Has there ever been a figure that got cancelled or remained unmade that made you genuinely seethe at a company before? I remember being extremely ticked off when spin master refused to make a 4-inch figure of the riddler for their the batman toyline even though he was the main villain of the movie. And low and behold the toyline rotted at shelves because all they made for it where catwoman and a penguin figure that didnt even look like collin ferrel.
>>11663965God those new jumanji movies suck
>>11669686>still like Mcfarlane
>>11669543>Remember when todd made gear of war staction shit?
>>11663358You voted for this
>>11673968I haven't voted in decades.
>loving a neat little new gimmick toy is bad because....it just is okkkk!!!!Why are r#dditors like this? The smart brick/smart play system from lego is awesome, did anyone see this video?Here:https://youtube.com/shorts/NXJlyDvnvHYThis is fire and I can't wait to buy the new sets, also the target demo is said to be 6-8 year olds, according to lego so why are manchildren seething so hard? This toy is awesome. I hope all themes get smart bricks. Why do they think it's cool to hate on something this awesome???
>>11669709someone said it in another thread: for a newfag at life, shit like that is always going to be new. Kids will be impressed.Personally, i grew out of wanting gimmicks in my toys when i turned 10. electronics always increase the price and toy companies includeless shit i actually care about: parts count, articulation, accessories, size, etc.In short, fuck gimmicks. They're always intrusive and basically exist just so a toy company can make 50-1000% more money despite the gimmick costing like 10¢ more per unit. Electronics are insanely cheap at a mass manufacturing level.Also, fuck modern cars, fridges, washing machines, and TVs.
>>11669495the internet now is mainly just people seeking to be outraged for any reason possible. Like theres an actual arguement that the smart brick isn't that desirable and will just pricehike sets, but so what? we can just ignore them and if it flops LEGO will just drop it like they've done with so many gimmicks.Lots of LEGO "fans" online are also insanely self conscious about collecting toys and has to really convince themselves that they're not toys they're "adult collectible models"meanwhile in real life no one gives a shit, my family has tons of lego models because we just like them.
>>11669495>troon doesn't want to fit into societysjyokker
>>11669532>The Smart Brick shows up like a brick-shaped reality check and suddenlyYou had Grok write this, didn't you?
>>11670747Shill-san, your efforts are in vain. Autists have a 20% propaganda resistance buff.
A thread about toys! Let's celebrate the new year Edition!Hi again all, post some pictures of your toys welcoming the new year!!Oh! toys acting your new years resolution could be good. As always balance poses encouraged and group pictures are always fun.Memorable mentions:Scrag annon, great set of pics they kept me entertained. Shaggy annon! Really brought it to life. Retro game night was a great picture i think we can all agree. Mice guy, im waiting for more pictures my man. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11670475As a guy who clearly collects higher tier stuff as well as that Neytiri, what do you think of the Mcfarlane Avatar figs? I am pretty picky with the stuff I get I usually only get the sort of higher Chinese imports, figuarts, figma etc. sometimes I get the especially good Marvel Legends (Spiral for instance), but these Avatar figs really catch my eye, I'm just hesitant because I think most Mcfarlanes look terrible, so I have no experience with their quality level. How would you rate them?
Nta, but faces are a step above their older figures. They are good for what they are, but im waiting for a Hot toys Varang.
>>11673262Mam, they do look pretty. I gambled on Varang the other day when she briefly reappeared on Amazon, but I'm not convinced it'll actually get fulfilled with the delivery estimate being the end of January, I suspect it was some fake stock error. Wonder if they'll do any more figures.
>>11673187The face is very well done, they captured the likeness and the feline feel to it. And like you said there is some marvel legends that are above average well I would put these mcfarlane ones on the above average list.>>11673262As my bud purple Led annon said the face sells the figure, the body is lanky and well made only real downside for one of these mcfarlane avatar figures at retail would be the pegs showing at the joints. If they were not visible I would of payed retail price. As it is I waited for them to be on sale, got both of mine for 11 each at Ross. Didn't find any of the male Na'vi, but im going to try and swing by ross again to see if get lucky.
>>11673445>>11673262In asking you guys about this, it made me think about that particular feeling of getting a figger that has no right to be as good as it is. Like, when you buy a Figma or whatever, you're expecting it to be good and so your hoping your expectations are met, but when you get a lesser figure that overachieves it in some way feels even better. Best example for me has been Aloy from Spin Master, she has absolutely no business being such a well done figure and I genuinely think her face sculpts might be the best in my collection, which is mad. Have you guys got any figures like that for you? It's probably my favourite feeling in collecting.
