Action figures, Movies, Games, TV shows, things I like, Things I hate, weird news old or recent... they're fair game for my rants.
DISCLAIMER: OPINIONS POSTED ARE EXAGGERATED FOR COMEDIC EFFECT!! Got it?
With Balrog, we complete the Shadaloo Four Kings and with T.Hawk we complete The New Challengers.
The missing characters are Zangief, E. Honda, and Akuma... After this will be an uncharted territory. Will they do Alpha, SFIII, SFIV, SFV, SF6? SF1!? Or will they go MOTUC and giving us random characters from each game?
E. Honda has been revealed.
Brain, I fucking hate you right now. How dare you give me the idea of someone making the entire live action Street fighter movie in stop motion with the Jada action figures? Now I want to see that... but wecanallgohome.
Balrog and T. Hawk look MASSIVE!!
But wait, there's more. They are really tempting me and they're only using 0.00001% of their power.
Zoinks! By the looks of it, it's the REAL Scooby gang and not the Mindy Kaling version.
Lots of info on NECA, like Archie Turtles in their wrestling attire, Mirage Black April, Mirage Karai as Shredder, Domeoids (are they making Justice Force figures? Oh my achy breaky wallet)
Panda Khan, you can see on the thumbnail... The only thing I hate about these is that they will be Target exclusives. Since everything not 90s Movie ends up as a Target exclusive.
Holy shit, Panda Khan! I hope I can get one... at not wallet raping prices.
Trevor from NECA also mentioned they might do more Toy characters that didn't appear in the cartoon in Cartoon style. I will cry if they make Pizzaface.
Well, Daniel Benedict is back... yes, the winner of the MOTUC Create a Character... creator of the infamous phrase: "It's Castle Grayskullman Oh shit!"
There's a kickstarter going on. I hope they can make it...
Maybe this will put a pep on Mattel's step and make the actual He-Man movie and not be simply saying stupid things like Skeletor likes to Move it move it!
Between NECA, Playmates, and BST AXN, Super7 has a Plethora of Information to work on their Krang. Assuming they get to make one.
I once commented he should be Mon*Star sized... if they were going to use the Wave 5 Krang as a reference.
After seeing how the BST AXN Krang scales up, I have my doubts on a 12-13" tall Krang's Android Body. So, here Super7 COULD Mimic Playmates by releasing a smaller Krang's Android Body with a Properly Scaled Krang. So, I'm going to go on a different direction:
This Deluxe Krang would be 10" tall. It's larger than BST AXN and NECA, but it gives S7 a motivation to make a Smaller Krang.
The Krang inside the Android body will be non-removable and based on the Vintage toy.
The Second Krang will have Wave 5's alternate expression.
The reason for the non-removable Krang is to reduce the possible Structural problems posed by a removable Krang.
Another thing I would do is eliminate the waist twist. Again, trying to reduce any chance of Torso breakage. Unlike BST AXN, This Krang should get a T-Crotch with a red trunks overlay to allow for usable leg articulation.
Now for Accessories:
Heads:
-Default Android head
-Angry Android head
-"Modernized" Android head
Both heads have removable glasses for alternate Eyeblast effects (Laser, electrical)
Hands:
-C-grips
-Dramatic
-Fists
-rocket punch effect with stand
Hand attachments:
-Dual blasters
-Chained mace (real chain)
-Chained mace (twirling sculpt)
-Axe
Other accessories:
-Aforementioned laser blast
-Aforementioned electric blast
-Back wings from Turtles in Time
-Aforementioned Smaller Krang with removable tentacles
-2 sets of alternate tentacles
-smaller Bubble Walker with basic articulation
-BW arms
-BW gun
-Alternate BW hands
-Krang Tripod
Using Super7 pricing, this Krang would be in the 85-95 range.
The only downside is that W.5 Krang becomes pointless. I'm afraid that a New Android Body that fits the W.5 Krang would be Too Big and the torso would be more breakable due to Super7's weird and unstable QC. But, this is a theoretical Krang, so let's tackle a wave 5 compatible body:
It would need to be 13" tall. This makes it grossly oversized. The Torso would still be One Piece, aside the front plate from the Krang housing. This plate would be interchangeable in order to insert Krang in the Android body. One plate has no presculpted tentacles to display the Android body without Krang. The other has presculpted tentacles that hold Krang in place.
Now for Accessories:
Heads:
-Default Android head
-Angry Android head
-"Modernized" Android head
Both heads have removable glasses for alternate Eyeblast effects (Laser, electrical)
Hands:
-C-grips
-Dramatic
-Fists
-rocket punch effect with stand
Hand attachments:
-Dual blasters
-Chained mace (real chain)
-Chained mace (twirling sculpt)
-Axe
Other accessories:
-Aforementioned laser blast
-Aforementioned electric blast
-Back wings from Turtles in Time
-2 New Krang Heads
-2 new sets of tentacles
-2 Aforementioned Android body plates.
Unfortunately, this Krang would be in the 100-125 range.
The main question is Visually, How should it be made?
I'd say take heavy inspiration from the Super Cyborg, BUT with some tweaks.
