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Post by lobsterjohnson on Feb 22, 2016 9:19:24 GMT -5
Does anyone here have the Elseworlds series Gotham by Gaslight Batman figure? If so, how do you like it? It's very cool but kind of pricey, and I'm wondering if it is worth it.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 7, 2016 20:19:50 GMT -5
Anyone here know of any good (non-TV) Sherlock Holmes figures? I've found this one: Amazon but I don't know of any others. I'm trying to find as many 1800s characters as I can, so my Gaslight Batman figure has some friends to adventure with.  |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 8, 2016 8:49:47 GMT -5
That's the only one I personally know of. I've seen it for sale for a LOT less than that, though. There are many other Nineteenth Century figures from that toy line, by the way: Sigmund Freud, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickenson, etc. A store about forty minutes from me sells them for $10 a piece.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 8, 2016 10:01:13 GMT -5
That's the only one I personally know of. I've seen it for sale for a LOT less than that, though. There are many other Nineteenth Century figures from that toy line, by the way: Sigmund Freud, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickenson, etc. A store about forty minutes from me sells them for $10 a piece. Thanks for the information. It's kind of weird that there aren't many Sherlock Holmes figures. I'd like to see one in scale with the Diamond Select horror figures, as there are some 1800s characters (Jekyll and Hyde, etc) in that line. On a related note, I'm really looking forward to collecting the horror line. There are a lot of great characters in there. I saw the Van Helsing one at my LCS last week, so maybe I'll pick that up this week. I'm glad that each figure comes with a big diorama base, as that really increases the fun of the figure for me. |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 8, 2016 10:34:29 GMT -5
That's the only one I personally know of. I've seen it for sale for a LOT less than that, though. There are many other Nineteenth Century figures from that toy line, by the way: Sigmund Freud, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickenson, etc. A store about forty minutes from me sells them for $10 a piece. Thanks for the information. It's kind of weird that there aren't many Sherlock Holmes figures. I'd like to see one in scale with the Diamond Select horror figures, as there are some 1800s characters (Jekyll and Hyde, etc) in that line. I'm guessing the issue is the lack of copyright/licensing rights. |
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Post by String on Mar 8, 2016 10:44:41 GMT -5
(The idea for this thread occurred to me tonight when I had this to share and realized there was no place for it) So, after seven years, I accomplished a life-long dream tonight: I got my first born to like Transformers! It didn't take long for her to get the hang of the original toys, and she quickly latched on to Soundwave and his cassettes as her favorites. The funny thing was, the biggest learning curve for her was neither remembering the names nor the transformations -- it was trying to understand what the heck a cassette was. It used to be with the Gen 1 models, even without looking at the instructions, you could basically figure out how to transform the figures. However, after the Bay films were released, the toy line exploded again. My young son, at that time, wanted some of the new figures so I bought him a couple of the smaller sized ones (which ones I can't even remember). But even after studying the instructions for awhile, I was having trouble figuring out how to transform them. It's like you needed an engineering degree to understand them! I was like, man, whatever happened to the simpler days? |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 8, 2016 12:12:58 GMT -5
(The idea for this thread occurred to me tonight when I had this to share and realized there was no place for it) So, after seven years, I accomplished a life-long dream tonight: I got my first born to like Transformers! It didn't take long for her to get the hang of the original toys, and she quickly latched on to Soundwave and his cassettes as her favorites. The funny thing was, the biggest learning curve for her was neither remembering the names nor the transformations -- it was trying to understand what the heck a cassette was. It used to be with the Gen 1 models, even without looking at the instructions, you could basically figure out how to transform the figures. However, after the Bay films were released, the toy line exploded again. My young son, at that time, wanted some of the new figures so I bought him a couple of the smaller sized ones (which ones I can't even remember). But even after studying the instructions for awhile, I was having trouble figuring out how to transform them. It's like you needed an engineering degree to understand them! I was like, man, whatever happened to the simpler days? Yes, I miss those simple, fun transformations. A toy could take on a completely different, unexpected shape in five or six steps. That's exactly why I'm not a fan of the Masterpieces. Talk about unnecessary complexity! |
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Post by Randle-El on Mar 9, 2016 22:34:49 GMT -5
