Big Bad Toy Store is launching it's own line of 1/12 scale civilian action figures. The line is call NPC. First four figures will be a Mob Boss, News Anchor, Cheerleader, and SWAT Officer. The line is a kickstarter type project, currently already fully funded at 145% with three of the nine unlock tiers unlocked. Tiers consist of accessory packs for each figure as well as cheaper, stripped down figures that don't come with as many accessories as the standard releases do. Standard release figures are $36.99, basic release figures are $29.99, and accessory packs are $21.99. Currently at "Founders Pricing" which means they will probably eventually go up in price down the line. The funding campaign just kicked off with a month to go, so expect all nine tiers to be unlocked by the time the campaign ends.What are your thoughts on a line of civilians? It's been tried before with limited success, but I think this model could prove to work well. Interested in any of the current choices? What other civilians would you want to see?https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bigbadlaunchpad/projects/npc-non-playable-characters-wave-1-8
>>11888030better than neca
>>11888032What a low bar...
>>11884539>>11888030TDS rears its jealous head yet again...
>>11888253What does the Orange Imbecile have to do with the No Talent Hack in charge of the Todd Slop Factory?
>>11878616These look kinda neat, also cool they made a figure of the reporter who appeared in every single Sunbow cartoon.
>AUGUSTBardock - The Father of Goku [Web Exclusive]Frieza - First Form & Frieza Pod (Reissue)>SEPTEMBERDodoria & Zarbon - Bardock the Father of Goku [Web Exclusive]Super Saiyan Son Goku (Mini) - Daima (Exclusive Edition) [Web Exclusive]Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Gogeta (Exclusive Edition) [Web Exclusive]Super Saiyan Gotenks (Exclusive Edition) [Web Exclusive]Cell - First Form (Reissue)>OCTOBERFrieza Fourth Form - The Universe’s Bottomless PowerFusion Android 13 [Web Exclusive]Son Goku - Onwards to Adventure [Japan Exclusive]Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11891565Retard.
>>11891495Nice. Mine's about to arrive in 2 weeks.
>>11890084Wtf is happening here
New bitch here. What’s the best version if I want to get a ssj4 goku and gogeta to pose and play with?
>>11893652SHF SSJ4 Goku is great.DF SSJ4 Gogeta if you want screen accuracy, otherwise that other one whose name I don't remember.
So have these new rules more or less ruined importing toys from overseas into the US? Any product even vaguely resembling a childrens toy (action figures, plushes, keychains, etc.) needs very specific documents from the manufacturer and has to have a US safety certification to even be imported. Customs will seize and destroy your stuff otherwise. Nobody online seems to understand the categories or exceptions and peoples' mail just seems to be getting delivered or destroyed at random. Has anyone had experience importing stuff after July 8th when this went into effect? I've got some stuff from eBay that has been sitting in customs for days.
>>11887552Technically, it would cover all stuff going through any port - so on shipping containers, etc., not just the postal mail. Postal mail could be "last mile" but the Chinese, in particular, have been getting around that by doing the same thing Amazon does and creating companies to do the last mile delivery themselves, since it's not hard for them to find desperate people who want some gig cash to deliver these packages in their own cars, uber-eats style.
>>11888314The carrier doesn't really change anything because CBP and CPSC have the authority to pull and inspect whatever they want and only give it back to the carrier after. The chinese carriers are just good at skirting these on the declaration forms so they never get flagged while Fedex/DHL/UPS etc are more by the book. I have a preorder in on Amiami later in November, I'll probably go with DHL because they have better tracking and chains of custody than the cheapo carriers and generally give you a chance to upload documents or ask about the package before customs seizes it and the clock starts ticking to disclaim and you then have to deal with them to release it.
>>11885980That's not the primary hazard toys today pose. It's the chemicals the toys offgas
New CPSC regulations going into effect in October. E-filing will presumably be stricter and documents will need to be filed before the shipment arrives.https://www.als-int.com/insights/posts/cpsc-efiling-mail-shipments-deadline-2026/
>>11900602Can they please stop doing this
Anyone else here collect Figure Obscura/ Four Horsemen?
