>>11673458
>there's a whole world you don't seem to be aware of
I agree.
And I own my ignorance but it's more than just a lack of knowledge. I'm not going to collect every possible thing that might potentially interest me or appeal to me. I want swords and space blasters for the toys I ALREADY OWN. I'm actually going to start selling off some of my statues and other collectibles and just focus purely on articulating figures.

I'm not interested in going down rabbit holes and investing into entirely new lines and franchises and the like. This is a good way for me to be prudent since I'd still rather buy expensive red wine and Japanese whiskey instead of a $200 import bit of plastic crack. Dinner out in a metro area isn't cheap, either.

I appreciate you're being interesting and challenging. And politely engaging in conversation. But you aren't going to lure me to the dark side. It's great when people don't just have four walls of crowded shelves all with fifty billion batman or fifty billion spidermen or fifty billion son gokus or waifu/coomer figurines, but actually have a variety. But that's also not going to be me - either of those visions.

I knew when I got older that my behavior as a kid, where I used to save old magazines and collect shitty Duck and other cheap comic books, with boxes and stacks of paper in my childhood bedroom, that I had addictive behaviors. I've gone through spending small mints hording import records while in school, graphic novels and omnibus editions as an teen and also in school to adulthood, steel books and complete season DVDs and BluRay as an older adult, etc. and once I sold all that stuff off, I've never looked back (well, I have an excellent set of digital pirated comics, movies and music but my out of pocket costs is limited to a few external drives).

Plastic crack is just my current crack. And I have a system that works well for me. And I don't really need to go outside it.

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>>11673571
>I'm not going to collect every possible thing that might potentially interest me or appeal to me.
man, but sometimes you NEED that specific accessorry that comes from some random McStatue. This is where the majority of my oldass Mcstatue purchases come from.

I dunno if you're seen my Game of Throne McFarlane legos sets that i bought, but the minifigures those building block sets came with sorely needed a dragon to head their army, and this dragon rider is roughly their height.
I've also bought that Matrix stair set diorama by McFarlane, along with their military figures just for their guns. I've bought oldass Spawn movie playsets, because they're ~1:18 scale. I've bought McFarlane Conan figures for swords, thrones, and shields.
Why wait for some company to make an accessory pack when there's thousand of toys that already exist that that come with beautifully painted accessories?

Shit, that Medieval Spawn? 50% of the reason i bought him is just because he comes with a shit load of beautifully painted weapons.

So for me, I'm not investing in a "new line", but rather, it's FOR the my collection that I've been buying since decades ago. I'm constantly looking for cool shit i can use to interact with my collection. I almost never buy something just because it looks cool, UNLESS it can go with my current collection

BTW, I'm polite to everyone as long as they're honest and genuine. Posters like the above poorfag obviosuly just come into threads just to cause problems.

>>11674523
>I'm polite to everyone
Lol. Lmao even. I still legit can't tell if you said >>11673554 with actual sincerity or if you were just joking. I honestly think it's the former lmao. I feel bad for you if that's the case.

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Way too much.
This is the drawer for the HG kits.
For Figure Rise, Megami Device, and other human kits, I use individual boxes for accessories (hands, other faces, etc.).
For pre-made figures (shf, figma...), I use bags with the name written on them.

>>11674709
5poa isnt appealing. A minifig's only purpose is being a pilot or just as a display piece, while Mega Bloks gives a toy you can actually play with and even fill the same roles anyway

>>11674567
Stop crying about people crying about children's toys.

>>11674731
>Nah, instead you are going to ruin the board
And I thought OP was being dramatic, sheesh!

>>11674527
Soul - LEGO
Soulless - MEGA

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I have that Megablocks Krang. He's great. The little turtle figures are also very fun and poseable for their size. I also bought their tecnnodrome and totally failed in building it because I'm apparently an idiot.

>>11668623
The Disney stuff really is fucking terrible in every possible way.

>>11668745
Yes

>>11668494
sounds about right, why do something interesting when you can just rehash old shit
>>11668509
i'm tired of issac and boyega's attitudes, their job, which they are paid very handsomely for, is to play a role and promote the product, i love daisy for standing by her character through thin and thin

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>>11670753
>"i hate that the actors were ashamed of being apart of the nanking style rape of star wars and i respect the dumb fetal alcohol syndrome pin head who stood up for her character that was artificially pushed by the feminist swine studio head"
Shut the fuck up you absolute faglord

>>11668584
Why did rian think killing snoke would possibly be a good idea? Kylo could never replace him as a villain as kylo ren stopped being cool the moment he smashed apart his awesome helmet and became some faggy love interest for rey that was straight out of a YA novel from like 2010

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>>11675204
That's the most recent one, though. Every one that's come out since '22 has been the sunken windshield/molded boards variant. I guess they did it because the original windshield and especially the separate board pieces were really easy to pop off and lose. Hell, there are some that don't even come with boards at all and you just get the flat bed, but at least they usually put a tampo on it so it isn't so bare-looking.

