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General Collecting => Misc. non Star Wars => Topic started by: Phatty on August 20, 2011, 03:26:24 PM
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I figured this thread was long overdue, and not sure why we never created it before, but this is for anything you bought recently that was NOT Star Wars.
Yesterday, I got in the mail the Weasley Twins mini-busts from Gentle Giant's Harry Potter collection. Fred and George in polystone glory! Review to come soon.
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Got some new Iron Man 2/Avenger's figures today at my local TRU, I got;
Iron Man 2:
-Ivan 'Whiplash' Vanko
-Weapon Assault Drone
-Iron Man Hypervelocity armour
-Iron Man Ultimate armour
-Iron Man Inferno Mission armour
(All for £4.99 each)
Avengers Assemble:
-Iron Man Mark VII(Fusion Armour)
-Iron Man Stealth Armour
-Captain America with shield with pop-out weapons
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Found the three new predator figure at toy r us today. picked up warrior predator.
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Very cool!
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Saw some The Hobbit figures today at TRU! Picked up Gandalf and a two pack of Legolas and Tauriel. The cool thing is that these figures are 1/18 scale.
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I have been meaning to gO looking for these. How does the quality and detail compare to the toybiz figures from the lotr line?
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I have been meaning to gO looking for these. How does the quality and detail compare to the toybiz figures from the lotr line?
Well... I haven't opened them up yet, but they look about as good as the Hasbro products. I don't think they are quite as good as the old 6" LOTR figures, but they still look good for 3 3/4" figures.
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I don't remember Legolas being in the Hobbit?
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I don't remember Legolas being in the Hobbit?
I think they must have tweeked the story a bit because he's such a popular character.
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Went to Toys R Us this morning and found the asian exclusives generations transformers. Bought Weelie and Laserbeak.
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A buddy found me these and pick them up for me
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Got Black widow! Finally!
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My local K-Mart has a floor dump set up by the door containing the entire 3 3/4" "The Hobbit" line except for the Goblin King boxed set. The best part: some numbskull employee tagged each and every section with the $7.99 single pack figure labels. I snagged Grinnah The Goblin like I wanted to complete my collection (the rest of the line I snagged from TRU when I got a ton of 20% off coupons last month) and a Bilbo/Gollum 2pk (I only wanted Gollum but he is not single packed) both for $7.99 apiece! :)
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Picked up another "Thor: The Mighty Avenger" Lady Sif today at an out of the way Marshalls :)
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I found an "Iron Man: The Armored Avenger" Hammer Drone today at the TJ Maxx on the way home from work! I have never even seen one of these in person and had given up on ever getting one and now I have one :)
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Nice scores, lately!
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I scored Kraven the Hunter this week. I guess that makes up for the Scarlet Witch being gone...
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Got a complete Zombie Viper as part of a trade today!
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Went to Toys R Us and Bought these
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I had stopped by one of my second hand Vintage Stock stores today and was confronted by this loose toy parts bin where each part was .25 cents or 5 for $1.00
Can you guys imagine if LE Spry or Doc Outlands found this. Why they would be digging in this pile like a cat in the litter box. LOL
I, myself, rummaged around in it for at least 20min. These 6 pieces are what I came home with. That one is a celebration 3 fridge magnet.
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Oh yea, I would love hunting any new thrift store! I can identify a few things in that bin and bet I could pick out more with a close up, haha! Great finds Clint, I tell you, I like finds like this more than anything for the last year or more.
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Yeah I was thinking as I was digging, Man, this is just what I need for Tamer's project, man, this is just what I need for a mando custom, man, this is just what I need for a future casting, man, this is just what I need for a diorama. It was terrible, I tell you. I'll bet the two shmoes at the cash register were thinking, "ahh, another one of those guys"
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Cat in a liter box. Major LOL Clint.
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Bought Big Red predator at toys r us yesterday morning
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Got 2 recent items at TRU:
"Mortal Kombat" Shao Kahn's Arena playset last week
"Prometheus" Trilobyte Vs. Battle Damaged Engineer 2pk on Tuesday.
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Found FOC Grimlock and Foc Blaster at Toys R Us yesterday morning
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Grimlock is my favorite Dinobot. I keep hoping to see them show up on Transformers Prime as the Autobots sorely need some back up.
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Look what I just brought home for 75% off!:
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where in the heck did you find that deal, Dan? I was holding off on the 3 3/4 line of these as I still love my toybiz 6 inchers but at that price, I may have to pull the trigger.
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where in the heck did you find that deal, Dan? I was holding off on the 3 3/4 line of these as I still love my toybiz 6 inchers but at that price, I may have to pull the trigger.
K-Mart. They are already marked at 50% off and they are having a "take an additional 50% off clearance toys" sale this week :)
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Damn, I was in a kmart the other day and didn't see any of those. That slack store didn't have any joes either. atsts were on clearance for $34 though. Not a good enough price to pull the trigger on but that price with an additional 50% off would be a done deal.
may have to call em tomorrow although we will have an additional foot of snow on the ground by then. Do they hold items like target does?
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Clint, that loose-bits box. ..I woulda tried to cut me a "pkg deal!"
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LOL, of that I have no doubt, doc. Kind of like take in a grocery sack and tell em, "look here jerky, I will give you $5 if you let me fill this bag!"
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More Hobbit Haulage!
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still 3 3/4, Dan?
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Wow, are you getting ready to create an Elf Army?
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Wow, are you getting ready to create an Elf Army?
Well, maybe an army of beings that resemble what we refer to as "Elves"....
To Clonehead: Yep, all 3 3/4" :)
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I truly have the BEST wife on Earth! Today we hit TRU while running errands as I was looking for the last 2 Star Wars figures I missed from last year (they didn't have them) and I saw the Schleich "Shadow Rock" diorama that I have been wanting for several years now! This particular toy has been out of production for quite some time and has not been carried at retail in a long time. There was 1 lonely set, sitting all dusty and neglected on the bottom shelf. I scanned it but it was more than the meager amount of "fun money" I had left until my next check so I was going to put it back. Liz told me to take it to the register and that she would buy it for me! Now all of my Orcs and Goblins have a killer diorama to hang out in :)
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Wow, that is awesome for any LOTR dios isn't it. Nice.
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That is really cool, Dan. I dont remember seeing that one or I would have considered it. Nice lady you got there.
I still need to look and see if I didnt have one of the ones you were looking for.
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Got 3 more "Hobbit" Grinnah Goblins in the mail today!
Also got 2 "Red Faction" figures, Hale and a Creeper in the same package.
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Grabbed a "Prometheus" Deacon figure (comes with decapitated Engineer helmet/head and a pair of Hammerpedes) on the way home from work. I really wanted it for the accessories but the figure won me over :)
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Scored 10 more super clearanced "The Hobbit" Fimbul/Warg packs on the way home from work tonight. I will be adding 18 Wargs to my Swap Shop in the next week if anyone wants them...
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Looking for that lady elf in that scale from that line, Dan. Any chance she is on the cheapy rack?
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Yes she is Clint! A big $2 purchase. Kmart is an hour away, I hope to be in the area on business next week if Dan can't help you.
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Looking for that lady elf in that scale from that line, Dan. Any chance she is on the cheapy rack?
She's only available in a 2pk w/Legolas (clearanced at $4). I didn't see any tonight though, sorry :(
The Hob bit figures are pretty well picked over at all of my K-Marts (my fault LOL).
Spry, if you see a $2 Grinnah The Goblin, can you snag one for me?
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Yes she is Clint! A big $2 purchase. Kmart is an hour away, I hope to be in the area on business next week if Dan can't help you.
sounds good as Dan cleaned his store out. My kmart didnt even carry these. I would probably take a goblin as well as the rest of the 3 3/4 line at that price.LOL
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Sure thing Dan.
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our newest non-star wars purchase.....we got her from a local shelter.
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our newest non-star wars purchase.....we got her from a local shelter.
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She's cute!
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Nice, good of you to liberate her from said shelter.
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As long time Joe enthusiasts know, back in 2009 Toys R Us was going to release another year's worth of exclusive "Jurassic Park" toys utilizing 4 brand new dinosaur molds and with figures using repurposed "G.I. Joe" tooling. For one reason or another, this line never saw the light of day and Joe collectors scrambled to pick up any leaked samples from Asia via ebay, often paying HUNDREDS of dollars per figure, complete or not. Skip forward to 2012 and 2 of these elusive sets have finally been released to mass retail!
I picked these 2 samples up this morning at the Totowa Toys R Us.
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As you can see from the last pic, the bottom of the boxes show some of the other sets available in the exclusive line but 2 are blocked off by solid yellow stickers. I peeled the stickers off of 1 of the boxes to reveal a recolor of one of the old JPIII "Re-Ak-Attack" Trriceratops toys, but the other was yet another "unproduced" set with 1 of the newly sculpted dinos (stegasaurus) and another "Jurassic Joe" (this one with Zanzibar's head and Resolute Duke's body).
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Here is what you get in each set:
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The dinosaurs are most impressive with lots of points of articulation never before used in a Kenner/Hasbro "Jurassic Park" dino. The Allosaurus has ball jointed ankles, head and shoulders, swivel hips, a double hinged jaw and an action feature neck that thrashes back and forth when the right shoulder is moved forward and back. The Pachyrhinosaurus has more standard JP articulation with 4 swivel hips but makes up for it with a ball jointed head, hinged jaw and an action feature neck that thrashes the head up and down when the right rear leg is pulled back. The paint jobs are very nice, not quite as sharp as the ones on the back of the box, but much nicer than past JP offerings. the "Dino Damage" features are far superior to past JP offerings as the removable skin pieces are far thinner than the thick ugly "plugs" in the past resulting in shallower, more realistic looking damage.
The figures are what most of you are interested in, so here they are:
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The figure on the left is "Gunner Gordon" and the one on the right is "Ash Skullstriker" and they are made entirely from recycled Joe parts and accessories. "Gordon" is made from Burn Out's head and a Resolute Cobra Trooper body/vest and his accessories are from Rock N Roll. "Skullstriker" is made from a Gung Ho body/vest and a head I cannot identify yet (people are saying it's Mercer's, but the Mercer has earrings), his accessories are mostly from an old Comic Pack Stormshadow (sound enhancing bow), Resolute Stormshadow (backpack and swords) and Spy Troops Shipwreck (pistol)- the packaging (both the photo on the back of the box and the paintings on the sides) show him with a neckwrap recycled from a "Star Wars" Sandstorm Han Solo but this accessory is not included in the package.
These figures look identical to the leaked ebay samples with 1 exception that I can see- "Skullstriker"'s tattoo on the mass retail release is different- the leaked ones had crossed arrows behind the dino skull while the mass retail version has both arrows running diagonally next to the left side of the dino skull.
Both of these sets shuld be available at your local Toys R us now for $29.99 each.
If anyone wants the accessories to complete their incomplete ebay samples, let me know as I do not want them and will be putting them in my Swap Shop.
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She's cute!
Nice, good of you to liberate her from said shelter.
thanks, she's pretty sweet
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I had to get this on the front page. Very cool. I could see these being customized for SW or JOE verse. Anyone else see a Mando riding on that Allosaurus? Nice scoop there Dan. Thanks for letting us know.
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Spooky that is one cool new family addition too. She is cute.
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Cool bit of info on those, dinos and figs, Dan. I had heard about joes and jp figures having some kind of connection but this post has shed much light on the subject. Most interesting. I could see a coupon being used here if It were to save enough.
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Yep sculpts of the JP dinos were done in 2009, many were hoping they were finally released. I thought about picking them up... well... not so much with job now. Anywho... Speculation on JPLegacy says there may be revamped line for JP4 and I mean good ol' days peg to peg walls. I can only hope so, because I would love a joe articulated Dr. Grant.
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My wife bought me another Schleich fantasy line playset today, the Summer Elf Home. Out of the box, it's a bit girly with alot of flower decorations that go all around the 2 platforms and a swing on the second level, but I will be ditching all of those parts and replacing them with many items like skull shields and other spikey items making an awesome Orc Outpost out of it!
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My daughter was looking at the Schleich fantasy stuff at toysrus earlier this week.
You could always have that orc army attack the summer elf home. ;D
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I just snagged a bunch of Bronze age (1972-around 1984) Marvel comics, some are replacing a bunch I have but are in bad shape. All are in pretty good shape and I got them for around $.20 a piece after shipping.
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Found the new Blitzwing transformer at walmart this morning. Now to find Springer
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Went to toys r us this morning and found MP Soundwave. A friend gave me the heads up, very happy to find this.
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Nice one FlakBait. It must be nice to find new stuff!
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I was at TRU this afternoon hunting in vain for a lone Data-Viper and saw this:
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This very cool little sub has (at least) 2 opening hatches and 2 articulated, extendable servo arms and comes loaded with deep sea animals, some cool accessories (including a wicked little sea sled) and 2 diver figures (sadly with typical Chap Mei articulation).
I plan on getting 1 on Friday when I get paid as it is a perfect base vehicle for a retro 30's "Buck Rogers"/"Flash Gordon"- stylespaceship!
It's only $27.99 and can be found in the Animal Planet aisle!
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My 2 MOTUC Megators arrived today! They are AWESOME! I will be adding them to my Goblin/Orc/Troll display later today :)
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Found this and 6" sandtrooper today at Toys R Us. Happy Hunting
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Dr. Who, the figs are cool. I set down with Cyberman and Dalek and reenacted this famous scene:
Dalek: Cybermen are superior to Daleks in only one respect.
Cyberman: What is that?
Delak: Dying.
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Found these this morning at Toys R Us.
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I see Flakbait still has his great finding ability. Its like a super-power. Peg stocking power activate! Form of new waves!
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Finally managed to get a "Pacific Rim" Kaiju Leatherback at TRU on the way home from work today :)
Best part is that he wad FREE thanks to a coupon and some R-Rewards :)
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I saw that on FB. I bet that take 15 coupon would be cool to use.
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Nice score buddy! looking forward to series 3 of pacific rim
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My haul today from www.whona.com:
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Well now that is cool! Lots of Dr. Who. Do they look good?
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Well now that is cool! Lots of Dr. Who. Do they look good?
Quite good in fact! The aliens and monsters look like someone shrunk down the suits/costumes that the actors wear. They are great representations of what is seen on the show. The Doctor and Clara are good as well, but not as good as the monsters - some poor paint applications on the heads set them back a bit (nothing I cannot fix though :) ).
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Nice! How are their prices?
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Nice! How are their prices?
Incredible seeing as these are imports. The figures were $9.99 each except for the Daleks which were $10.99 each and the playset was $19.99.
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Snagged another "Doctor Who" Ice Warrior on the way home from work today bringing me to my squad of 6 that I wanted.
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Got two more Detolfs for my two new helmets and other assorted star wars goodness :)
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Incredible seeing as these are imports. The figures were $9.99 each except for the Daleks which were $10.99 each and the playset was $19.99.
Well, poo. That's the exact same price my local comic shop has them for.
Thank you for the information, though! ;D
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Saturday at Monster Mania, I got a "Doctor Who" 4th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver. Today I got the wave 3 "Pacific Rim" Kaiju (battle damaged Knifehead and Tresspasser) at my LCS.
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Tonight while shopping for kitty litter at the K-Mart by my house, I found the latest (and last) Marvel Universe wave. I picked up Aurora for her head and may go back for A - bomb tomorrow (he will make a great base figure for a troll for my fantasy customs).
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last marvel wave? I need to follow the other lines better. I hear that K-Mart is closing stores too and some folks are finding some awesome deals on their latest SW Exclusives.
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The little woman bought me 2 more Marvel Universe figures today- Abomination and A-Bomb. They will make great base bodies for custom trolls.
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My latest package from Who North America!
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I saw that on Facebook and thought wow, you like your Daleks!
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I saw that on Facebook and thought wow, you like your Daleks!
Yes I do :)
I have wanted a 3 3/4" Dalek army ever since I was a kid and now it is becoming a reality :)
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I got my latest package from www.whona.com!
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Are you trying to stage your own Dalek invasion?
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Just got back from China and was only able to find a few Marvel figs in a couple of TRU's. I got a TRU excl. Black Widow with the light up base. I also picked up a Hercules and the new Hulk that comes in the black packaging. He's the Hulk with the armor around his torsos and his lower legs.
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Hit up Toys R Us this afternoon. Found series 3 pacific rim figures and picked up Cherno Alpha and Coyote Tango
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If I was gonna collect any other line it would be Pacific Rim. I really enjoy that movie. Just watched it again a few weeks ago.
It would be so cool to see them do another movie. Maybe get an army of Jaegers together to invade the alien home or colony world.
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Finally I am the proud owner of the rare Dr. Claw action figure. Now I can finally say my Inspector Gadget collection from the Tiger Toys line is complete! Such an awesome feeling. I'll feel better once I have it in my hand however.. lol.
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I got the Jakks Pacific Giant Size " Godzilla " today at K-Mart.
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Wow, that sure looks better than the shogun one I had as a kid. You remember the one with wheels on his feet, launching fist, and lever activated flame tongue? I love that. I might have to get one of these.
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Picked this little gem off ebay. Should be a good read. One of my favorite games too.
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There's something wrong with me.
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Well I guess if there is something wrong with you I am infected too!
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$12.50 at TRU!
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Pretty cool. I am really like that Vitruvian Hacks project. This reminds me of it.
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Went to Toys R Us and finally found a Crimson Typhoon. Now i just got get that Scunner Kaiju when it comes out. Later
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Went to Toys R Us and finally found a Crimson Typhoon. Now i just got get that Scunner Kaiju when it comes out. Later
Did you hear the announcement from Del that there will be a sequel. I am so happy right now. I loved Pacific Rim.
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Yes i did, very happy as well. Only thing that sucks is gonna be in 2017 unless i heard wrong
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Yes i did, very happy as well. Only thing that sucks is gonna be in 2017 unless i heard wrong
No you heard right, but it seems we will have an animated series till then.
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Snagged the latest "Pacific Rim" Kaiju, Scunner, at Toys R Us this afternoon after work.
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Picked up these guys on ebay for a total of 41 dollars
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Well, looks like a trip to toys r us tomorrow to see if i can find a scunner myself, nice score
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Went to Toys R Us this morning and found some stuff im ive been looking foward to
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am heavily into pacific rim ,i have leatherback,knifehead mk1,coyote tango,striker eureka,crimson typhoon cherno alpha and both versions of gipsy danger and am seriously looking forward to gipsy danger vers 2.0 ,tacit ronin,romeo blue,horizon brave and ootachi.
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Nice finds. Toy R Us is really getting it together it seems. I wish they would share their Hasbro secret with the rest of the world.
I almost got into Pacific Rim. With all the various SW Lines I am in I just couldn't do it.
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Pacific Rim 2 & 3 have been announced
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Saw this cool castle playset at TRU for $59.99
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I can see some of your Orcs storming that Dan!
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I am tempted by it, but not right now. Too many other things I need my fun money for right now. I will wait for one of TRU ' BOGO sales.
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Finally snagged a Marvel Infinite Series " Death's Head" at my LCS :)
He now resides on my "Doctor Who" figure shelf.
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I remember you were looking for that one, good for you.
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Picked this up the other day. Not really big on plushies, but as a kid I always wanted a Raccoon/Tanooki Mario collectible and this one is pretty cool. The tail can move freely so whenever my friends are over I like to annoy them by spinning Mario and whacking them in the face with the tail haha.
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Thats right you are big into Mario too. Cool deal and great find. You are reminding me there are some action fleet ships I need to go back and get. By the way when are you going to sell me your 3 button AT-AT? ;D
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Haha maybe one day :P
What AFs are you still after?
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Geesh, still need a Falcon, Grey Snowspeeder, regular Snowspeeder, TIE Fighter, TIE Bomber and I think a few others. Of course I am picky about packaging too. Hence I wait.
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Scored 2 of the 4 "Doctor Who" figures I was looking for at Walgreens! They were BOGO 50% as well so they were only $16.04 for the pair :)
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Walgreens really seems like the go to brick and mortar store now. I guess toysrus is hitting ok now too.
Great finds Dan.
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Scored a pair of "Doctor Who" Amy Pond figures today at another Walgreens. Now I just need the Classic Dalek and I am all caught up until Wave 4 hits :)
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I hit the jackpot today at the Walgreens closest toy uouse! I scored the exclusive Classic Dalek and 3 more Asylum Daleks for my Dalek army.
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That is getting to be some Dalek Army!
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Just ordered the Gold Supreme Dalek from www.whona.com! Should be here next week :)
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That has to be a huge Dalek Army. How many do you have now Dan?
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When the gold one arrives next week, I will have 36.
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Wow, so cool. Time for a group pic!
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Updated group pic!
I don't know why it appears upside down, but if you click on it, it appears right side up.
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Wow, not this is an army of Daleks!
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Probably the only non Red Sox merchandise I will buy haha. This is a Cleveland Indians shirt of Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn played by Charlie Sheen, from the movies Major League 1 and 2. I also bought the glasses he wore in the movie, with the skull on the front. No lens though. This might even be my Halloween costume, not sure yet. Trying to do something other then Mario lol.
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pretty cool!
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Picked up Mario and Yoshi from the World of Nintendo line. I'm very happy they're starting to make articulated figures. The only problem I had was I had to go through a few of the figures to get the "right" ones. The paint jobs on some of them were a bit poor, a few areas weren't colored in properly. It looked as if the paint had come off over time. Another issue I had was on some of the Mario figures, the 'M' emblem wasn't centered properly.
(http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq261/redsoxfan25/Super%20Mario%20Brothers/wonmy.jpg)
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Figured you would be getting those.
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It's on like Donkey Kong.
(http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq261/redsoxfan25/Super%20Mario%20Brothers/IMG_3495.jpg)
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My daughter loves Mario Bros. too!
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This is probably the goofiest purchase I have ever made. I got this off ebay, I paid more then I wanted to though. Technically I only paid about half, as I used some money from selling a few things towards this. It is a wearable raccoon tail and ears, from when Super Mario 3D Land was released. These were given out as a first come, first serve basis at the launch event in New York. I think it makes a great collectible regardless, but also if I ever wanted to dress up as Raccoon Mario for Halloween, I'm all set haha. The ears are a headband, and the tail wraps around using a nylon belt, with a plastic clip. The tail feels like a bean bag. The seller also included the bags. A very cool item.
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Some interesting pic ups for sure.
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Yeah a bit goofy for me I'll admit, but this fell into the miscellaneous category for me with collecting. I figured in a few years this would be one of those rare collectibles, so I figured I'd get it now. The only way you could get this was at the launch of Super Mario 3D Land in New York. It's not sold in stores or anything. Plus the fact its licensed by Nintendo, making it 'official'. Its also one of my favorite power-ups. Will I wear this? Probably not lol. Although if I do, I sure as hell won't make any attempt to fly haha.
Another example of a miscellaneous item I have is Mario's hat, also a licensed Nintendo product. It was for people who were subscribed to Club Nintendo who reached platinum status. I'm not subscribed but saw it on ebay for cheap so I nabbed it. It's a hat but not a 'wearable hat' if that makes sense.
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Found the new Series 8 costume Twelfth Doctor figure on the way home from work. :)
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Got another Genesis Dalek for Christmas! I also ended up with a second 12th Doctor that I will exchange at Walgreens tomorrow for another Asylum Dalek.
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Your Dalek Army has got to be huge now!
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On the way home from work tonight, I hit a Walgreens and saw that they were clearancing the "Doctor Who" line. I cleaned them out of both types of Daleks they carried :)
I will hit some more Walgreens tomorrow looking for more Daleks.
I also included 2 pics of my Dalek armies :)
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Wow, that is a lot of Daleks!
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Picked up Yoshi from the Amiibo series last week, then found Luigi on Monday after work. I may pick up Bowser when he's released, but apart from that, that's it. I think they're cool, but just limiting myself to Mario-related figures.
I like the Amiibos overall. Figures that can be used in your game, also making a nice collectible. Neat idea.
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You are assembling quite the Mario collection now too.
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Found 3 more Genesis Daleks on clearance at another Walgreena on the way home from work.
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I've been out of the Nintendo Wii loop for a bit, and was late in getting the Wii U. Yesterday I went into the Wii virtual console and bought some Wii points so I could download a few more old Nintendo games I wanted. I got the original Donkey Kong (cause why not), Super Mario Kart and Super Mario RPG.
Now for a non-Nintendo purchase. I needed another PS3 controller as mine is becoming worn out and close to falling apart. I only have one anyway. My favorite game on the PS3 is MLB The Show, so why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get this MLB The Show exclusive controller. I also saved $10 by buying it off ebay rather then going to Gamestop.
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Tonight, while reorganizing my Classic Daleks to add the 3 additional "Genesis Of The Daleks" Classic Daleks I picked up from Walgreens, I noticed something odd about 2 of the new additions: they were missing the raised oval design between their arms.
I have not heard of any oval/no oval variants outside the "Children Of The Revolution" Dalek 2pk's red Alpha Dalek so this is totally new to me.
I may be the first person to document this variant!
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Hit an out of the way Walgreens tonight and scored another Classic Dalek!
I think I have purchased every Dalek within a 25 mile radius and I still want more... :)
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Scored an original Wave 1 Dalek thanks to a friend on Joe Customs and hit 5 Below and scored some great customizing fodder.
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That is some nice fodder. I haven't seen anything worth picking up in months it seems.
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Finally picked up The Walking Dead Season 4 on blu-ray the other day. Love that show.
The other day I bought a video game controller off amazon. I play old school Nintendo games on my computer. I have original Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Game Boy games. I did have a controller, it was an Airflo controller but some of the buttons aren't working properly. I bought a Super Nintendo controller, but it has a USB plug on it. Its an exact replica of the Super Nintendo controller, its just missing the Nintendo logo at the top. They also have original Nintendo and N64 controllers but the SNES controller feels more comfortable. They had another one where the buttons were colored, but when I owned a SNES I had the basic one where the buttons were purple. I also got it for nostalgia purposes. Its just so cool playing old Nintendo games with a Nintendo controller again.
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Nice. They just opened a Nintendo vintage store in my hometown if you can believe it. My daughter wants to go look. She loves Mario.
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That's awesome! I think a road trip is in order lol. I still would like to visit Nintendo World in NY at some point.
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Let me go check it out and I will snap a few pics to see if there are things you might like. It was kinda cool to see it go in in as rural a place as I live to be honest.
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Aside from a bad sore throat that caused me to miss a podcast recording, I had a really good weekend.
I picked up 2 Schleich Knights' Castles on clearance for $29.99 each (regularly $99.99 each). These things are MASSIVE!
I also got an incredible present from my wife, the 20" "Pacific Rim" Kaiju Knifehead that I have been wanting for quite some time now but was unable to justify the cost.
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Pics of the castle componants with a 4" scale figure.
In each box you get:
2 three level towers
4 short wall sections
2 tall wall sections
1 working drawbridge section.
I bought 2 of them so I have double the number of sections.
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Yep, definitely a good weekend.
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I finally got to set up most of my Schleich Knights' Castles. I still have 2 towers, another drawbridge and another narrow wall piece left as the table wasn't big enough for everything. I will set it up in another configuration once I free up a bigger table in my hobby room.
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Something that doesn't really belong into collectibles but still interesting to read and own, especially if outdoor, camping, bushcraft or survivalist fan.
(http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=169351&d=1425062024)
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Dan, sure does remind me of any of the castle scenes from LOTR and the Hobbit. Awesome set up and what a great price on those castles. I envy your proximity to great places to shop.
Serg, those books I would like to own.
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The 2 in the right are available on Amazon. The small one is awesome!!
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Got my hands on a World of Nintendo Luigi figure from ebay. I'm going to put him right next to my Mario figure from the same line. Nintendo did an awesome job with these figures and the articulation with them.
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My daughter and I are going to the Nintendo Store in my town (very rural) today. I have no expectations, but who knows maybe I will be able to add a Mario something or other to this thread as my daughter loves it too.
Great figure.
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I hit NJCC this morning and scored over 2 dozen Joe and other lines accessories for future customs as well as an incredible custom cast skull mound.
After NJCC I hit a TRU local to the show and scored the newest "Pacific Rim" Kaiju, Otachi.
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Looks like a good day to me.
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Picked up the Luigi amiibo figure yesterday, but from the Super Mario series. Next is Mario.
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And got him. Stopped by Wal-mart today before getting lunch with a friend. Good thing I did, it was the last one on the shelf so I lucked out.
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Got another big box of "Doctor Who" toys from www.whona.com!
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Scored a third Schleich Knights ' Castle for $ 5.33 at the TRU in Totowa :)
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Whats that make I know at least three now!
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Got another box of awesome "Doctor Who" figures from www.whona.com!
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My Dalek army is getting HUGE!
The empty space on the glass shelf is for the black stealth variant of the Dalek Patrol Craft when I find one.
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Today is "Free Comic Book Day" and I hit my 2 Local Comic Shops (LCS), Zapp Comics in Wayne NJ and Time Warp Comics And Games in Cedar Grove NJ. Aside from all of the free books being given away, Time Warp was having an INCREDIBLE $1.99 sale on select trade paperbacks (TPB) and hardcovers (HC).
Here is a pic of the "Watching The Watchmen" (HC) books I got today:
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The top 2 are the deluxe Comedian variant cover editions with the comic-sized prints laid out so you can see the front and back. The bottom is the standard Dr. Manhattan version without the prints.
The original prices were $39.99 for the standard and $50 for the deluxe s I got $139.99 worth of books for $5.97+tax, you cannot beat that :)
I also got a $19.99 "Gears Of War" HC for my stepson for $1.99.
My haul from Free Comic Book Day!
I got tons of books, but these are the ones I am keeping:
Top Row:
Official Marvel "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" magazine
"2000AD"
Bottom (l-r)
"The Phantom"
"Legendary" (contains a "Pacific Rim" short story)
"Dark Horse Comics" sampler (contains a "The Strain" short story)
"Bob's Burgers"
Boom Studios 10th Anniversary (contains a "Labyrinth" short story and classic "Peanuts" reprints
"The Tick"
"Doctor Who"
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This is one day I envy my urban and semi-urban friends. I don't have a comic book shop anywhere near me. I did go see Avengers yesterday though.
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My preorder from Hasbro Toy Shop came in early (original estimated ship date was 6/8/15). I got my 3 "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" Scarlet Witch figures I wanted for their heads and Hex effects.
I also got another example of Hasbro's great Quality Control. One of the figures' legs is completely unpainted showing raw black plastic (see the second pic for a close up comparison shot of the factory error and correct figures).
A lot of "collectors" would immediately put this up on ebay with some ridiculously exaggerated description like "SUPER RARE! ONE STOCKINGED LEG VARIANT! VHTF!!!!" and a BIN of 4-10 times the retail price, but I really don't care.
I photographically documented the error for posterity's sake and to remind my fellow collectors and customizers to check every figure carefully before purchase :)
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Interesting. I just ordered one of these for my daughter who is big into Marvel now. I hope it shows up with full color on both legs.
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Got the new Avengers Scarlet Witch and like Dan wasn't really impressed, but my daughter likes it, especially the hex stuff.
Also on Dan's advice I picked up my daughter the new I am Elemental Action Figure Set which is a set of seven girl super heroes and she hasn't put them down since we opened up the box on Thursday. We also got her cousin a set and those should go over equally well. I have to say I am very impressed with the quality of the figures, the paint work, the articulation, and the general message they send. It is hard being an action figure collector if you are a gal, but these are right up their alley. Heck I like them too! We are gonna have to get their six inch courage now too.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/CTtamer/ATamer2015/bbtsiamelemental_zps8fcizdxi.png) (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=IAE10000&mode=retail&utm_source=site&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=ImperialShipyards)
Get your daughter some I am Elemental Action Figures!
Since Dan previewed these at Toy Fair this February (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=9606.msg182044#msg182044) I have really been intrigued by this new action figure line. As an action figure collector trying to promote this hobby to my daughter has been a downright chore with their really being limited action figures for girls, many of which do not portray women in a good light.
Well Dan sent me some promotional material a few weeks back and my daughter has been relentless in her pursuit of getting some of these. Well I rewarded her this past week with a set of them and she hasn't let them out of her sight since we opened the box. Folks, if you have daughters introduce them to I Am Elemental (http://www.iamelemental.com) you will not be sorry.
Be sure to get them from site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=IAE10000&mode=retail&utm_source=site&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=ImperialShipyards) as well. They will ship them to you right so you get them in wonderful shape!
Look for me and my daughter to review these in the future. Trust me she is putting them through their paces and they have held up wonderfully!
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Since I was still recovering from a cardiac procedure on my birthday, I was unable to do anything fun to celebrate it.
Tonight, Liz took me out for the first part of my 42nd Birthday Do Over!
Here is what I got tonight:
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN4493_zpsxljg4jvd.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN4493_zpsxljg4jvd.jpg.html)
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I also got 2 new pairs of sneakers.
There is more coming soon as my 42nd Birthday Do Over is not over yet! :)
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Glad to hear your cardiac procedure went ok. Great stuff there too.
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Another entry in my 42nd Birthday Do Over!
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Got some more items today as my 42nd Birthday Do Over continues!
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Thanks once again to my awesome wife :)
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Wow, maybe you need to have a birthday do over every year.
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Wow, maybe you need to have a birthday do over every year.
This is to make up for my not having any real birthday gifts for the last 3 years due to financial woes stemming from family health issues.
Liz is going all out for me this year. There are still 2 gifts to come: more shelves and 3 new display tables for my hobby room :)
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Wow, that sounds awesome.
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Picked up a new marvel legends wasp at target today.
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I will have to pick that Wasp up if I ever see it. My daughter is loving her six inch Marvel Collection, especially the gals.
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I picked up these new "Animal Planet" giant mutant bug sets at TRU.
They were $14.99 each. I had $10 in rewards bucks so both sets only cost me a little over $21 with the tax :)
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Those look pretty cool!
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Scored the "flying" version of Kaiju Otachi after work today!
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One last pic.
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Awesome lookiing Dan. Am I correct in that you just collect the Kaijus? I am seriously, seriously thinking of starting a Pacific Rim Shelf. I would have to have the Jaegers too though. I am so stoked this movie series is continuing. It was just one tough movie to me. Big Robots vs. Big Monsters equals win in my book any day.
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Awesome lookiing Dan. Am I correct in that you just collect the Kaijus? I am seriously, seriously thinking of starting a Pacific Rim Shelf. I would have to have the Jaegers too though. I am so stoked this movie series is continuing. It was just one tough movie to me. Big Robots vs. Big Monsters equals win in my book any day.
I just collect the Kaiju as they were in part designed by one of my favorite SF/Fantasy artists, Wayne Barlowe. He also designed creatures for "Avatar", "Hellboy 2", and several books of his own art which depict extraterrestrial and other dimensional lifeforms.
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Cool deal, I am gonna have to do a search on that guy as I love the look of the Kaijus.
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Today at NJCC, I scored the following:
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I also won this in the raffle:
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After NJCC, sgcaper and I hit up a local TRU and split an "Animal Planet" Giant Squid Playset. This is my part of the set:
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Dan, do I smell Kevin Watkins here? Great stuff.
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Wow, I like that death metal fig.
Especially his head.
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My "Animal Planet" temple arrived today!
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Forgot to post this but I picked up a Fire Mario figure recently. Its from the Super Mario Figurine Collection, which are 5POA. I just need to get Fire Luigi and my 5POA figures will be complete.
I also picked up another Fire Mario figure, but from the World of Nintendo line. This line has better articulation. This one should be coming in the next day or so. Included is a yellow question block with a "mystery item" inside, and I'm more then sure (and hope really) the item is the Fire Flower.
Pictures for Fire Mario - Super Mario Figurine Collection below:
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And here is Fire Mario from the World of Nintendo line. Really loving these new articulated figures, and the question box with an item included is a real nice touch.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/nintendo-wii-u-skylanders-giants-starter-pack_zpsqgkgkurv.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/nintendo-wii-u-skylanders-giants-starter-pack_zpsqgkgkurv.jpg.html)
Tonight I hit up my local 5 Below and picked up 2 of these "Skylanders Giants" Starter Sets. The portals are AWESOME for fantasy projects once the cord and electronics are removed (I also removed the transparent white piece near the bottom and the actual bottom as they do not match the rest of the portal texture-wise).
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/Skylanders-Giants_Tree-Rex_zps37al3vk4.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/Skylanders-Giants_Tree-Rex_zps37al3vk4.jpg.html)
Also, the Cynder (dragon character) figure can be used as an immature dragon as it is not too cartoony (just needs a more realistic paint job). The other figures have useful elements (backpack and hose from the eagle guy and the wood giant has several beautifully sculpted wood knots that are easily removed with a hobby knife) so you get a lot of great fodder for $5.
I want to go back and get a few more either tomorrow or Monday after work.
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That would look great as a base for some of your fantasy/LOTR custom line Dan.
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I picked up the last 4 Skylanders sets at the 5 Below by my house giving me 6 portals, dragons and sets of fodder cut from the figures of the other 2 characters.
I wish they had had 2 more sets though as there are 8 unique symbols on the portals and I would have liked to make some form of display with 1 portal each having a unique symbol highlighted to serve as the totem for 8 different wizards/factions/etc.
There are 3 more 5 Belows within a reasonable driving distance so I will check them eventually for 2 more sets.
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Wow, it must be nice to have so many stores that close. I have two total. Both Wal-marts.
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Hit the 5 Below in Paramus and scored 2 more Skylanders sets.
They had 30+ left so if anyone in the NJ area needs some go to the RT 17 location.
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Don't have a 5 below store.
Our closest version would be a Tuesday Morning or TJMAXX
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5 below is awesome. I went to a store while on vacation, but they only had one SW Figure.
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After the nice surprise of finding those awesome "Skylanders Giants" sets at 5 Below and seeing how great the portals work for fantasy projects, I decided to hit up the Game Stop closest to my house to see if they had any different styled portals (each update to the game has had a new style of portal).
They were having a "Buy 2 Get 3 Free" sale on all of the used Skylanders/Disney Infinity/etc. game accessories. I found 2 different styles of portals (Swap Force and Trap Team). I picked up 4 Swap Force and 1 Trap Team portal for $16.
The Swap Force portals just needed the cords removed to be useful, but the Trap Team one needed to be disassembled to flip the clear center over so that the textured surface was on top. This required cracking the white ring all of the way around, flipping the disc and then reassembling and gluing the ring as there were no screws and the whole assembly was glued/sonic welded. It was a pain in the backside but a necessary move in order to make the piece far more impressive once I modify and paint it.
Swap Force Portal:
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20150822_161915-1_zpsoh5ltbbr.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20150822_161915-1_zpsoh5ltbbr.jpg.html)
Trap Team Portal:
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Wow, what a ton of work. I can't wait to see what you do with these as dio pieces. The wizard dueling area sounds great!
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Picked up the Goliath creature from the "Evolve" line today. He fits in with my Kaiju and other monsters just beautifully
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Wow, If I had another collection it would be Kaiju and the robots who fight them. I like the monsters the best though.
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Scored these 2 cool dinosaur sets at Walmart for $14.97 each!
The figures are crap, but all 4 dinos are pretty nice. Bigger and heftier than the current "Jurassic World" line from Hasbro but they need repaints (except for the sweet red T-Rex that is a dead ringer for "Devil Dinosaur" :) ).
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/11986939_1200566529969156_6894681699079243954_n_zpsvt0wnjav.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/11986939_1200566529969156_6894681699079243954_n_zpsvt0wnjav.jpg.html)
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Look better than that TIE and X-Wing you showed us! LOL!
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Took a trip to Barnes & Nobel with my wife and came home with these 3 pieces of classic literature and a new bookmark.
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Picked up a jeep kit on sale and got the new Maiden double cd
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No pics yet, but I am going ally Daryl Dixon. Just got a new crossbow and love it!
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I am very happy to say that my Inspector Gadget collection is complete! Well.. it will be when I actually get it in the mail. I added the last piece to my collection tonight - the Gadget Mobile from Tiger Toys. The sad part is I had this as a kid, and have no idea what I did with it. Although it wasn't in the greatest condition. I actually lost out on this last week and was really bummed out as I rarely see it on ebay. A few days later I had a second chance as someone else uploaded one, and I made sure to win it this time, and did. I paid quite a bit but this was the last piece so it was worth it.
Here's a quick look, and I'll get more pics up when I get it in the mail.
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Sweet! I didn't even know they made Inspector Gadget toys. Cool stuff!
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They're awesome. Tiger Toys was a small line, only 11 figures and the Gadget Mobile (oddly no Chief Quimby though). To me that was the "main line" of figures. Then there's the Burger King set of 4 from 1991-ish. That was a pretty popular set and I love those figures as much as the Tiger Toys line. A few more sets of 4 from Subway and McDonald's, both McDonald's sets promoting the Inspector Gadget films. The first set, in each meal you get a different gadget, and it builds about a 6 inch Gadget figure. Cool concept, but I passed on it. The second set, promoting the direct to video sequel, were just horrible toys. Then there's the few random PVC figures.
I was born in '86, and in the late 80's there was a 12 inch Gadget doll/figure released by Galoob and Bandai. They were the same figures, one just had better arm articulation. I never knew about it until a few years ago. He had spring loaded legs, extending neck and arms (one shot out like a missile) and numerous gadget accessories (yes one was the helicopter!). He also had a removable trench coat. Its such a fantastic piece.
I lucked out so much a few years ago. Someone put the Tiger Toys Gadget line on ebay, a buy it now of $60. They were mint in package, and the lot was only missing 2, the MAD Agent and Dr. Claw figure (which I got both in the past year). I must have snagged it as soon as he listed it. Sadly, these are now going for quite a lot, I noticed most people put them on ebay with a buy it now usually $30+ if its in the package (and thats only one!). The Galoob/Bendai figure goes for quite a lot as well, usually $90+.
If you'd like to get some Gadget figures but don't want to shell out the cash, I suggest the ones from Burger King. At most you would spend like $20. The 4 are Copter Gadget, Inflated Gadget, Scuba Gadget and Surfer Gadget. Except for Surfer Gadget, they all have extending legs and neck. For figures that came in a kids meal, they do a good job. The best ones in my opinion are Copter and Inflated Gadget.
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Picked up Val, from the Evolve line the other day at a walgreens
Of interesting note, one of her feet broke off as I was removing her from her blister.
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Wow, that ain't too hot breaking off stuff getting it out of the package. Do you think it was just a missed quality control thing Clint or indicative of the entire line of figures?
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I will look more closely.
The package looked great. No sign of shock or crushing.
Had a micronauts knock off toy "line was sold and renamed, more than once, I think" do the same thing to me a year ago. Still haven't fixed that one but got a nice refund and got to keep it.
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My Gadget Mobile came in today, quicker then expected. I'm so happy to add the final piece to my collection. The Tiger Toys line is now complete. Its a bittersweet feeling, really. I'm happy my collection is complete, but at the same time I won't have that "thrill of the hunt" to get anything else. There's still a few random PVC figures I wouldn't mind getting, but the ones I've been after, the main items I've been looking for I now have.
There are some marks on this, its not in perfect condition, but it beats the one I had as a kid, mine had missing pieces.
The Gadget Van. Note the claw grabber in the front. Awesome.
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"Go Go Gadget Mobile!"
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Gadget, Penny and Brain
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Rear of the Van
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While on vacation in Orlando, my wife and I stumbled apon a massive comic shop called Colosseum Of Comics. I picked up a trio of "Bones" gaming miniatures for $3-$4 each that will become new creatures in my menagerie of alien beasts.
And when I came home from Florida, I found my NYCC Press Pass waiting for me!
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My new "Bones" miniatures assembled and awaiting painting.
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Picked up Super Mario Maker for the Wii U today. In short, you can design your own custom Mario levels. You can choose between 4 Mario game styles: the original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U. It comes with a neat little booklet to help you give ideas on making your own levels.
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I picked up another AWESOME clearance score today at TRU!
I got these:
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for $4.98 each (original retail $24.99 each)!
I got 4 of these:
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And 2 of these:
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Loose pics with a 4" Joe to show scale:
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New creatures, very nice.
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Picked up a Goomba figure from the World of Nintendo line today. You can move the feet a little bit to make it look like its walking, pretty cool. The "mystery item" that came with it is a coin.
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Picked up this Greek mythology action figure 4 pack at TRU for $.03!
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Wow, 4 cents? Thats nice.
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Wow, 4 cents? Thats nice.
It was actually 3 cents. That was a typo LOL.
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Picked this up last week off a facebook group called Video Game Memorabilia Museum, which is the same name as its online forum. It's a Mario & Yoshi pullback and has 2 speeds. I had this as a kid (still do) but its all worn and has many scuff marks on it. Nice to replace it with a new one.
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After reviewing my expenditures from NYCC, I realized that I spend less than 40% of my budget so I treated myself to 2 of the new Schleich "Eldrador" Battle Arenas!
With the BOGO 40% off sale and an assortment of coupons and store credit, I spent a total of $101.97 with tax for them. They retail for $99.99 each so I got 2 for less than the price of 1 with the tax :)
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These things are enormous and come packed with accessories and figures. Each set comes with an articulated Dwarf (w/shield and axe accessories), a Knight, a Barbarian, a baby dragon, a 2 headed Blood Viper and a pair of flags (one for the Dragon Army and one for the Gryphon Army).
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Cool deal, was that Toys R Us Dan?
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Cool deal, was that Toys R Us Dan?
Yes it was.
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Picked up these 2 cool metal pendants at A.C. Moore for $3.74 each after taxes thanks to 50% off coupons.
The one with the wings will go to one of my upcoming wizards and the tentacled one will be for my upcoming Temple Of Cthulhu dirama.
Inalso got this great "Harry Potter" Troll figure from one of my friends at work. It needs some repainting and he is missing his club (I will be making a custom bludgeon for him).
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Over the last 2 weeks, I have been picking up several Safari Ltd. vinyl dragons ( and 1 Gryphon) using 50% off coupons from Michaels and A.C. Moore.
They are basically statues (0 pts of articulation) but their dynamic poses still make them useful for my display needs.
The 3 in this post are the Forest, Swamp and Ice Dagons.
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Next up are the Sea, Mountain and Thunder Dragons.
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Last up are the Cloud Dragon, the Hydra and the Gryphon.
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How can you not love dragons and gryphons! They look great. I wish you luck on your search for your final three.
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Scored another 50% off Safari Ltd. Dragon!
Thisnone needs a complete repaint but the sculpt is pretty nice.
It only cost $3.73 with the tax!
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Picked up this McFarlane Toys Warrior Dragon at a cool toy/antique store called Necropolis I found in Garfield.
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While not technically a dragon, this Safari Ltd. Kaprosuchus sure fits in nicely with all of my other dragons as a flightless species. It doesn't even need to be repainted as it looks great already.
$5.34 including tax after a 50% off coupon at A.C. Moore
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Scored some great items at great prices today:
1 last (for now) Safari Ltd. dragon.
A pair of Safari Ltd. Inostrancevias to use as bloodhound beasts for my Orcs.
A first printing hardcover Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden illustrated novel from Dollar Tree.
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Great scores Dan!
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I hit up Zapp! Comics today for their Halloween Comicfest. While there, I scored this sweet McFarlane Dragons deluxe dragon. His metal footpegs are damaged and need to be replaced but his tail is keeping him upright for now.
After Zapp! I hit an out of the way Micheals and scored a dragon (actually a Wyrrven as it only has 2 legs and wings) I had never seen before using another 50% off coupon :)
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You are sure on a dragon kick now.
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You are sure on a dragon kick now.
That I am. I had passed on tons of cool dragons over the 30+ years I have been customizing as I only did sci-fi projects but now that I have added fantasy concepts with my Tolkien III world, I am playing catch up :)
There are still a few more dragons I want to get before I feel I will have enough to populate any future Tolkien III projects but I will get them as the opportunities present themselves.
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Not a lot of new purchases lately as I spent quite a bit at Comic Con. Also trying to save money now with Christmas coming up, but I did pick this up the other day. Its a blu-ray set of the Boston Red Sox 2013 Collectors Edition. It comes with the clinching Game 6 victory of the American League Championship Series, as well as all 6 games of the World Series, with a bonus disc included. I saw this in store for $75, but it was on sale for $50. I remember watching this on Amazon, so I rechecked there and it was at $20! They had about 6 left so naturally I jumped on it.
I now have this set to go along with the 2004 and 2007 Collectors Edition sets.
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Nice, perfect for you!
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Tonight at Michaels, I found this awesome Safari Ltd. Toob full of miniature versions of 6 of their full sized dragons. I snagged it with a 50% off coupon so it only cost $5.34 after tax.
They have done Toobz of dragons before, but they have always been "chunky" (soft sculpting and wings as thick as those on their full sized counterparts) so I never picked them up before. These, however, are much improved sculpting wise and their wings' thickness is in proportion to their bodies.
The Toob contains miniature versions of the Forest, Cloud, Mountain, Ice, Golden and Chinese Dragons.
I plan on repainting them and using them as juvenile dragons. I might get a few more sets as I get more 50% off coupons.
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Here are pics of the new miniature dragons with their full sized counterparts.
Top to bottom:
Forest
Cloud
Mountain
Ice
I do not own the full sized versions of the Golden or Chinese Dragons as I am not fond of their designs.
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Pretty cool Dan. I love dragons too.
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I just got this awesome McFarlane Fantasy Series Eternal Dragon in the mail. My friend Matt picked it up for me at Assembly Required a few weeks back.
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That looks pretty tough.
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As I am still out of comission due to this respiratory infection (I am breathing better, but still not freely), my wife surprised me with this beautiful Safari Ltd. Phoenix to add to my mythological menagerie!
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Got this off ebay the other day. As soon as I saw it I was like "I want it."
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Newest acquisitions! Tanooki Mario and Fire Luigi from the World of Nintendo line (4.5 inch figures). The Fire and Tanooki powerups are some of my favorites, and the Tanooki Mario figure itself is fantastic. The tail is movable as well. I always wanted a Tanooki Mario figure ever since Mario 3 came out for the original Nintendo. If they come out with a Hammer Mario figure I'll go nuts lol.
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I discovered that TRU will price-match several competitors' online prices in addition to their in-store prices so I decided to pick up the 2 Schleich items TRU carries that Walmart.com had for crazy low prices.
The scorpion rider, regularly priced at $49.99 at TRU was $28.20 on Walmart's site.
The Dragon Flyer, regular TRU retail $28.99, was $14.92 on Walmart.com.
Saved quite a nice chunk of change and picked up some stuff I have been wanting since I saw them at Toy Fair in February :)
Too bad I did not know about the price-matching last week when Walmart.com had the Dragon Battering Ram and Dragon Warrior in stock for about half of TRU's price :(
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Wow Dan, cool stuff. That scorpion rider is off the charts cool.
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Last week, after payng the rent, car insurance and various other responsible adult things, I decided to treat myself to some Schleich items that are not carried in brick and mortar stores anywhere near me. I ordered 3 items from www.Walmart.com and 2 of them showed up today (the final item is arriving tomorrow).
I picked up Bullmeras (troll/giant) w/giant firing crossbow and the Dragon Fighter.
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They look good Dan. I am glad that worked out after the horrible experience you had in Wal Mart to get em.
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Picked up my Schleich Dragon Runner from Walmart.com.
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You are getting a heck of a dragon collection now Dan.
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I got these awesome 1/18 scale Transformers casts in the mail today.
I cannot wait to paint them up :)
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I got 2 AWESOME Schleich items for Christmas!
My in-laws got me the TRU exclusive Blue Dragon w/rider that I have been wanting for over 3 years and my wife got me the Griffon w/rider to comlete the set :)
Sadly, some jerk stole the Griffon Rider's spear (Schleich uses open box packaging and this is a common occurence) but I will not let that diminish my joy :)
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Got a great box of fodder in the mail from my friend Eric!
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Using some holiday money from my mother, I placed an order with Safari Ltd. for the last 3 dragons I was missing.
I got the Desert, Cabe and Guardian Dragons in the mail today.
I have been wanting the Desert Dragon since I saw it at Toy Fair last year :)
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Here is an updated picture of my Schleich Battle Arena full of combatants :)
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Nice, very nice. Love all the beasties.
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For Christmas I got an amazon gift card, which came in handy as I've been watching this for a while - Fenway Park: Home of the Boston Red Sox (100th Anniversary Collector's Set). There's 12 discs, with old games, highlights and a documentary. It also comes with a 28 page tribute.
Also picked up The Walking Dead Season 5 on blu-ray. There were 2 left, the first one the sleeve was a bit wrinkled. I grabbed the other one and unfortunately this one was also a bit mangled. However, the entire fifth season, 16 episodes on blu-ray for 30 bucks? Sounds like a win.
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Nice. I got some handy motion lights in. I will snap a few pics of them installed. Wait till you guys see where my new man cave might be.
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Forgot to post this the other day, I picked up a World of Nintendo 8-bit Mario figure. I would like to get 8-bit Luigi as well.
Today I picked up some UDF Mario figures. These are fairly new, and UDF stands for Ultra Detail Figure. They are very nice figures. I picked up Fire Mario from New Super Mario Bros. U, Tanooki Mario from Super Mario Bros. 3 and Yoshi from Super Mario World.
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I got this awesome Davros Christmas ornament from my friend Eric. It looks AWESOME with the 3.75" "Doctor Who" figures :)
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Pretty cool and daggone your phone or camera takes fantastic pictures.
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Pretty cool and daggone your phone or camera takes fantastic pictures.
Thanks.
I use my phone for quick pics like this. I have an LG G4, which has the best camera available in a phone right now. I use my regular camera for taking lots of pics at places like NYCC and Toy Fair. My regular camera is a 16 megapixel Canon PHD (Push Here Dummy), nothing too fancy but it gets the job done :)
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Picked up a few more UDF Mario figures last night.
Mario from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Luigi from Luigi's Mansion 2
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I got a great box full of Schleich Eldrador goodies!
I picked up the red version of the Blue Dragon w/Rider that I got for Christmas, the last 3 Dragons I was missing (Battering Ram, Hunter, and Warrior) as well as 2 accessory sets.
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The accessory sets are not as nice as the dragons unfortunately.
The sword from the Dragon's Treasure is cheap looking but I think I can save it with one of my paintjobs :)
The crystal base from the Magic Fire Sword is not nearly as well executed as the protoype was but it is still servicable.
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Red Dragon w/Rider
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I love the dragon stuff. I had a dragon shelf once upon a time. Still one of my favorite books is the Dragonlance Book called Legend of Huma. I will go so see any movie with a feature focus on dragons no matter how awful.
I like the sword in the stone, with your paint work it will be something special.
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At Toys R Us I picked up a Gold Mario figure from the World of Nintendo line. They also had Cat Luigi, and while I'm not a fan of that power-up, I'm always welcomed to more Luigi figures. They only had one and the paint job was a bit spotty so I passed.
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Got six "Mutant" animal men and 2 medieval weapons aaccessory sets from the European toy company Papo.
Here are the Dragon, Alligator, Rhino and Tiger Mutants.
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Here are the Lion and Ram Mutants and the Accessory Sets.
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Dan, those are great. I think I like the Alligator man the best.
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While waiting to check out at Toys R Us, I saw these Mario question block candies at the register. The candies are in the shapes of coins, and the question blocks are tin cases. I only bought them for the question block cases, I threw out the candies. I think they make great display pieces, especially with the new articulated Mario figures.
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Finally found an 8-Bit Luigi to go with 8-Bit Mario. I tried stores like Target and Toys R Us, and I end up finding him in Walgreen's of all places lol.
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After the gym today, I went to the Corrado's pet store on the other side of the strip mall and I found this awesome poystone fish tank decoration by BioBubble.
It is called the "Giant Leech" and resembles a creature straight out of "Dungeons & Dragons"! It is missing a small row or rubber sea anemone-like tentacles that go between the body and the neck so I got it for 20% off of the retail price. I have some great tentacles in one of my creature boxes in the garage that will go in the gap at some point in the near future. It needs a complete repaint as well since they factory applied paint is just a sloppy dry brush effort. The neck is "articulated" to the point that it can be rotated at the base to point different directions.
Now I have a great new creature for my fantasy menagerie :)
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More pics including 1 with a 3.75" knight for scale.
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Dan that is so cool. I love all that fantasy stuff you have. I used to love D and D as a kid. I wonder if they still play it anymore? I guess they do.
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My beautiful wife got me a late Valentines' Day gift today.
She got me Neca's original 1954 version of Godzilla!
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Picked up a Cat Luigi figure today. I'm not a fan of this new power-up, but any Luigi figure is gladly welcomed. I think I should be caught up until the next wave.
(Inserting a stock photo as I don't feel like taking him off the shelf lol)
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Scored 2 more of the newest Schleich castles for $9.97 (with free store pick up) from Walmart.com!
I came up with this configuration using all 3 of these castles that I now own.
The remaining grey pieces will be used for other projects.
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I came up with a much better configuration for my 3 Schleich Big Knights Castles!
The configuration in the post above was too narrow front to back. This new configuration allows for far mor room for figures/beasts/ fantasy gear to be displayed without looking too cramped.
After taking these pics, I moved the tower in the back to the front right of the castle and it looks even better.
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That is one awesome set up. Wow, what a steal at ten bucks a piece.
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After running a bunch of errands I needed to do after work, I found myself in the vicinity of the Bergen Town Center (formerly the Bergen Mall). I hit the TRU down below and having no luck there hit the Target in the mall proper where I FINALLY found the "Marvel Legends" Defenders Of Asgard comic pack I have been hunting for over a week.
