I agree with ya that brick n mortar is disheartening, but I have found online just as much. Im not usually one to get whole waves ( like warlock ) and lotta online stores only have certain individual figs for sale not all thus forcing buyers to get whole cases to obtain certain figs ( like for instance sunfire ). And if they do theyre sold out in seconds or proced higher than brock n mortar and then theres the ricockulous shipping.

If etailers had individual figures for sale and kept stock up id be more inclined want shop online but until i can see actual product instead of stock photos i will prefer physical retail where i can see what im buying instead of buying sightunseen.

After seeing the semi-review, I'm good with my previous assessment of the A-Force set.

I generally don't watch reviews and only posted that one because I was asked to share it with the thread by DarkToyLord. I've watched a sum total of maybe 4-5 reviews over the years. I didn't even watch all of the Spidey 2pk video, hence my surprise about pizza Spidey (which is totally inflated by the way - I expect that artificial bubble to burst). Reviews are great, if that's your thing, but I trust my eyes and attention to detail considerably more than the opinions of others. I still plan to get the set.

... and, yes, I quoted myself.

That is always my biggest worry, but I haven't had any issues, yet. I am one of the few people who now only collect movie figures, so I sat down the other day and thought about figures that I had a hard time tracking down online and at stores (DC Multiverse and Marvel Legends), and the toughest figure to find was The Civil War Scarlet Witch. I bought her on Ebay for $25 last August, and finally saw her at retail just a month ago...wow. So for me, I feel this is the best option. I've been very fortunate, but I always feel for those who have a hard time finding what they want.

This.

This is why I think I will be employing a mix of online and in-person, with emphasis on in-person.

All this talk is why I'm glad we found the store we did recently. Supporting a local, non-chain business that's all but guaranteed to get any non-exclusive (and many exclusive!) MLs in stock and will special-order/hold items for customers, without a ridiculous markup? I'm all-in.

Hell, we walked in yesterday and, despite only having been in there once before a few weeks back, the owner recognized us on sight and brought out some stuff we'd be interested in. Outside of exclusives, I don't think we'll be buying MLs (or many TFs, either) from the big-box stores. Sure, online is more reliable, but I'm an old curmudgeon who likes having an item in-hand before paying for it, when possible.

I've seen some decent Captain customs using the Punisher/MCU Nick Fury base, though that figure's got the old-style hips and some wonky arm articulation. Maybe with some part-swaps, it could work.

I don't blame you. Hasbro's gotten a lot better these days, but you never know if you'll end up with a poor paintjob.

No kidding. I've gotten even more exacting over the years, since my wife collects a few Mattel doll lines (Monster High, Ever After High, and DC Super Hero Girls), and sometimes hunting for a good face-up on those is frustrating as all hell. Especially when the plastic of the package can come up against the face during shipping and rub/smear the paint.

And that's not even getting into the placement of the painted-on eyes when compared to the molded eye areas.

It's almost a science.

Yeah, it really is. Eyes are the thing I look at the most. For a while, I thought painting eyes correctly was a forgotten art.

I've decided that I'm going to get the 12 Inch Deadpool if it stays around enough to go on clearance.

Support your local comic shops, though most of them have an online presence too.

To be fair, Nextwave employed a pretty strange style of drawing humans. Features were reduced or exaggerated, while some of her more recent depictions fill some of those other details out. I'm such a fan of her character and Nextwave in general that I'm delighted she's getting a figure at all.
Anyway, cross-posting from the "Look What I just Got" thread because I love these figures that much! Some of their best sculpt work yet. Hoping to find the others soon so I can finish Mantis.

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My goodness these are beautiful. These are the brightest pictures I've seen of these figures so far. I'm literally watching first Guardians of the Galaxy right now, and I must say all of these head sculpts are spot on. Very nice find!

I would if they every carried anything i was looking tor. Round here its toy malls where scalpers run supreme.

Okay i MUST have that rocket!

