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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 2, 2022 15:10:42 GMT -5
I didn’t win the Martian Manhunter. It went a little too high.
But I really wanted a Super Powers figure by that point. So I got Superman for $33. Which was way my past my original limit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2022 15:22:05 GMT -5
I didn’t win the Martian Manhunter. It went a little too high. But I really wanted a Super Powers figure by that point. So I got Superman for $33. Which was way my past my original limit. Glad you got one, sorry to had to exceed your limit. We have two-I have a Hawkman and Mrs. MRP has a Green Arrow. I also have one of the ministatues that were done based on the Super Powers sculpt of Hawkman.  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2022 15:24:20 GMT -5
Here's a video review by Pixel Dan of that statue..
-M
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2022 8:29:07 GMT -5
What do you guys think about the more modern trend of the "build a figure" parts being added to action figures?
Personally, I think in many cases it ruins the visual if you were going to keep a figure on card (I'm kind of half and half, sometimes I open them, sometimes they look cool in their packaging to me). It's also never made me want to go buy a figure(s) that I wouldn't normally want just to get the parts to build another figure.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 11:39:05 GMT -5
What do you guys think about the more modern trend of the "build a figure" parts being added to action figures? Personally, I think in many cases it ruins the visual if you were going to keep a figure on card (I'm kind of half and half, sometimes I open them, sometimes they look cool in their packaging to me). It's also never made me want to go buy a figure(s) that I wouldn't normally want just to get the parts to build another figure. Never understood the appeal, to be honest. Was this a thing years ago? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 11:44:49 GMT -5
What do you guys think about the more modern trend of the "build a figure" parts being added to action figures? Personally, I think in many cases it ruins the visual if you were going to keep a figure on card (I'm kind of half and half, sometimes I open them, sometimes they look cool in their packaging to me). It's also never made me want to go buy a figure(s) that I wouldn't normally want just to get the parts to build another figure. Never understood the appeal, to be honest. Was this a thing years ago? Still going strong. Current Marvel Legends figures have this...you get sometime a cool looking figure packaged next to a disembodied torso. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 11:48:20 GMT -5
Looks a bit weird. And redundant. I saw one figure (possibly Hercules) that had disembodied hands. Why?!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 11:54:17 GMT -5
Looks a bit weird. And redundant. I saw one figure (possibly Hercules) that had disembodied hands. Why?! Yeah, you've got the extraneous part that's where you need to buy the other figures in a wave to "build a character" that you can't buy separately as the gimmick to try to get people to buy more figures. Then you've got the "extra parts" with some figures...like my Kang figure I got recently, absolutely love the mold, but had to choose which set of hands I wanted him to use and pop those in. I hate having that kind of decision-making power! Then do I store the other ones away and ruminate if I made the right choice and swap them out at some point? Give me the old school figures...one version what you see is what you get  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 11:56:38 GMT -5
What you see is what you get indeed. Science has proven that Kenner’s Super Powers line and the 1990-94 WWF Hasbro Line are the best toylines ever, and they didn’t need any such gimmicks.
Like you, I don’t want to have that kind of decision-making power. Makes me wonder who lobbied for this kind of thing.
For me, it’s the toy equivalent of photo galleries on DVDs and Blu-rays. WHY?!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2022 9:43:28 GMT -5
I had always wanted a nice Geo-Force figure, but love his green/yellow costume best. Years ago they made this one:  I grabbed that and my wife was kind enough to do a little repaint job and I love how it looks (with sister thrown into the picture just for the heck of it):  |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 11:08:25 GMT -5
Pulled out the set of one my all-time favorite toy finds from back in the day. Tagging driver1980 as a fellow Super Powers and MOTU fan, would be interested in knowing if you've ever encountered these before! These were Toys “R” Us exclusives I believe made by Mattel back around 2009. I remember walking down as aisle of my local store and seeing them and my jaw just dropped. I immediately picked up the Superman/He-Man and Luthor/Skeletor sets, and shortly thereafter I believe I was able to get the Aquaman/Mer-Man and Hawkman/Stratos. Those were all the ones that my store had, and then I stumbled onto the GL/Zodac on eBay and quickly grabbed that one as well. But my extra special find was the Bizarro/Faker set. Faker was always my favorite MOTU figure, and when I saw that one on eBay as well, totally had to get that one too. The only other set I think they made was a Supergirl/She-Ra which, while it looked pretty good, had Supergirl in her white animated series costume and that didn't fit the 80's theme to me so I passed on it. All of them also included either a comic book or mini-poster which I think was pretty cool. I also thought it was neat that they used the earlier blue coloring for Mer-Man. The MOTU molds are more classic, whereas the DC were more updated versus the classic Super Powers, but I think overall the designs work well together on these.       |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 17:51:09 GMT -5
These are new to me, @jaska, so thank you for the tag.
Reading your post makes me think about the avatars, e.g. Faker/Bizarro, Hawkman/Stratos, etc.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 17:55:29 GMT -5
These are new to me, @jaska , so thank you for the tag. Reading your post makes me think about the avatars, e.g. Faker/Bizarro, Hawkman/Stratos, etc. You bet! Yeah, the matchups are interesting. I would have loved to have seen Wonder Woman and Evil-Lyn. |
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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2022 19:35:42 GMT -5
I saw them years ago and came so close to buying them. There is a Supergirl/She-Ra one too!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 19:48:20 GMT -5
I saw them years ago and came so close to buying them. There is a Supergirl/She-Ra one too! That one looks super cool! |
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