im brand new to collecting. I had loads of He-Man, GI Joe, GUTS, MUSCLEmen, Gundam, Robotech, TMNT figures and Transformers as a kid, but the one thing I wanted to collect and never really had, was the Secret Wars toys. Fast forward to 2011 Wondercon in SF (first time being back in years too, since they moved from Oakland) and I discover the Marvel Universe 3.75" figures at a vendor who had almost every character I had ever wanted to own. All I bought then at the time was the Avengers trinity. Since then, it has been an addiction. Anytime I can, I try to make a visit to the local shop, Walmart, Target, TRU or KMart to find these figures. If I really want a particular figure, I've ordered online thru Amazon, BBTS and ToyWiz (thats my last resort). Suffice to say, I'm eagerly anticipating wave 2 2012. Anyhow, i've been aching to share my collection after browsing these forums for a few months (lots of impressive collections on here), so here goes....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750227

looking to get 90's Jean, Archangel and Nightcrawler to round out this lineup... too bad a 90's Beast is still not in the pipeline.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750229

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750230

my budding villains gallery. debating on getting what i can of the wrecking crew, the brotherhood and sinister six

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750231

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750232

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750227

forgot all about Goblin up there

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333750225

Well that's good news! Shouldn't be too long now before I start seeing some new cp two packs.

Itching for Thanos/Warlock, probably pick up Gambit since I missed him during XMO.

addendum!

other folks have stress balls here at the office -me? i pose these things on my downtime. constantly. haha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...g?t=1333751102

Jveron, welcome and nice collection!

Looking at the addendum pic makes me wonder why I never grabbed Astonishing Wolverine.

awww man he is the best Wolverine so far

Anyone got a Heavy Artillary Captain America?

The Avengers aliens might not even be one species- which would fit Thanos' horde- he may be a nihilist, but he's a equal oppourtunity employer.

My bet is on "none of the above" and that they went for generic aliens with no (human) dialogue and no motivation outside being Loki's bitches- there's so much going on with so many characters already that giving them more would mean taking time away from bigger characters.

Still, I'd have killed to see some Dire Wraith horror goin' down- or maybe the Snarks for badass reptile action!


also- WELOME JVERON! great pics there! That Iron Fist on the bottle is the best!

Thanks! I'd cosign that too. I like that its actually short in stature compared to other figures. He's definitely worth picking up and probably is the best wolverine figure, although it gets a lil loose around the pelvic joints after posing it for a bit when it arrived in the mail. I need a solution to fix loose joints on some of these figures.

Ugh, I hope to God we don't have to wait that long. That's WAY longer than last year's dry spell...

I really hope not. ML and the Avengers lines aren't nearly enough to keep my collecting OCD in check...


Welcome, jveron! Very nice posing there. GREAT collection!

I think he's great, personally. Starting to become a hard to find around here...

Thanks guys! Glad to be on here. I can talk about these figures all day. Anyhow, my cousin (who also collects) pointed me to this site in case Hasbro's stock weapons and accessories aren't doing it for you:

Marauder "Gun-Runners" Home Page

in case you haven't heard of it already! It's pretty RAD!

Great pictures jveron!!! And welcome to the Ark!!

Great pics man, welcome!

thanks for sharing your addiction! welcome to Plastic Crack Anonymous! we're all on the same boat. The Ark. lol.

great pics bro..welcome to the the 3.75 family @ toyark!!!!

Posting this semi shameless plug here only cause the BST isn't highlighted anymore.

Have this left from my movie line to offload.
Night Watch Optimus Prime MISB
DOTM Space Case MISC
ROTF Dead End MISC
ROTF Soundwave MISC
ROTF Blazemaster MISC
HFTD Elita-1 MISC
Also have these X-23 statues in case any one is interested.
X-23 VS Lady Deathstrike Sideshow Collectible
X-Force Diorama Sideshow Collectible
X-23 Kotobukiya X-Force Fine Art
PM if interested thank you and have a great Easter weekend.

good job VM! I need that coat...
i added cards to my Gambit. chopped them off OG bullseye hand lol and put them on the Cajun!

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...goofy1/gam.jpg

^ Nice Gambits! I am still waiting for them to show up here anywhere... only saw the Adam Warlock/Thanos sets at my LCS.

Awesome pic! Gotta hunt Showdown Beastie if you want a 90's Beast... at least Rogue is coming though. And yah... no X-men shot is complete without 90's Jean Grey and Archangel... at least they are much cheaper on the secondary market than they used to be.

They are the same character just different costumes. So I'd assume the same for both. I was refering to the AvX one though, since the cardinals references are in the infinite issue which you can get if you bought avx issue 1 digitally or in store. The physical copy comes with a code for that digital comic.

Sam Alexander is the name for both though the personalities are probably going to be different.

AA is in a revision pack now and jean, shouldn't be more than 20 ever.

I've got my archangel with apocalypse and mystique. Might just bring him over to the xmen though and leave death mask variant with them

My X Men (3.75) collection is extensive. Quite a few characters have been produced, if you do the tally. It would be hard pressed to stick w a handful. I couldn't do it!

Yeah, i've been scouting Amazon to check on prices for those two and I saw pretty much the same. I was prioritizing my toy money for whenever the new wave was going to drop but since ive seen most on here mention it probably won't be until July, I think i'm gonna have to shell out for those two now, before they're completely out of circulation.

there is just too many on my wanted list that i'll have to pay collector price for (which i don't mind really, but man is it great when you grab one you want at retail price). In the far back of my display im trying to assemble the Invaders, so im hoping to get Jim Hammond/Torch for the lowest i've seen it at on Amazon's listings, $40 i think?

Lookin good. That figure has grown on me.

Welcome and very nice collection and pictures.

seriously! tell me about it man. I got the itch to assemble the all new all diff line up AND the astonishing line up too. Eventually, i'm gonna try modding and doing customs...

which one is that? the flame on variant? I got mine at walmart :)

A lot of guys here sell stuff too. Somebody might have AA. I got mine off ebay for like 30 shipped before the revision pack came out, which was dumb. I mean if I waited another week. I would have gotten it at retail.

@ Veronica Mars woohooo thanks for posting that sighting of the new CPs at a walmart near Sac town right? That means its almost in my neck of the woods. But Im hoping the mighty Lord Marvel would find it and offer it for his amazing deal!!!

@ Jveron Welcome to the Toy Ark Forums!! Great pics and collection man. I love how you pose your figures , you remind me of Noodlechow , a fellow arker and fellow Bay area collector too!! Hit up his collection page youll see what I mean. Oh since youre new to the Arker Family, pay Attention to most of the BST here as alot of our fellow arkers ( special props to Lord Marvel and Peteparker ) are excellent with trades or sales of thier multiples , just ask Shockwave he got back quick with his collection.