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geek gaf - figure models
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SUPARSTARX
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God like.
BattleMonkey
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Not a fan of either of the MGS figs. Hot Toys dissapoints for the first time in a long time.
Razgriz-Specter
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Wanted
DO NOT WANT
Really disappointed.
DO NOT WANT
Really disappointed.
Now watch me drop it from the shelf lol.
sixteen-bit
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Shit sucks. Do they have a feedback form? I'm sure we're not alone. Hopefully they can fix this.
Dabookerman
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I got Morrigan and Lilith today..
for £50!!!!!! BRAND NEW!!!!!
sixteen-bit
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I got Morrigan and Lilith today..for £50!!!!!! BRAND NEW!!!!!
Amazing prices. Where did you get them?
Razgriz-Specter
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Not sure.
RyanardoDaVinci
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The Boss's boobs -- or rather, her singular boob, split down the middle -- looks disgusting.
I've never been a big fan of the real cloth/material on figures, though. It just looks cheap to me.
I've never been a big fan of the real cloth/material on figures, though. It just looks cheap to me.
SentientStone
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From Kojima's twitter... oh man, must get.
SUPARSTARX
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OH god, just got 1989 Joker... HHHHNNNGGGGGG
Dabookerman
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Ebay.. the seller accepted the offer, and I just hoped it wasn't a fake!
It's fragile as fuck though!
First post on GAF... Figured I better make it count.
This beauty arrived at my place recently. Couldn't be happier, even if she cost me an arm and a leg.
...Well maybe I could be happier. Her wand's wings won't stay on at all. Is there like some sort of putty I could use that wouldn't damage the plastic? I kind of don't want to glue them in place, since she'd never be able to go back in the box after that.
This beauty arrived at my place recently. Couldn't be happier, even if she cost me an arm and a leg.
...Well maybe I could be happier. Her wand's wings won't stay on at all. Is there like some sort of putty I could use that wouldn't damage the plastic? I kind of don't want to glue them in place, since she'd never be able to go back in the box after that.
sixteen-bit
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Really neat Cardcaptor figure dude! I wish I could help you with some putty suggestions, but I have no idea myself :/
SUPARSTARX
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Maybe stick a little bit of sculpey there. It's sculpting putty but it won't harden ever unless you cook it in an oven. It's a few bucks for a pound of it on Amazon.
Ah, that's a good idea. I've actually got some lying around. I'll give it a shot.
RyanardoDaVinci
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SUPARSTARX
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You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Barrow Roll
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The store I work at just got an account with Sideshow Collectibles and we just received our first shipment. I spent the day unboxing and posing the Hot Toys Classic Predator and the Sideshow 1/6 Commander Gree and Sandtrooper. Tomorrow I'll be unboxing and displaying the Armor Unleashed Iron Man Mark II and Captain America. This is dangerous...very dangerous.
Razgriz-Specter
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You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Begins Batman is jelly
First post on GAF... Figured I better make it count.
This beauty arrived at my place recently. Couldn't be happier, even if she cost me an arm and a leg.
...Well maybe I could be happier. Her wand's wings won't stay on at all. Is there like some sort of putty I could use that wouldn't damage the plastic? I kind of don't want to glue them in place, since she'd never be able to go back in the box after that.
Where did you get this? I want it.
Lol, he is.
"This is an OG party, bitch. Step!"
*enters Adam West*
"Did someone say... OG?"
GrayFoxPL
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From Kojima's twitter... oh man, must get.
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Ultimadrago
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Yahoo! Japan Auctions. With a middle man.
sixteen-bit
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I don't remember that outfit from Valkyria Chronicles.
SUPARSTARX
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Son of a b. 
Otacute forcing EMS on my POP Doflamingo.
Otacute forcing EMS on my POP Doflamingo.
SentientStone
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By the way: ThreeA is having a show right now in Hong Kong and the Metal Gear Ray prototype (unpainted) has been shown!
A photo is up now on the ThreeA official blog. http://www.threeaonline.com/blog/
Halo and Portal 2 bot figures are also shown.
A photo is up now on the ThreeA official blog. http://www.threeaonline.com/blog/
Halo and Portal 2 bot figures are also shown.
sixteen-bit
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Son of a b.
Otacute forcing EMS on my POP Doflamingo.
At least you should get it quickly
Son of a b.
Otacute forcing EMS on my POP Doflamingo.
Whats wrong with EMS? I recently received two packages through them with no problem whatsoever.
In fact, the other one was these:
By the way: ThreeA is having a show right now in Hong Kong and the Metal Gear Rex prototype (unpainted) has been shown!
A photo is up now on the ThreeA official blog. http://www.threeaonline.com/blog/
Halo and Portal 2 bot figures are also shown.
c'mon people generate more hype!
RyanardoDaVinci
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That's not REX, it's RAY!!!!!
x infinity.
SentientStone
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Look at the guy's face behind Ray... that is all you need to know, pretty much sums it all up.