>nephew loves lego, specifically lego star wars>Promised I would buy him a few lego sets for his birthday on friday>fastforward to tonight>checking out what they have in stock at walmart and target>almost $200 for one droid mtt>$150 for the attack of the clones at-walkerWhat the hell.
>>11673464>What the hell.Jesus H. Christ, you people.If this is legit, and not fake rage bait (you) farming, you are - most sincerely - an imbecile and hopeful your siblings aren't - because if they are stupid as you, they shouldn't spawn any further.There's actual sets cheaper than pic attached but just two of them would set you back $32 plus tax.And give any decently imaginative boy plenty to play with. >>11673518And yeah, this entire thread was probably an excuse for you idiots and imbeciles to post this same fucking picture again.Don't you all have dolls you can at least jizz on?Don't you have TikTok videos to watch to teach you how to buy stonks and become rich so you can get off some Mongolian basketweaving site and go hire lady boys in Thailand till your parts fall off from social disease and you die, rich and happy, but thankfully sooner rather than later?
>>11673464Cant you just buy him a cheap smaller set online? How old is he? Assuming he is still in single digits you might be able to gift him a crappy set and pass it off as cool because kids don't grasp quality.If he is like tween and knows about lego enough to want a specific set then you're fucked.
>>11673559Clam down intern-kun.
>>11673464Should have gone to the store from dec. 26th to jan. 5th. The discount racks were stacked for like 3 weeks straight. You fucked up on this one dude
>>11673642>LEGO on discountWhen it hits clearance it's only like 10% off
So HLJ is getting worse and JP shipping is getting out of control so I've decided to ship out my PW just to get it done before I have to start paying fees on them. Just asking if anyone has experience doing the same, did you bite the bullet and ship all at once or is it better to split them up?If you're wondering mix of mainly model kits, but also a few figures like figmas and nendos.And I guess anyone else pulling out of importing because of this?
>>11673091Maybe. I imported SHF Rei and paid like $85 total and got her early. US sites have her for $90 and still don't have her in stock. So importing was better because still a few bucks cheaper and earlier. However, I am looking at Figma Privaty who is $100 on BBTS and $85 on amiami. Importing her will cost more than buying from BBTS. I guess it's case by case. Kinda want to just switch to US because it will be less headache not having to worry about surprise charges or packages being opened or damaged or sketchy couriers stealing your shit. I wish Kappa Hobby had a pile of loot like BBTS and didn't make you pay upon ordering instead of when items came in stock because they have the best prices.
>>11673091Batch 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.
>>11673112Why 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.
>>11673116there is no country that doesn't have tariffs for the u.s. it automatically starts at 10%
>>11673091me 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.
Looks like we're getting a MDLX Bass
>>11672373His saber looks way too small
>>11670522i think those figs flopped back in the day
>>11672373Vile, then maybe just maybe one of the boss mavericks.
>>11672814>heatman from mmbn2 who looks like a lighterTo be fair the original robot master is a lighter too.As for figures you'll have to look for really old stuff from 20 years ago, modern BN stuff is like all MegaMan and Roll, maybe Bass if you're luckyAs far as figures go, you'll have to look for really old ones from the time, but not a whole lot of navis got figures
>>11672373Command Mission X, Marino
Haven’t seen a proper Nerf General on /toy/ in a long time, so let’s bring it back.This is a thread for discussing modern Nerf and foam blasters: new releases, modding, performance, internals, darts, comparisons, and why Hasbro accidentally cooked again (or didn’t). A lot has changed since the last time these threads existed, and there have been way too many genuinely good blasters in the past few years to ignore.Post your loadouts, favorites, teardown pics, hot takes, thrift finds, and mod questions. Stock or modded, Hasbro or third-party, foam is foam.No airsoftNo gel blastersFoam onlyBe civil, stay on topic, and remember: it’s still toy guns
Worker Seagull, interchangeable springs and barrels. Very consistent and accurate with a BCAR. Only comes with a scar tho.
Venom Pro . Full-auto flywheel pistol doing ~150 FPS and ~7 dps 50 bucks off the shelf. Basically a poor man's Worker Nightingale you can buy at Target.
My current foam blaster armory. I lost interest for a little bit after the Nexus pros came out as did everyone else around here apparently but every company is shitting on nerf right now amd there are so many good blasters out on shelves right now.