>Randomly look over the hot wheels section at Walmart because I was bored.
>Acceleracers sublime
>They released the Teku Slingshot
I've waited almost 20 years for this, I'm so happy to finally get this, if only Revert was there as well.

>>11675187
>>11675204
>>11675260
Thx. I know many opening hood casts are gone but I didn't know they also altered windshields. Sucks.

>>11675466
Congrats, anon. Always feels great when a holy grail turns up like that.

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>>11663452
Nothing ever good came from Germany.

>>11664202
beer

I would love a figure of Grigori Rasputin but there's really nothing out there .

It's either Hellboy or a burger king toy of the character from the cartoon Anastasia movie

French Papo

>>11674163
Was invented by the Sumerians. And Belgian beer is better than German one.

I just want lewd toys of the arm girls.

>>11673119
Final numbers: 212 Orbots tier sets, 97 Tobor tier. Possible extra add-on sets not factored in.

Never backed a Kickstarter before, but I went all-in (Mighty Orbots, Tobor and both versions of carded Ohno). Just such a bittersweet passion project; I couldn't not support the dream of a man so dedicated to these toys being realised.

>>11675060
Yeah, this is one of those truly good things to happen in the community. I'm happy it played out in the positive. And hey, people get a pretty cool set of toys.

>>11675060
>>11675073
The sheer honest joy in his face in the pictures of him just holding the prototype in his hands.

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Please don't mind the cat hair, I have three cats and one of them sleeps on my desk.

>>11663322
those are nice kamen riders

>>11662792
get a cheap one you won't mind getting sun-daaged, or encase him in a box.

>>11663045
where is this one from?

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currently got these as my desk buddies

>>11672975
I have five Fondjoy figures (4 different Batflecks and Cavill) and all of them have really good articulation and zero issues, so I have no idea what you are talking about.

Plus, Orochi is an early prototype

https://manipal969.examly.io/login?course=true&type=Course

>>11671623
Oh yeah joints are definitely going to fix the inherent issue of shitty plastic skirts you smelly brown ape. Not like we haven't seen the same problems across line after line. Surely this time will be different!

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This guy is my favorite SC, I still can't believe they made him

>>11672149
Its such a shame they half assed the paint. It could have been great if they put some effort. https://youtube.com/watch?v=7NGBeY2s28I&pp=ygUYZ2FtZSBkaW1lbnNpb25zIGhlaWhhY2hp

>>11674655
No idea. I remember seeing it on Mandarake shortly after release for 20k yen and thought huh? There was was after on Jungle for 8,800 and I almost got it just because it was still retail, but I already have the buzzmod so don't need it.
The same thing recently happened with Katana man from Chainsawman. Not sure why but the villains have become a lot more popular recently.

>>11674641
>The figmas are the worst. Smaller scale
Kind of wished I had waited for the figma Inosuke because of the scale. He does have that unsightly ML torso hinge, though, and his snorting effect is locked in a bullshit DX release.

>>11674694
>figma Inosuke
The buzzmod is a lot better though and better scalled with SHF. Ultimately though I think the SHF will be the best when it comes.

>>11674759
Yeah, I'm fine with my BM Inosuke as a figure, I just wanted one that would pair well with some of my figma sword-swingers.

>>11674774
Fair enough. I don't mix character from different IPs. Sets off my tism. Everything has it's own display.

>>11670079
His love of Disney and Universal seems pretty genuine. I mean the dude won't shut the fuck up about it most of the time.

New figure update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bS709RGKdk

>>11670079
He clearly likes the stuff he grew up with but he isn't too attached to the fiction anymore which I can relate too honestly. I just like toys but my fandom in stuff has waned a lot.

>>11662114
I like old mega64 stuff, even the podcast back in the day was cool, it still has its moments now. Rocco is just a weird guy to me, either he's a sexless weirdo or he buys escorts constantly, no way has he ever had a girlfriend for more than maybe a month. His entire personality is only based on consumption of entertainment, which is funny, but the fact that he is actually just that in real life, is sad.

>>11665023
I can't see Shawn sticking with them if he was really not making money from it. He's got a whole family to support, unless his wife is the breadwinner or something. They have a smaller fanbase but it's pretty dedicated.

>>11673091
Batch shipping is still cheaper but its way more expensive than it was 6 months ago, and of course most stores don't actually let you batch ship.
The real wallet killer is stores like goodsmile who are filling out the paperwork correctly, I just paid $48 in tariff for 1 figure from them where I paid less than that for 3 figures from hlj.