Everywhere I went, I always found the other 2 sets (Machine Man/Iron Man and Vance Astro/Falcon Cap) but no Lady Thor/Odinson sets until today. This was the only Marvel item I saw at Toy Fair that was worth picking up.
I mainly wanted it for the Odinson, who will be a big meathead barbarian in my fantasy diorama. Lady Thor will hang out with my movie Asgardians on a different shelf or possible be a female Titan as she is taller than most of my regular 3.75" fantasy figures.
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I saw your post on FB about that Thor set. It is so nice to see comic sets out again. So hope they do the same thing again for SW Comics.
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I got an awesome package in the mail from one of my friends.
The big gargoyle is one of my "grail" items!
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Nothing new for Star Wars stuff in my area, looks like its another dry spell here.
Last week I picked up an Amiibo Warp Pipe display for the Nintendo Amiibos. While they are designed for the Amiibos, I think they make great display pieces for the World of Nintendo figures. I attached a few photos to show the differences.
Today, while doing some clothes shopping (yay adult related things!) I found the movie 42 on blu-ray for $7.50.
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Nice, I picked up some parts and supplies for a tote box I am making.
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Scored a "Playmation" MODOK and a "Marvel Infinite Series" Ares today at 5Below!
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Got 3 awesome dragons and a cybernetic creature from the "Quake" game series today in the mail!
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Dan, you have one heck of a Dragon collection now!
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I picked up The Legend of Zelda: Complete Series on DVD today. It's the show from the late 80's. Although I already own a box set of the show (complete series also), that box set also had a few live action Mario skits (which was why I bought that set). This DVD is just the Zelda cartoon itself, all 13 episodes. Granted its a cheesy show, but it was an easy pickup for $5 and nostalgia purposes.
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Got a package from www.whona.com today containing a 12th Doctor in spacesuit from the episode "Kill The Moon" and the 1973 Supreme Dalek from "Planet Of The Daleks".
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More Daleks! I am wondering how many different versions there are?
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More Daleks! I am wondering how many different versions there are?
Lots and lots of different versions over the last 50+ years of television, and that is not even counting the ones from comics, novels and games!
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I guess it is safe to assume hundreds, looks like you are on a goal to own or make them all. I like it!
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Getting ready for opening day.
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NJCC score!
Some of the b&w boxed figures were picked up for other people, but 1 of each are mine. The small baggie is full of cast goodies from my friend Kevin (heads, a shield and a small dio prop).
The blue suited 10th Doctor was purchased at a Gamestop near where the con was held in Cherry Hill. I already had a 10th Doctor in a different outfit, but this is his iconic look so I wanted to replace the one I already had on display.
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These look great in your dio Dan. I am seriously considering ordering a set of these even though I do not need a new line to collect, they just look so cool.
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Walmart and Gamestop scores!
The Schleich cave diorama was $19.99 on Walmart.com.
The brown outfit Amy Pond variants (which are alot harder to find than the original black/grey outfit version) were clearanced at Gamestop for $4.97 each.
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Awesome clearance scores on the way home from work today!
I got 3 more Papo Fire Dragon w/Minotaur sets for $1.98 each at TRU in Totowa and an Eaglemoss "Doctor Who" Silent figurine for $9.98 at Gamestop in Totowa.
The Silent is a non articulated resin figure but it is scaled to the action figure line. I picked it up because I doubt Character Options will ever get around to making the Silents in the 3.75" line.
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Got my package from www.whona.com containing 5 more 12th Doctor in space suit figures.
I will headswap the figures to make generic spacers for my diorama as the main reason I bought them was for the space germs (spiderlike creatures).
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I see the flu is hitting you hard Dan. I hope you feel better soon. Good to see you getting some goodies though.
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My awesome wife surprised me today with a great "feel better gift" (I am battling the flu)- another Schleich Big Knights Castle that she found on clearance at TRU for $29.98!
Now I have 4 of them and I will be able to make a massive circular castle with them!
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Here is the FINAL configuration of my Schleich Big Knights Castle containing 4 sets.
This thing is ENORMOUS! It measures 64" across (length and width are the same as it is circular) and 21" tall at the top of the highest tower (it is a full 24" tall if you count the flagpole atop the tower).
I cannot get over just how awesome this playset is and really wish I had something of this scale and complexity when I was a kid ;D
The leftover parts- 2 more central stone areas (like under the tallest tower) and 5 unused stone "elbows" will be uses for future customs projects. An additional central stone area and 3 elbows are being used for my in-progress "Skull Mound" diorama.
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Dan that looks pretty cool. Lots of options there.
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I found a single Tamashii Nations "Burning Flame" Effect (Red Ver.) at Barnes & Nobel after work today!
This thing is AWESOME (2 of the flames are even ball jointed for additional posing!) and I want these in every color of the spectrum right now!
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Oh man, that fire is awesome. Is that a 4" Gandalf? Curious about the scale. I've seen random imports/collector items at Barnes & Noble before, I'll have to keep looking. Or buy boatloads of hot glue ;D
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Oh man, that fire is awesome. Is that a 4" Gandalf? Curious about the scale. I've seen random imports/collector items at Barnes & Noble before, I'll have to keep looking. Or buy boatloads of hot glue ;D
That Gandalf is indeed 4" (actually 3.75" scale but he is quite tall so he stands just over 4").
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Wow, amazon.com is showing 3 different versions of this. The Blue Version is on sale and prime!
http://amzn.to/1XMaKya
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I just can't get over how cool these Bandai Tamashii Nations Tamashii Effect Burning Flame Action Figures are!
Thanks to Dan posting on these I did a little research on good ole Amazon.com and have found that there are three different colored versions of this:
Red (http://amzn.to/1r3Ds3f)
Blue (http://amzn.to/1r3DgAZ)
and a Dark Purple (http://amzn.to/1Sg1mCL)
Couldn't you just see Darth Vader, the Emperor, or your favorite Sith or Jedi Character surrounded by these! Click here (http://amzn.to/1po7QnD) to get see em all.
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Actually Bandai Tamashii Nations effects are available several places. BBTS has them for sale or pre-order (some are sold out already). There are the fire effects, ground impact effects (in gray and beige and a magma one), wave effects (clear and blue), aura effects (blue and yellow), "thunder" effects (blue and yellow), explosion effects (grey and red). There may be other effects as well, but these are the ones I'm familiar with.
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Barnes & Nobel (Rt 17 in Paramus) score!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160423_162257-1_zpsszkdu6fe.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160423_162257-1_zpsszkdu6fe.jpg.html)
The "Doctor Who" The Curator set was 50% off. I do not collect the 5.5" range but have been eying the lenticular "Gallifrey Falls No More" painting since it was released a few years back so I grabbed it for that.
If anyone is interested in the 5.5" Curator (4th Doctor Tom Baker's surprise cameo in the 50th anniversary special) figure LMK.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160423_163102-1_zps7moadvp2.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160423_163102-1_zps7moadvp2.jpg.html)
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Well Dan started off the end of last week with a cool review of their Red Burning Articulated Effect (http://amzn.to/1NKGA96) and I started doing a little digging.
Well now I have found out that they have a ton of different style effects like the blue lightning (http://amzn.to/1NKGxKj) you see above. There is also a yellow version (http://amzn.to/26nK2lw) of it.
There are also just a ton of different ground, wave, and explosion effects too along with awesome looking display stands for that one of a kind action figure or custom. Click here (http://amzn.to/26nK50J) to go peruse em all. Good luck buying just one!
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Picked up another 8-bit Luigi today at Target. They have an 8-bit Mario in modern colors, and I plan on customizing this one with the modern colors for Luigi.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_171857-1_zpstx8fvl56.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_171857-1_zpstx8fvl56.jpg.html)
Thanks to my recently selling some of my comics, I got a big box of Schleich awesomeness from www.happyhentoys.com (after doing grown up stuff with the money like paying rent and bills ;) )!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_173118-1_zpsytspp8so.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_173118-1_zpsytspp8so.jpg.html)
"Eldrador" Griffon w/Warrior - this griffon looks like it is the offspring of their earlier "Knights" armored griffon.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_173250-1_zpsrkqzvcle.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_173250-1_zpsrkqzvcle.jpg.html)
"Eldrador" Dragon w/Warrior - this dragon looks like it is the offspring of their earlier "Knights" armored dragon.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_174057-1_zpspodc85sx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_174057-1_zpspodc85sx.jpg.html)
More "Eldrador" knights' factions flags for my 2 giant castles.
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"Eldrador" Dragon Diver
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"Wild Life" Fern - can plug into holes in the Cave, Waterfall, and River dioramas.
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"Wild Life" Waterfall diorama.
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The Waterfall came with this flamingo figurine.
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"Wild Life" River diorama.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_180151-1_zpspmohuuzm.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_180151-1_zpspmohuuzm.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_180232-1_zpshcbqtpjt.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_180232-1_zpshcbqtpjt.jpg.html)
The Waterfall and River dioramas can connect in 2 different configurations.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160428_180337-1_zps04hschhl.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160428_180337-1_zps04hschhl.jpg.html)
And can even connect to the older Cave diorama for a larger display!
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Schleich is so smart with their stuff. That water stuff looks real.
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Schleich is so smart with their stuff. That water stuff looks real.
The water effect is very creatively done- there is an opaque plastic sheet with the riverbed details printed on it that attaches to the tan base. A hard clear plastic piece that is textured like water is then placed over it and the tan river bank pieces go on the sides to anchor the 2 river pieces. Gives it a nice 3D effect that looks like you are looking into a fairly deep fast moving river despite being less than 1/4" thick.
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I have been wanting a "World Of Nintendo" Metroid for a long time but gave up due to the stupid prices they fetch on ebay always resulting in bare shelves and today I lucked into not 1 but 2! I grabbed them both :) !
TRU has all of their Schleich items on clearance. I snagged all of their Hay and Straw bundles for $1.99 each! I might hit up some more TRUs for more.
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I hit up the 2 TRUs in Paramus (Rts 4 + 17) after work and scored more Schleich cleance goodies!
The Rt 17 TRU had 5 more of the "Eldrador" set but I will wait for them to be clearanced lower before getting the rest.
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The dungeon creatures are small but really nicely detailed. The paint on the bug and dragon is not as complex as the paint on the lizard, but I can rectify that :)
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Here you can see that the Hay and Straw bundles act as "supplies" inside my castle walls. Eventually they will be split between the 2 castles when the second one eventually gets set up again.
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Picked up a PVC Inspector Gadget figure off ebay. Already had this but it was rather old and missing the blades on the copter. Nice to get a new and complete one. Maybe I'll paint the old one gray so he has the right color trenchcoat.
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My awesome wife bought me a 2013 SDCC exclusive "Heroclix" Shuma-Gorath today at Time Warp Comics And Games!
I have wanted one of these for 3 years and I FINALLY have one!
This figurine is awesome and fits in nicely with my other eldrich creatures. There is a hidden ball on it's backside where the tentacles come together that articulates the eye, allowing it to look in any direction!
With a 3.75" knight for scale:
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Pretty cool Dan.
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Picked up these Mario Bros. S.H. Figuarts today. They are nicely sculpted and detailed figures, great articulation as well. They have quite a few others I'd like to get. With the accessories given and lack of space at the moment I'll be keeping these boxed for the time being.
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Bought myself a birthday present this afternoon: the "Pacific Rim" Kaiju Mutavore!
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_135332-1_zpspongcfrx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_135332-1_zpspongcfrx.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_135353-1_zpscug94gey.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_135353-1_zpscug94gey.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_135431-1_zpsyeqlguu9.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_135431-1_zpsyeqlguu9.jpg.html)
W/ 3.75" figure for scale:
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My birthday presents from my beautiful wife: "Warcraft" 6" Orcs!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_140455-1_zpsykdwlhui.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_140455-1_zpsykdwlhui.jpg.html)
Durotan
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_145023_HDR-1_zpsfedtvser.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_145023_HDR-1_zpsfedtvser.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_145030_HDR-1_zpsqmpxjfom.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_145030_HDR-1_zpsqmpxjfom.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_145038_HDR-1_zpsyp7lxvk7.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_145038_HDR-1_zpsyp7lxvk7.jpg.html)
Blackhand
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_144925_HDR-1_zpszyisu5na.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_144925_HDR-1_zpszyisu5na.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_144939_HDR-1_zpsdekwmkpn.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_144939_HDR-1_zpsdekwmkpn.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160604_145051-1_zpsgtzurnqp.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160604_145051-1_zpsgtzurnqp.jpg.html)
With 3.75" figure for scale:
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They look great! Those Orcs are perfect for your dios.
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My "super" haul today.
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My awesome wife picked up these cool animal skeletons for me today at a local dollar store!
They are above usual dollar store quality and the anatomy aside from the vertebrae on the horse's neck is pretty good, much better than many of the animal and dino skeletons you usually see in dollar stores.
I really like the ape skull, hopefully I can find more of these sets in the future.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160611_125602-1_zpsnip2iwve.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160611_125602-1_zpsnip2iwve.jpg.html)
This is interesting as it also shows a snake model on the bottom left corner. I am guessing that there might be other sets available with different models. There is a website on the back of the packaging ( www.oceandesertsales.com. ) which I am going to check out and see if there are other sets pictured.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160611_125756-1_zpsec8wohgw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160611_125756-1_zpsec8wohgw.jpg.html)
Note the funky vertebrae on the horses in the middle row.
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With 3.75" figure for scale.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160611_130100-1_zpshelzojtu.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160611_130100-1_zpshelzojtu.jpg.html)
The ape skulls are worth the cost of the entire set alone.
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I went back to the $1 store my wife got the skeletal animals for me from and bought the last 3 packs they had.
I lucked out and 1 of the 3 sets was the set with 3 different skeletons than I had already gotten. What I initially thought to be a gator based on the pic I found online turned out to be some form of prehistoric whale (this is the weakest of the models, detail wise).
The snake looks less like a skeletal snake and more like some kind of segmented armored alien snake. I will be removing the skull and adding a different head to make it an alien snake in a diorama. The skull will be used as well in a different diorama.
The parrot is the best of the 3. The sculpting is really well done and this one does the best job (along with the snake) of hiding the hole where the plastic was injected into the mold. The other models have the injection hole in the center of their ribcages ruining the detail there but the parrot has it on the bottom of its perch.
I eventually hope to score some more of these sets.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160611_200459-1_zpsdlyrqxu7.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160611_200459-1_zpsdlyrqxu7.jpg.html)
With 3.75" scale figure:
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The skeleton animals are fantastic. I will be on the look out for those!
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I received packages from Cap and drbindy of Joe Customs today containing all of the awesomeness pictured below!
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160614_173020-1_zpsfbeswcvw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160614_173020-1_zpsfbeswcvw.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160614_173745-1_zpsl9eyzd8m.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160614_173745-1_zpsl9eyzd8m.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160614_173657-1_zpseecv3oir.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160614_173657-1_zpseecv3oir.jpg.html)
The biggest surprise were the 2 vintage "Dragonheart" dragons in the box from Eric. I had these guys (and the larger Griffon Dragon and the electronic supersized ultimate Draco) almost 2 decades ago but they were lost in one move or another. I was actively looking for them again at NYCC and local toy shows/shops last year but gave up hope of ever having them again so imagine the joy I experienced when I pulled them out of the bubble wrap! Maybe someday I will reacquire the other 2 as well.
I got tons of great figures, dragons, accessories and diorama pieces today and I still have at least 3 more trade packages on their way to me that will contain even more customizing awesomeness! ????
Thanks again, guys!
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Another $1 store score!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160615_174035-1_zpshg993mwv.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160615_174035-1_zpshg993mwv.jpg.html)
A few months back, I got a trade package from Dark Jedi on Joe Customs containing, in addition to the items we traded on, an assortment of small dragons. The adult dragons were molds I already had from a pair of polybags I had gotten from a local $1 store, but the dragon hatchlings breaking out of their shells were new and awesome. After all of this time, I lucked upon several packs of dragons with the hatchlings included. I found these at the same store I had gotten the polybags from last year. The hatchlings were worth the $1 a package by themselves. The hatchlings need painting, but the sculpts are pretty far above dollar store quality.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160615_174230-1_zpsmj1hr0n0.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160615_174230-1_zpsmj1hr0n0.jpg.html)
They had 20 packs but I only picked up 10 for now. When I have some more "fun money", I will swing by the $1 store again and get the other 10 if they are still there.
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Got a trade package full of "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." awesomeness today!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160618_123347-1_zpsvgkas1bm.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160618_123347-1_zpsvgkas1bm.jpg.html)
FINALLY having their Skeletons in hand, I can say they were truly worth the wait since their announcement over 2 years ago!
With contents of Silver Accessory Set laid out:
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I am so tempted to get into HACKS, but have resisted so far. They do look great though. Those skeletons are right up your alley Dan!
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I am so tempted to get into HACKS, but have resisted so far. They do look great though. Those skeletons are right up your alley Dan!
The Greek stuff really did not do much for me aside from the Skeletons and snake bodied Gorgons, but the next Series due early next year is fantasy based so I will be buying tons of the Orcs, Knights, Barbarians, etc.
After that is the Retro Space series which pulls its inspiration from 50's and 60's sci-fi imagery (lots of jet packs with fins, bubble helmets and ray guns :) ).
Series 4 is Pirates Vs. Merpeople which will be awesome!
They are a bit pricey at $20 for named characters, but they are worth every penny as they are SUPER articulated and have some of the best paint apps I have ever seen at this scale. The Boss Fight Studio crew are all former Hasbro designers/sculptors/etc. so if you like TVC era Star Wars figures or modern (25th Anniversary to now) G.I.Joes, then you will love these figures.
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Grabbed 2 Skyrim Dovahkiin figures at a local Target (Columbus, Ohio). I don't normally collect 6" of anything, but he was too good to pass up at $16. The extra is for my brother, who's currently on another Skyrim kick (I'll never go near it again! I have a life now!)
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As a teacher of history (Ancient Greece at that) I could so set up a few mini-dios with these. Maybe. We will see.
I am sure I will decide I want em when you can't find em anymore.
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I had a $5 Toys R Us Rewards voucher emailed to me today so I hit the Totowa TRU and snagged another Schleich Big Feed Set. Cost me nothing as it was $4.97 but the vouchcer negated the cost so there wasn't even tax to pay!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160624_180817-1_zpsidut8nik.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160624_180817-1_zpsidut8nik.jpg.html)
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My Mario haul this past week includes:
Princess Peach from the World of Nintendo line. What's a Mario collection without the Princess?
Bowser from S.H. Figuarts. I'm just blown away by this figure, the likeness and detail is fantastic.
I also bought a Boo and 8-Bit Donkey Kong. I have an extra 8-Bit Mario I'd like to paint, representing his appearance from the game Donkey Kong to go with the DK figure.
Lastly I picked up an amiibo Mario end level display. I wasn't going to pick this up initially, but it was marked down 3 times. It started out at $24.97, then $19.97, and finally $14.97. At that price I had to get it. I don't collect amiibos but I thought this would make a nice display piece to go with the action figures.
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Snagged this on clearance at TRU for $2.97. I have wanted that golden armored elf for a long time but didn't want the other figures in the $10 pack.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160625_144901-1_zpsbhnan3x4.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160625_144901-1_zpsbhnan3x4.jpg.html)
I hope to score another at this price in the near future so I can have 2 of the golden armored elves as guards in my diorama.
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Hit the TRU in Secaucus NJ after dinner with my wife looking for another clearance pack of elves with no luck. I did find this cool Schleich Dragon Knight with awesome fire weapons for $2.97 on clearance.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160625_220155-1_zpskfalnhmo.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160625_220155-1_zpskfalnhmo.jpg.html)
I had 2 of the awesome Schleich "Magic Fire Swords" but wanted them to look unique so I modified the one on the left with the fire plumes from the helmet of the knight the sword came with to make a "tri-fire sword".
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160625_222412-1_zpstp5zp0uy.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160625_222412-1_zpstp5zp0uy.jpg.html)
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Cool pick ups. Great fire effect customizing on that sword pommel too.
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Dollar store haul!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160702_151550-1_zpsydcijtgi.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160702_151550-1_zpsydcijtgi.jpg.html)
I returned to the dollar store from a few weeks back and snagged the last of the dragon packs with the hatchlings.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160702_143953-1_zpsbldir2mw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160702_143953-1_zpsbldir2mw.jpg.html)
I also grabbed 4 necklaces to harvest the crystals within their mesh for future projects. Sadly, the black crystals are horribly malformed with tons of air bubbles and poor moldings- they will end up being coal or some other rough stones after I hit them with Testors Dullcote to kill the shine.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160702_150102-1_zpssxhoiwsf.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160702_150102-1_zpssxhoiwsf.jpg.html)
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Interesting way to get crystals.
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Van Saun County Zoo gift shop haul!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160703_161911-1_zpsqaw2cq1g.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160703_161911-1_zpsqaw2cq1g.jpg.html)
Safari Ltd. Cottonmouth Water Moccasins, 5 for $5.50!
With a 1/18 figure for scale:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160703_161958-1_zpsbbnajdpe.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160703_161958-1_zpsbbnajdpe.jpg.html)
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Picked up a S.H. Figuarts Yoshi figure the other day. These are great figures and I love all the accessories they come with. The Mario figure from the same line can also ride Yoshi which is pretty cool. With lack of space and not wanting to lose the accessories I'll be keeping them boxed for the time being.
Also bought a Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia baseball figure from McFarlane. Pedroia is the current Second Baseman on the team. When I was younger I used to collect the baseball Starting Lineup figures. I'm not looking to collect these figures now, I just want to get a few figures. Pedroia is my favorite player (very scrappy ball player) and I'd also like to get David Ortiz, the power hitter who is in his last season playing.
These will look great with my Red Sox shelf.
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Got a trade box full of Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S. and Schleich awesomeness from joemichaels70 of Joe Customs today!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160707_171924-1_zpsqougoac5.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160707_171924-1_zpsqougoac5.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160707_175551-1_zpstkgd78io.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160707_175551-1_zpstkgd78io.jpg.html)
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I just saw that on FB. Nice Dan!
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160710_154119-1_zpsw5swm7j2.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160710_154119-1_zpsw5swm7j2.jpg.html)
Awesome trade package from Erik Araña of Boss Fight Studios full of ?#?VitruvianHACKS? goodness!
The wrist armor and knife are for my Gorgon Empress and High Priestess respectively. The Amazon skirt is for a future custom and the unexpected bonus heads will find homes as parts for future projects!
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I got 2 trade packages in the mail today from Cap and General Hawk from JoeCustoms.com!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160719_152412-1_zpsbbog9gpd.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160719_152412-1_zpsbbog9gpd.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160719_152308-1_zpsxabihwfx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160719_152308-1_zpsxabihwfx.jpg.html)
The packages contained Vintage "Dragonheart" dragons, Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." armor, a Safari Ltd. supply pile and 4 creepy cool gaming miniatures!
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Nice, I am gonna have a dragon to post in here too.
Dan, what do you think about the toysrus dragon?
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=33828456&cp=&parentPage=search
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Nice, I am gonna have a dragon to post in here too.
Dan, what do you think about the toysrus dragon?
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=33828456&cp=&parentPage=search
Not a fan of the soft rubber neck, but it is otherwise a nice looking dragon.
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I finally got the Eaglemoss "Doctor Who" Emperor Dalek Mega Figurine I ordered back on the 4th of July during their 50% off sale!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160721_172123-1_zpsdv3gsxzw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160721_172123-1_zpsdv3gsxzw.jpg.html)
Initially they sent me the wrong figurine and it took another week to get the right one out to me (they let me keep the incorrect figurine) so now it can finally take its place at the head of my Dalek forces!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160721_172157-1_zpsj4qz1z32.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160721_172157-1_zpsj4qz1z32.jpg.html)
Here is a cool dio shot:
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P.S. - This is the incorrect figurine they told me to keep:
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The paintwork on the little Dalek is really sloppy so it needs a complete repaint (it is the proper scale to work with my other 60's Daleks).
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Looks great with all your other Daleks
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Went searching for the last Kaiju from "Pacific Rim" with no success but I did come home with some goodies.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160723_132858-1_zps45dz1cai.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160723_132858-1_zps45dz1cai.jpg.html)
I picked up these 2 "Animal Planet" deep sea sets as the large sea creatures are just awesome looking!
I also scored these 2 items for $.03 each!
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The tree monster I got just for his club. The bird guy with the griffon's sword is broken off/missing, but I gave him a cool spear instead.
EDIT: While breaking down all of the cardboard, I found the broken off sword and glued it back onto the hilt so the bird guy is complete :)
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Boy Dan you find the deals!
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Few more Mario pickups this past week.
- Tanooki Mario and Goomba in the 2.5" line.
- Another SH Figuarts level display. This one comes with a coin, Buzzy Beetle, 2 red pipes (big and small), and a Piranha Plant you can place in the pipes.
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I hit FYE after work today and picked up this awesome "Doctor Who" K-9 keyring to use with my 3.75" figures.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160714_174152-1_zpsyvfsinab.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160714_174152-1_zpsyvfsinab.jpg.html)
You can see here that it is just about PERFECTLY scaled for use with the 3.75" "Doctor Who" line!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160727_180339-1_zpsnurbeg9k.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160727_180339-1_zpsnurbeg9k.jpg.html)
Comparison between the figural air freshener (l) I was previously using in my display and the new key ring (r) to show scale.
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I am debating painting the collar in the colors of the 4th Doctor's scarf and the neck black to match most of the props used on the show (the current blue collar and silver neck appeared far less frequently on the show).
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After work TRU haul!
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I found a third Metroid :)
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The Papo Cyberdragon was clearanced at $3.48.
The "True Legends" tree monster was clearanced at $.03 just like the one I got last weekend, but the cashier gave it to me for free as they were supposed to pull them from the floor!
Here are some better looks at the Papo Cyberdragon:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160728_171159-1_zpsswr7uiyx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160728_171159-1_zpsswr7uiyx.jpg.html)
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Love Neca's work with the Aliens line. This Newt is fantastic! The only part I'm not thrilled about is that the helmet has this weird contouring thing to her hair that makes it impossible to sit right on Hick's head. But a couple minutes with the dremel ought to take care of that. (And yes, that's my custom Apone, as Al Matthews is unlikely to ever let them make a real one.)
(http://i.imgur.com/ZeWyqF8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/w1Ume0p.jpg)
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I don't know how many times I have wished NECA would get a SW license. Great stuff.
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I would actually consider buying the 6 inch line if it were made by NECA. (Mostly because it would probably allow us to have kept the SA 3.75" figures....)
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I picked up Shaun of the Dead and World War Z on Blu-Ray today at Target.
Oh and some clothes because I guess I'm an adult.
Edit: Ended up selling some DVDs at a local comic shop. I used that money to buy a DVD set of the first 3 Indiana Jones films. Also picked up on Blu-Ray Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
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I need to get that Band of Brothers DVD series sometime too.
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Today I hit the Totowa TRU after work and found the final "Pacific Rim" Kaiju from Neca!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160805_172029-1_zpsj7enjnnx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160805_172029-1_zpsj7enjnnx.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160805_182938-1_zpsyjqzfziq.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160805_182938-1_zpsyjqzfziq.jpg.html)
Hardship joins the rest of his fellow Kaiju in my collection :)
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Definitely one of the toughest looking kaijus from Pacific Rim. I was so bummed to hear the movie was put back a bit.
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I picked up 2 cheap lighters at a dollar store just for the metal front pieces.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160806_151525-1_zpsnmjjjm4i.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160806_151525-1_zpsnmjjjm4i.jpg.html)
I pried them off incredibly easily.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160806_151947-1_zps8q1huxjc.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160806_151947-1_zps8q1huxjc.jpg.html)
They will be used for a future custom project. Maybe as wall decorations or even as shields.
Scale comparison with a 3.75" figure:
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I went back to the dollar store from Saturday and grabbed the rest of the lighters that had cool metal front pieces. There were 2 additional designs I left behind because they were not cool enough.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160808_192219-1_zpsyxtkupjj.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160808_192219-1_zpsyxtkupjj.jpg.html)
I wish they had more of the ones with the snakes and the multiple skulls as I would have bought several more for future projects.
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pretty neat if you ask me.
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Sgcaper from www.joecustoms.com sent me a package full of awesome fodder!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160811_171011-1_zpsywzew1po.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160811_171011-1_zpsywzew1po.jpg.html)
The package contained 4 of the brand new Neca "Aliens" facehuggers from the just released Creature Pack, several different "G.I.Joe" arrows, a pair of 50th Anniversary Zartan legs and some "Marauder Task Force" armor plates.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160811_171604-1_zpsxpzz0h71.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160811_171604-1_zpsxpzz0h71.jpg.html)
Also knowing what a huge Grumpy Cat fan I am, he included a souvenir tin of Grumpy Cat mints from Yellowstone National Park! :)
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I finally got a Schleich "Wild Life" Watering Hole diorama!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160812_164644-1_zps3x0qpt20.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160812_164644-1_zps3x0qpt20.jpg.html)
This completes my collection of the various "Wild Life" African elements. These dioramas will serve as an alien planet diorama with the right add-ons.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160812_164353-1_zpsomrv1vxn.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160812_164353-1_zpsomrv1vxn.jpg.html)
This set came with several great animals and fits seamlessly with the River, Waterfall and Cave dioramas
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So cool to see dio pieces.
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Stuff like this is why I love NECA.
(http://i.imgur.com/ypjpKec.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/RuRwX0u.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EJkhGL8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/arKo5iF.jpg)
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I so wish NECA would get a SW license.
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After work today I hit TRU and found the Funko ReAction SDCC "The Dark Crystal" Landstrider With Jen 2pk!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160819_172001-1_zpsf3popaab.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160819_172001-1_zpsf3popaab.jpg.html)
I have never had any interest in the ReAction line as they featured soft sculpts and 70's articulation, but this series is the first to feature modern quality sculpts (they still feature the 5POA articulation though) and I LOVE "The Dark Crystal" so I will be getting this entire line.
Here they are with a 3.75" BFS Spartan for scale:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160819_173636_HDR-1_zps3oez2txa.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160819_173636_HDR-1_zps3oez2txa.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160819_175044-1_zpsvunag5v2.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160819_175044-1_zpsvunag5v2.jpg.html)
At the same time, I also found 10 more Papo Cyberdragons for $3 each!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160819_173833-1_zpscl6epqlg.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160819_173833-1_zpscl6epqlg.jpg.html)
Then, finally, tonight when my wife and I went out to dinner, we stopped at another TRU and I found another Papo Cyberdragon and a Papo Chimeara.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160819_202725-1_zpsr1vc7tug.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160819_202725-1_zpsr1vc7tug.jpg.html)
The best part was that the Chimeara was only $.03 and the Cyberdragon did not have a tag so the cashier just rang up the Chimeara twice! Total cost: $.06! :)
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Dark Crystal stuff is awesome. I didn't even know the ReAction line was getting Dark Crystal. I could easily get sucked into getting all of these myself.
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I stopped in Barnes & Noble Thursday night and noticed they are selling more collectible items. I picked up another Super Mario Bros. SH Figuarts set, this one being Set D. I still got a few left to get. They are very good sets.
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Nice way to start the weekend. Found the latest wave in the World of Nintendo Mario figures.
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Scored 6 Schleich Feed Sets at 2 different TRUs for only $3 each!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160826_193654-1_zps5y9kt7ih.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160826_193654-1_zps5y9kt7ih.jpg.html)
I picked up these 3 bags of awesome GITD decorative stones at Michaels today for only $3.20 each as I had 50% off coupons.
They will be used in a diorama as ore on an alien world.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160826_193709-1_zps1lvy1mwu.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160826_193709-1_zps1lvy1mwu.jpg.html)
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Dan how you sniff out all those great deals amazes me. I would just like to follow you on your toy runs a time or two.
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Hit another TRU and grabbed three more of the $2.98 Schleich Feed Sets to even up my number of hay bales.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160828_150027-1_zpshm7kewkw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160828_150027-1_zpshm7kewkw.jpg.html)
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Dan how you sniff out all those great deals amazes me. I would just like to follow you on your toy runs a time or two.
do have a lot of luck when it comes to finding awesome bargains :)
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Yes you do.
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TRU haul for today.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160830_180719-1_zpsmaomuzsv.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160830_180719-1_zpsmaomuzsv.jpg.html)
The Schleich Therizinosaurus was only $13 (down from almost $30) after being pricematched to www.Walmart.com. I have wanted one of these for awhile but kept passing because of the price, but when I saw the sale on www.Walmart.com, I utilized TRU's seldom mentioned pricematching policy.
The 18" "Warcraft" figure was reduced to $24.95 and there was an additional 30% off sale due to the impending DVD release of the movie so it only cost $17.89! Again, I have been wanting 1 for a bit now to represent an Uber Troll (larger species than a Great Troll) in my fantasy display but the original $39.99 price tag made me wait. I made a custom tree trunk mace for him a few weeks back that still needs painting.
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I got this awesome and long out of production Chap Mei armored sabertoothed cat from the "Savage Beast Raiders" line from Joe Armory!
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Interesting find. Reminds me of the Mech Lions.
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After getting my hair cut this morning, Liz and I ran some pre-hurricane errands.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160903_132205-1_zpsfceo53sh.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160903_132205-1_zpsfceo53sh.jpg.html)
At the same dollar store I found those dragons and those lighters with the great metal fronts I found these awesome skulls in their Halloween set up.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160903_132515-1_zpsdyqzmwod.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160903_132515-1_zpsdyqzmwod.jpg.html)
These skulls are different that the other 2 varieties I have in that they have more simian features (smaller ocular orbits and longer mandibles) than the others. They will be used in a future to be determined diorama project.
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Stay safe with that hurricane stuff Dan. I was hoping it would send some rain our way, but no luck. Ain't it sad when you don't want it to be pretty for labor day weekend!
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Dollar store diorama fodder haul thanks to my awesome wife!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5911_zpswldqqbti.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5911_zpswldqqbti.jpg.html)
These 2 bird skeletons are huge (7") and are articulated (beak, neck, wings) and will be used for Gryffin skeletons after modification.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5912_zpsajd3hosa.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5912_zpsajd3hosa.jpg.html)
The fanged skull is about 5" and will be part of a future fantasy environment.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5916_zps2zrl5pdx.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5916_zps2zrl5pdx.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5915_zpsfo0dpcpr.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5915_zpsfo0dpcpr.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5914_zpsrki2ywmw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5914_zpsrki2ywmw.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5913_zps22qtonsv.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5913_zps22qtonsv.jpg.html)
The plants are 12" for the short green one and 18" for the blue/purple ones. They will be cut down for shorter plants (maybe 2.5" - 3.5") for a future alien jungle diorama.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/DSCN5917%202_zps4loojk5h.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/DSCN5917%202_zps4loojk5h.jpg.html)
I also got this McFarlane Toys "X-Files" diorama element at a church sale on my block for $.50 after we got home today!
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Picked up some official MLB baseballs from Walmart today. If you go to a sports store they would want about $15 just for one. They were $7 so I grabbed 2.
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I forgot to post this yesterday.
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My awesome wife bought me another Funko ReAction "The Dark Crystal" Landstrider w/Jen set for being the best husband in the world :)
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Dollar Tree diorama fodder haul!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160914_171428-1_zpsd8d4xw1z.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160914_171428-1_zpsd8d4xw1z.jpg.html)
The big skull is 6" or 7". The 2 skulls on the stands have articulated jaws. There were also solid, 1 piece variants but I wanted the articulated jaws for variety in case I want to remove them. The stands also have diorama fodder potential. I am debating getting 2 more.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160914_171533-1_zpsfxsuph7z.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160914_171533-1_zpsfxsuph7z.jpg.html)
The real stars of this haul are the GITD skulls with stakes. They have great detailing. I plan to pick up a few more next time I hit Dollar Tree.
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TRU Schleich clearance haul!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160914_220449-1_zpslzowweid.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160914_220449-1_zpslzowweid.jpg.html)
All of the figures were $1.58 each and the creature was $3.98!
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Leave it to you to find such good deals.
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I returned to Dollar Tree and picked up the last of the skulls I wanted for future diorama projects.
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I was really surprised to discover that there are 2 different designs for the GITD skulls. I ended up with 3 of each.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160915_183005-1_zpsrhy8qamn.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160915_183005-1_zpsrhy8qamn.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160915_183112-1_zpspt73nsqk.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160915_183112-1_zpspt73nsqk.jpg.html)
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Went to Walmart and grabbed one more official MLB baseball, still on sale for $7. It was the last one so I figured why not.
No luck with any early releases of the Rogue One products either. Resistance X-wings (blue) in my area are on sale for $35. I'm waiting for them to go a bit lower before I buy another one. I'd like to get a second and paint it for Red Squadron.
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Another TRU Schleich clearance haul!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160916_173310-1_zpsb6mek22j.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160916_173310-1_zpsb6mek22j.jpg.html)
These were $1.58 each but after my Rewards certificate, they cost me $2.27 in total
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You sure don't seem to need a very large collecting budget. Pennies here and there! Great finds.
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You sure don't seem to need a very large collecting budget. Pennies here and there! Great finds.
Thanks!
I have gotten to the point where I am not really buying much at all anymore due to the increasing cost of toys so I am being very selective as to what I do buy so finding these incredible clearance deals really helps.
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Dollar store and Halloween store hauls!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160917_121122-1_zpsonexjhxe.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160917_121122-1_zpsonexjhxe.jpg.html)
The bobble skulls utilize the same molds as the GITD skulls I have been picking up but have the bonus of both spinal columns and usable disc bases for additional projects.
The shrieking skull is 5" and from the same manufacturer as the fanged skull from a week ago.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160917_121221-1_zpsv8mb9sja.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160917_121221-1_zpsv8mb9sja.jpg.html)
At the Halloween store on Rt46, I picked up two 18-count bags of 1/6 scale skulls.
These 2 hauls fulfill all of my larger than 1/18 scale skull needs to last the rest of my diorama building life :)
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Vasquez! Love the figure, but it IS odd they skimped on some of the details, like the "Adios!" on the smartgun. Still, one of their best likenesses ever.
(http://i.imgur.com/DDNlESC.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EOg1cCp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/yp7qYeP.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/pcX8YLC.jpg)
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I love the torso guns they have. So many uses for so many genres. You are getting some good stuff here this month!
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I picked up this Safari Ltd. Cerberus at A.C. Moore with a 55% off coupon! It needs some tightening up of the paint apps (collars, nails and mouth interiors).
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160924_163317-1_zpsg4aetcl7.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160924_163317-1_zpsg4aetcl7.jpg.html)
On the way back to my car, I found the tiny tan prehistoric armored mammal in the parking lot (squating down to pick him up was excruciating as my back is currently messed up :( ). He needs a new, less friendly, head and a repaint before joining the rest of my sci-fi menagerie.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160924_163415-1_zpsm08h5iux.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160924_163415-1_zpsm08h5iux.jpg.html)
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Hope your back gets a bit better before we put you to work next week. Feel better Dan!
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Picked up some awesome diorama fodder at Target after work!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160926_175546-1_zpsg0ur2qoz.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160926_175546-1_zpsg0ur2qoz.jpg.html)
Creatures were $6 each and hands were $2 each.
3.75" figure for scale:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160926_175705-1_zpsgjshve9b.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160926_175705-1_zpsgjshve9b.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160926_175646-1_zpsbvrmboib.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160926_175646-1_zpsbvrmboib.jpg.html)
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Can't wait to see what you do with that stuff. You have so many skeletons I could so see you doing some type of dungeon acid dio of some sort.
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Can't wait to see what you do with that stuff. You have so many skeletons I could so see you doing some type of dungeon acid dio of some sort.
The skulls and skeletal bits will be used as components in dioramas similar to my Skull Mound from earlier this year. I have many, many more dioramas planned before I die ;)
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Diorama fodder from Walmart!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20160929_173643-1_zpszdshvxco.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20160929_173643-1_zpszdshvxco.jpg.html)
The bat skeleton was $3.98 and the GITD aquarium pebbles were $3.22 each.
The pebbles will be used as eggs in future dioramas.
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Sweet, I like the sound of all those dios too.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161002_154501-1_zpskbhtjmxi.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161002_154501-1_zpskbhtjmxi.jpg.html)
Scored these awesome cauldron/cooking pots at Halloween World. They were $4.99 for a 12pk.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161002_154551-1_zpsdpxnaxua.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161002_154551-1_zpsdpxnaxua.jpg.html)
They are far better than the ones that were out years ago as they feature sculpted textures across the entire exterior and a deeper lip at the top (inside of lip still needs to be filled in with clay/putty/resin for a more solid appearance) where the older ones were smooth and had shallow lips at the top.
With a 3.75" figure for scale:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161002_154621-1_zpsok7vylrt.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161002_154621-1_zpsok7vylrt.jpg.html)
I will have some extras available for trade as I do not need all 12.
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Out of sheer luck, I came across these Shaun of the Dead figures on ebay. I grabbed them for just over $20. Shaun of the Dead is my favorite film and these figures are great. Shaun comes with a cricket bat, alternate had with flowers, and a display base (not shown). Ed comes with just a shovel. Shaun is a single pack, whereas Ed is from the Winchester 2-pack. In that 2-pack, Shaun is more bloody and has his tie around his head (covering a wound). It was great to get the figures in their main outfits.
Also grabbed 2 Inspector Gadget figures, dated 2005. I never saw these here, I see them pop up from time to time on ebay in France. They're pretty cool basic figures. The left is just a standard figure, while the one on the right, his arms extend. There's a few more I've seen that I would like to get.
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Stopped into the Javits Center on my way to the Hasbro "'Twas The Night Before..." event in Manhattan and picked up my Press pass for NYCC!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161005_222453-1_zpsmvv9udvk.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161005_222453-1_zpsmvv9udvk.jpg.html)
I also got all of these in my Hasbro goodie bag from the event:
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The girls toys will be going to my niece.
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Sweet, what is that SW pack on the bottom? Looks great Dan, walking dead pass to boot! Your coverage was fantastic last night. Thank you!
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Sweet, what is that SW pack on the bottom? Looks great Dan, walking dead pass to boot! Your coverage was fantastic last night. Thank you!
The Star Wars thing on the bottom is just a postcard. I snagged 2 more from the entrance table. I will send you one the next time I send you a package.
The goodie bag had a decent amount of stuff in it but sadly nothing I collect.
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Cool, and thanks.
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I picked up this awesome Cthulhu themed Yahtzee set while cruising the NYCC showroom floor.
I do not play games, but the Cthulhu statue is beautifully sculpted and it was only $25.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_125712-1_zpsqyqsnpd5.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_125712-1_zpsqyqsnpd5.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_125726-1_zpsecvqgohq.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_125726-1_zpsecvqgohq.jpg.html)
This thing is AWESOME!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_181211-1_zpserz4cgug.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_181211-1_zpserz4cgug.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_181238-1_zpsxnebzafh.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_181238-1_zpsxnebzafh.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_181330-1_zpsocjidztc.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_181330-1_zpsocjidztc.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_181304-1_zpsrt33fg6m.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_181304-1_zpsrt33fg6m.jpg.html)
Custom 3.75" Cthulhu Cultist for scale.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_181405-1_zps6c1eewp9.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_181405-1_zps6c1eewp9.jpg.html)
I also got some much needed customizing fodder parts from the always awesome sgcaper of www.joecustoms.com today! Thanks again.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_192107-1_zpsn6pqyocw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_192107-1_zpsn6pqyocw.jpg.html)
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I got a package of vintage "Visionaries" accessories (and one "Battle Beasts" weapon- I think) in the mail today!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161008_223338-1_zpsyiz9ixwp.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161008_223338-1_zpsyiz9ixwp.jpg.html)
The gold axe's upper hose needs to be replaced as it is a bit chewed up, but it is still an awesome accessory to have.
I would love to get more "Visionaries" staffs, even missing the hologram like this one, as they are just cool pieces for dioramas.
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That Cthulu statue is awesome!
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The rest of my 2016 NYCC purchases:
NECA 24" 2014 Godzilla
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161009_172609-1_zpsvtqbteum.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161009_172609-1_zpsvtqbteum.jpg.html)
"Mortal Kombat" Kotal Khan and "Game Of Thrones" White Walker action figures (will be large trolls in my display)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161009_170524-1_zpsq9sco2s3.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161009_170524-1_zpsq9sco2s3.jpg.html)
With 3.75" figure for scale:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161009_175154-1_zpsozinfc02.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161009_175154-1_zpsozinfc02.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161009_175246-1_zps8tywqmc9.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161009_175246-1_zps8tywqmc9.jpg.html)
Tiny creature game pieces from "Monsterocalypse". I will remove the bases and use them in dioramas.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161009_172312-1_zpsks36rkfi.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161009_172312-1_zpsks36rkfi.jpg.html)
Cthulhu vinyl bank from Diamond Select Toys.
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I will be repainting this completely as the factory paint is terrible.
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Good scores.
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I saw some new 1/18 scale vehicle fodder at Wal-Mart for only $4.97.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161014_171720-1_zpsfzhxf6ow.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161014_171720-1_zpsfzhxf6ow.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161014_171649-1_zpshyrm3uks.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161014_171649-1_zpshyrm3uks.jpg.html)
I picked up the dino set for the sweet Therinosaurus. The helicopter and just about everything else in the box will be up for trade this weekend.
The construction set also comes with an underscaled vehicle that could easily be made I to a drone of some sort.
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Added Frost to the Colonial Marine ready line and got a spare to give Hudson his proper bucket.
(http://i.imgur.com/geN7Dfh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/rMbxGUD.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/GID6eBX.jpg)
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I scored these great "Walking With Dinosaurs" mini 3pks at Wal-Mart for only $3 each!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161015_165654-1_zpsnghzirki.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161015_165654-1_zpsnghzirki.jpg.html)
I love that they include a small feathered dino as well as a prehistoric early mammal, both types of prehistoric animals usually ignored by toy manufacturers. I need to make a stand for the feathered dino as its running stance only leaves 1 foot on the ground and it cannot stand unassisted.
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You sure do have one awesome dino and beast collection too Dan.
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Toys R Us pulled a large portion of their non-dinosaur or wildlife Schleich products from the shelves for disposal and I managed to get these items that they missed!
I scored everything in this image for $0.03 each!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161020_195658-1_zpseoc6ncfm.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161020_195658-1_zpseoc6ncfm.jpg.html)
Total cost with tax was only $0.26!
I also picked up this 50th Anniversary "G.I.Joe" Zombie-Vipers 2pk at TRU in Wayne after work.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161020_195805-1_zpsi1o84byd.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161020_195805-1_zpsi1o84byd.jpg.html)
I plan on picking up every one of these I see :)
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Picked up this Mario comic off ebay. I don't collect comics but these were a big part of my childhood. Definitely looking to grab more.
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That Scorpion Rider looks wicked cool.
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Target now has a gamer merchandise section. I picked up this cool Super Mario Bros. 16 oz cup set.
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Thanks to some store credit I had at Toys R Us, I picked up 3 of the 4 "Animal Planet" sets I have been eyeing for over a year!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161021_171233-1_zpseadwtylw.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161021_171233-1_zpseadwtylw.jpg.html)
Some thoughts on this playset:
The materials are very soft and flimsy, the walls and floors flex at the slightest provocation making opening and closing (particularly closing) the playset problematic.
The playset interior is very small, especially for taller figures like "G.I.Joe", smaller figures like "Star Wars" will fit with more headroom.
The white movable platform on the roof has 3 different attachment points allowing kids to customize how their plays at looks.
The working airlock on the backside sticks due to the flimsy material. It will work if you force it though.
The removable shark cage does not fit very well , but I will not be using it anyway.
I plan on modifying this playset and making it into an outpost on an alien world. Many exterior details such as the props will be covered up with sci-fi tech detail. Additional sci-fi elements will be added and it will get a full repaint.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161021_171349-1_zpsm3uz6gwd.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161021_171349-1_zpsm3uz6gwd.jpg.html)
I also scored another pair of $0.03 wizards today at the TRU on Rt17 in Paramus.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Hauls/20161021_171137-1_zpsy13whc7t.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/dkosa/media/Hauls/20161021_171137-1_zpsy13whc7t.jpg.html)
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Great pick ups.
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My awesome wife took me to TRU while running errands and treated me to the last "Animal Planet" set I wanted. We also found the brand new 2001 "Godzilla" from NECA and another 50th Anniversary "G.I.Joe" Zombie-Vipers 2pk!
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I received a box in the mail today containing review copies of 2 different boxed sets containing 5 graphic novels each from Double Take.
These stories take place in the universe started with 1968's "Night Of The Living Dead" and I am very eager to start reading them.
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My awesome wife bought me the 2 new versions of the T-Rex from Wal-Mart while we were running errands tonight!
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Picked up the brand new "Animal Planet" set with the humpbacked whale tonight at TRU while running errands with my wife.
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I also picked up 3 more of these at Walmart:
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I love the dinosaur in this set and you cannot beat the $4.97 price. I eventually want to get 1 more to have an even 6.
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My awesome wife bought me these "Jurassic World" Dino Hybrids today at 2 different Targets while we were running errands. The 2 on the top did not ring up so the cashier just put in $5.99 as opposed to the $12.99 price they normally are!
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HUGE Toys R Us haul tonight!
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I scored a ton of "Animal Planet" dinosaur sets as well as a sea life set and a monster set. I also picked up a quartet of Schleich items.
I also got three $25 gift cards for free thanks to the "spend $100 and get a free $25 gift card" promo they are running this week. I spent a little over $200 and my wife spent over $100 doing holiday shopping. So I will have $75 in free toys next month!
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Too bad PB is out and I can't see the images. Sounds good though!
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Too bad PB is out and I can't see the images. Sounds good though!
Photobucket is FINALLY done with their maintenance and the pics are visible again.
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Wow, that is a lot of great stuff!
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I scored these 2 awesome creatures tonight at Target in Clifton!
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The "Jurassic World" Stegoceratops Hybrid is very hard to find (never saw one before tonight except for as a prototype at Toy Fair back in February) and goes for $50-$70 on eBay. I figured I would never get one and was really shocked to see a lone one hanging on the pegs behind a Dilophosaurus Rex Hybrid! It also was not in the system any longer as the line is being clearanced out so I got it for $5.99 just like the other 2 Hybrids I got at a different Target earlier this week.
The Terra Hydra is unique as the heads are more akin to velociraptor heads than the dragon heads usually represented on Hydra figurines.
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While on a little road trip with my wife, we stopped into the TRU in Livingston, NJ and I found these guys!
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The "True Legends" set was on clearance for $9.99 but I got it for $7.99 as the box was damaged.
I picked up the 2 mini Metroids to go with my larger ones, they will be juveniles. I want 6-8 more eventually as I have 3 of the big ones.
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NJ has some wonderful stores. You always find such great deals.
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I received my Boss Fight Studio and Happy Hen Toys packages today!
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Those HACKS are just fantastic. I can easily see a person selling all their Hasbro Stuff and going full on crazy with those.
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My Safari Ltd. order arrived today!
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I couldn't decide which pic of the Ammonite to use so here are 2:
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Picked this up at Walgreen's tonight.
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While running around today buying my wife's Christmas presents while she was at work, I managed to hit TRU, Walmart and Time Warp Comics And Games and came away with these goodies for myself:
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I scored both the original out of production and the current refreshed versions of the TRU exclusive Animal Planet "Rescue Excursion" Alligator set (the original is on the bottom of the pic and the refreshed is on the top of the pic - used R Rewards points for these so they were basically free) as well as another "G.I. Joe" 50th Anniversary Zombie-Viper 2pk, a different "Walking With Dinosaurs 3D" 3pk of mini dinos (on clearance for $3) and a "Bones" Frost Wyrrm miniature.
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This is just a preliminary assembly of the Frost Wyrrm, nothing is glued together yet, this was just to test fit the parts. Due to how many of the parts overhang one another, I will not glue it together until after the pieces are painted.
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That Frost Wyrm looks awesome. Nice pick ups.
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Nice score on the zombie 2 packs bud
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Nice score on the zombie 2 packs bud
Thanks!
I plan on purchasing every single one I find so I can have a huge zombie horde!
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Dollar store diorama fodder score!
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Received a small package from www.happyhentoys.com containing an item to correct a misship from my last package.
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Their customer service is excellent and I plan on using them many, many more times in the future!
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While out running errands with my wife tonight, we stopped at TRU.
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I decided to buy extras of my 2 favorite large "Animal Planet" sets and topped them off with an electronic T-Rex to hit the $75 mark for another free giftcard!
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Picked up another Mario SH Figuarts box set. Got this at Toys R Us tonight. Nice to see these showing up at regular retailers and not just local comic shops. I should find a list of all the releases, I should be just about caught up by now with these sets.
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Picked up another Mario SH Figuarts box set. Got this at Toys R Us tonight. Nice to see these showing up at regular retailers and not just local comic shops. I should find a list of all the releases, I should be just about caught up by now with these sets.
Those Mario sets are awesome. Here is the link to Tamashii nation's mario bothers website. http://sp.tamashii.jp/item_character/super_mario
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Those Mario sets are awesome. Here is the link to Tamashii nation's mario bothers website. http://sp.tamashii.jp/item_character/super_mario
Thanks man. Every time I tried searching for a list I could never find one. If those are all the sets then it looks like I'm caught up!
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TRU (top) and Walmart (bottom) hauls for today!
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Dan you are nailing those Zombie packs, I hear those are elusive.
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Dan you are nailing those Zombie packs, I hear those are elusive.
They are highly sought after as the original release of the Zombie Vipers was the last wave of the 30th Anniversary line and did not get wide distribution.
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well looks like im gonna have to start hitting up toys r us to see if i can run into any zombie packs, nice haul
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I got an awesome trade package from 2DARK2C from www.joecustoms.com in the mail today!
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The dio element is huge, that is a 3.75" Boss Fight Studio Vitruvian HACKS Ultimate Spartan standing in front of it.
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The cup and mallet were hand made from wood and metal elements (the main portion of the cup is a bent dime!)
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I also took advantage of the recent free shipping day from TRU's website to order one of the earlier versions of the "Jurassic World" Stegoceratops to go with the rare Hybrid version I found at Target a few weeks back.
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Grabbed these Mario figures before work this morning. I was starting to worry I wouldn't see these figures, they were released a few weeks ago.
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Just got an awesome trade package from Chief of www.joecustoms.com in the mail!
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That dragon man was one of my "Holy Grail" collectibles and I am very happy to finally have one.
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5 Below has "Jurassic World" dinos for only $5!
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They only have 4 different figures though:
Indominus Rex (which I got)
T-Rex
Raptor Blue
Pachycephalosaurus
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Picked up this new set from Gamestop. I finally got the modern 8-Bit Mario I've been after. I have the other figures, but I'll take them to work to put on my desk. I finally got my own not too long ago.
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I found these awesome little totes in the stationary section of Wal-Mart tonight!
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They were only $0.88 each!
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I plan on repainting them either grey or a dark metallic silver and using them for cargo crates in dioramas.
I also stopped at Michaels on the way to drop my nieces back home and scored these awesome Safari Ltd. pieces with 50% off coupons.
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Here is the contents of the Prehistoric Sharks Toob:
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They are suitably "alien" for my needs :)
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Schleich and Papo score from www.happyhentoys.com!
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My 2 recent orders from Safari Ltd. arrived today!
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All kinds of goodies.
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Picked up 2 Nomar Garciaparra figures by McFarlane. He was a favorite player of mine growing up for the Red Sox. I got them both for $10 after shipping. I got one for a buddy of mine who is moving to LA right after Christmas. Kind of a small going away gift. We both loved him as kids so I hope he sees the sentimental value behind it like I do.
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Tonight's Toys R Us scores!
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Thanks to the gift cards I earned last month and a ton of R Rewards, I barely spent any money out of my own pocket!
I now have all of the Animal Planet sets I wanted save for the Bigfoot one, which I will get with my next batch of R Rewards later this month.
I am going to enjoy opening all of these this weekend :)
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Sounds like fun weekend plans to me. And here all I am gonna do is sit in the woods and hopefully cut up meat! I like your plans better.
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5 Below "Jurassic World" score and another $0.03 Schleich Bayala elf w/creature TRU score!
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My "The Corps!" Beast Strike sets from Amazon arrived today!
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I could so see that Bigfoot One used to make an Endor Bunker Dio. Good stuff Dan.
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This is Lucille. And she. Is. Awesome.
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Now thats a bat!
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Last night, while looking for additional decorations at a local "dollar store" my wife and I chanced upon these packs of undersea diorama pieces. It is unusual enough to find packs of nothing but dio parts, let alone from a "dollar store", so I grabbed all 6 packs that they had.
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The large coral comes in 2 different colors (milky pink and solid green) and are the best pieces in the sets. The smaller orange coral pieces are also desirable. The various green plants are useful to different degrees but the rocks are hollow blow molded crap that went straight into the trash.
Large coral color variants:
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with a 3.75" figure for scale:
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Not a bad dio fodder score and the large coral pieces alone were worth the $1.29/pack price.
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You always sniff our great finds at cheap prices Dan. I can see you cooking up something good with this.
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Got this the other day from ebay. It's a Tanooki Mario figure but part of the "trophy series" line. I'll probably leave this one in the package.