XShot Longshot abs Fury X. 150 FPS, slamfire, bullpups. The shells are super sturdy and I got them on sale. Longshot was 18 dollars abd the Fury was 11 dollars on sale. These are so consistent and accurate even at retail they shit on all of hasbros catalog.
Lol I guess foam blasters fell off around here. Its a shame with how much they have improved since they were regularly discussed here
>The World of BIONICLEMedia: https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/Story: https://wallofhistory.com/Wiki: https://biosector01.com/BTS: https://www.youtube.com/@BonkFoundArchiveMagnaleaks: https://magnaleak.github.io/MAGNALEAK/>Building with BIONICLESets: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=S&catString=273Studio: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.pageGuide: https://bioniclerebuilt.wixsite.com/fallingstars/studio-guide-v2Prototype gallery: https://biosector01.com/wiki/Gallery:Prototypes>Archive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/%2Fbiog%2FComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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Just bought my brother Brutakka for his 21st. He’s got Axxon and it’s the only 2006 set he’s missing (aside from Umbra & promos)
>>11673200Your pic kinds reminds me of indigo anon. The amount of mocs posted in these threads is suprisingly low and I wish more anon would post their mocs too. Here's a vortixx moc I made too.
>>11673065Toa were pretty much designed to be the super soldier version of Glatorian, so on any obvious combat-related metric they're going to be better by default. Of course there might be more subtle advantages to having an augmented biological body and a natural mind as opposed to both being fully artificial, this has surely been discussed to death by some transhumanists somewhere.
>>11673446I need to actually build some MOCs. Haven't bothered in quite some time.
How many unused action figure hands do you guys have? Do you change them often?
>>11673390>Mythic Legions Genpretty sure it was just the Mythic Fantasy or whatever it called itself. Like i said, it merged with the Fantasy General because some fanboy wanted to keep it on the forefront despite most of the fanbase quitting after 4H shit on everyone.>not PVC that's being priced as if it wasn't plastic.... man, there's a whole world you don't seem to be aware of. There's a shit ton of PVC figurines out there that are way beyond McFarlane's prices at the same level of quality and that's actually part of what made McFarlane so popular in the 90s, since even back then, there were PVC statueshit that was super fucking expensive with paint jobs that were pretty shoddy.McFarlane made collectible shit affordable and their stuff today is still pretty affordable, or at least costs less than what other companies sell theirs for (thanks obama).I get it if you don't like McFarlane's 7" figures, because i generally won't buy anything in that scale either. I also get it if you don't like the mold reuse, but they're not any better or worse than other companies who do the same thing like Mattel, Hasbro, Jazwares, etc.But like i said, what you see is what you get from McFarlane, because almost everything that McFarlane ever shows off are production figures. You almsot never see handpainted prototypes or 3d renders that Hasbro and other companies show off to get people excited about their products.Pic is my Medieval Spawn from the other year. when McFarlane was showing off their Kickstarter, almost everything was already finished and it's a glorious return to the level of paint we were getting in the 00s. Probably the best figure I've bought in a decade. ... which reminds me, i need to buy his Lilith.
>>11673458>Medieval Spawn>Best figure of the decadeLmao your bias is showing.
>>11673521as someone who owns a shitload of figures from dozens of toylines that get praised on /toy/, my well informed opinion >>> your poorfag opinion
>>11673554I legit can't tell if you are actually being serious with this statement or not.
>>11673458>there's a whole world you don't seem to be aware ofI 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.
Previous thread: >>11642894All brands and scales welcome. Share acquisitions, discoveries, and projects.
>>11671415>>11669431I think their newer licensed cars look a bit better, but still looks pretty cheap compared to the og, i think its mostly the paint, dosent hide the plastic look of them
i got f50first of all, i have no idea why it's in dark red color, on artwork it's in ferrari red, but model is in way darker red, big mistakesecond, it doesn't have second lock on the back, because it has giant window for engine baythe whole body rattles and you can move itotherwise it looks good
>>11671427I like the plastic look, personally.
Jesus christ
>>11673259Aw, what an adorable little abomination.
Its become clear to me there is a sect of terminally online autists whos lives have been taken over by the compulsive urge to constantly express their opinions regarding action figures despite not owning any. I have coined the term “fanboy” for this anon, as they bear multiple similarities to a sports fan. They love certain figures, hate others and empathetically assert themselves as a relevant opinion on subjects they have no personal experience in. I see them as an existential threat to the community and the entire toy industry as a whole. The fanboy, when made desperate will outright lie about owning toys they have never touched. They therefore are detrimental to us all as they spread false information throughout the entire web of the toy world. Moving forward, no opinion or statement on this board should be taken seriously without a photographic proof of the fact that they own the toy they are presenting an opinion on. This is the simple way we know your opinion is valid and you have “skin in the game” so to speak. Thank you for your time.
