[Scythe]

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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

You should- handicapped Avengers or something.

Heh, that'd be a fun little project to do. I don't get alot of those.

[Peteparker]

Hey fellas,

I found three deluxe Frost Giants on clearance for $4 each at a Walmart. Anyone want 'em?

I personally like them better than the light blue guys, especially at half that price.

[fallen69lee04]

well i actually found a ultimate hawkeye at wallmart, now im gonna chop him down and do a MU custom using his head wich is the only deceant part of him, and give him steve rogers body.the figure is really lame, just like the hulk that they have, almost picked up a thor but i didnt really whant him yet.

[fallen69lee04]

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Originally Posted by Peteparker

Hey fellas,

I found three deluxe Frost Giants on clearance for $4 each at a Walmart. Anyone want 'em?

I personally like them better than the light blue guys, especially at half that price.

i picked up a few of those 3 days ago, dint whant him but 4$ heck why not, so i finally picked him up.

[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by fallen69lee04

well i actually found a ultimate haweye at wallmart, now im gonna chop him down and do a MU custom using his head wich is the only deceant part of him, and give him steve rogers body.the figure is really lame, just like the hulk that they have, almost picked up a thor but i didnt really whant him yet.

Can I PLEASE have his forearms?!?
I need those parts for a Quake custom but I'll never find that fig in the wasteland that is south Florida's scalper-infested retail chains.

Trade ya something....

[fallen69lee04]

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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

Can I PLEASE have his forearms?!?
I need those parts for a Quake custom but I'll never find that fig in the wasteland that is south Florida's scalper-infested retail chains.

Trade ya something....

yeah, what do you wanna trade for them? since there just fore arms

[wolverine2281]

just completely out of curiosity, I've seen like a dozen people use "Phantomex" for Fantomex. Is there something I'm missing?

[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by fallen69lee04

yeah, what do you wanna trade for them? since there just fore arms

Hmmm...Karma? Maybe you like Spider-Man? I have a couple extra of him...ebay says he's "rare". What do ya need exactly? I have an extra Iron Patriot...or I could make you up a Mystery Package with various cool stuff in it (meaning cool stuff I have no real use for cluttering up my room).
My roommmate's gota cat- nice disposition, like new.

PM me and we'll hash it out.

[fallen69lee04]

fo sho bro.

[bmorr]

well, ive gone and made yet another iteration to my display space, im never happy with my outcomes. So, i made a new setup to maximize shelf space efficiently and where i can view the most figs at once. Too bad i only gained like 25% more space even after the new villain mezzanine....but at least now i can store figs underneath it.

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[Jason Abbadon]

WOO!

I just got back frm BSing with Big Hank at Michael's Art store- he hooked me up with that Ultimate Thor he had picked up...so here's my mini review:

The limited articulation has already been harped on a lot so I'll spare you that again.
Sculptwise, this is an excellent figure!
VERY comics-faithful, right down to the details on boots and the odd open part on his torso's back.
This figure has great paint apps- a nice dark glossy semi- metallic blue for the chest armor and a great job was done on his face- his eyes are excellent a well.
Placed next to Showdown Thor, the Ultimate head is the same size- and with some skin tone matching might make for an amazing headswap!

Very happy to report that Ultimate Thor is MU scale!
Not the too-small size of the Thor movie figures- this figure is noticibly taller than Captain Marvell, but just short of Wonder-Man. He looms over figures like the Skrull or AIM goon- and those guys are baseline human sized (they match GI Joes), so he's a pretty good size.
The neck peg is SW sized, so if you wanted Darth Thor, you're in for a treat, but swapping with Sentry might neeed some putty.
The face sculpt, I can not stress enough, is just great- superior to the Modern Thor fig (which I rather like) and the beard is nicely sculpted on with the hair being a seperate piece.
Removing the hair leaves you with a damn near perfect Thunderstrike head- I'll just need to sculpt the short hair on him!
And that's why I wanted this in the first place! Articultion aside, the body looks like a great Thunderstrike base too.. but I'll use him (or a second fig) and his super-ripped arms for Ares as soon as Onyx gets that head/helmet two pack ready for sale!
And it'll be epic! This Thor has the biggest guns of any human-proportioned figure!

The axe-hammer has a great and faithful look to it, but is a soft rubbery plastic, so I may correct that with a styrene tube so it remains...er...erect...in Thor's hand. It ocurs to me that the hammer side of his axe looks a LOT like the Black Lantern scythe from Blackest Night- could be an easy custom to make if you wanted.

The big happy suprise is the odd secondary weapon- I had not payed it any attention in the pics online but this is freakin great! Amazing detail on this-runes on the blade and great detail on the handle's braiding. The weapon sorta opens from spear to axe and looks like something Jack Kirby would have drawn. The colors on this kinda suck but with some repainting, it'll be a gem.
I think I'll make it a Kree Universal Weapon with some mods....

