Action figures, Movies, Games, TV shows, things I like, Things I hate, weird news old or recent... they're fair game for my rants.
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I recently mentioned the fans line by Figures Toy Company... I also noticed a few things...
So let's fix the lacks...
Let's start with the kids:
Roberto:
Black haired brown Mexican boy with a green cap, grey shirt and green pants. His facial expression should be worried.
Lupita:
Black haired brown Mexican girl pink shirt purple pants. Excited face with braided pigtails.
Laura:
A black girl with dark brown curly shoulder length hair. Sporting an orange shirt with pink pants. Excited face
Shinji:
Asian boy messy black hair. Sporting a purple shirt with green pants. Scared terrified face.
Tiffani:
Redheaded white girl with mid back length hair Sporting a red shirt and orange pants. Angry face.
Now we go with the Women:
Normally I'd use an excuse to promote my new Torso ideas from the previous rant, but this time I'll use the FTC Torso, but I will suggest some overlay ideas for some ladies.
June:
Blonde girl with a perm in a shocked expression, using the Referee upper arms and painting a teal v-Neck shirt with khaki pants and using Amber's boots in grey.
María:
Brunette Mexican woman with wavy hair. She gets a new Torso overlay: the diamond crop top in white with light blue pants. Her expression should be excited.
Saira:
Reuse of the Amber head but with dark brown hair and Indian skintone. (Darker than the mestizo Mexican, but lighter than the African American) new overlay that looks like she has a shrug.
Akane:
Reusing Tasha's head in Neon pink and green haired Japanese woman. She gets a new Torso overlay that resembles a schoolgirl croptop and Reusing Amber's skirt and boots.
Ruby:
Redheaded lady with the infamous "Karen hairdo" not to be confused with the Karen figure from this line that has the Prince Adam Hairdo. Like the Karen character, she has the bored/angry look. Her outfit should be a full Torso version of Lisa's but with blue pants.
Now we are going to tackle the Men (slim)
Pedro:
Sporting the T-shirt with no overlay in Red with grey jeans. He is Sporting a generic Luchador Mask and looks excited. Mexican brown skintone.
Tyrone:
Black man Sporting a Fresh Prince Era Will Smith hairdo and is super excited with thongue hanging out Michael Jordan Style. He gets a new overlay based on a Letterman Jacket. Let's say Grey Jacket, black sleeves.
Chris:
Black man Sporting a short caesar hairstyle. He gets New bare upper arms, which go well with Brad's hoodie in green. His undershirt should be white. Blue jeans complete the look. His expression should be angry.
Koji:
Japanese man black hair and surprised expression. Generic Asian hairstyle. Not a Hideo Kojima reference, but Hideo Kojima has the hairstyle I speak of. Black shirt, grey Jacket and dark blue jeans.
Doug:
Blond balding man wearing glasses with an angry expression
Sporting a yellow button short sleeve shirt (reuse referee shirt) with grey pants
Now it's time for the Big Dudes!
Terrence:
Brunette balding man with a ponytail akin to the Simpsons Comic Book guy. Red Shirt Black pants. His expression should be unamused.
Gabe:
Mexican mestizo skintone. Wearing the same Luchador Mask as Pedro. Screaming expression. For his outfit: light blue shirt red pants.
Takeshi:
Sporting an expression similar to this
But resembling the Looooong Looooooooooooong maaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Inspired Hairstyle and facial hair.
Give him a black shirt with red shorts for no reason.
Deshawn:
Brother with cornrows. Extremely happy expression. Red Shirt light blue pants.
Wilhelm:
Bald, angry white shirt purple pants... oh yeah he's black. Definitely black. If this was a white dude, he'd look like Butterbean.
But I will stop here before I start suggesting other body types.
He is also a cuck according to his new song that I can't say it's name, but it means "African American, Salute the Funny Mustachioed frustrated Austrian Painter..."
The line is called Wrestling Fans. According to their site; (This post isn't sponsored, so I won't link to them.) The males are 6.5 inches tall. Females are 6 inches tall and the Children are 4.25 inches tall.
To put it in perspective:
Males are about as tall as the Diva Superstar figures I use for female MuTeens.
Females are half an inch shorter. Just as tall as a true 1/12 scale male figure that is "6 feet tall"... or slightly shorter than April 1.0 from Super7
Kids are nearly vintage Turtle sized. Alice will feel tall around her peers.
The grumpy girl with the Most Powerful Haircut in the Universe is... wait for it... Karen.
Mullet man is called Hunter. IF I get him, I'll repaint his hair dark brown, since he's the spitting image of a guy My Mom used to know a guy who claimed he was one of Ric Flair's bodyguards. Well, the guy resembles Hunter.
The girl in the black (painted) top is Amber. Now here's my main gripe with these figures:
The adult females reuse the body of the Ultimate Announcer (Coming out the Toy Chest in Toycember for the 2025 Advent Calendar.)
Advent Calendar Spoilers, I guess.
FTC NEEDS to make a new female torso without a sculpted bra, but sculpted so it looks like a top with a V-neck. Perhaps on series 6 and onward.
IF I get these, the females will be treated as Teens. Also, Amber is the only one wearing a skirt. Hopefully it's soft goods.
Chubby dude Mumber 1 is Stu... as in Stuart, not Stupid. Even though Kyle is no longer with Super7, I'm still looking for potential base for a Pizzaface, just in case.
That's it for Series one.
Series 2 is more diverse.
