*cough*

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...I'm weeping tears of joy, it's the little Morg that's been running around killing the denizens of a Galactus targeted world that, until now, has only lived in my heart and fondest dreams.

*choke* He's so beautiful...*sob*



Looks like I'm getting more Galacti, fellas!!!

Weren't some of you stressing about Galactus last week or something... and now you are getting 3 addition figures maybe... nice turn around I must say.

And I guess someone in San Fran found Nova at Walgreens. I guess the hunt begins. It sucks though that looks like the price is 24 dollars now. Walgreens and Best Buy were the only stores here that had Legends still at $19.99... finding Legends there always felt like a small gift. And also I remember Dark Surfer only being 2 per store and not at every store anymore... I'm thinking Nova will be even harder to find since a lot of people still need a Nova for display.

Yes, I was quite concerned about whether the stretch goals would meet muster and still feel very much the same way looking back at the process:

My disappointment was because I had higher (unrealistic, apparently) hopes than most for this project as I'm a significant fan of Surfer and Galactus:

And even though I'm very happy to eat crow, there are still ways in which I would like to see this handled differently if Hasbro moves on to a REAL Surtur, Ymir, Foom, Giagnto, etc:

I'd always intended to buy at least as many Galactus sets as I did Sentinels because I view these projects as truly lasting investments for the action figure collecting crowd. I've read many people remark over the years that investing in MLs as collector items was foolish due to a fickle market featuring frequent fluctuations; statements that I agreed with, until HasLab. After seeing Jabba's skiff sell for $1400, I realized that these projects will not only retain their value, but they'll likely appreciate exponentially. All Hasbro had to do with Galactus was clear a fairly low threshold (in comparison to my extended herald wants) in order to win a significant investment from me because HasLab has proven itself to be a fairly safe bet - the cost for multiples will pay for itself on the secondary market. I don't even intend to buy and hold beyond Christmas of the corresponding delivery year outside of the things I want for my personal collection and planned gifts.

In any event, I'm happy with how things turned out, if not fully satisfied. Galactus is incredible, Nova's finally here, and at least I got one of my most coveted herald longshots and he looks stupendous. Nice job Hasbro!

Get me my other heralds STAT and deluxe that Tyrant and Alpha Ray!!! ...it never ends.

I actually don't think there is anything else Hasbro could offer beyond dioramas that I would have any interest in as far as Haslab stuff goes at this point.

That's interesting because I couldn't see myself paying $300-$400 for a Hasbro diorama due to a host of different reasons. The level of detail I've see from just a handful of expert dio makers doesn't really translate to mass production. Skilled dio makers IMO are creating art and each dio has a distinctly representative style/expression that validates the worth of the work. I've both commissioned and purchased (pre-made works that I had no input in the creation of) quite a few dios and I can tell you that they take up a GREAT deal of space, even when they can be disassembled. Finally, outside of the front gate of the Avengers or X-men mansions, the Danger Room, and the roof of the Daily Bugle, I just can't think of many locals that might be iconic enough to stir any interest for me. Richards' lab might look just like Banner's, Pym's, or Tony's. That said, I'm sure some people might be as interested as you. Beyond the Bat Cave and Fortress of Solitude (two unrelated licenses) and a couple of the others I mentioned, I just don't see it.

Did anyone else get an email from Pulse saying Surtur was delayed from September to December?

Still says September 1st on Amazon and is in stock ready to ship on Wal Mart.

Bm when comes to hasbro its always good idea to have……….
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How about a Blackbird with various 1/18 X teams as tiers? It couldn't be totally in-scale because it'd be longer than most people are tall, but knock off a foot and a half to get a nice 4.5' long display piece going, and I don't think anyone would be complaining too hard about the sizing

I've seen it at Target several times now for the last 2 weeks

Interesting. I just found out a Jack Russel (EDIT: or Jake, apparently) show is coming to Disney+. I still refuse to add the service; if it ain't on Netflix or Amazon, I ain't seeing it. However, streaming choices aside, I'm all for a revisit of Werewolf By Night.

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bro those some badass and amazing shots

Holy shit man, where you been! Nice to see you, B!

...and thanks, but you know those are super old.

Nice to see you, dawg!

Disney+ is superior to Netflix though. Lately I've been watching Disney+ every week or so whereas I'm lucky if I watch Netflix one weekend a month. Like this month had Fear Street, July had Hathaway's Flash, and June had Sailor Moon Eternal. Before that, it was about 4 months since the last show I watched on Netflix.

Anyway, the shots are amazing. I also love the shadows on the wall

Yes.

can't justify galactus (It's $800 here after conversion) even tho it looks great, glad it is reaching its backing goal

do you think the silver surfer will get a rerelease in the retro f4 wave

Here in australia we didn't get either of the previous versions

Holy shit snacks look whos back from the dead. ;)

On the subject of dioramas, I'd be down for that, just not at 400 lol. The 6" DBZ Dragon Stars line had a cool little Budokai stage at around $40 bucks, and I'd be cool with something like that. Maybe a Sanctum Sanctorum room or the Danger Room or a building for Spidey.

I think something approaching proper playsets would be cool. Built around display more than play, probably, but a dingy alley with fire escapes and breakaway sections of brick. plenty of footpegs on the walls for Spidey or places to hook DD's club?

A high-tech research lab with parts and signage to swap it between locations, like Stark or Reed, with tiers adding on equipment like lit Hall of Armor cases for IM figures or cool pieces of sci-fi tech and weaponry that wouldn't be feasible for regular releases?

Or a configurable Danger Room built so multiple units could be connected or stacked, big enough to get a Haslab Sentinel in there between the mashers? :)

That stage was too small though. However, I get what you are going for. I would love stuff like that, just to fit in better with 6 inch figurs.

Coulson really seems at peace with what Morbius is about to do to him.

Lol yeah, Coulson's vapid expression has always been a source of slight irritation for me (along with every soulless expression that comes off the conveyor belt). But, yes, quiet as kept, Morbius does have some slight hypnotic abilities that are more familiar to classic vampires - so does Super Skrull, believe it or not. However, that's not the way I intended it when I took the shot in 2015/16. Playing football in high school and having been in (and witness to) my fair share of fights (when I was a young man - you eventually grow up), I've seen plenty of dudes significantly concussed and they don't offer much resistance to most things.

...also, Coulson doesn't exist in any of my photos (hence why he's also getting a body tossed in his face) nor do any of the MCU actors' cobbled heads for that matter. They are nameless and faceless criminal bystanders, beaten miscreants, or hapless 'normals' to lay strewn about on the staging ground. I think only the original Chadwick head and Henwick are satisfying enough as castings for me to use them as their comic personas.

For instance, this isn't Coulson with a Bowie-Knife toying with his nostril and Frank isn't casually propping is leg up on the head of a dead Pratt:

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“Hold still Phil….you got a booger rrrriiiggggghhhttt here.”

Lol it "ain't Phil, damnit!" ;)