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hey /toy/ I need some advice
I collect vinyl designer toys and like to display them on my shelves.
But a lot of them are oddly proportioned and prone to falling over at the slightest bump, one of them even stands on functional roller skates. And some I just cant get to stand on their own at all.
So my question is, what can I do to keep my figures standing? I don't want to glue them to anything obviously, but maybe sticky tack some kind of custom bases? Sorry if theres some sort of obvious solution I'm just not thinking of.
Thanks in advance.
Take a heatgun or a hairdryer and go at the feet, the place them on the flat surface you want, then take a fan and cool them down again.
>>5720499
beyond damaging shit you'll probably pay hundreds of dollars for, I'd suggest blutac or poster adhesive strips
they even make the former in little circles, or you can cut out whatever shape is called for yourself.
>>5720502
Only casuals think that'll cause long term damage.
You know what's going to be on sale at SDCC for true toy lovers and real nerds who care about stuff like this?
>>5720255
I am kind of pissed about this. Past years you could get things on Matty after the con, but they've said nothing about that this year. Making a lot of people worried and kinda pissed at Mattel.
People who decided this deserve to get killed.
![ThunderCats20126inFigsWKitKat1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RyNtXWF.jpg "ThunderCats20126inFigsWKitKat1[1].jpg")
Meh. I wanted the new kittens. I guess I'd rather never have them at all than feed Mattel's greed for SDCC exclushits.
Anybody else getting this?
It's 9k yen. I'm debating getting it. It's pretty expensive but it looks cool as fuck.
I already preordered it but man I'll be saving up for sure. Fuck. Preordered right before it closed.
>>5719962
I'm pretty poor these days, but fuck it, I preordered this the moment the reissue went back up. You don't even know man...I passed on this the first time because I thought it was too pricey, and then I slowly suffered more and more as my desire grew along with the aftermarket price. Soon it was averaging like $200 and I felt like a fucking idiot for passing on it. Now I feel like I've got a second chance, and there is no way I'm throwing that away.
>>5719962
I have it from the first run. It's pretty great but there were definitely improvements made for the regular/red version. Hopefully they're carrying those improvements over to the reissue cause it was mostly like joint tolerance type stuff that they definitely could.
TRANSFORMERS VS GOBOTS
I feel like...we're all kind of over that.
GhostBusters 1984 vs. GhostBusters 2016
old thread >>5715189
>>5717857
Why can't that amount of detail and quality be the standard. Why is everything shit upon by the monster known as "budget", and the assholes who want it to be so low?
Scorponock's gay.
>>5717865
Higher quality animation, lower profit.
Mafex Armoured Batman, Should I pull the trigger on it?
Granted it's not as detailed as HT, but for the price of Mafex it seems daft not to buy it.
How are Mafex, generally speaking? And has anyone else here preorderd it?
Always choose the Batfleck
>>5716968
Is that Mafex????
>>5716968
That would be sweet as an alternate head sculpt.
The Armoured Batman seems to be lacking accessories, only has a grappling hook advertised in promo.
But I think we will see a kryptonite spear, because the figure was advertised before the actual movie, therefore Mafex couldn't reveal key plot moments.
any anons work at toy stores? Just started a job at toys """"r"""" us.
share some stories?
>>5716577
I used to. I worked as an overnight stocker, and a black shirt stocker during the holidays a few years back. Wasn't bad except for the pay, and very little forgiveness for learning where the product is. At least at my location. They expected you to be very knowledgeable about products from the get-go. Co-workers were mostly cool. Customers can be a pain-in-the-ass, but that is anywhere that has customer service. Just learn to not let it bother you.
How is this thread not deleted yet?!?!?!?
>>5716577
used to run the "R-zone" back in 06-08.
started as a stocker, went up to cashier, got sent to video games, and then started running the section. The launch of the Wii was fucking crazy and every Wii shipment made the place a madhouse through all of 2007.
Managed to get every single Marvel Legend in the last few Toy Biz series.
How do you guys remove paint transfer on figures? My Isabelle nendoroid has a blue mark on her forehead
>inb4 sandpaper
Nail file
Emery board
The hair piece covers that spot so why does it even matter
why is GeeDub so afraid to license out for a high quality good Space Marine figure?
>>5715869
>good
It might be that they are inept, OR it might be they are paranoid of losing sales from their core product.
I quit playing 40k when the first Dawn of War came out, I'm sure other people would quit if they could just buy nicely detailed, articulated versions of their favorites.
>>5715910
...i doubt this, you cant really play the game with a single large action figure...
>>5715917
Did someone say you were only allowed to buy one figure? Are you retarded?
Besides that, you know there are tons of people that buy and paint minis, but don't play, right?...
Use your brain OP.
DC General: I just made this so I can ask the scale for this Edition
Anyone know what the scale are for the Atom Accessories for the Earth 3 Atom Figure is? I barely give a shit about Earth 3 Atom but I'd love to get my hands on those tiny Ryan Choi and Ray Palmer
Breath goddamn it breath!!!
Anyone got a complete DC Multiverse Justice Buster? Comparison shots with the recent Hulk Buster a plus!
>Icons delayed AGAIN
seriously what the fuck is the deal here? Mattel has shat out two ML waves and a bunch of WWE shit since the last batch of DC toys. Even when the next icons wave hits it'll probably be even more unposeable garbage than before.
Why does DC take so much time to produce subpar products?
Do else is assembling their own desktop museum?
>http://special.goodsmile.info/tablemuseum/
Previous Thread >>5702615
Toyline general info:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figma
Max Factory figma list & blog
>http://www.figma.jp/en/figma
>http://ameblo.jp/figma/
>http://www.goodsmile.info/en/products/category/figma
Reviews and news about GSC/MF products by Kahotan
>http://mikatan.goodsmile.info/en/
>http://ameblo.jp/gsc-mikatan/
Where to buy
>GSC Online Shop - some figmas only are available through their online shop
>Amiami - usual place for buying, to some people, shipping is a bit higher due to packaging
>Hobby Link Japan shipping is usual lower, but their prices are a bit higher, private warehaouse is available
>Hobby Search Japan - items stay in stock the longest
>Mandarake - search figma or フィグマ
>eBay/Amazon - only if you hate having too much money. Avoid bootlegs, you can spot them as 'Chinese version'
>http://jungle-scs.co.jp/ - Seems like you can fine some good deals here
>Check the BST threads, My Figure Collection for any offer/deal
Here's a link to the buyfag guide list of shops:
http://www.buyfags.moe/Full_guide#List_of_shops
If you're getting into the hobby, there's plenty of other useful information to find on the wiki.
In case someone is interested in the printable backdrops/dioramas & other papercraft stuff that Max Factory have in the download section of their site:
>http://www.maxfactory.jp/ja/mxf-downloads
illustrated posing guide by Max Factory
>http://ameblo.jp/figma/entry-11564427757.html (in moonrunes)
The S shape is always good advice though. The basic idea is that straight lines tend to look stiff.
Do you have problems swapping part in your figures? check this little advice
>http://www.goodsmile.info/en/post/3325
Figma Firearm Database
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bnVfq5-7Cxx3z6ibdhlHO1xJeUx7N-jYOm_yo_Bx6j0/pub
Tomytec's 1 inch scale section (1/12 stuff, little armory, vehicles and others)
>http://www.tomytec.co.jp/1inch/
