Current Projects: None at the moment.
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Favorite Figure: Mafex Hush Superman
Favorite Series: Mafex and Figuarts
First Figure: Dcau Justice league Superman
Collection Size: Big
Currently Collecting: Mafex and figuarts
Want List: Mafex black and grey hush batman
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Although I don't care much for most of what McFarlane is doing with DC, their rereleases of DC Direct's Batman Animated line have been pretty good. I haven't bothered with the TNBA figures after wave one because they haven't done too well with them, but the BTAS line is featuring new variants and build-a-figures, so it's been more worth getting. The original plan for wave three, which featured a Bruce Wayne BAF, got bumped back to wave four (which is coming out now), but the new wave three lineup is pretty darn good. Distribution hasn't been great, however, but my local store got in a casepack a while back and I was able to get all four figures at once.

Batman once again leads the wave, and it's the same mold we've gotten in the previous two waves, with the same odd-looking head and legs, but the deco is new. His look here is based off the "Lightning Strike" Batman from Kenner's BTAS line, and it matches the old figure very well. The suit's black instead of gray, and is covered in a lightning bolt pattern. The paint is pretty clean, though there are a few black marks over the bolt shapes. The darker colors mean less shading, with only blue highlights on the gloves and boots, but they look nice. Batman stands 6 1/2" tall and has the same joints at the head, shoulders, elbows, forearms, wrists, chest, waist, hips, knees, shins, and ankles as before, and the hips move a lot better than before. Accessories are light here, but he does get a grapple launcher, recreated from the Kenner figure, and a pair of pointing hands… with the fingertips open? These are supposed to go with H.A.R.D.A.C., and I assume McFarlane wanted to include pointing hands, but were too lazy to make new molds. At least I have two other Batman figures to borrow hands from.

There's another variant in this wave, and it's the Joker, in a more festive outfit. Unlike Batman, DCD already did this look, and it comes from the classic episode "Christmas With the Joker." The Christmassy Clown Prince of Crime stands a bit over 6 1/4" tall, and is decked out in red and green clothes, save for his purple slacks, and is donning a Santa cap. He has the usual mischievous grin on his face, and although it's not quite as good looking as the other Joker we got in this line, they at least made the eyes the correct color. Some of the tooling is the same as well, including the hands and pants, but the paint is a lot better. The pants shading on the wave two Joker was way too dark, but the contrast here is much better, and the shirt and overcoat have good shading as well, with clean paint all over. The articulation is the same, with barbell head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips, hinged knees, and swivel waist and ankles. The hips still look weird when hinged out, but you can get some expressive poses with this guy, even with the lack of ankle rocker and/or hinges.

Unusually for these rereleases, Christmas Joker retains all of his accessories. He has three pairs of hands, with a set of fists and two different pairs of grips, as well as a "Laughy" hand. The puppet hand is a bit tougher to pop in due to the slightly thicker (and painted) peg, but it can be done. He also comes with a candy cane, and a wimpy little Christmas tree with five ornaments to put on it. The ornaments can rest on the branches easily, but I wouldn't try forcing them in through the little twigs, because the branches are thin, and it carries the risk of breaking something. The only thing missing here is the stand, just like everyone else, but the Joker will stand just fine on his own, thanks to the big, flat feet.

The other hero in this wave is Batgirl, and I'm glad they're putting her back out, since she was a later release in the DCD line and tends to go for high prices nowadays. Between this version and the TNBA figure, this one looks much nicer, mainly because the eyeholes in the mask are less obscured by shoddy paint (and not because of the debate between the two shows' designs). Barbara Gordon looks eager for her next mission, and the face is fine, it's just that the eyes could've been oriented better. She stands 5 1/4" tall, much shorter than the others, but these are meant to be 1/12 scale, so she fits. The sculpt, done by Irene Matar (but not credited with McFarlane), matches the usual female proportions of the show well, and the colors, while a little light, look much better than the original release. They handled the shading well with her, and while the cel shading's been an issue with previous figures, I think they finally nailed it with this wave. She doesn't have a cloth cape like Batman, as hers is rubber, but it still won't get in the way of anything.

