The YT video that tipped me off to these pens mentioned spraying a clear coat first. Although I skipped that step, I didn't have any issues using the pens or cleaning up stray lines. I did use Krylon Matte Finish as my clear coat to seal it after I was finished.

I've never heard of spraying a gloss clear coat before a paint wash so thank you for the tip off for that. I've tried doing washes in the past for web line and while they were ultimately successful, I was always frustrated with how long it took me to do them.

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My Walmart clearance priced the Optimus Primal re-issue down to $20 so I absolutely nabbed one. The colors and paint apps aren't totally exact to the original but it's still the same fun gimmicky '90s toy, plus at that price I wasn't not going to get Optimus Primal. I then found the Thor 4 Jane and Groot Marvel Legends at my other Walmart.

Finally found Lady Loki at a random GameStop, while also stumbling across a lone Gwen Stacy at a nearby comic shop. :D:D:D

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I got the Lego Boba Fett's Starship set now that the price has gone down, it's actually been down ($40 from $50) for a bit now but I just finally acted on it. I really like Legos but I rarely find myself buying them anymore and even then I tend to stick to the smaller sets ($30 and below). Anyway I did get this set and overall I really like it. The primary build is of course Fett's Firespray (which no longer has a name) and it's quite nice for a scaled down version of the relatively iconic ship. They did a great job of packing in details and play-value, although the cannons at the bottom are disproportionately large. The pull-out handle on the back is well engineered, the "wings" auto-rotate with gravity, and I like how the stud-blasters are positioned roughly where the ship's rapid-fire blasters are as can be seen in AotC. Due to the reduced size the cockpit loses out the most, there's only room for one (this charmingly reminds me of the old Kenner Slave I). If you just follow the instructions then when seated in the upright flying position Boba looks like he's pressed against the windshield, sitting there with nothing to do. So I used some of the spare pieces after the build was done to mock up the control console and I think it turned out pretty well, I had to attach it where his feet plugged in but he still snugly fits and now he looks like he's actually flying the ship. There is a secondary little vehicle with a ladder which serves to prop up Fett's ship so you can display it in flying position but without additional user-building it's not a very sturdy hold. Finally the two included minifigs are Boba Fett as seen in Mandalorian season 2 after he repainted his armor and Din Djarin. They look great overall with nice little printed on details but I do think I'd have preferred Fennec over Din as Boba's buddy for this set. I know it initially released last Summer when they were still focused on Mando season 2 merch but even then it had already been established that Fett and Shand were partners. So yeah it's clearly not to scale but I really like this set for the price and the smaller size makes it easier to display.

Wow, the paint on Lady Loki looks magnificent.

Got new stuff during my week long ban:

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Forgot to post this. Dorkside haul from a few days ago.

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Nice haul bro.

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Got the Tusken Boba Fett. I haven't seen any new Black Series in stores for a while because they kinda all gorged on restocking the wave with general Lando and Aurra Sing, but I got a little lucky and caught this one from an Amazon seller for retail price. This look didn't last particularly long in The Mandalorian but it's how we were teased and then outright given his official return, really then it became a more featured look of his thanks to all of those flashbacks in his own show. If it weren't for those Lawrence of Arabia parts of the series I might not have gone for this figure but they clearly worked for me because here I am with the toy. He's got his Gaffi stick, cycler rifle, and pistol which all feature storage options on the figure and then thankfully his soft-goods outer cloak can fairly easily be opened and gathered behind him to reveal the sculpted details of the figure. I mean this is also how he actually wore it on the show too so it would definitely have been a bummer if the toy was stuck in covered bathrobe mode. The cloak seems like it might interfere but all of the articulation works well. The Temuera Morrison likeness is pretty good but the scars might be throwing it off some, actually I think to be more accurate the scarring should be more severe looking since he hadn't started using the bacta tank yet. I'd say overall it's a nice figure if you like this look for Boba, but now I still gotta hunt for the throne room version.

traded some stuff for more stuff and got a little cash from it too

I need a few of those 3.75" Death Watch dudes, but I wonder if I am the only one who doesn't like Ashoka with the baggy Ninja style pants... I thought the previous VC version with her normal blue-ish grey skirt and armor is her best look.

My LCS got in a full case of just him... they had like 8+ of just him on the peg... I was like... wow... these are gonna pegwarm forever... but nope... all gone within a week. I was kinda stunned by this fig's popularity. I figured nobody would get him because they would wait for the other versions of him with his full armor.

a couple more recent pickups

Thanks bud.

Ahsoka's Clone Wars S7 look is definitely better, especially for the TVC figure. However, her Mando S2 look is better in the Black Series due to Hasbro trying to retool the Rebels Ahsoka figure into a Clone Wars S7 Ahsoka.

Books-A-Million Find:

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Seems like a bot has entered the arena.

Looks like they posted "Wow. Nice!" about 10 posts up. Maybe a cyborg. Machine man interface.

lol

If you check their other posts though, 3 of the 4 are promoting that Chinese store.

Oh yes. I'm sure they are a store shill. But not completely a bot. Cyborg maybe. There's a little human in there. All the posts aren't exactly the same.

Either way, they're a spammer. :D

And this is how skynet begins……as a spam bot! ;)

To all who have had posts in here recently of their additions :

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