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Pretty sweet. I am having a hard time resisting the Titanfall 2 stuff for some reason now. I am pretty sure I am getting the game for Xmas as I am seeing some of the collectibles show up on my personal email feed. They have a one to one scale helmet with lights that just looks bada$$
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Thanks to a BOGO 40% off sale and my TRU R Rewards, I got both of these "Animal Planet" sets for about $8 each!
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That bigfoot set looks so much fun to me.
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Scored these 2 sets at Rite Aid for about $7 each with a 50% off sale and a coupon. I just wanted the control towers for the most part.
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Dan with the deals you find you could set up your own toy store. Man what great deals you find.
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My WalMart.com order arrived today!
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I saved $35 on this awesome Schleich Dinosaurs cave complete with 2 large dinosaurs, 2 hatchlings and 2 feathered dinosaurs!
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Dan, I am just picturing you with a wad of coupons in your pocket every time you hit the stores. Man you find great deals.
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My Safari Ltd. order arrived!
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Top row (l-r):
Microraptor
Quetzalcoatlus
Bottom row (l-r):
Archaeopteryx
Dimorphodon
Safari Ltd. also included a small bag of random minis as a Holiday gift.
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Tonight, I hit up Time Warp Comics And Games as my Reaper Miniatures "Bones" minis had come in.
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I picked up 3 additional Chthons (snake monster), a Kraken, a Basilisk (six legged lizard), a Gorloth (tentacled fish), a Dragon Tortoise and a Cadirith (giant spider)!
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I can see you creating some great things with these.
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While I was out with sgcaper, we hit a TRU and I found these "The Dark Crystal" Mystics for only $9.99 each!
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My Safari Ltd. order arrived!
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They also included another baggie of freebies as a Holiday gift!
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Contents of goodie bag:
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I hit Michael's tonight while running errands with my wife and I picked up this Toob full of awesome little prehistoric crocodiles with a 50% off coupon.
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My wife just surprised me with these nail decorations that are basically near 1/18 scale slices of fruits!
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How awesome is this?
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Great for any type of table dios. Such fantastic colors too.
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It took trips to 3 of the 4 Dollar Trees between my job and my home before I found more of these fruit slice nail art kits!
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I bought all 6 that they had in stock!
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Christmas haul (so far)!
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The Playmobile pyramid needs a partial retool and a complete repaint but it will be an excellent diorama for my custom "Stargate" figures from a decade ago.
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50% off score at Barnes & Noble!
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I just want the Power Loaders so I will have 3 Ripleys and 3 Alien Queens up for trade after the second weekend of January!
Some thoughts on the Power Loader for my customizing friends:
Only 4POA- shoulders and wrist rotation.
The interior is too short for modern construction Joes and Marvel figures.
Most standard human height Star Wars figures fit, but the narrow spaces in the legs will only allow figures with tight pants without lots of protrusions (pockets, holsters, etc) to fit.
You will need to clip off the foot pegs inside the Loader's knees unless you are using a Vintage (78-85) Star Wars figure.
The best fitting figures I have found are the 2009 "Star Trek" movie figures. I had planned on using the cadet uniform figures as spaceport support personnel so they work great in the Power Loader.
Plastic is very light and rigid, be very careful not to crack it.
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I haven't hit any stores since before Christmas. I see you are still in the glory land Dan.
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Received my 2 most recent Safari Ltd. orders!
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I ordered all of the new 2017 feathered dinosaurs save for the T-Rex as it is not available until after the new year and the 2 Headed Dragon!
I also got 2 more freebie bags and the brand new 2017 catalogs!
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You can never go wrong with dragons and dinos in my opinion. That feathered TRex looks great.
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I picked up a "Pixel Pal" Mario today from Gamestop. It's from my favorite Mario game, Super Mario Bros. 3. These light up, and make cool display pieces (batteries are included). Retail price is $14.99. I had $5 in rewards so I used that and got it for $10.83.
The 2 little figures were from my 10 year old cousin on Christmas.
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Scored another 50% off Funko "Aliens" set at the Barnes & Noble at Riverside Square.
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This gives me 4 Power Loaders. I would love to find 2 more for a total of 6 eventually but I have exhausted all of the B&Ns in my area.
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Your gonna have a full set of those loaders. Any plans to articulate em up a bit more?
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Your gonna have a full set of those loaders. Any plans to articulate em up a bit more?
I want to have 6 eventually, I still need to find one more. No real plans to articulate them up any further as they do just about everything I would need them to do in my eventual diorama. I want to weather them up though as they are way too clean. I also have to replace the English letters and numerals with Aurebesch.
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FINAL toy haul of 2016!
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Thanks to some 50% & 55% off coupons, 50% off sales, uber clearance and R Rewards, I decided to splurge a bit on the final day of 2016.
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Dan, you sure have had a heck of a 2016. I wonder what 2017 will show us!
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First toy haul of 2017!
I scored another 50% off "Evolve" Goliath at Barnes & Noble and picked up some cool fantasy diorama fodder at Big Lots.
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Target "Jurassic World" clearance score! $5.96 each!
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Three Kings gifts from my wife and in-laws!
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The 6" BvS Aquaman will be modified into a troll in my fantasy diorama.
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Still rolling in the loot Dan!
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Still rolling in the loot Dan!
I have been fortunate that there are so many cool places to shop in my area and they all have great clearance sales :)
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I would love to get up there one day and just follow you around. I think you have this down to a science; good stores anyhew!
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Finally picked up a Bowser World of Nintendo figure, this one is the 6" deluxe. I wish I had the room to display this one, its a phenomenal figure.
And the last purchases from my Amazon gift card from Christmas were DVDs of Big Train and Spaced. Both star Simon Pegg, who is one of my favorite actors. Big Train is a sketch comedy show, I remember seeing clips on youtube. Spaced is a British sitcom with a lot of Star Wars references. They actually had the guy who voiced Darth Maul in Episode I in a few episodes.
Also picked up Seasons 1-4 of Kenan & Kel, a favorite tv show of mine as a kid.
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Lots of new shows to watch.
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I went back to Big Lots and picked up some more of the near 1/18 scale fantasy diorama fodder!
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I can see how these would look great in your fantasy or other dios Dan. I bet you picked em up dirt cheap too.
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One last batch of 1/18 scale fantasy diorama fodder from Big Lots!
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FINAL toy haul of 2016!
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How do you get sweet TRU coupons? I have my eyes on a few Animal Planet sets, but retail aint gonna happen.
Thanks to some 50% & 55% off coupons, 50% off sales, uber clearance and R Rewards, I decided to splurge a bit on the final day of 2016.
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My "The Corps!" Beast Strike sets from Amazon arrived today!
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Spec we have very similar tastes. Those two are running about $75 on Amazon. Is that how much you paid? They are real sweet, but that is too rich for me.
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I could so see that second set being made into some type of SW Bunker Dio. Great sets.
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After work clearance scores!
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The "Jurassic World" Raptor 4pk was $10.48 at Target.
The TFA figure was $2.30 at Target (I have been wanting the vibro-axes he comes with since it was released).
The Schleich figure was $0.03 at Toys R Us.
The only full priced purchase was the "G.I.Joe" Zombie-Viper 2pk.
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FINAL toy haul of 2016!
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How do you get sweet TRU coupons? I have my eyes on a few Animal Planet sets, but retail aint gonna happen.
Thanks to some 50% & 55% off coupons, 50% off sales, uber clearance and R Rewards, I decided to splurge a bit on the final day of 2016.
The 50% and 55% off coupons were from Michaels and A.C. Moore respectively. I get them by subscribing to their email newsletters.
The R Rewards are from Toys R Us, but you have to sign up for their R Rewards card to get them.
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My "The Corps!" Beast Strike sets from Amazon arrived today!
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Spec we have very similar tastes. Those two are running about $75 on Amazon. Is that how much you paid? They are real sweet, but that is too rich for me.
I scored them for $56 each. That was before they sold out of the first shipment in a single day. When they restocked, the price had jumped to $75 each.
There is a rumor that Walmart may get them in February for sub $50 prices, but that has not been confirmed as of yet. We will know more next month.
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Dan finding the great deals again!
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Ahem (these are said to be pretty quality too):
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dinosaur-Play-Set/46428832
also:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Corps-Elite-Triple-Threat-Action-Figures/45824278
and the airplane looks to be potential SW mod fodder:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Corps-Total-Soldier-Rapid-Assault-Assortment/39360954
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My after work Safari Ltd. 50%/55% off coupon scores from Michaels and A.C. Moore!
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I have been after that Oviraptor With Nest for months and finally found one. My local A.C. Moore in Clifton has been sold out of it since last summer and I hit the one in Paramus I never go to and they had 7 of them on the shelf!
I finally broke down and got the giant snail with the little elf boy as it is no longer in production and they have been rapidly disappearing from all of the craft stores. The A.C.Moore in Clifton was the only store that still had any and they only had 1 left as of today so I took it home. I only want the snail though.
The sealife Good Luck minis will be prey for the creatures around the water in my diorama.
The dragon hatchlings were 1 of the last 2 items from Safari Ltd. that I wanted but never picked up. Now there is only 1 item left I still want to get from them and I will get that next time I have another 55% off coupon from A.C. Moore as Michaels does not carry it.
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Ahem (these are said to be pretty quality too):
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dinosaur-Play-Set/46428832
I actually have 5 of these sets: 2 of the one pictured and 3 of the other set which is a T-Rex in 3 color variants (red, green, tan).
The figures and small vehicles are just straight up junk but the dinosaurs are great and some of the accessories are usable.
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Dan with more good scores.
I just got a new Steelers Jersey. Hoping it brings em luck on Sunday Night!
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Thanks to some 60% off coupons from Michaels, I picked up a pair of Safari Ltd. dragons that were way too expensive for their size and an Ancient Fossils Toob that I have been debating picking up.
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The dragons (Dragon King- top L and Good Luck Dragon- bottom L) were only $9.41 each including tax, they were originally $21.99+tax each which I felt was too expensive. The sub $10 price made them a far more attractive deal.
The Toob only cost $4.24 including tax, down from $9.99+tax.
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Contents of Ancient Fossils Toob.
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I saw your post on FB, more good deals for Dan. Those shelves of all that goodness have to be overflowing!
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A week or two ago, I read a post on this site about someone using figs from different lines for mods. One of them being the Hobbit. Not being aware of the Hobbit 3.75 inch line, this sent me into a week long frenzy of picking up 3.75 fantasy and then related series (Chap Mei and a few knock offs). I am a year to two late for True Legends, but I got many of the key sets for reasonable prices. This site has been expensive! I'll slowly post some pics of the lots I won and other things I picked up. Ching Ching!
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A score more than 2 c's picked me up the following (including shipping) via ebay. Ok value considering my feverish spree:
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And + 1 fig and weapons:
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Not too bad, the basis for a good collection already!
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Then for a less than 4 stone the following from Bezos Co:
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2x of these bad boys:
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Elves, Orcs, Humans, Dwarves. Plus I already have nice castle and a few ships, so good to go!
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After running all of the errands we needed to do today, my wife and I hit A.C. Moore as I had some 55% off coupons. I got the last Safari Ltd. dinosaur I wanted and a great gigantic flying fish!
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I also got 3 packages in the mail:
My Hasbro Toy Shop clearance priced order arrived today!
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I have wanted a small army of Korgs to make Rock Trolls and HTS' clearance sale did the trick!
The "Jurassic World" dino was the same price it would have been at 5 Below and they never received this wave so I grabbed it.
I picked up the "Star Wars" set to hit the free shipping amount. The shipping without it would have been more expensive than the 2pk, so I figured better to get additional figures for a lower price than spending more on shipping LOL
Received another awesome trade package from the always excellent Cap from www.joecustoms.com!
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I also received my Bachelor Of Arts in Mutant Relations from The Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters today!
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Ha, you bought so many Korgs that you killed the clearance price.
Nice Job!
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Ha, you bought so many Korgs that you killed the clearance price.
Nice Job!
He is still clearance priced. The original price was $11.99 or $12.99.
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Ha, you bought so many Korgs that you killed the clearance price.
Nice Job!
He is still clearance priced. The original price was $11.99 or $12.99.
Ah ok, your purchase inspired me to look around over here. I found several on clearance for $3 USD, so I picked up 5 + $2 USD shipping. Not bad!
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Great to see folks getting cool stuff at great prices.
Dan love that certificate.
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Still no "Kong: Skull Island" toys in the wild, but I did snag all of these goodies today:
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My latest Safari Ltd. order arrived!
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This Feathered T-Rex is the last 2017 model I was waiting for. The Reedy Sea Dragon was ordered to hit the free shipping minimum, I loved the colors and Sea Dragons are just beautiful creatures.
I also got this trade package full of prehistoric awesomeness from 2DARK2C!
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That feathered T-Rex is really awesome looking. It would love to see what they looked like in real life. We need a real life Jurassic World. Well maybe not, but yeah I would still probably go.
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That feathered T-Rex is really awesome looking. It would love to see what they looked like in real life. We need a real life Jurassic World. Well maybe not, but yeah I would still probably go.
It is huge as well. 13" long and extremely heavy as it is solid vinyl.
I am glad that companies like Safari Ltd. and Schleich are adding feathers to their dinosaur miniatures where appropriate. Toys have been lagging far behind the actual science for over a decade or more, favoring the old slow cold blooded reptiles approach to dinosaurs.
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Scored another TRU exclusive "G.I.Joe" Zombie-Viper 2pk!
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Finally got my hands on Issue #1 of Nintendo Power. This was from July/August of 1988. I grew up with Nintendo Power showing up to my home every month, and was sad to see the magazine discontinued. I did get rid of the issues, not having a need for them. I wanted to keep the "big" issues however. I kept issues 100, 200 and the final one. I'm just glad I was able to find issue #1 at a reasonable price and good condition.
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Another day of hunting my 3 local Wal-Marts for the "Kong: Skull Island" line with no luck.
I did, however, spot this cool figure out of the corner of my eye:
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I am not a "Power Rangers" fan, but the new movie's very organic rendition of comic relief robot Alpha 5 makes for a great weird looking alien for my diorama. I will remove the head and find a cooler one from my heads box and then give it a full repaint.
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This is not my listing, nor is it something I have picked up yet. Been eyeing it, I think it would be a nice addition to a 3.75 orc/goblin collection. Still eyeing it, but someone else may enjoy it more than me:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Universe-GREEN-GOBLIN-3-75-Figure-Super-Strength-Ultimate-Spiderman-lot-/222370946052?hash=item33c6575c04:g:ywIAAOSwa~BYca2m (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FMarvel-Universe-GREEN-GOBLIN-3-75-Figure-Super-Strength-Ultimate-Spiderman-lot-%2F222370946052%3Fhash%3Ditem33c6575c04%3Ag%3AywIAAOSwa%7EBYca2m)
There is also a 6 inch version of the same figure as well.
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Wow, that is pretty nice.
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Still no luck on the "Kong" front, but I did get 2 great packages in the mail today:
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I had been waiting for this Marauder Gun-Runners steady cam gun gear since the prototypes were shown last year.
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From Hasbro Toy Shop, I ordered Falcon and Starlord who were 50% off (ordered Starlord just to hit the free shipping amount) and this Groot/Rocket Racoon Comic Pack. I have been wanting a good Groot for quite awhile now. This version has the white trim on his uniform from the "Annihilation" miniseries, but I will repaint the trim in the more traditional red as that is how I prefer the Guardians' uniforms to look.
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Been waffling due to the size, but I picked up the massive Ultimate Batcave for $57.50 shipped. They are on clearance at WM for $50ish, so get them while you can!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Batman-vs-Superman-Ultimate-Batcave-Playset/53264126
It is huge to 6 inch figs and will make an epicly large Death Star Playset to 3.75 figures. This is the kind of thing that could go for $300 in a few years, so you might as well get two.
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Also picked up the Avengers Quinjet for the 3.75 line from the first Avengers movie for $18.50 shipped locally. It seems pretty cool, and passes the minimum 2 figures rule that I have instituted for all future vehicles. One figure vehicles are just lame.
My 3YO is still happily playing with the 2.5 inch Galactic Heroes and equivalent lines (saving the 3.75 for later), so I got him the Captain America and Iron Man levels of the Avengers 2 HQ sets for $12 each (can't find the Hulkbuster level at a good price locally). As he is already getting a TMNT Sewer set soon, I'll keep the Avengers stuff as a side gift for his sisters BD.
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Still no "Kong: Skull Island" toys, but I did get some INSANE clearance score from Wal-Mart in Saddle Brook!
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Wow, I am on the fence about picking up the AT-DP Driver version of these speeders. Man, they sure weren't at the prices you are finding. Wow!
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Another day without finding the "Kong: Skull Island" line, but I did score more great clearance items from Wal-Mart!
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The Marvel and Star Wars items were $5 each (down from $20) and the massive Batcave was $25 (down from $99)!
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Finally picked up a David Ortiz Red Sox figure last night, only $14.99. With how important he was to the team for the past 14 years, and his number already being retired this season, I wanted to grab him before he would be hard to find. One of the best players in team history, I still can't believe he is retiring.
Also picked up The Complete Series of Tour of Duty, a show about the Vietnam War. I remember watching this after coming home from high school.
Lastly, not a purchase but one of my good friends gave me an Ed vinyl figure from Shaun of the Dead. I was sick the past 2 weeks, first with a small head cold then getting a stomach bug. I'm better now. He was nice enough to get this for me when he heard I wasn't feeling great.
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I too remember liking that Tour of Duty Series. I have started up a library on Vudu for some of those types of things. And I am out of space to store dvds, vcr tapes, etc.
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I too remember liking that Tour of Duty Series. I have started up a library on Vudu for some of those types of things. And I am out of space to store dvds, vcr tapes, etc.
Unfortunately that's the problem with not going digital with movies. Having shelves for DVDs - less room for action figures. I do like having a physical copy in hand however. Oh well lol.
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Still no "Kong: Skull Island" toys in my neck of the woods, but I still got some great stuff today.
At Wal-Mart I picked up another $25 Ultimate Batcave as the parts from it are so useful for diorama building.
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This thing is packed with great diorama pieces. The 7" Bruce Wayne will join the one from yesterday in my Swap Shop.
I also found another Captain Marvel 2pk and a "Jurassic World" Allosaurus for $5 each.
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This Captain Marvel set has much better paint apps than the one from yesterday. The Allosaurus will hang out with the one I got from Hasbro Toy Shop a few weeks back.
I had some 60% off coupons for Michaels so I grabbed some great Safari Ltd. items including a great little stone bridge.
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The Raptor will join my ever growing pack. The bridge needs a repaint and will be used as a footbridge in an eventual fantasy diorama. The Good Luck Minis pack is full of great bugs and an awesome little green frog that will populate different dioramas.
At the K-Mart down the street from my house I scored 2 more 2.5" "World Of Nintendo" Metroids. These guys are getting really hard to find and I would still like to get 6 more.
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More Metroids for the invasion! I now have 3 of the full sized ones and 6 of the miniature (juvenile) ones. I eventually want to get 6 more to have 4 hovering alongside each adult.
Finally, at the dollar store in Saddle Brook I picked up 3 pen/stylus combos to harvest the colored crystals from for my dioramas.
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$1 dollar crystals? Yes, please :)
Here is hoping that the "Kong: Skull Island" stuff shows up next week.
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That price on those Batcaves is awesome. I would probably pick one of those up myself if I see any. I see I finally have a bit of peg space cleared for Kong too. Nothing there yet either.
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Received an awesome package in the mail from the always excellent Cap of www.joecustoms.com!
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Picked up a World of Nintendo Mario figure. This one is a variant of the one I have. This one Mario isn't smiling, his hands are open and it came with a question block accessory. I really only wanted it for the accessory, hope to get more question blocks to display.
Also picked up Super Mario Adventures, a comic that was featured in Nintendo Power. It was released as one big comic years ago which I have, but wanted to grab the re-release anyway.
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My Toysrus.com order containing 6 of the "Sentinel1" ground assault exo-suits arrived!
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Size wise, they are pretty nice. Standard height Star Wars and ME Joes fit in them very well. Taller Joes and most Marvel Universe figures will not allow the front piece to lower all of the way into position. The control joysticks are quite thick and too big for most action figures to grip so they will either get shaved down or replaced completely.
The exo-suits are a bit floppy without a figure in them. They stand up just fine, but the arms will not do anything but hang at the suit's sides unless supported by an action figure.
The missile launcher is very powerful, I test fired it and the missile went well over 12' and only stopped because it hit something. The launcher fits on any of the pegs on the suit's limbs and the left shoulder mount (right mount is a different shape and meant for the eyepiece). The shield can also be mounted on the same pegs via an articulated support. The support also has a backpack peg to mount the shield to either the included figure's or the exo-suit's back. Sadly, the shield does not have a handle for the figure to use it sans exo-suit. The oversized rifle can also be mounted on the suit's pegs. The rifle is way too big, like 6" scale.
The plastic the exo-suit is made from is very rigid but also extremely lightweight.
I plan on adding some hydraulic hoses going from the back to the limbs and repainting them either safety yellow or safety orange and using them as load lifters similiar to the Power Loaders from "Aliens". The rifles and pack in figures are going in my Swap Shop while the shields, eyepieces, launchers and projectiles will be repurposed for future customs.
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I was hoping you would let us know what you thought of these. Off to share your review!
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Size wise, they are pretty nice. Standard height Star Wars and ME Joes fit in them very well. Taller Joes and most Marvel Universe figures will not allow the front piece to lower all of the way into position. The control joysticks are quite thick and too big for most action figures to grip so they will either get shaved down or replaced completely.
Good info, and thanks for the review. I need to pick one up and do some modifications.
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I have FINALLY found my first "Kong: Skull Island" items in the wild!
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I grabbed the mega Kong but left the large vehicles (copter and patrol boat) as I have no use for them. They did not have the Creature Encounter sets (jeep/spider, boat/pterodactyl, shack/Skull Crawler) though, of which I want 6 of each.
I also got another Zombie-Viper 2pk in the mail as part of a trade with Dusty79!
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2x for the Batcave is sweet! $25 a pop is amazing.
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I figured you would find some Kong stuff this week.
Hey, on that note, have you see the previews for Great Wall? I could see that getting you some good beasties if they do any AFs for it.
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I scored 2 of each of the different "Kong: Skull Island" "Creature Contact" sets at Wal-Mart on the way home from work today!
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The spider is incredible! All 8 legs are ball jointed where they meet the body and the legs are stiff enough to hold the spider up almost 6" off of the ground. The sculpting is just beautiful. The paint, while good for a kids' toy, is a bit rough for an adult collector so they will be getting repainted. I plan on buying a lot more of these :)
The flying creature is a huge disappointment. The sculpting is very good, but the entire creature is just a mass of floppy rubber :( They should have at least put a wire armature inside the upper portion of the wings so you can pose the wings. I will not be buying any more than the 2 I already have.
The Skull Crawler is pretty nice. It has some great sculpting and the vinyl is comparable to the material used by Schleich. The paint is very well applied and the pose is dynamic. The only articulation is the opening/closing jaw. It would have been nice to have articulated legs at least. I will still pick up a few more of these.
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I figured you would find some Kong stuff this week.
Hey, on that note, have you see the previews for Great Wall? I could see that getting you some good beasties if they do any AFs for it.
They do indeed have some cool critters in that flick, too bad the only toys coming are from Hot Toys and they are only the human characters.
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Have to put some long range feelers out for the spider. Its too bad these are not on the WM site yet.
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And Dan scores again! Show off!
LOL! These do look nice. Bummer about the flying creature though.
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While running errands this morning, I stopped at one of the "dollar stores" near my house and picked up these knights for the swords and shields.
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The figures are junk, hollow torsos, lots of untrimmed mold flashing and the backs of the limbs and heads have empty depressions where the manufacturer cheaped out to save on materials. They are not useless though. With some flash trimming, filling the empty depressions and a complete repaint, they could work as suits of armor in dioramas.
The swords are pretty nice. The shields as well, but they need handles added to the back as there was only a single horizontal peg on the back. All require repainting though.
The crossbows are just weak. The arrows turn upwards at a 30 degree angle for no other reason than poor manufacturing.
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Yeah, great for your dungeon dios Dan.
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Recently I traded a couple of my 6" customs for a ton of 50th anniversary Gi Joe figures. They were mint in box, but I told him to go ahead and bag them, since I'll do that anyway, and that saved him some shipping cost. last time I owned Joes was in the early 90's before they started getting weird. So naturally I wanted the 25th anniversary figures, because they're remastered versions of the originals. However some characters look too much like Village People, like Shipwreck and Spirit Iron-Knife, so a modern version was welcomed. For the most part they are re paints of the 25s, but some are new sculpts. The re-paints I dont like are, Bazooka and Dusty, they're painted in that useless aquaflage. Aquaflage only works if you're thrown overboard, in that case you want to be seen. But I digress. Shipwreck and Spirit are re paints of the updated 30th anniversary figures, and they are awesome. The new scupts that I like the most are Gung-Ho and Destro. Gung-ho is taller and bigger than the 25, which is more accurate. He comes with an awesome minigun and ammo belt. Destro's head sculpt looks great, it's more like a helmet/mask than just a chrome head. There's much more, but those were the stand outs. The 50th in general have very cool modern spec ops like accessories. I thought it was a great deal, even if I couldn't negotiate Snow Job, but I can get him easily enough.
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Scored some more "Kong: Skull Island" stuff today on 2 different trips to Walmart.
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On the first trip in the morning, I got another Skull Crawler and on the second trip in the afternoon I got the 4th and final Skull Crawler I wanted and another Spider set. I still want 3 more Spider sets and then I will be good on this line.
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Those spiders seem articulated all over. I could so see someone making some centaur like customs out of that!
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Those spiders seem articulated all over. I could so see someone making some centaur like customs out of that!
They are articulated at the points where the legs meet the body with ball joints so they have a pretty good range of motion.
One of my friends is already planning a "spider centaur" custom as soon as he can get his hands on 1 of these spiders. :)
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I got my Amazon order containing all of the 2017 Schleich items I wanted all in one shot!
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I have been wanting that Volcano since I saw it at Toy Fair a year back and now I finally have one!
The 2 new dragons are beautiful, especially the green/brown Dragon Poacher.
The Feathered Raptors are just plain awesome!
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Picked up another Red Sox figure from ebay for cheap. This one is Jason Varitek. He was a catcher and eventually team captain with the team.
Finally grabbed a PS4. I sold my PS3 and a few games with 2 controllers the other night for $100, so I used that towards the system. I bought a used one, but it looks like its in mint condition. Got it for $274. I bought last years MLB The Show just to fiddle around with the new features. It was $19.99 but apparently there was a sale and I got the game for free.
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Great pick ups folks. I like those dragons Dan!
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Toys R Us pricematched Walmart's web price on Falcon (now I have the 6 I wanted) and I had a $5 reward so it only cost $3.17 after taxes!
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My old 16 megapixel camera died a few weeks back so I needed a new camera. I got this 20.1 megapixel camera and 128GB memory card at Wal-Mart.
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Sweet new camera, just in time for Toy Fair!
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While running errands today, I stopped I to an Army/Navy store in Totowa that I have passed a million times but never visited until today. Most of thier stock was the usual camo gear, knives and airsoft rifles but they also had a cool Velcro backed vinyl unit style patch of the Zombie Outbreak Response Unit symbol that I have on my laptop and all over my car. They had 3 in stock but I bought 2 of them.
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Now I need some Velcro for my jacket so I can add the patches to it.
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Sweet new camera, just in time for Toy Fair!
Sadly, this camera is crap at taking pcs of small items like action figures so I returned it this evening. I still need to find a good camera before this weekend :(
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Picked up another Red Sox figure from ebay for cheap. This one is Jason Varitek. He was a catcher and eventually team captain with the team.
Finally grabbed a PS4. I sold my PS3 and a few games with 2 controllers the other night for $100, so I used that towards the system. I bought a used one, but it looks like its in mint condition. Got it for $274. I bought last years MLB The Show just to fiddle around with the new features. It was $19.99 but apparently there was a sale and I got the game for free.
Varitek is married to the sister of a friend of mine from many years ago. Varitek seems like a real class guy.
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I picked up all of these 6" scale "Mortal Kombat X" figures to be Great Orcs in my fantasy diorama.
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They were marked down to $4.98 from $19.99.
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Dan the Dealer strikes again! Gonna follow you on your trails one day!
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The contents of my Hasbro Toy Fair Fan Event goody bag:
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Sadly, nothing that I have any interest in :(
The black suit Spider-Man (minus the sand weapons) is going to a new home on Monday.
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I forgot to post these yesterday.
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Picked up 2 more $4.98 "Mortal Kombat" figures at TRU before heading into the city.
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I could so see those last two turned into some cool Sith. Goody Bag had a few things in it, sorry you didn't see anything you liked!
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I forgot to post these yesterday.
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Picked up 2 more $4.98 "Mortal Kombat" figures at TRU before heading into the city.
Same here. Don't have a pic, but the other guy I found was kind of orc-looking... think I'll make a Skyrim figure for my brother's collection.
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Picked up another 20" K2-S0 at Kohls for under $10
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Picked up Billy Madison, Pulp Fiction and Scott Pilgram on blu-ray.
Also picked up a cheap GI Joe figure that looks like General Antoc Merrick (Blue Leader) from Rogue One.
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I haven't seen a thing to get lately. Probably a good thing as I have been playing in my other hobbies. Daggone I wish I could find one I liked that was cheap!
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Also picked up a World of Nintendo Koopa Trooper from Walmart. Got it in the clearance isle for $7.
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Big thanks go to Starfall for the heads'-up on these awesome fantasy diorama accessories at Home Depot!
I picked up 8 of the fire pits (need repainting) and 10 packs of the wooden "stepping stones".
The prices are VERY good with the stepping stone pieces coming in at $1.88 and the fire pits at $3.88!
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Home Depot with some goods eh!
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On the way home from work today, I scored a 4th Wal-Mart exclusive "King: Skull Island" Creature Contact spider set!
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I still want 2 more to get me to 6 giant spiders so hopefully I will find them later in the week as we get closer to the film's release date (3/10).
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These spiders look great. Very articulated. I can't wait to see somebody put a Darth Maul on one of these and make a new version of Spider Maul. Or an Alien Spider crossbreed like JP Blues did one time.
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Tonight's www.Toysrus.com, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart scores!
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The Animal Planet Deep Sea 6pk from www.Toysrus.com arrived yesterday but I could not pick it up until tonight.
I found a lone "Evolution Of Groot" set at the TRU in Totowa.
The final 2 "Kong: Skull Island" spider sets were found at the Teterboro and Rivervale Wal-Mart's.
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2011 Avengers Quinjet, which is a pretty nice toy actually. And various other things to list later!
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More great finds Dan. Love those Spiders.
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I made the switch today. Also grabbed Fire Mario and Luigi from the Pixel Pals line.
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Today's mail haul from Big Bad Toy Store (Skeksis) and Toys R Us (Animal Planet set)
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The "Dark Crystal" Skeksis finally shipped after being on back order since November! I was finally able to complete my build-a-crystal Dark Crystal diorama element.
The "Animal Planet" Deep Sea Shark Research Playset is AWESOME! The boat is quite large but narrow and can hold a bunch of figures, accessories and even a small boat. The plastic is typical Chap Mei quality: thin but sturdy.
The action features work quite well. The lights and sounds are bright and loud. There are 4 small articulated searchlights which can be mounted in 6 different ports along the deck. The bow mounted launcher has some pretty impressive range.
The articulated crane can be placed in any 1 of 3 different ports along the ship's centerline (bow, right behind the flying bridge and just before the tail). The articulated claw and the shark cage can be attached to the hook on the end of the crane. The hook can be lowered by pressing the black button atop the crane and pulled out as far as desired. There is a working crank to bring the hook back up.
The flying bridge can fit either of the included figures or 2 figures side by side if the back rest stand is removed. The cockpit is undetailed but that is not a major concern for customizers or most kids. There are several antennas and a rotating radar dish atop the flying bridge for added realism.
This set includes 2 figures (same 2 figures as many "Animal Planet" Sea sets), 3 all new sharks (including a large stubby hammerhead with a lever action jaw), a brand new accessory tree, a GITD tree of small sea creatures (same mold as the one included in the undersea lab set), a small raft with articulated oars and searchlight, a shark cage with opening top, an articulated claw for retrieving sharks or small craft, 2 life preservers, a net projectile for the bow mounted launcher and a large red rescue case.
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Talk about fast!
I placed an order with Hasbro Toy Shop on Thursday night and it arrived today!
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The "Jurassic World" dinos and "Star Wars" figures were on super clearance and I was able to get an additional 15% off with the code SPRING17 making them insanely cheap. I added them to hit the free shipping minimum (buying all of them was cheaper than what the shipping would have been :) ).
I also got 15% off on the 2 "Marvel Legends" 3.75" 2pks, which were the reason for the order in the first place. I just hope Hasbro gives us the rest of the MCU versions of the "Guardians Of The Galaxy" in this scale.
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Thanks to some store credit I had at Toys R Us, I got both of these for free today (and I still have some store credit left for when the "Dark Crystal" Garthim arrive :) ).
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I plan on trying to link them together to make a longer backdrop for photography purposes. They will get a complete repaint to resemble stone instead of ice.
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Sounds like a cool project is in the works.
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Got this for 50 off:
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Nice!
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I placed another order with www.happyhentoys.com on Saturday and it arrived today!
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I ordered all of the remaining Schleich and Papo items that I had been eyeing for over a year.
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Nice Dan, I just read a new article about pacific rim 2 and thought of you yesterday. scified.com if you are interested.
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Grabbed a Manny Ramirez figure.
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My NJCC Boss Fight Studio haul courtesy of my awesome wife!
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Post NJCC haul from JoAnne's Fabric!
These stone tables and chairs from their fairy village section are perfectly scaled for 1/18 figures and were 50% off to boot!
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That HACKS stuff looks so fantastic to me.
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Some new fairy village stuff turned up at Big Lots!
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I scored 6 of these pathways 2pks.
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That HACKS stuff looks so fantastic to me.
HACKS are awesome!
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I know one thing, if I ever got out of Star Wars this would be my go to AF line. That or Mauraders.
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My Wal-Mart.com order arrived a day late thanks to Winter Storm Stella, but my Schleich Dilophosaurus is finally here!
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My Toysrus.com order also arrived a day late thanks to Stella but my 6 Funko ReAction "The Dark Crystal" Garthims are here and ready to join my collection!
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I saw this on Facebook last night. Very nice.
Hey Dan, did you get to see Kong yet? Thinking about seeing it tomorrow.
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I saw this on Facebook last night. Very nice.
Hey Dan, did you get to see Kong yet? Thinking about seeing it tomorrow.
Not yet, my wife and I are planning on catching a matinee on Sunday weather permitting.
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I hit up the Disney Store after work and scored the new Marvel Select Groot (comic version) and a Disney Store exclusive wind up Baby Groot.
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Baby Groot has 9POA (better than most Hasbro products LOL). I plan on removing the wind up feature (which doesn't work well anyway) and repainting it.
I also got some super scores tonight at Toys R Us and Kohl's!
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The "Game Of Thrones" Wall playsets were price matched at TRU to Amazon's $14.91 price. I also had a $5 R Rewards and a $4.97 store credit left over so I got 2 playsets for less than the price of 1 at the $24.99 TRU already had them marked down to!
At Kohl's, I picked up their exclusive "Rogue One" 4pk for $5.33 including tax thanks to a $10 Kohl's Cash certificate my wife got in the mail.
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Dan you could do a reality show on couponing for action figures. Great pick ups guy!
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Dan you could do a reality show on couponing for action figures. Great pick ups guy!
Thanks!
I plan on writing a short article on stretching your action figure budget in the near future to help everyone out :)
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Now that would be cool Dan. I will be sure to showcase that!
And on the Kong Skull Island Movie you are gonna love it. Make sure you stay till after the credits are over too.
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My wife bought me this awesome chrome biohazard symbol for my car (my car is covered with biohazard and anti-zombie decorations). Now I need to find a great, flat area on the car to apply it.
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Pretty sweet Dan. You need to give us a pic of your car. Sounds cool.
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Recent Purchases:
6x Marvel Universe 3.75 for $3.50 each as a lot. The Armored Daredevil series.
Marvel Legends 6 inchers (on the cheap):
1. War Machine
2. Spider Woman
3. Civil War 3 pack
And around local retail:
B6 inch- Black Spiderman (will be impossible to find otherwise and never discounted).
Plus quite a few bootleg Lego LOTR/Fantasy figs.
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As most of you know, I tend to think outside of the box when it comes to my hobby. I often go beyond the usual action figure lines looking for inspiration and potential fodder.
Today at K-Mart I found this set of faux stone borders in their garden section.
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In each box you get 8 wall sections, one "male" endcap, one "female" endcap and an assortment of long and short stakes to fasten them into your lawn.
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1 wall piece with female endcap (front left), male endcap (front right) (stakes not pictured).
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Male and female endcaps attached to a wall piece.
The wall pieces look great next to 3.75"/4" figures and can be used to make not just walls but square structures as well.
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4 sided "fort" (you can make 2 of these with the box's contents).
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4 sided "fort" with a 3.75" Boss Fight Studio Ultimate Spartan for scale.
In the pictures, you will see that I also have some great faux stone stepping stones that make great capstones or even bases for the square structures.
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4 sided "fort" with capstone and 3.75" Ultimate Spartan for scale.
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4 sided "fort" with stone base and 3.75" figure for scale.
This set was only $24 and well worth it. You will need to trim off flash along all of the edges, fill the round openings for the stakes and do a repaint for total realism, but any project requires some manual labor.
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Dan, great idea and it looks great. Thanks for sharing it. I will go share it myself!
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I had a great haul day today!
My Safari Ltd. Scores from Michaels and A.C.Moore thanks to 55% + 60% off coupons!
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I hit the fairy village fantasy diorama fodder motherload today between A.C.Moore, Michaels and Tuesday Morning!
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Everything but the chairs on the green cards from Tuesday Morning were 50% off. Some of the bagged/carded items from A.C.Moore are damaged but they are an easy fix with Krazy Glue and I got them for an additional 50% off (except for the gazing ball with the busted column which was marked down to $1!).
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Nice Dan. Let me go share that too. You are showing us all how to get great stuff for not a lot of coin.
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I forgot to post this last night as I did not pick them up until after 9pm and then got caught up watching the second "Independence Day" movie.
My Saturday mail haul:
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I ordered the SD Toys Cthulhu "action figure" from Amazon last week after following its development over the last few Toy Fairs. I put "action figure" in quotation marks as this figure has 0 points of articulation thereby making it a statue not an action figure which is disappointing for anyone wanting to pose it in something other than a standing up straight with arms dangling poses. It is not a total waste though as the sculpt and paintwork are excellent and it is much bigger than I recall the prototype being.
I also ordered the final 2 Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." Gorgons when they went live on the site. These final 2 have incredibly striking decos and will look great next to the other members of my Gorgon horde once they get their custom armor and weapons!
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More goodies for Dan!
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Picked up MLB 17 The Show. It comes out the 28th, but if you pre-ordered it they sold it to you after 9 the night before. Looking forward to playing it.
Also grabbed Mario and Luigi from the Pixel Pals line from the original Super Mario Bros.
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I so need to play my ps4 more. Sounds like a great game.
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I scored a fifth Wal-Mart exclusive 3.75" "Star Wars" Black Series Kylo Ten to use as a base body for a knight in my fantasy diorama.
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I still hope to get 1 more to have a squad of 6 bit all of my local Wal-Mart's are tapped out.
After work, I did something I almost never do: I went into a Target. I am not a fan of Target after their credit card hack a few years back so I very rarely shop there.
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I picked up 4 of the "Miles From Tomorrowland" Mission Rover vehicles on clearance for $11.98 each (down from $39.99). I know a lot of customizers have been buying the spaceships from this line to make custom "G.I.Joe" and other vehicles, but I always felt that the line's rounded, retro look clashed with the aesthetics of my Universe so I never picked up any of them.
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The Mission Rover, however, is far more realistic looking than anything else in the line and would make for a great workhorse vehicle after some modifications and a complete repaint.
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3.75" figure in cab. You can see that there is room underneath the figure's butt to build up a chair. I could possibly fit a second seated figure behind the driver but I have to see.
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Rear section with ramp down. The computer station and other bits inside will be removed and the tops and sides will be fused shut leaving only the ramp with the ability to open/close.
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The small "Terra Skiff" can still be used with the addition of some handlebars and detailing added. The foot peg is too fat for modern Joes/Star Wars/etc. figures and will have to be removed/replaced.
As you can see 3.75"/4" figures fit very well in the cab and in the cargo area. There is plenty of room to add seats and other bits to bring this vehicle more in line with the super detailed vehicles in the rest of my collection. I could not pass this large vehicle up at this price and I bought every one the store had.
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Nice Dan. Time to share this.
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I stopped at Barnes & Noble after work and found these awesome Bandai "Figure Rise Effects" Aura Effect sets for only $9.95 each!
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I grabbed all 3 that they had (2 Yellow and 1 Blue set). They ordered a second Blue set for me and it will be ready for pick up at the store in 3-7 business days (they will email me when it comes in).
I really like these Bandai "Figure Rise Effect" Aura Effect bases, especially the Blue one. I hope they do additional colors (green would be AWESOME!).
Aura Effect (Blue)
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Parts
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Assembled
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Assembled - top view
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With 3.75" figure for scale.
Aura Effect (Yellow)
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Parts
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Assembled
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Assembled - top view
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With 3.75" figure for scale.
The Aura splash is made from a very similar rigid plastic to the canopy pieces from fighter jet models or model car windshields so be very careful not to crack them when removing them from their sprue (I actually cut them free instead of pulling).
The lightning pieces are flexible vinyl very similar to the lightning effects from action figures but are heavier.
As these are intended for use with Bandai's 7" figures, they are quite large compared to 3.75" figures but that makes them even better since with careful arrangement inside the Aurora, you could fit a small group of characters instead of just one 7" figure.
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Great news and review Dan. I need to go spread the word. I also saw you can get these effects online this weekend too. Here are your links:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-aura-effect/30778254?ean=4549660129714
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-aura-effect/30778255?ean=4549660129721
Also folks if you peruse the left side of the front page we have more of these effects listed through Amazon. You won't see any at the great price Dan just told us about though.
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Got 2 new World of Nintendo Mario figures - Ice Mario and a new version of Star Power Mario. I still haven't seen these on the East Coast yet, had to get these off ebay. Fortunately I got them for retail price as nobody put a bid on these.
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What happens when I go into PetSmart to get something for my cats?
I also walk out with $80 in resin diorama parts from their fish and reptile sections...
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These pieces are made from a heavy resin and are prepainted well enough that I will only have to make minor touch ups to them for them to be useful in my dioramas.
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Green stone environment with the always awesome Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S" 3.75" figures.
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Desert environment with the always awesome Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S" 3.75" figures.
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Oh yeah, great stuff. Time to take this to the front page too.
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I stopped at TJ Maxx after work and found these "Hex Bug" "Transformers" Battle Stadiums on clearance for $10 each.
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The circular part with the opening/closing blast doors was the bit that caught my eye and is worth the $10 price alone, any other useful parts are gravy. The Hex Bugs themselves will end up in my Swap Shop if anyone wants them.
Once I open them up, if the blast doors are as useful as I think they will be, I will probably go back to TJ Maxx after work tomorrow and grab the other 2 they had if they are still there.
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Looks pretty neat to me.
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After work hauls:
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I hit up TJ Maxx and grabbed the last 2 Hex Bugs "Transformers" Battle Stadiums for more diorama fodder.
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I picked up 4 Mega Bloks "Call Of Duty" Advanced Enforcers sets for the gatling guns.
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I found another "World Of Nintendo" "Metroid" at Wal-Mart!
The Metroid is different than the others not just in packaging design (open box vs blister carded) as the membrane covering the top of the creature is a 2 part hard plastic shell as opposed to the soft vinyl single piece bubble of the older version, they are also less expensive to boot. Hopefully I can find 5 more in the future to finish out my Metroid diorama needs.
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Picked up 2 more World of Nintendo Mario related figures, and also the Nintendo 3DS XL. It has the ability to play old school Super Nintendo games on it by download in the Nintendo e-shop.
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Some small clearance and 55% off coupon scores today!
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At K-Mart I picked up 6 "WWE Create A WWE Superstar" accessory sets for the shields and torches for $2.25 each. The armor and helmets are too big for anything I customize so they will go into my Swap Shop.
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At A.C. Moore, I picked up a cool "dragon eye" ring for $1.90. I plan on removing the ring and keeping the centerpiece for a mystic object.
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Found another 2.5" "World Of Nintendo" "Metroid" tonight at another Wal-Mart.
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This particular Metroid was found exactly as photographed- someone had torn it free of it's plastic tray and the small clear stand was missing. I bought it anyway and they gave me a 10% discount due to the missing stand. I can fashion another stand eventually but it can stand on the 4 talons just fine so there is no real rush. Now I only need 4 more! :)
Got an awesome package of Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." accessories in the mail today from Cap of www.joecustoms.com!
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Thanks for the much needed parts for some of my projects!
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My Amazon order arrived today!
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I ordered some more Bandai effects (violet "Wind", blue "Thunder", a second blue Figure Rise "Aura" and a blue "Energy Aura") for my dioramas and 4 Schleich mini feathered Utahraptors.
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Those effects are pretty awesome!
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My super cheap score for today.
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The Toys R Us "Animal Planet" set was $2.13 including sales tax after a 20% coupon and my $10 in R Rewards. I had a coupon and R Rewards that were going to expire. I already had 3 or 4 of the aquatic dino in this set but you can never have enough of this cool looking creature. I never had the vehicle in this set so it is new to me.
Shanna was $3.18 including sales tax at GameStop. I have been watching Shanna figures on clearance for quite awhile now but they never dipped below $7 so I grabbed this one the second I saw that sub $3 price tag! She will be a barbarian woman in my fantasy diorama.
Total cost of this haul: $5.31 :)
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I received a package full of great customizing fodder from AdrienVeidt of www.joecustoms.com!
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Thanks for the great parts and the bonus MegaBloks "Halo" alien!
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Scored these glass reptile eye jewellery pieces at A.C. Moore for $2.40 (including tax) after a 55% off coupon.
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They will be used for future projects. They also had another set with eyes in red/yellow/orange tones that I will get another time.
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I received a trade package today with 2 more Lakks Pacific "World Of Nintendo" 2.5" Metroids!
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Now I only need 2 more to hit the desired amount of 12 for my diorama!
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I didn't intend to spend any fun money today while running my responsible adult errands, but sometimes you see clearance bargains you cannot pass up!
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I hit the TRU in Totowa as I was out that way and scored the very last "Animal Planet" set of articulated mini dinosaurs with the feathered raptor that they had. These sets were originally $9.99 are being clearanced out (hopefully to make way for new sets) at $4.99. I love feathered dinos so I had to get it despite the fact I already had one.
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After visiting Liz at work for lunch, I hit the TRU in Paramus just to see if they had any more of the dino sets but they did not. They did, however, have the 6" "Warcraft" movie figures clearanced from $19.99 down to $4.99. They clearanced these a few months back but every TRU I visited only had the 2 human figures not the Orcs. They must have found a case in the storeroom recently as there were 4 Durotans and a Blackhand hanging on the pegs. I snapped them up instantly as you cannot beat 75% off of great gigantic monster figures!
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I had some 55% off coupons for A.C. Moore so I picked up the other set of plastic dragon eyes I wanted and a cool copper octopus pendant that will all be used for future dioramas. The eyes came to $2.40 and the octopus was $1.90 after taxes :)
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Nice haul
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Little late with this, but I went to Super Mega Fest on April 8th in Marlborough, MA. I was going to post these pickups but got another stomach bug a few days later (once was enough).
- There was a booth where you could get your photo taken in front of a green screen, and they could add in just about any background you wanted. I went with a Mario background, of course.
- I grabbed this Super Mario Bros. 3 3D display. After tax it was only $13 and change, and Mario 3 is one of my favorite games.
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Nice background! Good pick ups.
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Missed out on another Classic NES but I picked up Mario Kart 8 for the Nintendo Switch today, which I had on pre-order.
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I got 2 great trade packages in the mail today containing the items below:
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My Mom would have been 62 on May 5th. I stopped in a Gamestop I don't normally visit and found this awesome Super Mario Bros. box art display. She got me into Mario/Nintendo so I find it very fitting I found this of all days, on her birthday.
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Pretty coo find and glad it brought back a good memory.
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I received a package in the mail from pluv of www.joecustoms.com containing a pair of Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." sword scabbards I need for an upcoming project!
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Thanks for the much needed parts!
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I usually do not go to Hobby Lobby very often but I decided to pop in today while running errands out near Totowa and scored these great fairy village items on deep clearance!
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The 4 table/stools sets were $3.40 each and the 2 benches were $1.36 each- total cost $17.45 including sales tax!
Stone bench with a Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." 3.75" Skeleton for scale.
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Table/stools set with a Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." 3.75" Skeleton for scale.
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The benches are just about perfect as is but the green tables are about .5"-.75" too tall and will need to either be cut down or recessed into the base of whatever diorama they end up getting used in (most likely my round Schleich "Big Knights Castle" set up which will be the castle of the Elves).
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Wow, those look great. Off to share the news.
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On our first real walkabout in Ilford, London, we happened apon a store called Sainsbury's (kind of like a small Target). I found 2 of the Chap Mei "Dino Valley" electronic dinosaurs that we do not have in the US!
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They were only £10 each ($13-ish in US currency) which is cheaper than they will be if they ever reach the states (TRU carries this size in their "Animal Planet" branded exclusives for $16.99) so I grabbed the 2 they had. They did not have the Spinosaurus in stock.
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Some clearance scores from the Ilford, London TRU!
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The "Doctor Who" Foretold (mummies) were only £2.94 each (approx $3.85 US).
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I also picked up a package of "Jelly Babies", the treat of choice for a certain renegade Timelord through several of his incarnations.
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I picked up these cool "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2" cup topper figurines at the movie theatre tonight.
They are roughly 1/18 scale and excellently sculpted. They lack articulation but are posed dynamically enough that it does not matter. I still have to trim off the small posts on the bottoms of the figurines but I do not have a blade handy here. I will trim them when I get home.
They are pictures here with a 3.75" Foretold figure for scale.
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Cool deal, I figured you would get some Dr. Who Figures in the UK.
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My wife and I got these awesome pics done at the "Doctor Who Experience" in Cardiff, Wales yesterday!
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We were shot against a green screen and the backgrounds were added in afterwards. I think I did a pretty good job of putting my hands in positions that matched the consoles.
There were a lot of different props we could use and I chose the Fourth Doctor's iconic scarf and sonic screwdriver while Liz got River Song's sonic screwdriver.
These pictures are my favorite souvenirs from this trip!
I just wish I was thinner because I had a scarf like Tom Baker had during his time in the role and a belly like Colin Baker currently has LOL
I got a souvenir bag of exclusive "Experience" goodies:
Front:
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Back:
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This is the contents of my commemorative souvenir bag:
Programme:
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Companion Certificate and Commemorative Ticket:
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Companion TARDIS Key:
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Our original tickets to the "Experience":
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I also bought this at the souvenir shop:
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This 10th Doctor TARDIS Control Room Playset was made for the 5.5" figures but is way underscaled making it almost perfect for the 3.75" line!
Now I just have to figure out how to get it home LOL
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Picked up these knock-off Papo dinosaurs for £1 each at Poundland Stores!
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They are much larger than the originals and have almost no loss of mold detail. The paint, however, leaves a lot to be desired. I can fix that though.
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Got these figures with an Amazon gift card from my birthday.
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Wow, Dan great stuff! I need to go share some of that.
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Wow. That looks like a lot of fun, Dan.
I'll have to put the 'Experience' on my bucket list.
My Dr Who Experience was finding a couple of vintage Dr Who T-shirts yesterday.
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Wow. That looks like a lot of fun, Dan.
I'll have to put the 'Experience' on my bucket list.
My Dr Who Experience was finding a couple of vintage Dr Who T-shirts yesterday.
The "Doctor Who Experience" is closing in August but will be reopening sometime late this year or early next year in a new location. If you can, definitely go, it was AWESOME!
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Finally grabbed the NES Classic Edition!
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I remember having one of those! I wonder if the old games will work on it. I am guessing they will. I finished legend of zelda when we were locked in on base for a week.
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I picked up these awesome toys at Argos this morning!
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The "Doctor Who" "Into The Dalek" Time Zone playset was never imported into the US by any of the usual outlets for "Doctor Who" merchandise so I thought I would never get one. I got it on super clearance for £6.99 (approx $9.19 US) down from the original release price of £49.99!
I really only wanted the black/red/silver Dalek Hoverbout so at the price I got it for, all of the figures and the cardboard backdrop are gravy.
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I also picked up the "Thunderbirds Are Go" villain "The Mechanic". This Series 2 figure, along with the repaints of the Series 1 Thunderbirds Team never made it to the US due to the poor sales of Series 1. I have no real interest in "Thunderbirds Are Go", but the figure was on sale for £4.99 (approx $5.09 US) and with a repaint will make for an excellent seedy spaceport mechanic.
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My wife and I took one last trip to Sainsburys before we head home to the US tomorrow. I found the last "Dino Valley" dinosaur I was missing (Spinosaurus - top of pic) and grabbed the last 2 T-Rexes they had on the shelf.
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During the 2 weeks we have been in the UK, we have been buying necessities (mostly cold drinks and such) at a place called Sainsburys. They were having a promotion in which for every £5 you spent you received an exclusive 2 card pack of "Lego: Create The World" trading cards and for every £10 you spend you got an exclusive 4 card pack.
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I ended up with two 2 card packs and five 4 card packs. They are all unopened and in perfect condition having been packed inside several flat items we are bringing home.
I have no interest in them at all so they will be up for trade after we get home.
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Looks like you two had a fun trip from what I could see on FB.
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I was out running errands today and found myself near the Toys R Us in Totowa so I stopped in to see if there were any new releases that I had not seen.
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I saw the final wave of "Ghostbusters" figures which contains the "Terror Dog" that I had been waiting to be released! As I am turning the big four-four on Sunday, I decided to treat myself to an early birthday present and grabbed both of the Terror Dogs that they had in stock (the figure comes with 2 sets of horns to make the figure either Zuul or Vince Clortho).
These creatures are going to look great in my sci-fi/fantasy menagerie.
I also found these cool little dragons at Dollar Tree in Clifton. They are approximately 4" long and made of a somewhat flexible vinyl.
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They had a box full of them but I only grabbed these 3 as they had the least amount of glue spillage around the bases of the wings.
They need full repaints but are not bad for $1 each.
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Happy BDay Dan.
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Happy BDay Dan.
Thanks!
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I hit up the Walmart in Secaucus today while running errands. I picked up some metallic and GITD paints for future projects for $1.77-$1.97 each.
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I wanted GITD Blue and Green as well but they were out of stock so I will have to go back another time.
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After lunch I hit up a discount store called "Amazing Savings". I almost never visit as it is a pain in the backside to get into their parking lot. I found a display of small articulated animals by Tomy. They had 3 different dinosaurs (T-Rex, Stegosaurus + Triceratops), 2 different tigers (orange/black striped and white/black striped but same mold), a hippo, a panda, an alligator and a few others.
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I bought every single alligator that they had, 25 in total (I got the display bucket as well for free since I bought them all) for $1.29 each. I passed on the dinosaurs as they were not all that great. I passed on the other animals as they were all pretty small for 1/18 scale. The gators make for great juveniles.
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3.75" Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." figure for scale.
I had no idea that Jakks Pacific had produced a second series of "Warcraft" movie figures!
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I found Gul'Dan today at Target in Clifton after lunch and had to buy it as this character was my overall favorite design in the movie.
Apparently there are only 2 figures in Series 2, Gul'Dan and Garona (half Orc female character).
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Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." 3.75" figure for scale.
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I found the GITD Green acrylic paint I was looking for today at the Walmart in Garfield!
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Sadly it looks like the GITD Blue is no longer being produced by Plaid/Folk Art :(
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I'm not a big fan of comics, but I picked up Alan Moore's Saga of the swamp thing vol 1, on Amazon. It's part of a 6 volume collection of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing comics. Volume one starts at Swamp Thing #20-27 writren in '83-84. The collection was published in 2012 by DC, however it has the Vertigo logo on the cover.
This comic series is intense. It's a horror story, but I would describe it as more of a psychological thriller. Pretty much every character is insane. I would highly recommend this book series for anyone who likes weird stories, monster stories, Frankenstein. I don't want to spoil it, so I'll just say it's pretty deep, for a comic. It is for mature audiences. It can be a little wordy at times, but overall it's very interresting. I couldn't put it down.
BTW. they reference Planarian worms, I did some research, and the planarian worm experiments did happen. Pretty crazy stuff.
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Pretty good pick ups. I like those Warcraft figures.
My nephew was just talking about Swamp Thing this weekend as I was traveling to attend his graduation. I might have to pick that up for some fun summer reading.
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I liked Saga of the swamp thing vol 1 so much I got vol.2. It's Alan Moore's collection of Saga of the Swamp Thing #28-34, written in '84-85.