>>11673112
Why not ship to a mail forwarder's warehouse in some country that's not affected by tariffs? Many of them will hold your stuff for free for about a month and you can combine shipments from multiple stores into one. Buyee and the like can do this too but you'll be fucked by Japan's local 10% sales tax + tariffs, which is why I'm thinking it might be best to ship to another country first.

>>11673116
there is no country that doesn't have tariffs for the u.s. it automatically starts at 10%

>>11673091
me personally yes, I costed out what Snail Shell's Kitsunebi Senki Honoka would roughly cost from Amiami compared to my local store.
for me, post the shipping and import taxes it would land at roughly 140 usd (I am not American so its not what you would pay) and locally they'd sell it for 150 with free shipping, and the local store is easier to work with in case of issues, so yeah local stores from now on, I'm only gonna use Mandarake and maybe Amiami for in stock second hand stuff from now on and even then that will be rare.

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>>11672257
Even splitting isn't great.
Just shipping my kits alone would be $300 at this point. (I want my fucking snek, man.)
I am not pulling out but I have gotten VERY selective. I have started using western retailers for the lines that they don't overcharge too crazily for like Figuarts and impulse buys are over.

>>11674263
I got into them since 2020(star wars) and I'm starting to bow out.

They are good, yes.

They are not really toys, because of their scale they are just harder to handle, less pleasing to hold, they turn into pseudo-statues because quickly you learn to put it in a pose and leave it alone on the shelf.

Some are slop, yes. new media star wars, marvel. They look ugly when you have a horde of them on display, just are a mess of plastic and cloth.

At this stage, if you really want to dive in, I recommend only sticking to a few and buying your absolute favorite character(s). 1/12 has really caught up in quality and if there's a 1/12 offering that you really like, just buy that.

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I've been collecting them for years but have had to downsize recently.
>are they good?
Very, but the new artesian line has issues with the realistic hair.
>are they even toys?
Kind of, a lot of the ones with full-body costumes have limited flexibility and are hard to pose and leaving them in a pose could stretch out the material used.
>are they slop?
They're the furthest away from slop in terms of quality but they're big name brands like Marvel so if that's slop then yes.
>what's the general consensus of hot toys because every time i come across a hot toys collector, they just don't seem all that intelligent
They cost hundreds of dollars so I doubt people who buy them in large quantities like myself are very smart. I've been cutting down as back then I was buying very impulsively and some things I really don't need a 1/6 scale figure of. The good thing is they retain their value and sell sometimes higher than what I paid for depending on the character.

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I've always wondered who buys these multi thousand dollar statues of movie characters. Then I saw this and I think I know now.

I got into Hot Toys around 2015 or so when an anon here bought a HT Iron Man accidentally when he was getting his friend a gift and got into them for a bit. He helped disspell a lot of preconceived ideas about them like a lack of articulation, and while they aren't Revoltech level he was ale to show off Iron Man posing well. He was also finding some decent prices under $200 on some figures as well.
There was actually some great deals on Mandarake at the time and you could get a bunch of figures for $150 shipped. Like Silver Centurion Iron Man.
That said, both the price and the quality has increased to the point where it's frustrating and too expensive for me to be into them. There's also so many versions of characters you end up double dipping or constantly upgrading It just stopped being fun, and my OCD would flare up when an even more expensive company like InArt would offer a better, pricier version and then the cheaper, lesser version feels pointless. stylized toys will always have their own niche, but with a replica style toy the point will partly be the be the most realistic look. So anything that's not top of the line is at risk of dating quickly.
I do think the comic based figures they've been doing are cool, but also way too pricy for what I'd be willing to spend.

>>11674563
Yeah, they’re great for Iron Man and they’ve made some absolute beauties. I don’t really love anything else they’ve made that has excess soft goods, but they do good Iron Men.

>>11673543
Thanks anon. Hoping for the best.

>>11673543
>>11673866
Update just in case you or anybody does get curious: I managed to fix like 90% of the issue. The smaller parts that broke off just can't fit anymore due to the nature of stuff shifting as I glued stuff. Probably not the best idea that I drank coffee today with like 3 hours of sleep cause I was being paranoid about trying to fix the mech. I considered my job fucked cause I knew where the connecting parts are gonna contact but I was shaking so I shifted it ever so slightly. Now the mech has a gaping hole around it's lower armpit area lol. Sucks that for a vintage diecast mech, the diecast is the one that broke. Was expecting plastic issues not metal. Also can't really clamp them as there's no way to. I was holding the pieces for a minute then letting it go. Seems to be solid enough

>>11674152
Sorry to see it that. At least it isn't a total loss.

>>11674636
Found out I can fix that hole by using some epoxy putty then just painting it over. It's a small spot that won't be noticeable anyways and the part was originally paint black from the start so it's really easy to cover the imperfections.

>>11668022
I guess you were right. My Target had two Baboos and a Goldar today. Now I wait in anxiety for Squatt's release.