SUPARSTARX
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Didn't want to pay the extra $25 compared to SAL lol
Theres a whole forum dedicated to this kind of stuff and a giant thread full of complaints.
The pics released aren't final production images, they are prototype. Hot Toys does a great job reading the feedback given to them via Sideshowcollectors.com and facebook.
Kojima & Yoji are also is greatly involved in this project. So do not fret.
A while ago I ordered from a dutch ebay-like site 2 x 4 Naruto figures, because I wanted Neji and Deidara so badly and didn't care for the remaining 6 figures.
Right from the get go something felt fishy. They came packaged in plastic bags, which are unlike any bag I've ever seen from one of my other countless figures I bought over the past year. Neither was there any sort of box present (I've had figures taken out of the box so the box could be flattened and shipped inside a mailbag).
The quality of the figs is notably bad. Bad painting, painting mistakes, Naruto is cross-eyed, one of the Gaara's misses his tattoo, and so on. Compared to all the other gashapon and small One Piece figures I have, they are really sub-par quality.
Pricing. I payed a total of 40 euro's for all 8 figs, which is 5 euro a piece. This is notably cheaper than other figs I bought.
I attached two pictures of the figs in question:
So these are the Neji and Deidara in question. The other 6 figs are still in their peculiar bags.
Browsing online made me find this Deidara:
As you can see the pose and clothing and detail is pretty much the same, only mine is of obviously worse quality. That Deidara above is also Banpresto, while I'm unsure about the manufacturers of my figs.
As for Neji:
If you start browsing for Naruto figs, you'll quickly find all sorts of figures on a silver headprotector baseplate. As you can see my Neji's baseplate is blue, and it's quality is also below the Neji I just posted.
The Neji bundle I bought is still wildly available on ebay, for example:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...nkw=naruto+set+of+4&_sacat=See-All-Categories
The set with Deidara seems gone with the wind.
So yeah. Are these figures bootlegs or not ?? If they are, I intend to sell all 8 of them, for a cheap price, and mentioning that they are bootlegs. If they aren't, I'll happily keep Neji and Deidara and sell the other 6 for a better price.
Right from the get go something felt fishy. They came packaged in plastic bags, which are unlike any bag I've ever seen from one of my other countless figures I bought over the past year. Neither was there any sort of box present (I've had figures taken out of the box so the box could be flattened and shipped inside a mailbag).
The quality of the figs is notably bad. Bad painting, painting mistakes, Naruto is cross-eyed, one of the Gaara's misses his tattoo, and so on. Compared to all the other gashapon and small One Piece figures I have, they are really sub-par quality.
Pricing. I payed a total of 40 euro's for all 8 figs, which is 5 euro a piece. This is notably cheaper than other figs I bought.
I attached two pictures of the figs in question:
So these are the Neji and Deidara in question. The other 6 figs are still in their peculiar bags.
Browsing online made me find this Deidara:
As you can see the pose and clothing and detail is pretty much the same, only mine is of obviously worse quality. That Deidara above is also Banpresto, while I'm unsure about the manufacturers of my figs.
As for Neji:
If you start browsing for Naruto figs, you'll quickly find all sorts of figures on a silver headprotector baseplate. As you can see my Neji's baseplate is blue, and it's quality is also below the Neji I just posted.
The Neji bundle I bought is still wildly available on ebay, for example:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...nkw=naruto+set+of+4&_sacat=See-All-Categories
The set with Deidara seems gone with the wind.
So yeah. Are these figures bootlegs or not ?? If they are, I intend to sell all 8 of them, for a cheap price, and mentioning that they are bootlegs. If they aren't, I'll happily keep Neji and Deidara and sell the other 6 for a better price.
zerodayPopbot
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Those Portal protos are impressive.
Ray too...ThreeA is untouchable.
Ray too...ThreeA is untouchable.
ColonelSkills
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I"m torn.
I bought Rex because he was a no brainer. I was never as much of a fan of Ray's more organic design nor of any of the MGS games after the first one.
That said, that thing looks amazing. and would be a great counterpoint to Rex. Hard call.
The Portal stuff I'm down for though, no fucking question.
I bought Rex because he was a no brainer. I was never as much of a fan of Ray's more organic design nor of any of the MGS games after the first one.
That said, that thing looks amazing. and would be a great counterpoint to Rex. Hard call.
The Portal stuff I'm down for though, no fucking question.
sorry, but they're most likely fakes. bad/incorrect paint jobs are telltale signs of knock-offs.
Zeouterlimits
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That Rex is god tier.
Really happy they're starting a Halo line.
While Carter (Reach) looks good, I'm more interested in seeing their Chief or Cortana.
Really happy they're starting a Halo line.
While Carter (Reach) looks good, I'm more interested in seeing their Chief or Cortana.
SentientStone
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If you think that is impressive, check out the working railgun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aEAcpZyYF5U
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