Batgirl moves much like the others, namely Batman, but not quite as well. She has a ball-jointed head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips, hinged knees and ankles, and swivel forearms and shins. The lack of ankle rocker isn't much of an issue, since the shin joints allow you to keep the feet flat in deeper stances, but it bothers me that these DC animated women never have any torso movement. They could've easily implemented a chest joint, and it wouldn't throw off the sculpt too much. She's the figure here that could've really used a stand, since the thin feet make it trickier for her to stand in more dynamic poses. The Batarang from the original release isn't here either, but she does get plenty of hands: two closed, two relaxed, and three different sets of grips. The hands swap with no issue and work great in many different poses.

Lastly, there's Two-Face, another later release by DCD. He too goes for high prices nowadays, and the McFarlane release of the TNBA version sucked, so I'm glad this one is out again for a good price. The portrait is great, with the right side of his face being a stern, serious expression, and the left side is more deranged looking. The scarred half looks great, with mostly clean paint and a matte finish, but the normal half is too glossy, giving it an off look that the other figures don't suffer from. Another 6 1/4" figure, Two-Face is dressed in his black and white suit, and he looks great. The figure feels solid, with thick proportions for the suit, and the paint lines between the black and white are fairly good, but the work on the back could've been better. The shading looks fine as well, but they chose too dark a shade for it, methinks.

Since he was another near-end-of-line release, Harvey Dent showed how DCD managed to improve on movement in their final days. He gets a ball/hinged head (not as good as Batman or Scarecrow, though), swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, and ankles, ball-jointed hips, double-hinged knees, and swivel waist and thighs. He moves less like a DC Direct figure and more like a NECA figure, and you can get some great poses out of him. He lacks the machine gun from the original release, which isn't surprising given WB is less willing to include such items with toys nowadays, but how come he doesn't have his coin? That's like his main thing. He still has pairs of closed and gripping hands, as well as a dynamite bundle with a hand to hold it.

The build-a-figure in this wave is yet another one-shot villain, Maxie Zeus, coming from "Fire from Olympus." He's a bit of an odd villain, being a former shipping company CEO who went nuts and started thinking he was Zeus himself, but he's quite memorable. The portrait is great on him, with a serious expression, but the eyes look very off. It looks like they're printed on rather than painted, resulting in a blurry look, but the lines on the hair are pretty good.

Standing a little bit below 6 1/2", Zeus is dressed like how a Greek god would, with blue fabric draped over a bare torso, a skirt-like article over the waist, and presumably faux gold forearm cuffs and leg wear. Zeus is a pretty buff guy, with prominent pecs, and the proportions on the body are great. The upper body is solid plastic, but not too hefty, and the dress on the lower body is both soft and has slits in the sides, so it won't get in the way of leg movement. Oddly, Zeus doesn't have any cel shading like the others, and I guess they just didn't feel like it with him, but the paint is very clean aside from the eyes.

Even with these new molds, McFarlane made sure the articulation isn't too much different from what DC Direct did. Maxie has a barbell head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, and ankles, ball-jointed hips, hinged knees, and swivel waist. The joints move great, but I wish he got thigh joints like Two-Face did, and he really needed pinless joints in the elbows, knees, and ankles, as to match the other figures. He's a little accessorized for a BAF, with his lightning bolt alongside a gripping right and grasping left to go with the pair of fists he has by default. The hands swap easily, but for some reason they all have vertical hinges when it should only be the gripping hand that gets one. Still, it's not often a BAF gets interchangeable parts, and they'll help in various poses.

The first two waves of McFarlane's BTAS reissues were alright, but this wave is where they're really getting good. The line-up is varied but strong, especially with the opportunity to get two characters for a good price, and the shading and paint are a lot better. The accessories could've been handled better, save for Joker and Zeus, but everyone here is pretty fun to play with. Wave four seems to be out now, and a fifth wave, featuring fan favorites like the Grey Ghost and Jonah Hex, has been announced, and hopefully those are a bit easier to come by.

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Collection Size: 350 plus
Currently Collecting: Funko Pops, G.I. Joe Classified - Retro, Marvel Legends, Transformers -Blokees, Transformers -G1, MOTU, Super 7
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Current Projects: Rick Taylor (Splatterhouse)
Hunter (Resident Evil)
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With the new Daredevil Reborn series I really want an MCU King Pin to go with my Marvel Select DD. My DD figure is about 7 inches so I'm looking for a good 8 to 9 inch figure to pair with him...any suggestions?...[See More]

Favorite Figure: winter soldier, doctor strange and hawkey (and my fav one my reed custom)
Favorite Series: marvel universe
First Figure: living laser
Collection Size: 35
Currently Collecting: marvel universe
Want List: colossus, thing, namor, nova, sue storm black widow
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Although it's been going at a slower pace than the other lines, NECA's TMNT Adventures line has proven just as strong. It's given us more than a couple of unique characters and designs, a good chunk of which never got figures before, and the great quality and work put into them certainly help. The latest release is Shredder himself, because the big bad had to join the line sometime, and although he's Walmart-only for right now, he's very easy to find in-store.