Small sliding panel on torso to reveal the chest missile firing weapon (TiT reference)
Add color to the stitches on the limbs.
Have some color variations on the yellows at Krang's Android Body's midsection.
In Anime form... I'm afraid. Yes, I'm talking about Ranma ½... but it's current year... so fan service (which is ½ of Ranma) will be hyper-censored.
Guess who will suffer the most out of this censorship? Happosai, of course!
Ranma Is coming in October and here's the trailer:
It looks pretty good, but as I stated above, fanservice has been castrated. Supposedly it's also coming with a few dub, LatAm included. Let's see if the "more faithful to the Manga adaptation" can capture audiences.
There's one thing I'll miss from the old series though:
The Loyal Subjects has an actual Action Figure line called BST AXN. I'm not a fan of their normal figures due to their engineering... but those issues can be useful with Krang's Android Body. It's roughly the size of NECA's, but looks more toyetic... in a modern Playmates way. Standing next to Shredder, it scales properly.
Articulation:
One of the reasons I'm not into this line is the articulation: I'm not a huge fan of the large gaps in the knees and elbows when bending them. They work on Krang's Android Body, but they don't work on Leonardo. But the worst part is despite having a huge amount of articulation (including butterfly shoulders), the body is limited.
Krang: Wait, you're not my *groan* Saki!! Shredder: My Krang is vernier. Nefty VO: Krang, your Saki is tint and Shredder, your Krang is too big! Deal with it!
Cannot kick because the crotch stops the legs. It's thickness also prevents it from doing splits.
The shoulder pads also block arm articulation.
3.5
Painted backside... suck it, Playmates!!
Paint and sculpt:
Like Super7, they know that the backs need paint accents. Other than that it seems like he's molded in the proper colors to avoid painting. Which gives it a cheap toy look. In this case, it kind of works for its advantage... The sculpting is not accurate to any source but heavily inspired by the cartoon and the 80s video games. It kinda reminds me of the Rocksteady and Bebop Playmates did a while back.
4.0
Nefty VO: Rock-et Punch!! Krang: I Don't *burp* have one!
Accessories:
Alt. Fists
Drill attachment
Sword attachment
Ax attachment
Dual gun attachments
Alt. Tendrils to display Krang outside the Android body.
Why does Krang remind me of: When you were partying, I studied the blade. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the blockchain. While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated inner strength. And now that the world is on fire and the barbarians are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for help.
Personally, I wouldn't have made Krang removable. He has tendrils stuck to the android body as they're part of the AB sculpt. He has no tripod or Bubble walker, so it's pointless. There is a BST AXN Krang on Bubble Walker, but is much smaller than this Krang. I can't use a vintage Bubble Walker, because this Krang is too big. On the other hand, the Super7 Bubble walker is too big for this Krang. But we're not gonna use the bubble Walker if we have the Android body.
5.0
Overall:
The Android body gets a 4.17 as it's final score. If The Loyal Subjects finds a way to improve the elbow and knee articulation on these figures, they could have a winner As the toys are better than Playmates, but cheaper than NECA. I may be tempted to get their Super Shredder as a stand in until Super7 gets to make their own.
Part 3 is here and if we make it times two it's 6 as in the Channel where April works. I also warned ya about the umpteenth: Vernon, Burne, and Irma are needed rant.
Vernon:
Few changes from the Playmates version:
His tie is not as messy as the vintage toy.
He no longer has a microphone shoved on his hip. The fanny pack on his back is a removable accessory with a loop for the mic. The reason for this stuff to be removable is to be able to pop a new vest and head and make an Archie. Vernon, who has a different name and appearance from Toon Vernon.
Heads: (4)
Smarmy Vernon
Afraid Vernon
Blond Prindle head
Headset wearing head
Hands: (12)
C-grips
Dramatic hands
Fists
Writing hands with sculpted pens
Pointing hands
Accessories: (8)
Microphone
Fanny pack belt
Photo camera
Video camera with hidden gun gimmick (and larger gun)
Removable blue vest
Notepad
Press pass
Burne:
First things first, he's in a Toon Inspired palette.
But there will be Playmates inspired details.
I'd add interchangeable breast pockets. Clean and dirty. He shouldn't have his shirt unbuttoned with belly sticking out, but instead have his shirt bunched on front as he didn't tuck it in correctly and his back untucked. The Toulet Paper stuck to his foot would be an accessory that pegs in his foot hole.
Heads (4)
Neutral
Angry
Vintage snacking
Tired and slovenly with 5 o' clock shadow
Hands: (10)
C-grips
Fists
Dramatic
Pointing
Accessories: (8)
Alternate Breast pocket
TP foot accessory
80s Cellphone sword
Vintage Half eaten sandwich
Press pass
Breakaway 80s computer.
Splinter's coffee mug
Bowl of Turtle soup
Irma:
I still stand that soft goods is da wae. LONG PLASTIC SKIRTS LIMIT ARTICULATION too much. (MOTUC Marlena Flashbacks). Hell, even short skirts do... (Hole in head MOTUC She-Ra flashbacks) the other reason is to be able to switch between Playmates and Toon styled. Soft goods bypass the Playmates embargo.
Heads would be Toon based but with Toy red glasses.
