[Comedian]

Strange that while watching the bad batch tonight, my family will be putting this together.
Found at Walmart this morning, in the mega construct section.
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[deecee4]

Happy may the 4th!

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by Comedian

Strange that while watching the bad batch tonight, my family will be putting this together.
Found at Walmart this morning, in the mega construct section.
9D56CC00-F315-477A-A1C1-55C9C002D31A by Comedian Horseman, on Flickr

Happen to know if it was on Brickseek when you found it? I've had no luck trying to track one down.

[Comedian]

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Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic

Happen to know if it was on Brickseek when you found it? I've had no luck trying to track one down.

No it wasn’t. I checked before I left this morning and after to see if it was just a delay. Nope.

It did have a tag on shelf. On heman.org, I read that it’s 1 per store at the moment. Which is nuts.

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by Comedian

No it wasn’t. I checked before I left this morning and after to see if it was just a delay. Nope.

It did have a tag on shelf. On heman.org, I read that it’s 1 per store at the moment. Which is nuts.

Ok. Thanks. The hunt goes on!

[Dr Kain]

[Archangel]

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Originally Posted by deecee4

Happy may the 4th!

Damn, I’ve been hunting this guy hard the past few days with no luck. Nice score!

[Trivial Psychic]

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Happy may the 4th!

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Damn, I’ve been hunting this guy hard the past few days with no luck. Nice score!

I haven't seen any of the newer WWE Legends figures outside the pegwarming Paul Orndorff and Eddy Guerrero's. I had to resort to grabbing Ted Dibiase and Phantom Taker off of ebay after Target canceled both of my preorders after multiple delays. It's frigging ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to go the aftermarket route for Leon and DDP as well at this rate.

[PROVOST]

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Originally Posted by Comedian

Strange that while watching the bad batch tonight, my family will be putting this together.
Found at Walmart this morning, in the mega construct section.
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Found the black series "deluxe" Boba Fett at Walmart. They only had two on the shelf but the helmet on one was severely warped because it was kind of turned in box so the bubble was squeezing it out of shape instead of holding it in place. That leads right to my big problem with this figure, the helmet is a softer plastic piece glued on top of a faux head. This is the same crap they did with the new Stormtrooper and it's once again an issue here because you can easily get one which is seriously warped and/or the helmet isn't oriented exactly how it's supposed to be on the head which can mess with articulation. On the one I picked up it's slightly disoriented which meant I had to use some heat to loosen it up out of the box to actually get the helmet into its proper bell shape. I really think they should just go with making the helmet the head for these characters where the helmet isn't meant to be removed because so far it's aggravating me more often than not. My next gripe is with the paint applications. I know from behind the scenes photos that his blaster should be a little worn looking or dirty but it seems like they really overdid it here to the point of looking rusty. His jetpack then is the opposite where the blue in particular seems too clean and bright and the small bits sticking out of the top near the missile base should be painted silver, but I'm a little more forgiving on the jetpack since it's his backside and not the prominent side of display. Lastly then on paint I think the silver weathering, wear-and-tear effects on the helmet are weakly done when compared to the Empire figure. My final complaint is that this really doesn't feel all that much like a deluxe release since not only does it have all the issues I already mentioned but then most of the bonus accessories that pad out the packaging are kind of lame. The grapple cord is gimmicky and way too short to even actually use unless Boba is standing right in the other person's face, and the cut in half blaster just feels forced in to give him more stuff. Singling out the destroyed blaster for a moment, I kind of would get just including the back half to recreate that specific moment but then including the front half and making them be able to plug together is just silly when he already has a non-damaged complete version. The fire effect pieces are the only bonus accessories I actually like or will ever use and even then he doesn't include any kind of flight stand so the jetpack bursts seem limited just going off of the contents of the box.

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I know so far all I've done is bitch about this figure but I do actually like it quite a bit. The sculpt and articulation are better (not surprising given the Empire version is almost 8 years old) and in an all around sense it handles better but the $30 price just doesn't feel justified, sadly though since it is Boba Fett I am very skeptical that it will stick around for most people to be able to scoop it up on clearance like those peg-warming Jar Jars did.

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Comparison with the Empire version for those interested.

[QUOTE=Dr Kain;868572]There was an Arrow Video sale on a site called Grindhouse Video back in March and the stuff finally arrived:

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Nice.... “hold onto your butts!”


Here’s my weekend finds

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I picked this guy up today. I don't think I knew about him.

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Got the black series Bo-Katan. It's another all around nice figure from the line but one notable upgrade compared to previous figures like Jango Fett or Sabine is that the helmet can actually be easily removed and put back on without a struggle.

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Finally had a chance to open and play with the Shang-Chi movie figures, I hope the movie’s good because I really like the figures.

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Combining Shang-Chi and Wenwu, you get quite a few hand gestures, besides the grasping hands and fists, you get the “eagle claw”, “tiger claw”, and what I can only describe as the “money” hand gesture.

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My Coffin Comics/Loose Collector Lady Death finally arrived, and she didn't disappoint!

