[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

Technically; her hair isn't her AoA style (it's from her Exile days), but she's still an AoA-native character.

In sad news... was digging into the storage bin of non-displayed figures, and found horrors...

The exact same thing happened to My king cobra too. Makes me worried about my goblins and black knight.

[sh002]

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

How did you get those so quickly? Dorkside AND bbts still has them on perpetual preorder.

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

How did you get those so quickly? Dorkside AND bbts still has them on perpetual preorder.

I ordered from Dorkside.

[Boy Blunder]

What is this "screw method" y'all are talking about?

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

The exact same thing happened to My king cobra too. Makes me worried about my goblins and black knight.

I'm more worried about my Dreadknight, if that's the case!

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

How did you get those so quickly? Dorkside AND bbts still has them on perpetual preorder.

I got Dark Beast from Amazon about a month ago and I got the rest of the wave from Target about 2 weeks ago.

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

What is this "screw method" y'all are talking about?

1. Heat the thigh with a hair dryer.
2. Screw a small screw partially into the chunk of broken peg stuck in the thigh.
3. Pull the peg out.
4. Take the screw out.
5. Screw the screw into the the other side (mushroom) of the peg and into the hip where it broke off and use some glue in between.
6. Heat up the thigh and pop it back on.

Use a screw with a head that is smaller than the mushroom peg.
Drilling small pilot holes really helps.
Don't screw the screw in too far and put it into the thigh when trying to pull the broken peg out.
Make sure it is well heated before you pull out the broken part.
Make sure the screw head is flush or drill out a bit in the thigh to allow room for the screw.

[Dodge76]

I found the whole AOA wave at all three of my Walmarts some weeks ago. I only picked and chose certain ones. The rest sold out quickly.

[Dodge76]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

Technically; her hair isn't her AoA style (it's from her Exile days), but she's still an AoA-native character.

In sad news... was digging into the storage bin of non-displayed figures, and found horrors...

Wow, I store all my figures in those special plastic bags and keep them in storage drawers in an A/C room. I always felt like they should be fine.

[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by Dodge76

Wow, I store all my figures in those special plastic bags and keep them in storage drawers in an A/C room. I always felt like they should be fine.

I don't have the luxury of that much room. The figures not currently on display are in bins in the closet. I really should bag them all, though, if just to protect their paint.

[SymbiSpidey]

Preorders for Moon Knight are back up:

https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/ma...399793-product

[Benn Roe]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

How did you get those so quickly? Dorkside AND bbts still has them on perpetual preorder.

We got our shipment in at my store at the end of April. These have been available for a while. It's possible sites like BBTS and Dorkside are filling preorders in the order they were received, then waiting for their next shipment to fill more, etc. Hasbro often requires distributors to finalize their orders for the first shipment of any wave before stores are even allowed to solicit the public for sales, which is a stupid system. Many sites just keep preorders open until their supply catches up with their orders.

[Spyne98]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

I got Dark Beast from Amazon about a month ago and I got the rest of the wave from Target about 2 weeks ago.



1. Heat the thigh with a hair dryer.
2. Screw a small screw partially into the chunk of broken peg stuck in the thigh.
3. Pull the peg out.
4. Take the screw out.
5. Screw the screw into the the other side (mushroom) of the peg and into the hip where it broke off and use some glue in between.
6. Heat up the thigh and pop it back on.

Use a screw with a head that is smaller than the mushroom peg.
Drilling small pilot holes really helps.
Don't screw the screw in too far and put it into the thigh when trying to pull the broken peg out.
Make sure it is well heated before you pull out the broken part.
Make sure the screw head is flush or drill out a bit in the thigh to allow room for the screw.

I ordered the AoA wave off Pulse. They all arrived last week.
Also, this screw method sounds great! Is there a video tutorial anywhere?

[Nutimus Prime]

There's a bunch more to check out for various ways. I use my dremel and panhead screws. You can use dental implant screws too.

[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Everything.
I just emptied my parts bin and used everything.

Not really, but almost.

From the top:
Custom cast helmet
Cuckoo head
Hair from Black Cat and Mohawk Storm
Necklace is from an Animated Batman figure
Torso and upper legs are Retro Dazzler
3 arms are from Disco Dazzler with 1 partial wrist armor from Polaris
2 arms are from Polaris
1 arm is built from the 2 forearms of Angela and some of Polaris' wrist armor
Pair of tilting hands from Deluxe Black Widow
Harness is from Silver Sable
Jewelry is made from Silver Sable leg pouches and Polaris wrist armor
Gauntlets from Riders Black Widow
Belt is from Retro Dazzler, Gwenpool, and part of Silver Sable harness for a buckle
Leg pouches are from Silver Sable
Lower legs are White Rabbit
Feet are Songbird
5 Articulated Icons swords and 1 Valkyrie sword




Plus another Retro Dazzler torso that I destroyed and a Disco Dazzler torso I tried again on before I used the second Retro Dazzler and got the 6 arms thing to work.

I also have a Silver Sable head for an alternate.

How much of a pain in the ass was it to get the shoulders shaped like that and the arm holes lined up?