This volume was even weirder than the first. It was super creepy. They remind me of Edgar Allan Poe and Dante's Inferno. For example the PLUT...PLUT...PLUT, in the beginning and the end of the story, while Swampy digs his grave and narrates his insanity, in #28 "The Burial". Similar to the Tell Tale Heart, or the Raven. #31 Swampy is led through different stages of purgatory and Hell, by Deadman, Stranger, Spectre, and Etrigan the poetic demon. The short story #32 "POG" was really neat, it had nothing to do with the rest of the story, but I liked it. These cute little cartoonish aliens come to earth to find a new home after these brutes destroyed their old planet. Swamp thing shows them mankind, and they promptly left. The whole volume took a little getting used to, but I really enjoyed it.
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I might have to pick these up too.
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My souvenir t-shirt from the Doctor Who Experience arrived today!
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When we visited the Experience, they were out of my size and told me they would mail it out to me when it was restocked. It came in today.
I also received 2 incomplete Jakks Pacific giant "Godzilla" (2014) figures today from my mother in law!
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Her neighbor was throwing them out but she and my wife grabbed them for me. They are both missing the ends of their tails and one is missing its left hand, I wrote Jakks Pacific regarding the availability of replacement parts, but I can customize them into battle scarred Kaiju if none are available :)
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love the Godzillas. So tempted to get one myself. Sure did like the new movie. Can't wait to see the big guy in action again.
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I got the third volume of Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing. The collection is issues #35-42 written in 1985.
The stories are very creepy. They're like short stories within a larger story. It's hard to explain really. You can take Swamp Thing completely out of some of the stories, and they would still be good horror stories. Swamp Thing meets John Constantine, who uses Swamp Thing to defeat various supernatural monsters. Along the way Swamp Thing discovers more of his powers. It's a very good volume. I'm half way through the series now, and I'm enjoying it a lot, so I might as well get volumes 4-6.
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I am liking this swamp thing arc you are in now.
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I am liking this swamp thing arc you are in now.
Originally I got vol.1 for a reference and inspiration for my custom figure, but I really got into the story.
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I picked up this cool Emce Toys "Create Your Own Zombie" action figure customizing kit today at a little video game store in town. The figures are made from a material very similar to the kind usually found in vinyl model kits so they have some flex to them making parts swapping very easy (be careful not to tear the posts though).
Box back:
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Box with front panel open:
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The sculpting is very nice, especially the various heads (some of which are inspired by famous movie monsters such as "Dr. Tongue" from "Day Of The Dead" and the Hammer Horror renditions of the Mummy and Frankenstein's Monster). The kit comes with 3 articulated bodies (ball hinge shoulders, hinge elbows/knees/ankles, swivel head/hips/wrists), 8 heads, 2 additional sets of hands, and variant limbs (including severed limbs with exposed bones) that can be swapped around between the 3 figures for maximum customization. The kit also comes with 2 pretty decent brushes and some simple paints (I will use my regular paints to do the figures).
Contents of kit:
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Variant parts and additional heads on sprus.:
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The 8 heads that come in the kit (Hammer Mummy is last head on right in second row, Hammer Frankenstein's Monster and "Day Of The Dead" Dr. Tongue are the last 2 on the right of the bottom row:
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I assembled the 3 figures in the builds I will use them as and all of the spare parts will go in my zombie fodder box for future zombies for my ever growing horde
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Now that is pretty cool. I so need to go spread the news on this one. Thanks for the review Dan.
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My awesome wife bought me some new much needed detail brushes today :)
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I got a DC ICONS Aquaman today. Like I've said before, I'm not a big comic guy, but some things I like, Aquaman being one. I remember watching the cartoon show as a kid, so when I came across this, I had to have it.
It was released this same time last year in the DC collectables icons series. Aquaman is patterned after the Legend of Aquaman from the late 80's which is a slight update of the classic Aquaman. It is approximately 6 inches tall l. Same articulation you'd find with The Black series. Ball head, ball swivel shoulders, swivel jointed wrists. Swivel upper arms. Double jointed knees and elbows. Rocker ankles. Ball hinge hips. Double jointed abs, not a whole lot of movement on the upper. Accessories 3 sets of hands; 2x fists, 2x grip hands, 2x open relaxed hands. Alternate head, with sonar telepathy wave effect,(pretty cool). And he comes with his Trident, spear.
I gotta say I really like the overall sculpt. He has this fish scaled shirt, its really awesome. The head sculpt is simple, but nice. Both heads are the same.
Paint apps are very nice. Eyes are well done. Hair has a slight wash. The fish scale shirt looks great. Its a orange color with a metallic like sheen. It looks like a freggin goldfish skin shirt. The face has a dull flat paint, which is great, looks like actual skin.
Complaints; I would like to have swimming hands, along with added neck articulation so you can pose him swimming. Other than that, I really like this figure. I'm really impressed with the overall quality.
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Pretty cool figure. Thanks for the review. Time to go share it.
I need to find some time this week to do Imperial Review Archive buttons for these new reviews I see popping up so we don't loose track of em.
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I made up some review buttons for a few of these great reviews I found in here.
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After walking to the library to pick up the book they special ordered for me ("Vostok" by Steve Alten), I decided to hit up the post office on the way home and grab a panel of the thermographic ink "Total Eclipse Of The Sun" stamps.
The thermographic ink goes from black to clear (the pic shows them in a trasitional state due to the ambient heat during the walk home) to reveal an image of the moon simulating the upcoming eclipse in August. I am not a stamp collector by any means but I love the concept and am a huge space geek.
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Received an awesome belated birthday present from sgcaper of http://www.joecustoms.com today!
He recently went to Disney's Animal Kingdom park and picked up the Safari Ltd.-ish toob full of different miniature creatures from the planet Pandora (from Avatar) for me! This was a really nice surprise as this was something I really wanted being a huge fan of the flora and fauna from that movie.
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Pretty cool avatar stuff Dan. I like those stamps too.
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My wife bought me these great articulated dinosaurs today at TJ Maxx. They are produced by a company called Lontic/Happy Kin Toys but released by several different distributors (this set was released by Kid Galaxy). I saw Happy Kin Toys products at Toy Fair last year but have never seen any of them in a physical store so it was pretty cool to find this lone set today.
There should be at least two additional 3pks available based on the other dinos shown on the box. I want to check the other TJ Maxx stores in the area to see if they have any different sets.
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Dan looks like photobucket is getting weird. I can't see any of your pics now.
I like imgur.com as photobucket got too much of a hassle for me to use the past year or so and loaded wonky.
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Picked up these 2 figures off ebay. Ted Williams and Carlton Fisk, both in the Hall of Fame.
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Picked up the 12" head-to-tail "Shin Godzilla" from Neca at thr TRU in Secaucus today.
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New Disney "Mech X-4" toys coming 8/30!
TRU in Totowa put up a whole 4ft section early but let me buy the 4 monsters ahead of street date before they pulled the section down.
I believe they are not true 1/18 figures as they are supposed to be giant Kaiju if I am not mistaken, but they scale really well next to 1/18 figures.
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With 3.75" Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." figure for scale:
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Pretty sweet Dan.
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Picked up a David Ortiz figure a few weeks ago that I forgot about. Red Sox offense is really missing this guy..
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Got a surprise package in the mail today from Cap of www.JoeCustoms.com containing some great Boss Fight Studio parts!
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Scored both 3.75" Marvel Legends "Thor" sets today and the "Heroes Of The Storm" giant orc from "World Of Warcraft".
I wish that the 3.75" movie Thor came with 2 swords like every other scale version of him
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Awesome stuff Dan. Love that Gladiator Hulk.
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I picked up some new 1/18 action figure sets at Wal-Mart today that might be of interest to my fellow collectors/customizers:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kid-Connection-Shark-Exploration-Playset/263201719
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kid-Connection-Dino-Attack-Play-Set/857846954
These sets utilize Chap Mei tooling, which is far superior to their usual offerings. Chap Mei is the same company that TRU uses for their "Animal Planet" and "True Heroes" branded merchandise.
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Picked up 2 dinosaur skeleton puzzles today for $8 each at TJ Max.
They will be cut up into individual bones and used in dioramas.
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I also received the first of 2 replacement tails for the incomplete Jakks Pacific giant sized Godzilla my mother in law gave me.
I am still waiting for the second one.
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Gotta like a company that will do that.
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Picked up a few more Red Sox figures - Nomar Garciaparra (left) and Mookie Betts (right)
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You are getting quite the RS Collection now too. It is interesting to see what folks collect.
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You are getting quite the RS Collection now too. It is interesting to see what folks collect.
Yeah I got quite a few figures now. Nowhere near my Star Wars or Mario collection though. I'm very picky with who I buy for Red Sox figures.
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I do my morning jog watching sportscenter on espn and always see news on the Red Sox. I always like their commercials on Big Papi.
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I am trying not to buy anything for my customizing hobby right now as my fun funds are pretty low, but I wanted to reward myself for my 4.0 GPA. I had a $10 budget and a 15% off coupon so I hit TRU looking for another of those cool Chameleo-Wasps from the "Mech-X4" line but they didn't have one. I did find these awesome Schleich Feed Sets for $1.58 each on clearance! Less than $9 in total and I still have my coupon for next time LOL
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Leave it to you to find the deals Dan. Awesome.
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Tonight's score: tons of Schleich diorama fodder for $.78 each!
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I picked up some great fantasy fodder at Michaels for $1.59 each!
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I saw your posts on FB, wow you find the cheap goods!
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My Wal-Mart score for today!
The aquarium diorama pieces were on clearance for $2.50 each!
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My TRU and K-Mart scores for today!
The Lontic articulated dinosaur 3pks look like they are being phased out in favor of 4pks of smaller, non-articulated dinosaur figurines so if you wanted them, go get them now!
On the TRU exclusive "True Heroes" Pirate Captain's Ship playset, TRU honored the insanely low price from their site so I got it for almost 50% off!
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Awesome pirate ship. Man, great deals you are finding still!
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My Target, TRU and Disney Store hauls for today!
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Wow, already found your Stranger Things Monsters!
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Scored these four Lontic dinosaur 6 packs tonight at BJs!
We did not have an active membership, but my wife was a member many, many years ago so the customer service department gave us a free 3 month membership.
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Nice!
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Picked up these knock off huge Chap Mei dinosaur sets at Marshalls. I have always wanted more of that Diplodicus mold, but the last official release was over a decade ago. I got 5 of them for $14.99 each. The planes will be added to my Swap Shop if anyone wants them.
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My package from Wal-Mart arrived! More Lontic dinosaurs for my herd, including 1 that is exclusive to this set (green/black Carnataur). This set also comes with a diorama accessory!
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Mail call!
I FINALLY got some of the fantasy series figures from Boss Fight Studio!
I got a wild life habitat full of Schleich, Papo and CollectA dinosaurs and fantasy creatures from www.happyhentoys.com.
I also picked up these 2 massive "Marvel Universe" Sentinels from the private collection of a former Hasbro designer!
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Those BFS Figures are just fantastic. They easily seem to be about the top action figures in terms of sculpt and articulation and detail right now imo.
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Another package full of Lontic dinosaurs courtesy of Wal-Mart!
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You ought to have enough dinosaurs to do your own Jurassic World! Love seeing all the great stuff and deals you find Dan.
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I got 2 awesome trade packages in the mail today!
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I picked up this cool "Dinofroz" Gladiator T-Rex figure at TJ Maxx on clearance for $8.
With a repaint he will make a cool 3.75" scale monster. The orange and black armor is almost organic looking.
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Interesting looking dino.
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I had a 20% off coupon for TRU so I grabbed the 6th and final "Mech-X4" Chameleo Wasp I wanted for my swarm.
After getting the $20 adjustment on that Schleich set I bought a few weeks back, I figured I would order that Lontic dinosaur set from Amazon that had the Pachyrinosaurus I was missing despite the price being higher than I have paid for any other Lontic set. The package arrives today with the wrong Lontic set in it. I called Amazon and they said that they did not have any of the sets that were on their website in any of their warehouses so a different set of the same value was sent. I told them I had ordered the specific set on their site for a reason. They told me that they will refund my card for the price of the missing set and to keep the set they sent for the trouble.
I did not get the set I had wanted but, hey, free dinosaurs! :)
I also broke down and bought the NYCC Funko "Stranger Things" 3pk as I was getting tired of wasting gas going to all of my local Targets each week looking for the closed mouth Demogorgon.
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I finished up my latest Stranger Things Marathon this weekend as an early birthday treat. I love that show. It is so me. I could have been one of those kids. So tempted to get the AFs for this line.
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I got 2 awesome trade packages in the mail today!
The second package contained a pair of real metal Orc swords my friend Chris (2DARK2C) from www.JoeCustoms.com made me. They have working razor sharp blades!
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My Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." Evil Skeleton and Female Orc Conqueror arrived today!
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Received a package full of great parts from a friend on Facebook!
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Very nice.
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Hit up your local Game Stops!
They are having a 50% off all clearance items sale this weekend!
I scored all of this across the 5 closest Game Stops to my house (both Cliftons, both Waynes and Lodi).
The Star Wars Rathtars and Probe Droids were $7.49 each. The Cyborgs were $4.97 each. The Rogue One 4pk was $9.99. The Skyrim skeletal dragon was $7.49.
The stores I visited had tons of collectibles (mostly 6" scale and larger) so it's time to hunt!
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Wow, those are some great deals. I need to go put this on the front page. Thanks for the word Dan.
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Gamestop clearance is the best. Its even better that you can check the stock of any item in store (BTW) on the webpage.
Had no idea they popped the creature sets down... Time to hunt.
*update* -----
Hit my local GS tonight (going two more tomorrow). Found:
Vader probe x2
Rathtar x1
Han/boba x2
WalMart next door had the leia/dj/exile wave and the exclusive ponda wave (minus boba... Of course right?). Passed on it all I just don't care to spend $$$ on this stuff anymore on sight. The GS sale is exactly why 😉 lol!
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Nice score Mister! Congratulations! I hope I can get hands onto the Probe Droid set, too!
And by the way do you already have any plans with the two TAC Destroyer Droids you got at the end of October? :)
- Philipp
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Nice score Mister! Congratulations! I hope I can get hands onto the Probe Droid set, too!
And by the way do you already have any plans with the two TAC Destroyer Droids you got at the end of October? :)
- Philipp
Thanks!
The TAC Destroyer Droids are just going to join my Destroyer Droid battalion, no customizing plans for them.
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Okay, sounds good! I think the TAC version is the best Droideka Hasbro gave us so far! I am very curious if they will make it part of the Vintage Collection...maybe with an all-new version? =)
I asked because I repainted to Destroyers so far...don't know if you saw them, yet:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10186.30
It was a very exciting project and I am happy with the result.
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I received an awesome trade package from Tsunami from www.JoeCustoms.com!
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Looks like a good trade to me.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Received a great trade package from Nick Rega over on the Parts Swappers Paradise FFacebook page!
Thanks again for the great parts!
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Mail call!
Received a trade package full of awesome accessories from my friend Chad on Facebook.
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I picked up these wood craft dowels at a dollar store while running errands.
I used a few to make some goblin spears using the blades from some Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." Medusa bone knives. I also made a pair of tridents using the tips from some old "G.I.Joe" Hydro-Viper weapons. All still need to be painted.
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Nice. Those look pretty wicked.
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My Boss Fight Studio "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." "Knight Of Asperity" pre-order arrived today!
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BFS has it going on right now. Dan, would you say they are the elite of the action figure makers right now? I would love to have a podcast on that question sometime.
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BFS has it going on right now. Dan, would you say they are the elite of the action figure makers right now? I would love to have a podcast on that question sometime.
I would go on record as saying that they are the best overall producers of action figures right now. The only detractor is the cost, each figure works out to be $30 and some change with shipping (shipping per figure drops when multiples are ordered). I am up for doing a podcast, just let me know and we can schedule something :)
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Saturday mail call!
I got another awesome trade package from My friend Joe on Facebook!
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Belated Monday Mail Call!
I received a trade package full of great creatures, parts and accessories from the always awesome sgcaper from www.joecustoms.com!
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Christmas goodies from my beautiful wife and my awesome in-laws!
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Dollar store diorama fodder haul thanks to my awesome wife!
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Those mini plastic containers are really great. MANY uses overall.
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I scored another of those Schleich fences that I picked up a few months back for $.78 each, but this one was only $.03!
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Belated Thursday Mail Call!
I ordered this Lontic/Tedco Dinosaur set back in October but it was on backorder until 1/2/18. It arrived on Thursday but I was unable to retrieve it until today do to the weather and crappy local road conditions.
I LOVE the feathered dino in this set! Four of the dinos are duplicates from other sets. The Spinosaur, Dilophosaur, Raptor, T-Rex and Triceratops are high quality knock-offs of old Hasbro "Jurassic Park III" molds. The 2 small carnivorous dinos are pretty cool- they have prey in their jaws (one has a tiny dino and the other has a severed dino leg).
There is still one more set of Lontic/Tedco dinosaurs that I do not have as they were out of stock when I wanted to order them. They are supposed to be restocked sometime in the next 60 days so I will order them in the spring. Then I will have all but 1 dino that they have produced, sadly the missing dino is an Anklyosaurus- my all time favorite dinosaur.
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Friday Mail Call!
I received a package from 2DARK2C of www.JoeCustoms.com today!
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These are some cool parts! I used to play hours and hours with Playmobil when I was a kid!
But how in the universe did you score these fancy Schleich fences for 78 cents or even 3 cents?! :o
- Philipp
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These are some cool parts! I used to play hours and hours with Playmobil when I was a kid!
But how in the universe did you score these fancy Schleich fences for 78 cents or even 3 cents?! :o
- Philipp
I just get very lucky when it comes to clearance scores. Especially at TRU as the ones near me are very bad at removing discontinued items from their shelves.
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Wow, congratulations! The discounts at retail (and online) are sometimes insane in the U.S. - I mean 3 cents are more a sympolic price just to get it off the shelves...it's actually given away.
Nice scores! Do you have any plans with the Playmobil plants? Do you work a lot with Playmobil and how is the general availabilty of Playmobil in your area? And is it popular in the USA?
I remember when I was in NY, MI or FL it was only available at Toys "R" Us most of the times.
- Philipp
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Dan does have some awesome luck when it goes to finding great deals on things. Its magic I tell you!
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Wow, congratulations! The discounts at retail (and online) are sometimes insane in the U.S. - I mean 3 cents are more a sympolic price just to get it off the shelves...it's actually given away.
Nice scores! Do you have any plans with the Playmobil plants? Do you work a lot with Playmobil and how is the general availabilty of Playmobil in your area? And is it popular in the USA?
I remember when I was in NY, MI or FL it was only available at Toys "R" Us most of the times.
- Philipp
I honestly had no idea that they were Playmobile plants, I just picked them because plants in general are hard to find in 1/18 scale. I usually do not work with Playmobile due to their rather high prices, but I have on occasion scored some cheap Egyptian sets that I plan to use for diorama parts in the future.
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Yes, your latest package contained 4 parts from Playmobil as well. And I absolutely agree with you:
Suitable plants for 1/18 scale are quite hard to find, but if you look long enough, you'll find some. Fortunately I have some nice stores selling artificial plants here in Germany! And you'll find some on eBay from various Chinese sellers. (My advice: Compare the prices for each kind carefully before purchasing). Have you already seen my entry to that?
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10155.30
Shipping for those plants from Asia is quite cheap or even FREE! But I can also send you some plants from my local stores if you want depending on what you need! :)
And yes, it's sad that Playmobil is quite expensive in the U.S. compared to Germany. That's probably due to high shipping costs to export them...Playmobil only produces on Malta and is my favourite toy brand! Playmobil is cheap here and almost constantly on sale in stores.
Check out the prices on some German websites ;)
https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xplaymobil+pflanzen.TRS0&_nkw=playmobil+pflanzen&_sacat=0 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xplaymobil%2Bpflanzen.TRS0%26_nkw%3Dplaymobil%2Bpflanzen%26_sacat%3D0)
- Philipp
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Yes, your latest package contained 4 parts from Playmobil as well. And I absolutely agree with you:
Suitable plants for 1/18 scale are quite hard to find, but if you look long enough, you'll find some. Fortunately I have some nice stores selling artificial plants here in Germany! And you'll find some on eBay from various Chinese sellers. (My advice: Compare the prices for each kind carefully before purchasing). Have you already seen my entry to that?
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10155.30
Shipping for those plants from Asia is quite cheap or even FREE! But I can also send you some plants from my local stores if you want depending on what you need! :)
And yes, it's sad that Playmobil is quite expensive in the U.S. compared to Germany. That's probably due to high shipping costs to export them...Playmobil only produces on Malta and is my favourite toy brand! Playmobil is cheap here and almost constantly on sale in stores.
Check out the prices on some German websites ;)
- Philipp
I just perused your post on the plants, very good stuff there! In the spring when I have some available "fun money" I might have to order some of those :)
I have had some luck finding plastic fish tank plants at one of my local dollar stores. I cleaned them out of their remaining stock a few months back. The fish tank plants are long vine like constructions but can be trimmed down to use in small sections quite easily. I also got some funky blue and purple plants which work beautifully for alien environments like Felucia.
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I just added a link to ebay.de:
https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xplaymobil+pflanzen.TRS0&_nkw=playmobil+pflanzen&_sacat=0 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xplaymobil%2Bpflanzen.TRS0%26_nkw%3Dplaymobil%2Bpflanzen%26_sacat%3D0)
Crazy! Talking about Felucia: I just received a big package of plants I ordered about a month ago. It takes up to 5 weeks for them to arrive. Shippping was free so that's totally okay!
Do you want me to post a pic of them here?
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Here we go:
(https://i.imgur.com/RCndYWv.jpg)
This is begging for a Felucia diorama.
- Philipp
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Here we go:
(https://i.imgur.com/RCndYWv.jpg)
This is begging for a Felucia diorama.
- Philipp
Very nice!
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Wow, you are right that is so Felucia. I like it!
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Picked up some more "Rampage: The Movie" sets!
I still want 1 more Canister Contact Lizzie, 4 more Big City Brawl Lizzies and 2 more each of Canister Contact and Big City Brawl Ralphs and I will be happy :)
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Just a fun looking line if you ask me. Enjoyed your reviews so far.
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I picked up the last few "Rampage: The Movie" Canister Contact sets I wanted this morning.
Now I just need to concentrate on the last Big City Brawl items I still want (2 more Ralphs and 4 more Lizzies) from this line.
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I am thinking about the quality and the price point you are getting for a lot of this stuff.
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Scored two more "Rampage:The Movie" Big City Brawl Ralphs (bringing me to the 4 I wanted) and another Big City Brawl Lizzie (bringing me halfway to the 6 I want)!
I forgot to take pics before opening them LOL
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Scored 2 more "Rampage" Big City Brawl Lizzies today before class!
1 more to go to get my 6 I wanted :)
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Local WalMart had a dozen of the skull island kongs down to $5 had to finally grab one... Man is this dude cool! Him alone makes what Hasbro offers a joke. Under scaled or not he just looks so fierce.
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They had like thirty or so at my walmart too. Tempted to get one to just monkey around with it.
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If its super cheap think about going for it. It's exactly how it looks: a large heavy hunk of plastic... In all the right ways. A really fun display piece.
I was almost tempted to grab another to make a Gorax. But I have too many other projects to start/complete so I spent money on more cheap styrene instead.
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Scored 7 of these Schleich sets for on clearance for $3.48 each (originally $24.99 each) today at TRU!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got 2 great packages in the mail today full of awesome customizing fodder!
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Leave it to you to find some fantastic prices. I so want to get up there one day and just follow you around on your toy runs at least once before I kick the bucket.
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Leave it to you to find some fantastic prices. I so want to get up there one day and just follow you around on your toy runs at least once before I kick the bucket.
If you make it up here, I will take you to all of the best toy stores :)
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I have no doubt. With all the great deals I have seen you post over the years you definitely do.
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I got a head's up from a friend last night that Big Lots got in new Fairy Garden accessories so I swung by the only one in my area between household chores.
2017 did not see any new releases, only reissues of the 2016 product but there are several new pieces this year. Several pieces would be great for Boss Fight Studio's "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." Elves as they match the forest look.
I only picked up 2 items myself (stone path and fire pit) due to lack of substantial fun money at the moment. I will grab more at the end of the season when they get clearanced.
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Those look great.
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Belated Friday Mail Call!
Got a package full of much needed parts from drbindy of wwe.JoeCustoms.com!
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Monday Mail Call!
I got my Boss Fight Studio mobile app exclusive black robed Felonius with the additional exclusive variant potion bottles and fire effect!
I also got insanely cool trade packages from Cap and J-Man from www.JoeCustoms.com! Thanks for all of the great parts, 3-D printed items and stickers!
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My Valentine's Day gift from my beautiful wife Liz!
She knows no one can talk nerdy like I can ;)
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Very nice, my wife and I didn't get each other anything this year. Regretting it a bit now. Oh well, the day ain't over yet!
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Checked a WalMart and missed out on all the decent 6" SW
But I usually check threw the marvel stuff... If I remember.
This guy was randomly on the peg $8... soo cool looking. Definitely a favorite figure now.
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I haven't had a chance to get in on the five dollar figs either. Maybe this weekend. I agree that Iron skull is great.
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Monday Mail Call!
I got my Boss Fight Studio mobile app exclusive black robed Felonius with the additional exclusive variant potion bottles and fire effect!
I also got insanely cool trade packages from Cap and J-Man from www.JoeCustoms.com! Thanks for all of the great parts, 3-D printed items and stickers!
Nice Spectre, I'm glad I'm not the only BossFight Fanatic on these boards lol. I got the "Dark" Version of Felonius from the BF app as well but when i got mine the alternate fire and potions were missing from the box :(
I'm sure they'll clear it up as BF has excellent customer service. As for the Bigglots accessories I found the same ones at Michaels... and I probably got rooked for 2x the price you did lmao.. well it happens.
Here's some of my own BF shots (FYI I use Everquest themed names/items as my BF figs are kitbashed/Customized into EQ characters)
(https://i1.wp.com/dejariktable.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/tilaru-single.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i0.wp.com/dejariktable.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/tyanu-single.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i1.wp.com/dejariktable.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/imag0475.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i2.wp.com/dejariktable.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/imag0459.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
(https://i1.wp.com/dejariktable.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/darkmoon-meeting2.jpg?ssl=1&w=450)
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I just found these cool "Portal 2" keychains at FYE for $2 each. I have never played the games, but these droids look close enough to 1/18 scale to me. They can go in my used droids lot diorama LOL
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wow pretty cheap for a nice looking droid.
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While running errands today, I stopped into Toys R Us simply out of curiosity to see if any of this weekend's Toy Fair reveals were in out yet (some Schleich was seen) and found 4 brand new "Animal Planet" sets!
With Toys R Us being such a precarious position lately, I have a strong feeling that any new "Animal Planet" and "True Heroes" items will not be produced in the readily available numbers we have seen in the past so I snatched them up right away.
There are 2 new Dinosaur sets and 2 new Deep Sea sets. The dinosaur sets feature brand new (to the US anyway) dinosaurs as well as a brand new playset and vehicle. The small red helicopter is a reissue of one that has seen release both in the TRU exclusive lines as well as showing up in a Walmart "Kid Connection" set last year. The figures and accessories are reissues of items that are always used in these sets. The Ceratopsian dinosaur is the same as the one I found in England last spring which is great as I wanted more of them besides the 1 I found. The Carnataurus is a great little dinosaur, not as nice as the "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" one coming this summer, but still a nice additoon to the herd. The smaller hatchlings are completely new as far as I know.
The 2 new Deep Sea sets feature new sea creatures while reissuing older vehicles (in new colors at least), figures and accessories from previous sets. The Goblin Shark, which may actually be the first action figure style release of this species, is awesome despite the chomping jaw mechanism not having the same "Alien"-esque action of the real animal. The Dunkleosteus is a real surprise as it is not a prehistoric animal that gets a lot of toy love with only Safari Ltd. and Schleich having released affordable mass market models.
Look for full reviews shortly.
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Nice, I saw you did some reviews yesterday. Feel free to post your reviews to our Facebook Page anytime Dan I do like seeing them for all kinds of lines.
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I picked up this Schleich "Dinosaurs" Giant Skull Trap playset on extreme discount on Amazon!
Look for a full review tonight after class!
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I saw the review on FB and linked it. Let me link here too.
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I picked up these Geoworld "Ice Age Excavation Kit" sets last night at TJMaxx! My wife and I were so tired when we got home last night that I did not photograph or open them (these pics were taken in the store).
These were a pretty cool surprise as you almost never see ice age creatures represented in sets like these, it is almost always dinosaurs. Ice age creatures are very unique looking and should get more exposure as they are just as interesting as the dinosaurs are. To the best of my knowledge, I have never had one of these excavation kits. I don't recall them being a thing when I was a kid. I am debating doing it the way it was intended to be done with the hammer and chisel or using science and just dissolving the "stone" (compressed sand) in water to free the parts.
Look for a full review later today.
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I picked up these "Kid Galaxy" branded Lontic/Tedco static dinosaur sets last night at TJMaxx! My wife and I were so tired when we got home last night that I did not photograph or open them (these pics were taken in the store).
There is an interesting mix of species in these sets, including some species not represented (yet) as larger articulated figures from the same manufacturer. Any of the species in these sets that are also represented as larger jointed figures have matching paint apps to their articulated counterparts so they can be juveniles of the same species.
Look for a full review later today.
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Saw this review on Facebook and got it uploaded. You got some nice stuff this weekend Dan. And after all the snow too you needed something fun.
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Today while running errands I stopped at Marshalls and found these Kid Galaxy branded Lontic/Tedco articulated safari and deep sea animals!
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Today at Target I picked up this giant articulated Utahraptor from Terra.
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While running errands I ran into the same Marshalls where I found the 3 new "Kid Galaxy" branded Lontic/Tedco sets and found 2 additional new ones!
Look for a full review later.
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Saturday Mail Call!
I received this great trade package from 2DARK2C from www.JoeCustoms.com!
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I love your passion for he toys Dan. It’s like mine but larger.
The news about TRU must be a crusher for you like it is for me.
Not a good pic, I got this Super Seven Reaction figure in the mail the other day to hang in my Iron Maiden themed bathroom.
I noticed that here lately, my stores have stopped carrying these Reaction figures.
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Nice, out sick this weekend, but see some great toy finds were had. Clint, we need an overall pic of that bathroom.
Nice stuff as always Dan!
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Sunday Mail Call!
I ordered these Lontic/Tedco dinosaurs straight from the manufacturer! They even sent it in a retail display box!
Look for a full review later.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I got these awesome custom cast Chap Mei dragon wings in the mail today from master caster Solomon Witt!
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Man, great detail for a cast.
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Friday Mail Call!
I got a nice assortment of Schleich and Safari Ltd. items in the mail today from Amazon!
Look for full reviews tomorrow!
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Belated Monday Mail Call!
Received a trade package full of awesome parts from action figure artist and good friend Stephen Hayford!
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These are nice figures and parts, indeed! Aren't a couple of them accessories from the exclusive 6" Thrawn figure?
- Philipp
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These are nice figures and parts, indeed! Aren't a couple of them accessories from the exclusive 6" Thrawn figure?
- Philipp
Thanks. None of these are 6" scale. They are all 3.75" and from either the "Star Wars", "Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S." or "Lost In Space" lines.
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Check your K-Mart stores! All clearance toys are "take an additional 50% off the lowest price marked"! They are also running a "spend $12, get $12" sale if you have their rewards card. Everything in this pic cost me $11.48 in total!
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I picked up the Tamashii Nations Sofvi "PacificRim : Uprising" Kaiju Raijin today at Toys R Us. It was only on 10% discount but I did not expect to see it last to reach any further markdowns.
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The Target exclusive "Terra" line has released a second articulated dinosaur figure- a Dilophosaurus!
Look for a full review later!
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I went out today after doing my house-husband chores just to get out of the house for a bit since Liz was working and I was by myself. I decided to hit up the K-Mart by my house again and the Wayne TRU since it is on it's final days (closes the second Wednesday of the month).
K-Mart was still having their "get $12 Free Cash when you spend $12 with the rewards card" so I grabbed another "Power Rangers" Rita Repulsa (still take an additional 50% off clearance toys until the end of the day today) and picked up one of the two different static vinyl Kid Galaxy Lontic/Tedco dinosaur sets that they carry (different dinosaurs than the 3 sets I picked up at TJMaxx recently). The total came to $14.68 but I only paid $2.68 thanks to the rewards card bonus. I also received a $12 Free Cash card that matures on 4/8 and a $5 off a $15 toy purchase so I will have $17 (the reward and coupon are stackable) next week to pick up the second Lontic/Tedco set and another of this set and pay the $3-ish difference :)
At TRU, I bought the last Schleich item in the store, an "Eldrador" Battle Arena Playset. I have 2 of them already but could not pass this one up at $14.99 (originally $99.99) since I wanted another of the Dwarven Warrior in the set and this is the only way to get him. I can use the rest of the playset for parts so it was a pretty good deal. I picked up the "Game Of Thrones" figure for $2 for his sweet crossbow.
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Looks like you are getting some great clearance deals.
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My Wal-Mart haul for today!
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I got to spend some time with my always awesome friend Sean today! He brought me a box full of Boss Fight goodies, a really cool dragon and some great miniature animals.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I received my order from MC Toy Centre and another trade package from Stephen Hayford!
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It's truly incredible how much good stuff you have! Thanks for sharing it all on here!
- Philipp
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Friday Mail Call!
Received a box full of awesome McFarlane monsters from Hypno Hustler of www.JoeCustoms.com!
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Picked up some more Kid Galaxy branded Lontic/Tedco static vinyl dinosaurs with my K-mart rewards today!
Look for a full review tomorrow.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
I purchased this Marvel Legends BAF Man-Thing from StarWarsGeek!
Thanks for the awesome transaction!
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After the rain slowed down, I hit a Walmart and 2 Targets and got lucky!
I now have all of the larger dinosaurs I wanted, the only action figures I wanted, and a few of the smaller dinosaurs I wanted. Now I just need the rest of the smaller dinosaurs I wanted and a few more Dimorphodons and I will be happy :)
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Looks like you hit the jackpot Dan. I look forward to reading your reviews.
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After taking my postal exam today I hit up Walmart on the way home and scored what I believe are the last wave 1 "Jurassic World" items I wanted!
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Nice, I hope you did got on your test too.
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Having seem the JW:FK toys in person now these toys are "amazing" I cannot even think about comparisons to Hasbro offerings because it honestly gets me worked up. Mattel has killed it.
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Tons of great stuff since I checked your thread here the last time! The Kmart scores were insane for less than 13 bucks! The Jurassic World merch looks great, too! The response of customers seems to be very well!
- Philipp
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Scored a 100% on my Western Civ I final exam! This gives me perfect straight A's for this class!
Hit up Zapp! and Time Warp Comics for "Free Comic Book Day" afterwards and actually scored the 5 or so books I was hoping to get along with a great little "Thor: Ragnarok" HeroClix figure of Galdiator Hulk. The Hulk mini has a hammer that I am certain I can remove and modify for use with my 3.75" action figures so that was a really nice bonus!
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Very nice Dan.
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Saturday Mail Call!
Recieved a package full of awesome customizing fodder from 2DARK2C of www.JoeCustoms.com!
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Friday Mail Call!
Got a package of great stuff from my friend Joe on Facebook!
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Friday Mail Call II!
I got this great Playmobil treasure chest in the mail today from my friend Jack on Facebook!
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I bought myself a birthday present today at Marshalls! I found 2 new Lontic/Tedco dinosaur sets! Each set contains 1 species that I did not already have and duplicates of some other great figures.
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Thursday Mail Call!
Received another great fodder lot including one of his EXCELLENT real metal swords from 2DARK2C of www.JoeCustoms.com!
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Thursday Mail Call (Part II)!
I received these two 3-D printed Cobra bunkers from someone in one of the toy customizing groups I belong to.
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I found my first Mattel "Jurassic World" Series 2 figure in the wild today!
My favorite dinosaur, the Anklyosaurus, joins my prehistoric menagerie!
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Received an awesome package in the mail today from my Brother From Another Mother, Eric (Cap from www.JoeCustoms.com) to help me celebrate my brand new job!
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Cool deal. And congrats on the new job. I hope you are liking it.
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Cool deal. And congrats on the new job. I hope you are liking it.
Thanks!
It is very physical and will take some getting used to, but I am up to the challenge :)
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Glad to hear it Dan.
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
Joemichaels70 sent me a vintage "G.I.Joe" RAM so I can create a RAMJet to enter in an upcoming "RamJet Supermotoenduro" (http://www.joecustoms.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=134) race!
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
Joemichaels70 sent me a vintage "G.I.Joe" RAM so I can create a RAMJet to enter in an upcoming "RamJet Supermotoenduro" (http://www.joecustoms.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=134) race!
I got one of these last week as well!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
I received a box full of great diorama fodder and accessories from 2DARK2C of www.joecustoms.com!
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I received 2 trade packages from friends over at www.JoeCustoms.com today!
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I like those shields.
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Monday Mail Call!
I got one of my all time favorite childhood action figures in the mail today from my friend Matt on Facebook!
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Fodder hunters keep a look out at your local Wal-mart. They are clearancing out many KID CONNECTION sets. But the one that caught my eyes was the Figure 5-pack are $2.50 worth it alone for the accessories (6" BS etc.) but the figures are actually decently detailed a bit of kit bash and painting it you could have some cool stuff.
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Wow, (SID) what a steal of a deal! This is great value for $2.50! Nice find and thanks for letting us know!
- Philipp
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For all of the back breaking hard work I am doing at my new job, I decided to treat myself to some stuff today :)
The "Kid Connection" construction set has a ton of great parts and pieces in it that I can use for future projects. The 2 smaller "Kid Connection" sets were bought for the animals, the rest will go in my Swap Shop.
The "Jurassic World" Indoraptor is bigger than the previously released one.
The Terra octopus is a sweet little transparent figurine that I have never seen before.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got yet another great trade package from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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Got my first gi joe figures at Michigan comic con on sunday. I already have started customizing them, and the ball jointed hips are so much better and easier to use than the ones hasbro has been using on star wars figures.
(https://i.imgur.com/Pri665b.jpg)
I also got a bunch of vehicles and figures locally... I got everything below for $5!
(https://i.imgur.com/jhknzQR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vc5f2yN.jpg)
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I found an almost empty box of Mattel "Jurassic World" wave 3 Mini Action Dinosaurs today at Wal-Mart!
I felt the packages and scored the only ones I wanted from this wave:
Dimorphodon x2
Postosuchus
I would love to get more Dimorphodons but I think I am good on 1 Postosuchus.
I have encluded a scale pic of the regular carded "Attack Pack" Dimorphodon and its "Mini Action Dinosaur" counterpart.
The webbing on the Mini Action Versions legs is almost certainly to make the legs not get pulled off when being removed from the mold but I actually like the way it looks, gives it an alien appearance.
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Target "Jurassic World" score!
These go for crazy money on eBay so I was really surprised to see them just hanging on the pegs!
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Glad you found what you needed. I can't remember the last time that happened in a non online store.
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How much do those blind bags cost?
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How much do those blind bags cost?
The blind bags are $2.99 each at Target and $3.44 each at Walmart.
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Received some awesome "Ready Player One" accessories from a friend on Facebook!
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My in laws brought me back this cool "Black Panther" hat from their trip to Florida :)
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My wife bought me this plastic skull mask for $1 at 5 Below for a future custom diorama project!
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Future custom diorama project. I can see you having some fun with that. You can may a version of Castle Greyskull with that!
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Received a "Jurassic World" Protoceratops in a trade package from a friend on Facebook!
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Walmart score!
My wife and I just came back from some quick grocery shopping and I found some cool stuff at Walmart.
There were 3 pallets of unopened cases in the toy section and I saw a case marked "JWROARIVORES ASSTC" which I knew was Wave 3! I opened the case with my key knife and pulled the lone Sinoceratops from the case!
I also found a cool cyborg T-Rex in the "Adventure Force" line called the "Ultra Exosaur". It is electronic and has lights and sound features as well as walking action. The lights and sounds are activated by a motion sensor which had it constantly going off so I yanked the batteries as soon as I got home.
Look for full reviews tomorrow evening as I need to hit the sack as I have work in the morning.
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Cool you gotta love a dino cyborg!
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A.C.Moore score using 60% off coupons!
Safari Ltd. Anklyosaurus and Thorn Dragon.
Look for full reviews tomorrow.
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You sure do find the deals. Heck, I haven't even gone out and looked for the second vintage wave.
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I picked up 2 of these Uncle Milton "Star Wars" Force Trainer II sets at Tuesday Morning for $14.99 each.
I picked them up for their diorama potential.
Look for pics later.
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I saw your reviews and posted on em. I can see why you would like this set as diorama fodder.
Makes great sense and I did share them all.
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Burlington score!
I picked up this "Justice League" Flying Fox for only $19.99!
Last year, it was a Walmart exclusive that was $80-$100.
I plan on converting it into a freighter for my 3.75" figures.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I received another great trade package from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
Not only did he send all of the items I traded for, but he tossed in a bunch of extra items including some LED strips for adding lights to my dioramas and an AWESOME custom "Hellraiser" Pinhead action figure with actual metal nails in his head and forged metal weapons with wickedly sharp blades!
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I found the final Mattel "Jurassic World" Attack Pack wave 3 figure I needed this evening after work when I stopped at Walmart for some groceries!
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I saw this review on Facebook and shared it.
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Look what came home with me on my trip to Target tonight!
Look for a full review tomorrow!
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Aquaman stuff. Cool Dan!
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Some of my recent acquisitions...
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Nice fodder lots, Imperial Officer!
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My Target haul for today!
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My 5 Below haul!
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Those are cool, how much did they cost?
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Everything but the bottom 6 were $5 each, the bottom 6 were $4 each.
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Great deal!
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Gamestop 75% off clearance score!
I got all of this for under $35!
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Home Depot 75% of Halloween clearance score
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I received an awesome surprise package from my friend Sean!
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I picked up this T-Rex skull kit at Marshalls tonight for $7.99.
I figure it will make a nice diorama element.
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I found these great, inexpensive dragons at Big Lots!
There are 4 different bodies but 8 different heads to make 8 different dragons.
$10 per 4pk.
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My Costco haul (I seriously considered getting a 4th set, but passed for now).
At $13.99 per 6pk and TJMaxx/Marshalls charging $12.99 per 3pk, you are practically getting 3 dinosaurs for free.
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I found this cool dragin skull aquarium decoration tonight at Petco for $9.99!
I pried the red plastic jewels out of the eye sockets and plan to completely dremel out the sockets to more closely resemble an actual skull.
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I didn't even have to wait for 5pm when the Black Friday sale starts!
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I picked up this Hallmark ornament at Walmart for $7.94.
It scales nicely with 3.75" figures.
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I picked up the new "Aquaman" Vulko with armored hammerhead shark set tonight that I ordered from Walmart.com.
I am using a stock photo as the camera on my phone is acting up, it refuses to focus. The phone is old so I will probably have to get a new one.
I am not as impressed with this set as I was with the Aquaman with armored great white sets that I got last month. The sculpt is pretty nice, but the lack of moving parts is disappointing.
Vulko will get customized into a troll.
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My 5 Below and Tuesday Morning scores!
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Picked up 6 bags of these great glow in the dark "crystals" from Dollar Tree tonight!
They are a great scale for 1/18 customizing/diorama building as they are about 3/4 the size of an action figure's head.
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Received a package from my friend Eric containing one of his custom head sculpts from the now defunct Tri-Gate Customs (I sent him one of mine recently) and this beautiful cat ornament that looks like my dearly missed Blackie as an angel :)
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Scored 2 of the Walmart exclusive "Kid Connection" Dino Gate mega playsets today!
EDIT: I ended up returning the second set as the material just feels sort of waxy and cheap.
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Picked up some fantasy miniatures that could work with 1/18 scale figures.
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While running errands today after work, I stopped into GameStop and they had the Jazwares "Fortnite" Loot Chest accessory packs. I wanted a chest anyway for my fantasy figures and saw that one of the Loot Chests had a minigun listed as one of the contents, and I am a big fan of gatling guns so I grabbed it.
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Walmart score!
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Thursday Mail Call!
My friend Sean picked up these "Eldrador Creatures" figures for me and added a bonus A-Wing Fighter!
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I picked up 2 more Funko "Game Of Thrones" The Wall playsets for $14.99 each today at Tuesday Morning.
This gives me 6 in total now. I plan on eventually linking them all together to make a massive diorama backdrop.
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Now that could make for a fun Hoth or Ice World type playset.
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The first of my Christmas presents to myself have arrived!
I ordered the Super 7 "Universal Monsters" Metaluna Mutant and the "Metropolis" Maria figures on Friday and they arrived yesterday (I picked them up today).
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More Christmas presents for myself arrived!
I ordered the Schleich "Dinosaurs" Cave Playset and the Safari Ltd. Lava Dragon from Amazon on Friday and they arrived last night.
The cave is a nice surprise as I was sure it was mostly just a recolor of the older "Dinosaurs"/"Wildlife" cave but it is actually retooled to remove the sockets that the plants used to plug into and to reshape the front edge to accept the new add-on pieces. I am glad they removed the plant plugs as the plants have been discontinued for over 2 years now so finding ones to fill the plugs would have been difficult/expensive.
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Some more Christmas presents for myself!
The "Jurassic World" Dino DNA Lab sets were ordered from Wal-Mart.com.
The Schleich "Eldrador Creatures" Fire Dragon, Monster Kraken and the "Dinosaurs" juvenile Therizinosaurus were ordered from www.happyhentoys.com along with the Papo Dimorphadon.
The LG V40 phone is to replace my last phone that the camera died on.
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Looks like you are already set up to have a great Christmas. If you don't spend it sleeping after the hours you are working this past month.
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I picked up these aquarium decorations today at Pet Smart for diorama purposes.
They were marked down to $1.47 for final clearance. The broken one was further discounted by an additional 80% making it only $.29!
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Monday Mail Call!
I received one of the last Christmas presents I bought myself (the other 2 should be here by the end if the week or early next week). The Great Obelisk Of Cthulhu is a fantasy gaming miniature that I will be giving one of my custom paint jobs in the future.
I also recieved an unexpected present from my friend 2DARK2C from Joe Customs! He sent me a bag of bones for dioramas as well as a custom cast brass ornamental goat's head (1 of only 4 he made!) and some "It" inspired accessories!
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Nice Dan!
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My second to last Christmas present to myself arrived!
The Schleich "Dinosaurs" Cave playset I got last week came with a desert deco of the Herrerasaurus, but the single release has a more striking blue/tan deco son I ordered 1 from Walmart's website for half of what it costs in stores.
The second pic shows the comparison between the playset version and the single release.
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Date night Target haul!
The Fossil Strikers were 50% off and are loaded with diorama potential!
The blind bag is another Dimorphodon for my ever growing flock.
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After work Target score!
I cleaned out the Clifton Target of all of their Fossil Strikers and found another mini Dimorphodon.
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Just left the house for the first non-doctor related time since New Year's Eve as I had to hit Walmart for supplies and found the last two "Jurassic World" Battle Damage releases from 2018 (which had only been found overseas until now).
They were some of the only JW toys in the wrecked toy department so I was lucky to find them.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received nother box full of customizing goodies from my friend 2DARK2C from Joe Customs!
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My final Christmas present to myself finally arrived!
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You had a great Christmas Dan!
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After work Walmart clearance score!
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Target score!
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Not toy related but still geeky:
I have to thank my nephew Daniel for letting me know that a gourmet candy shop in the Willobrook Mall carries "Jelly Babies"!
I haven't had any since our UK trip last year.
There were 2 different brands available so my wife and I bought 1 of each to try (neither was the same brand as the ines we had in the UK). The purple bag even references the candies' popularity due to their appearanced on "Doctor Who" (written as "Dr. Who" on the bag to avoid licensing fees no doubt LOL).
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After work Target score!
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Found one of the original "Jurassic Clash" releases at a little toy shop called "Go! Toys And Games" at the Paramus Park Mall.
The entire store was 50% off sobtheir outrageously high $12.99 price came down to $6.50, $.47 less than Walmart's price for the new "Primal Clash" releases.
Sadly, they only had the one but I grabbed it.
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Marshalls clearance score!
Picked up this 6" scale Bat Creature for only $3!
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After work Walmart score!
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Wow, these are very nice finds! It's nice to see your JP/JW collection grow that fast!
These are my latest purchases from eBay:
(https://i.imgur.com/jHKFbgN.jpg)
I found a seller on eBay who has got a big selection of animal figurines. I had been planning on buying some form him for quite some time now and finally got them. He ships them sealed - as new as you can get them! But see for yourself: I got 5 models from CollectA and 1 from Safari Ltd. And I was impressed how well painted and safely packed they are:
(https://i.imgur.com/afrILfa.jpg)
1 Daedon (16cm 1/20 scale) CollectA 88723 - 10,71€
2 Megacerops (20 cm Deluxe 1/20 scale) CollectA 88558 - 12,00€ (best offer)
3 Sulawesi deer pig (Babirusa) 10 cm CollectA 88727 - 5,40€
4 Tadjik screw goat (8 cm) CollectA 88641 - 5,35€
5 Karibu deer (10 cm) CollectA 88709 - 6,25€
6 Tapejara dinosaur (24 cm) Safari Ltd. 284229 - 8,99€
- Shipping: 5,00€
- Total: 53,70€
So I bought these new to support the seller who is very nice and because these animals are extremely hard to find used...
(https://i.imgur.com/cEwnEEc.jpg)
I'm planning on using these for dioramas of Endor and Utapau. I kept my eyes open for less known and ancient living things. If I recall correctly one of our forum members shared a diorama with a Daedon here some years ago. He inspired me to look for these prehistoric animal figurines.
I don't remember who it was, but if you're reading: Thank you!
Huntin'...
(https://i.imgur.com/3Etiy6H.jpg)
...and bein' hunted...
(https://i.imgur.com/peohUPA.jpg)
There's always a bigger fish: The rough forests of Endor.
(https://i.imgur.com/HDygjp9.jpg)
Here's a link to my finished dioramas:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10155.0
And I found this rotating solar display stand on eBay a couple weeks ago, too!! It was only 4,43€ with FREE sipping from China...and it works!
(https://i.imgur.com/FG8Ge5q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/T38OtXI.jpg)
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I added this 1/6 fig to my collection.
(https://i.postimg.cc/pdV26Gpq/cylon.jpg)
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Cylon for the win. I so wish we would get new shows of this. I didn't necessarily get into the Human Cylons they had on the last series. Great pick up. Looks brand new.
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Wow, this is a nice piece for your collection! Great choice! Thanks for sharing!
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Cylon for the win. I so wish we would get new shows of this. I didn't necessarily get into the Human Cylons they had on the last series. Great pick up. Looks brand new.
Thanks, he practically is brand new and very shiny in person.
I agree about the human versions, they didn't have that intimidating visual aspect that the mechanical versions had but I did like the new reimagined centurions although the classic look has always been my fav.
The seller was kind enough to offer the gold 'commander' version at a nice price as well but I depleted my funds buying a 1/18 scale AutoArt Mad Max Interceptor.
There's also a slight wardrobe difference between the two centurions, the gold version doesn't have the chain skirt where as the chrome version does.
I did eventually go back to the seller to see if they still had the gold cylon, but it was sold.
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Wow, a chance at a gold too. You were having a good day.
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Thursday Mail Call!
Received a package full of awesome accessories from my friend Eric!
Thanks for all of the great stuff :)
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Michael's Score!
I just got $10.70 worth of diorama accessories for $1.07 thanks to a BOGO50% sale coupled with a 20% off total purchase (including sale items) coupon and a $5 customer appreciation reward!
I am the king of bargain shopping LOL
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Picked up the Mattel "Jurassic World" Albertosaurus today!
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Some new some recent, I started kitbashing some 1/6 Bruce Lee figures representing most of his onscreen characters.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Pq00NFjs/bruce-lee-21.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/yxH5ygxL/bruce-lee-20.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/xCHhmyfk/bruce-lee-19.jpg)
WIP 1/6 scale Phicen body Diana Prince kitbash using a Barbie Doll dress.
Applied some earth coloured pastels and make-up to colour match the tone of the body to the head.
You can see the difference in tone between the body and the hand which is the original colour.
(https://i.postimg.cc/8CxQgv6k/diana-1.jpg)
Will be posting a few updates on 1/6 scale Star Wars figure mods and kitbashes soon on my thread.
Thanks for looking.
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Wow that is some great BL Stuff. Off to share that. Nice start on the Diana custom too.
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I was killing some time in Paramus tonight waiting for my wife to get out of class and hit TJ Maxx on Rt17.
They had the Wow World large articulated dinosaur 3pks for $12.99. I had picked up the mini 6pks last year at Tuesday Morning but had never seen the large sets in person until tonight. I grabbed a set for myself.
Word of warning: check the stegasauruses closely as the back plates are a separate piece glued over a large gap in the body halves and are not exactly the right size. I found a set with only a miniscule gap left in the front and back which I will fill with contour putty before I repaint it, but all of the remaining sets had a sizable gap either in the front behind the neck or in the back before the tail.
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Saw your store updates and got em on the front page Dan. I would say you definitely spent your time and money wisely.
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In between doctor visits for my wife today, I found some goodies!
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Pacific Rim. I so hope we get more movies in that franchise, better than the sequel we got.
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Late night Target score!
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Tonight's Target and Walmart scores all together!
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Looks like you made out like a bandit yet again Dan.
That Primal Age Stuff say DC on it? Like DC Batcave?
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Yeah, the "Primal Age" stuff is basically DC's take on "Masters Of The Universe". The line is based on an abandoned concept from the late 80's.
The second Joker Beast is going back to Target. After opening the first one, I discovered that the inner surfaces of the legs are hollow :(
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Wow, that ain't so hot is it. Thanks for sharing that with us, it might save someone from buying. You sure can't see that from the package!
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Friday Mail Call!
I got the 3 "Jurassic World" Basic Pteranodons I ordered from Amazon on Wednesday!
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My scores for today!
The only items I paid full price for were the "Jurassic World" toys, everything else was either from 5 Below or 50% or 60% off!
The "Solo" Force Link set I picked up on super clearance (only $2.50) was sadly missing the figure :(
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I finally got the elusive Spinosaurus all the way from the UK (since Target refused to carry their own exclusive in their stores) thanks to my friend Paul from London!
The "Pacific Rim" Kaiju was purchased off of Amazon.
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Nice. Sure wish I knew if we were gonna get a third Pacific Rim Movie. They need to get the first director back if they do.
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Dollar Tree score!
Sadly, only 1 of the 6 stores in my are had any Star Wars figures and someone clearwd out all of the desirable ones.
The eggs are full of candy dinosaurs. The eggs will make great dragon eggs in a diorama.
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Time Warp Comics And Games score!
This is going to look incredible once I fully assemble and paint it!
The second pic shows the scale against a 1/18 figure.
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Nice and gruesome.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I received another great package from my friend Paul in the UK containing some of the very last main line 3.75" "Doctor Who" items I was missing (still missing the 12th Doctor's Tardis) and some bonus Jawas!
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Target score!
I had passed on the Thrash 'N Throw T-Rex due to it being too expensive for what it was, but at $19.99, I finally caved LOL
I also found 2 more blind bag Dimorphodons.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I received an awesome package from my friend Cap from www.joecustoms.com!
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Tonight's Target, Tuesday Morning and Disney Outlet scores!
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Today's Walmart score!
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Very nice Dan. Very nice. Looking forward to seeing what Gidorah looks like too.
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Tonight's Target clearance score!
Got some awesome rotary cannons to mount on custom vehicles and dioramas!
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Tonight's Walmart score!
The Walmart in Garfield had them marked down to $5 on clearance so I got a brand new figure for clearance price! :)
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Dan I saw the Godzilla stuff myself yesterday including two smaller size packs with Gidorah and Rodan. Seemed pretty cool to me. Not as nice as the big guy though.
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My treat to myself after doing a ton of stuff around the house today:
Target and Walmart clearance scores!
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I may have gone a bit clearance crazy at Target tonight...
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Wow. Bet you had a smile on your face though.
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
I got another awesome trade package from 2DARK2C from Joe Customs!
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All kinds of odds and ends.
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Tonight's Walmart (Fortnite) and Target (Stranger Things) scores!
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Tonight's Walmart clearance score!
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Tonight's Wal-Mart and Target scores!
The King Ghidorah figures were better looking in person than they looked in the pics online. I still detest the mid wing hinges, but I plan on gluing and puttying the hinges and repainting the entire figures so the hinges will not matter in the long run.
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Tonight's Wal-Mart and Target clearance scores!
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Today's Walmart score!
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Nice, I am so looking forward to this movie coming next month.
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Tonight's Walmart clearance (except for the "Primal Clash" figure) score!
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Burlington score!
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Cheap diorama fodder finds!
The "Build A Straw" sets have returned to Dollar Tree! These sets are EXCELLENT for making pipes for dioramas and are only $1 per set making stocking up cheap and relatively easy. My wife picked this one up for me today, it was the only one in the store. I have many Dollar Trees in my hunting area so I will be on the look out for more.
The "Mini Garden Furniture" is from Family Dollar. They have many different pieces that fit different scales and range from $1-$5 each. The benches and stone paths were the best looking items in my preferred scale and were only $1 each.
