The Shang Chi wave arrived today courtesy of Dorkside Toys. Also grabbed a this super soft shark plushie for the kiddos...

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C’mon be honest....the stuffed shark is for you and the legends are the kids. Haha ;)

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CLASSIC Smokescreen! I miss the Alternators. They came out during the time when I was taking a break from Transformers, so I missed a lot of those, I only have Prowl, Jazz, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker

My Coffin Comics/Loose Collector Lady Death finally arrived, and she didn't disappoint!

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Finally had a chance to open and play with the Shang-Chi movie figures, I hope the movie’s good because I really like the figures.

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Combining Shang-Chi and Wenwu, you get quite a few hand gestures, besides the grasping hands and fists, you get the “eagle claw”, “tiger claw”, and what I can only describe as the “money” hand gesture.

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I’ve also been going around the house finding things to chrome, Destro and Phasma were obvious choices.

Recent arrivals
 

Bigbadtoystore and Dorkside arrived today.
I swapped out the Lady J head for Wasp retro. I saw someone make this switch earlier and really liked it. Joe team at Hasbro needs to get a better sculptor and not just a computer program sculpt Women. Death Dealer outfit is very difficult to pose. Cloth would have been better. AI IM looks cool. Will go in the Armory. Xialing is an amazing figure. Fantastic detail on her blouse. She poses very well. Ordered another one so she can go on Joe shelf. 2nd photo are a few kit bashes. BW heads for everyone! Michael Fassbender head on Magento from HOX body.

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Got the black series Bo-Katan. It's another all around nice figure from the line but one notable upgrade compared to previous figures like Jango Fett or Sabine is that the helmet can actually be easily removed and put back on without a struggle.
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I also like how it actually LOOKS like katee sackhoff. Gotta say shes hot as a red head.

Nice haul. I love the galaxy express movies.

Katee Sackhoff: from Starbuck to Star Wars! The black series likenesses have been generally good for some time now, Mace Windu was an exceptional example, but some of the recent ones have been washier so I'm glad they got her right.

I think it'd be neat if we got a Pre Viszla to (roughly) go with her.

Id love pre vizsla.

Probably not a popular opinion, but having Bo-Katan in-hand, I'd love to get a figure of Satine now too.

I'll see your Pre Vizsla, and raise you a Shae Vizla.

I remember trying to watch the first one when it aired on Sci-Fi back during their Anime Week in 98, but I found myself bored to death within the first half hour. However, that was also at the time when I was first getting into anime and never felt I gave the film a proper chance (plus, I was 16 at the time and only wanted to watch actiony stuff), so with it being on sale, I had my wife grab it for me as I figured now is as good a time as any to give it a try.

^ Ooo... I remember anime Saturdays on Sci-fi channel back in '98 I think it was... but where we were at we used to just get the US west coast live feed of Sci-fi channel, so it was actually like 3 am in the morning for us. But it was so awesome because I used to set the VHS timer to record it and in one month I got to see Armitage III, Iria Zeiram the Animation, Green Legend Ran and MD Geist. I didn't actually become a hardcore anime fan until 2004-2011 though.

I never saw them on TV, but after that anime week I eneded up going to Video Factory and rented over the next several months MD Geist 1&2, Armitage III, Ghost in the Shell, Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Ninja Scroll, Bio-Hunter, Kimera, Shinesman, and Battle Angel Alita.

recent loots

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I picked this guy up today. I don't think I knew about him.

Sam jackson played him briefly in jurassic park before he became raptor chow.

Nice.... “hold onto your butts!”


Here’s my weekend finds
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I knew of the character just did not know about the figure.:)

There was an Arrow Video sale on a site called Grindhouse Video back in March and the stuff finally arrived:

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Found the black series "deluxe" Boba Fett at Walmart. They only had two on the shelf but the helmet on one was severely warped because it was kind of turned in box so the bubble was squeezing it out of shape instead of holding it in place. That leads right to my big problem with this figure, the helmet is a softer plastic piece glued on top of a faux head. This is the same crap they did with the new Stormtrooper and it's once again an issue here because you can easily get one which is seriously warped and/or the helmet isn't oriented exactly how it's supposed to be on the head which can mess with articulation. On the one I picked up it's slightly disoriented which meant I had to use some heat to loosen it up out of the box to actually get the helmet into its proper bell shape. I really think they should just go with making the helmet the head for these characters where the helmet isn't meant to be removed because so far it's aggravating me more often than not. My next gripe is with the paint applications. I know from behind the scenes photos that his blaster should be a little worn looking or dirty but it seems like they really overdid it here to the point of looking rusty. His jetpack then is the opposite where the blue in particular seems too clean and bright and the small bits sticking out of the top near the missile base should be painted silver, but I'm a little more forgiving on the jetpack since it's his backside and not the prominent side of display. Lastly then on paint I think the silver weathering, wear-and-tear effects on the helmet are weakly done when compared to the Empire figure. My final complaint is that this really doesn't feel all that much like a deluxe release since not only does it have all the issues I already mentioned but then most of the bonus accessories that pad out the packaging are kind of lame. The grapple cord is gimmicky and way too short to even actually use unless Boba is standing right in the other person's face, and the cut in half blaster just feels forced in to give him more stuff. Singling out the destroyed blaster for a moment, I kind of would get just including the back half to recreate that specific moment but then including the front half and making them be able to plug together is just silly when he already has a non-damaged complete version. The fire effect pieces are the only bonus accessories I actually like or will ever use and even then he doesn't include any kind of flight stand so the jetpack bursts seem limited just going off of the contents of the box.
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I know so far all I've done is bitch about this figure but I do actually like it quite a bit. The sculpt and articulation are better (not surprising given the Empire version is almost 8 years old) and in an all around sense it handles better but the $30 price just doesn't feel justified, sadly though since it is Boba Fett I am very skeptical that it will stick around for most people to be able to scoop it up on clearance like those peg-warming Jar Jars did.
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Comparison with the Empire version for those interested.