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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 3, 2016 18:54:43 GMT -5
Scored myself an Odin wave Iron Fist MOC for ten bucks at a flea market today. This opens up a door for me as most of my Wal-Mart's have the other figures from this wave minus Thor. Which i may have to resort to online methods for. At any rate ,i like the Iron Fist on his own too. So its a win. Also picked up a replacement Wasp for the one i picked up at Bargain Hunt a few weeks back. She came out of the package with a broken arm and broken BAF Ultron part. She was on clearance for 7.50 at Walmart, so i figured why not. They also had a GoTG Iron Man and Gamora for 7.50 too, but i already had those.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Mar 3, 2016 23:54:06 GMT -5
Scored myself an Odin wave Iron Fist MOC for ten bucks at a flea market today. This opens up a door for me as most of my Wal-Mart's have the other figures from this wave minus Thor. Which i may have to resort to online methods for. At any rate ,i like the Iron Fist on his own too. So its a win. Also picked up a replacement Wasp for the one i picked up at Bargain Hunt a few weeks back. She came out of the package with a broken arm and broken BAF Ultron part. She was on clearance for 7.50 at Walmart, so i figured why not. They also had a GoTG Iron Man and Gamora for 7.50 too, but i already had those. Man, I woulda got Gamora if it was MOC for that price. I never got to find her at retail. I love flea Markets for that. Never know what you're gonna find. Good find with the Iron Fist too. One of my favorite versions of him. The interchangeable hands are great.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 4, 2016 9:22:12 GMT -5
Scored myself an Odin wave Iron Fist MOC for ten bucks at a flea market today. This opens up a door for me as most of my Wal-Mart's have the other figures from this wave minus Thor. Which i may have to resort to online methods for. At any rate ,i like the Iron Fist on his own too. So its a win. Also picked up a replacement Wasp for the one i picked up at Bargain Hunt a few weeks back. She came out of the package with a broken arm and broken BAF Ultron part. She was on clearance for 7.50 at Walmart, so i figured why not. They also had a GoTG Iron Man and Gamora for 7.50 too, but i already had those. Man, I woulda got Gamora if it was MOC for that price. I never got to find her at retail. I love flea Markets for that. Never know what you're gonna find. Good find with the Iron Fist too. One of my favorite versions of him. The interchangeable hands are great. Yeah ,i like it a great deal. I haven't owned a ML Iron Fist since the two Toybiz ones. The clsssic green and the variant red. Loved both, but this new one just "feels" like a better figure. Not really sure why either. I believe we have another green suit coming up in a future wave, if so I'll be all over it. I wish i would have known you were in need of a Gamora. I would have picked it up for you. Especially since it was an out of town Walmart that i don't get to very often. But if i go back anytime soon, I'll keep my eye out for you. One last note, a rare error in my favor, i got to looking at the Odin wave Thor i needed for that BAF. And it looked very familiar to me. I thought "wait.....do i already own this?"....... I went thru the box of various comic related purchases from 2015, and behold there he was. I finally recalled buying him on impulse way back when the series first hit. So, looks like I'm gonna have to go rid my Marts of their respective Machine Mans, Sentrys,and Hawkeyes (Scarlet Witch isn't as shelfwarmy, but can still be found) and get my first complete BAF since the Brood Queen days. Lol
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 4, 2016 20:39:46 GMT -5
Picked up this guy after a visit to the dentist. Great pickup. Hes long gone around here, but i know one or two Marts in the general region have him and Zemo floating around. Both are huge wants for me.....i curse my stupidity at jumping back in so late, but finances are a little better and I'm 95% caught up on everything else.....so why not. Hopefully I'll knab that Skull soon myself. And, in your case, what better way to reward yourself after a trip to the dentist than a new figure! Congrats
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Post by PJ on Mar 5, 2016 11:40:45 GMT -5
I picked up the 3.75" Civil War Captain America with motorcycle today at TRU.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 5, 2016 14:01:31 GMT -5
I picked up the 3.75" Civil War Captain America with motorcycle today at TRU. That Cap and motorcycle set has been calling my name. Haven't pulled the trigger on it yet, but I'm pretty sure I'll pick it up. I've still got a pretty decent 3.75" collection and that one is too nice to pass on.