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My Friday after work Target score!
Neca 12" head-to-tail Godzilla from the new film.
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NECA does nice stuff. If I see one I might have to get it. So far I have been able to pass on the stuff I see at Wal-Mart.
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Hit up Target after visiting my mother for Mother's Day and picked up these guys.
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Scored some cheap diorama parts at $ Zone on Rt46. Each one has 8 cactus spears that can be pulled out with some effort. After trimming the bottom posts, they will be excellent for diorama foliage.
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My after work Walmart score!
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I can't even imagine where you put all these dinos Dan?
When do you get the Brachiosaurus in?
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I can't even imagine where you put all these dinos Dan?
When do you get the Brachiosaurus in?
The Hobby Room is getting tight, going to have to rearrange stuff soon LOL
ThebBrachiosaurus isn't due until the fall if I recall correctly.
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Today's after work Target and Burlington scores!
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After work Target score!
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Picked up this cool resin "crystal" skull at a pet store in Paramus for $3.99.
It fits in the palm of my hand. I plan on using it in a mystical temple diorama eventually.
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After work GameStop score!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received my "Alter Nation" silver Narwhalrus!
Thank you once again to everyone that helped me get this awesome promo item!
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I scored these awesome double sided "Legion" Season 3 promo posters from Zapp! Comics when I got my Fambaa.
I took 2 of each so I can display all 4 images.
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Wednesday night Kohl's score!
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Today's Marshalls, Amazing Savings, K-Mart and Burlington scores!
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I picked up 3 cheap costume jewellery necklaces at the dollar store for the pendants. I figure I can use them in dioramas at some point.
They are quite large, the largest is 2" across.
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Those look awesome! I like the one on the bottom. If not used for a costume, I would use it for a diorama of the Jedi Temple. Sometimes you find items like these here in Germany, but by far not in SUCH variety! There're more and more Dollar Stores here, but they don't carry that miscellaneous stuff. Man, you find all the good stuff! Thanks for sharing!
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A BIG shoutout and thanks go to Starchaser for making me aware of this figure of the XCOM2 videogame! He shared this Chryssalid on his custom figure thread:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=9294.540
I got this Chryssalid for $6.50 on eBay and $14 shipped within the U.S. - now it arrived here in
Germany and I'm most happy with it.
It's such a great idea from Starchaser to introduce this beautiful creature to the Star Wars universe!
If you find one, get one! It was available exclusively with a subscription to Loot Crate. And the figure is actually less fragile than I expected it to be. The plastic is not as static, but more flexible. Still the legs could break easily, so this is definitely not a toy.
(https://i.imgur.com/jzTsOss.jpg)
Now, the Chyssalid can be found in the containment of Felucia of my collection...
(https://i.imgur.com/CoTbEg2.jpg)
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Sunday afternoon Amazing Savings score!
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Pre-dinner Walmart score!
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After work GameStop score!
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
As I was laid up with heat stroke yesterday (I still feel pretty bad) I was unable to get the packages that arrived at my in-laws' place. Liz picked them up for me today.
First up is my Boss Fight Studio order!
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Belated Saturday Mail Call Part 2!
As I was laid up with heat stroke yesterday (I still feel pretty bad) I was unable to get the packages that arrived at my in-laws' place. Liz picked them up for me today.
Next up is my trade package from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!!
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stay safe out there Dan. Its hot. Seemed a bit cooler today so I hope it gets cooler where you are.
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Today's after work Target ("Fortnite" jumbo pinata, "Jurassic World" Indominus Rex"), Wal-Mart (clearance "Primal Clash", "Jurassic World" small dino) and T.J.Maxx ("Jurassic World" mercenaries) scores!
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Picked up this tub of dragons at Walmart for $4.
The dragons are pretty nice and will make for some tiny diorama critters once they are painted up.
The lid is pretty snazzy as well.
The human characters are useless to me but I can probably harvest their weapons before tossing them out.
I will probably pick up 1 or 2 more.
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
I forgot to post this great trade package I got yesterday from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs as an add on to our current trade!
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My Wal-Mart.com score!
Now I don't have to chase this store exclusive when it comes out! Hopefully the Battle Damage Spinosaurus will also show up on the site.
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Nice, hope you were able to get your Hammond Order in too.
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Nice, hope you were able to get your Hammond Order in too.
Not yet, soon though.
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My after work A.C. Moore 40% off score!
They are resin Halloween ashtrays but will become diorama elements!
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Belated Wednesday Mail Call!
Got a great trade package from my friend Sam!
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Sunday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
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Nice, hope you were able to get your Hammond Order in too.
Sadly, I waited too long. I was waiting to see what my fun money for my next check would look like and they sold out :(
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Man wish I had know that I would have ordered you one. I posed it to your FB when I first saw it.
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After work 5 Below clearance score!
These were $2.50 each!
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Another 5 Below clearance score!
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I was just in a five below yesterday, should have looked harder. Talk about some great diorama pieces.
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After work Walmart clearance score!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Picked up this enormous "DC Essentials" "Swamp Thing" figure for only $11(with free shipping) on Amazon!
I normally only really collect 1/18 scale figures, but since Swamp Thing can grow as big as he needs to be, I can display different scale versions together.
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After work Walmart clearance score!
$7 each :)
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Scored this 4 1/2" tall vinyl dragon at Walmart for $1.97 in ther "Adventure Force" section.
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After work Walmart clearance scores!
1 of the JW Roarivores was only $3.50!
The box of Star Wars Xcavators has 9 in it plus the Hutt skull in the display box
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Found this cool shark today at Walmart in their "Adventure Force" section.
It features a lever activated (via the dorsal fin) biting feature and comes with 4 little sea critters for it to eat.
It scales very well with 3.75" figures (it is larger than the Animal Planet great white) and is only $7.96.
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You find all the neat things Dan. Off to share.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got a pckage full of great customizing parts from the always awesome Cap from Joe Customs!
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Scored one of these today at Michaels with a 50% off coupon.
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Michaels 50% off coupon and Dolalar Tree scores!
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GameStop $5 clearance scores!
I got $140 worth of stuff for $20 :)
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More $5 GameStop clearance scores!
$250 worth of stuff for $35 :)
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Thursday Mail Call!
My Amazon order of the first "Fortnite" wave 3 items arrived!
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You are killing it Dan! My goal is to get to Gamestop this weekend.
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Just found another $5 "Fortnite" Turbo Builder Set while on a break from work!
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You are killing it Dan! My goal is to get to Gamestop this weekend.
Thanks!
Better hurry, Saturday is the last day of the $5 sale!
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Walmart clearance score!
$3.50 each :)
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3 bucks 50?! Steal of a deal, Dan! Man, those got decent paint apps! They are 19€ here and 16€ on discount...
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Scored these guys yesterday but forgot to post them.
I also forgot to photograph them before opening them so these are not my pics LOL
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You are getting quite the Fortnite Army Dan.
I would love to see you sometime do a review of action figure lines across Hasbro, Mattel, BOSS, Genres even.
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Picked up these 2 "Marvel Legends" Build-A-Figures after work today at the Clifton Comic Book Show!
I got both for $50.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Mandroid (right) is missing his shoulder cannon, which I was unaware of when I bought it (I emailed the seller so hopefully he has it) but the Kree Sentry is complete.
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My Walmart order came in!
I had to order the Hunter Skeksis from Amazon as Walmart did not have it in stock. It should be here early next week.
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I saw those regular sized DARK CRYSTAL figures at a shop near me... Looked really really nice. Better than the last figures from the movie, which is saying something since they were ambiguous with that last assortment.
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Very nice Dan! They look good. I like the packaging on this line too.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived (although the Amazon driver delivered it to the wrong house :( ).
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Today's Gamestop (Fortnite figures), Five Below (Halloween skulls) and Walmart (sea creatures) scores!
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Friday Mail Call!
My package from my friend James arrived!
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Just found these guys at the Walgreens on my route :)
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
Received another package full of awesomeness from 2DARK2C from Joe Customs!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived and my "Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" set is complete!
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After work Walmart score!
Found the entire Lanard "Jumanji" line except for the "Wild Kingdom" boxed set. I passed on the single boxed lion as it is exactly the same as the one in the "Wild Kingdom" set. I want a few more hippos and rhinos when they restock. There was only 1 case of each assortment on the shelf (2 elephants, 1 rhino, 1 hippo and 2 each of the smaller animals) today.
The "Jurassic World" Roarivores were $3.50 each. I passed on the 2 Pteranodons they also had as I REALLY hate the mid wing hinges they have.
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After work Walmart score!
The "Jurassic World" triceratops was only $3.50!
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Thursday Mail Call!
Received an awesome trade package from SGCaper from Joe Customs!
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Monday Mail Call:
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After work Costco score!
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Friday Mail Call!
Received a package full of awesomeness from Momaw Nadon from Joe Customs!
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After work Walmart clearance score!
Only $ tree-fiddy each :)
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At Spirit Halloween, I found a variant of the Skeletopus I picked up at At Home a few weeks back.
This variant is standing upright on its tentacles instead of having them splayed out around it. The variant is also non-electronic.
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My Walmart and Spirit Halloween hauls for today!
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I have the best wife in the world :)
I had to work today so my wife ran all over to find me the Target exclusive "Jurassic World" Brachiosaurs I wanted.
She had to hit several different Targets as the eBay scalpers had cleaned out most of our local ones at opening time. She found these on her 5th stop.
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Walmart Clearance score!
Went food shopping after work and just had to hit the action figur section.
These 3 clearance dinos came home with me :)
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Very nice Dan. I figured those scalpers would be hot on those big boys. Are they are large as them seemed in the images? I can't wait to read your review on these.
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Walmart Clearance score!
Picked up these "Jurassic World" Roarivores at the Secaucus Walmart after I drove my wife to class.
More dinos for my herds!
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Very nice Dan. I figured those scalpers would be hot on those big boys. Are they are large as them seemed in the images? I can't wait to read your review on these.
They are HUGE and they are GLORIOUS!
I will do up a review tomorrow night. I was out tonight as I had to take my wife to class (she hates driving in the rain).
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My orders from Brickwarriors and Dorkside Toys arrived!
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Thursday Mail Call (part I)!
My Amazon order arrived!
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My after work Walmart and TJ Maxx scores!
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My after work TJ Maxx score!
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Tonight's Walmart, GameStop, Big Lots and TJ Maxx scores!
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sitting here wondering this morning how many dinosaurs you have? I bet it numbers in the thousands by now.
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sitting here wondering this morning how many dinosaurs you have? I bet it numbers in the thousands by now.
I have no idea actually. I have maybe 200 on display and several boxes of them in the garage.
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After work Target clearance score!
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Monday Mail Call!
My Walmart.com order arrived!
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My wife just picked up my Battle Damage Spinosaurus from Walmart! Pictures later as I am still at work.
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My wife picked up my Walmart order!
Behold! The Battle Damage Spinosaurus!
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Thursday Mail Call!
Came home from the "Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Live" show to see that my Amazon order arrived!
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Saturday Mail Call!
Got another box of awesomeness from 2DARK2C!
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Found these cool Halloween LED "candles" at Dollar Tree on the way home from work.
They will make excellent diorama elements in the future :)
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Monday Mail Call!
Received an awesome trade package from 1:18 Archive and a "Star Wars" figure I was looking for that a friend on Facebook picked up for me!
Thanks again guys!
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My after work Walmart and Burlington scores!
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My recent literature gifts!
The magazines are from my uncle and the "Star Wars" (and 1 "Indiana Jones") novels are from one of my coworkers who was given them by someone on his route.
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Love those novels, great haul.
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Indeed! Like those books and magazines, too! You always find awesome stuff out there! You got a nice uncle, too!
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This is what I found on a flea market a couple weeks ago:
Those animals and fantasy figures of Schleich, Bullyland or Safari Ltd. are very nice. Some even fit into your dioramas! I took that oak tree by Schleich from 2005 for 10€. They cost about 30€ on ebay by now. It will find a place on an Endor project later.
As TheSpectre already shared earlier even some playmobil parts fit into the 1/18 scale Star Wars universe!
You can read more about artificial plants in my other topic:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10416.0
(https://i.imgur.com/zkTFQ7g.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Rcc90m5.jpg)
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The flea market was actually part of a train convention for G scale model/garden trains.
The Minions were also present and had a great party on a Swiss wagon!
(https://i.imgur.com/zk38Hpt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vddtJWc.jpg)
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You are finding some nice items!
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Belated Tuesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order of 6 Mononykus figures arrived yesterday :)
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GameStop score!
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Wow, that Frostwing looks pretty awesome! I'd also like to have an ice dragon...
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If you're still looking for a few Indiana Jones Figures that are still missing in your collection, they are still available on ebay for cheap - shipping from Asia!
Or if you need some fodder for your next custom project. They also come with a load of accessories!
These might be worth to take a closer look at!
Here's the link to an Indiana Jones Action Figure Archive on the Indiana Jones Wiki:
https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Indiana_Jones_Action_Figures
Please note: There are different sellers that have the same item for different prices. It's always worth to compare prices. These are the best offers I found for you. But please don't make me responsible if there are yet even better ones!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-10-Indiana-Jones-WILLIE-SCOTT-TEMPLE-GUARD-OF-DOOM-3-75-Figure-Genuine/392292219551 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLot-10-Indiana-Jones-WILLIE-SCOTT-TEMPLE-GUARD-OF-DOOM-3-75-Figure-Genuine%2F392292219551)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-6-Hasbro-Indiana-Jones-Action-Figure-3-75-loose/323841748245 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLot-10-Indiana-Jones-WILLIE-SCOTT-TEMPLE-GUARD-OF-DOOM-3-75-Figure-Genuine%2F392292219551)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-10-INDIANA-JONES-UCHA-WARRIOR-RAIDERS-OF-THE-LOST-ARK-FIGURE-3-75-AW7/223489534558 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2Flot-of-10-INDIANA-JONES-UCHA-WARRIOR-RAIDERS-OF-THE-LOST-ARK-FIGURE-3-75-AW7%2F223489534558)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-10-INDIANA-JONES-2008-RAIDERS-OF-THE-LOST-ARK-FIGURE-3-75-AW6/223489534563 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2Flot-of-10-INDIANA-JONES-2008-RAIDERS-OF-THE-LOST-ARK-FIGURE-3-75-AW6%2F223489534563)
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Target score!
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That's another nice one! They get better and better! Really like the colors and pattern they chose for this Callovosaurus!
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Belated Monday Mail Call!
Got a "Fortnite" Brainiac from AdrienVeidt of www.JoeCustoms.com!
Thanks Again!
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Nice figure! Those Fortnite sets seem to sell well! My brother is all into Fortnite, too!
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Since you might know I'm quite a tank-head! So I found thos M1A1 Abrams tankn from bbi recently:
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Do you think it's worth 70€? I mean it's 55 cm long being 1/18 scale and it's also quite hard to find here in Germany. Does anyone know how much they cost back in the day? I've seen a Bradley on the shelves back in 2008 when I was in NY, but don't remember the price.
I found some offers on ebay.com and they sold between $30 to $140! Some even offer them for $160. I'd love to have one of those to display it next to the Republic Fighter Tank or possibly even a custom IFT-X.
The same seller also has a Batmobile, which I think is also quite rare...
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Your advice is much appreciated!
I also found a custom tank in Spain! It even comes with some custom playmobil!! soldiers!
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Awesome ideas out there!
I'm going to customize this tank for the Jawas. UTTINNNIIII!!!!
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10165.msg213677#msg213677
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Hahahah that TANK is great... Cannot wait to see JAWA's take it over
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Hahahah that TANK is great... Cannot wait to see JAWA's take it over
Thanks (SID)! I'm working on it! Many ideas to modify this tank.
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Received a surprise Christmas present from the always awesome sgcaper from Joe Customs!
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My awesome wife Lisi Martinez-Kosa surprised me tonight with a DVD of movie I have been wanting to see for 5 years!
She found it at a Dollar Tree we stopped at on the way to my sister-in-law's house for Christmas dinner.
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That's an awesome find by an awesome woman, indeed! Merry Christmas to you & your wife, Dan!
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Got my last trade package of 2019!
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That's an awesome find by an awesome woman, indeed! Merry Christmas to you & your wife, Dan!
I didn't see this response until now LOL
Thank you, and a belated Merry Christmas (and Happy New Year) to you and yours as well!
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Belated Saturday Mail Call!
Got a great package of parts from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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Cool stuff! All the mouse droids and clear acrylic stands are awesome! I could imagine your arsenal of loose parts and accessories is bigger than Hasbro's by now.
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I'm taking a break from Star Wars for a bit. I'm getting caught up on some Samurai movies I've been needing to watch. At any rate, I wanted to build some kind of Samurai custom, so I bought an Articulated icons Undying Ronin. It was 50% off on their website. https://articulatedicons.com/collections/frontpage/toys
The cool thing about these figures, they are almost knock offs of marvel and GI JOE characters. Like the Temple guard is basically Silver Samurai, the white Ninja can become Storm Shadow with a couple of decals. The modem Ninja can be made into a snake eyes with a custom head swap. If you really wanted to you could make either the Ronin or the red Samurai into a 6" GI Joe Bushido They're pretty cool.
From the online reviews I've seen, these figures are plegued with quality control issues. As soon as I got it out of the package, I dropped him in hot water. I don't care about loose joints, but if they break that's it, end of story. He comes with two heads, samurai and Ninja, Kabuto with two ornaments; antlers and a "U" shaped one I dropped somewhere, and two mask types. Weapon's are, two katanas, a club, a bow and arrow with quiver and a spear
The figure is excellent! No major issues. The hands tend to fall off, and the ornamental crests for the helmet (Kabuto) don't stay on, or won't go on at all. That's about it, non issues for me really. I'm a customizer. In fact I am making a custom figure out of it.
Which leads me to my next purchase of the day. Usagi Yojimbo volume one. I had a Usagi Yojimbo figure as a kid, and I remember seeing him on a couple episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. I shrugged off the notion of a comic featuring an anthropomorphic rabbit, I thought it would be along the lines of Duck Tales or something like that. It's actually really good. Those who are unfamiliar, the story is about a Ronin named Miyamoto Usagi Yojimbo. Miyamoto is named after Miyamoto Musashi, The best swordsman in Japanese history. Usagi means rabbit, and Yojimbo means bodyguard, also it's named after Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. His Master Mifune (named after the actor who played in many of Kurosawa's films) is killed during a Feudal battle, Usagi cuts off his master's head, and buries it so it isn't used as a war trophy. Upon returning his whole army is slaughtered. He spends his remaining years as a wondering Ronin making whatever money he can as a bodyguard. The stories are very familiar, they are adaptations of samurai movies and legends. They're really neat stories. Now I know why they use animals as their characters, I guess seeing animals getting decapitated and dismembered is better than humans. Also it's all in black and white, which is cool , most of the good samurai movies are in black and white, plus the blood would probably make it too graphic for kids, maybe not too graphic for kids, but their parents. At any rate it's a good series.
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Nice. It is always great to see new af lines that can work into existing customizing too.
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Sounds good! Sometimes a little break and taking some distance brings new inspiration and motivation and most importantly: fun!
Thanks fr sharing the link! Quite a few great deals there! I had much fun reading through your article last night. As Tamer said, new/other lines are always interesting to discover! Off to new shores…
Add: I find the culture of the Samurai very interesting! I'm generally interested in Asian culture. I remember when I went on a trip to California with a group of Exchange students in 2011, the woman who guided us, bought a Samurai Sword for her husband in Chinatown of San Francisco.
He's a SEAL.
Man, you can buy all Kinds of good stuff in the U.S.
I wish you much fun with this good looking figure despite ist quality issues, but as you said, that's what customizing is all about.
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Sounds good! Sometimes a little break and taking some distance brings new inspiration and motivation and most importantly: fun!
Thanks fr sharing the link! Quite a few great deals there! I had much fun reading through your article last night. As Tamer said, new/other lines are always interesting to discover! Off to new shores…
Add: I find the culture of the Samurai very interesting! I'm generally interested in Asian culture. I remember when I went on a trip to California with a group of Exchange students in 2011, the woman who guided us, bought a Samurai Sword for her husband in Chinatown of San Francisco.
He's a SEAL.
Man, you can buy all Kinds of good stuff in the U.S.
I wish you much fun with this good looking figure despite ist quality issues, but as you said, that's what customizing is all about.
Yeah I got into Samurai movies through Star Wars, they're pretty compatible. I was researching movies that inspired Star Wars and started watching them. Maybe soon I'll update the movies that inspired Star wars thread. The last Jedi and the Mandolorian are based on Samurai movies. Yeah you can get a lot of different Samurai swords here ranging from $20-$2,000 or more, what you want is the hand folded steel with full tang. Talk about home defense.
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Got these 2 Safari Ltd. figures for FREE by answering a survey that they sent me via email :)
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That one looks like something from a vampire movie. Cool though
Cool about the freebies also
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Hey, how cool is that? Could you pick the figures? I don't know of ANY company that does something like this anymore. Times have changed quite a bit...
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Dollar Tree DVD score!
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Ok, I’ll look for that. How is it? I liked the books.
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Hahaha... I saw those too. DollarTree gets soo many movies. I end up getting 3-8 each time. They even have blu-rays of tv-shows and all kinds of random releases (boxsets-mutli disc sets- etc). They are a great source of entertainment/inspiration since they get a lot of genres. One I opened last night is called: DEAD MAN'S GUN (1997-99) somehow Henry Winkler (yup) produced a mystical western anthology about people that find the Grim Reaper's revolver and become changed/ruined by it. Kris Kristofferson is the narrator too.
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I am gonna have to give these movies a look see. Cheap way to fill in some holes I have in my movie collection. Course everything seems to just stream nowadays.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I got this awesome Schleich tree from a fellow collector from Canada!
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I could see a band of Ewok hunters grouped under this tree.
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My awesome wife picked this up for me today at Walmart while getting necessities :)
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Friday Mail Call!
I got a package full of goodies from a Facebook friend!
I have wanted that Chap Mei ankylosaurus for ages!
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Did some quarantine shopping after work and only bought the essentials LOL
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Dan, would you have a group shot of your packaged dinosaur collection to show? I think you are both an opener and a carded collector but I can’t remember.
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Dan, would you have a group shot of your packaged dinosaur collection to show? I think you are both an opener and a carded collector but I can’t remember.
I am an opener so no packaged pics to share, sorry.
My dinos are scattered across 3 parts of my Hobby Room due to how massive my herds are. I will try to get some pice next Sunday when I am off again.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got an awesome trade package from Hawkmoon's Customs!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My ShopDisney.com and Brickwarriors orders arrived!
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I hope you are lysoling those packages! LOL. Nice stuff Dan.
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I scored this used arcade 1up Astroids deluxe cabinet this week on eBay.
This would have been a late first gen cabinet that was exclusive to Costco stores.
Sound, gameplay, and controls are spot on.
This one is easily my favorite so far.
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So awesome Clint. I bet I know what you will be doing today. You are gonna have a full on arcade soon! Man, so envious. If I can figure out a way to clear some space in my collection room I am so doing this too.
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Doing my part to stimulate the economy!
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Cool stuff there! Never saw that Iron Giant before...nice score!
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Expectation vs. Reality
Found this GoT figure on Amazon DE for 8,90€ (free shipping). Here's the link for all European readers:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01CBME0VY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I actually wanted to make a custom of Jedi Master Kao Cen Darach from The Old Republic videogame:
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Now THIS is what is shown on the product page on Amazon:
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What a nice glamshot of the prototype/computer generated mock-up…
THIS is what you actually get:
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Oh, and talking About bubble-gate. This is what FUNKO came up with: staples!
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The bubble is actually not glued at all - it's stapled on the card...
Conclusio: This is the first GoT figure I've ever seen and man am I glad that Hasbro IS NOT the only cmpany having serious issues with quality. The difference between shown and actual product is horrific!
This is actually meant to be 3.75" scale...well, I don't know what to do with this egg head because the head is WAY too big! Any suggestions?
(https://i.imgur.com/dwCcYYz.jpg)
Your feedback is alwayd welcome!
- Philipp
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Yikes that is a big difference. You know what I would do? I'd paint the head blue, and make him like that alien bounty on mandolorian episode 1/ blue guy on droids cartoon. Something on par with that, not an exact replica.
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Wow JD, thanks heaps for your instant reply! THAT is one brilliant idea! In fact I think I would've never thought about that! I will see which Body will go best for him! Man, this is so good! I think I would've just sold it. Did you get this GoT figure yourself? Thanks also for the reference picture! Muchas gracias for your support, JD!
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Wow, that was crazy. Hope you can use it for something. Man, quality control nowadays just seems non-existent. Why would a good company allow that type of product to hit shelves?
Guess we have seen some pretty narly Star Wars Figures over the years too though.
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Wow JD, thanks heaps for your instant reply! THAT is one brilliant idea! In fact I think I would've never thought about that! I will see which Body will go best for him! Man, this is so good! I think I would've just sold it. Did you get this GoT figure yourself? Thanks also for the reference picture! Muchas gracias for your support, JD!
I was racking my brain for a minute or so and that's what I came up with. After that I was like maybe I should get one of those and make whatever alien that guy is lol. It would be almost perfect, just the ears are different.
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Friday Mail Call!
My Safari Ltd. order arrived!
I decided to treat myself to the Good Luck Minis Squids, which I have wanted for quite some time, thanks to my Trump Bucks :)
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Just found this at Target while getting essentials!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Received a great trade package from a friend on one of the toy pages I admin on Facebook!
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Monday Mail Call!
My Walmart and Marauder orders arrived!
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Thursday Mail Haul!
My Amazon order from almost a month ago finally arrived!
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Friday Mail Call!
Got this cool "Lost Planet" robot from Nova from Joe Customs!
He even tossed in this awesome cast brain alien (fits over action figure heads to "control" them).
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Nice stuff Dan. I think I have one of those brain aliens on my head right now. Can't seem to get rid of a headache. Nice stuff though.
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Indeed! Man, your collection of fodder, parts & pieces must exceed the number of gold bars in Fort Knox by a few times! Cool stuff there.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got a great trade package from dropshipbob from Joe Customs!
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Hey, those mini squids are awesome! Safari Ltd. is such a brilliant brand! What's the story behind this good luck series"? Are they lucky Charms or something like that?
And how much is such a bag? Thanks for sharing this, Dan!
Add: Okay, I've found this bag with 192 mini squids for 106€ shipped from Spain:
https://www.scubastore.com/tauchen/safari-ltd-squids-good-luck-minis/137554081/p?utm_source=google_products&utm_medium=merchant&id_producte=10689421&country=de&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1vCXmdS16QIVlYjVCh1KfwvqEAQYASABEgIq3_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
And this display sells for 10k here in Germany...WOW!
https://www.axse-shop.de/S485109-Good-Luck-Minis-Acrylic-Floor-Spinner
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Ancient Finds
This bad boy has a MRSP of 84,99€ here in Germany. It went on sale for 59,99€ a few times. I still didn't bite because JW is not my collecting focus. But for 30€ on eBay I took it (38€ shipped)! I knew it was big, but hardly did I know how huge it really is!
In fact it's in 1/12 scale! So much about vehicles and other big stuff not being possible for Hasbro...
Anyhow I looked up the article on Wikipedia and it is as if MATTEL had done the same and took exactly the data on there to make their T-Rex! It was about 12.3 m Long and 3.66 meters high (hips) and here we are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus
(https://i.imgur.com/KV3qNY3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/c0XyA80.jpg)
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Ancient Finds
This bad boy has a MRSP of 84,99€ here in Germany. It went on sale for 59,99€ a few times. I still didn't bite because JW is not my collecting focus. But for 30€ on eBay I took it (38€ shipped)! I knew it was big, but hardly did I know how huge it really is!
In fact it's in 1/12 scale! So much about vehicles and other big stuff not being possible for Hasbro...
Anyhow I looked up the article on Wikipedia and it is as if MATTEL had done the same and took exactly the data on there to make their T-Rex! It was about 12.3 m Long and 3.66 meters high (hips) and here we are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus
(https://i.imgur.com/KV3qNY3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/c0XyA80.jpg)
I have the Walmart "Battle Damage" exclusive version (red paint "wounds") and I love it!
I also have the rarer Velociraptor "Blue" that they did in the same size. I use them as Kaiju sized monsters with my 4" figures.
There is an Indominus Rex coming in this scale later this year that I want to pick up as well.
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Nice Rex
I picked up a new Iron Maiden shirt at Hot topic.
Apparently this is a reprinted tour shirt of some type for last years tour
The image is from the two Min to Midnight single release.
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Man, that shirt looks badass - I mean it's Iron Maiden. Excellent find!
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I got a Funko Batman 3.75 Mr. Freeze. He's based on 1966 season 2 Mr. Freeze played by Otto Preminger. The articulation is good for Funko, usually they're 5poa. Ball joint head, ball jointed shoulders, pin jointed elbows, pin jointed knees, swivel hips. He comes with his freeze gun, which looks pretty wild. Originally I bought him for custom fodder, but I think he'd make a "cool" background character. He has a groovy 60s sci fi look.
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Nice to see the arty improving on these Funko figures.
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Nice to see the arty improving on these Funko figures.
I think for this Batman line they're trying to make the figures like the Toy biz figures I grew up with in the late 80s early 90s. They all had metal pin joints. The Toy Biz line was based mostly on the comic books.
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Nice find JDeck! I’m glad FUNKO can do better than their 4” Game of Thrones figures...
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This will probably be my FINAL haul photo for the foreseeable future as I have more or less retired from collecting due to my recent life events :(
I couldn't call it quits without adding this enormous beastie to my menagerie first though.
Ordered it on Target's website last night and picked it up at the store after work.
I am going to enjoy opening this monster up after dinner :)
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Nice Dan. I know your latest news has you out of collecting for awhile, but I bet a beasty or new action figure might tickle your fancy down the road. Or you could sell off some of your trade fodder for new collectibles.
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Nice Dan. I know your latest news has you out of collecting for awhile, but I bet a beasty or new action figure might tickle your fancy down the road. Or you could sell off some of your trade fodder for new collectibles.
I am redoing my Swap Shop tomorrow and will hopefully use that to get new stuff. I may still pick up some stuff here and there, but it will not be often and not anywhere near as grand as my usual hauls.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I ordered this WAYYYYYYYY back in April and feared it was lost in transit from Germany as it was almost 2 months past the expected delivery date. I had honestly almost forgotten about it so I was pleasantly surprised when it showed up today.
This Sea Creature is produced by Plastoy, and is out of production. It is an unarticulated figurine made of a fairly rigid vinyl, firmer than Safari Ltd. but not quite as rigid as Schleich.
As you can see in the picture with the "Fortnite" figure, it scales well with 1/18 action figures.
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Belated Thursday Mail Call!
Got a package full of great stuff from my friend 2DARK2C from Joe Customs!
I got it yesterday but forgot it in my bag from work until this morning LOL
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very nice Dan!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got a box full of awesome from 1/18 Action Figure Archive!
I FINALLY have a Rom:Spaceknight figure!
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I got a Funko Escape from the Planet of the Apes Cornelius Astronaut. He's 5poa, the sculpt is pretty good. He comes with a space helmet, but he can''t hold it. He will make a cool star wars spaceman.
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That looks great Dan. I could so see that making a great custom.
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Wow guys you all got great stuff there! I like that hideous bug & those Planet of the Apes figures!
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Some miscellaneous stuff joined my collection as well in the last couple weeks.
I got Mattel's JW T-Rex with roaring action which is pretty close to 1/18 scale. If you assume it's not a fully grown one, it's spot on! With a length of about 60 cm, this one would be 10.8 meters long. The to date most complete specimen found of T-Rex is 12.3 meters long.
I'm not an expert on Mattel's toy line, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like we got a T-Rex in 1/24, 1/18 and 1/12 scale in the Jurassic World toy line.
And it looks like Indy found a living fossil for 20€ shipped:
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WORLD PEACEKEEPERS
M&C Toy Centre Ltd. impress me with the first products I got from them.
Here's the link to their official website: https://www.mctoy.com.hk/index.php
15€
I found this set as the only item listed on ebay Kleinanzeigen under "World Peacekeepers". The seller listed his other sets under "Military Toys". I'm quite sure I wouldn't have been so lucky if he made a more precise description for the headline - especially the Black Hawk is highly sought after...
All 4 sets I got from him are used, played with and not complete anymore. Still they came with loads of accessories...but that's not the only reason why I'm so impressed!
This FAV is used, but came in excellent condition! I got it to repaint & weather it and use it to make a diorama of Jurassic World - The Lost World.
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I've been wanting/looking for a 1/18 scale tank for quite a while now. My biggest dream still is a Bradley, which I once saw in a Toys "R" Us store and TARGET in NY state.
I'm glad I finally found one and I like its generic design. The body looks like a Russian T-72 whereas the turret could be from a German Leopard, a French LECLERC or an American Abrams. In comparison Hasbro's tanks look rather small...with a body of 40 cm length and a total length of 53 cm, the World Peacekeepers tank is indeed in 1/18 scale. Unfortunately, the Imperial Assault and Republic Fighter Tank are rather in 1/24 scale.
With a price tag of $29.99, three figures and loads of accessories this set just blows me away! Plus it comes with working curb chains!
22€
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Whenever I see this Boeing (Hughes) AH-6/MH-6 I get heavy Call of Duty vibes. So therefore I was extremely thrilled when I saw this set in very good condition for under 20€.
18€
(https://i.imgur.com/ufdecEF.jpg)
Back in 2007 I found this set at Woolworth with a regular price tag of 19.99€. My monthly pocket money was 20€ back then, so I had to make a choice. I regret to not have bought one of the two Black Hawks they had on shelves. In 2006 Walmart left Germany and Woolworth took their business space. Until today they run the business, but their toy section is close to zero by now.
So I'm glad I finally found one used 13 years later.
24€
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I'm also impressed by the quality of this print. Black on black and this was only 19.99€ at Woolworth back in 2007.
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In comparison to the Republic Gunship, the Black Hawk looks more to scale. With a total length of 70 cm including rotors. The hull itself is 60 cm, which is the total length if the LAAT/i (hull is 50 cm).
So again, Hasbro scaled down most vehicles for their Star Wars line so that they're rather 1/24 scale than 1/18 scale. That's another reason why I hope one of the next HasLab projects will be an all-new true 1/18 scale LAAT/i...
If you're interested, youtuber Nash A-One gets you covered with full video reviews of some of these vehicles:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbigm-iou2_NKuunijplAbQ/videos
- Philipp
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Nice pick ups.
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Thanks Tamer! I added my thoughts in the post above. I'm extremely impressed by the size of the vehicles, the quality of the tires, the sheer amount of accessories and the brilliant articulation of the action figures by M&C Toy Ltd.
Hasbro could make more even in 2020. Apparently Hasbro's quality is definitely much higher.
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My Wayne Toy Show haul for the day!
The bag of 1/6 scale ammo boxes was only $2 and the BFS Asperity Accessory Set was only $10 :)
This is the contents of the bag. One ammo box is missing the lid, but this was a SPECTACULAR find for only $2!
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Truly spectacular find! Man, I've seen some single accessories in 1/6 scale going for $20-30 on ebay...you made an excellent deal here! And I think you can just re-cast the missing lid. You got a dozen more to use for the mold! lol
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Friday Mail Call!
I got this awesome and very hard to find "Dino Riders Ice Age" Killer Warthog (first one I have EVER seen in person) from the awesome Brooke's Nook.
Check out the store (BrookesNookVintage.com) for tons of awesome stuff!
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Interesting looking beasty Dan.
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Got a box of awesomeness from The Mad Jawa today!
Check out the great 3D printed cargo boxes and Rancor hunting trophy!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Received this awesome Mega Construx Claptrap from AdrienVeidt of Joe Customs!
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Today's road trip adventure haul!
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That Jurassic Clash stuff is just neat. Glad you had some finds.
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Stopped at Walmart in Secaucus on my way out.
At $1 each, how could I leave them there?
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One Dollar? Jaw dropping!! :O
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Wow, Dan does find the deals.
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Today's road trip scores!
The DVDs were $1 each at Dollar Tree and the "Fortnite" props were $2.49 each at Spencer's Gifts (they will be used as reactors in future dioramas :) ).
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After work Five Below score!
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Dan, this is crazy! You always get incredible deals! If I got those JW dinos that cheap, I'd definitely repaint some of them. Excellent finds, thanks for sharing! I think Enfys Nest's Set with her Speeder is much underrated.
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Saturday Mail Call!
I received a box full of "5 Surprise Dino Strike" figures from my friend Glenn.
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Today's hauls (so far- I am probably going back out after I eat lunch).
The dinos and Zilla were only $1 each :)
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I just bit the bait and bought the Brachiosaurus from Mattel's Legacy Collection on Amazon.de for 53.80€. Have you already bought this giant beauty yet, Dan?
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I just bit the bait and bought the Brachiosaurus from Mattel's Legacy Collection on Amazon.de for 53.80€. Have you already bought this giant beauty yet, Dan?
I have 2, they are AWESOME!
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Today's haul (Part The Second)!
Scored some fun $1 DVDs and my first Blu-Ray (also $1) at the Dollar Tree closest to my house :)
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Today's treasures!
Everything was on clearance or at Dollar Tree so I hardly spent anything at all :)
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Nice finds, Dan! I wish we had such a selection of cool parts here in Germany. Yesterday I watched a video on YouTube of two buddies hunting for some old VHS, exotic DVDs and vintage arcade games in goodwill stores.
I really like those Nano Space sets and add-ons! Also the ancient looking parts for less than 20 bucks look great! Are those from Game of Thrones? You must have a lot of such mini decorative parts like the ones for Halloween. Just cool. Thanks for sharing & congrats!
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Received my JW Brachiosaurus from Amazon.de (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2798.msg221094#msg221094) yesterday. And you might check out how it was packed because Amazon gives you an option to select an extra box now! I'll keep mine in the shipper until I find another Brachiosaurus loose for 30-40€.
In my book 53.80€ for this one was still an amazing deal with the U.S. MRSP of $49.99. Definitely can't get it from America to Germany for less than 4 bucks!
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I already got one of these Ugha Warriors from Hasbro's Indiana Jones line, but I ordered 10 more on ebay, because they are great for customs and come with useful accessories. If you need a male body, ths figure is a great base. I'm going to make a custom of Darth Sion (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10186.msg221266#msg221266) with one of them.
You can also use this primitive hammer or axe and the slingshot for your Ewoks (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10155.msg200383#msg200383).
Buy this set here: Lot of 10pcs 3.75" Indiana Jones Kingdom of The Crystal Skull UGHA WARRIOR (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLot-of-10pcs-3-75-Indiana-Jones-Kingdom-of-The-Crystal-Skull-UGHA-WARRIOR-New%2F153543972950%3F_trkparms%3Daid%253D111001%2526algo%253DREC.SEED%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D225086%2526meid%253D664054b06d44494299233ab3e8f6a7be%2526pid%253D100667%2526rk%253D8%2526rkt%253D8%2526mehot%253Dnone%2526sd%253D124318428351%2526itm%253D153543972950%2526pmt%253D0%2526noa%253D1%2526pg%253D2334524%2526brand%253DHasbro%26_trksid%3Dp2334524.c100667.m2042&campid=5337377665&toolid=10001&customid=)
I think you cannot go wrong with $1.89 for each of them and FREE SHIPPING from Asia. It took less than 2 weeks for them to arrive here in Germany.
Tamer: Thanks for having added the affiliate link to support our forum.
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The bags were quite gross though with some grease on them, so be sure to thoroughly wash the figures & accessories.
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I'm also going to do some weathering on these accessories for more realism.
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Great fodder.
I did change the link to reflect our affiliate account. Thanks for thinking of that.
Please use those links folks it helps a bit to keep the tires inflated around here.
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Thank you, Tamer. That’s odd though, because I did enter the ebay website through the icon on the frontpage. Then, I looked for "Hasbro Jones lot" to find this offer by ebay seller "cutesource".
Thanks for changing the link. People can be sure that this is the best offer out there. I took the time and made some comparison of all the offers out there. I’m pretty sure etoyshop and cutesource belong to the exact same seller.
I did the same when I was signed in on ebay, entered the page via our icon on here and bought another lot of 10 different figures for $29.80 shipped. I do hope the affiliate worked!
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Today's road trip hauls :)
Everything was on clearance (Playmobile at Walmart, Dragons at TJMaxx) or I had a discount coupon (shark skull at Spirit Halloween) so I don't even think I spent $60.
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Dan you find the stuff and the deals.
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Today's Five Below and Dollar Tree scores!
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Yepper finding the deals again!
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Today's road trip haul!
The "fairy village" accessories were 90% off so they were $.50 (log path) and $.70 (stone path) each!
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More nice scores, Dan! The Hungarian Horntail is a gem already and will be an even greater one in a couple years. Didn't know those JW dinosaurs with 3+ on them - do they have less detail and articulation?
That Plesiosaurus is already being offered on the bay for around 25€ (~$30) here in Germany.
I wish Hasbro would still give us some more accessories - even when they're a "surprise".
Always liked how much decoration you can find in the U.S. for Halloween - it's become less and less popular here in Germany over the years.
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More nice scores, Dan! The Hungarian Horntail is a gem already and will be an even greater one in a couple years. Didn't know those JW dinosaurs with 3+ on them - do they have less detail and articulation?
That Plesiosaurus is already being offered on the bay for around 25€ (~$30) here in Germany.
I wish Hasbro would still give us some more accessories - even when they're a "surprise".
Always liked how much decoration you can find in the U.S. for Halloween - it's become less and less popular here in Germany over the years.
The JW dinos are "basic" 12" figures similar to the Titan series Marvel/Star Wars/etc. figures produced for the low price point market. I like them as they add a new size to the creatures in my menagerie.
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Ah, okay. I knew they reminded me of those "shampoo bottle" Star Wars figures everyone loves so much! But these dinosaurs look very nice! It's always to see some playmobil in the U.S., too!
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Some cool purchases from the Halloween section of At Home.
The dragon's eye lights up and cycles through different colors for a really cool mystic effect. The video would not load here, but can be seen on my Facebook page.
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Today's hauls!
The Batman figures were picked up at Walmart after work and the Ark Knight spell effects came in the mail!
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Scored another $1 raptor at Walmart!
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Today's hauls from Walmart, Target, Michaels, and some random dollar store in North Bergen.
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Friday Mail Call!
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After only 9 days the latest set of 10 different Indiana Jones figures arrived well packed:
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The cardboard crates came in better shape than last time! Three of them were still heavily bent.
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All these figures, parts and accessories for $24.90 plus $4.99 shipping is a great deal if you ask me. For 3 bucks for each figure I'm going to use them for custom figures of Darth Sion (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10186.msg221266#msg221266), George Lucas and some more!
I'm going to use these two sculpts for my second version of Darth Sion (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darth_Sion).
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Make sure to check out the custom figure thread of forum member Don (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10656.msg221378#msg221378) to see how he utilized a body of this lot!
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Those Indy Figs are just nice in general and they make excellent custom fodder and the accessories. I could go on and on. Nice adds!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
The first half of my Amazon order arrived! The second half (a "Fortnite" X-Lord Vending Machine set) is due by next Wednesday.
This was bought for the playset and accessories so the figures are going into my Swap Shop so if anyone has little ones that like Playmobile, LMK.
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Saturday Mail Call!
The second half of my Amazon order arrived 4 days early!
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Monday Mail Call!
Got another box of awesomeness from 2DARK2C from Joe Customs!
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After work Walmart score!
I needed milk and also brought home 2 dinosaurs LOL
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After work Walmart haul!
I needed butter and brought home a supervillain LOL
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My Home Goods and Wal-Mart hauls for today!
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Today's Target clearance scores!
The "Fortnite" figures were $3.29 each. The "Dark Crystal" figure was $3.59.
The "Jurassic World" figures were full priced, but worth every penny :)
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Tuesday Mail Call!
My Target order arrived today!
Now I have all of the "Halo" series 1 figures that I wanted :)
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After work Walmart score!
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Target clearance score!
$3.29 :)
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I got the Ready Player One box set. Honestly I really don't like this movie, I mean I really don't. I don't even like the person I saw it with, she didn't like it either. However, I got it because I wanted more diverse background characters for my spaceport project. I was able to get the set for less than $12 USD. That's pretty good for 4 figures. Although the I-Rok I can't use. It's a cool figure, really well detailed. It would work great for a sith or something, but not my style. The best figure is the AECH. He's more machine than man.
He comes with a really cool gun, it's a double barrel shotgun with a drum magazine, pretty badass.
Artemis is pretty nicely detailed, it would look better with a little more articulation. Like the rest of the figures it has 9 poa, which is cool, but, knee articulation without ankle is kind of useless unless sitting. The knees and elbows are pin joints, with only one direction, unlike ball joints, that pivot. So they have this 5poa like stance. That being said, she would make a cool Theelan hybrid.
Parzival is cool, but I don't know why they gave him a natural skin tone. He should be grey like in the movie. His tattoos are cool, but again he should be grey. Another gripe is his gun holster is non functional. He comes with like a desert eagle, but you can't put it in his holster. He's a cool figure. He has a young han solo look with the vest and holster. He could make a good Arkanian hybrid.
They're decent figures, especially for the price. 6/10.
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Stumbled upon this Imaginext "Jurassic World" playset today while doing my route. There was a house with a pile of kids' toys on the curb for trash pick-up. This was the only usable item in the pile (and conveniently was sitting right on top :) ).
It looked like it had been outside for a day or 2 and all of the toys were splattered with mud (most likely from someone parking) so I tossed it in the shower as soon as I got home.
It is now good as new but needs to dry. I can salvage almost every piece for future projects.
Not bad for a found item :)
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That Ready Player One set looks great.
Dan, way to salvage!
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Monday Mail Call!
Got another box of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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Thursday Mail Call!
Received these awesome "Golden Girl" die cast metal shields from Star Wares- Toys And Collectibles!
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Friday Mail Call!
Received these awesome Spinmaster "DC Heroes Unite" and "Batman" accessories from a friend in one of the action figure groups I am in!
I want to see if one of the casters can do the lightning sword in various translucent colors.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got some incredible BFS Skeleton Accessories from the always awesome Cap from Joe Customs!
Thanks again! :)
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Nice parts, Dan!
Just found this box in my mail box:
Got these display stands on ebay a couple weeks ago:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Clear-Action-Figure-Holder-Display-Stand-Base-For-HG-RG-SD-SHF-Gundam-Model-Toys/303665529952?hash=item46b3e04460:g:pYwAAOSwVIVfRhs- (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FClear-Action-Figure-Holder-Display-Stand-Base-For-HG-RG-SD-SHF-Gundam-Model-Toys%2F303665529952%3Fhash%3Ditem46b3e04460%3Ag%3ApYwAAOSwVIVfRhs-&campid=5337373868&toolid=10001&customid=)
Click here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10856.msg222463#msg222463) for my full review!
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I changed the link (thanks for providing it) and man these don't look too bad for ten bucks.
I look forward to your review. I am gonna put this on the front pages.
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Thank you so much Tamer! I posted the review at the same time - feel free to use two pictures for the frontpage ;)
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Today's Burlington and Five Below scores!
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Today's Go! Toys And More score!
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Dino Riders for the win!
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After work Walmart score!
Not a fan of the Power Loader, going into my Swap Shop on the next update.
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So cool to see these aliens sets in stores now.
Didn't they have a toy line ready to go back and the day and they cancelled it because they thought it would traumatize kids?
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Today's after work Target score!
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Wicked looking figure.
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Tonight's Dollar Tree and Foreman Mills scores!
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You sure do find lots of great movies Dan.
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Today's Walmart score while running errands.
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Found these while working today. Someone was throwing away a huge tub of toys on the curb. These were right on top :)
The playset is more or less complete complete (there are 2 small clips on one side that I believe may have had a net attached at one point) but will be broken down for parts as it is for a smaller scale than I work with.
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I stopped at Big Lots on the way home and found this "Gigantosaurus" vinyl figurine. The character is called "Carni" and is very reminiscent of Frank The Plant from the "Harley Quinn" cartoon series.
Big Lots is having a 25% off all toys and games this week so it only cost me $3.20.
It needs a more realistic repaint first, but it will look awesome in a diorama eventually.
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Nice stuff, Dan
I picked up these two Diamond Select Black Hole figures at two different Walgreens that I thought were pretty cool. Turns out there was an earlier release that had Old Bob in a two pack with Vincent but without extra attachments.
I also picked up a wave 1 Duke that I’m just now seeing in Walmart stores.
I’m still old fashioned about collecting, Shawn. I have a hard time embracing the whole “sell online only and not restock when they run out” type of marketing strategies employed around our favorite toys of late.
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I really like those Black Hole Toys. Nice Clint.
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Monday Mail Call!
My package from Super 7 arrived a day early!
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I so want one of those.
A couple of more six inch joes.
The commander looks pretty cool. Gung ho has one of those constipated expressions that reminds me of the Bruce Willis figure from the Retaliation line.
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Thanks Dan, now I have the wierd science song going off in my head.
Nice Joes Clint!
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Walmart score!
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Swung by Dollar Tree on the way home. The "Final Faction" line is finally starting to hit. They only had 2 cases of the hero characters but are expecting cases of the villains and the accessory sets tomorrow or Sunday.
I only picked up 1 each of the figures minus the female character as that figure looks TERRIBLE (not even worth $1 to be honest).
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Haven’t bought many slot cars this year, I already have a ton of em.
Here is a 69, I believe, Dodge Charger Daytona in 1/32 scale. Factory digital, these nascar decorated racers usually don’t include working head or taillights. I have at least one more charger Daytona and several Plymouth super birds all in vintage NASCAR deco.
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Very nice Clint. Great colors on this one.
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After work Walmart score!
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Dollar Tree DVD haul!
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I have a couple of Dollar Trees on my route. So when I'm waiting for the manager to check in my product I like to look around. I found battery powered LED Christmas lights. There are several different colors, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Clear. Each pack is one solid color.
Shoot a battery box, switch and ten LEDs for a dollar. I'll buy that. Probably use them in my spaceport.
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After work Dollar Tree DVD score!
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After work Dollar Tree and Big Lots score!
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I see you are still getting some of those Final Faction Figures.
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Today's Walmart and Target scores!
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Tonight's after work Dollar Tree score!
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Tonight's after work Dollar Tree score! Continued.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got a package of great fantasy accessories from someone on Facebook!
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Just found this.
Looks like part of a "Bumblebee" Halloween costume.
Would make for an excellent engine for a starship...
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Interesting find Dan. I like your thinking on it.
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After work Walmart score!
The Alien Collection sets are on clearance for $5 (the larger APC and Power Loader sets are on clearance for $7, but the Queen is still full priced).
The Batman set is being split with a friend (I just want the vehicle).
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Nice price on those Dan!
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Thanks to a nice Christmas tip I got, I treated myself to a little Christmas present :)
I cleaned out the clearanced "Alien Collection" "Xenomorph Swarm" sets from the 3 closest Walmarts to my house.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got some awesome 3D printed goodies from a friend on Facebook!
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First haul of 2021!
Everything aside from the "Fortnite" figure was on clearance for $5 each. The "Fortnite" figure was regular price.
One of the Walmarts I went to had 4 of the giant "Aliens Collection" sets, but they were still full price :(
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Saturday Mail Call!
Got an awesome box of goodies from a friend on Facebook (who may be here as well but I cannot recall his screen name LOL).
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Today's road trip Walmart and Gamestop clearance scores!
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What are those Skyrim things? Books? Seem pretty cool.
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What are those Skyrim things? Books? Seem pretty cool.
Sets of idols of the Gods of Skyrim.
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Interesting. I will have to see what those look like.
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Interesting. I will have to see what those look like.
I got a set last year and posted pics of them in this thread somewhere.
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Today's road trip Walmart (Fortnite figure), Homegoods (dinos and GOT dragon egg) and Dollar Tree (MIB dvd) scores!
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After work Walmart clearance score!
These brand new "Halo" Ghosts were on clearance for $4.95 each (originally $19.98).
Due to the large shelf space the Ghost takes up, I will probably only be keeping 1 of them (for a pair with the one I got when they were first released) along with all of the Elite Warlord figures and trading off the 4 remaining Ghosts.
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Nice deal on those, Dan
I got this Scalextric 1/32 Back to the Future themed slot car in the mail the other day. It is an analog car but supposedly has working lights. I need to throw some juice to it and see what lights come on. I think I have an extra chip I can use to make this one digital. It’s the same brand of that Mad Max interceptor I converted some time ago.
I can see some blue led lights mounted correctly to partially simulate the 88MPH effect. An electrical sparking/flashing effect w white lights could be added with the right train set circuit
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Nice pick up folks.
Clint, that Delorean looks awesome. I can see that going around your track dio. I see they are making a Transformer of that if you can believe it.
Dan, what can I say, you always find the deals. You definitely have some of the best retail brick and mortar stores where you live.
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Awesome DeLorean! Id like to see it lit up too.
I got my Super 7 Mars Attacks The Invasion begins figure. He comes with a ray gun and his helmet is removable to allow you to turn the head. There are two others, burning flesh and Destroying a dog. These are based on the 1962 TOPPS Mars Attacks trading cards, as opposed to the movie, which I think is awesome. I'm an opener, but I actually like the card better than the figure, but I'm going to use the figure in my spaceport. I like that art style, like a cross between Flash Gordon and MAD. I liked it so much I ordered the 50th Anniversary collection hardback with all the cards and concept art. That'll arrive next week maybe.
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That guy would look perfect in your spaceport.
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Today's Big Lots (Star Wars set) and Walmart (everything else) clearance scores!
Everything was marked down! The Ghost (missed one in Garfield the other day LOL) and Star Wars sets were $5 each and the dinos were $2 each :)
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I got my Super 7 Toad Chet from Weird Science. It's such a cool figure. He's a decent size, bigger than I expected. His detail and paint apps are fantastic. Yeah it's 5poa, but he doesn't need any more than that. He's beautiful.
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Kelly LeBrock. I had a huge crush on her when that movie came out. Nice figure.
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Today's Target score!
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After work Target score!
Still need 3 more for an even dozen Grunts.
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Today's post is a 2-for-1 combination Friday Mail Call! (Green Slime figure) and after work Target score (Halo set)!
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That green slime figure is pretty rad!
I got my 50th anniversary collection Mars attacks book. It's a collection of all the original card art and concept art. Each card has a little commentary about it from the artists.
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Nice pick ups. I like that Green Slime Figure too.
Mars Attacks is just fun stuff. I might watch that movie again this weekend.
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After work Target score!
The "Halo" stuff was regular price, but the "Batman" and "Jurassic World" stuff was reduced ($3.98 and $14.99 respectively).
I still need 1 more "Halo" Marine/Grunt set to hit the dozen Grunts I want to have.
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Today's Target (Halo) and Dollar Tree (DVDs) scores!
This set brings me to my dozen Grunt Conscripts that I wanted, and I am officially done with "Halo" wave 1. Bring on wave 2!
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Today's after work Walmart and Dollar Tree scores!
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Picked up three of the second series of Re-Action figures themed around Iron Maiden
Got 4 more from this series to find
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Friday Mail Call!
Got awesome packages from Bucky and 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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Tonight's after work Target score!
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Today's Target scores!
The only item that was full priced was the "Jurassic World" dino, everything else was on clearance!
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Dan, you could open up your own toy store with all the deals you find. Great stuff.
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Today's $.99 thrift store find!
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Monday Mail Call!
Got a great trade package from 1/18 Archive!
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Picked up a couple more joes today
That firefly is one of those elusive target exclusive Cobra Island figures whose line has seen very patchy distribution since it started releasing before the holidays.
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At the local second hand shop, I picked up this cool vintage GoBots Leader 1 model kit, open thrashed box, sealed parts bags with decals and instructions. 1984 baby!
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That is cool Clint. Nice.
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Today's Target clearance score!
I had been passing on these since the markdowns started, but they are disappearing quickly now at only $5.99.
The shape is very reminiscent of the Spinners from the "Blade Runner" franchise and I figured I might as well grab one now before they are all gone and I regret it LOL
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Today's Walmart (Fortnite figure) and Dollar Tree (DVDs and Blu-Rays) scores!
I also picked up 8 bags of Valentine's Day candies for $.25 each :)
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Today's Gamestop clearance and Dollar Tree scores!
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Today's Target score!
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Today's Dollar Tree scores!
The beads should make for nice GITD power cores for future custom projects!
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Today's Target, Wal-Mart, TJMaxx and Marshalls scores!
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I don't see a Mecha Godzilla Dan. Did that one look as bad in person as I think it did?
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Walmart clearance score!
I found this lonely Battle Damage Pteranodon sitting on a shelf for only $2.50 :)
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I don't see a Mecha Godzilla Dan. Did that one look as bad in person as I think it did?
I wasn't impressed with it so I passed on it.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Received the final "Alien Collection" sentry gun I wanted :)
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My TimMee order arrived!
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Today's Dollar Tree score!
These Minions minifigures are just about perfect 1/18 scale as seen in the second image.
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Today's Barnes & Noble score!
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Nice ones , Dan
the last two needed Iron Maiden re-action figures are now in my possession
I hope they make even more next year.
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Found these in the NOV (no obvious value) bin today.
