[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by Vex

I fully intend on getting the wave, but I fully intend on tossing Sugar Man.

Word up, keep me in mind if you please

[EvilMonkeyPope]

Since I got the Hela & Skurge set, my original MCU Hela is redundant. While Looking at the masked head, I realized it could be modified into Gotham's Firefly. The textured bodysuit works too. The downside is that she'd be too big. (Firefly ought to be as tall as Selina Kyle, who's as tall as Jessica Jones) I'd also have to do lots of sanding on her torso & legs.


Zorii Bliss has the perfect body, but she's too tiny for the Hela head.


Jaina Solo has another great body. Jaina's own head may be as good a base as Hela's, but she seems to still be too short compared to Selina.


Admiral Holdo is the right size to Selina. I don't know if Hela's head would fit on her body. I'd have to do more sculpting on her smooth torso & legs.


So which of the above options would you choose for customizing Firefly?

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by EvilMonkeyPope

Since I got the Hela & Skurge set, my original MCU Hela is redundant. While Looking at the masked head, I realized it could be modified into Gotham's Firefly. The textured bodysuit works too. The downside is that she'd be too big. (Firefly ought to be as tall as Selina Kyle, who's as tall as Jessica Jones) I'd also have to do lots of sanding on her torso & legs.


Zorii Bliss has the perfect body, but she's too tiny for the Hela head.


Jaina Solo has another great body. Jaina's own head may be as good a base as Hela's, but she seems to still be too short compared to Selina.


Admiral Holdo is the right size to Selina. I don't know if Hela's head would fit on her body. I'd have to do more sculpting on her smooth torso & legs.


So which of the above options would you choose for customizing Firefly?

That sounds so serial killerish. Heh heh

[JCarterVA]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

If anyone's getting the wave but not into Sugar Man I might be interested. I would love to collect waves of AoA stuff but it's just too much shit.

I am tossing the Sugarman parts when my pre-order arrives. I won't have the entire figure.

[Ultra Seven]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

That sounds so serial killerish. Heh heh

We’re all good as long as he doesn’t start talking about male fists.

[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by JCarterVA

I am tossing the Sugarman parts when my pre-order arrives. I won't have the entire figure.

I’ll only end up grabbing Dark Beast so I’m trying to grab the whole figure in one shot. Thanks though.

[usernamedustin]

I pre-ordered the whole wave from Target because I really want Sugar Man and Nate. I will have Wolverine, Jean, Sunspot, Wild Child, and Beast to get rid of. If anyone needs just those, I would be willing to sell them for a reasonable price once I get them.

[EvilMonkeyPope]

Maybe DST Spider-Gwen would work for Firefly since she's the right size?

[Veronica Mars]

One of my favorite characters from the first run of New Warriors, Turbo

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

One of my favorite characters from the first run of New Warriors, Turbo

Not familiar with the character but it looks good.
Does she zip around on those wheels?

[Starlord67]

Red Wolf custom...Im on a western kick!

[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Not familiar with the character but it looks good.
Does she zip around on those wheels?

They're actually wind generating turbines, she and her best friend found Brock Jone's Torpedo armor. They completely overhauled her look for the second run of New Warriors

[Dr Kain]

I went to a Target farther out today and look who I found:



I love the weapons she comes with the accessories. The paint job is quite stellar. In fact, they had four of her today and the paint job on all of them looked great. I love the face sculpt and the details so much so that I wanted to put it on the biker BW, but sadly, the hair still makes the neck disk lean backwards, so it isn't the head of the biker Widow that is the problem, it's the neck. I don't even think there is a way to tighten neck, so it means I need to somehow acquire a new biker BW. That blows.

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

Oooof. Hindsight is 20/20 in action, eh?

It's hard to say because on one hand, I'm glad I didn't get into Marvel Legends until the Pizza Spidey came out because it seems like the older ones were less than stellar. On the other hand, it makes the waiting game for redos hard. Of course, I'm quite certain Hasbro will end up revisiting Stryfe at some point be it as part of a box set or even a new mold that utilizes the Colossus body.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Of course, I'm quite certain Hasbro will end up revisiting Stryfe at some point be it as part of a box set or even a new mold that utilizes the Colossus body.

I think Colossus would be too big for Stryfe, Mister Sinister would be a better fit.

[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

by good coincidence Stryfe was the only one I planned to get so I preordred and got him way before the rest. I think once I got Storm I figured I'm halfway there I might as well get the rest. Though I think it took a good 2-3 years after release.

And ugh. Amazon still showing my preorder for Dark Beast to arrive on Wednesday but no updates or shipping or delays. I know a delay is probably going to happen but at the same time i'm like...just ship it!!!!

My Leader is in the same predicament...at this point I'm doubting it'll get here by then.

[Bo Ttef]

picked up Loki for cheap. ($10) He won't take the place of the previous Hasbro version on my shelf, but after playing around with some minor changes i'm actually starting to dig him a bit

loki by lowanbing, on Flickr

loki by lowanbing, on Flickr

loki by lowanbing, on Flickr

loki by lowanbing, on Flickr

[Captain Nash]

Still no movement on my Amazon order for Dark Beast and it is saying it's supposed to arrive tomorrow. My guess is now that with the product page not loading, the system isn't even aware of this order being placed, it can't find the product to link back to and will probably just be in limbo until they actually get the product in and there will be no updates until it actually ships.