The upside down kid is Ben. Obviously, all the kids share sculpts, minus the heads.
The Pink Sweatwr Metal Slug POW is Brad. While sharing most of his body with Hunter, the sweater is different. Females could've benefited from varied torso overlays.
What's this? A woman? A Sister to be precise? She's Tasha... that hairstyle though... tempting me to make her into Sister April.
Now the big guy with a Leprechaun hairstyle is Gary... Looks more like a partially shaven Pablo... wonder what happened to Begula.
Series 3 is huh?
We got another girl... Kaylee... ponytail... Let move on to the next figure!
The guy that looks like he lost all his money on betting that Miz would defeat John Cena is: Joe.
The Lady in red and black with the grandma chin is Lisa... or a base for a 2012 inspired Irma, minus the whole Kraang thing.
The guy who isn't wearing a MAGA hat is Clayton. I'd totally make it a CRAP hat... from TMNT... Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism. He kinda looks like a fat Version Of Bubba from CRAP.
Series 4 let's go!
The kid is Mikey... 2 boys 2 girls... nothing much to say here.
Now it's time to greet the guy who was ringside when diarrhea struck. Kevin.
Now it's Jade's tuen.turn. Her face screams wrong hole!
Totally not Kevin Smith is Jason.
Now for series 5:
There is no child here, but there is a fifth kid... Ethan. He was left out for some reason.
There is also no female either. This is for the MEN!! MANLY MEN!!
First up we have Eugene, sporting a Jacket.
Then we have Marvin. He's sad.
Then we have 2 Juggalos:
Skinny Juggalo is Lance
Chubby Juggalo is Shawn
There is also a 6th Fluffy guy. LLOYD sold separately. In fact, all figures are sold separately... I just showed the packs because it's cheaper to get a back then.Getting four figures separately.
These look interesting. Kids would work well with Naughty or Nice. Karen is totally Naughty.
So here comes the rant part.
I mentioned that Females need new body parts and or Torso overlays. Well, it's time to get cracking:
The Upper Torso is technically 2 pieces, Front and Back... but having a "buck system" solves a lot of issues.
Aside the existing " Bra" top we need:
A Round Neck T-shirt top with cleavage , a V-Neck top, and a no cleavage top. All these theoretical new fronts would use the same back piece.
A few overlays can make a difference:
Existing Bra Top:
First the Torso gets painted in a darker skin tone with some black accents to simulate a sheer top. Then adding a denim vest (soft goods or sculpted.) Arm bands can be painted on and using a different colored version of Amber's skirt and some "tights". We have a somewhat Hot Topic-esque gal.
Using the new round neck with cleavage and the sleeved arms you can go in two different directions:
Make the vest a short sleeved top or keep it as a vest.
Normal legs and shoes.
Then there's the option to have one without any overlays.
Now for the theoretical new V-Neck
You can do the similar overlays as mentioned in the round neck with cleavage... but ai want to add something special to this.
Longer open button shirt for the Lumberjane or Chola look. Combined with the regular arms painted as shirt.
Now for the no cleavage top:
We can use from all of the above but let's try something extra:
I mean creative paintjob: tubetop plus any of the overlays... or no overlays.
It also works for sweaters or certain Athletic tops (ie Fatal Fury's Blue Mary or Lara Croft)
An overlay for this Torso could be a diamond crop top.
But if venturing into soft goods boatneck sweaters would work great with the bra top. I'm gonna do another rant related to this... Maybe even a Create some Fans kind of thing.
As much as I enjoyed mocking Scott Neitlich's "professional writing", he HAD a great idea of making an amalgamation of all MOTU continuities into a single storyline that allows characters from ALL versions coexist. Render unto DragonCaesar salad and all thar.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, NEEDS something like that.
We have a theoretically great antagonist in Draxum, a being who went to "the dark side" and made horrible experiments in order to "protect his people". We have Null, the
Equivalent of TMNT Satan, relegated to Archie.
The C.R.A.P. guys. They had Skonk die on the Mirage comic. He could be used on the toyline, first as a member of CRAP or HATE, then as a random evil Mutant Skunk... it's right there! Heck I'd mutate the rest of the team.
The point is to have these characters converge at a single continuity. We could even have "conflicting" versions of the characters coexist.
For example: SHREDDER!
Let me wear a purple gimp suit and figure this out:
We have:
Oroku Saki
Erich Sachs
Christopher Bradford
Ch'rell
They can all be in a single line, but in a convoluted way:
Oroku Saki is killed after his first encounter with the Turtles.
Sachs, who was raised by the Oroku, makes a deal with the Utrom Warlord Krang in an attempt to use alien science to revive Saki (worm clones) and keep the Foot "within the family". Dissatisfied with the results, he creates an exosuit, based on Utrom Tech and becomes the Cybershredder.
Tatsu, Shredder's right hand man disagreed with Sachs and his Krang alliance, so he took the Foot and used Christopher Bradford, Saki's Handpicked student as the new Shredder.
When Sachs was defeated and Bradford Mutated, Ch'rell, Krang's right tentacle warrior took the guise of Shredder to fight the Japanese Foot Shredder, Oroku Karai, Saki's niece. (Daughter of Nagi)
Yes, there are similarities to DC's own Batman: Battle for the Cowl. They were not intentional.
Toy wise, here's the theoretical figures:
Oroku Saki:
Based on his Mirage Look and red outfit
Oroku Saki clones:
Based on Mirage looks, but each clone would have a different colored outfit for toy's sake.