Anyone that does not want their oddball spear/axe, I'll happily take it!

FINAL VERDICT: This line has already gotten a ton of venom from us collectors but if the other comic-series figs of this line are this good, I'll happily pay the ten (!) bucks this cost. Thor is a pleasant suprise in sculpt, paint apps and great custom fodder parts with a bouns of a cool retro-Kirby weapon that would look great in any alien or generic Asgardian's hands.
If this had MU articulation, it would be in the top five Marvel 3.75" figures...but the lack of posability hurts the score so my final verdict is....
6.5/10

Buy the damn thing already!

[mikefavata]

Off-topic, we should meet up at Supercon.

If it's anything like last year's Supercon weekend, I will need a break from my gf and the 6+ friends she will bring with her.

[Jason Abbadon]

Absolutely! I'll need an extra pair of eyes to visually sift through all the cosplay teens for the good stuff to buy.
Last year I spent almost a freakin grand on original art and crazyness- this year, I'm shooting for a $500 ceiling...unless Chakin will draw me a Nick Fury! Or a Copiel Cap (assuming he shows this year).

Gotta get a bunch more bootleg DVD's again too- and get Billy West to record my answering message (currently I have Invader Zim).

And who knows? We could be searching or the Kang wave by then!

[mikefavata]

Put a bunch of comics, dvds, figures & games on eBay.

Will trade any of my eBay auctions for stuff from my want list though!

[mikefavata]

You gonna go for the day or stay for the weekend?

[Jason Abbadon]

I'll take Red Guardian! Consider him sold, please (I can paypal but not ebay thanks to my roommate useing my computer).
I'll check your BST too, of course!

I'll probably just go for Saturday...but if someone is only there on Sunday or Friday, I'll go that day as well.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

Just got in my Archangel from my Marvel Comic subscription!

Very nice! Free him from his box:P

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

Comic shops are like 10/10.99 which is like 17 bucks. It really bothers me when I see Americans get all moany about a price increase by a dollar or two, I just get like all "Are you serious, bro? Try collecting the stuff here!" I don't want to come across as rude so I more often than not just bite the lip because stuff can't always be conveyed well online

Ya now I'm quite content with the price now! No more complaining from me =)

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Originally Posted by Travis King

I opened my outer box. I had to know what series and # it said on the back of the card. I feel like alot of people don't know it belongs at the end of series 2.

Heck ya and he's just so bad ass out of the box too!

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Originally Posted by 77kustoms

Spirit of Vengence opinion.
I thought the first was good. Marvel candy coated meet Ghost Rider good.
Spirit of Vengence was a bit darker and cooler. I just don't care for crazy Nick Cage faces.

Agree, was kind of getting annoying.

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Originally Posted by SoundWave88

Nice SDCC Soundwave!!! I think Hasbro is re-releasing those early three packs, Spiderman/Amazing Friends and henchmen pack...or at least they are up for pre-order on BBTS.

What must see how much they're going for...

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Originally Posted by LORD MARVEL

X-FORCE

Awesome as always.

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Originally Posted by Peteparker

BBTS takes trade-ins on stuff, so sometimes collectors roll their stuff into new purchases from them. The oddest things pop up sometimes...

Ah that would make sense, I tried selling/trading them a SDCC Chun-Li and Mai figure MOC, they only wanted to give me 15 bucks for it. I was like no way. Not sure how well they give it to other figures though.

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Originally Posted by Peteparker

You need a Vanisher dude!

Yes you do and a Wolfsbane and Elixir as well!

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Originally Posted by LapuLapu

Was bored and super tired this morning so I decided to do a quick custom of the SW aurra sing I picked up this morning


Something is missing , I know for sure she is lacking in height ( as most SW figs are compared to MU ) , I might redo her in the future so for now I guess she is a WIP.

Almost thought she was a custom Lady Deathstrike.

[shortysben]

Finally found and picked up the SW Cap & Klaw pack...interesting case...it also had the dark avengers 2-pack in it as well...

[jaybird7072]

rawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

[Jason Abbadon]

ow. That's as bad as Thor is good.
The dirty white pants really hurt it's looks too- make those purple and it'd at least have a sorta retro-classic look to it.

[jaybird7072]

HULK SMASH RAIDEN ......lol have some free time and bored

[Peteparker]

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Originally Posted by bmorr

sorry about the sideways image...imageshack did this not me

Much cleaner dude, nice work!

[bmorr]

thanks man, i only gained a foot square of shelf space. oh and thanks for flipping the image the right way

[D00MTR0N]

I got a loose thanos and ss venom or comic iron monger if anyone can find me a 4" jazzwares sub zero.

[sug2763]

I know I'm kinda late on this, but I just got the Daredevil/Bullseye two pack, and its amazing! I love the sculpt and the articulation! The colors are perfect, and the accessories, although scarce, fit perfectly into their hands!!! GAHHH, SO EXCITED.