I have a blue alien chick from their Cosmic Legions line. The accessories and paint apps are incredible for the price point. I don't collect their stuff but they're my favorite company to window shop and I'm waiting for something that really jimmies my jam.Their fantasy stuff is gorgeous and everything is interchangeable so their entire product range is a customizer's wet dream.
>>11887127Hell yeah! I remember reading on their website that one of their intentions was for their figures to be used for tabletop wargaming, but that would be ridiculously expensive. I just get a figure here & there when I can on eBay. I’m hoping to acquire The Headless Horsemen next!
>>11887103There's a literal Mythic Fantasy (Four Horseman) General you could ask this at: >>11873524
>>11887264whoops! didn’t even see it
>>11887454just don't make a habit of it :)
-delay = you know how we roll-excited for new heads and more midges dough-where's my grim stuff?-new banimon stuff in works?-kent disappeared with doggo
When is the next wave coming out?
>>11892122When will you fucking retards realize there's no money in glyos? The value? These are the rarest production toys of all time. Literally. It doesn't matter cause no one wants them. There's maybe 500 glyos fans total on the end end and most of them already own 50 of every mold. There's no market. Whatever you have probably will sit around unsold for $25. If it's one of the 1 in a 100 ish random items that had some degree of demand maybe $40. Just don't fucking bother.
>>11892122just list the fucker high and see if you get a bite
>>11887463My mind still hasn't come to terms with his humongous feet, why do it be like it is?
>>11892135cappyspace wave this fridayonell - seems like every 2 months, so maybe mid oct?
How would you make something that is solid appear more translucent? This guy is supposed to have to large gems, but they are painted like pic.Any tips?
>>11878036The "best" way is if those gems are removable, is to remove them, make silicone molds of them, then recast em in a clear resin. The other option is to carve them out of craft gems like the other anon said.
does anyone know what toy these 3 parts belong to? all I remember is that it's sci-fi, modular and either a mech or a space ship. it's been over 20 years, but I perfectly remember a 5cm (2") turquoise rubber hose with attachments on ends, a cockpit with semi transparent purple (?) liftable canopy with tiny pilot inside and a gray "cube" that represents one of the many modular parts. all other parts are beyond me.
>>11888141we get this question every timemultimacs
>>11888146>multimacsthis has to be it! thanks! oddly enough I can't find the rubber hose, but guns, connectors and big wheels are certainly bringing memories back.>we get this question every timesorry for being bothersome, but do know that my tourist ass is grateful and amazed at how quickly I got an answer instead of waiting for bread to die and ask again, ad infinitum.
>>11888157no its just funny how often we get the question because of how bootlegged the toy was
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>>11900391i was just talking about the ivory look. i'm aware adding surface detail would not work. I want the HG for the poseability, but the detail on the collar and the shield is so lacking.
>>11900381I don't think it's the same as pic related. Other photos of the ivory one have less shoulder pad detail. I want to make resin castings to recreate the semi transluscent look of the ivory one i posted.
>>11900458Plamax kit is still your best bet in terms of surface detail and quality, and it has some translucent parts.
>>11900478eh, next year is the 50th anniversary. maybe it is best for me to hold my breath and see what they do in celebration for it. The Wave kit in beige does not seem to be available anywhere since it came out in 2017.
New thread: >>11901223
Also known as virtual pets, electronic pets, digital pets, v-pets and probably thousands of other namesWarning of the thread: if you have not purchased the vital hero yet and wish to own it at some point I suggest to purchase soon. Stock on Amazon seems to be running out and although still reasonably priced second hand, who knows for how much longer. My credentials? I purchased 2 digimon X2s when they were like 10 bucks and warned others to do the same 3 months prior to their prices sky rocketing
>>11904834Like how the D-Ark had an online component.
>>11904525They're slow as shit. Apparently got stock a week ago, and just now sorting out orders. If you've been waiting this long, you'll be served first at least.
