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Original Effect is my favorite figure maker. So I'm going to post the shit out of their stuff. The first few shots will be the stuff that I own. (you can tell by the shitty photo quality...) Then some real promo shots and art work.
First one is Sunny
Oh yah these are all 1/6 scale.
Sophia Limited Edition (The coat and the glasses are a different color)
Candy. Not the biggest fan of her design but I like the series enough to collect them as they come out.
Sam
Revelations:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/story/episode-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoT-fPe0LU&index=1&list=PLhu2VtAo89tdVuLXHS5tJUJNp3xgmWLKn
Old Testament:
http://cross-wired-freak.tumblr.com/post/68472919868/bionicle-chronicles-bionicle-adventures-bionicle
Get up to speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfNrl6RIvM
No smartphone? Play the mobile game here:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/games
Previous Thread: >>5311783
Prepare for BZP dick-riding
Second for 2016 JUST
>>5322636
FUCK
Also OP, you should've announced in the old thread that you made a new one.
Sup everyone. I'm fairly new to figure collecting, only having begun last summer. Over that time I have come into possession of two figures from Medicom's Real Action Heroes line: Annie Leonhardt and Rei Q.
Somethings been in my mind though. What's the best way, short of keeping them boxed, of taking care of and maintaining these figures? I specifically want to know if you guys have any tips for maintaining their clothes. I prefer to take my figures oUT of their boxes and pose them, but I'm afraid that poses where the arms (with Rei and Annie) or the legs (with Rei) bend will result in the material begetting damaged, such as colour wearing off, the fabric tearing, or it just getting irreversibly wrinkled.
>>5320264
i dont think there is a way around this unfortunately
the only conceivable solution would be to buy 2 each one being the mint and the other being the poseable display figure
i noticed my cammys right arm joint becoming loose only a few weeks after having her ... and after only a few poses
>>5320264
There are just some absolutes and inevitabilities in toy collecting that you need to accept. Fabric outfits fray, diecast joints weaken, white paint yellows, direct sunlight damages everything, rubber cracks, and glues lose adhesive quality- those are the big ones. The best way to preserve a figure with cloth materials is to just set it and forget it in a vanilla pose, not futzing with it ever. That's really the only way to get around the inevitability of it all, or at least to impede the process as much as possible. The cloth ones are not really designed for pose-aholics or people that play around constantly, because rather than being just thick globs of painted extruded thermoplastic with high levels of material tolerance, they're just being held together with threads barely thicker than your own hair and done with a level of quality control that reflects a mass produced product.
tl;dr: there will always be a direct proportion of product damage to product use with cloth materials.
>>5320313
Man coming from doll collecting what are you guys doing with your clothed figures that is fucking them up so badly? I've had dolls in outfits displayed for years and the clothing is just fine. Are doll clothes just inherently tougher or what?
What THE FUCK went wrong?
why abandon the good prototype sculpt for one that looks like its from Star Wars Rebels?
>>5323836
stupid decision they realized was stupid after vader and this. The luke after it was pretty okay but it was a start, and now essentially everything since has been top notch.
I wouldn't mind getting the Rebels Vader look.
>>5323844
That would be pretty cool. Not gonna happen though.
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For those unfamiliar, "Plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model." If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.
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The guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Tr8UyF2Xg5Ojqw0sxcO7oIG7IIsJPes3lMO5pHZKu5o
And a handy guide to other types of plamo:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdf
Some lineart: http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
Paint Matcher: http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
Old thread: >>5314380
Gunpla/Plamo Secret Santa
Signups have ended and I'll be sending out pairings over the weekend. If you haven't received a paring by Sunday night, please email me and let me know and I'll see what's up.
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Just finished my first custom build. Comments/critiques?
>>5319458
>Rear view
Okay, can someone explain to me what's with all the BIG action figures hogging the shelves these days?
They're kinda too big & cumbersome for a child to play with normally. Horrible articulation & stiff sculpts really ruin it for collectors. And then there's the cheap paintjobs and brittle plastic they're made of. One good drop on concrete and they'll shatter like glass.