>>11672487>I don't seek you outYou literally do seek him out. You keep starting shit.
>>11672644>acts even more like a chick after being askedooof, maybe you're trans, given that you implied your autistic in the other thread.And i really don't care how you treat me, it's just the fact that the rest of /toy/ suffers from assholes like you shitting up countless threads over simple things like: Joytoy makes shit toys because they're brittle and have constant QC issues.And OP is absolutely correct that the best way to gatekeep you assholes is by making you take photographs of your toys, which you guys have constantly proven you don't own any. You guys just roam various threads, looking to start problems.Again, the WH40k General threads are the biggest example of non-fans and no-toys.It's not surprising most of you shits left the WH40k General once it started to die and shit the rest of the board up.pic is one of many reasons why the WH40k General is now a ghost town.
>>11672727Reminder that you unironically claimed there is nothing wrong with eating unidentifiable slop as part of one of your retarded food analogies when someone asked if a joint tightening liquid was reliable.>And OP is absolutely correct that the best way to gatekeep you assholes is by making you take photographs of your toys, which you guys have constantly proven you don't own any."Look, Tomoyo! Start recording, it's a faggot!"Now post models you repulsive gook.
maybe they just need a happy meal
>>11663731Unfortunately Diosoth does own a toyThe shitty cobra comander custom jin it criticized is the reason why he shits the board after a DECADE
How do you buy rare toys off of social media and not get scammed?
>>11670521There are some pieces of merchandise that are so rare they are not found via traditional avenues, e.g. ebay. You have to go and ask around on social media or forums for the item you want to buy and wait until someone shows up who is willing to take up your offer. Right now I'm looking for a dvd and book that is unlikely to show up on ebay anytime soon so I have to interact with people in the fandom I am a member of to buy what I want.
>>11670174>wait a week????>get figure for free
Use PayPal. It’s weird how it’s the only way to send payments and have purchase protection. Cashapp and Zelle need to have it.
how are you getting scammed in person?Do you live in a shithole and weigh 90lbs?
>>11670545Why not just go through life never having it? I've missed many toys because I truly dont want them at all
Remember that billy and mandy episode where billy was infatuated with a power rangers/dinosaucers combination parody and everyone called him a geeky faggot child for liking toys still? That episode hit really close to home hence why it was so fucking funny to mehttps://youtu.be/4sMS6ECEPhg
>>11672662I'm surprised that this episode isn't a subject of inspiration for customs or making your own
>>11673380Just realized I've always wanted the Action Mobile. an RC Bigfoot that could hold multiple figures.
>>11673425Tank Attack Daredevil would be a perfect base for it
>>11673426Same here. Im baffled that functional cockpits arent standard across all RC vehicles at this point. JADA could really stand to profit off that.
>>11673423Nice! I watched the episode too and the plot is very cute. I remember being hypnotised by it as a kid, maybe even scared at times. Watching it now I can see why, there is a very surreal aspect to it all because of the scale.
I wanna go back, back to the past
>>11670173if it kept the company alive so be it
>>11669515On the positive side, now you have money to buy good enough reproductions of the original UCS
Yeah I’ve been watching a lot of old media lately, and it’s great, I stopped watching tv and movies years ago for the most part and I feel like what happened is slowly everything got lame and shitty.started watching a bunch of old Christmas movies recently and loved that then moved on to old Cartoon Network shows. There is still some decent stuff that comes out today but it feels like the exception to the rule.OPs image is a good example that even minute things like advertisements were made in an exciting and cool way that grabbed your attention and sparked imagination and had effort behind it. Today that would just be some minimalist all black or all white image, and everything would be arranged in the most boring bland way possible. A lot of old advertisements honestly are cool enough they could feasibly be a poster. That just doesn’t happen today
>>11670173The JUNIOR era cancer was in the pipeline for 1997, anon. The last year of classic Lego was 1996.
>>11672941That's a rad vehicle.
This will probably die like the last one but...>JOYTOY announced the Fatal Fury Team from KOF '98
Storm Arena Sagat is being sent out
>>11670523Yes but is his hand going to break off the second you touch it or will those shoes or that head keep falling off every second time you change poses?
>>11672975I 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
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>>11671623Oh 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!