>>11904834They really missed a trick not doing anything with the egg thing from Beatbreak. Have a super stripped down vital bracelet, maybe a very basic led display for time, steps, and heart rate. Than have it connect to the egg as a dock that has your digimon on it, feeding it steps to raise it. And since it's a large device (make it as big as a deka maybe?) they can add in all kinds of internet connected crap. Put a screen on it similar to a bitzee or something, idk. Go wild.The Digimon vpets will only be as successful as Tamagotchi is they actually put any effort into the damn things.
>>11905073>The Digimon vpets will only be as successful as Tamagotchi if they actually put any effort into the damn things.This is definitely a case of grass is greener, Tamagotchi tends to do well by pandering to collector whales more than the actual quality of the device. They'll nickel-and-dime their users with version exclusive devices and overpriced DLC without actually addressing the problems with those devices, but fans will still buy 4 Unis anyway despite calling it boring.
>>11905159Tamagotchi does well by actually being in stock and having a place on store shelves. Nobody needs order them off Zenin when every toy shop on the planet has a fully stocked display.I don't know. Maybe this is less of a 'grass is greener' situation and more of a chicken and the egg one.
hello /toy/, I'm asking for your help to find an old toy I had.It was:- a brick toy robot- NOT Lego, and the parts are not interchangeable with Lego (they were slightly bigger, the pegs were a lot taller)- it came in a round bucket, red one with a removable top and a tilting handle.- the robots head was just a very large transparent plexi dome, the glass was curved in the front and flat on all other sides. There was a pilot inside, it looked like a lego minifig with its torso and head only.- the robots limbs were connected by ball joints. one for each leg, one for each shoulder, and one for each elbow. so, pretty flexible, considering (well, it could point at things). The part holding the ball joint had a cut-out at both opposing sides at 180 degrees, so the robot could tilt its arms a lot more when tilting into that cut-out.- the robot had a fairly bulky torso, with a chest plate, 4 red rockets below the plate, and 8 grey round pegs below the rockets which kind of looked like abs but wide.- the robot head was on a tilt-forward joint but blocked by the chest plate. With the plate removed, it could tilt its head forward/down 90 degrees.- one "hand" had two pincers, the other one had 2 long rifle barrels (like a scifi laser cannon)- there was a third laser cannon mounted on the torso, above the shoulder. Identical parts as the one on the hand.- the legs used the arm pincer parts for the "feet" and some kind of curved plate on the legs, imagine if you divided a ball into 8 parts and that's what that curved plate looked like.- the robot base was red and the "armor" was black and yellow. It was symmetrical, outside the arms and the shoulder cannon (which you could still put on any arm/shoulder).Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11879604nice going anon
>>11879571I'll see if I can upload a pic for you, but I have a toy like this>>11879592the one I have doesn't have the holes on top of the pegs. Another problem is that it didn't have a robot, it was largely a tiny kids version of legos, which I guess lets them take the piece apart easier. It had a lot of transparent piece though, but that was to build a simple house and car, no robot.
>>11879571Jesus FUCK I had that toy and had forgotten until just nowThough I think this is bound to happen every time someone posts an old toy
Had a bunch of those as a kid and while the balljoints weren't the tightest (that stuff came out like what, 15 years before Slizer/Throwbots?) the overall plastic quality was actually insanely good, like genuinely leagues above shit like Best-Lock or whatever LeLe, Lepin or DongChangPingPong knockoff came later.
>>11887757Yeah, that's why I used that image, it's one of those "everyone had this toy but forgot about it" pics.>>11887784Have to agree, never broke a single piece on that toy. Lost plenty, but never broke anything.
This is a general for rad toys. New releases, leaks, classics, things never produced. Anything rad, post it here.I'll start: Hiya Toys just put up the Warrior Bug 1/12 scale from Starship Troopers.
>>11885506No, because he can actually spell, you're just an ignorant asshat.>>11885376They're super rad.
>>11886382What, impressive that you're a shitty troll?
>>11886694You have a pretty lame sense of humor if you think that's funny.