Heads: (3)
Neutral, dreamy, afraid
Hands: (12)
C-grips
Dramatic
Fists
Slap
Peace sign
Accessories:
Purse
Laptop
Turtle comm
Mace
Taser
Press pass
Vintage backpack
Vintage toy Soft goods blouse (vest is sewn into it)
Vintage toy skirt
Krang's Android body:
This sucker will be roughly an $85 figure:
About an inch taller than Mon*Star and a bit wider to fit the Wave 5 Krang inside... BUT with new tentacles specifically made for the Android body.
The figure should have reduced articulation... hear me out!
No need for waist articulation since the torso houses Krang. Due to its Suspenders, I wouldn't try to have underboob articulation. Personally, I'd sacrifice that point of articulation for an accessory.
The body should be a hybrid of Playmates and Animation. In order to bypass the whole "Don't straight up copy Playmates" thing.
Heads:(3)
Neutral, Angry, Firing Lasers from both eyes and mouth (with plug in blast effects)
Hands: (8)
C-grips
Fists
Dramatic
Pincers
Accessories: (8)
Winged backplate (this is why I sacrificed upper Torso articulation)
2 Rocket punch attachment with stands
Communication hand attachment
Eye laser effect
Mouth laser effect
Krang: (6)
Cackling head from Wave 5
New pilot tentacles
New "You're tearing me apart, Lisa" tentacles
Tripod stand
Neutrinos:
I won't go into details here... you know I totally Am...
Dask:
Take the Playmates figure as a base. We modify the lower body sculpt so his pants read as pants and not as tights. Now for his colors:
Cartoon palette should be a start.
The Cheez Whiz color on his outfit should be glossy with golden accents. His lavender leggins should be metallic. Also, in the toy sculpt you can see the leggins peeking at the ankles. The gloves in the toy version should be glossy dark blue.
Heads: (2)
Grimacing
Celebratory
Hands:(8)
C-grips
Dramatic
Celebratory
Accessories:(7)
Redeco of Zak's hoverboard
Redeco of Zak's turtlecomm
New blaster
Blaster similar to Vintage (not an exact replica)
Jetpack inspired by Vintage but with removable wings.
Kala:
Take the vintage toy sculpt and we modify the color palette a smidge. Her crotch should be slightly modified for articulation. Make the oranges on her outfit less red orange and more Faded version of Michelangelo's bandana. Her hair can match Mikey's bandana. Only her boots and vambraces should be metallic forest green. The rest of her outfit should be painted in flat and metallic lime greens.
Heads: (3)
Neutral
Winking
Kissing
Hands:(7)
C-grips
Dramatic
victory Right hand
Accessories:
Redeco Hoverboard
Redeco April Turtle Comm
Vintage toy anti grav boot attachment in "realistic colors".
New Blasters
(I deviated a lot more with Kala due to the Female Figure= Makeup themed accessories plague of 80s-90s toys)
This is a "New" figure based on a Vintage version, so it kinda counts, hence the Honorable Mention, since it kinda doesn't count. We start with an April in strapless Bikini/Underwear body. (Could be reused on Aska if TF becomes available) Like Irma, this is meant to be a 2-in one figure. This is done with soft goods clothing. NO PLEATHER!!
Outfit 1: PMT INSPIRED
Purple blouse, black blazer, black short skirt, Teal tights
Outfit 2: Toon Inspired
Teal vest
Light Brown Blazer
Mustard Yellow pants
Heads:
Toon April inspired, 1990 movie inspired, Ravishing Reporter card art inspired head.
Hands:
Same as OG April
Accessories:
Channel 6 Mic
Ninja April Camera
Press pass
Gun
I had to go a bit Light here on the accessories due to the outfits.
I think I covered most of my wants and a bit more. Let's see what S7 will do for the next wave.
Trigger Warning: This list is a product of Boredom. I'm not actively campaigning for these in Ultimates. This list is just a way to flex my creative muscles in parts reuse and making variants along the lines of Neon Talking Super Street Luge Batman. Since I mentioned Batman:
I just wanted an excuse to share the nuts scene...
Metalhead Turtles:
Playmates Started it: I'm gonna finish it:
Metalhead Leo:
Metalhead body in Military green with Navy Blue pads. New Metalhead styled belt with 2 loops on the sides to hold his energy swords.
The backpack would be blue.
Standard Metalhead hands
Accessories:
Metalhead grenades in blue and silver
2 silver sword hilts.
2 blue energy blades with silver hilts. (Energy should look more like Thundarr the Barbarian than Lightsabers.
Metalhead Donatello:
Metalhead body in copper with Purple accents
Je getd a new Metalhead belt with horizontal loop on the back to hold a collapsed techno bo.
Purple backpack
Standard hands
Accessories:
Metalhead spinning attachment with spinning translucent techno bo. (For safety reasons, bo can be removed from spinner)
Normal techno bo.
Collapsed Techno bo
Metalhead grenades
Blaster attachment
Metalhead Raphael:
Same as the other Turtles, but in Lime green and Metallic red Accents.
New Metalhead styled belt that can hold his sai on the front
Metallic red backpack
Standard MH hands
Accessories.