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[PROVOST]

[Comedian]

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Comedian Highly Approves.
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[deecee4]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I haven't seen any of the newer WWE Legends figures outside the pegwarming Paul Orndorff and Eddy Guerrero's. I had to resort to grabbing Ted Dibiase and Phantom Taker off of ebay after Target canceled both of my preorders after multiple delays. It's frigging ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to go the aftermarket route for Leon and DDP as well at this rate.

DDP (and Brutus) are only going to be available online at target. I don't know if that means it will be harder or easier to get but, FYI anyway. And Vader just came out last week. Seems like most people have been able to find him so I'm sure you guys will too.

[Harbinger]

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[Astra]

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Finally had a chance to open and play with the Shang-Chi movie figures, I hope the movie’s good because I really like the figures.

Oooh, those are indeed very nice! Who is the maker and what scale are they, please?

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I picked this guy up today. I don't think I knew about him.

I didn't know about him either, but now that you posted I'll have to get him, since I already have Ian Malcolm and Dennis Nedry. Thanks for the heads up!

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Oooh, those are indeed very nice! Who is the maker and what scale are they, please?

Hasbro 6 inch scale, although generally speaking the Marvel Legends line runs a bit bigger than true 6 inch.

[HoovenIV]

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I'm a big Ben Reilly guy. Props for picking that up.

[Dr Kain]

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I'm a big Ben Reilly guy. Props for picking that up.

This is actually my first time reading through this entire Clone saga run. I'm honestly not enjoying it all that much, but I like some of the concepts behind it even if the execution is piss poor. I'm really curious to see how it all plays out though as to why Peter actually came back and why their son is non-existent in the JMS run (which is where I came back to reading Spidey).

[redfox]

[HoovenIV]

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This is actually my first time reading through this entire Clone saga run. I'm honestly not enjoying it all that much, but I like some of the concepts behind it even if the execution is piss poor. I'm really curious to see how it all plays out though as to why Peter actually came back and why their son is non-existent in the JMS run (which is where I came back to reading Spidey).

Oh most definitely. It's pure 90's in it's storytelling and handling. There are nuggets of good ideas, just all dragged out and handled terribly.

[Jason Abbadon]

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Maaan-! They need to make a Popy/Shogun Warriors version of Jet Jaguar!

[scarrviper]

Found Ash at Walmart today, I had completely given up on finding these Alien exclusives at retail. No sign of Kane unfortunately. He rang up $11 so I'm beyond happy. Worth every penny, he's an amazing figure.

There's some kind of shenanigans going on at my Walmart's neca section, it's been empty or near empty week after week, then 2 Ash figures pop up today out of the blue. At least I finally got him, I really didn't want to buy a scalped one online.

His joints were all frozen solid right out of the box, I've got them all moving now except for the hips. They are the new design that neca is using and they barely move at all. They squeak they are so tight. Heat does nothing, I might have to try lubricating them but I have no idea what would be safe to use that won't harm the paint or plastic. I've got him so he can at least stand up straight for now.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by scarrviper

Found Ash at Walmart today, I had completely given up on finding these Alien exclusives at retail. No sign of Kane unfortunately. He rang up $11 so I'm beyond happy. Worth every penny, he's an amazing figure.

There's some kind of shenanigans going on at my Walmart's neca section, it's been empty or near empty week after week, then 2 Ash figures pop up today out of the blue. At least I finally got him, I really didn't want to buy a scalped one online.

His joints were all frozen solid right out of the box, I've got them all moving now except for the hips. They are the new design that neca is using and they barely move at all. They squeak they are so tight. Heat does nothing, I might have to try lubricating them but I have no idea what would be safe to use that won't harm the paint or plastic. I've got him so he can at least stand up straight for now.

Maybe some silicone lubricant?

[PROVOST]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

This is actually my first time reading through this entire Clone saga run. I'm honestly not enjoying it all that much, but I like some of the concepts behind it even if the execution is piss poor. I'm really curious to see how it all plays out though as to why Peter actually came back and why their son is non-existent in the JMS run (which is where I came back to reading Spidey).

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Found Ash at Walmart today, I had completely given up on finding these Alien exclusives at retail. No sign of Kane unfortunately. He rang up $11 so I'm beyond happy. Worth every penny, he's an amazing figure.

There's some kind of shenanigans going on at my Walmart's neca section, it's been empty or near empty week after week, then 2 Ash figures pop up today out of the blue. At least I finally got him, I really didn't want to buy a scalped one online.

His joints were all frozen solid right out of the box, I've got them all moving now except for the hips. They are the new design that neca is using and they barely move at all. They squeak they are so tight. Heat does nothing, I might have to try lubricating them but I have no idea what would be safe to use that won't harm the paint or plastic. I've got him so he can at least stand up straight for now.

[WallySparks]

Earlier today the new Star Wars Vintage style Bespin Escape Leia figure came in the mail. Great looking figure

[Black Arbor]

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Found the new NECA King Kong! The classic head has a hinged jaw and larger brow than the original, and the more modern head is sculpted with a grimace! He also came with a log, pteranodon, pit monster and two extra sets of hands! THIS is the Kong to get if you haven't gotten one yet!

Edit: forgot to mention both monsters have swivel necks and hinged jaws too!