And they're $20~$80 depending on size. That ain't cheap and can buy you more better quality toys.
These jumbo figures and those horrible 12" titan figures are all I see in stock everywhere I go. What happened?
>>5324918
>They're kinda too big & cumbersome for a child to play with normally
No they aren't. When I was a little kid I loved huge toys. there was a massive fuck-off Beast Machines Cheetor that was the best.
The fad is kinda teetering off,really. They were everywhere last year and before,now they're.mostly relegated to a handful of things and are smaller. 18'' or so seems to be the go-to scale. Where as 30+ inches was the thing last year.
Big action figures are all the rage right now, just like they have been in the past.
Don't question trends
Just go with it and try to cash in as much as possible before it dies.
Recently I've been having trouble with payments to HLJ. I pay with my card and it refuses. PayPal claims the bank is refusing. But the bank says they never got anything to ok for payment. And HLJ has responded to that yet. Has anyone else been having trouble paying there orders there?
Nope just payed for an order less than a day ago, have you tried a different card maybe?
>>5320758
Yes. I got a new card recently. The original had a crack in the strip. And it still refuses. Like I said the problem is apparently that the bank isn't getting any notice to ok PayPal.
>>5320769
is your info on paypal correct?
What do you want for your Primus-approved holiday giftotronics event, /toy/?
Old Thread: >>5319950
>>5323328
Old thread is now autosaging. Why delay making the new one?
>>5323324
I want my turd party but it's too expensive.
I want a human alliance Barricade but no ones selling
I'm contemplating on buying a cheap price HA Soundwave but the waist is putting me off.
Excited for knock-off Evasion Prime
>>5323331
I do remember him getting knocked out of combiner mode a lot in the original series too. I think it's just his "thing". He's the first gestalt, but he's also the worst at sticking in that mode as his downside.
>>5323348
I just want Bruticus to be available. All thats keeping me from buying is that Onslaught isn't in stock in the places I've checked, and I want to grab them all together. I probably should just cave and get the limb bots though.
Ask someone who works at Toysrus anything.
Why giraffe?
on a daily basis how often do you think about killing yourself?
How many children have you molested? Do you get disciplined for it? Is the disciplinarian sexy? Does she use her hand or a paddle?
Wut
Nightmare fuel
Some are neat, but for the most part they don't even make eggs.
I still want the Baymax version.
>>5322353
>Baymax
I'm sorry, if we can get a fuckin Soul of Chogokin Buzz Lightyear. why havent we got a SOC Baymax yet?
Are there any decent figures of him?
No, and there aren't any football figures with decent articulation. Sucks, man.
>>5322131
Are there even any like Gashapon or figurines? I can't find anything really.
CW style impactor (custom)
CW style Emirate Xaaron
Oh hell yes. All I ask is that it come out before the new Felia statue. Please, Anime Jesus. Please grant me this one wish.
>>5321106
super cool design. whats her source material?
Is the source material any good? I'm always on the lookout for mecha-related anime.
>>5321718
>mecha-related anime
/m/an here, anything I can do for, ya?
I've got an engineering problem here...
I'm making a LEGO LS1.
I've got the crankshaft, timing chain, and camshaft built and connected.
I have valves built, sortof, but I'm assuming the design will probably change a lot soon.
How do I connect the camshaft to the valves from there?
>>5320658
You want Lego General anon.
I'm not too good at this kind of stuff. Maybe take a look at the instructions for 42022. It's not exactly the same but it might help you figure things out. Also there is a Lego General thread always going. >>5318117
>>5320799
There's no cams on that model, or any official model for that matter. It's a very specific question, not a general question, hence the reason it's in its own thread.
What the fuck is up with sold out preorders? Pic related doesn't even get released until Apr.
Doesn't the preorder system give them a better idea how much shit to make? Am I missing something.
bizness jewanons, pls help me understand.
Scarcity makes people feel justified for paying more than the toys are actually worth.
>>5320065
you in the US?
>>5320065
If people want it, they rerelease it or create a version different enough (or a complete update) for people who bought the original to buy it too.
