[Spyne98]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

I would get them. They're top 30 wants for me. I've considered getting the Select release but A: It's SO expensive, and B: Cloak is basically a decoration

I have the Cloak and Dagger Select set. I gotta admit, I would love legend versions of them. The Select ones don't seem to fit in my display. Maybe make Cloak the BAF or something. I'd be happy with that.
How much is the Select set going for these days?

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

I have the Cloak and Dagger Select set. I gotta admit, I would love legend versions of them. The Select ones don't seem to fit in my display. Maybe make Cloak the BAF or something. I'd be happy with that.
How much is the Select set going for these days?

well, keep in mind I only use Amazon for older things, so it may be cheaper on ebay, but it's $91 right now. If they were both fully articulated figures I could maybe see that at some point, but not for 1.25 figures.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by ChuckSass

I was just thinking how Cloak and Dagger have yet to be legends.
They'd have to be a two pack

Id buy it. I would love a silver sable as well!

[ChuckSass]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Id buy it. I would love a silver sable as well!

Yeah! Man Silver Sable needs to come back. If they fixed the Black Widow buck's feet, I could dig her using that buck with a new torso.

She may be very 90s but that was one strong woman, rich, powerful, ran her own company, she was a complete badass.


If they did C&D, and then did an SDCC swapped set with Negative Man, I would be all over it.

[Spyne98]

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Originally Posted by ChuckSass

Yeah! Man Silver Sable needs to come back. If they fixed the Black Widow buck's feet, I could dig her using that buck with a new torso.

She may be very 90s but that was one strong woman, rich, powerful, ran her own company, she was a complete badass.


If they did C&D, and then did an SDCC swapped set with Negative Man, I would be all over it.

When they used Sable in the Spider-Man books a few years back (I think the arc was called Ends of the Earth) she was awesome. I totally loved her in it. She needs to get a Legends figure.
I was unaware that Cloak and Dagger swapped colors (and I assume powers?). It's a neat change. I would want classic costumes before new ones.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

When they used Sable in the Spider-Man books a few years back (I think the arc was called Ends of the Earth) she was awesome. I totally loved her in it. She needs to get a Legends figure.
I was unaware that Cloak and Dagger swapped colors (and I assume powers?). It's a neat change. I would want classic costumes before new ones.

That's cool what powers do they have now? Is it basically the same but on the flip side...

[Trivial Psychic]

A very special thanks goes out to kenm2474, for pointing out where I could find his excellent Blade head cast. As a result, here he is a few weeks later, as I finally ended up finishing my own (although, slightly different from Ken's,) Blade custom today!



"There are worse things out tonight than vampires..."



"Like what?..."


"Like Me..."


Thanks again kenm2474 for steering me in the right direction. It feels so good to finally have this guy in my collection!

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

When they used Sable in the Spider-Man books a few years back (I think the arc was called Ends of the Earth) she was awesome. I totally loved her in it. She needs to get a Legends figure.

Yep, Ends of the Earth was a great final Sinister Six story before they "killed" Peter. Not only Silver Sable but also, and very appreciated by me, Rhino had an amazing little arc in that story. They took what Joe Kelly had fantastically done with Rhino in issues 617 and 625 and gave it closure. I also really liked Mysterio doing his thing.

[Kirathis]

Great job on the custom Blade Trivial! He looks fantastic!

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Great job on the custom Blade Trivial! He looks fantastic!

Thank you! I'm really happy with how it turned out, and despite hating that Nick Fury buck, it shows that it can still be worked with. Mine is definitely not as accurate to the original figure as Ken's, which is flawless, but I truthfully was never a fan of the Bucky vest look. I wanted him to have a way of keeping his glaive on him, and that Nick Fury/Red Skull holster works perfectly for that. I do have a flak vest he can wear when not in the jacket, however it doesn't fit well while wearing the coat, and I have to remove the holster, which kills some of the look I was going for.

I wish that I had a MAC10 in the proper scale, as the one from the original Blade figures is too big and doesn't fit that well in the hands...but I think the MP5k makes a suitable substitute. Plus, the MP5 I had (which came from those old Matrix action figures...) fits in that wierd "cosmic cube" gripping hand perfectly, eliminating the need for me to chop up another figure to complete the custom.

[Kirathis]

I agree that the holster works really well for what you are wanting. That is the great part about customs. You can tweak the look to serve what you want. I agree, that cube holding hand is irritating.