Flawless Worm Clone would be Secret of the Ooze colors with alternate SOTO Head.
The Claw clone would be Orange because Lobster/crab colors
The Multi-Arm Shredder can be Green because I'm running out of colors and
Mini Shredder should be Blue.
Erich Sachs:
He would be heavily inspired by the Kenner Batman Returns Bruce Wayne figure:
Using a combination of slip on and strap on pieces to turn Sachs into an 87 series inspired Shredder, but with long black sleeves.
The other figure is the Cybershredder, which would be inspired by the first Bay Shredder.
Bradford:
He would get 3 figures:
Actor
As Shredder
Dogpound
The actor would be Bradford in civilian clothes, the "mask" so to speak.
Him as Shredder would be heavily inspired by the 2012 Shredder look with the maroon suit and boxy armor.
Karai as Shredder is essentially, Karai dressed as Shredder.
Thing is that Battle for the Cowl allowed us to have multiple Shredders. But it's not the only thing it can do.
Using Walker and a time Scepter we can have characters from various continuities facing each other. Ie Mutant Mayhem April and 2012 April meeting, because wobbly wobbly timey wimey changes to the timeline. This can also allow for a handwaving of continuity hiccups.
But it also allows us to bring Characters from other continuities and use them as "different" characters.
For example: Burne Thompson and Bernadette Thompson (87 toon and Bay Turdles movies)
Bernadette can be Burne's Ex-wife who kept the last name as a jab at her ex-husband.
But that's not the main example I wanted to use. That's a continuation on the "bringing multiple versions" of a character. The example I wanted to use is 2012 Mutagen Man.
In most continuities, he's Seymour Gutz. I would probably spell it as Seymour Gütz. In 2012, he's Timothy the Pulverizer. A bumbling teen who ends up consuming Mutagen and becoming Mutagen Man.
I would keep Seymour Gütz as Mutagen Man, while Timothy is a brand new character.
How would I do It?
He'd be a college aged teen, kinda like Carter or Keno. More like a college dropout. After hearing about the Turtles, he decided to learn Martial Arts at Smash's dojo (hence the fake Ninja Turtle Gang styled outfit) but he gets kicked out after he accidentally informed the cops of Smash's criminal activity. After dubbing himself the Pulverizer, he decided to fight crime and get his butt kicked until he met other teens who had become vigilantes themselves. Not that hard.
The real hard part would be making a timeline for the continuity to work. I just want an excuse to have figures from all versions under a cohesive style
I am not here to gloat at the misfortune of my nemesis. In fact, I am hear to mourn this loss. Because, this may mean that Super7 might have even LESS of a plan with the lines now. Remember the Disaster that Mattycollector was when the disgruntled employee whose name rhymes with Spot Leitnich abandoned Mattycollector. DCUC collectors remember Fangirl 2.0 not so fondly. Me? I remember the King Hssss screwjob quite well.
This may mean that a Certain Advent Calendar item might be my only chance to get a certain character. Not saying any names, but it's Pizzaface.
But knowing the Universe and how it hates me, it could mean something far worse. So that won't stop me from making wishlists... not because some have been prewritten and set out to release on a timely basis, but out of being already written and set out to be released in a timely manner with outdated info.
I hope he can bounce back and get a job somewhere else.
Also, I hope that this doesn't mean the end for Ultimates!
There's PLENTY of TMNT, D&D, Silverhawks, Musical artists, and other brands to do.
I'm going to borrow a term from a former Mattelian Diplomat, The Classicizer Machine. Use it to "turn other era figures" into Playmates OG line visual style, but with Ultimates! Articulation:
These will be for multiple characters;
Next Mutation is temporarily banned from the list:
Categories I'll use:
Mirage Comics
1987 Cartoon
1987 Era Videogames
Live Action movies Including the Bay Turdles. Of course, there will be separations via eras.
2003 Cartoon
2012 Cartoon
RISE of the TMNT (I know)
IDW Comics
Archie Comics
Mutant Mayhem Fuck Mutant Mayhem.
Unlike the Toy based rant, this one won't be monthly and there will be a December hiatus due to the final Advent Calendar and last Toycember... y'all know why.
Representing Mirage Comics:
Shadow Jones (Teen):
The figure would be based on her look circa Bad Moon Rising and tales of the TMNT #7. The Short dark haired kinda goth look.
Heads:
One based on TotTMNT7 slick dark hair
One based on Bad Moon Rising 2 cover art
One Blonde Shadow head Loosely inspired on Adult Shadow from an alternate future.
For hands, she would get new Teenage girl hands (these WILL get reuse)
Now for her body:
It would be based on Bad Moon Rising 2's cover art. That means Shadow wearing a small tanktop and jeans. She'd get a soft goods t-shirt for the Tales #7 look.
For accessories, the aforementioned t-shirt, Sewer Samurai Leo Scabbard and sword, a Raphael Sai, goblet with Lilith's blood.
Why Shadow?
I do have an ulterior motive. I'm into creating additional sub factions other than Turtles vs foot. I want to expand the factions. Things like Purple Dragons, EPF, Foot Clan Japan, Mutanimals, etc.
Well, I could use characters from different media, ie Mirage, IDW, 2012, 1987, Live Action Movies, etc.
I want to make the Equivalent of Marvel's Teen Brigade, but for TMNT and like I said, the team will be comprised of teens and young adults whose lives have been saved by the Turtles or Turtle Adjacent characters. What better way to start with Casey Jones's own daughter.
Representing the 1987 Cartoon is:
Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter:
The Nick Fury Parody himself. A rather easy to make figure.
2 heads:
Neutral
Angry
The usual hands
For accessories:
Cuffs
Blasters (the Pistol looks like a cross between a Zip 22 and The Liberator pistols. The "Shotgun" think a sawn off shotgun crossed with Megatron)
Stun baton (think a tonfa combined with a stun rod)
For the body:
Using the "MOTUC" Body as a base would give Savage his larger than life proportions. In pure Playmates fashion, his colors are switched around: Blue shirt, red pants. Black boots with white trim.
Why Savage?
NECA Made him first is not the reason. If I want to make EPF a faction, I need faces, besides the faceless grunts. Savage fits the bill as an opposite to Bishop.
Representing the 1987 games is:
Tora:
The Polar Bear from the NES Port of the first arcade game. Not appearing on the arcade.
Single head with articulated jaw.
Usual hands For a furry bear body
Accessories:
Weather Satellite with stand
Frosty the Hitman both snow and robot forms
Ice boulder
Frozen pizza slice
Snow pile "shield" (reference to the snow covering open manholes)
Broken glass Soda bottle
Sculpt:
While inspired by the game look. He'd unfortunately, would be hit by the Varner 1 human foot, 1 Mutated foot syndrome and various slashes and tears on his leather jacket.
Why Tora? Evil Polar Bear using a Weather control Satellite. Ivan gave him a broken glass bottle as a reference to the soda polar bear...
Representing the 1990's movies is:
Keno:
Or what the Vintage Toyline would pass off as Keno:
I see two heads:
Neutral
Angry
Most of his body will be reused on Carter the Enforcer. Jacket, Torso, legs, arms.
For accessories:
Pizza bag shield
Breadstick escrima sticks
Condiment gun
Why Keno?
He'd be another member of the Not a Teen Brigade parody. Honestly, that's my reasoning.
Representing the Turdles:
Erich Sacks: The Fake Shredder:
I eventually want to bring the "Cyber Shredder" as Sacks's armored form. But let's talk Sacks:
Heads: 3
Neutral Bill Fitchner
Angry Bill Fitchner
Wearing a Shredder Helmet
Hands, we reuse the Shredder hands:
Accessories:
We reuse the Shredder Accessories from wave 8. But we add a pair of slip on gauntlets, and a Neck piece and boom we have a Fake Shredder.
Sculpt:
We got a bad eighties styled sculpt of William Fitchner. We give him a new Shirt Torso (presculpting a Torso for Mirage, movie star, and Toon Shredder) with sleeved arms. Think something similar to movie star food soldier. More reuse, S7... Planning ahead
Why him?
He's an original character... or would you have preferred Woopi? I mean, I wanted to get a Whoopi Goldberg from the Star Trek line but... she never happened and Super7 tried twice! I blame The View. I just want a Ken Rosenberg figure.
Representing the 2003 Cartoon is:
Agent Bishop:
Before we begin, I must specify that this isn't a 2003 accurate Bishop. Because that's what the 2003 line is for. This will be an 80s style reinterpretation of him.
Heads: He would resemble a 1980s James Caan.
Neutral
Angry
Battlegear: The "power ranger" styled helmet gives Bishop the appearance of a Grey Alien (ironically)
Body sculpt:
Picture the GI Joe Ultimates Snake Eyes body minus the pouches and webgear. In bluegrey and his boots in dark grey. The EPF Insignia should be emblazoned on both shoulders.
The Plain look is on purpose. It's to add slip and snap on Battle Armor pieces.
Hands: with and without battle gauntlets
C grips
Fists
Dramatic
Accessories:
Slip on gauntlets, Torso armor, removable belt, nap on shin guards, blaster that plug to his arms, a handgun, and a huge rifle.
Why him?
He's the second mist iconic original character. Like I said, I want to expand the factions so it isn't Turtles vs Shredder and Krang
Representing 2012:
Fishface:
The "Classicizer approach" would require improved Krang Legs. Same sculpt minus some of the engineering parts to avoid the floppy legs from W5 Krang.
Head:
With hinged jaw
Hands:
Fists
C-grips
Dramatic
Body sculpt:
I already mentioned using the bubble Walker legs for him.. his "belt" should be heavily inspired by the Bubble Walker and his "backpack" water recirculator should be attached to the Bubble Walker back. His Tail would function as a "third leg" for some poses. And to balance the figure due to his head and his fishy body being on a sort of S-shape. Because "he's a 10-incher body curved down to a 7-inch body." Also, while stylized due to the "Classicizer" he should look a bit more realistic than his 2012 counterpart. Especially since Real Snakehead fish already look cartoons and creepy.
His color palette would be slightly different: he'd be mostly purple but with green and blue snakehead patterns. The Robotic legs should be in Robotic colors as well.
Picture that face in Fishface colors...
Accessories:
A serrated katana Loosely inspired by the Slice and Dice Shredder, but made different to appease Playmates
Foot Soldier Knife
Pair of Hook Swords (irony)
Why Fishface?
Because the list is a bit Human heavy already. So time to add some mutants... also the world isn't ready for Dogpound yet
Representing Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is:
Baron Draxum:
The Season 1 villain turned side character in season 2.
Heads:
Helmet head
Without helmet
Body sculpt:
It would be Based on his armored look. Soft goods fauld. One of his feet would have a permanent construct "stuck to it" like say, a small horde of the little creatures that are his "shoulderpads" for balance issues due to his goat feet and have that "classic TMNT look". They should also prepare a version WITHOUT the little buddies attached for the eventual Savanti Romero figure. I would go for brighter colors for the metallic and darker for the non metallic.Maybe adding some chtinous elements to the little buddies and joints to make his armor seem semi organic. Lastly, his golden mask should look like a Goat man version of no one in particular. You can't see a resemblance...
Accessories:
Oozequitos with stand, a few of his "little buddies" enhanced forearms.
Why him?
The jokes will write themselves.
Also, while not a Mutant, he's not human.
Representing IDW is:
Not Jennika. Neither Human nor Turtle. Herman the Hermit Crab.
Heads:
Neutral
Screaming
Body sculpt:
Due to his trashcan and 4 legs, he'd be Guerilla Gorilla price. Even though he's about Turtle sized.
The pants would be Navy Blue with Ocean Camo print while his Jacket is plain old olive Drab. One leg will have a broken wader boot, the diagonal opposite will have a beach cooler (for added stability and Vintage Playmates look. I hate them, but Classicizer rules.)
His caparace should be Cartoon lobster red and goes to Hulk Hogan Orange on the underbelly parts.
Trashcan can open up to reveal his hidden arsenal.
Hands:
Small claw:
C-grip
Closed
Dramatic open
Cyber claw:
Dramatic
Closed
C-grip
Accessories:
Left forearm can be removed at shoulder to add the Cyber forearm with Cyber claw
Storage shell tribute, not to mention he's a weapon to surpass Metal Gear... Nod to Konami and TMNT relation and the METAL GEAR AND TMNT Relation... Twin Snakes has Two Turtles in it.
Representing Archie Comics is:
Armaggon:
Heads:
Hinged jaw Facing forward
Hinged jaw Facing straight up
Hands:
Dramatic
C-grips
Fists
Body sculpt:
Mostly based on tournament fighters, BUT with multiple rows of teeth like Archie.
Apparently, the "turbines" on his trapeziuseseseseseseses or trapezii are missile launchers.
Accessories:
Firing missiles effect.
Whaling Harpoon...
Are you still hung up on the Brain? Yes, it's the Funny Mustache Man who flunked out of Art School.
Damn, that sucks for the employees who got laid off. This is a rather depressing story. I hope that those employees laid off can bounce back rather quickly, so their families can ensure food on their tables.
I am rather disappointed on people who are celebrating this. I get it, Super7 product is overpriced, QC is hit or miss, The delays are insane, the excuses to justify their status are way over the top... I get it. Toss in the weird shipping prices issues to Puerto Rico and their sudden refusal to allow PayPal pay in 4 to the mix. But all the complaints and blunders doesn't justify celebrating people getting fired. Today is Super7 tomorrow it could be you, or me, or someone close to you, or someone close to me.
My biggest fear is that other smaller toy companies may feel the pressure. Syndicate, NECA, Nacelle, The Loyal Subjects, etc.
I know that words of encouragement are pointless when people are going through bad situations, but once again, I hope the laid off folks can recover so they can keep their families afloat.
Super Action stuff has made tons of accessories for Action figures. From effects, to useful and useless accessories. From reasonable to What in the Hell? Kind of stuff... let's make a list for 100 items or categories to push out more.
100: retro videogame consoles and TVs:
The TVs don't need to light up. Just come with interchangeable vinyl decals. Their arcade set seems to come with a portable console that is totally not a Nintendo switch. So that made me think: what if they made retro consoles.
I Know that figma had a deal with Sega and they released a bunch of SEGA Consoles, but I couldn't get it at a reasonable price. Also, there are Gashapon consoles, but as a Blind capsule Japanese import, they cost an arm and a leg.
So here's the idea: making Consoles that resemble retro consoles. For example a Colecovision inspired console, a NES Toploader inspired console, a Sega Genesis with all the add-ons inspired console an Atari Jaguar inspired console, a WiiU inspired console.
With 70s-80s tvs for the older consoles and more modern tvs for the more modern retro consoles.
99: Red Balloons:
Sorry, dad joke. But Balloons. Not for Spider-Man references, but yeah. Also balloon animals, balloon swords, and sausage looking elongated balloons. Parties and stuff. Kinda self explanatory.
98: Birthday cake: (whole and slices)
This one is self explanatory. Maybe give us Numeric candles for ages.
97: Light Gun Arcade Cabinet:
Similar to their current cabinet but it has two holsters for light guns. Vinyl stickers could have a police game, Alien game, Cowboy game, tripping game
96: personal computers:
From old school office computers to modern gaming rigs. They are cool stuff for displays.
95: Phones:
Home phones, office phones, fax machines. Wall phone, desk phone, even Payphones of different kinds. The case could be a 1:10 scale Phonebooth and the various accessories could be inside.
94:Drumcans:
You know them from Fighting games and comic book battles... we could get like say a set of 4 drumcans:
One breakaway can
One with working lid full of accessories from beat-em'up games (Bats, pipes, random cash. Jewels, and food)
One that can have effect pieces plugged in (bullets passing through, chemical leaks, etc.)
One that is a random duplicate of the other cans (if it's the one with the working lid, it would be empty.)
93: stealable valuables:
In the previous entry I mentioned jewels, stacks of cash and other beat-em'up game items. Reuse those, adding gold ingots, important documents that a cat Burglar (not a reference to Ms. Kyle, Ms. Hardy, or Mr. Scratch.) All of these could come in a cute 4.5 inch tall safe.
92: Arcade Dance Game Machine:
Ir can work like the previous Arcade releases. Add the vinyl label batteries for the backlight plus space for random accessories. But Wait there's more:
The floor pads of the dance game could use an additional battery and act like a Simon game.
91: vending machines:
Yes, but no. They make a wonderful prop and having soda cans as accessories is cool. But I wasn't just thinking about Sodas. I was also thinking snack machines Capsule Toy Machines.
6th Worst $100 ever spent. Hooker was 4th. But this is not a list of the worst $100 financial decisions I've made. It's about action figure accessories.
Before I hear any "Nefty, are you talking Action fogires or are you talking dollhouses?" First, with all the random accessories we've been getting from various companies, so having a stove with various pans and pots as weapons/accessories would be a good idea. The fridge can work for some foodstuffs and fridge Racks could be used as weapons.
Or we could get a huge turkey that with some photo mounting putty can be used like thus
89: Newspaper vending boxes and Mailboxes:
While at first these seem like smaller items, they allow for better street displays. Pair it with Parking meters a trashcan and various accessories that can double up as gatbage...
88: prank/gag items:
Cream pies (not that kind, Cade), banana peels, whoopie cushions, snake in a can, Pile of poop, jack in the box, etc.
87: Giant Cake:
Not necessarily a Stripper cake but Stripper cake sized. It would be hinged to open up and reveal other party favors like breakaway piñata, a bat, party hats, etc.
86: Sports gear:
We have gotten some sports stuff before. But I'm looking at other stuff. Tennis rackets woth tennis ball hitting effect. Same could be applied for Badminton and their shuttlecock. I didn't see a Volleyball on their arcade set... Croquet Mallet. Thinking a Throwing Hammer, and other things.
85: Lab equipment:
Computers, microscopes, various flasks with chemicals, other laboratory equipment. It could come in a computer server.
84: Mad scientist Lab Esquipment:
This is for the more deranged science types. Think stuff you'd see on Reaident Evil labs.
I'm visualizing the case to be a tube with a partial Mutated corpse "floating on it." The Base of the tube could be a machine which would hide all the smaller accessories.
83: Racing Arcade game:
By making an open cabinet, both 1:12 and 1:10 figures could fit in. The accessories can be videogame/Arcade related and include an alternate steering wheel. Normal racing, Futuristic/combat racing
82: jukeboxes (modern and retro):
Since these are on the s.aller side they could be a "2pack" the accessories could be Bar related accessories like bear, shot glasses, bottles of alcohol, shakers, bowl of peanuts, pickled egg jars, etc.
81: Bar foodstuffs:
Onion rings, Mozzarella sticks, popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, edamame, fried pickles, "supreme" chips, "loaded fries", sliders, fried shrimp, jalapeño poppers, chicken fingers, and pickled eggs. In addition to various drinks like Mojitos, Cosmopolitan, Martini, Margaritas, Rum and Coke, whiskey on the rocks, vodka on the rocks, etc.
That's it for Part 1. I will he posting future parts during the year for the sake of fun.
Remember my "war against Mattel" where I destroyed Mattycollector? Apparently that would make me a terrorist.
Or does it make me a MAGA War Hero? Do I get Veteran Benefits now?
The President himself said it: Mattel is a country. Do I get a Military parade for destroying Mattycollector? I want a statue of me in El Segundo, California. The statue would be of me Teabagging The Mighty Spector who lies over the corpses of Max Steel, Barbie, Draculaura, and Catra. The statue should also have me flipping the bird to Mattel HQ, or is it Consulate now?
It's ludicrous bits of news like this that make my afternoon. I was feeling a bit bummed earlier today. Now my sides hurt from all the laughing about the country of Mattel.
Part Of me is bummed by the delay. At the same time it gave me time to reflect.
Holy shit! The trailer looks awesome! It's mostly cutscenes with zero gameplay, but I like the world... wait... May 26... May 26 wait! Wasn't that when Ray Liotta died? Yup!
Fuck damn! That's either cruel, or genius!
I'm at a crossroads right now. Been dealing with depression, being tougher to manage. Getting a new therapist has been a bitch. I have been losing faith and many therapists suggest fonding religion. Even my old man, who I rarely speak to, is telling me to seek religion. I tried it, didn't work. I wish it did, so I tried again, different denomination, bared my heart nothing. Tried medication, side effects were too big to ignore. The idea of antidepressants is to not be depressed which lead to joining Waller's squad. NOTE: I Don't believe in the permanent solution to a temporary problem. It has nothing to do with afterlives that I am not convinced are real. Like it would be cool if I could see my Mom again, but she's gone. I'm dealing with that pain.
I mask the pain y rambling about games and toys, sometimes movies and books too! But Every day that passes, I'm one step closer to my game over... There are no continues, my friend.
I've run away from the idea of being a father and accepted that my accursed bloodline ends with me. Once I'm gone, my genes will no longer pollute this world. I feel like I'd love my offspring, but I would hate them far more than I'd love them. I KNOW that I would never be good enough of a father for them.
I'm broken beyond repair. If I hate myself, how could I love? I'm a nearly empty husk full of pain, sorrow, fear, fury... hoping for the end with little space for joy..
He's doing the Metal Gear Solid 3 Bosses Reference... He did an MGS1 reference too! This is Defcon 3 heading to 2!