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Post by thedecision on Mar 5, 2016 17:58:57 GMT -5
Something old
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2016 18:43:42 GMT -5
Saw that Red Skull pop up and was like "Man, I really need that figure" -- then I remembered I just got the entire Red Sklaught BAF line, to have him.
Sigh.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Mar 5, 2016 18:51:44 GMT -5
Something old Oldie but goodie. That's cool, where'd you pick that up?
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 5, 2016 18:54:47 GMT -5
Something old I figured symbiote Spidey would be a shoe in this year. But i don't recall seeing him on any leaked lists. If he was, by all means correct me. But that Red Hulk Spidey still holds up IMO. During my glory days of ML collecting, back when i had it all, this Spidey and Spiral were my first two defeats at retail. Never found them. My friend ,however, did get his hands on tht Spider Man a few years back and i got to check it out. Absolutely fantastic ,especially during that time in Hasbros run, when things were very hit and miss. Great pickup!
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Post by thedecision on Mar 5, 2016 18:59:42 GMT -5
Picked up at a toy show, paid 60 bones
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2016 19:42:35 GMT -5
Saw that Red Skull pop up and was like "Man, I really need that figure" -- then I remembered I just got the entire Red Sklaught BAF line, to have him. Sigh. Heh. I hope to have that edition of him too, as well as the Magneto head in the upcoming line later this year. Yeah, I'm going all in. Yeah, I'm really tempted by this version of Skull, but I may wait for Iron Skull, and see how he looks. I just got done picking up Baron Strucker on Facebook. Only have Viper left to go. And a couple more black series troopers to finish army building.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2016 21:34:18 GMT -5
Didn't wanna make a thread on the Mattel board just for this, but recommendation on a Mattel wwe scale head that would work as Crossbones (using a WWE Elite body to make a custom, since they're not giving us one anymore)
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2016 21:47:06 GMT -5
For those who wanted to see the Civil War 6 inch line loose (credit: Marvelous News) Yeah that Giant Man isn't remotely big enough to me. Still, loving the Fury more every time I see it. And can't wait for BP/Nuke still. After seeing him here, may add Red Guardian as well. Not sure, yet.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2016 23:00:51 GMT -5
Going to make a Luke Cage, as well. Titus head, on a Farooq sleeved body, just paint the shirt yellow. Boom.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Mar 6, 2016 0:18:20 GMT -5
Didn't wanna make a thread on the Mattel board just for this, but recommendation on a Mattel wwe scale head that would work as Crossbones (using a WWE Elite body to make a custom, since they're not giving us one anymore) Might be too small, but that elite Rey Mysterio head with the day of the dead paint on the mask might save you some paint application. It would still need modding of course, but it might make for a good skull template to work with. Edit: its the E24 Rey if you need to look it up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 10:30:03 GMT -5
For those who wanted to see the Civil War 6 inch line loose (credit: Marvelous News) I'm fine with the size of Giant man tbh. I'll definitely be picking up the full set. I wish he could've been a little larger but I like the way it is.
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Post by BROKEN on Mar 6, 2016 18:32:02 GMT -5
Solid set
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Mar 6, 2016 18:38:23 GMT -5
Might buy the whole set and sell off Giant Man.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 6, 2016 20:11:21 GMT -5
So -- my efforts to create a Crossbones custom were a painful failure. I bit a strap on the vest off, trying to use my teeth to pull it tight. I shredded the torso on the Bushwacker figure, and still haven't gotten it off. I took the feet off both he and Gallows in an effort to add a bit more height to the custom, only to find they're entirely different.
...not the best first crack at a custom.
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