I know the feeling all too well of making things work how you want. I am still trying to piece together the parts I want to use for my custom Punisher. I never bought a Punisher for my collection as I am not too thrilled with any of the Toybiz or Hasbro offerings.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

I agree that the holster works really well for what you are wanting. That is the great part about customs. You can tweak the look to serve what you want. I agree, that cube holding hand is irritating.

I know the feeling all too well of making things work how you want. I am still trying to piece together the parts I want to use for my custom Punisher. I never bought a Punisher for my collection as I am not too thrilled with any of the Toybiz or Hasbro offerings.

I had to carve out the holster slightly with an exacto knife to get the glaive to sit properly, but I think it's my favorite part of the custom. I wanted to do stakes like what Ken did, but I couldn't find a good spot to put them, as that buck has some weird pant lines, and I was worried that it would be hard to remove the coat if I placed them on the sleeve.

I don't mind the cube holding hand so much, as it makes for some great, classic vampire "hissing" poses, which works with the head sculpt. Finding a weapon that could actually fit in it without pointing down at the ground in some weird angle was a ***** though...lol. I'm now torn over which pistol I want to use for the pistol hand, the Steve Rogers laser sight pistol (which is accurate to Blade's pistol in Blade 2,) or an extra Robocop Auto 9 I have lying around....which bears a resemblance to his Mac10 from the first film. Decisions, decisions...lol

I'm really surprised (and curious as to why) you didn't like the Toybiz series 4 Punisher. I'm always preaching about it, but I believe in it. I really do think it was one of the best Legends figures ever made.

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

A very special thanks goes out to kenm2474, for pointing out where I could find his excellent Blade head cast. As a result, here he is a few weeks later, as I finally ended up finishing my own (although, slightly different from Ken's,) Blade custom today!



"There are worse things out tonight than vampires..."



"Like what?..."


"Like Me..."


Thanks again kenm2474 for steering me in the right direction. It feels so good to finally have this guy in my collection!

Looks Awesome!!!!! We are some of the few who will own this Blade.

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I'm really surprised (and curious as to why) you didn't like the Toybiz series 4 Punisher. I'm always preaching about it, but I believe in it. I really do think it was one of the best Legends figures ever made.

It's something about the face on it. That being said, I kind of do want to find one on the cheap so I can pilfer the knee pads.

The biggest issue I am having so far is deciding on what buck to use for him. I have a ton of various fodder Bucky Cap based figures so that would be the easy choice but I am not sure I like that buck for a Frank figure. I may end up deciding on the buck based solely on what I come up with for gear. Steering away from a trench coat look in favor of a tactical assault look. Probably because I absolutely LOVE the Punisher that Loosecollector did a month back.

Edit: Yeah...so after looking at the Loosecollector one again, I realized one of the heads may actually be that series 4 head. It has just had new hair sculpted and a new paint job added. It's amazing the difference it makes as I really like it but as mentioned was not a fan of the series 4. I think maybe the stubble paint on the series 4 is what seems off to me. Who knows.

[kenm2474]

I am good friends with David aka Loosecollector.

[Erland]

So, I got my Amazon 4 Pack yesterday...

Couple of issues and how I fixed them.. First off, Bruce the way they had him in the box, presses on his knees, bad. When I took him out his knees almost touched together. They were bent really bad.

Next is Thor. This guy had 2 major issues. 1 being his right foot was not pushed in far enough leaving a gap and making his right leg longer than the left. the 2nd being his right arm, stuck like a chump. This thing wouldn't move for nothing.

The fix.. pretty much the same for all three issues. I boiled some water, not to a rolling boil but enough where you see the little bubbles starting to show up. While I waited on that, I got a nice sized bowl of Ice cold water. Then I dropped the bottom half of Bruce in the hot water for 30 seconds. I took him out with his floppy knees and put my fingers between the knees and held the feet together and dipped him in the cold water. After a few seconds his knees were nice and hard again and this time they were straight.

On to Thor, this guy took a little more to fix. I started by popping off the head just to give me less to screw up. I then put his foot in the water for 10 second and popped it off to see what was wrong. I actually did both feet so I can see the difference. The only difference I could find is the hole on the right foot is a tad larger than the left but nothing major. So, I put both feet on and pushed them in pretty hard and dipped them into the cold water and the foot was fixed.