I have to rely on my own mind creating pseudo Jiminies to keep myself from falling into despair. I hide behind toys and games in order to temporarily ward off my self loathing.
Thing is: with real world situations: games taking longer to be made, the current world politics and their adverse effects on the toy industry, George RR Martin taking his sweet slow ass time... it feels like I'm being weaned from anything that would help me cope with whatever the hell is my life substitute. Days go slow and fast at the same time. Each day feels like an eternity, but time is flying ridiculously fast. I was in my 20s when this blog started. Now I'm in my 40s.
GTA 6 is just the latest attempt at trying to recapture that sense of awe and wonder that GTA Vice City gave me back in college. My listening to all these station that plays 80s and 90s music; my collecting of toy lines Based on 80s and 90s properties; My buying of anthologies of 80s, 90s and early 2000s videogames; .My compulsion for watching old movies. All of this is me chasing a ghost. My lost innocence that I will never have, because I'm jaded by reality.
Religion isn't working for me, but isn't Nostalgia MY RELIGION from a certain point of view? Instead of dealing with my daddy issues, I hide behind fictional parents who can solve anything in 23 minutes... Brady, Micelli, Drummond, Winslow, Banks, Matthews, Warnimont, Tanner (the one with the Melmacian), Sinclair, Tanner (the one with Gladstone and Katsopolis) even Huxtable... even non parents like Belvedere or Feeny... Bob Barker, Mr. Wizard, and Bob Ross
Spending so much time behind TV has made me realize something... my own social anxiety that makes me try to be wacky and use awful attempts at self deprecating humor is just the failure of my latchkey childhood, where I chose fiction over reality. Like a more pathetic and less intrusive version of
The Cable Guy.
GTA6 is nothing more than a red herring in order for me to avoid pressing the actual issues... I hide from most social interactions. The thing is that I used to enjoy some of these social interactions. Now I avoid them like the plague and use my health and my job as excuses. I don't understand the logic behind it. But I know that it's depression that's causing me to act abnormally and avoid people. My social anxiety has gotten worse. It scares me, but I keep finding solace in toys and games. So I have a year to get the SSD Expansion for my PS5 and Ghost of Yotei might be what keeps me around until GTA6.
I've done plenty of these for Pizzaface. I want to try individual cases for other characters, Mainly for guys who were Toy Based and had very little outside representation.
Today, I want to start with:
King Lionheart...
He's a Toy Based Character. So there isn't much to work with. Former Actor turned Anthropomorphized Lion that's dressed as King Arthur. How do we make him exciting Without changing the vintage look much?
Some people love the body horror aspect of having partially Mutated characters. Others don't. So I'm going to reach a Happy Medium:
Lionheart Will Be a 3-in-1 figure.
We start with a MOTUC styled body with interchangeable legs, specifically at the thighs.
The idea is to have Lionheart BEFORE and AFTER the Mutation and the capability of making an in-between state to mimic Vintage.
It mostly appeases Playmates, since he's NOT a Direct copy of Vintage. It mostly appeases Vintage Purists, since an approximation to the Vintage toy can be made. As a bonus, you also get to make a Pre-Mutation and a Post Mutation Lionheart.
The pre Mutation legs should mimic the Vintage armor but with the legs covered in the Vintage leggings. The post Mutation legs should be covered in Lion fur.
For the hands he gets in both Lion and Human
Sword aloft c-grips
Dramatic
Fists
Left Autograph signing hand
For heads he gets:
-Human Lionheart head. Picture something between Schwarzenegger and Sir Christopher Lee.
-partially Mutating head with the upper looking human as the lower half is turning into a Lion. Think Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast.
-Updated Vintage. Essentially making the edges on his mane less round, making his face slightly less derpy.
-Roaring head. Based on Vintage but with an open mouth roar. (Mostly to appease Playmates)
Accessories:
Excalibur Replica with Scabbard
Shield
Scepter
Autographed Picture of Lionheart
Not Holy Grail
Removable soft goods cape
Pluggable Tail
Small pouch that "attaches" to belt (in reality covering the tail hole)
The figure would be packed wearing the fully Mutated legs and the Roaring head. On the second tray, the human hands, legs and heads would be hidden
Super7's buy the wave accessories would be GITD Excalibur with Scabbard signifying they're the real deal.
Sure, I just described what a theoretical figure could be; but the question is why him over others?
Unlike say Pizzaface, which was one of my favorite characters as a kid. I have no real attachment to King Lionheart other than me being a former theater kid. So what drove me to say: You know what?Let's make a case for this character!
The character is a blank slate. Since all we know is he was an actor and he was turned into a humanoid lion. So Here's My take on Lionheart:
He's a Method Actor like Daniel Day Lewis, but he had been typecast for years as a thug or henchman, due to his size. He left Hollywood to become a performer of medieval, and Elizabethian plays. Gaining popularity and taken seriously as an actor for his performances as Prospero, Claudius, Sancho Panza. (He learned Spanish for that role and his first and only time wearing a fat suit.) Given the opportunity to play King Arthut, his favorite literary character, he delved deep into his method acting tricks. Ooze hits, turns him into a Lion who thinks he's King Arthur reborn. Taking the name Lionheart because he's a Lion and England's greatest King after Arthur. Nevermind he was born in Omaha Nebraska.
Essentially THIS IS THE WAR ON Christmas. Movies, toys, public access media, household items... Making America Great Again? Was the Great attached to Depression? Because that's where we're headed.
Goddammit! I didn't want to get political, but seems it's inevitable. Technically I have no horse on this race, since I live in an unincorporated territory. As you've seen in past rants, I'm not exactly known to be a friend to the Social Justice minded folks. But I'm pretty much against all of this!
Bringing back manufacturing to the US isn't a bad idea in paper, but it requires a degree of finesse that Trump is currently lacking. Also it takes a shit ton of time to set up the logistics. What I'm saying is that the execution is not making America Great. Not to mention the incredible price increases with Made in the US... due to the regulations within the country. There's a reason why manufacturing plants are in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India...
I've said it before, it's not just toys. Electronics, household appliances, automotive parts... pretty much EVERYTHING'S "Made in China" now.
I just hope I can reach 2029 with the blog for it's 20th anniversary! If the toy industry dies, half my blog dies as well. Guess I will have another rant coming... but in the meantime enjoy a belated may the 4th Pic from Trump.
Most animated movies aren't made in America. DreamWorks, Disney, nickelodeon, they all outsource their animation outside the US.
Also, this would make Anime more expensive than it already is. Fantasy movies are usually filmed in Europe or New Zealand because not only it's cheaper, but they have environments that cannot be replicated in the US.
First he came for the toys... now he's coming for movies... I don't want to continue that train of thought, since I haven't gotten a goof book in ages. This will only make movies more expensive AND with all the other tariffs, people won't be going to the movies as much.
My second Beastie Boys figure, Cochese, played by Nathan Wind, played by MCA. I got him because of the police detective outfit.
I won't pretend like I'm a mega fan of the Beastie Boys. I heard them in Higj School, but I also was listening to this back then:
So my high school era musical taste is questionable at best .
So let's deal with bad cop Cochese.
The duct tape head reminds me that more characters should have kidnapped heads.
Articulation
The standard Super7 articulation is here. His crotch ball joint is a bit on the loose side and it scares me. Another broken red Ranger reference. Now, if we were to get a Verbon Fenwick for TMNT, this figure gives us a glimpse at the articulation due to the sculpt somilarties between him and a theoretical Vernon.
4.5
My Action Figure Sex toys have better handcuffs... with real chains.
Paint and sculpt
He kinda looks like MCA dressed up as Cochese. He even has the empty dual gun holsters. His glasses are shiny silver that almost look reflective. At the same time I kinda see a Charles Bronsob impersonator.
4.5
Accessories
2 extra heads
4 extra hands
Police baton
Bomb
Cuffs
Car speaker mic
Cochese is going to do the Beat-ing part of a beat cop.
I dunno why the ReAction figure has bananas, but I wish this one had them. Or pew pew hands.
4.5
two down, one to go.
Overall:
Cochese gets a 4.5 as his final score. It's a good score, but it couldn't get any better without betraying the purpose of the line, which is a tribute to the video.
By the title, you can guess that I've got a Tobry Maguire.As Spider-Man specifically black version. I got in my bigbadtoystore and the markup was like $2 over Hasbro pulse. The savings.
Were on the shipping for this figure and a few more items including a naked snake funko pop.
Yes, the very first thing I did after opening the figure.Well take pictures of the emo Peter dance.
Articulation
Pete does whatever a Peter can... Spider-Man, not so much.
His articulation rivals that of renew your vows Spider-Man. Sadly it doesn't work as well.
The closest I can get to the MVC Stance.
4.0
Paint and sculpt:
This is essentially the no way home Spider-Man in black with silver webbing. The star of the show is the Emo Pete head. It has a much better likeness to Tobey than other figures.
4.5
Accessories:
Spidey head
4 alt. Hands
Symbiote face attachment.
That last one feels like a comic book accessory and not a Spider-Man 3 accessory. I gotta be honest. The higher price point is not worth it.
4.0
Overall:
Before I give the final rating. I have to say one thing: This figure should've been dark Peter and not black suit, Spider-Man. 4.17 is his final score.
By the way, happy 18th Anniversary of this shitty movie.
I cried when Uncle Ben died. It was seeing something I had read about hundreds of times, but for the first time, I felt it. Little did I know that roughly 13 years after that, my soul would be shattered by my Mom's death. I hadn't watched the Raimi trilogy in years. Last time I did Mom was alive. Now, I saw the first movie recently. It hurt. I wailed I ugly cried. I can't believe it's been that long.
Don't you dare remind me Burton'sBatman is 36 years old... or that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is 35... .I don't need reminders that I'm getting old. My body reminds me every single day.
Domino's has Stuffed Crust Pizza and...
It's OK tasting. I mean. It's not great, but it tastes slightly better than current Pizza Hut. Honestly I'm not a huge fan of the parmesan cheese. Sprinkled atop the crust. It took 25 years for Papa Johns to adopt the stuffed crust and 30 for Domino's. Holy shit! I can't believe it took so damn long.!
What in the Actual Fuck?
I thought it was a joke, but Trump wants to be the Pope now?
Here are the requirements for Pope:
Must be a baptized Catholic male.
Must have the use of reason.
Must be eligible for episcopal ordination.
Donald Trump was raised Presbyterian and now claims to be non-denominatinal.
Right out the bat, that eliminates him.
I will not touch number two because it will get political. But fuck it! Just by asking to be the Pope, despite not being Catholic, that automatically cancels point 2. There, and I didn't mention his politics at all!
Number 3 requires him to be a high level Bishop... which he isn't. So, all this ridiculousness is making him look bad.