It used to be with the Gen 1 models, even without looking at the instructions, you could basically figure out how to transform the figures. However, after the Bay films were released, the toy line exploded again. My young son, at that time, wanted some of the new figures so I bought him a couple of the smaller sized ones (which ones I can't even remember). But even after studying the instructions for awhile, I was having trouble figuring out how to transform them. It's like you needed an engineering degree to understand them! I was like, man, whatever happened to the simpler days? Yes, I miss those simple, fun transformations. A toy could take on a completely different, unexpected shape in five or six steps. That's exactly why I'm not a fan of the Masterpieces. Talk about unnecessary complexity! I actually like the complex transformation of the MP figures. Since they are all about trying to maintain the most cartoon-accurate bot proportions while also keeping faithful to the vehicle modes, the designers had to do a lot of clever things to make the transformation work -- especially in order to keep it perfect transformation (no parts removal). I look at them as elegant, 3D mechanical puzzles. But then again, I actually do have an engineering degreee so... :-) Different story with the Bayformers though. Although the CG models technically transform, as in the computer actually tracks all the different polygons and translates them to the different points in 3D space rather than just magically making them appear in one mode, they aren't mechanically feasible designs. I read an interview with famed Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori (designer of several G1 Transformers, as well as the Macross valkyrie) and he seemed rather dismissive of the Bayformers. Hard to blame him considering all of his designs actually work. |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 10, 2016 7:38:53 GMT -5
I read an interview with famed Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori (designer of several G1 Transformers, as well as the Macross valkyrie) and he seemed rather dismissive of the Bayformers. Hard to blame him considering all of his designs actually work. Well I would hope that would be his opinion considering that he essentially created the modern age transforming toy both with the Macross Valkyrie and the Diaclone Diattacker  |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 10, 2016 21:20:47 GMT -5
I'm really liking Diamond Select's figures lately. I've picked up a few recently, and I think they're great. The diorama/backdrop that comes with the figures is a big add to the value for me. I'm seriously considering buying a Gotham figure just for the cool diorama. I don't enjoy the show at all, but the backdrop would be fun to pose my action figures in. I wish they sold the dioramas separately as well as with the figures. Ah, the difficult decisions of a toy collector.  |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 11, 2016 11:06:37 GMT -5
Does anybody know how to fix swappable hands that are being stubborn? I was trying to pull a hand off of my Jekyll and Hyde figure yesterday, but I don't want to pull too hard and risk damaging the wrist peg, which seems kind of fragile. I've read that heating it up and then using needle nose pliers to pull the hand out would work, but I'm afraid the heat would warp the plastic and make it even more difficult. Any advice?
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 11, 2016 12:07:29 GMT -5
Does anybody know how to fix swappable hands that are being stubborn? I was trying to pull a hand off of my Jekyll and Hyde figure yesterday, but I don't want to pull too hard and risk damaging the wrist peg, which seems kind of fragile. I've read that heating it up and then using needle nose pliers to pull the hand out would work, but I'm afraid the heat would warp the plastic and make it even more difficult. Any advice? My usual fix is running hot tap water over the offending part. Not hot enough to damage, but enough to loosen things up a little. |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 11, 2016 12:30:44 GMT -5
Does anybody know how to fix swappable hands that are being stubborn? I was trying to pull a hand off of my Jekyll and Hyde figure yesterday, but I don't want to pull too hard and risk damaging the wrist peg, which seems kind of fragile. I've read that heating it up and then using needle nose pliers to pull the hand out would work, but I'm afraid the heat would warp the plastic and make it even more difficult. Any advice? My usual fix is running hot tap water over the offending part. Not hot enough to damage, but enough to loosen things up a little. Has that ever caused any paint damage for you? If not, I'll try that. Thank you for the suggestion. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 11, 2016 15:10:42 GMT -5
My usual fix is running hot tap water over the offending part. Not hot enough to damage, but enough to loosen things up a little. Has that ever caused any paint damage for you? If not, I'll try that. Thank you for the suggestion. No, it's never caused paint damage for me. Hopefully that will help. |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 11, 2016 15:28:46 GMT -5
Has that ever caused any paint damage for you? If not, I'll try that. Thank you for the suggestion. No, it's never caused paint damage for me. Hopefully that will help. Thank you. I will try that, then. |
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