Normal Sai
Blaster attachments that have a sai shaped energy blast
MH grenades
I'll do other characters like Cyber Shredder, Gynoid Irma and April on another rant for another day, but the idea is to these be used against Robotic Bebop and Rocksteady.
New Disguised Turtles:
Basically a new series of disguises for the Turtles:
Paladin Leonardo:
Basically Leonardo in a Paladin Armor. Something in Silver with Blue accents, blue soft goods cape, a golden "MOTU inspired Belt with blue bezels, blue tights and silver greaves. Arms would have the blue tights and silver vambraces with his hands being bare.
2 Heads:
Leonardo with a Blond Mullet reminiscent of Liquid Snake.
Normal Leonardo head
Accessories:
2 broadswords one sword holding loop is on the back, the other on his hip.
Turtle shaped Paladin shield
Steampunk Don:
Donatello wearing a top hat with steampunk goggles, a Willy Wonka-esque sleeveless soft goods coat, beige pants and thigh high brown boots. Near the shins and on the feet the boots have a spring loaded contraption that allows Don to do Steam powered Super jumps
On his arms he's wearing a series of bracers that hold a pair of steam powered Grappling hook cannons. He also sports a small steam engine Shellpack.
2 heads:
Top hat head with Steampunk glasses
Without top hat head.
Accessories:
Aforementioned shellpack and grappling hooks
Spring loaded Bo staff
Splinter's coffee mug
Hoses that connect from the shellpack to the arms and legs.
Steampunk Sniper rifle
Oversized steampunk wrench staff
Hardcore Wrestling Raph:
Picture Raph wearing wrestling tights and boots in colors reminiscent of Raphael.
2 heads:
Mexican Wrestler mask
Normal Raphael
Specialized hands:
Pointing hands
Accessories:
2 tonfa
Featherboa
Sunglasses
Soft goods Breakaway shirt
Removable weightlifter belt
Necklace
Electric guitar
Gamer Mike:
Mikey wearing a tanktop with a Hawaiian shirt (with anime girls and pizza), sweatpants, and sneakers.
2 heads:
Screaming
Happy
Specialized hands:
Controller grip hands
Portable console hands
Power glove inspired hand
Accessories:
"Wiimote-inspired" Nunchaku
Modern console controller
"SEGA Gamegear inspired" handheld console
Arcade joystick
Random idea Turtles
Gambler Leo:
Picture Leonardo in a Blue themed version of D'Arby's outfit pictured left.
JoJo reference was intended, but not the Cam Clarke Reference.
Heads:
Neutral
Anxious
Happy
Standard Hands
Specialized hands:
Card holding hands
Poker chip hands (one doing the rolling chip trick, the other holding a chip between thumb and index.)
Accessories:
Various card hands
Single Ace of Spades card
Single Joker card
Stacks of chips
Wad of cash
Waterfall Shuffling deck
Deck cutting swords (the Sewer Samurai Ninjato)
Bartender Don:
Donatello dressed as a Fancy Bartender. Outfit is in various shades of purple.
Hands:
Standard hands, Pointing hands
Specialized hands: shaker holding hands
Accessories:
Soft goods black apron
Mixing tabletop that doubles as a bqo staff long Riot Shield
2 Escrima Sticks
2 Tonfa
(These double as the Table legs)
Bo staff
Shaker
2 martini glasses
2 long glasses
4 drink bottles
2 Molotov effect that fits all bottles.
Bouncer Raph
Raph wearing brand new Blue Jeans with white tops and a Red shirt. Forearms and hands wrapped in red fighter tape heads without bandana wearing red rimmed sunglasses. He also sports removable chains (he collects from kicking ass like Mr.T)
Heads:
Neutral
Angry
Standard hands but with Fighter tape.
Special brass knuckle hands.
Accessories:
Aforementioned glasses and chains
2 sai
Fake ID (pic of Zach the 5th Turtle with a fake name)
Party Time Mike:
Mikey wearing a flashy 70s styled suit with Turtle shell patterned accents.
Heads:
Reuse the tongue head from surfing Mike but add a gold tooth⁵
New "wooooo!" Head (ric flair reference)
Accessories:
Shutter shades
Stylish Fedora (PIMP HAT)
Stylish Cane (cane is meant to turn into Nunchuck)
Stylish Canechuck with real chain
Soft goods fuzzy coat
Non alcoholic sparkling bottle
2 glasses with said beverage
Gold leaf covered pizza.
Wad of bills
Crossover Turtles:
Taking TMNT and having the Turtles dress like they're from the other line (ie Star Trek Turtles or MMPR Turtles) No I won't do better versions of Turtles of Grayskull... Also, I'm not paying attention to what company has which license. This is an imaginary idea inspired by past TMNT toys.
G.I. Turt: Half-Shelled American Heroes:
Leo as Duke:
Basically Leonardo in a Duke outfit with Blue Boots and belts. The L would be on his belt buckle.
3 heads:
Duke wig
Helmet
Normal Leonardo
Accessories:
Binoculars
Rifle
Shellpack
(On his Shellpack instead of the Shovel he gets storage for 2 Leo Katanas).
