at beijing.

here's my guess on when stuff will be in hand. Phantasy league shipping.
April
Retail NomCom
NW/DW Dropcloths

May
Bamba NomCom
Peaceday DC
EMGY DC
4Pk DC
Tommies
Retail Berties
Retail Excl. Berties

June
3AA Nom
Beijing poo poo
Desert NomComs?
Retail DC

July
Tharg
Jung deplume
Large Martins

August
Lil Shadow
Popbot
Badbot
Armstrongz

September
3xTQ

October & beyond
Heavy Bramble
Bertie Mk3
Dropcloth Sidecar
Tank Girl
Metal Gears

It tapers off around July, but since Beijing is late june to begin with I just don't expect things to be shipping out that much. I think we'll see the pre-orders for the new 1/6th bots around july/august.

# ¿ May 8, 2010 12:15

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hah, I hope you have $300 to blow on a 6" doll, cause no one is going to sell cheap. Last one that sold was $250? I think.

# ¿ May 26, 2010 11:04

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Yeah, tommy is really fun. Moreso than the nom commanders in my opinion. I couldn't put him down for the last couple days. I'm probably going to wash the hoodie with a bit of fabric softener, because it's stiff as a board right now. The jeans are fine. I'm not sure I could get them back on if I took them off. So skinny, lol.

Only other thing I've opened recently is

Nom is about as tall as that kinnukuman beside my custom emergency services bertie

# ¿ Jun 25, 2010 12:40

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World War Robot Portable (WWRp) by 3A. Don't even try and collect these, buy some if you see them, but don't try to collect them. They're cool, but it's so exasperating. It's like a job where you spend money to stay employed.

Here's a scale shot of WWRp (1/12th scale), and WWR (1/6th scale) the super tall mockup is representing an upcoming WWR figure, bertie mk3. The little white bertie mk2 is the same figure as the yellow one I painted.

I don't have any good shots of my stuff, but there are tons of people that do nothing but take pictures of WWR toys.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2010 18:57

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profbobo posted:

Edit: Heavy Bramble OH gently caress

I know, I know, pretty cool. I'm done buying things this year, so that sucks that it's coming out soon.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2010 20:35

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Nerd Of Prey posted:

Do those World War Robot figures come unpainted as a rule, or is that just some of them, or what? I can't afford to collect the things, but I'm curious.

No, they come very well painted. They just never have a finished prototype before the pre-order comes up. A few unpainted DIYs are offered, but they are pretty elusive.

All this year most things have been ordered with only a general idea of what the finished product will look like.

# ¿ Jul 2, 2010 02:12

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

Dang, that's actually a pretty good value for what you've got. It's pro-level at this point.

You may want to open a novelty museum.

# ¿ Nov 23, 2010 14:50

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sba posted:

I've been trying to get into customs, it's a nice way to relax and keep busy. This is the first I've been really proud of, it's a 25th style GI Joe Airtight.

Original Figure: http://yojoe.com/action/85/airtight.shtml

Whoa, nice job. Airtight was always standout.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2011 01:57

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGut7ffry4E&hd=1

One guess who this is (hint it's metal gear)

# ¿ May 6, 2011 12:53

Vaporware: May 22, 2004; Still not here yet.

hoooly crap. march the 2nd. $490

# ¿ Feb 24, 2012 13:36

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# ¿ May 22, 2013 17:32

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LightsGameraAction posted:

Went into a Walgreens on the way to my friends house yesterday because I needed to buy a new toothbrush. Passed through the toy aisle for the hell of it. They happened to have a GI Joe POC Alley Viper, and be selling him for $9.99 instead of $12.99 like GI Joe's tend to go for at the other Walgreens I've been to.

I still think $10 is a lot for a single Joe figure, but given that I haven't found an Alley Viper online for less than $15, I'm pretty happy.

TRU & Target charge the same $10 for joes now, so I gave in and bought the Sgt. Stalker that hung at my CVS for-EVER.

Vaporware fucked around with this message at Aug 14, 2012 around 18:06

# ¿ Aug 14, 2012 18:03

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Anukahn posted:

Rhyno posted:

Gramps posted:

From the comic industry gossip column, Lying In The Gutter by Rich Johnston. posted:

profbobo posted:

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profbobo posted:

profbobo posted:

Nerd Of Prey posted:

sba posted:

LightsGameraAction posted:

From the comic industry gossip column, Lying In The Gutter by Rich
Johnston. posted: