The "Look At What I Just Got!" Thread

ludovicotek · 08-03-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by behindthemask

I wouldn't say the don't retain value, a lot do and a lot don't. All the sports figures have rare one's/ case and variant colors ex I had a Patrick Roy figure when he played with Colorado, but he has a green Gatorade bottle instead of blue and I ended up getting $75 for it locally. Spawn has 12'' figures, collector's edition ones, the movie masters line has some expensive figures such as robocop, predator, alien, donnie darko etc. Not to mention his music figures Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Metallica etc are near $100 range on ebay,also the Anime/video game characters he did such as Metal Gear Solid and Akira also grab big bucks, and his Where the Wild Things Are figure are crazy pricey. He has stuff that's worth it leaving MOC, but can you deal with it... frankly the Mcfarlane effect is, amazing likeness to the athelete,actor, chracter, from the face sculpt, to body sculpt and paint, but the acticulation is usually shit, maybe 10 points of articulation usully less.. they're made to be mini cheap statues and to be posed in 1-2 particular poses ie spawn with the classic covers, the figures are built to be an exact representation of 1 particular comic cover, so the pose is dictated by the cover. I wish Mcfarlane would team up with Hasbro and do the MU headscupts and weapons and display bases/vehicles.

Yeah, it seems that pretty much all of McFarlane's figures do pretty well EXCEPT for the actual Spawn line. Those are dirt cheap. I always collected the Movie Maniacs line from wave 1 and those are definitely worth some loot. (By the way, Donnie Darko was made by NECA, not McFarlane)

As far as McFarlane teaming up with Hasbro, not sure if you know this, but McFarlane toys officially let go of all their sculpting department last year and now only use scanning technology to capture the likeness of their figures. Sucks big time. I always prefer the artist's interpretation since they can exaggerate certain features that translate better to toy form. Sometimes, if the sculpt is so perfect it doesn't look right as a toy. It sounds kind of weird, I know, but sometimes a little interpretation goes a long way.

stjuggernaut · 08-03-2011, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Optimus Vader

McFarlane Syndrome = DC Direct Syndrome

They're all statues. Certainly not "action figures."

i dont see anything wrong with the articulation on this spawn and alot of his other ultra action figures. they were amongst the best if not the best of the 90s to my knowledge.

the sculpt is brilliant, he has articulation at the ankles, knees, hips, wrist, elbows and head. thats not exactly a statue. i see you cant really do many poses like you can with marvel legends, but for the time im sure mcfarlane figures like that were amongst the most articulated??? its a classic action figure with articulation where it needs it for a kid to play with it. nout wrong with that!

there are some other spawn figures that dont have much articulation though, but the sculpt is great so maybe its those you are thinking of. they arent all like that though.

Optimus Vader · 08-03-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by stjuggernaut

i dont see anything wrong with the articulation on this spawn and alot of his other ultra action figures. they were amongst the best if not the best of the 90s to my knowledge.

the sculpt is brilliant, he has articulation at the ankles, knees, hips, wrist, elbows and head. thats not exactly a statue. i see you cant really do many poses like you can with marvel legends, but for the time im sure mcfarlane figures like that were amongst the most articulated??? its a classic action figure with articulation where it needs it for a kid to play with it. nout wrong with that!

there are some other spawn figures that dont have much articulation though, but the sculpt is great so maybe its those you are thinking of. they arent all like that though.

Oh, I'm not knocking the figures at all. I love them for what they are, which is an incredibly detailed figure (McFarlane--not DCD's, which blow if you ask me), but in most cases the "articulation" they give their figures is useless because the figures are pretty much made to hold that one pose.

trebleshot · 08-03-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by stjuggernaut

to my knowledge this club exclusive is the only onw that looks like this. there are earlier versions of spawn in these colours with this cape but they arent nearly as cool. this took me aaages to acquire!

whats mcfarlane syndrome??

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Originally Posted by omega145

I'm pretty sure that means that the sculpt is amazing while the articulation is crap.

Omega pretty much nailed it, but Op Vader and others are also correct.

And McFarlane has never been in the top tier when it came to articulation, even in the 90's. What they did do was revolutionize the accuracy of toy likenesses and pushed the industry to higher quality sculpting. McFarlane Toys is part of the reason why Star Wars (or other movie toys) look as close to the actors/masks as they do now.

Like Optimus Vader said, the joints on a McFarlane toy are there, but practically useless except for a single pose or two. And they're fine for what they are, especially if you like the IP that the toy is based on.

I just wish McFarlane would stop trying to be so perfect with the sculpt sometimes and understand that you can have a great sculpt AND good articulation in the same figure. Just look at Hasbro's 6" Iron Man Mark IV.

firmpulse · 08-03-2011, 12:24 PM

arrived at lunch. 1:13 cst to be exact.

atomicsmurf · 08-03-2011, 12:53 PM

^^ Freakin' awesome. And great looking figs too!

firmpulse · 08-03-2011, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by atomicsmurf

^^ Freakin' awesome. And great looking figs too!

they really are fantastic sculpts. even the headsculpt is sharp and distinctively female.

no more f#ckin around hasbro. make all 1/18th scale female sculpts THIS good.

behindthemask · 08-03-2011, 01:21 PM

I think a lot of us respect Mcfarlane Toys a hell of a lot, they raised the bar for other companies to achieve in the field of accurate likeness of the figure's portrayal, be it movie,video game, music, sports, fantasy etc. The Geiger piece he did is 1 of my favorite "toys" ever made, I don't own it but fucking love it. but it is just a statue, he makes amazingly detailed replicas of sometime relife things, but a wax museum is only so good, you need to bring life into the mold, give it some better articulation. I have owned quite a few spawn figures in my day and sold them all, they were badass toys, but not much poseability some had decent amount but majority had a static 1-2 pose option. I do see a lot of people buying his figures though purely for headsculpt to either army build with or make customs with... he even had a 3 3/4'' line with reg,silver and gold variants, seen them but never bought any.

If it wasn't for Spawn figures, you wouldn't see companies like Sideshow , Hot Toys,Neca, Revoltech putting as high a quality detail into their figures, it's because of Todd McFarlane's passion for detail that made everybody take notice.

MegsTriggerMan · 08-03-2011, 01:23 PM

Was out of town for a few days and while i was I of course was hitting every store I could and i was quite lucky ...

besides getting some nice flea market hauls ... i got

3 Deluxe Frost Giants from Target for under 10 bucks total on clearance
2 Cap Hydra Soldiers: variant Hydra Green
MU: Thanos, Apocalypse, Cable w/o Hope, Falcon, Jim Lee Cyke, Mystique (passed on clear Human Torch

)
SDCC Capt Glenn
My friend got a $17 clearance Bill Foster at WalMart ( I NEED THE FROST GIANT!! )
No good Ross finds

and I cut open a case of Joes off a Walmart pallet the night i was driving home and because of money I regretfully passed on a BeachHead Firefly and a SnowJob.

Dylan in Oregon · 08-03-2011, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by skullshine

Thump'n Guts! Yes! Shame there was only one issue...

ersico · 08-03-2011, 07:18 PM

MasterSock · 08-03-2011, 09:03 PM

Picked up all warrior 3 today and destroyer! Also revision wave was out so i got a flame on human torch!

atomicsmurf · 08-04-2011, 05:41 AM

LOL Kitty loves Optimus.

trebleshot · 08-04-2011, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ersico

Wasn't able to get the exclusive this year, but I cannont wait for the mass release of TF:Prime figures. I will probably go completist for that line, like I tried to do with TF:Animated.

ersico · 08-04-2011, 06:00 AM

i got mine through hasbrotoyshop
totally worth it for the packaging and magnet on the front
Transformers at HasbroToyShop.com | TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPTIMUS PRIME FIGURE Product Details

firmpulse · 08-04-2011, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ersico

i got mine through hasbrotoyshop
totally worth it for the packaging and magnet on the front
Transformers at HasbroToyShop.com | TRANSFORMERS PRIME OPTIMUS PRIME FIGURE Product Details

the package design is amazing. how's the figure?

ersico · 08-04-2011, 07:06 AM

HONESTLY. i really realyl like it. i was playing with it alot last night. the arms are longer than i would like..but it doesnt detract...the face isnt identical to the show. but then again. i don't really like primes unmasked mouth, looks odd.
im happy i got this guy.
so happy i will be getting the voyager as well

ersico · 08-04-2011, 08:09 AM

i picked up a halo fig for a friend yesterday, the clear ones that are on clearance at target for 3.74, and i dyed it red for him

jamesmruddy · 08-04-2011, 09:32 AM

Hadn't been out for a bit, so I went out today and it was a good day. The Cable with Hope is up for trade, looking for a Cable without Hope. The extra Joe's are for a friend of mine.

Optimus Vader · 08-04-2011, 10:21 AM

That Snake Eyes looks pretty badass ^^

I didn't realize he came with a Casey Jones head.

ludovicotek · 08-04-2011, 10:29 AM

^ lol That's what I thought too!!! I might have to pick up that Snake Eyes just for that!

atomicsmurf · 08-04-2011, 10:32 AM

@ersico, how did you dye that fig red? You did an amazing job!

@ jamesmruddy, nice haul. Everything you got, I want! lol

ersico · 08-04-2011, 11:36 AM

i used RIT dye and boiling water, i dye alot of glyos toys, and someone asked if i could do red to this guy.. im gonna do green with some blue to another guy tonight.
ill post its..since it is a new toy...

omega145 · 08-04-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesmruddy

Hadn't been out for a bit, so I went out today and it was a good day. The Cable with Hope is up for trade, looking for a Cable without Hope. The extra Joe's are for a friend of mine.

Hey buddy, about time to see you back in the haunt, really nice haul there!
Gotta love those Joes, they are the reason why I started collecting GI Joe's and now have a nice little collection. Let me know if your looking for anything in particular when it comes to Joe's and id take that Cobra Viper off your hands if you or your buddy didnt need him.

BlackMagnus · 08-04-2011, 02:08 PM

TRU MP Hot Rod. Yes, I said Hot Rod.

08-03-2011, 11:22 AM	#1552
stjuggernaut Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 790	Quote: Originally Posted by Optimus Vader McFarlane Syndrome = DC Direct Syndrome They're all statues. Certainly not "action figures." i dont see anything wrong with the articulation on this spawn and alot of his other ultra action figures. they were amongst the best if not the best of the 90s to my knowledge. the sculpt is brilliant, he has articulation at the ankles, knees, hips, wrist, elbows and head. thats not exactly a statue. i see you cant really do many poses like you can with marvel legends, but for the time im sure mcfarlane figures like that were amongst the most articulated??? its a classic action figure with articulation where it needs it for a kid to play with it. nout wrong with that! there are some other spawn figures that dont have much articulation though, but the sculpt is great so maybe its those you are thinking of. they arent all like that though. __________________

08-03-2011, 11:29 AM	#1553
Optimus Vader Goodfella Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Philly Posts: 4,924	Quote: Originally Posted by stjuggernaut i dont see anything wrong with the articulation on this spawn and alot of his other ultra action figures. they were amongst the best if not the best of the 90s to my knowledge. the sculpt is brilliant, he has articulation at the ankles, knees, hips, wrist, elbows and head. thats not exactly a statue. i see you cant really do many poses like you can with marvel legends, but for the time im sure mcfarlane figures like that were amongst the most articulated??? its a classic action figure with articulation where it needs it for a kid to play with it. nout wrong with that! there are some other spawn figures that dont have much articulation though, but the sculpt is great so maybe its those you are thinking of. they arent all like that though. Oh, I'm not knocking the figures at all. I love them for what they are, which is an incredibly detailed figure (McFarlane--not DCD's, which blow if you ask me), but in most cases the "articulation" they give their figures is useless because the figures are pretty much made to hold that one pose. __________________ Sales/Trade Thread - Collection Thread

08-03-2011, 12:24 PM	#1554
trebleshot Dark Lord of the 'Ark Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,224	Quote: Originally Posted by stjuggernaut to my knowledge this club exclusive is the only onw that looks like this. there are earlier versions of spawn in these colours with this cape but they arent nearly as cool. this took me aaages to acquire! whats mcfarlane syndrome?? Quote: Originally Posted by omega145 I'm pretty sure that means that the sculpt is amazing while the articulation is crap. Omega pretty much nailed it, but Op Vader and others are also correct. And McFarlane has never been in the top tier when it came to articulation, even in the 90's. What they did do was revolutionize the accuracy of toy likenesses and pushed the industry to higher quality sculpting. McFarlane Toys is part of the reason why Star Wars (or other movie toys) look as close to the actors/masks as they do now. Like Optimus Vader said, the joints on a McFarlane toy are there, but practically useless except for a single pose or two. And they're fine for what they are, especially if you like the IP that the toy is based on. I just wish McFarlane would stop trying to be so perfect with the sculpt sometimes and understand that you can have a great sculpt AND good articulation in the same figure. Just look at Hasbro's 6" Iron Man Mark IV. __________________

08-03-2011, 12:24 PM	#1555
firmpulse Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: TN Posts: 2,300	arrived at lunch. 1:13 cst to be exact. Attached Thumbnails

08-03-2011, 12:53 PM	#1556
atomicsmurf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 472	^^ Freakin' awesome. And great looking figs too! __________________ Trade/Want: http://www.toyark.com/atomicsmurfs-trade-list-62524/