[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by Nutimus Prime

Same thing happened to my King Cobra and one of my Target 3 pack Ultrons. Screw repair worked like a charm tho.

Maybe this was already discussed a while ago, but I feel like that's a common issue with that King Cobra figure, as mine has also had the thigh joint break on me. No issues with Gobby, Hobby, Dreadknight or Black Knight though. Very odd.

[firmpulse]

They have totally f'd up this exclusive Moon Knight roll out. It's been one thing after another.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

How much of a pain in the ass was it to get the shoulders shaped like that and the arm holes lined up?

It wasn't that much of a pain in the ass to do it when I did the final one, but it took awhile to figure out where everything would fit.
I started with a damaged Angela torso because I thought a bigger torso might work better to fit the arms. My original arm layout was garbage, destroyed torso. Then I tried on a retro Dazzler and destroyed that too, but kept using it to try out various placement. Junker disco Dazzler torso was next and I tried a different method on each side, destroyed torso. Back to another retro Dazzler and that is the final product.

To get the holes lined up, I had the standard arms inserted and put a dab of paint on the end of the peg on the second arm. I marked where I needed to drill on the torso with then peg and used the actual shoulder to measure where it needed to go. Drill a shallow pilot hole on the dot and then drill/dremel until you have a second socket just underneath the original. Then drill the hole for the peg at a slightly upward angle to avoid going into the torso joint area. Re-insert both arms and then repeat the process for the third arm.

If I did it again, I could get it cleaner. The lower arm socket is perfect, but I took too much off the back and the curve ended up too big. I never do WIP photos because I work in a total frenzy and don't want to stop. Probably too much info at this point...

[Archangel]

Alpha Flight set at $78 on Amazon if anyone still needs it.

GameStop also has a whole wave preorder up for the DP wave at $135.

[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by SymbiSpidey

Maybe this was already discussed a while ago, but I feel like that's a common issue with that King Cobra figure, as mine has also had the thigh joint break on me. No issues with Gobby, Hobby, Dreadknight or Black Knight though. Very odd.

Could have to do with the particular makeup of that green plastic, a la Gold Plastic Syndrome - whatever they used to achieve that shade of metallic green isn't playing nice with the... I think it's called "plasticizer"? Either way, it results in parts of the toy being more brittle.

[Harbinger]

Has anyone here ever ordered from megalopolis toys? Any issues?

[Vex]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Has anyone here ever ordered from megalopolis toys? Any issues?

I'll just give my brief rundown of why I'm hesitant to order from them again:

I placed an order on Black Friday. Stayed up late to wait for their deals to go through. Got a good portion of what I was looking for, but as to be expected, certain items went out of stock as I was trying to place the order (see Wendigo wave). My final order contained some Black Series, a wave of DC Multiverse and the first Vintage X-Men wave. Flash forward twelve days later and my shipment hadn't moved at ALL. I proceed to email them and they let me know that the order will now be put to the top of their priority list. Another three days go by and nothing, so I finally call them. They proceed to tell me that they no longer have the Vintage X-Men in stock (as well as one of my Black Series figures). As you can imagine, at this point two weeks later, I was very annoyed that they did not have an item in stock and I didn't really believe it. Had they shipped sooner, I imagine my items that I originally paid for would have still been in stock. They then tried to tell they could give me store credit, which I fought them on. I got a partial refund and then received the items after another week, and it certainly wasn't their world class packaging they speak of. The fact that their free shipping threshold is $150 has kept me from placing any further orders because at that point, their sale prices aren't worth it.

Anywho… my two cents. I'm sure others have had a better experience.

[Bo Ttef]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Has anyone here ever ordered from megalopolis toys? Any issues?

I won't use them again. Ordered a Mezco Blade during their sale- took waaaay too long and a couple emails (discussing cancellation) to get it shipped. That might not be the norm for them but it was enough to make me stick to BBTS or EE even if Mega can save me a couple bucks.

[Vex]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

I won't use them again. Ordered a Mezco Blade during their sale- took waaaay too long and a couple emails (discussing cancellation) to get it shipped. That might not be the norm for them but it was enough to make me stick to BBTS or EE even if Mega can save me a couple bucks.

Haha, so roughly the same as mine. It also seems like their prices are characteristically a bit higher.

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Vex

it certainly wasn't their world class packaging they speak of.

So you're saying that their "white glove" packing isn't all it's cracked up to be?

Also, free shipping doesn't kick in until you hit $150? Fuck that.

[Vex]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

So you're saying that their "white glove" packing isn't all it's cracked up to be?

Also, free shipping doesn't kick in until you hit $150? Fuck that.

Ya know, it's always tough to say. The shipping box was a bit beat up when it finally arrived, but that could be anything. It's not like I was buying damaged goods, but some of my Black Series boxes were pretty beat up AND they use packing peanuts. Who does that anymore? I try to be pretty environmentally conscious and always scoff at peanuts

I can understand if you're a smaller company, that maybe you need to offset your costs by offering free shipping at a higher rate, but I agree. Turns me away for sure.