I'm curious as to how the variety in foot hole peg sizes is distributed across time in the Legends line. Are all of the hole sizes for 2018 the same, or do they vary? Or have they all been the same for several years now? I know there's variety, but I don't know how much there is. Nor do I know how many different sizes they've had. I'll know a bit more once I get my hex stands in, but I just started collecting a few months ago so I don't have figures older than around 2014 to compare hole sizes before that.

There's a guy with a few videos who has bought tiny magnets, stuck them in the peg holes, and places figures onto metal plates to act as really flexible display stands. That's a really compelling option I'm still considering but haven't taken the plunge on yet. What's particularly nice about this is you can get Spider-Man to cling to metallic walls with this technique.

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Hopefully you didn't pay too much for those hex stands from Can of Beams!

These are super cheap and were originally packaged with the Walmart exclusive Avengers and Amazing Spiderman lines and lastly were included in the epic heroes wave when the figures were still on card and not in box. They are not perfect as getting them locked together correctly can be a chore sometimes, but they work great.

As for the varying peg holes, I think they are mostly consistent with the occasional female foot being too small from time to time, but a little hot water and they will open up.

The biggest issue I have had from these are suited figures because the dress shoes have like half the depth of a normal peg hole, and M'Baku, his peg hole is so shallow you can see the "cup" for his ankle articulation in the hole.

I have just drilled out the hole for the suited figures, but haven't figured out how to make M'Baku work with them.

Also your comment about the stands used at conventions are typically just clear plastic and the figures are hot glued on them. Not as must a stand as it is a base plate.

The Can of Beams stands cost about $1.25 apiece, or slightly less than $1 if you buy them in bulk.

I saw those colored 3-peg bases but didn't realize they originally came with earlier Hasbro Legends figures, interesting. I passed on them for two reasons--one, I prefer clear bases for dynamic posing. I hate clear flight stands being in the pose enough, so I definitely didn't want a colored base in there. Two, I wanted smaller stands for dynamic posing, but those three-peg stands have a fixed distance between them which limits poses. I was really close to buying the Marauder bases because they solve both of those problems, plus the interlocking feature they have seems useful in some situations as well. But the Can of Beams stands solve the different-sized peg hole problem so I went with those.

I keep most of my figures in bags and boxes and only keep figures out when they're in dynamic poses in my display cases. I cycle them in and out of the displays from time to time. I've heard that the top-end action shot photographers use tension wire to keep figures in place...really want to see a how-to on that, because while I love dynamic posing, I hate seeing stands in the shot at all.

Top 10 X-Men?

Outback Psylocke
Pyro
Strong Guy
Siryn
Warpath
Rictor
Wolfsbane
Avalanche
Hellion
Shade

Another veronica Mars swipe! lol. I kept the dagger head though and just wiped off the moon. I do need to track down some better holsters as well but I am liking the Captain America shelf tons more now!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7838/...43106d9f_k.jpgCarter by lowanbing, on Flickr

It looks really good, but I can't take credit, I haven't done any updating to my Sharon Carter except to swap her head with the 2 pack head

oop- apologies- Trivial Psychic posted up his Sharon Carter/Dagger mash-up!

I might try something similar, especially since Dagger is peg warming around here

That's the Sable body with armour sculpted on. Thanks for the kind words

Jan Micheal Vincent who played Hawk on the show airwolf died today. He was 73.

One of the great 80's heroes. You know you are getting older when your youth heroes are dying pretty often....once or twice a month to be exact.

I think King Kong Bundy dies a few days also.

I love those iconic 80's theme songs and instruments on TV shows. TV just is lacking. Even sports have lost those great beats. Airwolf...that theme was epic. The synthesizers were just wow.

I think we have hit the point of human advancement as a lot of things seem to have stopped and even regressed.

There have been people throughout human history that have said pretty much the exact same things about the time they lived in. As with all of them, in reality, that's mostly your nostalgia talking.

You know your old when you hear whitesnake on the oldies station.

Not true, the oldies station gonna play whitesnake regardless of the listener's age

Agreed, they have some great stuff. I've come across some other good stuff on instagram as well.
https://www.marauderinc.com/category-s/2088.htm
https://www.instagram.com/resin_armory/
https://www.instagram.com/milliworx/

FYI, Milliworx stuff is GREAT! You have to be careful, as his recent shotgun is a little big for Legends, but his holsters are spot on, they are tons of fun, and good quality!

Still makes one feel old :p

Not to get off subject but what constitutes "oldies" is it 20, 25, or 30 years?

I ask because if it's 25 years, I'm going to start feeling old this year because they can start playing the songs that came out when I started college. I don't want to feel that old LOL

Beatles, beach boys, franky and annette, the monkees, pretty much mid/late 60’s and below. When yah hear billy idol, whitesnake, van halen and twisted sister on the oldies station..... ;)

Just saw Captain Marvel! Wasn't anything trailblazing but I had a fun time and Brie Larson did a good job! I will say there was one scene towards the beginning involving some Skrulls and Carol, and, without spoiling anything, leads me to believe the director has a certain fetish (think Tarantino haha)

I heard "Dead And Bloated" by Stone Temple Pilots today on the classic rock station today..."Core" was the first CD I ever bought!

pic by Phoenix Force Creations...

i'm hearing it's women's day or something like that (pardon my ignorance)

but i thought this was a nice shot and wanted to share.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7897/...28dba23667.jpg

I thought it had a few fun moments but found Brie to be very wooden- for a moment in the dog-fight scene I thought she would yell out "Now THIS is pod racing!" I expect I'll like her better in EndGame when she will be one small part of a bigger picture.I always hear what an amazing Oscar Winning actress she is, but between CM and Skull island I sure haven't seen it. I also thought it was missing a lot of the thrills that make the MCU fun- even the fights seemed very subdues and quiet, up until the end- the final moments were great ever if watching Captain Marvel fight just felt like... bullying... lol. She was a bit overpowered with no... obstacle that could stop her. I'll give it another go when it hits digital (Doc Strange has grown on me with repeat viewings) so i may end up liking it better in time.

Shes not really in binary form.....she just ate a ghost pepper. ;)