Since the Archie TMNT comic was adapted from the animated show running at the time, most of the existing characters' designs weren't changed all that much for it. Shredder's build is the same as the toon, but the colors are different. His helmet is white, and the mask is blue, both with painted comic-like shine on them. The lines on the helmet are clean, save for a feint mark on the back. The eyes look great, especially considering how hard it would be to paint such little areas.

At 7" tall, this Shredder, despite his heavy toon resemblance, doesn't use the same sculpt that one did. Tomasz Rozejowski did the new Shred-head, and this body is a lot bulkier, and generally more touched-up (though I'll wait to cover the new toon Shredder for a better comparison). The Archie design has a few unique details, such as the wider loincloth belt wrapped around his waist, covering his abdomen, and different shin guards. The colors are the main difference, as Shredder has mostly blue clothes, including sleeves, and white armor pieces and boots. The cape is still purple, and is still cloth. The colors all over are bold, and the lines are clean, but there are a few small marks that are a bit off-putting to me.

NECA has already made plenty of well-articulated Shredders, but this one feels the best out of all of them. Saki has a barbell head and chest, swivel/hinge shoulders, wrists, and ankles, ball-jointed hips, double-hinged elbows and knees, and swivel biceps, forearms, waist, thighs, and shins. All of the joints move great, and they blend in with the sculpt well. I couldn't even tell he had forearm joints at first, that's how well they're hidden. The elbows and knees are pinless joints like the Wrestling Turtles, making for a more seamless appearance, but a presumed consequence of that is a somewhat loose hinge below the right kneecap, thankfully not enough to impact posing. I would've loved toe hinges like the Mirage and earlier Toon Shredders, but the level of poseability here is still great.

The Shredder portrait discussed above isn't actually his main portrait, but rather Krang. In Issue #25, "Raw Power," Krang took over Shredder's body to make himself a more formidable opponent against the Turtles (he lost). We already got a Krang with Bellybomb, but this one is a different sculpt, with a different art style to match, but he looks just as good. He again has ball-jointed tentacles, allowing you to do a few things with them. I didn't need heat to swap the heads, but it would be recommended anyways, as the Shredder portrait is a tight fit. Shredder and Krang also come with a bonsai tree and bladed staff, coming from both Raw Power and "Gimme Danger!" (Issue #24), as well as four sets of hands: fists, fists with blades, open, and vertically-hinged grips. The hands swapped with no issue, and they work great with the other accessories.

NECA has done plenty of Shredder figures, but this may just be my favorite one they did. Yes, I got the new Toon Shredder, which is a bit like this one, but I enjoy the look and extras of the Archie version more. The other figures revealed so far look just as fun, and they recently announced a regular April is coming to the line alongside her "fifth turtle" version, but I just hope they can pick up the pace a bit with this line.

- 4/9/25...[See More]

It's that time again: old c-list toys for the win!
Mantor is the designated lore repository of the story, a master of both martial arts and infodumping. Former advisor to the king, he's gone rogue along with the rest of the main cast, in hopes of heading off a war the authorities refuse to address. As a Keeper, he also knows how to operate the Hyves, should they find any; given that the last time they were activated, they turned everything into bugs, I'm not sure how far to trust hundreds of years' worth of oral history in regards to super-science instructions. I can see why the Keepers have to operate in secret.
Having said all that, this guy stands out for a few reasons: nobody else is rocking a half-monotone color palette, nor a full beard. The exoskeleton is a delightful metallic gradient, invoking real-world species as usual.
Articulation is the usual: true balljoints at the shoulders and hips, plus hinged knees and a swivel neck. It's enough for a couple of fairly restrained poses, but feels limited for a ninja. The antennae are prone to warping, but otherwise quite sturdy. Accessories are limited, but appropriate: a small skall shield, vengun, and crossbow. A clip on the back of the harness holds the crossbow (or the shield, with some difficulty), and the pistol holsters on the hip, opposite a quiver of bolts.
Raplor, as much a ninja as his partner, loves to climb and sneak but hates doing it in daylight. A shiny beetle with enormous mandibles (looking more like horns, it must be said), he has a strange appendage dangling from the mouth area: a black string (around 3 feet long, in fact), ending in an organic-looking handle. Have a figure grab it, turn the crank near the rear of the abdomen, and Raplor hauls 'em right up. It doesn't feel designed for this, with an awkwardly placed hole rather than the wrist clip or regular handle one would expect, but the thumb and forefinger do at least link on there securely. Personally, I'd have gone with a webline or something, but oh well. Aliens.
Mantor, by virtue of being part of this downright weird line, is on the boring end of things. He's a martial artist that doesn't bend right, less colorful than most, and his kit is a little weak. But he's still a kung-fu techno wizard beetle man with a rugged beard, and that's just fun....[See More]

