Sunday, April 28, 2013

Go-Figure Post #4

Hey guys, I got a mixed bag of customs today! We have an Avengers 6" Loki, a 6" Black Widow, a Transformers Prime Thundertron, a DCUC Aquaman, and another mod on my Mark 7 Iron Man from the Avengers

Loki:
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After:
Basically this is a repaint, and mod I guess is the way to describe it. If you want to do this, you'll need a black sharpie paint marker, crazy glue, an exacto knife, 2 of the cosmic spears from a 3" Avengers Loki, fodder lightning effects, the tesseract is from the 3" Captain America Red Skull, extra hair pieces or you can sculpt your own if you can sculpt (which I cannot), green and black cloth (or you can do what I did and sharpie a white tshirt and cut out what you need. Easier to get the exact color you want.), and of course, you'll need the walmart exclusive Avengers 6" Loki.
I personally am not a fan of all plastic robes. I find that it can inhibit movement. Therefore Instead of using plastic I used cloth for the robes under Loki's main "Jacket", cut the shoulder pauldrons off his cape, applied the cloth cape, and glued the pauldrons over that. I Sharpied the sleeves and the main "Jacket" as well as some of the gold on his torso under the jacket. For the hair I took some heads from my fodder bin, glued the hair down, and sharpied it to give Loki his longer hair in Avengers as opposed to his movie 1 length which the figure originally came with. For the long staff, I just combined two of the 3" Loki staffs. Now this isn't the last you'll see of the god of mischief. I MAY make a few more mods that I didn't see before,  but for now, I'm really likin it.






Black Widow:
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After:
For this you will need the Black Widow from the Marvel Legends Black Widow and Winter Soldier 2-pack, black sharpie paint marker, crazy glue, an exacto knife, fodder gun holsters and pistols,  a red sharpie paint marker, fodder hair bits or sculpt your own, and your choice of black thread/rope ( I particularly used the black rope from the zip lines of the G.I.Joe Retaliation Ninja figures.) This was basically A LOT of patience trying to glue down those damn wire pieces. The belt buckle and shield logos on her arm are from a 3" Avengers Black Widow. The Red sharpie paint marker is to make all the hair pieces match, and the black was to make the boots glossy. It may not look exactly like ScarJo but I'll take it!




Transformers Prime Thundertron:
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After:
You will need a Thundertron figure, blue sharpie paint marker, white sharpie paint marker, silver sharpie paint marker, crazy glue, exacto knife, Star Seeker logo print outs, blue cloth, War for Cybertron Optimus, and fodder weapons.As with my previous Transformers custom, I can't even begin to pinpoint exactly what I did, I basically just came up with a design and ran with it. The only thing I can say is the foot. Take the foot of a Transformers War for Cybertron Optimus, paint it, add a ball joint to it, and crazy glue a balljoint to that one and it should work. Other than that, all I can say is if you want to do this, just try to follow the pictures.









Aquaman
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After:
You'll need an exacto knife, crazy glue, Marvel Legends Ghost Rider shoulder pads, same black rope from Widow, a DCUC Aquaman, rubberbands, a DC Collectibles New 52 Aquaman, and a silver sharpie paint marker. As with Thundertron, try to follow the pictures.





Iron Man Mark.VII
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After:
Basically I swapped out the forearm rocket pads for bigger ones, I gave him a raised arc reactor, added some armor bits to the wrists of the gauntlet, added some armor to his shoulders and rather than keep painting the fading gold on his chest, I glued down some gold armor bits.
 


 



And lastly this pic is for pipecito2112's creativity place who asked to see a comparison picture of the Disney store exclusive Marvel Select Hawkeye and a DCUC Green Lantern:

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thor:The Dark World News

Two pretty cool updates on the upcoming Thor: The Dark World film. The first is that we should be getting a new trailer this Tuesday the 23rd, and the second piece of news is the first teaser poster has just been put online! I'll have the trailer up on the blog as soon as I can but for now, check out the awesome poster!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Man of Steel - Official Trailer 3 [HD]

EVERYBODY HEAD OVER TO IWILLFINDHIM.COM FOR THE NEW MAN OF STEEL TRAILER! I'll have it on the blog tomorrow!

Monday, April 1, 2013

Reviews of Play Arts Kai Arkham City Robin, and DC COmics Unlimited Savage Hawkman!

It's a Monday two-fer! Let's dive right in by looking first at The Savage Hawkman!