They are rose gold vase filler gems of various sizes. PERFECT for diorama elements :)
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These pearls look interesting. Had to take a closer look to identify their shape and color through that bag. Are these made out of glass, resin or soft silicone gel?
You guys got endless awesome stuff over in the U.S. especially when it comes to crafting supplies!
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These pearls look interesting. Had to take a closer look to identify their shape and color through that bag. Are these made out of glass, resin or soft silicone gel?
You guys got endless awesome stuff over in the U.S. especially when it comes to crafting supplies!
They are imitation crystals, probably glass.
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Very nice, thanks for the hint!
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After work Target score!
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Today's Dollar Tree and Marshalls hauls.
The dinos were $1 each and the game, which I picked up for the crystals and sun pieces, was $2.
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Who would win in a wrestling match Lemmy or god? Trick question Lemmy is god.
I got the Super7 Lemmy skull pile shirt variant.
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Tonight's after work Target score!
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Cool looking dragon. I got it on the front page.
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After work Dollar Tree score!
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After work Dollar Tree score!
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Very nice finds Dan! There are so many movies that look similar to popular ones like "The Dinosaur Project" - love it! And I'd really like to see that documentary on "Master of the Rings". Cool stuff, congrats!
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I am gonna have to find that Tolkien movie.
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Thursday Mail Call!
My Gamestop order arrived!
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Don't know these figures, yet, but man that emblem on that xbox green brings back some nostalgia...another nice find, Dan!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got a package full of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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I got the Super7 Munsters Herman today. Lily and Grandpa are still backordered. He comes with his lunchbox and he looks much better in person. I love the Munsters. They're monsters on the outside and superficially but on the inside, they're nice normal people. The normal looking people who interact with them are the real monsters. They're always trying to con the Munsters into something, but they get what's coming to them at the end. It's actually pretty deep if you think about it. From what I understand Rob Zombie is going to do a Munsters movie. I can't wait. I like Rob Zombie too.
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Dollar Tree score!
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Nice finds, Dan! Sometimes Dollar Stores have some nice licensed products as well.
I went for some nostalgia last week and got these 3 games from 3 different sellers for 24€ shipped:
(https://i.imgur.com/QHePS4x.jpg)
I miss those days when you got some content (an actual campaign!) for your money and were not dependent on Internet connection. My 11yo brother was totally surprised by the fact that I didn't have to download the updates of the past 12 years before I can play the games! It's magic!
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When I work on my projects I also like listening to music and different soundtracks. And yes I'm still old-school and buy CDs in case my hard drives crash. I'm usually not paying just for mp3 files.
So I found these OSTs of Assassin's Creed for 6€ each plus the art book of AC4 Black Flag.
Haven't played the games myself, yet, only watched my brother play through them. And I especially love the music composed for these games!
(https://i.imgur.com/QmNsCF0.jpg)
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Nice. I too like some background music when I do things sometimes and putting in a cd is so much easier than finding it and playing it on my phone.
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I got lily and Grandpa today. They're alright, Grandpa is the best I think, and he was the first to sell out. He has a vinyl cape and comes with a large chemistry flask and a small rack of test tubes, they both fit in his hands really well. Lily comes with a candle, that fit well in her hands.
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My birthday presents to myself.
A bit disappointing as I was hoping to find more/better items that I was wanting, but alas, I saw tons of new stuff (Spinmaster Batgirl wave, 4 other new "Fortnite" figures, 3 different assortments of "Jurassic World" repaints, new Kid Galaxy dinos, etc.), but this was all I was interested in.
The Child is too large for 1/18 scale, but I wanted the hoverpram. I can pop different head and hands on the Child and have a different diminutive alien for a diorama :)
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Today's Dollar Tree score!
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Very nice Dan!
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Dollar Tree DVD score!
Saw this on Netflix last year, it is a really fun creature feature with decent practical effects.
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Today's Dollar Tree (DVDS and micro screwdriver set) and thrift store scores!
The military truck is by Chap Mei and was only available in a huge $40+ set. I plan on stripping the wheels off and modifying it into a repulsorcraft.
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Nice too see dollar tree is getting more titles in. I'm a huge glutton for getting dvd/bluray from that place. I keep looking & hoping to find them micro dinos... But no luck. Be cool to see what you do with that truck. I have 2 myself from thrifts (and have seen tons). I just can't decide what to make from it/them. Gutted it could be a ship or skiff, heck even a jawa ride. I've seen quite a few done for mad-max-style Joe stuff.
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I had a surprise visit from sgcaper from Joe Customs today!
He had picked these up for me over a year ago and I had almost completely forgotten about them.
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Today's Marshalls (dinos), Target (online pricematch 50% off "Fortnite") and Dollar Tree (2nd version of the "Final Faction" female figure) scores!
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Found these five fellows on ebay (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337370901&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg) the other day and they arrived on the 13th day:
(https://i.imgur.com/NHRXDXd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z1OUxqa.jpg)
They are about 5.5" tall and can sit on any edge. You can find these for as low as $9.99 with FREE worldwide shipping. You can find these by looking for: Black Robe Nightcrawler Resin Crafts Gothic Creeper Garden Ornaments 13*8.5 cm
I'm going to use them on a Sith grave diorama on Korriban to sit behind the sarcophagus.
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Nothing too crazy today, just grabbed this $1 Pteranodon at Walmart while picking up some groceries.
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Found these five fellows on ebay (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337370901&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg) the other day and they arrived on the 13th day:
(https://i.imgur.com/NHRXDXd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z1OUxqa.jpg)
They are about 5.5" tall and can sit on any edge. You can find these for as low as $9.99 with FREE worldwide shipping. You can find these by looking for: Black Robe Nightcrawler Resin Crafts Gothic Creeper Garden Ornaments 13*8.5 cm
I'm going to use them on a Sith grave diorama on Korriban to sit behind the sarcophagus.
REALLY digging these!
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REALLY digging these!
I'm glad I could inspire! I hope you can find them using our forum's affiliate:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337370901&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg
If not, I can also send you the links I used here in Germany. They have some great statues out there if one searches hard enough:
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Friday Mail Call!
Got a much wanted "Fortnite" figure from a friend on Facebook!
It is always annoying when Jazwares puts a single figure I want in a 4pk with 3 figures I have no interest in, but thanks to him, I have her :)
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After work Target score!
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
The domes will be specimen containment units after customization and the blue boxes will be cargo crates after getting painted.
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Dollar Tree haul (continued):
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Today's Amazing Savings (Playmobile playset), Target (half price "Halo" figure), Big Lots (DVD) and Michael's (rock pieces) scores!
The Playmobile set was $15.99, the "Halo" figure was $4.99, the DVD was $2.50 and the rock pieces were $2.40 each :)
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I just saw they released news for District 10 this week. I enjoyed that movie.
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After work Target score!
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That MOTU Line I am so tempted to start collecting. It looks so awesome.
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That MOTU Line I am so tempted to start collecting. It looks so awesome.
It is pretty cool, but I am just picking up figures that can be large creatures for my 3.75" figures.
Moss Man will hang out with my various Swamp Thing, Groot and Man-Thing figures since they are all plant based beings. I still need a Treebeard from the "Lord Of The Rings" to join them.
The only other MOTU figure I am interested in is the Beastman coming in wave 2. He will be a Troll for my fantasy world.
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I figured you would pick up Beast Man. I am still not ruling out collecting this line. I really enjoyed the new Netflix release.
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Found this set of T-Rex, 3 figures in 3.75" and a couple accessories on ebay for 35€/$40 USD shipped. I'm very happy about these because I always skipped the T-Rex at SmythsToys (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1012.msg225330#msg225330) for 27,99€. It's 1/24 scale and looks great on a diorama (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10374.msg225882#msg225882)! Maisie is so hard to find here and even though she misses her accessories, I'm happy to have her. Looks like MATTEL got photo-real printing for their 1/18 scale figures as well.
(https://i.imgur.com/PYaMfbQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IP05W1Z.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wv7ndRD.jpg)
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Found this set of T-Rex, 3 figures in 3.75" and a couple accessories on ebay for 35€/$40 USD shipped. I'm very happy about these because I always skipped the T-Rex at SmythsToys (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1012.msg225330#msg225330) for 27,99€. It's 1/24 scale and looks great on a diorama (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10374.msg225882#msg225882)! Maisie is so hard to find here and even though she misses her accessories, I'm happy to have her. Looks like MATTEL got photo-real printing for their 1/18 scale figures as well.
(https://i.imgur.com/PYaMfbQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IP05W1Z.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wv7ndRD.jpg)
Maisie was tough to find everywhere!
I lucked out and ended up with about 8 of her over the course of about 6 months. I even found 3 at once during an early morning Target trip as they had just finished stocking the pegs (the employee was walking away with the empty boxes when I entered the aisle).
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Got a box FULL of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs! I need to really explore all of the great stuff he sent, but that has to wait for a day where I am less exhausted than I am today.
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
The domes will be specimen containment units after customization and the blue boxes will be cargo crates after getting painted.
Really like these domes and boxes! I wish we had Dollar Tree here as well, but sometimes dollar stores have some neat nonsense here in Germany as well. Great finds, Dan!
Maisie was tough to find everywhere!
I lucked out and ended up with about 8 of her over the course of about 6 months. I even found 3 at once during an early morning Target trip as they had just finished stocking the pegs (the employee was walking away with the empty boxes when I entered the aisle).
That's super cool! Never saw her on shelves here. Glad you got so many! So it was worth the hunt and patience. It's evident that MATTEL got distribution right where Hasbro fails.
Wednesday Mail Call!
Got a box FULL of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs! I need to really explore all of the great stuff he sent, but that has to wait for a day where I am less exhausted than I am today.
I see some great parts there!
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Got lucky with Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=imperiashipya-20) once again:
(https://i.imgur.com/r1npNXU.jpg)
They sent all 3 items in good condition, so scratches or bent boxes, only minor edging. You can see more images here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2798.msg225929#msg225929).
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My Target ship-to-store package arrived!
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Belated Friday Mail Call!
I got a box FULL of awesomeness from 1/18 Archive yesterday but was to exhausted from working 11 hours to open it until today LOL
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Dan, you stay careful with all that heat you no doubt have to deal with lately. Whew!
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Dan, you stay careful with all that heat you no doubt have to deal with lately. Whew!
Thanks.
The last 2-3 weeks have been terrible. I have been doing 10.5-11.5 hour days in this heat :(
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Today's Target score!
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I remember having toy boxes with miscellaneous stuff as a kid. Now I can only imagine you must have shipping containers full of awesome figures, parts & accessories! It's great how you score so many nice items, Dan! Really like the stuff you share with us!
I got 5 Indy figs with removable hat off ebay (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337370901&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg) for $14.27 including shipping & tax. I'm going to use them for custom figures of Mr Bezos, Dr. Alan Grant and Roland Tembo (https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Roland_Tembo) seen in Jurassic Park: The Lost World.
The figures came in good condition, smell factory fresh. But the baggies were all greasy and really gross, so I washed the figures and repacked them all.
So glad I still got them, after watching them for months. Those power sellers from Asia seem to slowly run out of most of their Indy figures. So get yours while supplies last using the yellow affiliate link above!
(https://i.imgur.com/dSGWtDX.jpg)
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Today's Sam's Club score!
This is a new Lontic/Tedco dinosaur 6pk consisting of 3 all new dinosaurs and 3 reissues of extremely hard to find older releases.
The "wooly" Velociraptor is awesome!
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Today's Walmart score!
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Today's Dollar Tree score!
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Dan you are finding some nice items. What you gonna do with all that fodder?
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Dan you are finding some nice items. What you gonna do with all that fodder?
The Final Faction figures were purchased mostly for the accessories. The Halo and JW stuff will mostly stay as is. The Halo mech will get some New Republic markings and some weathering.
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I like your idea about that Halo Mech. I think it would fit in nicely into the SW Verse.
Shame we can't get mini-rigs and things like this again in the SW Line.
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Today's Michael's (crystal ball) and Dollar Tree (GITD skeleton hands) hauls!
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Sam's Club score!
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Now, that looks like a whole box full of fun! What a multipack!
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I am not a member of Sam's Club, but for neat things like this I bet I could be talked into it. Not that we are going into stores anymore as covid seems to be back. Argh!!!!!
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Today's Target clearance score!
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Today's Burlington (DC 2pk) and Dollar Tree (GITD beads) hauls!
The GITD beads are much brighter than the ones I got earlier in the year. I bought the originals to use as power cells in my custom work. These brighter ones can be "fully charged" cells and the darker ones can be "spent" (but still "radioactive") ones.
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You are still finding the good Dan.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
I got this awesome "Spawn" demon in a trade!
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Today's Renaissance Faire haul!
The Cthulhu pin is solid pewter.
The knights were free from one of the vendors :)
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You will have to let me know how you liked the Renn Fair.
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Today's Target and Walmart scores!
The "Fortnite" items were on clearance ($4.49 for the 2 Ultima Knights, Omega and 1 Jules and $5.99 for the other 5 Jules at a different Target)
Appa and The Demon were regular price at Walmart ($19.99 for Appa and $15.88 for The Demon). The Demon was a real surprise as he is not scheduled to be released until sometime in October.
I want 4 more Ultima Knights, but they have either disappeared from my area Targets or are still full price at the 2 Targets they still have stock at.
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You will have to let me know how you liked the Renn Fair.
Absolutely LOVED it!
Check out my FB posts for pics and whatnot ;)
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Thursday Mail Call!
Got this awesome "Fortnite" figure from a friend on Facebook in a trade!
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Saturday Mail Call!
Received a surprise package from sgcaper of Joe Customs today full of awesome cast figure parts!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got these beauties from AdrienVeidt of Joe Customs today!
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Found these great dragon figurines at Five Below while running errands for my mother today!
They are static (no articulation) heavy vinyl and are quite rigid. They are cast in a single color with a black wash over them to bring out the details.
3 of the 4 sculpts (one sculpt is duplicated in the set) are "inspired" by dragon figurines from Schleich and Safari Ltd. The 4th sculpt is not one I recognize.
The red and purple dragons are based on the Dragon Warrior from Schleich's "Eldrador" line.
The blue dragon is based on the Sea Dragon from Safari Ltd.
The green dragon is based on the Dragon Hunter figurine also from Schleich's "Eldrador" line (my all time favorite dragon from the line).
The orange one is the one I do not recognize from any previous line.
I really like these figurines and plan to repaint them in a realistic manner. I want to grab 4 more sets when I have some more fun money.
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My first purchase at NYCC:
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I wondered what your first purchase would be.
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Post NYCC Target score!
Got this JUST RELEASED "Jurassic World: Legacy Collection" Apatosaurus for 50% off with the special, unadvertised sale that runs until tomorrow night!
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I wondered what your first purchase would be.
It was my ONLY purchase at NYCC
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Today's Target (2nd 1/2 price Apatosaurus), Walmart (Baby Brachiosaurus and 2 Pteranodons), Five Below (mini raptors) and Dollar Tree (DVDs) hauls!
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After work Five Below score!
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After work Five Below score!
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Today's Target score!
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Dan, seeing your vault of stuff reminds me of the Mythbusters. There's this episode where they show all their stuff for reference. There's nothing they don't have in their studio including a big box of different action figures. And I think you got about the same amount of cool stuff! If you want to start a project you don't need to go to a store because all the materials needed are already there.
I'm quite impressed.
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Dan, seeing your vault of stuff reminds me of the Mythbusters. There's this episode where they show all their stuff for reference. There's nothing they don't have in their studio including a big box of different action figures. And I think you got about the same amount of cool stuff! If you want to start a project you don't need to go to a store because all the materials needed are already there.
I'm quite impressed.
All of my fodder is in storage since my move, but it is a mighty sight to behold LOL
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Monday Mega Mail Call!
Got 2 AWESOME packages in the mail today from friends on Facebook!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Got some more "Halo" stands in trade from a trade on FB!
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After work Target score!
Giant dragons for only $5.99 each in clearance!
I bought 1 at full price over the summer and hope to find 1 more at this price to have an even 6 :)
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Got a box full of awesomeness from 1/18 Archive!
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Your mail is full of goodies this week. Wish mine was too! :'(
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Just got a Shade Turret for $4.97 at Target thanks to the 25% off one toy and $10 in bonus savings I had!
This works nicely as I only really wanted the Grunt :)
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Your mail is full of goodies this week. Wish mine was too! :'(
Yeah, I had 4 REALLY good trades this week :)
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Today's Walmart (Halo and dinos) and Target (dragon) scores!
This was the first time I have seen series 3 "Halo" single figures in person.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got a box full of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
These 3 blades in the second image are actual steel weapons with functional blades!
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Saturday Mail Call!
My Walmart order arrived a day late, but it is here! I also ordered the Amazon exclusive "Skittles" Covenant 3pk, which should be here Monday :)
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Monday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
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Scored a second "Halo" Jackal Raider this morning at Walmart!
Still need 2-3 more.
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Nice finds, Dan!
Here's a pic of the recent Mattel JW dinosaurs I added to my collection:
loose & local pick-up:
Brachiosaurus - 55€
Apatosaurus - 50€
Brachiosaurus (repainted) - 60€
T-Rex - 25€
new:
Spinosaurus - 26,99€
Zia & Triceratops - 7,99€
(https://i.imgur.com/QQ6JgXg.jpg)
It's kinda funny that I paid more money for the loose ones than for the new items.
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Wow, you got some of the huge ones too. Nice.
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Grabbed these clearance Halloween figurines for $.25 each!
They are green army men sized and will be useful for detailing on fantasy projects.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
Thanks to a friend in the UK, I now have half a dozen of those "Prehisterror" Archaeopteryxes!
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Merry Early Christmas to me...
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Tonight's TJMaxx ("Wow World") and Walmart ("Jurassic World") scores!
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Love these "Prehisterror" Archaeopteryxes of your Tuesday Mailcall, Dan!
The sculpt looks really nice.
Yesterday, I picked up Mattel's Primal Attack Triceratops for 13€:
(https://i.imgur.com/Ha3bXNn.jpg)
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Dollar General score!
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Well now that is a few skeles.
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Saturday Mail Call!
My Amazon package arrived :)
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Today's Walmart haul!
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Went to target to get a new jean jacket to replace the one I lost, because it's not cold enough for my carharrt, i was burning up in that. Anyway i went to the star wars section as usual, nothing. So i went to the funko section and, picked up all three RUN DMC guys. It was definitely an impulse item. I thought about preordering when they first came out, but decided not to.
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Looks like Lando was mic dropping.
The old jean jacket, I loved mine in high school.
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Looks like Lando was mic dropping.
The old jean jacket, I loved mine in high school.
That is Elvis Calrissian.
Yeah I loved my jean jacket, but it gets hot in the afternoon, so i took it off, put it on the passenger seat. My work truck has a sliding front door, so i left it open to get air, long story short my jacket is somewhere on I-95N. They ran out of Levi's so I had to get the knockoff.
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Man the weather has sure been going crazy these past few weeks. Below freezing the first part and supposed to be over 60 today. Poor jean jacket.
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Darn cool footage there JD! Made me smile a good minute today :)
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After work Dollar Tree score!
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Very nice Dan. Very nice.
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
The Pteranodons have a very "Rodan" guy in a suit quality to them that sets them apart from the many others I have.
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Nice Dan. Man, you find some good movies at Dollar Tree!
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Today's Walmart (Halo) and Dollar Tree (Final Faction and dinos) score!
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Nice Dan. Man, you find some good movies at Dollar Tree!
I got very lucky. There were 3 unopened cases of DVDs sitting on the floor so I popped them open and took out the only good ones LOL
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Tuesday Mail Call!
My Macy's order arrived!
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Found this unlicensed John Wick figure on AliExpress for $20. Including 2 accessories & FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!
It's about 1/12 scale and I think the face looks great!
I'm going to use this head for a future custom of Darth Revan (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10186.msg198186#msg198186).
(https://i.imgur.com/QJw3Bc8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xgveCOr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ryGb55Y.jpg)
Also the golden "cups" arrived from AliExpress. You can find all the links here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10416.msg226844#msg226844).
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Turkey Day haul!
Got this Chap Mei set containing what is basically the last good dinosaur Chap Mei manufactured for 50% off at Big Lots!
I only wanted the dinosaur so the rest of the contents will go in my Swap Shop.
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Nice, I just watched Matrix Revolutions yesterday with some extended family that came in for Thanksgiving.
Man, I haven't done squat. I don't even know of any deals outside of Hasbro Pulse doing ten percent off with 15 percent off for Pusle Premium.
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Early morning Walmart score!
Hit up Walmart on the way back from taking my car in for inspection and finally saw the new "Lord Of The Rings" Sauron figure! This will replace my old "Armies Of Middle Earth" static figurine in my collection.
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Now that is a nice looking figure Dan.
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I hit Walmart after wwork but didn't find anything for myself. I did, however, score.all.of the new Spinmaster non-Batman figures for a friend and a few figures for another friend.
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Wow Dan, sauron does look cool, and would be perfect for that AOME stuff.
Got my Breaker and Ram cycle in the mail from eBay today.
Other than Fire fly, I was never ever able to find any of the Target exclusive stuff in the Gi Joe Classified line in the store.
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Walked to Dollar Tree to get some more packing tape and found these cool snake figurines from "Kung-Fu Panda". I like the sculpt, the upright pose and the scale. They will get repainted, of course.
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Today's Target (Halo) and Gamestop (Fortnite) scores!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My christmas present to myself arrived from Amazon 2 full days early!
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Belated Tuesday Mail Call!
This package from a Facebook friend got lost somewhere in the post office I work in for the last few days but FINALLY made its way to me today LOL
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Dan, I didn’t know you worked at a post office
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Dan, I didn’t know you worked at a post office
Yep, for 3.5 years now.
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I seen your Sauron figure in a Walmart yesterday. I had just purchased a pricy gift for my wife, otherwise I might have picked him up. He sure was pretty.
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Today's Macy's/TRU score!
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Today's Target scores!
I honestly thought I had missed these figures as they were released over the summer and I NEVER saw them anywhere but on eBay for insanely marked up prices so I was VERY happy to spot them hanging on the pegs today :)
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Today's Dollar Tree ("Jurassic World) and thrift store (building set and balls) scores!
Dollar Tree has restocked their Mattel "Jurassic World: Micro Collection" figures for the Holidays and the assortment now contains the juvenile Stegosaurus that was previously exclusive to the boxed set 5pk found at Ross earlier this year!
The building set is a rerelease of one that I had in the late 70s (probably released in 78 or 79) but multicolored where mine was all white with a few small black connectors. The weird balls are something I have no idea of its origins, but they look like those fusion pods found all over Tattooine in the "Star Wars" saga. They just need greebles and paint. They are also really heavy. I paid $4.24 (including tax) for both bags.
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Got a box full of goodies that Dark Jedi from Joe Customs has picked up for me as they never popped up in my area!
The Sabacc playing cards were a surprise gift and there is another wrapped item that I cannot open until Christmas.
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This isn't so much a toy as it is a tool, but I wanted to share it, as it'll be something that'll improve toy photography. I got a Micro Fogger 3 Lite, from Vosentech. https://vosentech.com/ The name says it all, it's a mini fog machine. So I'm going to play with it for a while and write a review on it, probably by the new year. I have some lights, tripod and some figures that'll look especially cool with smoke effects. $140 for the kit is a lot, and I've been struggling whether to buy it or not, so we'll see if I was stupid or not.
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I forgot to post these yesterday.
I got some unexpected Christmas presents from 2 very good friends.
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That's an interesting looking necklace there, Dan! What is it?
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Found this set of Indy stuff on ebay and wondered why nobody had bought it for 2 weeks. Got this set for 65€ shipped. The figures were put back in the rather destroyed packaging. But each of them goes for about $40 by now - even loose! The Troop Car (https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=actionfigure&id=23468&figure=troopcar) however is incomplete and I didn't know it.
I only saw it on the packaging when it arrived. Oh well, that's the way it is if I don't know this toy line so well. I'm still glad that I got it.
(https://i.imgur.com/s9x8dsc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2bdgdwK.jpg)
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That's an interesting looking necklace there, Dan! What is it?
The TARDIS from "Doctor Who" :)
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After work Target clearance score!
I hit 3 of the 6 closest Targets and scored these at 50% off :)
I want a few more of the Fortnite sets if I can find them at this price just for the female knights.
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Gotta say that the Halo line of 1:18 figures are knocking it out of the park.
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I got a retro spiderman Mysterio. He's my favorite villain.
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Awesome fog. I take it you have a fog machine.
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Awesome fog. I take it you have a fog machine.
Yeah I got a microfogger3. If you scroll up a few posts I talk about it a little. I was thinking of reviewing it, but it's a niche item.
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I will have to take a look. It seems to be a no brainer to have something like this for action figure images.
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I don't know how I missed this? Getting old I guess. Great product if you ask me. A little pricey, but sometimes you get what you pay for.
It seems to work great.
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I don't know how I missed this? Getting old I guess. Great product if you ask me. A little pricey, but sometimes you get what you pay for.
It seems to work great.
Ive been playing with it for a week now, and I think it's great. It is expensive, and there are somewhat cheaper alternatives. Yes you do get what you pay for. You could get a normal fog machine, which is cumbersome and too big for toy photography. They also have canned smokes called Atmosphere Aerosol, which gives you a light mist as opposed to a heavy smoke or fog. It works, it just depends what you want to do, and how much you want to spend. I think in the long run i made the right decision. The Aerosol Atmosphere is expensive for what it is at $12 a can, and they aren't easy to find.
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Today's "Clearance Mania!" scores from Sam's Club (dragons 'n dinos) and Michael's (bones).
The dragon/dinosaur sets were marked down to $9.81 from $14 99.
The bone sets were $1.20 down from $5.99!
The 2 cat skeletons have cartoony skulls, but the bodies will be useful. The goat skull is pretty close to a dragon skull, only needing some slight mods.
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Nice finds, Dan! I'll go out hunting for some post-Christmas deals as well.
But first I bought a JW collection from a friend of mine. He had this on ebay for 600€ and sold it to me for 500€.
(https://i.imgur.com/3riUFf1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yqnLZrZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6NB0L1R.jpg)
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My final 2021 purchase!
I am not into Pops!, but this is a cool, gooey monster that doesn't suffer from the usual Funko lack of details and bad proportions. A repaint and some added bits will turn this into an awesome monster for my menagerie :)
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My Target order arrived :)
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Thursday Mail Call!
My long delayed Gamestop order FINALLY arrived!
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Today's Walmart haul!
FINALLY found the final 2021 wave from this line. I usually pass on the redecos, but the Mononykus is a feathered dinosaur so it gets bought.
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Today's Target ("Fortnite" and "The Batman") and Dollar Tree ("Barbie") pick ups!
The "Barbie" backpacks are just about perfect for 3.75"/4" figures, both male and female as pictured. They just need to be repainted. The accessories are hit or miss, but the books are welcome diorama fodder.
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This morning's Target score!
The "Jurassic World" set was 50% off :)
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After work Target score!
I grabbed a second Selina Kyle as I wanted another of her knife and whip. A bonus is that this one has much better legs than the one I bought earlier in the week.
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I forgot to post this earlier tonight.
I grabbed one of the shorter dome tonight at Dollar Tree. You can see it is shorter than the ones I got last year and the base is different. These shorter ones are superior in that the domes actually lock into the bases instead of relying on friction to keep them in place.
I may go back and grab a few more tomorrow after work.
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After work Dollar Tree score!
You have to love cheap diorama accessories :)
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After work Walmart score!
If you want this figure, check them VERY carefully before buying. There were 4 on the shelf and all have some kind of defect(s). I bought the best of the 4 and will correct the minor paint flaw on it. The others had SEVERE flaws (warped/melted plastic secondaries, misassembled limbs, missing paint on eyes/teeth, etc.).
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That doesn't sound good. I guess they have lowered their quality control?
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Today's Target (Halo) and Walmart (Roblox) scores!
The male Roblox was primarily purchased for his awesome scythe as I want it for one of my trolls or ogres. I can do something with the figure as well.
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Today's Target score!
The Roblox figures were on clearance for $2.99 each!
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I got a Super7 Muckman. Many months ago I saw his preorder up on the front page bbts ad and it was love at first sight. But at the time I didn't want to get into another line and another scale, so I kind of forgot about him. Then I just kept seeing him and knew I had to have him. I like that everything about him is disgusting. That was kind of a big thing in the late 80s early 90s, with garbage pail kids, madballs, toxic avengers and ninja turtles. Modern toys are so minimalistic and clean. If the fortnite figures were gross looking id probably get them. Like if tomato head was rotten and grotesque like attack of the killer tomatoes, it would be badass. But I digress.
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I like it.
And what you are explaining is exactly what I feel when I go by the MOTU pegs. Man, they are sure doing that line correctly.
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Friday Mail Call!
Got a trade package full of "Halo" goodness from a fellow fanatic on Facebook!
He added a bunch of extras as well which really brightened my crappy work day :)
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Today's Dollar Tree (ATVs) and Target (2" Fortnite) scores!
The ATVs were bought just for the rock display bases that they come with. The ATVs themselves will go in my Swap Shop. They work fairly well with both 4" and 2" figures, although the footboards are too high for 4" figures to use.
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Saturday Mail Call!
A Facebook friend picked up 2 more of these 2" Fortnite figures for me!
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Grabbed this one a whim at Five Below while on Staten Island today.
Could be cool, could be crap. Best case scenario, I get a cool little dragon skeleton. Worst case scenario, I get some more bones for dioramas.
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After work Dollar Tree score!
The mounted tanks will be used for diorama fodder and the bulldozers will be bashed for droid parts.
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After work Dollar Tree score!
These rigid plastic stickers are embossed and three dimensional. They will be used as accents in dioramas. They will make great artwork/decorative tiles/mystic objects/crests/etc. depending on the style.
I got 6 of each of the first 4 styles and 10 of the final one (I want 2 more for an even dozen).
You cannot beat them for $1 each :)
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After breakfast Walmart score!
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This evening's Dollar Tree haul!
The jewel stickers will be for embellishing swords/shields/statuary/crowns/etc.
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Monday Mail call!
My Amazon order arrived 2 days early!
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Found this 7" Sauron figure of the BendyFigs line by Noble Toys for 17€ shipped in the other bay!
(https://i.imgur.com/j2bSrpN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DCAylBG.jpg)
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After work Dollar Tree score!
The pen holders have some serious diorama potential.
Just a heads'-up to customizers: the gray pen holders take glue WAY better than the white ones. The white ones have a very slight greasy surface, probably from mold releasers, and will need some prep before you can glue anything to them. The grey ones take glue just fine.
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Score!
Just found this sitting outside a house on my route! The box has "FREE" on the outside in black Sharpie!
Under the balls are a ton of hard black pipes that apparently go into the holes on the balls as it is some kind of building toy.
You have to love free customizing fodder :)
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Nice find Dan. It will be interesting to see what you do with them.
I could already see them painted being part of the background in a space station with the cargo containers. Heck, you might not even need to paint them.
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Nice find Dan. It will be interesting to see what you do with them.
I could already see them painted being part of the background in a space station with the cargo containers. Heck, you might not even need to paint them.
I plan on using them for these:
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Walmart clearance score!
Got these for $5 each :)
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Dollar Tree (plastic organizers) and Target (dinos) scores!
The plastic organizers have a great texture on the inside (2nd pic) and can be used in dioramas as troughs for animals, long storage bins or other things.
The pink dinos have an awesomely shaped head (3rd pic) and may or may not get their heads transplanted onto better, articulated bodies. But even if I just repaint them (the bodies aren't bad at all, just need some putty where the heads attach as there are visible seams/gaps), they are still great for $1 each.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Got another great trade package from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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After work Dollar Tree haul.
I decided that I needed more of these for a future project, but sadly didn't decide before the price increase or I would have saved $3 LOL
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After work Dollar Tree score!
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Today's Target clearance score.
$2.99 each.
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Today's after work Dollar Tree haul!
I found the new "Final Faction" accessory sets!
x6 each - Synthoid Evolution, Cyber Arms, Thunderbolt and Long Range
x12 each - Scourge and Striker
I still want 12 more Scourge sets to hit my desired quantity.
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After work Dollar Tree score!
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After work Dollar Tree score!
This brings me to 24 of these sets in total, which was my goal. Army building at $1.25/each is way easier than at Target/Walmart prices LOL
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Man, you have a lot of those sets. Great price on em though.
Got your FB Post on the front page.
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Free diorama fodder score!
Someone was throwing out these pieces from a playset so I scooped them up. They are basically tractor trailer containers modified to be a domicile for small fashion dolls. Soak off the interior labels, some modifications, add paint and you have cool sci-fi parts for a diorama :)
One man's trash is another man's treasure :)
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After work Dollar Tree score!
Now I am only waiting for the Perimeter Defense assortment and the Rumbler/weapons pack to hit and I will be all caught up on "Final Faction"!
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Today's Dollar Tree ("Final Faction") and Target ("League Of Legends") scores!
In total, I got:
Crawlers 2pk x4
Decimator x6
Huntra x6
X4 Turret x6
P-131 x6
Rumbler x2
Rumbler Weapons/Armor x12
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Dan you have your own Final Faction Army!
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Nice scores, Dan! I was able to acquire a 1/18 scale Sauron figure by BST AXN for under 20€. Really happy to have them now. The BendyFigs one is about 1/14 scale with a height of about 17 cm which I got a few weeks ago for 17€ shipped. I highly recommend to get these figures if you're a fan of Lord of the Rings:
(https://i.imgur.com/HQ9WY5H.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MWV2cSb.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/C8vJIcN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/p04S4e4.jpg)
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Nice scores, Dan! I was able to acquire a 1/18 scale Sauron figure by BST AXN for under 20€. Really happy to have them now. The BendyFigs one is about 1/14 scale with a height of about 17 cm which I got a few weeks ago for 17€ shipped. I highly recommend to get these figures if you're a fan of Lord of the Rings:
(https://i.imgur.com/HQ9WY5H.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MWV2cSb.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/C8vJIcN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/p04S4e4.jpg)
I got the BST AXN one a few months back and love it! I am not into bendy stuff though.
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
I still want another 6 each of Huntra and Decimator to hit 24 and another 9 Crawler 2pks to hit 50 Crawlers.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got an awesome trade from a friend on Facebook!
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
Top pic is mine, the bottom pic is stuff I grabbed for a friend.
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I got my Neca An American Werewolf in London Kessler wolf today. I love it! The sculpt is great! He has two different heads, open and closed mouth, that looks exactly like the wolf in the movie. The paint apps are great, variations of grey and brown fur. The articulation is great. The range of motion is not that great and the joints are stiff, but it's still good.
I bought this to have a monster for my endor projects. I had some Schleich statues that look more like a Boar-wolf, but they weren't very intimidating. This thing, is scary, and it's 7 inch scale so it's also huge compared to 3.75 figures. I'm happy with it.
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Wow, this is awesome.
I have to go share this.
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Wow, this is awesome.
I have to go share this.
It is awesome. There's not much more I can say. Despite the range of motion id still give it a 9.5/10. I have my own grading system called the 4 "A"s based on articulation, accessories, accuracy, attention to detail. The accessories category is always lacking because I'm an accessories nut, but honestly what else can he come with? A chewed up arm? I think they knocked it out of the park.
I recently watched the movie, I can't believe I hadn't seen it before. I think because of it's X rating, it's hard to come by. I tried to rent it on Amazon, and it said unavailable in your area. How is that possible? Anyway great movie. I'm a grown ass man, and I went outside for something at night, I heard something walking in the leaves and I was like what the hell is that!? Any movie that can make me like that is good.
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I got my Neca An American Werewolf in London Kessler wolf today. I love it! The sculpt is great! He has two different heads, open and closed mouth, that looks exactly like the wolf in the movie. The paint apps are great, variations of grey and brown fur. The articulation is great. The range of motion is not that great and the joints are stiff, but it's still good.
I bought this to have a monster for my endor projects. I had some Schleich statues that look more like a Boar-wolf, but they weren't very intimidating. This thing, is scary, and it's 7 inch scale so it's also huge compared to 3.75 figures. I'm happy with it.
I am very tempted by this but have yet to see one in person.
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I'd recommend it. I got it from EE at a discount because of a slightly damaged box, plus a 10% discount, so i payed $25 plus tax and shipping. If I was into packaging, I'd buy another at full price, because it's beautiful, it captures the look and feel of the movie. I have yet to see it in any stores and I know it's been out for a while. I rarely, rarely step away from star wars, the only exception is this and the Super7 Muckman, and I gave that to my brother, because it doesn't fit with anything I have.
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Thursday Mail Call!
Finally got 1 of the 2 "Steel Monsters" figures I wanted!
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I got my Neca An American Werewolf in London Kessler wolf today. I love it! The sculpt is great! He has two different heads, open and closed mouth, that looks exactly like the wolf in the movie. The paint apps are great, variations of grey and brown fur. The articulation is great. The range of motion is not that great and the joints are stiff, but it's still good.
I bought this to have a monster for my endor projects. I had some Schleich statues that look more like a Boar-wolf, but they weren't very intimidating. This thing, is scary, and it's 7 inch scale so it's also huge compared to 3.75 figures. I'm happy with it.
He's certainly a ferocious looking beastie for someone to fight! Looks great for the Ewoks to fight against - the stuff of their nightmares - and no slouch for taking out biker scouts either.
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Thursday Mail Call!
Finally got 1 of the 2 "Steel Monsters" figures I wanted!
That's a pretty cool vintage figure. Which is the other one you want? And...do you have any of the vehicles from that line?
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Thursday Mail Call!
Finally got 1 of the 2 "Steel Monsters" figures I wanted!
That's a pretty cool vintage figure. Which is the other one you want? And...do you ahve any of the vehicles from that line?
This is the other one I want.
I have no interest in the vehicles as they are oversized and too earthlike for my needs.
The 2 figures I wanted look like villain henchmen from old sci-fi shows like "Buck Rogers".
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I got my Neca An American Werewolf in London Kessler wolf today. I love it! The sculpt is great! He has two different heads, open and closed mouth, that looks exactly like the wolf in the movie. The paint apps are great, variations of grey and brown fur. The articulation is great. The range of motion is not that great and the joints are stiff, but it's still good.
I bought this to have a monster for my endor projects. I had some Schleich statues that look more like a Boar-wolf, but they weren't very intimidating. This thing, is scary, and it's 7 inch scale so it's also huge compared to 3.75 figures. I'm happy with it.
He's certainly a ferocious looking beastie for someone to fight! Looks great for the Ewoks to fight against - the stuff of their nightmares - and no slouch for taking out biker scouts either.
I like the Ewok movies and cartoons, they showed how hard life on Endor is. Everything wants to eat you there. If they made PG-13 or R rated Ewok movies, I imagine the boar-wolf would look more like this.
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
The first 3 images are mine and the 4th is stuff I picked up for a friend who cannot find these in his area.
This haul brings me current on the "Final Faction" releases to date.
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Today's surprise Target score!
I thought that this wasn't supposed to be released until the summer, but I found a single one sitting on a stock cart this afternoon!
They also had the small electronic roaring assortment, which has 1 new species in it (Skorpiovenator), but I got street dated (4/17) on it so I had to put it back.
Luckily, this one wasn't street dated :)
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After work Target score!
I got just about everything I wanted from the 2022 "Jurassic World: Dominion" line in 1 shot!
The "Godzilla: Singular Point" vinyl figure only cost me $1.40 after redeeming my Target points :)
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
The first 3 images are mine and the 4th is stuff I picked up for a friend who cannot find these in his area.
This haul brings me current on the "Final Faction" releases to date.
The "bugs" finally showed up at my local Dollar Tree. Thanks for the heads up. I think they will work for Star Wars. They will also work as big bugs for my son's mini RPG's. And all for really cheap.
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
The first 3 images are mine and the 4th is stuff I picked up for a friend who cannot find these in his area.
This haul brings me current on the "Final Faction" releases to date.
The "bugs" finally showed up at my local Dollar Tree. Thanks for the heads up. I think they will work for Star Wars. They will also work as big bugs for my son's mini RPG's. And all for really cheap.
You are very welcome!
I always share info on any upcoming/just released items that I think my fellow customizers and collectors will enjoy :)
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Thursday Mail Call!
I got yet another box full of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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After work Target score!
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I cannot wait to see some of these hybrids in action in the movie.
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I cannot wait to see some of these hybrids in action in the movie.
There are no hybrids in the new movie, just actual dinosaur species.
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So they are releasing hybrids even though they never showed up in the movies?
I guess that shouldn't surprise me.
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So they are releasing hybrids even though they never showed up in the movies?
I guess that shouldn't surprise me.
What hybrid toys are you referring to?
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Picked up these acrylic push pins on a whim while shopping for my mother at Five Below.
They certainly have some customizing potential.
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You mean that new beasty you acquired was a real dino? I don't remember any Stegos like that, but you would know!
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You mean that new beasty you acquired was a real dino? I don't remember any Stegos like that, but you would know!
Yep, it is an actual species, a relative of the Kentrosaurus :)
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Today's TJMaxx haul :)
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Dollar Tree haul!
The stickers are 3D (transparent raised plastic domes) with color shifting iridescent backs. They will be used for future custom projects.
The resin roses will be used as scenery in a future diorama.
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After work Dollar Tree haul!
I was in a VERY well stocked Dollar Tree looking for the newest accessory packs, which they did not have, unfortunately. However, I decided to grab another 25 Crawler 2pks to bring me to 100 Crawlers as well as another 12 "Scourge" accessory packs to give all 36 of my Drones the same weapon.
The nice thing about this line is that at $1.25 +tax each, you can buy a ton of stuff without putting out a ton of money :)
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Saturday Mail Call!
The 1st of 2 Target packages arrived!
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After work Target clearance score!
Only $12.99!
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Today's Big Lots (Fortnite) and Dollar Tree (Final Faction) scores!
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
This brings me current on their exclusive "Final Faction" line.
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My early birthday present to myself :)
I have wanted this since I saw it in the Diamond Select Toys booth at NYCC last year :)
It was FINALLY released last Wednesday.
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Saturday Mail Call!
My Target order FINALLY arrived after taking a scenic tour of NY and NJ for the last 2 weeks (FedEx sucks 😄).
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Today's hauls!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" figures were a pre-toy show purchase from Aldis.
The "Gargoyles" and "Kong" are from the toy show. Neca Toys (who are local) had a U-Haul truck full of boxes containing damaged packages (toys are fine though) that they were selling SUPER cheap! I got all 3 for $40!
I also got a bag full of Free Comic Book Day books that my friend Tony got for me last month :)
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Today's hauls!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" 12" Pyroraptors are from Aldi. The "Classic All-Stars" is from Marshalls. The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Extreme Damage Allosaurus is from Wal-Mart.
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Today's Target ("Fortnite) and Aldi ("Jurassic World: Dominion") hauls!
The "Fortnite" set was just over $8 on clearance :)
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Dan, you are definitely adding to your dinos!
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I went a little crazy at the Target BOGO 50% off "Jurassic World: Dominion" sale 😄
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Monday Mail Call!
Got a box full of awesomeness from a Facebook friend!
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Monday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
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Saturday Mail Call!
Part of my Target order arrived.
I am building the Starro figure for my 3.75" collection.
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That'll be pretty cool!
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Today's Target haul!
Just as I had told many people, as soon as the BOGO 50% off sale was over, new stuff would appear on the pegs/shelves 😄
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Ater work Target haul!
I still want 1 more Kayla Watts & Pyroraptor set to have an even dozen Pyroraptors.
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Nice haul! You gotta leave a Pyroraptor for someone else though ;D I didn't get in to my local Target yesterday or today, but I think I'll pick up the set as another female figure is always a welcome addition.
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After work Target score!
Got my 12th and final Pyroraptor set I wanted :)
Starchaser, I left 2 on the shelf for someone else ;)
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Starchaser, I left 2 on the shelf for someone else ;)
;D
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Dan, you have the dinos! Wow, and would that feathered dino really swim under the ice? I thought that was a bit farfetched.
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Dan, you have the dinos! Wow, and would that feathered dino really swim under the ice? I thought that was a bit farfetched.
I could see them being able to swim fairly well since ducks and geese can swim submerged quite well and therapods are their ancestors.
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Today's Kohl's (Lightyear) and DII (Jurassic World and Avengers) hauls!
The "Lightyear" set is a great buy for all that it comes with (I especially like the vines and alien bug).
The "Jurassic World" sets never showed up at brick and mortar stores in my area and online they usually go for more than I paid for them (sometimes twice as much or more).
The "Avengers" figures will make great giant Battledroid after some customization.
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Today's Target score!
On sale for $27.99 (reg. $39.99).
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Starchaser, I left 2 on the shelf for someone else ;)
;D
Found Kayla and the Pyroraptor today at my local Target. The dino is cool ( haven't seen the movie yet). I really like the Kayla figure. I think her head might be the final piece to a Sana Starros custom.
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After work Target score!
I canceled my preorder since I found it in the store :)
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Thursday Mail Call!
I had to order a part for my car off of Amazon so I tossed this in as it was about $3 more than the shipping would have been.
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I got a Mini brands Mini mart playset, for my Wacky Packages Galgrebaa Spaceport truckstop, that im rebuilding. It's made for the mini brands miniatures, but it's pretty close to 1/18, if not dead on. I just used the shelves and freezer cases, the rest is kind of junk, but potential fodder.
5 Surprise Mini Brands Mini Mart Playset Series 3 by ZURU with 5 Exclusive Mystery Mini Brands, Store and Display Your Mini Collectibles Collection! https://amzn.to/3ac1tBv
So I ordered the Mini brands convenience store that's coming after the holiday. That set has shelves freezer case, drink dispenser, slushy machine, microwave, and a cash register that i like better than what comes in the other set.
5 Surprise Mini Brands Mini Convenience Store Playset with 1 Exclusive Mini by ZURU, Multicolor https://amzn.to/3ac1tBv
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That looks like it will work out pretty nice for your Spaceport!
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Today's GameStop haul!
There are having a 50% off all clearance items sale so all of this was super cheap (except for the "Aliens" set which was marked with a clearance sticker that was the full price, got it for half off which came to $20).
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JDeck - brilliant find. It'll be fun to see this "slice of life" in your space port. I mean, people got to have their mini-mart, right?
Spectre - that's a great haul. Some really good prices. There's some potential for customizing in there I think.
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2nd GameStop haul of the day!
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More battle damaged aliens! You're going to have a veritable war zone ;D
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More battle damaged aliens! You're going to have a veritable war zone ;D
Actually, I have no interest in those Aliens as I use the Lanard and Kenner Aliens in my diorama. These are too tiny and skinny. 2 sets have already been claimed and I have 1 pair left. I bought the sets for the sentry guns.
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That totally makes sense. The guns are great. I, too, buy sets for the accessories sometimes (when the price is right.
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After work GameStop clearance score!
The pieces in these 4 chests will give me 5 complete Shark Henchmen figureswhen combined with the chests I got yesterday.
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Today was a good, but expensive day LOL
Top pic is the full price stuff from. Amazon ("Jurassic World") and The Camp ("Lightyear").
Bottom pic is the 50%-75% off clearance stuff from Target (everything but the single carded "Fortnite" figure) and Gamestop (single carded "Fortnite" figure)!
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived! Sadly, the Ghost Henchmen chests contained a duplicate right arm/leg chest, but I called Amazon and they are sending a replacement (they told me to keep the defective set). How funny would it be if the replacement has 2 left arm/leg chests and I can make 2 figures?
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What a haul!! You are going to need some more space:)
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After work Target clearance score!
I have been watching these "Eden" robots since they were released and they finally hit clearance! There was no way I was going to spend the original $19.99 price for hollow vinyl figures with limited articulation, but at $5.99 each on clearance, I bought the entire case (minus the anime little girl that I had no interest in). 2 of them were actually free as I had almost $15 in Circle Rewards which sweetened the deal quite a bit.
They will get repaints and be labor droids in a spaceport or junkyard diorama.
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I bought the large one (my Target only had one) for the same reason. Never seen the the round headed one in the wild.
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Dan you do find the deals.
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Saturday Mail Call!
I received my replacement set of Fortnite chests.
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Dan you do find the deals.
I am a dedicated hunter ;)
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It is something way beyond that. Not that I go into stores too much anymore, but I haven't even been able to find any new lines on the pegs, even at Disney.
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It is something way beyond that. Not that I go into stores too much anymore, but I haven't even been able to find any new lines on the pegs, even at Disney.
I always joke that I "feel a dsturbance in the Force" when I find stuff, but I am only half kidding. Just recently, I found a Navarro Cantina on the shelf at Target and scanned it and it came up at 50% off. While searching the aisles for more clearance stuff, I saw one of those "Lightyear" starfighters on the shelf and was compelled to look behind it- there were 2 more Navarro Cantinas someone stashed behind it! I grabbed all 3, one for me, one for Tony and one for another friend.
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You have a very high midiclorine count when it comes to finding new toys.
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After work Target clearance score!
All of my local Targets have been picked clean of clearance action figure stuff. I was hoping to score 2 more of the "Halo" 20th Anniversary 4pks for the plasma pistols and stands, but had no luck.
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If you can't find it then it doesn't exist imo.
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Today's Target clearance scores!
The "Doctor Strange" accessories were $6.29 each.
The "Fortnite" sets were $5.99 each.
The "Masters Of The Universe" miniatures were $1.49 each and were bought because the heads scale well to 3.75"/4" figures.
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If you can't find it then it doesn't exist imo.
I scored 4 last week but wanted 2 more. Sometimes, even my luck runs out ;)
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Grabbed this on the way home from work. It only cost me $.83 including tax as I had some Circle Rewards from the stuff I got yesterday.
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I've got a couple of those beastman heads to put on Star Wars bodies, too ;D Great minds...
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After work Target score!
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Today's Target score!
Everything but Owlman was on super clearance!
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I love the look of the He-Man line. Almost want to collect it, but I know better.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got 3 awesome trade packages full of great accessories including a small Covenant arsenal to work towards filling all of the backpack slots on my Grunt Mules!
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I picked up 6 of these "Hanging Organizer Trays" after work at Dollar Tree for $1.25 each as I immediately recognized their diorama potential.
They will make for great sci-fi hallway walls with some modifications (greebles, repaint, etc.) although making hallway corners corners will require some more advanced fabrication techniques as the ends do not have shapes conductive to cornering. They can even be doubled up to make taller walls with some glue and reinforcements on the reverse sides.
The open organizer trays can either be sealed off completely and turned into consoles or sealed off internally at different depths depending on how you want to utilize them.
I think they have great potential for inexpensive diorama material.
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Today's Target score!
Skelegod was on super clearance for $8.99!
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Nice haul! I'll have to do a twirl around my local Dollar Tree to see if I can find those organizers. You're totally right about the customizing potential.
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I haven't taken pictures yet, but today at my local Target I found the Jazwares Halo Atriox, Skirmisher, and the newest iteration of the Marine. Pretty cool! (Plus a Koska Reeves - tho' that's Star Wars).
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Sounds like a good haul. I haven't found anyting in stores in forever.
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After work Target score!
This brings me to the 6 Ampelosaurus figures I wanted in total :)
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Today's Target clearance scores!
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Monday Mail Call!
I recieved these Covenant weapons to complete my project of filling all of the backpack slots on my Grunt Mules as well as completing a custom Covenant weapon I have been wanting to do since the line began!
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Today's Walmart ("He-Man"), Target ("Star Wars") and Marshall's ("MLB") clearance scores!
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Dan you are a deal hound!
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This afternoon's Dollar Tree haul!
The square pegboards are pretty interesting and can be used for several sci-fi purposes (wall/floor panels, pallets, etc.).
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I can see they sure have dio potential out the yazoo.
Off to share on the front page.
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After work Kohl's score!
$2 cheaper for each one than Target and I got $20 in "Kohl's Cash" for next time!
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Friday Mail Call and discount store haul!
The first 2 pieces (my order is split across 3 deliveries as no one warehouse had all 5 items I ordered) of my Amazon order (larger dinos) arrived today!
I found the 2 smaller dinos at DII, the discount store near my office in Passaic! They are brand new (just hitting retailers now) and pretty hard to find at the moment. They were $1 more expensive than Target or Walmart would be, but I would have wasted way more than that in gas running from store to store hunting them.
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I just can't imagine the dinosaur dios you could make with all of your even recent purchases. When was the last time you got out all your dinos and put em up in one place? Just an epic collection Dan.
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I just can't imagine the dinosaur dios you could make with all of your even recent purchases. When was the last time you got out all your dinos and put em up in one place? Just an epic collection Dan.
Sadly, 90% or more of my collection is in storage since my divorce and move to a smaller apartment. In the near future, I plan on getting a house and having a grand hobby room again :)
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Saturday Mail Call!
Part II of my Amazon order arrived!
The last 2 dinos will be here on Monday :)
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Monday Mail Call!
The 3rd and final part of my Amazon order arrived today!
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Today's Big Lots ("Jurassic World" Basic 6" and 12" dinos), Kohl's ("Jurassic World" electronic 2pk) and Spirit Halloween (skelefish) scores!
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I figured you were gonna pick up that skelly fish. Nice Dan!
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
The pumpkin teeth glow in the dark and the curved ones are very reminiscent of the spikes on Snake Mountain from the "Masters Of The Universe".
I found another variant of the plastic pegboards, this one is basically a giant square the size of 4 of the small squares.
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Friday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
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Love that HALO stuff. Starting the weekend off right Dan!
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Today's Target scores!
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I saw your FB post of it next to your other dinos. Wow, this is one huge update. Literally!
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Today's after work discount store score!
These are series 2 "budget" (primarily made for lower income kids) dinosaurs but I really like them as they are closer to the actual size that a Velociraptor would be. The ones in the books/movies are WAY too big and were initially supposed to be Deinonychus (a related species that actually were that big) until Crichton decided that "Velociraptor" was a much scarier name. These "budget" figures are less than half the size of the standard Velociraptor figures.
I usually do not bother with the repaints any longer, but made an exception as this "budget" line is usually much harder to find than anything in the main line. A year or so back, Five Below and Big Lots had them and I bought every single Velociraptor (both "Blue" and the generic orangy one) I saw across multiple stores. I also bought a dozen of the tiny Indominus Rex and 1 each if the 2 T-Rexes (brown and green) as well as the Stygimoloch. This year's first release was "Blue" (same as every previous year), a Therizinosaurus (I bought 12) and a Giganatosaurus (I bought 6). The second release are these same 3 but adds in repaints of the Velociraptor (the ones I got today), T-Rex (similar to the very first release) and the Stygimoloch. I never saw the very first year of these figures, but through reissues and repaints, I got all of the individual species from that year except for the Indoraptor :(
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While grocery shopping at Walmart this morning, I found this set of tiny fossil models (complete with display bases) in the Halloween section in a floor display of small non-candy items.
The detail is pretty basic, but they work for diorama builders wanting to fill out a paleontologist's office, museum or even a kid's room.
They come 6 in a bag for $1.98 +tax ($2.11 in NJ) and I got 4 unique models and 2 duplicates. They only had 1 bag that I saw in the display (I didn't check the 2 bottom rows of baskets as I was not wearing my knee braces and kneeling without them is painful) so I do not know if there are any other models or different pack out ratios in other bags. The addition of a display base is actually pretty classy and not something I expected from cheap items meant to be given to trick-or-treaters.
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pretty neat Dan. These are great fodder.
Off to share on the front pages.
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That's great value even at retail price. This kind of toy is also found in kinder surprise eggs by Ferrero and those cost 70 cents here by now. I would be a happy kid if I got something like this as treat for Halloween. Excellent diorama accessories, thanks for sharing!
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I could see ripping off the bases and just using the bones in many a style of diorama.
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Monday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
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Found some Twilight Zone figures at Target. I had these in my EE cart but they sold out before I checked out. The Invader is my favorite, cool design, cool episode and hed make a cool spacer background character. To serve man is the metallic chase variant, so thats cool. I like they gave him his human cookbook.
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After work Family Dollar score!
This is a real blast from the past as it has been quite a long time since actual Chap Mei "Pirates" product has been on the shelves in America!
This set has the cave mini playset that I do not believe ever actually made it to the states before so it warranted the pick up.
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Found some Twilight Zone figures at Target. I had these in my EE cart but they sold out before I checked out. The Invader is my favorite, cool design, cool episode and hed make a cool spacer background character. To serve man is the metallic chase variant, so thats cool. I like they gave him his human cookbook.
The Invader could totally work for an Ugor encounter suit. :)
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Really nice finds, gentlemen! Congrats to that Target score, JDeck! I'm glad you got a second chance even at retail after etail failed once again. Gotta love those bots online.
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Really nice finds, gentlemen! Congrats to that Target score, JDeck! I'm glad you got a second chance even at retail after etail failed once again. Gotta love those bots online.
I don't think they're bots. I think these are reissues, I've seen them on ebay for $100. I went back to get the gremlin from terror at 20000 feet and all they had left was talky tina.
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I found the Jurassic World Chaos Outpost at Target this evening. If I get a moment tomorrow, I'll unbox it and take some pictures. It was $54.99 and includes a dinosaur and a human figure. Not too bad.
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As promised:
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There are applications for GI Joe, JoyToy, Fortnite, really any of the 1/18 scale lines. I included several Imperial troopers in the pictures and the last one, the Imperial Troop Transport, just to communicate scale. The guy in shades is the included action figure and the dinosaur (in the cage) is a Pyroraptor. There are several other ways to configure the gates include a complete (but very small) triangular enclosure and each of the three gate sections radiating off the base of the tower in a different direction. I'm pretty happy with it.