@Brownfinger

Nice shots! After watching the film, all of the MCU figs are top priority. Also, Nebula is starting to become my favorite from the wave. The details in the sculpt are amazing.

@Browfinger

What you say is true, but I wish they could have at least given her an angry sneer - something more appropriate for a quick tempered monster hunter...it's the little details that really flesh these figs out.

I'm also very happy they made her at all...

I wish they would left the bedraggled wife beater from hanging outta gamoras outfit. Just kinda gives her a trashy look. Rocket, nebula and deathshead are the musthaves for me, though i need the whole wave for mantis ( still stupid to make her a baf instead of the golden legend villian knock off )

gawd dam it , now i need that GOTG wave 2 , thanks to those images.

This last pic is totally Nitelife.

That Nebula is so goddamned beautiful, I want her bad. But I can't afford it right now.

I want the Rocket, but the foot articulation is making me have to pass on it.

I'm passing on Gamora, I can't do the printed face thing. I hope that doesn't become routine.

Oh id be grabbin somethin on nebs but it wouldnt be her arm....giggity. ;)

So they are doing printed faces? I heard a reviewer point that out too. I noticed a difference in the faces of all the MCU figures for this year.

tiggity ol' biggitie's

a raccoon and a cyborg, love is in the air

I've only noticed it on Gamora and Rocket so far. I'm hoping it doesn't become the trend because I think it looks terrible.

I wanted to get the SH Figuarts Harley Quinn until I saw it in person and noticed the face.

I think that the more recent female molds are good enough for what they're trying to accomplish, and I definitely agree with you on the hip articulation in general. While I'm okay with the single jointed elbows (I've had enough scares with double jointed ones on female figures, so I'm okay with not ever having to deal with that again...) there's no reason why the hip articulation can't be at least close or equal to what we got out of Mockingbird.

I have found that my favorite female mold is the kit bashed Silk top/Wasp bottom that was used for the Kate Bishop figure, as it seems to have the best proportions (superhero wise...) as well as sculpt overall, especially on the breasts, where it features the stretched costume look, without looking like shrink wrap or the breast cones that Madonna used to wear in the mid 90's.

As for She-Hulk...that's fine that you think that, although you might be looking at her with green tinted glasses.

My issue with that She-Hulk is that the figure itself is just ugly and could (and should have been) so much better. It's just that body mold. As for the head, I think it's also the tone of green that they used to paint the face, as well as the hair color. It's very dark compared to past figures, and it throws the whole thing off. From the review, it looked also as if her hair and lipstick was painted black, which also could be throwing it off, as I'm more used to her having a darker green set of locks and lips to offset her bright green skin.

I also would have liked to have seen her barefoot as she is often depicted, so the whole figure just really comes off as cheap, especially considering the amount of work that the rest of the set appears to have received.

The older She-Hulk figures weren't great either, but at least they were pretty (especially the SDCC version, which I felt was gorgeous.) If I do get this one, I'm gonna definitely be switching out the head for either that one or the Savage She-Hulk head. I just feel they do her better justice.

I'm a bit confused about what you guys mean when you say shrink-wrapped breasts. Do you just mean the cloth looks too form-fitting?

Side note, I've always found it funny how when Hulk turns into the Hulk, he becomes a big, kind of ugly guy.

When She Hulk transforms, she's like a supermodel who's been working on her toning exercises.

In order to have made Ex Nihilo a BAF, they would have needed to either massively remold the Hyperion bidy it's based on or make a completely new body mold, so that it could be put together like a BAF. Mantis, inherently being a new mold due to being a movie figure (and specifically a first attempt), could easily be made to be put together BAF-style at no extra cost.

Yeah, they're referring to how some of the female bodies are molded how female characters are often drawn in comics, as if the costume has separate boob-socks, instead of being an actual piece of skintight clothing that would just stretch over both boobs the way real fabrics do, creating somewhat of a "mono-boob".