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I’d love to go on the stereotypical rant about corporate greed, but I have a feeling that it’s closer to the truth to say that we’re ALL getting priced out of licensed mass market retail action figure lines, at least for the higher profile IPs. This includes customers, manufacturers, and...

I thought I could pull the trigger when this preorder dropped,, but I can’t bring myself to do it. I really want that Punisher, but $70 shipped and yet another figure to dispose of (Nick Fury) just isn’t where my head is at with collecting right now. If I truly wanted both, I could probably...

This, this, 1,000 x this.

I just looked up the platinum Dr. Mid-Nite. That is an embarrassingly bad representation of Pieter Cross.

No, I ordered him from BBTS.

Ugh. $35 for a McFarlane figure, but Dr. Midnight is one of my favorite characters, and the figure does look good. I’m still left wishing they had put a little more effort into Hourman and Wildcat.

Byleth is the first figma I’ve preordered in ages. How badly out of scale is she?

Those are the two I preordered. I never got into X-Force, I never read that Daredevil run/story arc, and I’m perfectly happy with the Surfer and gray Widow that I already have. Very good wave, though. This is more along the lines of what I’d like to see from Hasbro.

I never liked Gladiator as a character. One of my favorite books is the Lobdell/Madureira issue of X-Men where Cannonball knocked him out.

I’m just going to heat up the holster, slide it out of the way, take that white paint off with a little acetone, re-heat the holster, and slide it back on again. I know it’s accurate to the game, but I don’t really dig it.

2018-2019 was the apex of the line for me. Hasbro was releasing fan demanded characters and team builders faster than we could cross them off our want lists. That’s the one caveat I would toss out there when comparing the last few years. How many “new” characters were released in total vs...

I’m with you. There’s nothing like getting a “First Time in the Line” figure and crossing that character off your want list. An upgrade, so matter how good, can rarely compete with that feeling. There are exceptions, like upgrading from Orange Cheeto Tigra to WCA Tigra, but they are few and...

I’m weird, and I’ll be the first one to admit it. I only collect super posable figures, yet I rarely pose them. So innovations over and above the basic articulation that we’ve come to expect circa 2025 are often lost on me. I’m big on aesthetics, and in my Bizarro world, Husk is near...

I always felt that Sienkiewicz was very genre specific. I thought he was brilliant on Moon Knight where Moench was invoking a gritty and gothic vibe, but his pencils seemed out of place on more mainstream books.

All are Silver/Bronze Age unless otherwise noted. Crystal (Black/White Costume) Yellowjacket Beast (Perez/Byrne) Mantis Swordsman Jack of Hearts Singray Falcon Wasp (Red/Yellow Costume) The Shroud Executioner Graviton Attuma Moonstone Living Laser Power Man (Erik Josten) The Melter Man-Ape...

My understanding is that if you chose EMS, your shipment will be on hold because Japan Post is involved. If it were to ship via Japan Post at some point in the next six months, Japan Post could chose to either prepare the customs paperwork and collect/remit the current 15% of value tariff or...

I’m somewhat surprised that the BBTS preorder continues to remain open. Usually they sell out very quickly as well. I know the price may be significantly higher, but I would have thought that FOMO and Tarriffpalooza would offset that.

I always seem to find a way to get what I want without paying secondary market prices, but it’s definitely taken some of the fun out of the hobby for me. I started ordering online because I was tired of “The Hunt”. Now ordering online is becoming a virtual version of “The Hunt”.

I was just able to order Spider-Man from Amazon Japan. Sold and Shipped by Amazon Japan proper. 12,701 yen (around 86 USD) all in. Whether or not I will have to pay tariffs over and above that when he actually ships next year is anyone’s guess.

I think most of us were already speculating that the rumored X-Men 97 Havok and Polaris will be in their classic X-Factor costumes, and Stong Guy just adds fuel to that particular fire. I can’t imagine that Hasbro wouldn’t give them both new head sculpts, though.

I think you might be confused, Doc. It’s not a Polaris update. It’s a Symbiote Jessica Drew that has a repainted Polaris head from the X-Factor two pack with Havok that came out several years ago. She’s this year’s ML offering for the annual Marvel Unlimited premium subscription. …unless...

I”m just kidding (more or less). I’m still in. The Marvel and DC licenses will always be my first love, but getting something different on the shelf holds a lot of appeal for me these days.

Now I’m torn. If I preorder these, I can never question Hasbro’s price structure again, and I love questioning Hasbro’s price structure.

The FOMO is starting to kick in with Spider-Man. The hype train just keeps building momentum. This may be a “Buy First, Then Decide” purchase for me.

Loose Collector Youngblood Figures I am all in for this.