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Wow, yepper that looks like it would make a great playset for any line. I can see why you picked it up. Reminds me of some of the stuff we saw in Obi Wan.
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I remember that you'd been interested in this set since it was announced. Dan shared images of it right away and I really appreciate that he keeps us updated with the latest of news. MATTEL do a great job on the JW line. I mean they made several childhood dreams finally come true like a 1/18 scale Brachiosaurus.
This set does look good as an Imperial facility, indeed! I think the fact that the Imperial Troop Transport fits through the gate is one of the biggest wins. It fits really well with your Imperial customs and the MRSP is also reasonable - especially compared to Hasbro's TVC playsets.
And I just love your backyard. Everything looks nice and I think I could spend hours playing with figures and vehicles there. Good times.
Congrats on that fort, have a great weekend and thanks for sharing!
I could see you adding a second one once it goes on clearance. :D
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Today's Walmart score!
Zurg was on clearance as someone had popped the straps holding his arms down and must have been playing with it and didn't but it.
The skeletons are great aside from their bendy tails (not a fan of bendy stuff). They are pretty big and were only $4.88 each. The dinosaurs I have seen before but the Griffen is new.
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You find the neatest stuff Dan.
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These skeletal creatures from Family Dollar are a bit lower in quality than the ones from Walmart, but for $3 each they are great!
The fish has a hinged jaw and the dragon has swivel head and wings in addition to the hinged jaw. My favorite thing about these are that the dragon's tail is made from the same hard plastic as the rest of the figure instead of the bendy wired rubber of the Walmart ones. .
Hilariously, the dragons use the goat skull from the same company's skull bag from last year instead of the usual dragon skull. When I bought a ton of the skull bags last year, I did so because with the ears removed, the goat skulls look like dragon skulls. I guess the company thought they were close enough as well LOL
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I found this today on one of the blocks of my route. It is a "Masters Of The WWE Universe" Castle Greyskull Wrestling Ring! It is only missing the stairs. The sticker is trashed but I really don't care. It needs a good cleaning as it has crayon/marker marks all over but should work well for diorama pieces when clean :)
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Nice Dan. I can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
Got a package full of great "Halo" diorama parts from a trader on one of the "Halo" collectors' pages!
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Friday Mail Call!
Got the 6th and final "Halo" Skirmisher I was looking for in a trade on one of the "Halo" collectors' pages :)
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After work Gamestop clearance score!
Riptide (center) rang up at 50% off even though he did not have the yellow sticker.
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Very nice Dan, finding the deals as usual.
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Scored these cool "Party Shot Glass Rings" at Dollar Tree.
The grey rings are removeable and I think the top pieces will make for interesting cargo crates once painted up. I my go back and get a few more sets.
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Great idea for the cargo crates.
Off to share on the front pages.
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Just hit Dollar Tree for 10 more packs of the shotglass rings, giving me 36 in total for future customizing projects :)
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Today's clearance/coupon/rewards scores!
Nothing pictured was full priced. Thanks to clearance sales, coupons and store rewards, everything was dirt cheap!
Marvel Legends Surtur- $28
Fortnite- $3.49
Alan Grant- $2.47
Dinosaur- $3.49
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received the last 2 Manglers that I needed to fill my Covenant weapons racks thanks to Starchaser!
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Looks great! Now your Covenant troops are all outfitted.
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Nice to see Shipyarders helping eachother out.
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After work Target score!
I was not intending to buy anything outside of the 8 or 9 items I still wanted for 2022, but when I saw this Godzilla from the awesome animated series "Godzilla: Singular Point", I had to have it! I love the overall alien look that the redesigned Kaiju from the cartoon had and will probably pick up any that they release in this line depending on how the animated design translates to a 3d form.
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Pretty nice Dan.
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After work Target clearance score!
I know the figures for this are somewhat smaller than 3.75", but if my math is correct, the fences should come to mid thigh on a 3.75" figure making them quite useful for dioramas. They were clearanced at $5.99, down from $24.99.
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Thursday Mail Call!
I received another box of awesomeness from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs!
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That's fun!
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I found this being thrown out on my route. It is part of a Playmobil "Pirates' Secret Camp" playset from 1991 as indicated on the underside. It is missing a ton of parts but will make a nice base for a fantasy diorama.
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That's a great salvage job. Those Playmobil bases are a quick and effective way to get landscape. We love Playmobil at our house!
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I got this island, too and remember having hours of fun playing with it. That's a nice find! If anyone is interested, playmobil also release a book with all teir sets released. Online archives are also available.
And the best part is that you can get replacement parts even for old sets at their customer service!
playmobil is my all time favorite toy!
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After work Walmart score!
Still no sighting of Doctor Fate :(
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I found Dr. Fate, but not Cyclone - still looking for her.
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Saturday Mail Call and after work GameStop clearance score!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" sets are from Amazon, the "Halo" Skirmisher is from adrienveidt from Joe Customs..
The "Fortnite" figures are from Gamestop (only cost me $3.42 in total after discounts and rewards :) ).
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Gamestop clearance score!
These cost me $.52 in total after discounts and rewards!
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Today's haul!
The Mars Base is from Marshall's and the Fortnite car (bought for the figure) was a clearance score at Gamestop.
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Dan, you just keep finding good stuff.
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Today's haul!
Burlington- "Jurassic World:Dominion" set.
Gamestop- "Fortnite" and "Star Wars"
Gift Shop (discount store in Paterson)- vinyl dinos
Michael's- Halloween decoration
Everything was insanely cheap! Gamestop is still doing their "take 50% off of clearance" sale. Burlington had the "Jurassic World" set for half of Walmart's price. Michael's is having a 60% Halloween sale.
The vinyl dinos are high quality knock-offs of Safari Ltd. (Feathered T-Rex), Schleich (feathered Therizinosaurus) and Papo (pterosaur) and were only $2.99 each (originals go for $25-$35 depending on size). I bought all that they had of these figurines (the rest were really common species and knock-offs of lesser quality).
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Well day one of your vacation you sure found the deals.
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Saturday Mail Call and Gamestop clearance score!
My Amazon package ("Fortnite" figures and Papo Kraken) arrived and I picked up Baraka at the Gamestop in Lodi.
Baraka looks like he is missing his arm blades, but I am hoping that they are inside the package somewhere, if they aren't, it is no big deal as I wasn't going to use them for him anyway as he will be used as a Troll for my 1/18 fantasy customs.
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Target Sale Score and Monday Mail Call!
The "Jurassic World: Legacy Collection" set was only $20.98 after sale, coupon and rewards points (originally $42.99!).
The Lanard "Star Troopers" bugs and Baroness Keychain and Grogu vinyl are from a friend on Facebook!
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Today's Gamestop 50% off of clearance price ("Fortnite") and Wlamart scores!
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Today's thrift store (batcomputer), Five Below (Godzilla) and Dollar Tree (crystal pens) pick ups!
The Batcomputer was only $.99!
The crystals both on top of and inside of the pens will be harvested for future dioramas.
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Today's Walmart Halloween clearance score!
Everything was 50% off. Surprisingly, most of my local Walmarts' Halloween leftovers were cleaned out already save for a few costumes and candles. I was lucky to get these items.
These items will be fantasy diorama fodder. The skeletal pumpkins will be jail cells. The skeletal tiaras will be used atop a tower. The skeletons will be chopped up for terrain scatter.
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Thursday Mail Call!
Received 2 more "Jurassic World: Dominion" Lystrosauruses for my herd!
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Nice, Dan. Those are great looking dinosaurs.
I got a mail call today also, from Boos Fight:
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and:
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Pretty excited about these Falsh Gordon figures
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Man, I wish Boss Fight would get the SW License. They do such nice figures.
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I was able to get the Reaction Twilight Zone Comic con exclusive gremlin. My brother evidently is some kind of influencer and got early access and gave me the link and a discount. It's different from the regular release, it has like a soft goods fur coat, a diorama and an eye pin. I haven't opened it because I'm in the process of moving again. I have a pile of unopened boxes. I think it would be cool to have a scene with him taking apart the RazorCrest wings or something.
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I got this cool Goonies One Eyed Willy bottle opener. I'm building a bar at my new place with 18th century/pirate theme, so it's perfect.
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Today's after work thrift store score!
I got this Chap Mei temple playset for only $2.99+tax!
It is missing the rotating door but is otherwise structurally complete. None of the figures, animals, vehicles or accessories were present, but I am not going to complain for the price. I already have a complete one from the original TRU "Animal Planet" release and now I have a spare to part out and use for other projects.
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I got this cool Goonies One Eyed Willy bottle opener. I'm building a bar at my new place with 18th century/pirate theme, so it's perfect.
Great to see you check in! A pirate themed bar could be pretty cool. Hope the new digs work out well.
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I got this cool Goonies One Eyed Willy bottle opener. I'm building a bar at my new place with 18th century/pirate theme, so it's perfect.
Great to see you check in! A pirate themed bar could be pretty cool. Hope the new digs work out well.
Yeah it'll be cool. I like pirate, and colonial history, and people back then liked to drink (understatement) so its the perfect setting for a home bar. Besides, mid-century furniture is cheap, and it's made to resemble 18th century furniture especially the baroque style. I know some 18th century drinks, and modernized some to make my own cocktails, mostly made with rum. In fact the pina colada was invented by a pirate named Roberto Cofresi aka the Puerto Rican Robin Hood.
I need to start Food/drink feed in the breakroom section.
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Nice, Dan. Those are great looking dinosaurs.
I got a mail call today also, from Boos Fight:
Those figures are just awesome. 10 years ago I thought they were overpriced. Today, I hold Hasbro's beer. It's called GREEDY. I'd rather hold a pint of Guiness instead. Anyways. I've been trying to get this Orc Female with red skin for years. She'd be perfect for a custom I got in mind. Do you know if they ship to Germany? I'm tempted to just have it shipped within the U.S.
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https://www.bossfightshop.com/collections/series-2-vitruvian-h-a-c-k-s/products/copy-of-pre-order-vitruvian-h-a-c-k-s-female-orc-conqueror
I got this cool Goonies One Eyed Willy bottle opener. I'm building a bar at my new place with 18th century/pirate theme, so it's perfect.
Now this looks spot on. I'm thrilled to see how your bar turns out! What an awesome theme! But one question is still not answered. Why's the rum always gone?
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Man, love that bottle opener. Definitely want to see pics of this bar when you get it done. Congrats on a new place too.
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Man, love that bottle opener. Definitely want to see pics of this bar when you get it done. Congrats on a new place too.
There's one more in stock. https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/the-goonies-copper-bones-skeleton-key-bottle-opener/ft408515 (https://ee.toys/J7SKB8)
I got this cool Goonies One Eyed Willy bottle opener. I'm building a bar at my new place with 18th century/pirate theme, so it's perfect.
Now this looks spot on. I'm thrilled to see how your bar turns out! What an awesome theme! But one question is still not answered. Why's the rum always gone?
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Lol. It'll be a work in progress. I bought a marble top bistro for $100, two fake leather with brass tacks chairs, matching leather stools, cedar chest coffee table and a leather sleeper sofa under budget. It'll be a cool hangout spot. Going out to bars is expensive and boring.
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After work Target score!
Now I can FINALLY assemble "Starro, The Conqueror"!
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Very sweet, JDeck! that is really nice set up.
Dan, Glad you found the last figure to build Starro. I've got no new stuff, as a huge windstorm blew through the Seattle area last night and knocked out power to thousands of people. Our power went out at 10pm last night and came on at 5:00pm this evening. So many of our local stores didn't even bother to open today.
Philipp, It looks like you can put in a German shipping address, so I think it might be possible. I'm not sure what the price might be. If you have a question, you can email them, they've better pretty good at getting back to me in the past.
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Lol. It'll be a work in progress. I bought a marble top bistro for $100, two fake leather with brass tacks chairs, matching leather stools, cedar chest coffee table and a leather sleeper sofa under budget. It'll be a cool hangout spot. Going out to bars is expensive and boring.
I agree with Starchaser. Love that arrangement! The table and both chairs look awesome! I love the variety of furniture you can get in America. Just the best from all over the world combined. This is so good already from the beginning.
Philipp, It looks like you can put in a German shipping address, so I think it might be possible. I'm not sure what the price might be. If you have a question, you can email them, they've better pretty good at getting back to me in the past.
Thank you so much for checking for me! Yesterday, I found a Comic Shop in Hamburg that imported some figures of their H.A.C.K.S. line. They sell the Female Orc for 40€, which is expensive, but probably still cheaper that having one figure shipped from the U.S. - thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate your kindness!
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Today's Burlington score!
A bit outside of my usual purchases as this is a role play item and not directly action figure related, but the add-on pieces to modify the neutrino wand (called a "proton blaster" on the packaging), especially the silver one, are useful for diorama pieces.
These were $7.99+tax.
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Today's Target, Walmart and Burlington scores!
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Nice! I like those Black Adam sets.
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Saturday Mail Call!
The first part of my Amazon order arrived!
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Friday Mail Call!
The remainder of my Amazon order FINALLY arrived after taking a scenic tour or northern NJ all day yesterday and overnight last night 🤣
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Early morning Walmart ("Avatar") and Family Dollar ("Dino Valley") scores!
I have never seen this "Avatar" creature in a brick and mortar store before, AND it was $5 cheaper than it is at online stores!
Family Dollar is having a 4 day Buy-1-Get-1-Free toy sale so the 2 "Dino Valley" sets only cost me $10.33 in total!
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A little pre-black Friday treat for myself!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Edmontosauruses were 50% off at Big Lots and the "Dino Valley" sets were BOGO at Family Dollar!
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I like the Komodo Rhino a lot. In fact I put in my Amazon cart a week ago. Totally works as a big Star Wars beastie!
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I broke my "no shopping on Black Friday" rule after work today as the Gamestop by my job was empty and there was a parking spot right across the street from it.
I have wanted this "Dungeons & Dragons" dice tower since NYCC last year when I spotted it in the Gamestop closest to the Javits Center after a long day of con reporting. I want to use it as a diorama element for my fantasy figures.
I finally pulled the trigger tonight as I had some rewards and got a fat paycheck this week LOL
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Pretty sweet if you ask me.
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I saw this Indiana jones voodo doll replica on Shopdisney.com, for $78, I couldn't decide, and when I did it went back up to $130, but recently it went back down to 78 with free shipping so I got it. Then I got a fertility idol on ebay. I dunno i think it's underscaled, but it'll work for now. There are a lot of Indy artifacts online. I want to get a bunch of them and put it over the fireplace, with some wood crates or something.
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You gonna stick pins in ole Indy. I think he is already done. LOL. Couldn't resist. Nice stuff. Looks good. I would think an Indy display pretty cool in someone's home.
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Monday Mail Call!
My CollectA prehistoric sea life order from Happy Hen Toys arrived!
More alien critters for my diorama :)
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You gonna stick pins in ole Indy. I think he is already done. LOL. Couldn't resist. Nice stuff. Looks good. I would think an Indy display pretty cool in someone's home.
Yeah I'm not looking forward to the new Indy movie, especially after the last one. I predict them trying to remake the first disguised as a sequel.
But at any rate I think the Indy artifacts will make cool treasures in my Pirate Cave. It's coming along, but a lot more to do.
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Awesome Pirate Room. Oh yeah, that would look great in there.
I hear you on the Indy movie. My hope is there is a decent artifact or civilization out there to find. Some creative screenwriters could really breathe new life into this though. I know I am going into this with a lot of hope. I don't know why, but I am.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
The first part of my latest Amazon order has arrived!
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Today's Mail Call (Court Of The Dead) and Michael's (Lemax pebble mats) and Gamestop (Fortnite) 50% off clearance scores!
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Man are those court of the dead items 3.75" in scale? I mean those are awesome. I didn't know they existed.
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Man are those court of the dead items 3.75" in scale? I mean those are awesome. I didn't know they existed.
They are 4".
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I found the Holy Grail on Amazon of all places.
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Saturday Mail Call!
My ultra cheap ($11 each!) Batcaves arrived from Amazon!
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Man are those court of the dead items 3.75" in scale? I mean those are awesome. I didn't know they existed.
They are 4".
Tamer, they're produced by Boss Fight Studios...surprise, surprise :) They're amazing figures.
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I found the Holy Grail on Amazon of all places.
Awesome!
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Saturday Mail Call!
My ultra cheap ($11 each!) Batcaves arrived from Amazon!
Those sets are worth it just for the computer and bike pad.
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JDeck: Wow, the Holy Grail looks super awesome! I mean look at that metal chipping effect. Super cool!
Add: If I found the right offer, it costs $30 or more on Amazon, doesn't it?
The Spectre: What a crazy awesome deal! The accessories are phenomenal as Starchaser already said, I also like the workbench. Makes me wonder why Batman is on discount so much.
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I agree that Holy Grail looks spot on from the movie.
I am so looking forward to the new movie even though it looks like its gonna stink to high heaven.
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I agree that Holy Grail looks spot on from the movie.
I am so looking forward to the new movie even though it looks like its gonna stink to high heaven.
The Dial of Destiny. Someone turned the thermostat down, now Indy must get it back up to 80 before Touched by an Angel comes on.
I got the "Leap of Faith" picture coming and I want to get the grail tablet peice next.
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Saturday Mail Call!
My ultra cheap ($11 each!) Batcaves arrived from Amazon!
Those sets are worth it just for the computer and bike pad.
That is why I bought them! The rest of the items are going to a friend.
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Sunday, Funday hauls!
The "Fortnite" figure was FREE at Gamestop after half off and my $5 monthly rewards, the "Masters Of The Universe" deluxe set was clearanced at $8.99 at Target, the Lex Luthors were $6.87 each at Walmart and the "Jurassic World: Dominion" blind packed eggs were on final clearance for $.50 each at Walmart (I took all that they had- there better be some Pyroraptors in those eggs 🤣).
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JDeck: Wow, the Holy Grail looks super awesome! I mean look at that metal chipping effect. Super cool!
Add: If I found the right offer, it costs $30 or more on Amazon, doesn't it?
The Spectre: What a crazy awesome deal! The accessories are phenomenal as Starchaser already said, I also like the workbench. Makes me wonder why Batman is on discount so much.
"The Batman" merch is on discount so much because it was overproduction and kids didn't latch onto it like past films in the franchise so the merch just sits.
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Belated Monday Mail Call!
I got 3 packages on Monday, but due to my current illness, I had no energy to open them up.
The "Avatar" Skimwing is from Amazon and the "League Of Legends" figure and evil furniture are from Calyx Archive II!
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Monday Mail Call!
My Amazon (dinos and dragons) and Walmart (Ulik) orders arrived!
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Wednesday Mail Call and Target BOGO50% sale pick-ups!
The first image is the first part of my Target order (the 2nd arrives tomorrow and the final part on Friday) and was FREE as they were having a "spend $50 and save $10" sale and this was $9.99 :)
The second image is my BOGO50% pick-ups. The bottom 2 dinosaurs are 2023 releases that slipped out early.
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Thursday Mail Call!
The 2nd part of my Target order arrived. I wanted a second of these and it was 50% off so I pulled the trigger :)
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Friday Mail Call!
The final part of my Target order arrived today!
Both figures will be used as Trolls for my 3.75"/4" fantasy figures as they are 7". Beastman is more or less perfect as is, but King Grayskull will get tusks added to his lower teeth and a newly sculpted heavier brow before getting repainted.
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Sunday Fun-Day Haul!
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Monday Big Lots ("Star Wars") and Target ("McFarlane Dragons" and "Jurassic World") scores!
Big Lots has a BOGO50% on all toys this week so the 2 giant Grogus (bought for the hoverprams) only cost $15+tax in total!
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I got 3 versions of the Hiya Toys Jungle Predator. Masked, open mouth and invisible. They're all virtually the same, same accessories, hands etc. Im not a big fan of the invisible one. He's just a little too gummy. Articulation is good but the wrists and ankles have no range of motion. They're cool. I got them to fight my ewoks and stormtroopers.
I watched that Hulu predator prequel Prey, it's pretty cool. Yeah it's a girl power movie and I'm just getting tired of that, but the story, acting is good and the special effects are not overdone. Got me back into the franchise.
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Every day, I have to do part of another carrier's route in addition to my own and it is annoying.
Today, however, it worked out really nicely as I found the items pictured below in a thrift store on one of the blocks I was delivering on for the other route. I got both for $15 total!
They are both from Mattel's "Jurassic World" line and are both Indominus Rexes. The larger of the 2 is the Super Collossal version and the smaller is the actual 1/18 scale electronic one that is compatible with the regular figures. Both are in EXCELLENT condition, are clean, and are worth WAY more than what I paid for them.
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Looks like some good deals.
I hear you on the new Predator Movie. I am not against girl heros at all, but it sure does seem pushed now.
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Some new additions to my model stash collected over the past year 2022.
First image:
1/4105 scale Moebius Battlestar Galactica
1/6 scale Cylon Commander figure
1/32 scale Colonial Viper
1/8500 scale Cylon Base Star
(https://i.postimg.cc/T13HYvSH/Galactica-04.jpg)
Second image,
1/350 scale Aoshima Thunderbird 3 + Launch Bay
1/350 scale Aoshima Fire-Flash
1/128 scale Moebius Seaview (8 window movie version)
1/350 scale Academy Minicraft Titanic
(https://i.postimg.cc/MTDFSpsQ/New-Kits.jpg)
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
The Christmas village terrain were $.50 each on clearance and I cleared out 5 DTs for a total of 79 pieces. There are a few more DTs locally that I want to check for more terrain pieces as well as more of the new "Jurassic World: Dominion" Micro figures.
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Dollar Tree haul (part the second)!
Hit up the 3 remaining local DTs and scored another 28 Christmas village terrain pieces bringing my total to 107! I was going to stop at 100, but the last 7 looked lonely on the pegs as I took their brothers and sisters away so I decided to give them a good home as well 🤣
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Hee hee ;D. Those are actually great walkways for the fantasy dioramas
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Hee hee ;D. Those are actually great walkways for the fantasy dioramas
That is why I bought them ;)
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Wow Dan you can build one huge dio with all that.
And man what awesome Battlestar Gallactica stuff. Man, I could see a new line of that selling well.
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Scored 2 more "Jurassic World: Dominion" "Micro Collection" Giganotosaurus figures at Dollar Tree after work!
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Today's after work Michael's (Lemax cobblestone mat 70% off) and Target (Hammond Collection 50% off) clearance scores!
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My Australian oilskin drover/duster arrived!
I was able to go with XL instead of the previous XXL ones that I owned previously as I lost so much weight in the last few years :)
I am very happy to once again have one of these awesome coats!
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Nice coat Dan!
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Nice coat Dan!
Thanks!
I wore it out for the first time today and it is really comfortable :)
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First haul of 2023!
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Today's haul:
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All at clearance prices knowing you. I hope you get to see those Morak Fetts on clearance!
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All at clearance prices knowing you. I hope you get to see those Morak Fetts on clearance!
I hit 5 Targets today- no Morag Fetts at all, sorry.
I am still looking though
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2023 Haul #3!
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Man, love those McFarlane Dragons you have been picking up.
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I agree, cool new stuff, Dan! I really like that Raptor. Can't help it I'm a sucker for dinosaurs.
My local comic shop finally got the Avatar figures from heo. heo is the capital distributor for action toys ad similar merch in Europe. The first wave of Avatar toys from McFarlane was scheduled to arrive here in October. Instead they arrived 6 weeks later, which made much more sense being perfectly on time with the release of the movie in theaters.
So those 2 were waiting for me since the middle of December and as an apology for the delay, the seller gave me 4 of those Deck Boxes for free. I told him it wasn't even his fault and that I wanted to buy them anyways. But he insisted and I can perfectly use them for my miniatures stat cards.
Got all this for 38€:
(https://i.imgur.com/xdWVjF8.jpg)
The Banhsee will look good on a Felucia diorama. Might do a diorama of Pandora for that Seahorse, too.
SmythsToys already reduced it from 15 to 10 Euros.
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That Avatar stuff seems so nice too. Man, wish it were in one of the regular 3.75 or 6 inch scales.
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First Mail Call of 2023!
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That Avatar stuff seems so nice too. Man, wish it were in one of the regular 3.75 or 6 inch scales.
The " 7" " line is actually 1/18- more or less. McFarlane advertises is based on the HEIGHT of the Navi figures, not the SCALE.
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Sunday thrift store haul!
All of this came to a total of $5.35!
The chemistry lab was purchased for the cool grey and yellow backdrop piece, it should look great integrated into a sci-fi diorama.
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Like that set! Where did you find it? Also, I never commented on your duster...it looks great! I've got one also and it's perfect for Washington weather.
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After work Target score!
The Ampelosaurus was clearanced at $6.34!
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Dan you keep finding the deals.
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Wednesday Mail Call!
My Walmart order arrived! I ordered 4 of these (and was charged for 4), but they sent me a sealed case of 5!
Either Walmart really likes me or they want these gone 🤣
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Nice score, Dan! Well, I don't know anyone who buys more action toys so I bet they just really like you at Walmart! 0///
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Target clearance haul!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Ampelosauruses were $6.54 each and the "Fortnite" Oro was $6.84!
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Nice score, Dan! Well, I don't know anyone who buys more action toys so I bet they just really like you at Walmart! 0///
With all that I spend and how i clear out their unwanted clearance toys, they must love me 🤣
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That Oro figure looks pretty cool, I can't wait to see what you do with that one.
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That Oro figure looks pretty cool, I can't wait to see what you do with that one.
Oro will be used as bejeweled remains in a fantasy dio.
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After work Target ("Halo") and Gamestop ("Fortnite") scores!
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Monday Clearance Scores!
The ""Lightyear" ships were $14.99 each at Marshalls, the "Jurassic World" sets were $8 ("Extreme Damage") at Burlington and $6 ("Camp Cretaceous") at Marshalls.
The Jumbo Shark Exploration Play set was $15 (down from $40) at Walmart!
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Just hit Target after work and scored these 2 $16.99 "Jurassic World: Dominion" dinos for $5.09 each on clearance :)
Odd thing was it was just the one species. The other 3 dinos in the same assortment were still full priced.
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Nice snag, but yeah...weird on the assortment pricing.
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Today's Target clearance and thrift store scores!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" dinos were $5.09 each. The Animal Planet sets were $19.99 (large) and $4.27 (small). The "Fortnite" figures were $6.89.
The thrift store lot was $15 for everything, including the Revoltech Gamera!
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Today's Walmart clearance and Dollar Tree scores!
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Sunday Walmart clearance score!
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That is a lot of Buzz's.
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After work Target clearance ("Jurassic World: Dominion") and Walmart ("Dungeons & Dragons") scores!
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That dragon is awesome Dan.
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Today's scores!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" minis are from Dollar Tree, the "Lightyear" Imaginext sets were on clearance for $4 each at Walmart, and the huge partial X-Wing was a gift from a family on my route :)
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Nice, Is that the Jakks Pacific version?
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Nice X-Wing. The only one made by Hasbro that is true 1/18 scale. I would probably use it for a Dagobah diorama. Nice scores as always.
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Today's Dollar Tree ("Jurassic World: Dominion" and "Final Faction: Venom") and clearance scores!
The "Lightyear" playset was on clearance at Marshalls for $39 (down from $69.99 close out price and original $109.99 retail price) and the 2 "Spiderman" Mysterio figures were $4.50 each at Forman Mills.
I still want 7 more of each of the feathered dinos and 2 more packs of the Crawlers.
The playset was bought primarily for the launch crawler, the rest will be bashed for diorama parts. The Mysterios were bought primarily for the effect pieces.
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Nice, Is that the Jakks Pacific version?
I think it is Hasbro, but I need to look at the underside.
It is the huge one put out right after the Disney purchase that doesn't interact with figures at all (cockpit "glass" are stickers). It is missing 2 guns and the 2 solid wing pieces, but I plan on chopping it up for parts for future ship projects
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Hmm.... Interesting.
I walk by the Jakks version from time to time and wonder what I was thinking.
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Walmart clearance score!
The "Fortnite" Kit pinata was $4, the "Lightyear" figures were $5 each except for the yellow one which was $2, the "Lightyear" Imaginext set was $4 and the "Super Powers" Darkseid was $3!
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Daggone but you find the good stuff Dan.
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Today's clearance and Dollar Tree scores!
The "Animal Planet" sets were $9.99 each at Target, the "Fortnite" figures were $6.89 each at Target and the "Spiderman" Mysterio figures were $5 each at Forman Mills.
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Micro figures were from Dollar Tree.
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Found these 3 items at my local Kaufland/Walmart for 1€ each today.
Especially the picture frame on the right reminded me of JDeck's current pirate bar project (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=7112.msg231319#msg231319). I like the combination of dark/burnt wood with golden dots.
(https://i.imgur.com/kLl0jO3.jpg)
I can use this box for accessories or some of the miniatures that I found this week (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=5098.msg232117#new).
The black picture frame will be perfect for my next picture frame diorama (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10155.msg225112#msg225112)!
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Today's Gamestop clearance score!
With the 20% off all clearance sale and my rewards, this came to $23 including the tax. I was waiting for it to go lower, but they have all disappeared from my local Gamestops, and I didn't want to miss out so I pulled the trigger today.
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After work discount store haul!
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Combination Walmart clearance score and Thursday Mail Call!
The "Lightyear" sets FINALLY fell under the $15 that they have been sitting at for weeks so I pounced on them at $9 each! I still want 2 more.
I also got an awesome trade package from 2DARK2C of Joe Customs! I am too tired from work to sort through everything, but he ALWAYS hooks me up with great parts for future projects (and I spy a custom "Starro, The Conqueror" in one of the baggies!).
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After work Dollar Tree score!
I bought these on a whim as I already had 24 of this new deco, but when I say a freshly opened case, I thought "well, I can have 36..." 🤣
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Today's Walmart clearance haul!
Everything pictured was $4-$9 apiece!
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Today's Walmart clearance haul!
Everything pictured was $4-$9 apiece!
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Today's Dollar Tree haul!
This brings me to 52 Venom Crawlers (I have 101 of the originals).
I think that is enough. I was going to stop at 50, but that last pack looked like it would miss the others so I brought it home as well 🤣
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Got a Slaughtered Lamb pub sign from An American Werewolf in London. This one I reckon is laser etched. All the painted ones were shipping from England. It's alright, put it over the bar.
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That looks really cool. Great find!
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We just watched a new werewolf movie on netflix (It was ok) and I commented on how my daughter never has watched real werewolf movies like Silver Bullet, the Howling, and American Werewolf in London. Nice sign. I need to find that movie and watch it again.
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We just watched a new werewolf movie on netflix (It was ok) and I commented on how my daughter never has watched real werewolf movies like Silver Bullet, the Howling, and American Werewolf in London. Nice sign. I need to find that movie and watch it again.
Which new werewolf movie on Netflix?
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It was called Viking Werewolf. It wasn't the greatest, but we watched it to the end.
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Found this lot of Indiana Jones stuff of the good ole days for 111€ shipped:
(https://i.imgur.com/FUhi7l0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iwnKnQU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZA0dixc.jpg)
Got a couple accessories from STAR WARS with it. All the other accessories were a nice surprise as well.
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That is a lot of great Indy stuff.
Man, all the new stuff is just 6". Cmon Hasbro!
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I picked up these 3 vinyl hedgehogs at Walmart while grocery shopping.
The sculpt is really nice, but they are a bit softer than I would like. I am hoping after plugging the hole where the tag was attached that they will be a bit sturdier.
I plan on repainting them, adding fangs and a ratlike tail (possibly with a spiked club at the end) and using them as alien creatures in one of my eventual dioramas.
I would like to find 3 more so I can have my customizing OCD required "6 of everything" 🤣
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Tuesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order (fences and color shifting glass gems) and a trade package from (Jurassic World stuff) arrived :)
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Today's super cheap toy haul!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Micro Collection figures ($1.25 each) were from Dollar Tree and this purchase brings me to my desired number of the new releases!
The vinyl hedgehogs ($1.33 each) are from Walmart. I still want 1 more.
The Imaginext "Lightyear" and the "Star Wars" "Mission Fleet" sets are from Kohl's, who are having a "take an extra 30% off of the clearance price" sale which brought the price down to $4.40 each. This purchase brings me to my desired number of the little yellow robots. I bought the "Star Wars" set for the tiny Probe Droid (which, sadly, is a bit disappointing, even at the clearance price).
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Dan you just keep finding the deals.
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After work DII (discount store) score!
I bought these just for the robots as I have been wanting them since Walmart released them 2 years ago but I was not paying $19.99 for them!
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Forman Mills clearance ("Raw10") and thrift shop scores!
The green "Devestator" vehicle is from "American Plastic Toys" from sometime in the early/mid 80s and was meant to be a cheap alternative vehicle for "G.I.Joe" or other similar 3.75" military action figures. It is missing the silver cannon that goes on top as well as a cover that goes over the seats and is scuffed from 40 years of playtime battles, but for $2.99 I could not pass it up!
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Today's Walmart ("Avatar") and Forman Mills ("Raw10") clearance scores!
I was hoping to find a pair of "Raw10" Battlesnakes on clearance as I never picked them up when they were originally released, but no luck.
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Dan you could open your own toy store with the good deals you find.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received an awesome trade package (with extra goodies) from a friend on Facebook!
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Today's thrift store (dinosaurs) and Five Below (sea life minis) scores!
The dinosaurs, aside from the red chonky boy Ankylo are Lontic/Tedco/Happy Kin Toys dinos that I already have a bunch of, but for $.99 each, I could not leave them behind (especially the feathered Therizinosaurus). The chonky boy Ankylosaurus is from Playskool's "Definitely Dinosaurs" line and is the only non-cartoony figure from the line I have ever seen.
The sea life minis are a bit more expensive than I would usually pay for an item like this (usually $1-$2 at discount stores), but a few items in the bag made it worth it to me. I want 2 more eventually to satisfy my "need 6 of everything" OCD 🤣
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Tonight's after work Walmart (dinos) and Five Below (sea life) scores!
The dinos are static vinyl figurines, but have beautiful sculpts and are quite large as seen in the 2nd photo with the 4" "Fortnite" figure for scale. I am very happy to see more toy manufacturers embracing the fact that theropod dinosaurs were covered in feathers. These were only $1.97 each! I only wanted 1 of the orange retro-styled (tail dragger with spikes down its back) one, but I am going to buy EVERY feathered one I find (they are 2 per tray of vinyl figurines)!
The 2 sea life sets bring me up to my desired quantity of 6.
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Walmart score!
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Today's Dollar Tree (book) and Walmart (dinosaurs) scores!
This brings me to 10 of these feathered Atrociraptors so far!
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Today's after work Gamestop (Marvel) clearance and DII close out (Lightyear) scores!
The retro Marvel figure cost me $.62 after the extra 30% off of the clearance price and my rewards!
The Lightyear robot was $5.99 at the close out store!
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Today's Dollar Tree (packaged dino) and thrift store (everything else) scores!
The dino was $5 in the new "Dollar Tree Plus" section. This is a knock-off of one of the only Chap Mei dinos that I didn't have. I have seen this same one at places like TJMaxx and Marshalls last Holiday season, but they were $7 and there was a huge open seam between the piece that makes up the front of the dino's head and the rest of the head so I always passed on them. This one has a very small gap between the pieces and was $2 cheaper so I grabbed it.
The Godzilla is a Bandai figure from 2009.
The bag of assorted animals is mostly kiddie stuff that I had no interest in, but there was enough in it that I could use (2nd pic) to justify the price. There was 1 item in particular (3rd pic) that made me notice the bag in the first place. The remainder of the items will go to my chiropractor for the kids' table in his office on Tuesday.
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Today's thrift store score!
The 2 headed Cobra is an old Chap Mei creature that it is nice to have an extra of now.
The clear blue Tamashii Nations Godzilla is an event exclusive figure that regularly goes for at least $160 and I paid $8.50 for it!
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I got my 1:1 scaled Chachapoyan fertility idol, with a base. I gave my 1/2 scaled one to my brother. Set up a treasure display made with nesting crates from Home Depot. The crates are all different sizes, so trying to make a shelf was like a some kind of puzzle. I can always expand out, add more crates. I ordered some East India Company logo stencils from the UK, to spray on the crates.
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Love this setup! Looks like treasures a pirate would take and keep for harder times. I have this glass skull, too! All your pieces on display look very unique and fun to look at. This project is just fun to follow.
Thanks for sharing an update & congrats to the latest acquisition!
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Picked up these multicolored foil flakes in the Dollar Tree+ section of Dollar Tree this morning while out running errands.
I will be putting them into small transparent containers and using then for magical ingredients or exotic elements in future dioramas.
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Love this setup! Looks like treasures a pirate would take and keep for harder times. I have this glass skull, too! All your pieces on display look very unique and fun to look at. This project is just fun to follow.
Thanks for sharing an update & congrats to the latest acquisition!
Thank you! The Skull is actually a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka. I'm not a Vodka drinker so I'll keep it sealed until someone twists my arm to open it. It kind of looks like a crystal skull. There is an actual crystal skull ledgend, that these skulls were spread around the world and when they're brought together, it begins a new age.
I ordered a few more things. Goonies treasure map and Black Sails screen used coins.
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Wow, sweet loot. You need a treasure chest. Awesome display.
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Wow, sweet loot. You need a treasure chest. Awesome display.
Thanks! I have at least 2 chests. One I use as a coffee table, the other small one I use as a candy dish. All I really need is a sword and a pistol to hang on the walls. That and get some artificial tropical plants. That's it, then I can work on the patio.
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You need to put a sign up:
"Must talk like a Pirate here"
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Love it! The halo of the lamp at the ceiling and the wall creates a magic atmosphere. Every single item in your room adds to a fantastic ambience. Awesome project!
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I got screen used coins, and he thew in some gems from the STARZ show Black Sails. Which is a prequel of Treasure Island. Theyre just cheap plastic props. All but one coin are 1873 eagle gold dollars. The other looks like a spanish gold Doubloon, but only cast on one side. Then 6 gems, fake diamonds, rubies and I'm guessing a sapphire. I have digital COAs for them. Theyre mostly from episode 203, 210, 302, 303. I'm guessing the jewels are from the Urca De Lima score after they traded the gold for more portable jewels. That was near the end of the series. When they tried to exchange the jewels to Woodes Rogers for Maddie. I think thats the only time you actually see the jewels.
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LOL. should have figured they would go cheap even with imitations. Neat though.
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LOL. should have figured they would go cheap even with imitations. Neat though.
Yeah I'm sure they just went on Amazon or something and just bought up cases of plastic coins. There are some metal ones used in production. I only payed $7 each plus free jewels. Just some cool memorabilia from the show. POTC screen used coins are outrageous, and they aren't really that rare. I don't really care for the movies either.
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Today's thrift shop scores!
The dragons were $8.50.
The Dinos were $12.
The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sewer playset was $4.99 (I want to modify it into a multi-level dungeon diorama).
The 2 Schleich Carnotaurus figures in the top row are worth almost twice what I paid for the entire haul!
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Today's after work score!
I hit up the same AMC Theatre where I saw "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" 2 weeks ago and scored one of the limited edition D20 popcorn buckets!
It comes with a large popcorn, but I don't like popcorn so I told the concession stand cashier to give it to someone with a kid.
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One of the customers on my route gave me these ink cartridge containers today as they know I build models and miniatures!
These have some great shapes that I can harvest for surface details for dioramas!
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Man, nice die. Hope you get the dragon one too. I need to go see that movie. Folks are saying its great.
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Man, nice die. Hope you get the dragon one too. I need to go see that movie. Folks are saying its great.
The movie is a ton of fun!
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After work Family Dollar clearance score!
These were $1.75, regularly $3.00!
I bought all that they had. There are at least 2 other Family Dollar stores locally, but it is thunderstorming violently now so I will hit them tomorrow.
I got a full set with an extra Spinosaur and Triceratops!
Full set and case (case also comes in green) with a 4" figure for scale.
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I got The Goonies treasure map.
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Today's thrift store score!
I picked up this awesome vinyl dinosaur for $1.99 while running errands this morning!
It is very reminiscent of a Schleich product, but is made by a company called Toyway UK. There are very minor scuff marks on several of the pointed areas (large spikes, ridges over the eyes, etc.) but is otherwise perfect.
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After work discount store score!
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After work DII (discount store) score!
When opening the ones I got yesterday, I really liked how the larger Zurg looked with the smaller one next to it so I grabbed a second smaller one today so that when I repaint them into giant combat droids, I can have the larger heavy variant flanked by 2 smaller ones.
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Today's hauls!
All of the "Jurassic World" items save for the giant loose Brachiosaurus are Target clearance ($3.74-$10.99 each). The "Star Wars" ($10) and "Raya And The Last Dragon" items ($2.49 each) are also Target clearance (the Raya pendants will be idols in a future diorama).
The vinyl feathered dino ($1.97) and hedgehog ($1.33) are from Walmart.
The giant Brachiosaurus ($20) and Revoltech "Godzilla: S.O.S. Tokyo" figure ($7.50- which has Mechagodzilla's hands for some reason LOL) are from a thrift store in Wayne.
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Walmart clearance score!
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Burlington ("Jurassic World: Dominion") and American Thrift (Lontic dino and "ID4" alien) scores!
The huge electronic "ID4" Alien is a bit scuffed and missing the little alien that goes inside the head (I have 5 or 6 of the little guys in a box somewhere), but for $4.99, I could not leave it behind!
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Today's scores!
1st pic- full priced Target ("Fortnite") and Walmart (dinos).
2nd pic- Target clearance
"Jurassic World: Dominion" was $6.49, and the "MOTU" were $8.99 mispriced (King Grayskull was actually clearanced but they honored the 2 Beast Man figures with the stickers).
3rd pic- thrift store, everything pictured came to $7.50.
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Today's Gamestop (Amibo) and thrift store (dino) scores!
The Amibo was free with my monthly rewards and the dino was $.99!
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After work Target score!
I was primarily interested in Cosmo as I missed the previous SDCC exclusive version and this is the only MCU Mantis ever made in this scale, but I am surprisingly happy that Groot looks way better in hand than in the photos I saw online (he looked like a cat turd with eyes)!
They also had the ship with Rocket, but I am not paying $32.99 for it and will wait for it to hit clearance.
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Today's DII (local discount store) score!
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Today's hauls!
The "Halo" ODST Rookie/ Drop Pods were on clearance for $6.49 each and the "Fortnite" Foundation figure was full price at Target.
The plant watering bulbs were $2.99 each at Big Lots and were picked up for the very alien texture on them. I couldn't decide which color I liked best so I bought 1 of each. You can see how they scale with a 4" figure in the last image.
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I got the Creature from the Black Lagoon fossilized hand from EE. https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/universal-monsters-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-fossilized-creature-hand-scaled-prop-replica/ft408908 (https://ee.toys/MDJ4PX) It's some kind of die-cast metal, so it has some weight to it, which is nice, but it seems very underscaled like 1/2. Still cool though.
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Hell of a deal on those drop pods Dan.
Man, that hand is cool as heck JDeck. Nice.
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Target clearance score!
I got this for $35.99 (originally $119.99) today!
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JDeck: Very nice addition to your collection! I love fossils and replicas of them. Fossils were the first things I collected as a boy. They made me want to become a paleontologist. Also thanks for the links!
TheSpectre: Wow, what a lucky strike on that Epic Battle Pack! Was just browsing through TARGET's online store. Congrats!
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Had to hit Walmart for a new electric Razor as my old one died on me last night and scored 4 more of the feathered Atrociraptors!
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Don't know if you all have seen this. The Armadillo from the Buzz Lightyear toy line. Its really too small for the five inch figures, except for the cockpit. The cockpit is designed to fit a Buzz 5" figure, so its way to open for a Star Wars figure. I'll modify it with a new seat so I can maybe fit two figures in there. Anyway, its available on Amazon for anyone whose interested:
(https://i.imgur.com/paRg0kw.jpg)
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Awesome stuff, that's a nice design for a cargo ship in the Star Wars universe in my opinion! Thanks for sharing!
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It's a little small to haul much "cargo" but can work as a "courier" ship, or small troop transport. I'm pretty happy with it, given the lack of vehicles in the Star Wars line.
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Don't know if you all have seen this. The Armadillo from the Buzz Lightyear toy line. Its really too small for the five inch figures, except for the cockpit. The cockpit is designed to fit a Buzz 5" figure, so its way to open for a Star Wars figure. I'll modify it with a new seat so I can maybe fit two figures in there. Anyway, its available on Amazon for anyone whose interested:
(https://i.imgur.com/paRg0kw.jpg)
I have 3 of them and they are awesome!
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Marshalls clearance score!
$4.50 each!
The 2 different sets each have some great mini dinos that can be used as hatchlings with my 3.75" figures.
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Yeah, Dan. I already had the XL-01 and the XL-15. I think they are calling them "Crystal Grade" as opposed to the smaller "Hyperspeed" ships. I hadn't seen the Armadillo, but happened to find it accidentally on Amazon - can't skip a decently priced ship! Especially when it is actually better scaled to 1:18 scale. So I've got all three also. I know they'd announced others, but I don't think those will ever materialize. :( Anyway, I've mostly finished customizing the XL-15 as a two-seater for Star Wars and hopefully it will show up in my figure thread one of these days soon (not sure I want to start a whole new vehicle thread). We'll see. :)
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Today's after work scores!
The 2 "Lightyear" robots are from DII, the discount store near my job. They were $5.99 each.
The dinosaurs and the old Lanard "Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command" tank are from American Thrift. Everything from there came to $21!
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Nice haul! I really like the tank. That's pretty great.
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Received an awesome surprise package from Cap of Joe Customs today!
So much awesome packed into one box: 2 vintage "Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect" Velociraptors with capture gear, a CollectA dead Stegosaurus figurine, a Boss Fight Studio alien gray skull (in blood red) and a vintage carded DC Direct "Hellblazer" figure!
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That's a pretty eclectic combination of stuff. I always thought the chaos effect dinosaurs were fun, so "good for you" on those. Great surprise though.
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Dan I could see you creating that epic first scene with dinos in Jurassic Park you have so many now. Do you think you have passed 10,000 dinos yet?
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Dan I could see you creating that epic first scene with dinos in Jurassic Park you have so many now. Do you think you have passed 10,000 dinos yet?
Nowhere near that, maybe 1,200 and that is erring on the conservative side.
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After work Family Dollar clearance score!
Picked up 7 more of these mini dinosaur skeletons (got a full set of the 6 with an extra Triceratops) for $1.75 each!
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Saturday Mail Call and Walmart score!
I received a box full of "Halo" diorama goodies from a trade on one of the Halo toy pages.
I hit Walmart after work for groceries and found 3 more feathered Atrociraptors! This brings me to 22, just 2 more to go and I will be happy :)
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Today's TJMaxx/Marshalls clearance ("Jurassic World: Dominion" Minis) and thrift store scores!
The JW minis were $4.50/set.
The large electronic "Jurassic World" Indominus Rex ($6.98- has paint wear on teeth and toenails), vinyl T-Rex ($3.99- has paint wear on raised areas like eye ridges, etc.) and "Star Wars" A-Wing fighter ($.99- missing one gun and both projectiles but otherwise perfect) are from American Thrift in Passaic.
The "Avatar" figurines ($8.50/set- look to be Disney park/store items), "Pokémon" figurine and gargoyle ($5.50/pair) are from Once Upon A Child thrift store in Parsippany.
The Gargoyle is articulated but has no markings so I have no idea who manufactured it. There are open areas on the bottoms of the feet that look like a diorama base of some kind would be pegged into them.
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Great find on that A-Wing.
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After work thrift store score!
The electronic "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Triceratops (top) has excessive paintwear on the horns and frill spikes, but that is easily remedied.
The knock off Chap Mei Styracosaurus (bottom) is one of the non-articulated solid vinyl ones found in the various gift sets found during the Holidays at places like Burlington. It also has paintwear on the horns, but I plan on completely repainting the entire dino so it doesn't matter.
They were $1.99 each!
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Dan, you must have the most brutal toy collection on the planet! Nice scores.
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Great price on those!
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Today's thrift store haul!
Most items were $.99 or $1.99 each. The green vinyl T-Rex was $2.99 and the small bundle of "Spawn" accessories was $3.99 (more than I wanted to pay, but I REALLY wanted that shield).
I spent just over $13 for everything.
The partial construction tower is HUGE (there is a pic with a 4" figure standing on it. The tower, "Sonic The Hedgehog" backdrop and "Lightyear" Zurg cannon will be harvested for diorama or vehicle parts (the Zurg cannon would make for excellent engines on a ship).
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Nice! That tower is a great find, and you are totally right about the Zurg cannon for engines.
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I got my Reaction Black hole figures. The cards look cool, but they were all bent up, but I was going to open them anyway. Bob looks like he could use a blackwash. Like most reaction figures they'll make good diorama fodder figures.
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Today's score is my absolute FAVORITE in years!
I got a brand new (1.5 month old) kitten!
This is Arthur Jr., named after my beloved tuxedo cat that passed away last year at the ripe old age of 15.
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I got my Reaction Black hole figures. The cards look cool, but they were all bent up, but I was going to open them anyway. Bob looks like he could use a blackwash. Like most reaction figures they'll make good diorama fodder figures.
I thought about getting those. They look really good. I like Max!
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Today's score is my absolute FAVORITE in years!
I got a brand new (1.5 month old) kitten!
This is Arthur Jr., named after my beloved tuxedo cat that passed away last year at the ripe old age of 15.
Aaaawww...he's too cute! I agree, that a better than great "score." I've got a long-hair calico who acts like a dog, she's 17 and I'm not looking forward to the day she passes. Cats are great.
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Very nice Dan. I saw your pictures of him asleep with your dinos yesterday. Good stuff.
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Today's thrift shop scores!
The farmers market playset is almost perfectly 1/18 scale and was only $1.99!
The "Star Wars" Dewback was in great condition missing only the reigns, it was only $2.99.
The dinos and knock-off Chap Mei "Dino Valley" dino trap were in a bag with a bunch of other small toys for $4.99. The dino trap alone was worth the purchase!
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Today's scores from while out running this morning's errands!
The 3 feathered Atrociraptors are from Walmart and were $1.97 each!
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Today's thrift store and Walmart scores!
The dragons and Godzilla were in a bag together for $6.50. The green dragon is a Plastoy model, which are very rare in the US. The red one isn't great, it is kind of chunky, and I am debating keeping it.
The electronic Scorpios Rex was $5.50, and like the bagged dragons/Godzilla, were from Once Upon A Child.
The feathered Atrociraptors are $1.97 each at Walmart.
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After work thrift store score!
I found ANOTHER Scorpius Rex even cheaper than yesterday's! This was only $4.99!
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Walmart pick-up!
This brings me to 31 feathered Atrociraptors! I will stop when I hit 36 🤣
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Wednesday Mail Call!
The first of 3 Amazon deliveries arrived!
This is one of the only small dinos from the 2023 "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" line that I wanted this year.
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After work thrift store score!
This entire bag of "Hex Bugs: Space" sets was $3.99!
These pieces are great for diorama fodder!
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Today was an AMAZING day at the thrift store!
The dinosaurs and Godzilla were $57 in total, but worth WAY more than that (the "Godzilla: Earth" figure alone is worth about as much as I paid for all of them!).
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Today's Target clearance ("Masters Of The Universe") and Walmart ("Fortnite") scores!
Two-Bad was $9.89, marked down from $32.99! He will be a huge Troll for my fantasy figures.
The Mothmando was $10.87. I may swap out his hands and feet for more insectile ones before putting him in my Cantina display as another drunk alien patron.
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Love that farmer's market! Cool finds as always O0
Won two auctions the other day - Electra for 30€, the Impala was 24€ plus combined shipping. They came masterfully packed.
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Tuesday Mail Call (dino) and after work thrift shop (mech) scores!
The 2nd of 3 Amazon "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" orders arrived! The Elasmosaurus is my most wanted toy from the line this year so I am very happy to have it in hand!
The pink "Overwatch" mech is a Funko "Pop!" Missing the tiny pilot. Apparently this thing is pretty expensive on the secondary market and I scored it for $1.99! I plan on customizing it into an ED-209-style droid.
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Today's after work thrift store score!
All 4 of these items only came to $6.28!
The Safari Ltd. lobster will most likely get harvested for parts for future insectoid projects.
The "Massive Monster Mayhem" robot will get disassembled to remove the plastic foodstuff items inside the dome (it has an action feature where a different item will magnetically attach to the support inside the rear of the dome when you shake it) and will either get a disembodied brain inside the dome or the dome will get replaced with an astromech droid dome. Either way, it will get modified and repainted.
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After work DII (discount store) score!
I was wanting 3 more of these silver droids to make a squad of 6 and now I have them!
Anyone want some He-Man and Skeletor figures?
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Today's pre-birthday hauls!
The "Jurassic World" Super Colossal Indoraptor is from Target.
The "Lightyear" miniature sets and the cream/burgundy dinosaur are from Kohl's ("Lightyear" sets were $3.69 each and the dino was $2.12 after applying my $5 birthday bonus Kohl's Cash!).
The bagged action figures and dinosaurs are from Once Upon A Child and were $8.34 total after applying my $5 birthday bonus.
The feathered Atrociraptors were $1.97 each at Walmart. I still want 1 more for a total of 36 of them.
I still have a few more birthday certificates to redeem (Gamestop, and a few other places), I will do so tomorrow :)
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Saturday Mail Call and thrift store score!
The "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" Irritator is the final pre-order I was waiting on.
The green Safari Ltd. Brachiosaurus was $1.99 and the faux fossil Ammonite was $5.99 at American Thrift.
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Burlington score!
$5.99 each :)
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Family Dollar clearance score!
$1 each 😁
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Tuesday thrift store score!
All but the 3 on the right and the bright yellow one on the bottom are Hasbro "Jurassic World" (the green Rex with the spines is one of the HTF second series "Hybrid" releases!).
The 3 on the right are Chap Mei (top bright green is a CM knock-off) and the bright yellow is from Hasbro's "Jurassic World Jr." line.
The entire lot cost $27!
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Awesome deal on some JW rarities, Dan! Nice score once again!
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Awesome deal on some JW rarities, Dan! Nice score once again!
Thanks!
I never really picked up any of the Hasbro JW line as the obvious action features break up the sculpt really badly, plus they were expensive for what they were. But for what I paid for these ($.99 and $1.99 for most with the Rex being $7.99), I didn't mind the cost.
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Today's thrift store haul.
The Triceratops is from Geoworld and the Protoceratops is from Lontic/Tedco/Happy Kin Toys.
The Triceratops is made from a very heavy, dense vinyl and has poseable/removable head/tail/legs. I wonder if it was made to be swappable with other dinos in the line?
They were $.99 each.
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Today's thrift store score!
The Therizinosaurus and Alligator are Chap Mei and the Parasauralophus is an original "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" release from 1997!
Everything came to $4.18!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received a box full of awesomeness from a friend on FB!
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Wednesday Mail Call and Gamestop clearance score!
I treated myself to that awesome Boss Fight Studio 10 Orc bundle as an extra birthday present to myself!
I picked up the 2 Jaru "Five Surprise Dino Strike" blind packages for $1.03 after applying my $5 rewards certificate. I am REALLY hoping that I got dinosaurs and not the capture vehicles. I will know after dinner when I open them.
EDIT: I opened the Dino Strike blind balls and got a Stegosaurus and the RARE Volcano Wrangler variant jeep.
If anyone wants/needs the Volcano Wrangler, it will be going into my Swap Shop.
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After work thrift shop haul!
The "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Super Colossal T-Rex is one of the color variants I didn't have and was only $14.99! It has some paint scuffs on some of the upper front teeth and the toenails on the left foot, but both are easily fixed.
The purple "Sonic The Hedgehog" playset was $1.99, and is worth it for the tech pieces. This is the 2nd one I have picked up at this price to bash for parts.
The big red and tan Chap Mei Rex is one of the only CM dinos I have never owned as it only came in huge sets. It was $6.99, I saw one at the other thrift store last week for $15 and passed on it.
The magic wand toy was $.99 and purchased for the piece on top with the dragon wrapped around the ball. It will get a metallic paint job and be used as part of a fantasy diorama.
The small vinyl Rex is the 3rd one I have found for $2.99 at this thrift store, all in different colors! The first one was brown with darker brown tiger stripes, the 2nd was green with darker green tiger stripes and this one is tan.
The Chap Mei "Animal Planet" hammerhead sub is only missing the removeable missile launcher that goes on the sub's belly and was $.99.
The plastic bag is FULL of "Tech Deck" playset parts and was only $4.99! There are a ton of parts in the bag including several staircases, which are worth the $5 I paid for the whole bag. I will do a full inventory on all of the parts over the weekend.
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After work thrift store haul!
I found a second rare Hasbro "Jurassic World: Hybrid" Tyrannosaurus Rex!
I also found the repaint of the giant crocodillian prehistoric reptile from the "Jurassic World: Dino Rivals" line and a 2014 electronic "Godzilla".
Everything came to $21 after my $5 birthday coupon!
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Swung by the thrift store on my walk this morning and found another Hasbro "Jurassic World" Velociraptor (Hasbro made a major mistake on the feet of all of their various Raptors- no sickle toes). They work for nice sized mounts for my 3.75"/4" figures once saddles and reigns are added.
