Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882811)

@ Nimrod I think your line of questioning ('Hateraid') could easily be flipped around on you. On a couple of levels. It's one thing to like your customs, which is fine and they are cool. But you consistently set up this comparative that not only disparages Hasbro's decision to make a runaway success of a project (minus unforeseen supply chain problems), but you're also actively judging the decision of consumers to buy said project. And while doing so, you've thrown out some odd red herrings; "oh, people must be rich for buying this" while you've revealed that you payed $600 dollars for your Sentinel customs and routinely buy $60 figs, and "people have spacious homes to keep their collections in" while you own 4-6 of the custom Sentinels (not much smaller) and have a miniature dio STREET complete with two story buildings of both custom and mainstream manufacturing (NECA) variety (all of which taking up space in your home). A lot of what you say doesn't add up, unless viewed from the prospective of provocative troll. Which is also fine as long as there is some sincerity in presentation.

Why not just say you wish Hasbro would consider a retro Sentinel, rather than making a commitment to bashing popular projects?

Also, invoking the term "snitch" is laughable. You livin' that life, bruh? Lol

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 882838)

Due to the number of AoA figures now, I had to reconfigure my shelves from one to two for AoA and came to a realization. Hasbro has only released THREE villains, Apocalypse, Dark Beast, and Sugarman. The other 14 figures are good guys. I hope the next wave they do includes a few more badguys.

Originally Posted by jwyss234 (Post 882823)

Nice job!


The other week you had asked about figure stands. I picked up a set of the figure stands I linked to on Amazon and they arrived today.

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882830)

In short, while yours are fine, I would've opted for Obitsus.

Originally Posted by Nimrod (Post 882840)

I have a spare empty room which I use as my action figure cave. It's 10x10,
hardly a "spacious room". And considering my "Cheap looking" Sentinels are only 16' tall & the superior Haslab version is like double that, I'd hardly say they are not "that much smaller". And for the past decade or so I've been on these boards begging for Hasbro to make a "Giants of the Marvel universe" line featuring characters that are in 10 ft -20ft range and sell them as exclusives since the BS excuse card I get from some here is that they won't sell & they take up space on the shelves. Plz don't bring up the line where they turned regular normal sized characters into Giants such as Spidey, DD, Thor, DP & Colossus, why would anyone buy giant sized figs of normal sized characters? That made zero sense!

And as for spending $600 on these, I'd rather get 6 "cheap looking" Sentinels that are in the scale I prefer than pay $800+ for 2 Haslab Sentinels. Plus I donate plasma 8x a month & I use my plasma $$ for the figures I buy. So yeah, it's not like I'm rich.

Originally Posted by jwyss234 (Post 882843)

I wasn't trying to change hearts and minds with my post, just relaying information. Someone had asked for suggestions and I found those Jetec stands on Amazon. The price for the quantity was good so I gave them a shot because I’m also needing some figure stands as well. Like I said in my original post, the Jetec stands are fine but they have drawbacks. As of right now, I’m not even sure if I'll buy more of them.

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 882842)

And that must have been someone else asking about the figure stands, but thanks anyways!

Originally Posted by Nimrod (Post 882846)

I'm sorry, but am I the only one on these boards who has a spare room? And Plasma isn't blood, plasma is separated from your blood. Plasma is just water & protein. You can only donate Blood once every month if that.

And I cherry pick the ML line as I only collect comic based characters that I like, so no, unlike the few here that collect every single wave that comes out, I don't. Last full wave I bought was the Ursa Major BAF wave cuz it was all comic based & I wanted like 75% of the characters in it, I sold off the AI IM & RiRi.

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882850)

I'
I stand corrected regarding your Plasma vs blood donation, but the general sentiment remains exactly the same. If you are selling bodily fluids to feed your toy fix, there might be some room for reflection.

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882850)

I'm sure you aren't the only one with a spare room on the Ark. However, you are the only person with a spare room (specifically earmarked for toys) that I've seen deride others for collecting such an "over-scaled" Haslab when you obviously have the space for it. Not only is it a weird form of faux populism (fronting 'broke' - while most struggle with housing; let alone housing with spare amenities/rooms), but it's hypocritical given that your criticisms aren't actual obstacles for you.

I stand corrected regarding your Plasma vs blood donation, but the general sentiment remains exactly the same. If you are selling bodily fluids to feed your toy fix, there might be some room for reflection.

Originally Posted by Nimrod (Post 882854)

My "bodily fluids" are for an extremely helpful cause as plasma is used for burn victims, hemophiliacs & to make numerous & various medicines for various medical issues. And what I use the $$ that I earn from my donations is my business & does not solely for buying ML figs, I also use it to pay a few utility bills. I find it amusing that it seems to bother you in what I use my plasma $$ for. Would it make you sleep better if I said I used it to buy junk food, smokes, beer/drugs?

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882855)

If you are getting cash, can it really be called a "donation" (or leveraged as altruism, for that matter)?

There are only a few things I comment on that actually bother me and, to be honest, what you do with your personal humorals is your choice.

But when troll, you can expect me to troll back. I'm the troll's troll. Isn't it obvious?

Originally Posted by StuartGreen2019 (Post 882746)

It appears we'll be seeing some "X-Men: The Animated Series" reveals for Marvel Legends next week. Eric and Julia Lewald, who worked on the show, will be appearing on the Marvel panel, as well as David Nakayama, who did the artwork for the Target exclusive Retro Rogue and Retro Gambit figures last year. I'm hopeful we'll see some new, preferably non cel-shaded, Retro X-Men figures next year, as I'd love to finally find and buy characters like Beast, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Magneto and Mystique. And of course, Morph is a must among most X-Men T.A.S. fans.

Also, over on The Fwoosh, it seems like we're getting a new classic Toad figure, though it's unclear if it's for the Marvel Legends 20th anniversary wave or a different one.

What do you guys think of the possible news?

Originally Posted by Mimicboy (Post 882859)

I am all here for Toad if these rumors are true! Classic would be my preference look along with an alt head with long tongue. I appreciate learning from you all that Toad's tongue was a later addition to the character, so in light of this I wouldunderstand if he doesn't come with one but Hasbro has made some cool looking tongues for the symbiotes lately and I'd love to display Toad's powers in action.

As for X:TAS stuff, I want to be excited for this but it all depends on what Hasbro offers. Morph would certainly be a purchase for me. An animated styled Blob too (deluxe or BAF). I'd love a HFC Jason Wyngarde repaint in fun and fashionable 90's rad cartoon colors. I don't personally need any repaints or re-issues of the main X-men from the show, though I support reissues of hard to aquire figures and know my husband would love a cartoon Jean with a more accurate head sculpt (I'm all about Marvel Girl so it doesn't bug me). Other than some new villains (Fabian Cortez, Astral Plane Shadow King, Avalanche, Vertigo all come to mind) Idk what Hasbro could make that I would really want from the show. And I would be shocked if any of these villains are actually a part of Hasbro's plans for this.

Originally Posted by Bo Ttef (Post 882857)

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel (Post 882861)

^Just as well. While the world hardly revolves around my sensibilities, me and mine are not in a rush to go back the theaters, yet.

Sustained decline in national Covid-19 rates for 6 months? Yeah, maybe then, but not until.

Originally Posted by Harbinger (Post 882863)

I hate theaters in general. Way too expensive ( in both food and ticket prices ) and i hate being around people, especially the ones who are always yappin or on their phones.

Originally Posted by DarthKamen (Post 882865)

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Never one of the cheap ones, noooo, always has to be one of the uberexpensiveones that randomly breaks.