The Basics:
Scale: 6"
Price: $15.99 in store, $13.77 - $26.45 on Amazon.com


Character Bio:
 
When archeologist Carter Hall uncovered an ancient dagger made from the mysterious Nth metal, the mysterious substance became infused with his body, granting him the gifts of super-human strength, flight, and living armor. After fashioning a set of artificial wings to steady his flight,  Hall took to the skies with a collection of medieval weaponry to protect the streets of New York City from the likes of Morphicus and The Gentleman Ghost. Rest assured the bustling metropolis is safe under the watchful eyes of The Savage Hawkman!
For more on Hawkman, check out: http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hawkman
 





Hawkman here is an example of the good stuff that comes out of Mattel! He is a fantastic figure! His sculpt is perfect, the torso and arms, if im not mistaken are all reused, as well as the legs, up until his knees, that looks to be all new sculpting, as well as his harness/shoulder pad piece and his head. The wings are reused from the original DCUC Hawkman, but this guy just looks cool. He was probably my favorite new design to come out of the New 52! I've always been a Hawkfan, but this look is just so badass.


 
In terms of accessories, Hawkman scores two, which for mattel's DC figures, is like a plethora of goodies. He gets his axe-mace combo which looks like something outta Game of Thrones (anyone catch the new season premiere? Pretty cool if you ask me) and he gets his Claw shield which I have dubbed "The Wolvie-Shield." Both are really cool, but his axe-mace is incredibly soft, and bends easily, and therefore is warped out of packaging. Paint wise, Hawkman is fantastic, but as always, watch for the gold and green, all there really is on him. For articulation, Hawkman has a balljointed head, swivel-hinge shoulders, swivel biceps, hinge elbows, swivel wrists, an ab-crunch, swivel waist, DCUC style hips, swivel thighs, hinge knees, and hinge ankles.

OVERALL:
As I said before, Hawkman is Mattel doing a DC figure right, as always, more articulation is welcome, but this is a really solid figure, double hinge knees,  would really help posing though, but even without him, this is a pretty cool figure!
9 OUT OF 10!!!


 
And now onto the figure that has earned a spot on my top 10 list for this year, It's Robin time!

The Basics:
Scale: 8"/9"

Price: varies depending on comic book store, $42.88 - $91.87 on Amazon.com

Character Bio:

A mastermind sidekick. The third Robin, Tim Drake, is a brilliant young detective who deduced the true identity of Batman himself, as well as those of the previous two Robins. Drake was at Batman's side when he was grieving the murder of the previous Robin, Jason Todd, by the Joker.
To read more about Robin's role in the Arkham games check out : http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_(Batman:_Arkham_City)


I normally don't do this but I really like the way it looks for this figure so let's take a look at the packaging.



 Yeah, you know this is a high-end figure when the packaging is all fancy and whatnot. I was contemplating leaving him in the box for a bit, just because it looked that good, but no, no, he had to be freed from his plastic prison.
 



Robin looks really good. When it was announced that Robin and Nightwing would be in Arkham City, I couldn't wait to see their new designs, and while Nightwing's did look cool, I fell in love with Robin's and new I wanted a figure version. I passed on the DC direct because it didn't have much articulation, but it had a killer sculpt. I got the Mattel one, but was disappointed with the semi-weak sculpt, and lack of articulation and no accessories. Then this one hit the webs and I knew he would be mine. This is the best Arkham-verse Robin figure to be released. The sculpt is fantastic. The paint is flawless, Play Arts Kai delivers again, and I can see why some people gave up on U.S. toys and wait for these.


The sculpt is really well done here. The armor looks fantastic, and the wrinkles in the pants and cape are perfect. The only problem I had was the hood on mine was glued on all wonky. I took it off and reglued it and it was fine. It may just be mine, but something to look out for when picking yours out should you get it from a retailer. Other than that, I had no issues. Below is just a pic with the flash on to get a look at the wash on the cape and some of the face detail.



 For accessories, Robin comes with two sets of hands, his pre-packaged fists, and an open palm left hand, and a clenching right hand. He also includes his Bo staff, which as you can see in the pic below, has some really nice little details.
Now here is my favorite part when reviewing a Play Arts figure. The articulation. The Boy Wonder here has a balljoint where the skull meets the neck, a balljoint where the neck meets the chest, a hinge at the shoulder blades, swivel-hinge shoulders, swivel biceps, hinge elbows which go past a 90 degree bend, and have a swivel right above and below the hinge. a swivel where the wrist meets the forearm, a hinge at the wrist, and a swivel where the wrist meets the palm. He also has a balljoint at the abs, and a balljoint at the waist. he has a swivel-hinge hip, a hidden thigh swivel, double- hinge knees, a swivel where the ankle meets the calf, a swivel where the ankle meets the foot, and a hinge at the ankle, and finally, a swivel at the toes. That. Is. AMAZING.

OVERALL:
Robin is amazing. This is a perfect figure in my opinion. The only thing that could have been added are more of his gadgets from the game, maybe some shuriken or a grapple gun, but honestly, this figure is perfect as is, at least to me anyway. The only thing that sucks, is, if your OCD with scale, he won't look right next to your Arkham Asylum Batman, but these guys are too much money for me to get a new Batman when I have a perfectly functioning one.

10 OUT OF 10!!!!!!
9 OUT OF 10 IF YOUR OCD ABOUT SCALING ISSUES!!!!!




                                                    Oh come on, tell me that doesn't look cool.