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I got the items in the first image on the way home from cleaning out my late mother's room at the nursing home, kind of the equivalent of comfort food.
I also found the small iguana in the second image in a box of vinyl animals my mom had. My youngest sister wanted the box for her small children, but I told her to let me go through it first.
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So sorry to hear about your mother. I get the "comfort effect" of looking at or purchasing toys. I hope her passing was peaceful.
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So sorry to hear about your mother. I get the "comfort effect" of looking at or purchasing toys. I hope her passing was peaceful.
Thank you, it was very quick and completely unexpected, but peaceful.
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I am seriously cutting back on my hobby purchases, but could not pass up getting 2 more Swamp Things! Scored these at Burlington!
The Batman and Batcycle will be up for sale/trade after I open these up either tonight or tomorrow.
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Today's Target clearance, Burlington and Dollar Tree scores!
The "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3" figures were $5.49 each (I hope to find 1 more Groot at a different Target), the "Fortnite" Raptors were $6.89 each at Target.
The "Batman" Armory Attack sets were $12.99 at Burlington.
The trucks were $1.25 each at Dollar Tree. I bought them for the oil tanks, the cabs will be given away.
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Today's Target clearance, Burlington and Dollar Tree scores!
The "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3" figures were $5.49 each (I hope to find 1 more Groot at a different Target), the "Fortnite" Raptors were $6.89 each at Target.
The "Batman" Armory Attack sets were $12.99 at Burlington.
The trucks were $1.25 each at Dollar Tree. I bought them for the oil tanks, the cabs will be given away.
Wow! What's going on with your Target. My local Tagets still have the Guardians figures and anything Fortnite at full price!
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Today's Target clearance and Walmart scores!
The GOTG3 figures were $5.49 each and the "Avatar: The Way Of Water" CET-OPS Crabsuit mech was $11.99 at Target.
The "Jurassic World dinos were $8.47 each at Walmart. I was under the impression that this assortment wasn't coming out until early fall so it was nice to see them on the pegs so early.
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Daggone Dan you are finding the goodies.
Once again my condolences on the loss of your mom bud.
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Daggone Dan you are finding the goodies.
Once again my condolences on the loss of your mom bud.
Thank you, my friend. I am just taking things one day at a time right now.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
I received this awesome 3D printed figure from a friend!
This figure is the "Aquatic Kharn" (official name unknown), an unproduced figure from the Dollar Tree exclusive "Final Faction" action figure line. The files are available online (along with files for at least 1 other unproduced "FF" figure), and I am extremely happy to have an example of this figure that we would have otherwise not been able to get.
This is a raw filament print, so it has the usual build lines that need to be smoothed out. Once that is done, I plan on painting it up in 1 of 2 colorschemes- either like a great white Shark, or something really vibrant like you would find in the "Avatar" movies (complete with GITD markings). The official colorscheme was never revealed as far as I am aware.
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I grabbed these today at Five Below. They are essentially 1/18 scale.
Action figure food items are not the easiest things to come by cheaply so I grabbed all 3 that they had. I might hit another Five Below tomorrow or Monday and grab some more.
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I'm finally home again. It was another challenging semester. And after an hour of sleep I crossed the country in 6 hours and found a couple of boxes that arrived in the meantime.
My dad's birthday is at the end of the moth so I got a few 3" figurines in 1/24 scale for him and his G scale model train. LEMAX is an American company that fortunately distributes in Europe, too.
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Sorry for the bad quality, I'm just a little tired right now. These figures are nicely detailed and like most of Hasbro's vehicles in 1/24 scale. The waitress with beer was 3.49€ for example and the popcorn cart 18€. Fair deal if you ask me.
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Congratulations on finishing another semester of school. LEMAX does some fun stuff, how appropriate for a train diorama. My trains have all been HO scale, and I was building models fir them before Star Wars.
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Today's Walmart clearance ("Jurassic World: Dominion"), Five Below ("Teeny Tinies") and Dollar Tree ("Flexi-mals") scores!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Copter Combat Pack was $15 (splitting this with a friend) and the Extreme Damage dinos were $5 each. I am not a fan of the Extreme Damage feature leaving 3 open slashes on each side of the dino's body, but I can cover them up with satchels and use them as pack animals. The 3 I got are species that are unique to the Extreme Damage sub-line.
The "Teeny Tinies" sushi shops were $5 each.
The "Flexi-mals" slug was $1.25, and was purchased for the head. There is a larger one available for much more than $1.25, and I wanted the head for a while for a trophy wall diorama piece, this one is about half the size but will still work for my needs.
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Congratulations on finishing another semester of school. LEMAX does some fun stuff, how appropriate for a train diorama. My trains have all been HO scale, and I was building models fir them before Star Wars.
Thank you very much! They definitely didn't go easy on us. 5 of 54 students didn't pass the course and loose a year now. 7 more are still pending.
LEMAX is a company that I found by lucky coincidence on ebay. I was looking for models of theme parks and fairs on YouTube. I was playing with the idea to build a Star Wars theme park like Galaxy's Edge, but in my own way, in the backyard. Since most of Hasbro's vehicles are in 1/24 scale, these would make perfect little people to populate the park.
H0 is the most popular scale here in Germany as well! Do you still have yours set up? :D
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Dan is still finding the deals. Dude could open up his own toy shop.
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Dan is still finding the deals. Dude could open up his own toy shop.
Oh absoflippinlutely!
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Congratulations on finishing another semester of school. LEMAX does some fun stuff, how appropriate for a train diorama. My trains have all been HO scale, and I was building models fir them before Star Wars.
We're currently finishing an indoors setup in G scale. It's 1/24 scale like most of Hasbro's vehicles for Star Wars 3.75" figures.
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Today's Target clearance and Dollar Tree scores!
The "Fortnite" Menace (Undefeated) figures were $11.06 (originally $35.99) and were bought primarily for the weapon racks. The figures will probably be used for trolls or titans.
The "Gundam" mechs were $1.25 each at Dollar Tree. These are in French/Spanish packaging, probably produced for the European market. Last Christmas, they were something like $12.99 at Target. They will be customized into military or security droids.
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Stopped by Target and found the Guardians spaceship (kind of cheesy, but potentially useful) on clearance for 70% off ($10.42 or something like that) I bought a couple - the raccoon figure inside can be used as a smaller body for customs and who knows what else can be done with the set.
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They also have the Epic scale (1:18) X-men in stock now ($10.99). I picked up Rogue, they also had Woverine and Cyclops on the rack:
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Finally, the DC Blue Beetle figures (same size as Flash movie, so a little smaller stature than our Star Wars figures) are in stock ($8.99) there is the "hero" version (see below) and the "battle" version, with a hand cannon and two beetle spikes:
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It will be interesting to see what you can do with that ship. It sure didn't impress me much.
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Stopped by Target and found the Guardians spaceship (kind of cheesy, but potentially useful) on clearance for 70% off ($10.42 or something like that) I bought a couple - the raccoon figure inside can be used as a smaller body for customs and who knows what else can be done with the set.
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That ship just looks too cheap to me (I hate hollow reverse sides of toys) even at $10. I hope that they go lower (like $5) before they disappear off of the shelves so I don't miss out on Rocket.
I just want a Rocket Racoon to finish off my MCU team. I bought extra Star-Lord/Drax figures to make Kraglin and Adam Warlock as they appear in the mid-credits scene. I also bought extra Mantis figures to make Nebula and Gamora (she doesn't wear that uniform in the movie, but I still want to me her in it for unity sake).
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Friday Mail Call!
I got a box full of awesomeness from Car AR!
I absolutely LOVE the custom zombie Clonetrooper and fantasy weapons he made as gifts for me!
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After work Target clearance score!
This was $7.49 (originally $24.99), so I finally grabbed one!
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Target clearance score!
$3.29 each!
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It will be interesting to see what you can do with that ship. It sure didn't impress me much.
Well, looks like they got inspired by one of the UFO sightings of the past decade...lol
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It will be interesting to see what you can do with that ship. It sure didn't impress me much.
Yeah - Rocket Raccoon was the reason I bought the sets. I was initially thinking about cutting the ships up for the scrapyard dio. I hope to get to some day. But when I have some vacation time, I'll look at them more closely and see if there is something else to do that paint and custom work can't significantly improve.
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I stumbled across this online shop while looking for ALF! They had him on pre-order for 39€. The MRSP for this figure is 49,99€ here in Germany. And I haven't found a better price for a new ALF, yet.
I just love this figure and my favorite accessory is the cat sandwich. But don't tell anyone.
The Client came with it for a convenient discount price of 9€. Shipping was 6,95€.
Check them out, they have some cool stuff and offer international shipping, too!
https://www.thecollectorsbay.de/en
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Monday Mail Call and Gamestop rewards!
The 2 "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" books were from Amazon (the third volume that I ordered is arriving tomorrow).
The "5 Surprise Volcano Dino Strike" was free with my monthly Gamestop rewards. I got another stegosaurus (I was hoping for either the Amargosaurus, Pteranodon or Dilophosaurus).
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Humpday Mail Call and clearance scores!
The last volume of "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" that I was waiting on arrived from Amazon!
My Hasbro Pulse order of the "Dungeons & Dragons: Golden Archive" Xanathar FINALLY arrived after FedEx dicked around with it and sending it on a tour up and down the east coast since Friday.
The "Halo" Drop Pod was $6.49 at Target. I just got it for the pod. The ODST Rookie will be available for sale/trade later tonight.
The brand new "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" dinosaur was $7 at Walmart.
The cool reptile tank decoration was $11.87 at Petsmart, down from $19.99. It makes for an EXCELLENT mini diorama accessory.
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Additional Humpday Mail Call!
I received 6 of these resin printed "Aquatic Aliens" as well as their little sidekicks!
I had previously received a filament printed one, and I have to say that the resin prints blow the filament away! They are smooth and beautiful!
I have attached pics of both the resin (grey) and filament (blue) side by side so you can see the differences.
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"Aquatic Alien" sidekick critter:
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After work Target clearance score!
Both are Target exclusives. "The Flash" set was $6.59 and the "Jurassic Park" set was $5.99!
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Monday Mail Call!
I received a bag of much needed Boss Fight Studio fantasy accessories, some awesome "Star Wars" critters and a 1/18 Arthur Jr. (My new kitten, the figure of which is also a magnet!) from the always awesome Cap from Joe Customs!
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Hump Day Mail Call and Walmart score!
The "Black Adam" set was only $6.51 on Amazon! I bought it expressly for the throne as diorama pieces are few and far between in modern toylines.
The brand new "Fortnite" figures were $10.97 at Walmart! I walked in at just the right time to get them as they only had 1 of each!
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Those new Fortnite figures are cool! The Black Adam set is a great find.
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After work Burlington score!
This Scorpiovenator was only $6.99!
This gives me 4 of this species now :)
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Monday Mail Call!
I ordered this bag of 100 8mm glass craft eyes from Amazon for $8.97, primarily for my "Final Faction" Decimators.
I wanted to fill in the missile launcher with an eye and was initially just going to make hemispheres of clay and paint them, but a friend gifted me some craft eyes as part of a trade and they were 10mm so they wouldn't fit into the opening on the Decimators' heads. I measured the openings and ordered some correctly sized ones. The Decimators will look awesome after being repainted and having their eyes installed!
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That's a brilliant idea. Those Decimators will look great with the eye! So now, I'm tempted to build a few myself.
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Those look perfect
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After work thrift shop score!
The electronic moon was $1.99, as was the large Therizinosaurus to the left of it. Everything else was in a bag together for $6.99.
The Therizinosaurus is from Schleich and usually retails for more than $25! It has a few minor paint scuffs that will be easily fixed.
The 3 Lontic/Tedco articulated sea creatures were worth the $6.99 I paid for the bag by themselves, so everything else is just gravy.
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After work Dollar Tree (Halloween goodies) and thrift store (everything else) scores!
The Halloween goodies were $1.25/each and will be used for future dioramas.
The 2 Lontic/Tedco articulated dinosaurs were $.99 each, as was the Lanard tank w/figure and the Battat Terra T-Rex was $1.99.
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You are always finding the deals Dan!
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Today's Amazin Savings ("Power Rangers"), Burlington ("Jurassic World: Dominion") and Barnes & Noble (book) scores!
The "Power Rangers" fish monster was $16.99 and will get repainted in darker colors to be something like one of H.P. Lovecrafts Deep Ones.
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Scorpiovenators were $6.99 each and this brings me to my desired 6 of this species.
"If this Book Exists, You're In The Wrong Universe" is the 4th volume in the "John, Dave And Amy" saga (one of my all time favorite literary series).
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Today's Big Lots clearance and Dollar Tree scores!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" sets were 50% off so they came to $4.99 each! I wanted 4 more Dimetrodons to get me to my desired 6 of each species and this does it.
The "Final Faction" figures were $1.25 each. The Decimators were bought to use up the last 6 glass eyes from my project yesterday. The X-4 Turrets are for a custom Droid idea I came up with. I want another one to have an even 6, but they didn't have any more at the Dollar Tree I was at (there are 6 or 7 more in my immediate area that I can check another day).
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Today's DII score!
The "Avengers" figures were $6.99 each. I plan on covering the goofy smiling face sculpt and adding some crazy Kirby-styled wings/horns/whatever to the helmets before repainting them to be huge, alien guards for a crime lord.
The "Spaceship Adventure" set was $9.99 and utilizes a mixture of Chap Mei and other molds. The primary draw for me was the unique accessory tree and the satellite with solar panels.
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Today's after work Target score!
I found these cool resin skull 3pks for $1 each! They are too large for human skulls at the 3.75"/4" scale, but are great for titan or giant skulls.
They are in the $1-$5 section in the front of the store by the registers.
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After work TJ Maxx score!
I grabbed this "He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe" set at TJ Maxx for the cosmic bird, the staff and Sorceress' wings. Plenty of useful parts for $6.99!
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Today's Dollar General (assorted Chap Mei) and Dollar Tree ("Final Faction") scores!
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Today's Dollar General haul.
I really liked the new feathered dino so I grabbed another. I traded the plane to a fellow customizer and will sell/trade this one as well.
The ocean playsets were free. They were having a BOGO/Free on all yellow star toys (visible on price sticker) and I had a "spend $25 and save $5" coupon. I just wanted the stingrays and can trade/sell the figures and skidoos.
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Today's thrift shop haul!
I got everything pictured for $5.33!
I have no idea what the strange brown arch is from (says "20th Century Fox" underneath but no year of production), but it looks really cool and will go into my fantasy stuff as an Orc territory marker after I customize it.
EDIT: Found an answer to the weird arch- it is a perch for the Disney parks' "Avatar" Banshee puppet. They go for $30 in the parks so getting it for $1.99 was a steal!
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Today's thrift shop score!
I got this Mattel "Jurassic World" 12" Basic Proceratosaurus for $1.99!
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I picked up this awesome Skelesnail at Spirit Halloween!
It is unarticulated, but has a wonderful sculpt. The plastic is firm and non waxy.
I plan on painting the snail a nice, sickly mucusy yellow-green and the shell a brownish shade with the skull drybrushed in my traditional bone colors.
It scales very well as a large creature with 4" figures as seen in the last 2 images.
It retails for $10.99, but I had a 20% off coupon which brought it to $9.34 including the sales tax.
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A bone snail with a human skull shell. Freaking awesome!
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After work Gamestop freebie score!
Gamestop is having a "buy 1 get 2 free" sale on their clearance items for Pro members. I got all 3 of these for FREE as they came to $5.97 in total (price of 1) and I had $6 in rewards!
Sadly, I only got 1 dinosaur and 2 vehicles I have no use for, but for free, I am not going to complain!
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After work thrift shop score!
I got this awesome Papo pentaceratops in great shape for only $1.99!
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Sometimes if you're nice, people are nice in return
My holiday in Egypt took me back to ancient times and to my nostalgia for Assassin's Creed Origins from back in 2017. And to my 30th birthday I found a used Dawn of the Gods Collectors Box for 80€. So I paid the seller half of it in advance to pick it up 5 weeks later.
On my tour across the country last Sunday I finally got to meet him and his girlfriend.
They told me that they're going to travel the world in October. They start in Asia and are planning to stay either in Japan or Singapore. They leave Germany to never come back.
Our country will loose two very nice people - and I can well relate to their decision.
Therefore they're selling off ALL their stuff 'til the end of the month. And after they told me about it I said let's call it even then and gave them the 50 Euro bill I had. 10 bucks more could be useful when you travel the world. 80€ were a very good deal anyways so 90 didn't hurt at all, either!
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As an unexpected result he didn't hesitate and gave me a Coon figure from UbiCollectibles. And I immediately thought of a friend of mine who is a BIG fan of Southpark! The last one sold for 30€ on ebay, sealed ones go for 50-70€ so that was a very generous bonus and future gift to my buddy.
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But not enough with Coon! It's tradition in Eastern Germany to put boxes with unwanted stuff on the sidewalk in front of your door for people to take. So Kevin asked me if I wanted to take a Collector's Edition of WATCHDOGS for the XBOX360 with Soundtrack and ArtBook?
I got an XBOX and sure heard of the quality of this game. Sure was I all for it!
This was an awesome encounter! It's sad to see them leave, but I'm sure it's for a better future.
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This is going to be a birthday present for another friend, soon.
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Sounds like being a decent person pays off. I like hearing karma stories.
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Thanks Shawn! I forgot to mention that he gave the Watchdogs Edition away because it's rated R and feebay won't allow him to sell it there. Last time I saw something that triggered me in such boxes on the sidewalk was back in June.
A picture frame caught my eye, which I used for my Utapau mini diorama Clone Trooper vs. Crap Droid.
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I was passing by on my bike and saw it. It was well worth to turn around. I usually don't look for those crates. Maybe I should go box hunting more in the future. lol
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Today's after work thrift store score!
I got this Spinmaster "Batman" Tankcycle for only $.99!
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After work Target clearance score!
The exclusive "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3" Groot/Cosmo set was $6.89 (originally $22.99). I bought it for another Cosmo to paint in his blue/red "GOTG" uniform from the mid credits scene.
The 2 "Masters Of The Universe: New Eternia" Whiplash figures were $9.89 each (originally $32.99 each). I got them to be giant trolls for my fantasy figures.
The "Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" Holga was $7.49 (originally $24.99). I got her to be a huge female Troll for my fantasy figures.
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Today's hauls!
The 12" scale Groot was $8.39 (originally $29.99). He will be customized into the giant "King Groot" version seen in the mid-credits sequence of "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3".
The 12" basic "Jurassic World" dinos were $10.99 each at Big Lots! I had given up hope of finding the 2023 releases from this subline so I was very happy to spot them on the shelf! I got 4 Scorpios Rex and 1 Concavenator.
The vinyl feathered Atrociraptors were from Walmart and were $1.97 each. This brings me to 49 of them!
The little crystal Halloween decoration was $15 at Spirit Halloween after my 20% off coupon. I plan on using it as some form of altar for my custom wizards.
The GITD skeletal arm tongs and spikey pumpkin teeth were $1.25 each at Dollar Tree. I LOVE glow in the dark stuff and try to get tons of them for future custom projects.
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Came home from the 2023 International Toy Fair in Manhattan to find that my Chap Mei Toys prize pack had arrived!
It contains limited edition items (lanyard, comic book and prismatic sticker sheet) promoting their new "A.C.I.D. VS B.E.T.A." science fiction toy line!
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Great coverage of Toy Fair, Dan. Thanks for sharing. Did Nacel have any word on Power Lords,by any chance? I know they've got the rights.
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After work thrift store score!
I got this Chap Mei killer whale for $1.99!
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Great coverage of Toy Fair, Dan. Thanks for sharing. Did Nacel have any word on Power Lords,by any chance? I know they've got the rights.
No mention of it, sorry.
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Thanks for the response. I was hoping they would do figures (they revealed some mock ups at Power Con '22), but it looks like original scale (5 or 6 inch). I was hoping they would do something compatible with the Four Horsemen 4 inch line (which was never finished >:( - and honestly mishandled, though the product was excellent). But, alas...nothing at all apparently.
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Hump Day Mail Call!
My 2 Target orders arrived (one order had 4 sets, the other 2, to take advantage of various Circle Rewards)!
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Thanks for the response. I was hoping they would do figures (they revealed some mock ups at Power Con '22), but it looks like original scale (5 or 6 inch). I was hoping they would do something compatible with the Four Horsemen 4 inch line (which was never finished >:( - and honestly mishandled, though the product was excellent). But, alas...nothing at all apparently.
They have a lot on their plate already and only a small team. I am sure that they will get to them eventually if they paid the license fee.
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Today's after work Bulington ("Lightyear") and thrift shop (BBI) scores!
The "Lightyear" set was $14.99. The smaller figurines are static, but look to be 3.75" scale so parts can be utilized for customs. The larger ones are really cool looking and 2 (Zerg, yellow robot, are articulated).
The BBI armored transport was $.99 and will be used as the base of either a custom vehicle or droid.
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Today's after work Bulington ("Lightyear") and thrift shop (BBI) scores!
The "Lightyear" set was $14.99. The smaller figurines are static, but look to be 3.75" scale so parts can be utilized for customs. The larger ones are really cool looking and 2 (Zerg, yellow robot, are articulated).
The BBI armored transport was $.99 and will be used as the base of either a custom vehicle or droid.
Cool finds! I've never seen that Lightyear set.
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Just found this guy while delivering my route.
Jetray from "Ben 10".
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Today's $ Zone score!
The vinyl dinosaurs were $1.25 each and are bootlegs of Papo figurines. They are made of a rigid, yet hollow vinyl whereas the Papo originals are solid. They need repaints before they will join my display, but the molds themselves are great for the price!
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Today's Walmart clearance score!
The "Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" Rakor was $19, down from the original $34.98. If they had more, I would have grabbed them as this is a GREAT price for a huge dragon action figure.
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After work thrift store score!
The 2 "Lightyear" Zylons were $3.99 each and the Ultron and "Jurassic Park" 1/18 vehicle were $2.99 each.
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After work Target score and Friday Mail Call!
The "Blue Beetle" Carapax figures were $7.99 each at Target. They will get customized into high end battle droids. Not sure if I am going to do my usual "want 6" or just stick with the 2 I have just yet.
The dinosaurs were a trade package from a friend on Facebook!
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After work thrift store score!
I got this "Lightyear" truck for only $1.99!
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Walmart score!
I found this loose "Jurassic World" Irritator (probably something a kid tore out of the package years back and was found when they recently moved the shelves for the 2023 holiday reset) shoved into the tray with the similarly sized semi-articulated vinyl dinosaurs with tape binding its legs and a sticker with the same sku as the vinyl dinos.
When this figure was first released, I passed on it multiple times as I was going through my divorce and not spending money on unnecessary things due to not knowing what my finances would look like in the future (my ex-wife was trying everything up to cartoon supervillainy to try to get alimony and other money out of me 🙄). After everything was settled and she got nothing out of me thanks to my having a great lawyer, this was one of the few items I was not able to acquire afterwards as it had disappeared from retail and was 3-4x retail price on ebay.
Needless to say, I was happy to put out the $10.97 today :)
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Well I am glad you got one.
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Friday Mail Call!
I got this awesome "Fortnite" "The Vault" playset as well as 7 of the Human Bill flying saucer Mini-Rides from an awesome friend!
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After work thrift store!
The Schleich Therizinosaurus is a bit scuffed up, but I am going to repaint it anyway so it was worth the $2.99 price tag.
The unknown manufacturer T-Rex was $1.99, this is the 3rd or 4th one of this same figurine that I have grabbed from this thrift store in less than a year.
The Chap Mei jungle temple was $2.99, this is the second one I have grabbed at this shop in the last few months.
The "Ghostbusters" cheap-o kid sized roleplay proton pack was $.99. It will make for a great base for a diorama in the future.
All said and done, with tax, this haul was only $9.44!
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Using the proton pack as a diorama base is a great idea! Nice find on the Chap Mei jungle piece, too.
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Today's road trip haul!
I hit several out of the way Walmarts and Targets looking for clearance stuff with no luck, but went to the Jersey Gardens Mall (which I haven't been to in 25-30 years) and got a bunch of good stuff!
The "Marvel" and "Star Wars" figures were from the Disney Outlet. The Marvel 2pks $6.98 each (originally something like $24.99) and were bought for the accessories. The Star Wars droid was $12.99 (same price as it would be at the parks).
The "Little Mermaid" Ursula was on clearance for $10 at Marshall's and was bought because I want to use the lower half to make some form of Lovecraftian eldrich being.
The "Apex Legends" figures were from Cohoes (part of the Burlington family) and were $5.99 each. You cannot beat a demonic-looking skeletal robot for that price.
The Halloween masks were from a weird little dollar store and were $1.29 each. I will use them for Castle Grayskull-style facades for dioramas.
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I grabbed this cool little Dimetrodon out of the $1.33 dinosaur bin at Walmart.
It appears to be a knock-off of the Schleich one from a few years back. It is smaller than the original, so after a repaint, it can be a juvenile one next to the original.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
My Amazon order arrived!
The dragons were $19.99 each (originally $39.99 each) and the "Fortnite" figure, which was bought for the robotic owl, was $15.07 (originally $34.99).
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Today's after work Foreman Mills ("Warhammer 40,000") and thrift store (Wonder Woman shield) scores!
The "Warhammer 40,000" Genestealers were $10 each (originally $22.99 each). I had one that I got last year when it was released, but I couldn't pass up 2 more at less than half price! They also had the all grey variant with the Cthulhu head and knife hands, but I already had one and preferred the full color ones' design better so I left it for someone else.
The Wonder Woman shield was $.99 and is about 12" across. I plan on using it as part of a diorama at some point.
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Grabbed 2 more $1.33 Dimetrodons at Walmart while grocery shopping today.
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Cool new finds Dan!
I got two more AVATAR Crab Suits case-fresh for 18€ each instead of 69,99€!
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After work Family Dollar score!
I couldn't pass up another GITD skull barrel! Also, everything in the package is useful for custom projects. The copper piece is a base for the large spring loaded cannon available in several larger sets so it is odd that it is in this set without a cannon, I will use it for detailing on one of my pirate repulsor ships.
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Today's after work thrift store score!
I found an entire tote FULL of "Robotix" parts for only $4.99! There were also several instruction booklets and 4 UNUSED label sheets! There might be more inside of the instruction manuals, but I haven't checked yet.
I also grabbed one of the rarest Lontic/Tedco dinosaurs for $.99 and 2 "How To Train Your Dragon" dragons for $1.99 each.
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My day off road trip hauls (part 1)!
The "Lightyear" Zyclops and "Apex Legends" figures were from Burlington and were $5.99 each.
The "Jurassic World" dinosaur and "Lightyear" Spaceship were from Marshalls and were on clearance for $4.50 each.
The bagged "Fortnite" building pieces and "Jurassic World" dinosaurs were from Once Upon A Child and were $6.50 each.
The acrylic Starburst and glass vials w/cork stoppers were from Hobby Lobby. The starburst was $2.49 and the vials were 50% off so they ranged from $1.99-$3.99 each.
The green Dimetrodons were from Walmart and were $1.33 each.
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My day off road trip hauls (part 2)!
The gray alien skeletons were from Spirit Halloween and were $2.49 each. They are about 16" tall.
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Grabbed these cool playsets at the thrift store after work today.
They have massive fantasy potential, but will require a lot of modifications. For $9 for the pair, I think they were worth it. There was also a big bag of what looks to be Barbie accessories in with the larger playset that I need to go through and see if there are any salvageable parts.
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Monday Mail Call!
Got a HUGE box of awesome from a friend on Facebook!
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There's some great stuff in there! The Potter playset is cool.
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After work thrift store score!
The giant electronic Dilophosaurus was $1.99 and the Batmech w/figure was $.99 :)
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After work thrift store and TJMaxx scores!
The "Lightyear" Zyclops (missing the teleporter disc, sadly) was only $2.99 and the weird sculpture was only $.99 at the thrift store!
The baby Nasutoceratops was on clearance for $4.50 at TJMaxx!
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Today was a GREAT day!
The 4 "DC Multiverse" Frost King BAF figures and the 3 "Warhammer 40,000" Genestealers were from Foreman Mills and were $10 each.
The 2 "DC Multiverse" "Blue Beetle" Carapax Mega-Figures were from Target, marked down to $11.99 from the original $39.99.
The 2 smaller Spinmaster DC figures were also from Target and were $7.99 each. The Mera from "Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom" is mine, but I am considering selling/trading the small "Blue Beetle" Carapax as I know he is pretty hard to find and several people are still hunting for one (I got a second one today as well, but it is set aside for one of my friends).
The baby Nosutoceratops was from TJMaxx and was clearance priced at $4.50.
Lastly, the little green Dimetrodon is from Walmart and was $1.33. This gives me 6 of the little critters now.
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Today's haul!
The 3 giant playsets were from Macy's Backstage and were clearanced at $17.68 each (originally $59.99).
The bagged tree playset is from Once Upon A Child and was $15. It will be used as part of a Elven display.
The 2 electronic knock-off Chap Mei dinosaurs were from $.99 Dreams and were $8.99 each.
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Got the Geeki Tiki Scooby-Doo 20oz Witch Doctor mug. I think it works well as a tiki mug, it has that traditional look in fact the episide is called A Tiki Scare is No Fair. I hope they make more scooby villain mugs.
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That totally works! Really fits the pirate vibe.
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Today's Forman Mills and thrift shop scores!
The "U.S. Army" set was $5.99 at Forman Mills. I have wanted that little tracked artillery piece for a long time, but the previous releases had hollow areas on the reverse sides of the treads and other spots that annoyed me. This new mold has those areas filled in and I believe it is also slightly larger than the previous versions.
The "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" Cryolophosaurus was $2.99 at the thrift store. This is the redeco I never picked up (I no longer get the redecos unless I find them on clearance or at thrift shops) so it is new to me. The teeth need some touchups as they are scuffed, but otherwise it is in excellent condition.
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After work thrift store score!
This cool cage was $.99!
I am not sure, but it might be Imaginext.
It needs a good cleaning though as it looks like some kid spilled soda or something inside it based on the stains on the inside of the doors, but that is an easy fix.
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After work Burlington score!
Got these 2023 "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" Dryptosaurus figures for only $7.99 each (they are still on Target and Walmart shelves for the full $18.99!).
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After work thrift store score!
I got this "Avengers" mini-tank (missing the projectile launchers that go onto the red posts) for only $.99!
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That mini-tank is really cool!
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Today was a good day!
The "Fortnite" figure was a gift from my father.
The 2024 "Jurassic World: Epic Evolution" figures slipped out early and were found at Walmart for $8.47 each.
The "Gargoyles" Hudson figure was $30 on clearance at Walmart.
The dino skull was $1.99 at the thrift store.
The vinyl sea life were $1 each at Five Below and are of excellent quality.
The Imaginext "Lightyear" set was $2 at TJMaxx.
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Today's after work thrift shop haul!
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" Dino was only $2.99 (it is currently at closeout places like Burlington for $9.99 and was originally $21.99).
The Imaginext squid is something that I have been after for years so I am really happy to finally have one! It was only $1.99!
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Great find on that squid. It's a nice piece and for $1.99 Christmas came early 😀
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Today's Burlington and thrift store scores!
The Imaginext "Lightyear" sets were $3.99 at Burlington.
The life-sized, electronic Neca "Gears Of War" rifle replica was ONLY $9.99 at the thrift store!
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Today's after work Target (Black Friday) and Burlington scores!
The "Jurassic World: Legacy Collection" set was ordered on Thursday for store pick up. I ordered 2 sets for delivery to my P.O.Box, but wanted a third set so I could have 6 park workers so I got one for pick up, but was unable to get it yesterday due to being exhausted from work. It was a Black Friday special, $19.99 (regularly $39.99)!
The 3 "Marvel Legends" figures were $7.99 each at Burlington. Maggot and Sabretooth were purchased to customize into trolls for my 1/18 fantasy figures. Havoc was purchased for his energy effects (Havoc will be up for trade/sale).
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Today's Walmart ("Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom") and thrift store ("Jurassic World") scores!
The "Aquaman" Mera figure was $6.79 at Walmart (also picked up another for a friend).
The dinos were $4.99 (electronic Carnotaurus), $2.99 (electronic SD Indominus Rex) and $1.99 (Ankylosaurus). The Carno and Ankylo were repaints that I didn't have yet. I usually don't buy SD ("Super deformed") toys, but this Indominus Rex was adorable and can be used as an individual with something akin to dwarfism which is why it is proportioned as it is.
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The first part of my Target Black Friday order arrived!
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Today's Marshalls ("Jurassic World: Dominion") and Dollar Tree ("Final Faction") scores!
The Rugops Primis was only $4.50 on clearance at Marshalls.
The 6 Decimators were $1.25 each at Dollar Tree. I bought these as I still had 6 of the glass eyes left and wanted to use them up. This gives me 36 Decimators now.
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Thursday Mail Call and thrift store score!
The "Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" Owlbear/Doric was $14.99 on Target's Black Friday sale and FINALLY arrived today after vanishing somewhere in the central states for 5 days.
The "Lightyear" truck was $1.99 at the thrift store.
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I am anxious to see your review of that Owl Bear. Please post that on the ISY Page once you do review it Dan.
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The "not Doric" brown owlbear is on my Christmas list :)
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Walmart clearance score!
$5/set each is great, just for the armored Batman and Lex Luthor figures and some of the accessories.
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Grabbed these "Anime Doll" figures at Dollar Tree for the accessories.
The staff will go to one of my custom wizards, and the guitar is for my custom Dr. Buckaroo Banzai figure (whenever I get around to making it).
The body of the one on the left will make for a good background Cantina patron with a new head and a repaint. The one on the right might just go in the trash once I pull off the removeable skirt and collar/scarf pieces.
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That's a great heads up, I'll have to keep my eyes open for those.
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Today's Marshall's (space sets) and Burlington (dino sets and "Halo" figure) scores!
The "Space Exploration" Play Sets were $9.99 each and the satellites and accessory trees are worth the price alone! The rest of the parts are just gravy (the micro shuttles will be given away as I have no need for them).
The "Dino World" sets were $24.99 each and were primarily purchased for the wooden traps and the rope bridges, but everything save for the figures are all very useful.
The "Halo: Spartan Collection" 6" figure was $3.99 and was purchased to be customized into a giant battledroid.
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Thursday Mail Call!
One of my oldest friends hooked me up with both versions of the "Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" Themberchaud ornaments!
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Friday Mail Call and thrift store score!
The "UFO Explorer" was $19.99 on Amazon.
The "Ghostbusters: Answer The Call" proton pack was $3.99 at the thrift store. I grabbed it because the backpack will make for an excellent fusion reactor diorama piece. The neutrino wand will be broken down for useful customizing parts as well.
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After work Burlington score!
These brand new 2023 "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" figures must have just shown up as I was there on Saturday and they weren't there.
The Indoraptor was $12.99 (originally $34.99), the little Gigantspinosaurus was $5.99 (originally $11.99), and the 3 electronic Wild Roar dinos were $6.99 each (originally $18.99)!
All of these are still on the shelves for full price at Walmart and Target, so head to Burlington to get them for half off or better!
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Friday Mail Call!
I got this surprise "Halo" ODST Drop Pod from a longtime friend and fellow customizer on Facebook!
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After work thrift store score!
The red/silver/black item is part of a spy set, I had gotten almost the entire set last year for $2.99 to break down for parts, and I really like this cage-like object, so for $.99, I grabbed another one.
The yellow item is some kind of solar powered robot kit. I don't know if it is all there, but for $.99, I grabbed it for the tech pieces for future projects.
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The prison cage looks cool! The arrow on top makes it look as if it was part of a board game. Pretty nice structure on the sides, indeed!
A solar robot sounds pretty cool, too! Fingers crossed it is complete. The bag looks untouched. Definitely nice pick-ups for a couple bucks.
Thanks for supporting your local thrift-stores!
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Today's Walmart score!
The Christmas "Fortnite" figure was $9.97 and was bought to be modified into a spaceport mechanic.
The "Star Wars" retro droid was on clearance for $3. I bought it to give the hammer accessory to the better sculpted/painted/articulated Disney Parks version of the character. I will repaint this one into another droid of the same series for a Jawa junkyard dio.
The Supergirl from "The Flash" was on clearance for $5.50. I got her primarily for the Kryptonite cluster, but I always try to get at least 1 of every female figure released as there are so few in any line.
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Nice finds, Dan!
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After work Target score!
The "X-Men '97" jet was $13.99 (originally $34.99).
The large "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" Dino was $8.39 (originally $21.99).
The 3 small "Jurassic World: Dominion" figures were $3.39 each (originally $8.99).
The "Jurassic Park" Kenner homage set was $11.99 (originally $23.99).
I wanted to grab one of the McFarlane "Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom" Target exclusives of the semi-clear stealth Aquaman with the octopus for $9.99 (originally $19.99), but they were sold out :(
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After work thrift store and Walmart scores!
The 2 "Jurassic World" Super Colossal dinos were $15 each and the life-sized vinyl iguana was $.99 at the thrift store.
The "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" Dakosaurus was $8.97 at Walmart! I haven't seen a Dakosaurus on the pegs since the summer! This is my third one, but I would love to get to my usual 6 someday.
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Saturday Thrift Store score!
I grabbed this "My Best Friend" dog park playset for $4.99. I bought this primarily for the fences and other diorama elements.
The dogs are beautifully sculpted but I may not keep them as they are too earthlike for my needs. If I cannot think of any cool alien modifications to make for them, they will end up in my "Swap Shop".
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I got a surprise box of goodies from one of my friends. He was sending me a few pieces he forgot to pack in the last trade package we did and added a bunch of extras for Christmas, including the complete "Tremors" series (all 7 movies plus the 1 season Sci-Fi Channel series!).
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As a boy I had a few fighter jets from NewRay. This company has always been a mystery to me since then. Back in 2003 their internet present was as good as non existent. But the emblem always gives me a kick of nostalgia!
Their toys weren't distributed here in Germany as far as I know. So whenever we traveled to the Canary Islands (Spain), I was looking forward to adding one more 1/72 scale jet to my collection.
What a surprise that they make toy animals, too! This dogs set looks pretty cool!
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Tuesday Mail Call!
The first part of my Amazon order came today! The second part should hit Thursday.
I ordered one of these "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Komodo-Rhino beasts to hit the free shipping minimum on my $30 Castle Grayskull. I have one of these already, but always wanted another one, so- 2 birds with one stone 🤣
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I really like my K-Rhino also.
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Thursday Dragons haul!
The Hallmark "House Of The Dragon" ornament was 50% off so it only cost me $9.99!
The little articulated metallic dragons were from a dollar store called "1$Zone" and were $1.25 each.
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Friday Mail Call!
My Target (Aquaman) and Amazon (MOTU) orders arrived!
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After work Walgreens clearance score!
These Hallmark "Stranger Things" ornaments were 50% off so they only cost me $4.99 each.
I bought them to be dwarf Demogorgons for my 3.75"/4" figures. I have a bunch of the Funko action figures and these will supplement them in dioramas.
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First Mail Call of 2024!
I ordered this feathered Raptor on Amazon last week to hit the free shipping minimum for a medically needed non-hobby item. Shipping would have been over $8, and this guy was only $6, and I would rather get another cool feathered dinosaur for less than the cost of shipping my needed item than pay the shipping LOL
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My first hobby related purchase of 2024!
I grabbed a huge tote full of "Hot Wheels" track sets at the thrift store for $5.99!
The reason I grabbed it, as I do not collect "Hot Wheels", was the dinosaur fossil pieces. The 2 brown skulls are worth the $5.99 I paid for the whole tote. The other bone and rock pieces are just gravy (the grey pieces have fossils sculpted into them that can be used as well). All of these pieces will be used for future diorama projects.
The remaining track pieces (3rd pic) will be given to my father the next time I see him so he can give them to my 3 year old nephew that loves cars.
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After work thrift store haul!
The "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" Carnotaurus was $3.99.
The 2 Schleich dinos were $2.99 each (the Brachiosaurus goes for close to $30 in stores).
The vinyl tote from the Disney movie "Dinosaur" was $.99 and I don't think it had ever been opened!
The "Star Wars" "Mission Fleet" Razor Crest was $2.99 and even still has some of the weapons in the weapons rack.
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After work thrift store haul!
The big red/black dino is one of the best Chap Mei dinosaurs they ever did and was $6.99.
The smaller 2 tone green knock-off of the larger red/black Chap Mei dino was $3.99.
The Chap Mei elephant was $6.99.
The red dragon was $4.99.
The blue "G.I.Joe" H.I.S.S. Tank was only $1.99!
The cashier told me that they got a ton of toys after Christmas and to check back each day as they put more stuff out each day. She said that there were more dinosaurs in the back that will be put out soon.
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After work Walmart clearance score!
The Walmart closest to my house has marked the Aquaman figures down to $1 each. I grabbed 6 Orm figures for the Atlantean laser staff and a Black Manta for the sword. They also had 1 sub set for $7 so I grabbed it. I want to turn it into a small attack fighter.
I am trying not to spend any unnecessary money on my hobby this year, but I could not pass up such inexpensive fodder 😁
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After work Target clearance score and Wednesday Mail Call!
I had an absolutely horrendous day at work so I needed to do a little retail therapy afterwards. I hit Target looking for the new "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" toys, but they didn't have any.
I did, however, score 2 "Jurassic World: Hammond Collection" T-Rexes for $12.49 each! I swore I would never buy another Rex after all of the assorted manufacturers' versions I have picked up over the decades, but I could not pass up 2 of the absolute BEST Rexes ever made for a dirt cheap price! I didn't have a Hammond Rex, but now I have 2 😁
I also found a near full display (9 of 12 pieces) of the Zaru "5 Surprise" "Dino Strike: Color Change" blind ball packages for $.79 each! I haven't opened them as of yet so I do not know which dinos I got, but will post pics when I do.
I also received a trade package from a friend in the UK full of awesome Palisades Toys "Army Of Darkness" medieval accessories, a complete "G.I.Joe" Zombie-Viper, and a bunch of other goodies!
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Great price on those Hammond T's. Nice.
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I finally opened my blind ball dinos.
My "Dinos Strike: Color Change" dinos:
T-Rex
Raptor (2)
Plesiosaur
Ankylosaurus (2)
Therizinosaurus
Triceratops
Pteranodon
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The 2 vinyl dinos (Papo Triceratops and a Schleich one that I cannot recall the species name) were $1.99 each at the thrift store (they go for around $30 each in stores).
The bagged items are another of that modular tree house playset that I got a few months back. This one has many of the same pieces as the previous one, but also has some new ones like a wishing well. This was $6.99 at the thrift store (these sets go for $60-$100 in stores).
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Adulting:
Spending $325 at Walmart, and only $2.16 was spent on hobby stuff 🤣
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Today's Walmart and Five Below scores!
I found another $2 Dark Flash at Walmart while grabbing more groceries.
I found this lone cool "Teeny Tinies" Market Place playset at Five Below for $5. If you remember, I bought a ton of the Sushi Restaurant playsets from this same company last year. I don't remember seeing this one last year so maybe they will be carrying new sets this year. They also had a Christmas set with cookies and other assorted holiday treats, but I had no interest in it. If I see more of these Market Place sets, I will grab them as 1/18 compatible foods are hard to come by.
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This is an awesome bonus!
The bathroom scale I bought today came with 4 of these 1/18 scale weapons racks! 🤣
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Well, that's pretty nifty! I love it when "garbage" turns out to be useful.
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Today's clearance and thrift shop hauls!
The "Jurassic World: Legacy Collection" Velociraptor Containment sets were $11.99 each (originally $39.99) at Target! I initially only wanted 3 to give me 6 with the 3 I got for 50% off before Christmas, but the last 2 on the shelf looked lonely so I brought them home with me as well 🤣
The "Jurassic World: Dominion" carded dinos were $2.54 (originally $8.79) at Target!
The "Batman" and "The Flash" figures were $2 each (originally $6.88) at Walmart!
The "Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom" figures were $1 each (originally $6.88) at Walmart and were bought for the Atlantean laser staff accessories.
The boxed dragon set was $9.99 and the "Ben 10" Diamondhead tank was $.99 at the thrift store!
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After work Walmart score!
It looks like the single pack Shimo will be hard to get, so I grabbed the 2pk version.
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After work thrift store score!
The shark monster is one of those brand new, super expensive toys (seriously, it is like $79.99) that just came out last Christmas that came in the giant beaker with all of the weird little chemistry packets to "make" the monster. He was only $2.99!
The big robot is from that toyline where you have to break open all of the bits and pieces to assemble everything (parts are usually packed in slime or kinetic sand) and was also $2.99.
The 2 small vehicles are Chap Mei knock-offs and were $.99 each!
The robot and both vehicles accept 3
75"/4" figures and will be customized into cool sci-fi projects.
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Today's Target and Walmart scores!
The 2024 "Jurassic World: Epic Evolution" dinosaurs were already clearanced at $12.49 (originally $24.99) at Target!
The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" Mega Mutant was on clearance at Walmart for $8 (originally $24.97)! It has some great animal body horror in the sculpt, which I will eventually enhance with paint and additional animal parts.
The "Star Wars: Ahsoka" Sabine Wren figures were on clearance for $8.39 (originally $27.99) at Target!
The "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" Hollow Earth Crystals w/mystery mini monsters (all Shimo thanks to a YouTube video that showed how to identify which monster was encased) were $6.47 each at Walmart. I got all of the Shimos that they had, but still want 1 more next time I find more of these. Hopefully, I will able to find one in a different colored crystal (blue or red) so I can have at least 1 different colored one in addition to what I got today.
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Today's thrift store scores!
The giant Hulkbuster and palm tree island dio accessory were $2.99 and $.99 each, respectively, at the thrift store!
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Great finds once again, Dan!
MOTU Snake Troopers are sold out nationwide at SmythsToys here in Germany. The store here in Dresden still had 6 of them. So I bought a couple on discount for one of my buddies.
(https://i.imgur.com/uKNlIOg.jpg)
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I also got the Hammond Collection's John Hammond for 12,90€.
(https://i.imgur.com/Cawb4di.jpg)
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Today's thrift store and mail call!
I found a second one of those weird woodelf styled playsets at the thrift store, this one came with a bag full of accessories taped to it and was only $3.99!
I also received a long awaited trade package containing a "Black Adam" Intergang Mercenary and a headless "DC Heroes" Lex Luthor with accessories to close out a trade from last year!
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Cool stuff Dan! When I took a quick look at the accessories of your tree house set I immediately had to think about the stuff I found in Spain (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10814.msg224372#msg224372).
The toy line is called Sylvanian Families. I thought it was all about Hamsters, but in fact it's about pets in general.
Found the one you got online. It's about $35 loose.
(https://i.imgur.com/g8okxLR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qWehOWw.jpg)
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Thank you!
For the life of me, I could not figure out what line they were from LOL
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After work thrift store score!
I found another of these tree house playsets. This one was only $.99 and brings me to 3 of them!
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After work thrift store score!
I found this excellent condition "Masters Of The Universe: Origins" Panthor (sadly, no armor) for $1.99!
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I don't know why this didn't load yesterday, but:
Hump Day Mail Call!
I received a box of awesome from my friend James!
The Obi-Wan will be modified into a medieval peasant for my fantasy display.
The 2 "Jurassic World: Hammond Collection" dinos will join my menagerie!
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Nice Dan - I'd like to see medieval peasant Ewan :). Found this at Target on clearance for $4.49. Bought it for the cage:
(https://i.imgur.com/5pQDJFe.jpg)
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Today's Burlington and thrift store scores!
The carded "Jurassic World" dinos were $4.99 (Herrerasaurus) and $5.99 (Velociraptor) at Burlington!
The plastic volcano, black dragon, copper and black armored alien and "Star Wars" customizable lightsaber bits were $.99 each at the thrift store!
The large green "Jurassic World" Rex was $2.99 and Godzilla was $1.99 at the thrift store!
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Nice Dan - I'd like to see medieval peasant Ewan :)
There won't be much modification needed as he already looks like a medieval peasant. I sliced off the holster and will dig through my 2 gallon bag of pouches to find an appropriately sized one to cover where the holster was. After that, just some accessories (maybe a pitchfork or other farming tool) and some dirt/mud stains.
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Nice finds! That robot is a Redakai figure in case you didn't know. I got one of those Toothless figures on clearance...I'm still trying to figure out how to work him in to Star Wars :)
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Nice finds! That robot is a Redakai figure in case you didn't know. I got one of those Toothless figures on clearance...I'm still trying to figure out how to work him in to Star Wars :)
Thanks for the info on the Redakai figure. I knew it was familiar looking, but couldn't remember the name of the line. I grabbed a bunch of the 3.75" figures from that line when they hit clearance- mostly the insectoid ones.
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Tuesday Mail Call!
After waiting over 2 years since the pre-order, my "Mythic Legions" Magic Effects sets have arrived!
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Friday Mail Call and after work thrift store haul!
My Skeletron Gyre Wolf arrived only a few short days after placing my order!
The "Solo: A Star Wars Story" electric gizmo was $.99 at the thrift store and was bought to be broken down for parts for future customs (I bought 5 of them years ago when the line was clearanced).
The Imaginext Bat-mech was $4.99 at the thrift store and will be modified into a giant battledroid.
The Papo Baryonyx was $3.99 at the thrift store (these go for close to $40). Sadly, someone cut off most of the right foot. I am sure I have some appropriately sized donor dino foot in my parts boxes, or, worst case scenario, I will sculpt a new foot before he gets repainted.
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Today's Target and Walmart scores!
One of the 2 Suko/Titanus Doug sets was picked up for me by my father from the Walmart he works at, the rest of the figures are from 2 different Targets. I grabbed the second Suko/Doug set in case one of my friends haven't been able to score one locally as they are VERY hard to find.
The King Ghidorah was an insane find as for as far as I know, it never hit brick and mortar stores in the US. It periodically shows up online from overseas sellers for $40+shipping, but I got this one for $10 😁
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Today's after work thrift store score!
I have been wanting one of these "Tangled" Rapunzel's tower playsets since 2010, but missed them when they were clearanced after the movie's run. I FINALLY found one today at the thrift store by my job for only $4.99!
I am going to customize it into a wizard's tower for my 3.75"/4" fantasy figures! You can see how big it is (approx. 3.5' tall) by the 4" figure in the pictures.
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That'll work. It could even be Isengard ;D
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After work thrift store score!
I nabbed this cool crested Velociraptor (a very high quality Chap Mei knock-off) for $1.99!
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After work thrift store score!
I picked up this medium sized "Jurassic World" dinosaur for $2.99!
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Got 2/3 Super7 Astro Zombies. The orange one is from Amazon, the black I had to get on ebay, evidently it's an exclusive from somewhere. I'm still missing the blue one, which im sure is another exclusive. They come with lightsaber like swords, but they don't fit in the hands very well, and I don't like forcing these figures because they don't like to bend.
The will make cool background characters, since background aliens in tvc are very few and very far between. The remind me of Rum Slegg, one of the best Glupp Shitto background characters aside from wilrow hood.
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Today's Target clearance scores!
The "Jurassic Park" '93 homage set was $7.19 (originally $23.99), the "Star Wars" figure was $8.39 (originally $27.99) and the "Aquaman" Sunken Citadel Pirate was $11.99 (originally $39.99) at Target!
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Today's thrift store scores!
The huge brown 70's retro dinosaurs were $4.99-$6.99 each (more popular species like Rex and Trike were $6.99), the Volcano playset was $2.99 and the Chap Mei dinosaur was $.99 at the thrift store.
The huge retro dinos are something I always wanted as a child, but they were too expensive at the time for my parents to get them for me. They were probably about what I paid for them today, but back in the 70's, that was a lot of money. I think I have pretty much a complete set now, but there may have been a stegosaurus that was made as well, I am not sure. If there was, I have a spare Rex that I can trade for it LOL
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Today's thrift store scores!
The huge brown 70's retro dinosaurs were $4.99-$6.99 each (more popular species like Rex and Trike were $6.99), the Volcano playset was $2.99 and the Chap Mei dinosaur was $.99 at the thrift store.
The huge retro dinos are something I always wanted as a child, but they were too expensive at the time for my parents to get them for me. They were probably about what I paid for them today, but back in the 70's, that was a lot of money. I think I have pretty much a complete set now, but there may have been a stegosaurus that was made as well, I am not sure. If there was, I have a spare Rex that I can trade for it LOL
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Nice finds! I picked up a couple of the Massif sets at my local Target too.
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Today's after work Five Below and thrift store scores!
The 2 "Masters Of The Universe" figures were $5 each at Five Below. They will become trolls for my 3.75"/4" fantasy figures!
The Crayola vehicle was $1.99 at the thrift store. It has a great 1960's sci-fi esthetic and will be modified and painted into a "moonbus". You can see it holds 4" figures quite well.
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After work thrift store score!
I found this Funko "Pop!" "Game Of Thrones" dragon for $2.99! It will get repainted eyes (I detest the stupid Funko "M+M" eyes) and be a dragon hatchling for my 3.75"/4" fantasy figures.
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That Crayola vehicle is intriguing. Really nice find!
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That Crayola vehicle is intriguing. Really nice find!
Thanks.
It has a very "2001" or "UFO" look to it :)
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After work Target clearance and thrift store scores!
The "Jurassic World: Dino Trackers" Nigersaurus figures were $5.39 each (originally $18.99) on clearance at Target!
The "Hot Wheels" dinosaur bone track sets were in a bag for $5.99 at the thrift store! There are several leftover orange track pieces and other odds and ends that were in the bag that will be going to my nephew.
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Ha...I picked a couple of those Nigersaurus today too. ;D
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Today's Walmart score!
The "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" Shimo figures were $9.97 and the "Demon Slayer" set was $9.50 on clearance (originally $14.99) and was bought for the dragon water effect for my wizard figures.
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Today's thrift store find!
I picked up this small "How To Train Your Dragon" figure for $1.99! I am going to harvest the wings, tail and legs for a custom creature. The head and body are too cartoony for my needs.
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After work thrift store score!
I grabbed this Chap Mei S.W.A.T. truck for $3.99! I will customize it into some form of repulsorlift transport for my sci-fi figures.
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Found this enormous 1970s hard vinyl monitor lizard at the thrift store for $6.99.
Add some spikes and such and he becomes a giant, b-movie styled dragon :)
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You can't add spikes and make it mean and monstrous.
Just look at how cute and cuddly it is.
Al it wants to do is sit on your lap and snuggle. ;D
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Put that spine on his back and he would make an awesome Dimetredon, not sure I said or spelled that one correctly.
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After work thrift store score!
I got this Chap Mei military truck cab for $4.99! It appears to be complete, the last one I got was missing a few small bits like the upper gun. This will be modified into some form of repulsorlift vehicle for my 3.75"/4" sci-fi figures.
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You can't add spikes and make it mean and monstrous.
Just look at how cute and cuddly it is.
Al it wants to do is sit on your lap and snuggle. ;D
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After work thrift store score!
I grabbed this Mattel 12" scale Killer Croc figure for $3.99!
I am going to customize it into a Troll for my 3.75"/4" fantasy figures. You can see how it scales against a 4" "Fortnite" figure in the picture.
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After work thrift store score!
I grabbed this Papo TRex at the thrift store for $3.99!
It is a little scuffed up (easily fixed), but brand new they go for $36!
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After work Burlington and thrift store scores!
The 6" "Marvel Legends: Fantastic Four" Psycho-Man was $6.99 at Burlington. I am going to modify and repaint him to be a giant Kirby-esque cosmic being for my 3.75"/4" sci-fi figures.
The red Chap Mei dino was $6.99 at the thrift store. I buy every one of these that I come across for this pirce as they are great "monster" figures (they do not correspond to any real life species as they mix characteristics of 6 or 7 different species) for my 3.75"/4" figures.
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After work thrift store score!
I got a Chap Mei "Animal Planet" tote stuffed full of everything pictured for $5.99!
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Nice! You can customize that elephant into something fun. That's a real treasure trove for six dollars.
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After work thrift store score!
I found another tote full of Chap Mei "Animal Planet" items for $4.99!
The sealife are complete and in great condition aside from the copper giant squid, but I can salvage the 4 tentacles for a future custom project. The Icthyosaurus in the upper right of the image is worth way more than what I paid for the entire tote, as it was only ever offered in 1 set in America, and only for a year before being phased out and replaced with a similarly sized shark for the remainder of the time the line was at TRU.
The figures are in great shape aside from one of the divers, who is missing a hand and a foot, but he has some cool pouches that can be trimmed off for a future project. The accessories are the older, solid ones, not the modern ones that are hollow on the reverse, so that is a plus.
The boat is a bit rough, but has some cool tech details that can be removed via disassembly. The cages and nets are always welcome for diorama projects.
There are also a few random Imaginext accessories and a robot shark that will be useful.
Not a bad haul for $4.99!
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Another nice score.
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Dan it would be fun to run around with you a day in your travels you just find goodies everywhere.
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Dan it would be fun to run around with you a day in your travels you just find goodies everywhere.
If you make it up to NJ, we will go on an epic toy crawl! 😎
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Today's Burlington score!
I have 2 or 3 of these already, but I could not pass up gigantic $40 mechs for $3.99 each!
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That is an awesome find Dan. How many did you get?
Off to share on the front pages.