>>11886382Kys faggot
>>11894369>>11894370>>11894371>>11894372
Seem like they're going balls to the wall with the US releases for thesehttps://www.bigbadtoystore.com/product/miniforce-tyranno-thunder-legacy-edition-action-figure-193821?variation=380353
>>11894578>>11894456they just released blasttrain 2.0 though >>11891876
>>11896008I'll probably pick him up at some point too. I have no problem with repaints and remolds. I was thinking of grabbing dark Tachy as well even though I already have the regular one.
When is the new shit going on BBTS?
>>11902990Right now!
Finallyhttps://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?Brand=51349
Any fans of dinosaur figures here?
>>11902548>Paraceratherium but i imagine that one may be too bigDavid is looking in to doing a 1/18 Camerasaurus, so I wouldnt rule Para out just yet.>>11902919Allosaurus
>>11903093I guess that's the size limit he's setting. I really wish he would do an Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus but that shit would be twice as long as the rex
>>11902957>>11903046>>11903093ok I'm sorry for not articulating myself well enough. I meant what dino toy got the neck and upper back articulation to pull off that pose as well as a tail that not prevents him from standing up this upright.
>>11903215Hammond Collection Allosaurus. It can do the kangaroo posture
>>11879384keep it?People can like outdated inaccurate reconstructions AND enjoy modern more accurate reconstructions.I would love an articulated Charles Knight/Gwangi style t rex, Crystal Palace dinos, etcI have the Rebor 80s-style T. rex
Bandai's new Barabaride. It's like Crush Gear but Beyblade Burst.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJIolNXZERU
https://x.com/skiper_K/status/2093646301854589273battles on a larger Crush Gear stadium. it's funny seeing the cars self-destruct, but at least it looks much better now! just needs a bit of burst resistance and it's good!
Here's what the insides look like.https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx_2Xq5eW05AoC4U7wC7Xg-ZgaQjZCp3w1
>>11891058someone would probably mod this to accomodate an actual battery, and you can even charge it directly since USB-powered batteries are now a thing!
>>11883472Eh, feels less exciting and too short compared to Beyblade battle.
>>11891174>since USB-powered batteries are now a thing!Holy shit since when, those kick ass
Out of fucking nowhere, ST Chogokin Golion/Volion reissue. Also a whole set of Goranger.
>>11886594Stealth Voltron was always my favorite. I don't know that he ever got any decent toys though.
>>11886594Interesting to see them dig the mold out, but I'd REALLY be interested in seeing if they had the actual combining DX version. that thing had a hell of a journey going from Bandai, to Matchox, to Trendmasters where it even got remolded, somehow. Wonder how that even worked, really wish the Trendmasters line got better coverage.
>almost $100Dude fucking why, unless the entire thing is metal
>>11887484IIRC the torso and lower legs are metal. Rest is plastic. I never handled it, but that’s just looking it on photos. But I do agree $100 is too much., if it was something like $60 that would’ve been much easier to swallow.
this is a 80s/90s toy robot threadNO TRANSFORMERS OR GUNDAM PLEASE!ill start with probably my favorite one i have seen, feel free to join in and add yours, haven't ever seen one of these threads
>>11878251>>11877154these kind of walking+lights+sound bot have some influence from gundam, usually the shield but some have legs and shoulders that are unmistakably mobile suit
>>11898823this one shows it better. it's clearly a bootlegged RX-78
this one has an EZ-8 head and a zaku heat hawk lolalso for some reason they all seem to have the same soundchip that screams FIRE FIRE
>>11898823which is hilarious, since gundam was the turningpoint between silly old wind-up-lookin' robots and sleek cool ones. Well okay, Star Wars was, but then Gundam saw it, and you can pinpoint the exact moment in the pre-production art where the silly old clank-clank robot becomes gundam instead.>>11898827ehh mainly the head..>>11898837those chips were all produced in one factory and handed out to whatever company, it's so silly how that worked back then. and man, you'd think.. it'd be so easy to just design new parts, downright FUN, yet they so frequently just stole. Really nothing has changed, has it
According to may Father, he bought this guy even BEFORE I was born.It’s still watching over my old room after 30+ years.