Donatello as Doc:
Donatello dressed as Doc but his paramedic cross would be purple. His glasses would be purple rimmed the belts would be purple as well. On his Belt Buckle he gets his D.
Specialized hands: (latex glove hands)
Heads: With Helmet, without Helmet (removable glasses)
Accessories:
Medikit
Flaregun
Bo staff
Satchel
(No lethal weapons because Doc is a conscientious objector)
Raphael as Sgt. Slaughter:
Raphael dressed as Sarge, But with some color differences;
Red Tanktop with red accents on boots.
Red glasses and whistle
Red belt with the R on the Buckle.
Heads:
Normal Raph
Raph disguised as Sarge with the Stash, wig, and fake chin.
Specialized hands:
Pointing.
Accessories:
Red Riding Crop
The aforementioned glasses and whistle
Super7 Ultimates Raph figure
Drill Sgt. Hat
Rifle
Sai
Michelangelo as Shipwreck:
Mikey dressed as Shipwreck but orange belts and gloves.
Heads:
Shipwreck with fake beard and hat
Shipwreck with fake beard and wig
Michelangelo head with sailor hat
Accessories:
Pistol
Flintlock pistol
Grappling hook nunchaku with real string
Grappling hook with molded plastic string (preposed)
Grappling hook molded in twirling effect
Polly the parrot who can clip to the top of his shell.
If possible dark blue UC Raph coat (reference to the PSA)
The T-Team:
Leonardo as Hannibal:
Leonardo dressed as the Galoob Toys Hannibal.
Heads:
Hannibal wig with Cigar, Hannibal wig no cigar, Leo head
Accessories:
Shellpack
Katanas
Machinegun
Raphael as B.A.:
Basically Raph dressed as Galoob BA
Heads:
Normal BA, passed out BA, Normal Raph head
Accessories:
Rifle
Toolbox
Tools (reuse party wagon tools)
Chains
Glass of milk
Sai
Mikey as HM Murdock:
Mikey dressed as HM Murdock
Heads:
Normal Mike head, Murdock Neutral head,pilot helmet head with crazy face
Specialized hands: sockpuppet c-grip and "closed mouth"
Accessories:
Rifle
Shellpack
Grappling hook with rope
Binoculars
Nunchucks
Don as Face:
Don dressed as the Galoob Face figure
Heads:
Normal Don, Face wig neutral, Face with charming smile.
Accessories
Rifle
Uzi
Bo staff
Radio shellpack
(BONUS: Party Wagon repainted in A-Team van colors)
Movie Icons:
This is a line representing various Movie Characters Whose roster couldn't fit a whole crossover:
Leonardo as Rambo:
Essentially It's leonardo dressed up as John Rambo as seen in Rambo first blood part two.
Heads:
Leonardo with Rambo wigs one neutral, the other screaming
Specialized hands:
Arrow hands
Accessories:
Bow and arrows
Belt fed machine gun
Dual Oversized Rambo knives
Dirty First Blood Poncho and rope (soft goods)
Donatello as Indiana Jones:
I think I made one of these already, but Donatello dressed as Indy:
One head with a Harrison Ford wig the other UC Raph.
Standard hands
Accessories:
Handgun
Whip
Satchel
Staff of Ra with removable top
Rat idol (Reuse Mousers rat painted in gold)
Raphael as Tony Montana:
Say ello to my lil fren... that's the Tony being referenced. Raphael dressed as Tony during his last stand.
Heads:
Screaming head
Angry head
Standard hands
Accessories:
Sais
Grenade launcher
Mysterious taped off Pizza boxes
Grenade effect
Machinegun effect
Michelangelo as Pee-Wee Herman:
Mikey dressed as Pee-Wee Herman
2 heads wearing a Pee-Wee wig with both having exaggerated expressions like Pee-Wee.
Standard hands
Accessories:
Nunchaku with Turtle faces (inspired by the Playmates Bugchaku role play set.)
Removable belt based on the Sewer Exploration Belt
The reason why she became popolare is the whole weirdness of a Tiny Grandma talking about sex. It was cringe as hell but like I Said, her advice was sound. Also she was an Israeli Sniper. So now you're picturing Dr. Ruth dressed as Sniper Wolf giving sex advice to Solid Snake... I hate my brain sometimes. But in any case, my condolences to friends and family.
Everyone seems to be dying this week... Hell even Donald Trump was almost assassinated. But I'm here to talk about Prue, not The Donald.
So, yeah, Shannen Doherty died. Breast Cancer is to blame. As always my condolences to friends and family. I won't wax poetic too much since I rarely saw Beverly Hills 90210 or Charmed. I honestly stopped watching around the time Doherty left. I mostly remember her from Mallrats.
Seriously, Haley Joel, stop watching TV!!
July has been freaky with the dead people!
Seriously, July... you need to stop killing people, pretty please?
After the disappointing Cobra Kai 2, Karate Kid is going back to its roots:
Karate Kid itself... but we're also going Old School
It seems that Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles Shredder's Revenge has revived the 2D Sprite based Beat'em-up genre. We have Power Rangers, we have GI Joe, we have Toxic Crusaders, And now we have Karate Kid.
Check out the Demon Sorcerer Miyagi! Wait is that Ali with an I? I'm very likely to buy this game.
There are some ReActions but I don't give a fuck about those, especially with the $90+ shipping to Puerto Rico.
Glow in the Dark Scumbug. I guess he'll be like $75-80 since the standard version was $65 because "reasons". Review of the normal Scumbug here (shameless self promoting).
I ALMOST want him.
Speaking of Overpriced Bullshit is Overpriced. It's a repaint with different accessories. Gonna be more expensive than the Normal Party Wagon. If it wasn't over $400 plus S&H and was, say $150, (and sent by USPS to Puerto Rico) I'd most likely buy one.
Now THIS I WANT!! It's stupid, lazy, uninspired, and an obvious scam... but I'm a sucker for Michelangelo. Also the whole Pizza Time! Theme lends itself for some crazy pics...
I'm well aware that this figure is just a new apron and soft goods hat... and that the bullshit level
That's right Vegeta. The bullshit level is over 9000! But I'm a sucker for Michelangelo.
They should make all of these available at EE or BBTS... I just want a decent chance of getting Invisible Sheila and Satoshi Isshiki disguise Mikey.
Now slap some sense into Kyle and give us Pizzaface with soft goods Apron and hat, which makes him different enough from Playmates, dammit!
Yes, THAT Shelley Duvall. Apparently, she died due to
Diabeetus complications. She was 75. My condolences to friends and family.
Honestly, I know her for 3 things:
-As a kid I often confused her and Talia Shire. Adult me knows that they don't look similar at all other than being women. Well, I can be bad associating names with faces ON REAL PEOPLE. I fare much better with fictional characters for some reason. Let's just say that many of my relationships died due to saying the wrong name at the wrong time. Dating a girl namesd Alexandra and calling her Jeannice can be problematic... (fake names. For their sake)
-The Shining
-Popeye
Popeye being one of my mom's favorite bad movies to watch... I don't know if she ever saw it on theaters... all I know is that she stopped everything to watch that movie. I didn't hate it but I also didn't think it was great. As an adult, I can see the respect and reverence to the source Material. It wasn't perfect, but it's enjoyable.
I just realized that Popeye, Bluto, and Olive are all dead...
Time is passing by and pushing the Reaper closer. Vade retro torva messor!
Between preparing the Advent Calendar stuff... (learned to get at least over half the reviews done before July in order to ease up the load on the second half of the year... (I might even start the 2025 AC when the Q3 items begin to show up. Still waiting on the Jesus figs...) I've been focusing way too much on TMNTU when I've other 1:10 lines to look for... so, here's a list of items I'd like to have... if they existed:
50: Isetta (Urkelmobile):
It's quirkier than the Smart cat. Though I'd like a Smart car as well. If S7 made an Ultimates Vernon, I could see him mocking whoever drove this.
49: Safes and vaults:
I know the old Marvel Select Black Cat had a safe. But we need more of those, and vault doors for robbing bank displays or heroes stoppong a bank robbery display.
48: Videogames and Visual Media related accessories:
I know there are a few gachapon items from Japan, but those are expensive... not to mention that they're smaller than 1:12 scale, but bigger than 1:18. I want a NES, a Sega Genesis, A Dreamcast, an XBox Series X, a PS5, a MSX, a Neo Geo, hell, a Philips CD-Iaybe even a few VCRs and DVD Players to complete the look.
47: Desks and office display stuff:
This is more for Marcel and DC stuff so we COULD get away with 1:12 stuff, but I'm looking in the direction of Wrestling figures that are closer to 1:10 scale. I know Jakks Pacofic used to make file cabinets and stuff. Used it in combination with the Spider-Man JJJ desk.
46: Smaller playsets/backdrops (no cardboard walls):
Jakks used to make some kickass backdrops but they were mostly cardboard. Mattel too, but no more. They try to push big assed rings through Mattel Creations and I don't want Rings. I WANT BACKSTAGE Arenas: Locker Rooms, Boiler Rooms, Parking Lots. Stuff that can be used both for Wrestling and Superheroic displays. Multiple use across lines and all that...
45: Armored Truck:
Mattel could modify the Slambulance interior and pull off an Armored vehocle to use with Superhero lines.
44: Emergency Vehicles:
We already got Mattel's Slambulance, but a cop car and a Firetruck would be cool as well.
43: Animals:
Talking about Zoo varieties here: elephant, gorillas, pandas, etc. The big animals.
42: Musical Instrments:
Sure, some of the turtle variants come with musical instruments. But i'm not gonna spend over a hundred dollars for an action figure guitar. I would love to get things like a drum kit... Acoustic,electric guitars, clarinets... I'd almost be tempted to get a church organ Dioama. Yes, I would be displaying it. Nick arcade playing the Organ and making "die monster" references.
41: Lab Equipment:
Many 1:12 and 1:10 lines have characters thar are scientists, but no scientific equipment... aside a random Erlenmeyer flask. I want science shit for Donatello or Billy. Hell even Reed Richards could use some of this.
40: Alchemy/Sorcery Equipment:
For the Doctor Dooms and Skeletors, Magic shit is needed.