[Dolemite]

Amazon shipping on "non-essential" items is slower than usual due to the COVID-19 shenanigans. There's a disclaimer right on the front page of the site.

Of course, toys SHOULD be considered essential, but I guess food is important too.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Amazon shipping on "non-essential" items is slower than usual due to the COVID-19 shenanigans. There's a disclaimer right on the front page of the site.

Of course, toys SHOULD be considered essential, but I guess food is important too.

I would NEVER buy any food from amazon. Lord only knows who its from etc etc. and i agree toys are essential, especially for us collectors. If i couldn't spend time in my toy room / office / game / hobby room I’d go crazy.....well crazy-ER.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Amazon shipping on "non-essential" items is slower than usual due to the COVID-19 shenanigans. There's a disclaimer right on the front page of the site.

Of course, toys SHOULD be considered essential, but I guess food is important too.

oh of course, I understand that completely and agree completely. My point being that if the order is not going to arrive tomorrow- which I do not expect it to - and the system doesn't even have the item in inventory, why would they wait until the day before to update the order. Or maybe the same day it's supposedly to be delivered, since it's still sitting pretty like it's going to happen.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Amazon shipping on "non-essential" items is slower than usual due to the COVID-19 shenanigans. There's a disclaimer right on the front page of the site.

Truthfully...Amazon's policy on non essential items shipping slower is all backasswards. I pre-ordered my BW wave figures, and they all arrived on time, and depending on the toy in question...it changes. For example, I was able to receive a SH Figuarts figure from Amazon in 3 days recently, but a different figure from the same line was telling me it wouldn't arrive until May 23rd-ish...despite there being 12 in stock. And they were both coming directly from Amazon, and not a third party seller. I guess Blanka was more essential than Cammy...*shrugs shoulders.

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

oh of course, I understand that completely and agree completely. My point being that if the order is not going to arrive tomorrow- which I do not expect it to - and the system doesn't even have the item in inventory, why would they wait until the day before to update the order. Or maybe the same day it's supposedly to be delivered, since it's still sitting pretty like it's going to happen.

I had a similar experience with my Black Widow wave...they weren't showed as having been sent despite a tracking number being provided, and then lone behold, after a day or two with no movement or confirmation, they were sitting on my doorstep. It's possible someone may have missed a scan somewhere at one of the distribution centers.

Hopefully it comes in soon with no issues.

[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I had a similar experience with my Black Widow wave...they weren't showed as having been sent despite a tracking number being provided, and then lone behold, after a day or two with no movement or confirmation, they were sitting on my doorstep. It's possible someone may have missed a scan somewhere at one of the distribution centers.

Hopefully it comes in soon with no issues.

This. I've been getting a number of items off of eBay in the past few weeks (idle hands while still having money, y'know) and tracking the packages is a joke. Wouldn't be surprised if this is the case across the board, not just USPS.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

I guess Blanka was more essential than Cammy...*shrugs

Well that's obvious. Cammy is just a new challenger.

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

I would NEVER buy any food from amazon. Lord only knows who its from etc etc. and i agree toys are essential, especially for us collectors. If i couldn't spend time in my toy room / office / game / hobby room I’d go crazy.....well crazy-ER.

I never buy anything from Amazon, Bezos doesn't need any of my hard earned money to buy a mansion for his girlfriend of less than a year haha

[Trivial Psychic]

Just a couple of quick fixes and mods to keep myself busy...

I was never able to find the energy shield version of the Agent Steve Rogers figure when it originally hit stores, and the figure drives a pretty hefty price on the secondary market at times. So imagine my delight when I saw the shield accessory (*GASP*--with a broken clip!!!) by itself in an Ebay auction for about ten bucks shipped. MINE SUCKA!



Took me less than 5 minutes to fix too (adding the fabric strap to Steve's regular shield took a bit longer.) One person's garbage truly is another person's gold.

Speaking of shield fixes, added a strap to the shield on the Abomination wave Gamerverse Cap, which didn't really fit all that well on the figure thanks to that wretched clip system Hasbro uses. Not only can Cap wear it properly now, but the clip can easily slip back into place thanks to the softer, more rubbery plastic the brace uses, and can still fit onto Cap's back with the elastic strap still attached.



I can't wait to get this Cap lined up with some Classified Joes.

And finally, I had mentioned previously that I didn't care much for the BW headsculpt that many were using for their Colleen Wing customs, and found one I feel works better in the Burnside Spider-Woman. Took a bit of grinding down to get a perfect fit, but I love how it came out.



I played around with a couple of different options in trying to replicate Colleen's sneakers, but unfortunately, I couldn't find one that really worked. The shoes from the MCU figure don't fit on the Widow body (and are a completely different white) and the issue is that most legends characters that have the shoe/boot lace molds tend to be smaller figures on teen bodies. Ideally, I'd love to use the croc/sneaker styled shoes that come with the new Sue Storm, but even then getting them painted to match this rather shiny pearlescent plastic that they used for Widow's catsuit is gonna be a ridiculous challenge to color match, so I'm probably just gonna stick with this as is until Hasbro gives us a proper Daughter of the Dragon...