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Current Projects: Adding as most information to the red 2023 X-Men 97' Magneto figure

Adding description and year to:
- Zag Toys Magneto
- Medicom 1/6 RAH Magneto figures (made)
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Although Jack Skellington is the face of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sally is the film's other main character and has been merchandised just as much as him. She was the first alongside him to be revealed when NECA announced a return to NBX figures, and while it wasn't the only figure released last year (or at least close to the end of it) with Super7's own Ultimate figure, we all know NECA is the better deal.

As a living ragdoll, Sally looks more human-like than anyone else in Halloweentown, but not exactly flesh-like. Her skin is a light blue-green, somewhat like a zombie, and there are also stitches all over her. The face has a big stitch line running down the side of her face, alongside stitches on the side of her lips, and even her eyelashes somewhat resemble stitches. The likeness and recreation of Sally's movie model is much better here than NECA's first figure from 2004, thanks to the same people behind Jack (Kyle Windrix, Marty Henley, and Andrew Lawson), and her long hair is a softer material, so that it doesn't get in the way of head movement.

Sally isn't as expressive as Jack, but she does have a couple of different faces, although handled as swappable face plates rather than heads due to the long hair. She has a neutral smile by default, but there are also a happy face looking off to the right, a worried face looking off to the left, a sad face, and an upset face. The faces swap with ease, but you won't have to worry about them coming off too easily. The paint on the skin and body is clean, including areas of blue wash to bring out the look a bit, though the paint on the eyes seems a little rough. There's no slop or bleed with them, but they feel a little bumpy.

Sally is a little bigger than a female figure in 1/10 scale is usually expected to be at 7", but it puts her in good scale with Jack. Befitting her stitched-together body, her dress has a patchwork appearance, with various colors and patterns. The faded, fall-themed colors are more accurate to the film than some of the other merch and promo art we've seen of her, and the paint is good for the most part, but most of the lines don't match up with the sculpt, and the upper part of the arms underneath the sleeves aren't painted. The dress is split in half at the midsection, with both parts being pieces of a rubbery material over the torso. Her articulation is a bit more than Jack, with ball-jointed head and neck, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, and knees, ball-jointed hips, barbell chest and ankles, and swivel biceps and thighs. The use of softer material for certain parts is beneficial to movement, but the legs still can't do much due to the long dress.

Much of Sally's accessories are lifted/recreated from her 2004 figure, and there sure is plenty. She has a basket, now beige instead of orange, and some smaller items to fit inside, including a fishbone on a plate, a spoon (now metal instead of wooden), salt and pepper bottles, a green glass bottle, and a jar of Deadly Night Shade. That's everything but the little blanket, and they all can fit inside the basket. She has a pair of gripping hands to go along with the open ones, allowing her to hold the smaller accessories. The jack-in-the-box is similar to the one Jack has, but with a cat head instead of a pumpkin, and the head, base of the spring, and handle all move. Also here are a pumpkin with small facial features, a black cat with joints for the head and tail, and a clear stand, the same one as Jack. Tiny feet and high heels unsurprisingly make it hard for her to stand up, so the base is definitely useful.

NECA did a great job recreating Sally to meet their customers' current standards, with almost everything she had before, in addition to swappable parts for more looks, more articulation, and presumably better quality control. You could get Jack by himself and be satisfied there, but you'll want to get Sally too to complete the couple. It's almost like she was made for him.

- 4/7/25...[See More]

eBay User Name: nao tenho
Current Projects: muitos
Honorable Mentions: algumas entrevistas
Favorite Figure: conan
Favorite Series: macgyver
First Figure: capitao america
Collection Size: big
Currently Collecting: sim
Want List: muitas
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