39: Bikes:
Motorbikes Bicycles even the weird reverse trikes. I need varoety in 2 wheeled equipment. And no, I don't want an E.T. bike..
38: small critters:
Earlier I mentioned the "BIG ZOO animals". Here I'm looking at the Squirrels, pigeons, and other small urban/suburban animals.
37: Rats:
I know they kinda qualify as small critters, but I need a Shit ton of Rats for Rat King.
36: Mach 5:
Yes, I'm talking about THAT Mach 5... with the Jacks, the Circular saws, etc. While I don't want Speed Racer figures, I'd like a Mach 5. (Can see Nick Sr. Driving it.)
35: breakable walls:
A Part of me hates them, due to the cartoony way they break. But if we could get more realistic Breakaway walls, we could have better displays. If we could get modular Breakaway walls, it would be great. By that I mean the way the wall Crumbles. It should have pieces to display the wall crumbling in small pieces, medium pieces, and large pieces.
34: vending machines:
I know Miworld made one a while back. But I'm looking for variety. Not just a multi snacl vending machine. I'm thinking soda, snacks, hot beverages, Hell even gumball and gacha toy machines. Yes, I'd use Ace Duck for pics.
33: Official Arcade Machines:
I know a few of these were made by japanese companies a few years back. But I want Amerocan styled machines that also includes Skeeball, basketball, pinball, etc. Fuck it, I just want a Ridable Hang-On! Because reasons.
32: More Foodstuffs:
Sure we have the occasional pizza, hot dogs, burgers, beer, shawarma, but I want more:
Ramen cup noodles, egg fried rice, breakfast cereal, toast, pancakes, waffles, etc.
31: park themed props:
You know the Tech Deck boards, they also come with ramps and other stuff to make a skate park. I KNOW some had like benches and picnic tables. Were they to scale? I dunno. I've only seem pics online. Probably not, but these larger to scale items could be better for fingerboarding than a Bench smaller than the skateboard. Also, they do great for action figure displays. Especially with the fedora and trenchcoats that can be found on eBay, I could have Foot Soldiers removing their disguises to attack the Turtles.
30: crates, drums, and other containers:
I know that Metal Drums are available, but wooden crates are a rarity. But we don't have transport crates, as in those for trucks. If done properly, the shipping crates could double as mini playsets.
29: fire Hydrants, parking meters, traffic signs, etc.:
Not only do they have dual functions as props and weapons, I'd like the fire hydrants to be semi modular. Meaning plug in water effects (see the Arcade TMNT games as reference.
28: Fire Effects:
No this isn'tthe standard SH Figuarts Flaming attack effect. I mean FIRE as in
Modular Walls of fire to create burning buildings or a hellish display with the appropriate Tim Mee Battle Mountain (Red or Black)
27: Furniture:
If I wanted to make a Turtle lair, I have no couches and stuff since most of the 1:12 furniture is smaller and made for dolls.
26: Golf Cart:
They're perfect for security guards as well as Golfers. Also, it has comedic value having a chase display (warning, I'm going to use only the vehicles *I* have and not, say the Super7 Party Wagon on this example:
Tatsu, Rocksteady and Bebop are fleeing in the WWE Rig The Turtles chasing on a modded Slambulancewith Casey giving chase in the Slam Cycle...and then we have a Custom Zach the 5th Turtle chasing in the Golf Cart.
That's it for now. I'll work on the remaining 24 options that are not a Car that sounds like Mr. Feeny!
Surprisingly, not the one I was expecting... No, it's not a Full House Tanner. It's an ALF Tanner that passed away. By that I mean Benji Gregory, who played the youngest Tanner, Brian, has passed away. Cause of Death unrevealed, but he was found dead with his also dead service dog in a Chase Bank parking lot in Arizona. He had severe depression, bipolar and sleeping disorders.
I'm no Detective, but I'm guessing, he had gone to the bank to make a transaction with his service dog, took a nap in his car due to his sleeping disorder and Arizona's climate did the rest. I REALLY hope this is what happened, because I don't want to think of any other option as it would be too cruel.
In any case, My condolences to his friends and family.
I won't go on about his acting career because all I knew him from was ALF.
For the accessories, I'd go for the mutated OG Shredder stuff.
Tokka:
I've suggested movie accessories, toy accessories, Manhattan project accessories... I'm going to try another direction with him.
Like his Playmates counterpart, he starts with a Slash body. But with further mods:
First No Slash Belt. He gets a new one. No gadgets and other crap like Slash's but more traditional like the Turtles. It still keeps the foot buckle at the front though. Since Tokka is supposed to be big, his belt could be made out of multiple belts, like some Tetsuya Nomura Belt on Belt nightmare.
He needs new spiked shoulders new biceps, new elbow pads, new wrist wraps, new hands.
New knee pads and feet. Making this a "more movie accurate while preserving some of the 80s and 90s parts reuse" aesthetics.
Heads: (3)
Vintage toy inspired
More movie accurate with closed mouth
More movie accurate screaming.
Hands: (8)
C- grips
Fists
Claw attack/Dramatic
Accessories: (4)
Here I will Mostly deviate from Playmates. The only surviving Playmates accessory is the mace.