The arm, the major issue. I started by putting the arm in the hot water for 10 - 15 seconds and slowly and carefully popped the arm off of the shoulder. I didn't want to accidentally break off the peg in my pursuit in fixing the arm. Once the lower arm was off, it's onto the shoulder. I put the top half of Thor into the hot water for 30 seconds. While I waited I dropped the rest of the arm into the cold water to harden it back up for now. I also found me a nice small flat head screw driver. After 30 seconds, I slowly pried the shoulder out of the socket. If you watch what your doing, and make sure the shoulder and socket were in the hot water for 20 - 30 seconds, it doesn't take much to get the shoulder out of the socket.

Once it was out of the socket, I started to look at it and it's not even stuck, it's just really tight. So, I just played with it for 10 - 15 minutes, moving it back and forth, ect. Once I was sure they it's loosening up, I heated the socket (Thors upper half) and the shoulder itself in the hot water for 30 seconds and popped it back into place. You must heat up Thors upper body / shoulder socket. If you don't you will never get the shoulder into that socket. Once it was heated up, it popped right back into place. After that, it was just heating up the lower arm for 10 - 20 seconds and popping it back onto the shoulder piece and then dipping the whole thing into the cold water to harden it up.

After that, the arm worked as it should, no issues what so ever.

So, let me say, if you attempt to fix Thor, make sure you use hot water and not put him in the freezer like someone else said. If you put him in the freezer, it will harden up the plastic and snap. If you heat it up, it become flexible. I wouldn't heat it up and just attempt to move the socket but, pop it out and move it around and put it back in.

I hope this helps at least one person.

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

I am good friends with David aka Loosecollector.

Yeah Ken, that Hulk is INSANE. Funny part is I'm currently looking at my own Unleashed Hulk and thinking....I used to think you were so cool LOL!

I have been studying his Punisher and others all day (hey it was a slow day at work) trying to piece out how others have built him and to get inspiration for my own. I really like the look of LC's, I just wish I knew what shoulders, arms and hands he used as they fit so well but I know they are not the original pieces. I would be terrified to pry open my figure to do a shoulder swap as I am sure I would break it.

[redfox]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

When they used Sable in the Spider-Man books a few years back (I think the arc was called Ends of the Earth) she was awesome. I totally loved her in it. She needs to get a Legends figure.

Yes, please! I've been pushing for Sable for quite awhile!

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Yeah Ken, that Hulk is INSANE. Funny part is I'm currently looking at my own Unleashed Hulk and thinking....I used to think you were so cool LOL!

Pics of your Unleashed Hulk. Was your made by LC?

[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

Pics of your Unleashed Hulk. Was your made by LC?

Oh nah, mine is just the stock one from the Disney store. I have never commissioned a custom from anyone. I have made a few of my own and started a couple I have never finished. Right now I'm working on my Punisher. I think I have decided on the parts, just need to get a head for him.

[ChuckSass]

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Originally Posted by Exodus

That's cool what powers do they have now? Is it basically the same but on the flip side...

Yeah it was during the Spider-Island event. Mr. Negative made the swap. He could also be a part of the pack.

There you go, SDCC Cloak and Dagger.
-Spider-Man,
-Swapped Cloak
-Swapped Dagger
-Mr. Negative

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Originally Posted by redfox

Yes, please! I've been pushing for Sable for quite awhile!

That would be the perfect Sable. Just make sure she's chrome!

[ChuckSass]

is there anywhere to pre-order gwen yet?

[warmachine6]

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Originally Posted by ChuckSass

is there anywhere to pre-order gwen yet?

Summon Mephistopheles ? I suppose keep an eye out in January due to it being x-mas hols we wont get any news soon i think

Edit: thinking about it might be after toyfair being in febuary depends on the store

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Oh nah, mine is just the stock one from the Disney store. I have never commissioned a custom from anyone. I have made a few of my own and started a couple I have never finished. Right now I'm working on my Punisher. I think I have decided on the parts, just need to get a head for him.

That's my Fav. Hulk Disney Exclusive. That was used as a base for my Planet/King Hulk. Why am I not Cool any longer?

[TheBlueMarvel]

@Ken

I'm pretty sure he was referring to his 'Unleashed Hulk' as "no longer being cool" after seeing your custom...not you personally.

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...the numbers are stacked in favor of the Guardians, but I predict a very long day for our heroes...Where's Angela? and ChuckSass was right, we need an armored Gamora, just so I can add her to set-ups like these lol