Mace
Shell Buckler from Manhattan Project
Stop sign makeshift axe.
The ooze filled donuts from the movie (intact)
Rahzar:
Like Tokka before him, we need to Deplaymatesize him a bit. I'm thinking adding certain movie elements like the chain holding the car grille over the Playmates blue shirt. Adding the double loincloth that the movie sculpt has, but in Playmates colors.
Heads: (3)
Vintage toy inspired
Vintage toy inspired mouth wide open
Vintage toy inspired howling head
Hands: (8)
C-grips
Fists
Dramatic hands
Accessories: (4)
Makeshift Nunchucks out of Chained posts.
I-beam bludgeon with Claw holes to be held by his Dramatic hands.
The ooze filled donuts from the movie (broken)
Chrome Dome (no vac metal version):
While Chrome Dome only has vac Metal on his head and torso, I don't trust Super7 and Vac Metal.
Take Visual cues from Tournament Fighters and Shredder's Revenge.
Heads: (2)
Normal
Battle damaged
Hands: (10)
C-grips
Fists
Dramatic
2 finger Ninja pose.
Accessories:
Goupillon with real chain as seen in the card art.
Katana and wakizashi (metal with laser edge)
Modified Sai
New Electro staff with electric effects.
Groundchuck:
I expect him to be roughly Bebop Sized woth articulated tail (red with green tip). He should look like a hybrid of Playmates and cartoon version. Maybe some changes to differentiate him from other versions is swap the torn scale shirt to a torn shirt with chainmail over it. It creates the same effect as the Playmates toy design, but different.
The cartoon had the great idea of painting his belt a different color from the furry loincloth.
Slight alterations to the leg armor and cybernetic leg to differentiate from Playmates, like say, have it be slightly more angular while preserving the details.
Different shades of yellow between his bullseyes and the lens on his cyber eye. For his accessories, I'm thinking the Pipe from TMNT 3 Manhattan Project, a taser bullwhip, wrist dart launcher (similar but different to Playmates designs) Foot Clan brand iron (both normal and flaming hot)
Dirtbag:
Personally I feel he should be 7 inches and a bit wider than a MOTUC. I want him as muscular as the vintage toy and not as flabby as the toon version. Perhaps some middle ground to differentiate him from both versions?
Theoretically speaking He should suffer a departure from vintage in his color pallette. He's supposed to be wearing overalls, but the vintage toy AND toon version have the colors wrong. The overalls are painted like a pair of pants and a separate tanktop. What I would do is have his overalls be the lighter green that his top has, but have his overalls be super dirty, particularly the leg area to create that distinction in color. His removable backpack shows the difference between clean and dirty. Pack should also be very dirty. It should have a loop for the removable spade and 2 clips to hold his dual pick axes (a replacement to the Playmates 4 point Pick Axe) and a Jackhammer. (Nod to the jackhammer gun playmates had) a second head with his miner's lamp "turned on" (GITD white paint) would complete the figure.
As long as we don't get topless Dirtbag from Manhattan Project... though that COULD be the safest direction for S7.
These last two were a copy/paste from a past rant, but it works. It's not laziness if the ideas are sound and I'm just dropping a reminder.
Besides, everyone knows part 3 will be Channel 6 people and others.
I unfortunately got hit with Super7 QC on a spare Alice I got from eBay. Getting her out of the package, her right leg fell off. Broke at the crotch. She was meant to be turned into a MuTeens Tribble.
Yes I am fucked, shit out of luck, looking for tutorials on how to reattach balljoint pegs. Have to buy pliers and a small drill bit. Warm up her leg to pop the ball joint off to see if I can graft a metal post inside the joint and epoxy them together or something.
It sucks because it's a $55 discontinued figure... So, it sucks if one breaks... I've had 2 so far... well 3, but Krang I could fix... speaking of Krang: I'm looking for alternatives to Super7's Krang. Either a Vintage Krang or a Loyal Subjects Krang... this brings me to the next rant.
With Playmates making demands and forcing Super7 to pad the line with 2003, I'm worried about Vintage. I had bought a WWE Superstars Alexa Bliss to use as a body base for a stand in figure, but the soft goods skirt only fits the Alice body...
Fuckdammit! Now I have to get Two Alices and some sculpting Material to make a Tribble and a Just in case Irma... and that is a problem. Until NECA does a Single carded Irma that I could buy 2 of, I'm Shit out of Luck. So, I need to prepare to take matters in my own hands and make shitty customs. But it's not just Irma, no... I may have to be preemptively getting parts for say, Pizzaface, Zach the 5th Turtle, Carter, etc.
We don't know where Super7 will go to. They Lost Dosney and Simpsons. Star Trek looks like
So, we also had Power Rangers having figures canned... you see where I'm going with this. With preorders to Puerto Rico getting raped on shipping, it feels like My time with S7 might come to an end. Let me make this clear. It's not by MY hand that this is likely to happen. But by Super7's shipping issues and QC snafus... ordering whole waves via sites like EE, BBTS, etc. Is not optimal as I don't have an option to PAY NOW.
Better try to lift my spirits with some theoretical lists.
