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If you're a fan of Yautja/Predator, then hit up your local Target store. I was browsing mine yesterday and saw this.
I almost passed on it because I don't have any Predator items except an original art piece that a friend gave me. I looked at the package and thought "Well the tape at the bottom is off (top pic), so I'll find it online or order it straight from NECA". So I went home...
That was a GALACTIC mistake...
I browsed around and found that this is a Target exclusive ONLY. NECA doesn't even have it on their website, and I couldn't find it on Target's website either. I found it on eBay of course but for around $100 and UP! I said, "funk that!" and headed back to Target after church.
It was still there. Insta-buy!
PREY: ULTIMATE BEAR BLOOD FERAL PREDATOR
I almost passed on it because I don't have any Predator items except an original art piece that a friend gave me. I looked at the package and thought "Well the tape at the bottom is off (top pic), so I'll find it online or order it straight from NECA". So I went home...
That was a GALACTIC mistake...
I browsed around and found that this is a Target exclusive ONLY. NECA doesn't even have it on their website, and I couldn't find it on Target's website either. I found it on eBay of course but for around $100 and UP! I said, "funk that!" and headed back to Target after church.
It was still there. Insta-buy!
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This came up in my feed...
Barbie might be everything, but Blythe dolls have $120 scalp attachments
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"With eyes as round as grapes and lips too small to do anything but pout, Blythe dolls look like sullen angels. Those haunted stares work to their advantage in a crowded market; Blythes have spent the past 23 years charming a dedicated group of primarily female fans, many of whom pour thousands of dollars into customizing their toys.
Still, some were left mesmerized. In 2000, photographer Gina Garan released a romantic photobook, This Is Blythe, which presents Kenner’s serious doll as the perfect model, posing in oversized sweaters, then while topless, looking demurely through a veil of eyelashes. Junko Wong, president of Japanese ad agency CWC, saw these gauzy photos, hazy as if coated in vanilla lip balm, and “could sense the potential of [Blythe] as a cultural icon,” she told website Plastic and Plush in 2005."
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"Pre-built customs cost, typically, $300 to $800, though the dolls are just as frequently priced around $1,000 to $2,000 based on materials used and amount of hours put into their creation. The really high-end stuff — flyaway hair made from Angora goat wool, hand-sewn lace dresses, replicas of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant — can retail for as high as $5,000."
www.polygon.com
The collector scene that treats big-eyed dolls like custom gaming PCs
Barbie might be everything, but Blythe dolls have $120 scalp attachments
"With eyes as round as grapes and lips too small to do anything but pout, Blythe dolls look like sullen angels. Those haunted stares work to their advantage in a crowded market; Blythes have spent the past 23 years charming a dedicated group of primarily female fans, many of whom pour thousands of dollars into customizing their toys.
Still, some were left mesmerized. In 2000, photographer Gina Garan released a romantic photobook, This Is Blythe, which presents Kenner’s serious doll as the perfect model, posing in oversized sweaters, then while topless, looking demurely through a veil of eyelashes. Junko Wong, president of Japanese ad agency CWC, saw these gauzy photos, hazy as if coated in vanilla lip balm, and “could sense the potential of [Blythe] as a cultural icon,” she told website Plastic and Plush in 2005."
"Pre-built customs cost, typically, $300 to $800, though the dolls are just as frequently priced around $1,000 to $2,000 based on materials used and amount of hours put into their creation. The really high-end stuff — flyaway hair made from Angora goat wool, hand-sewn lace dresses, replicas of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant — can retail for as high as $5,000."
The collector scene that treats big-eyed dolls like custom gaming PCs
“When I saw those big, buggy eyes, I couldn’t resist”
www.polygon.com
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If you're a fan of Yautja/Predator, then hit up your local Target store. I was browsing mine yesterday and saw this.
PREY: ULTIMATE BEAR BLOOD FERAL PREDATOR
I almost passed on it because I don't have any Predator items except an original art piece that a friend gave me. I looked at the package and thought "Well the tape at the bottom is off (top pic), so I'll find it online or order it straight from NECA)". So I went home...
That was a GALACTIC mistake...
I browsed around and found that this is a Target exclusive ONLY. NECA doesn't even have it on their website, and I couldn't find it on Target's website either. I found it on eBay of course but for around $100 and UP! I said, "funk that!" and headed back to Target after church.
It was still there. Insta-buy!
Dang I was there earlier and didn’t see it. Would have copped for the box alone.
Don’t collect much but it would go great with my other gimmickly boxed Predator 2 city demon figure.
Has a light sensor in there that triggers a blue strobe light for a lightning effect when you open the cover flap.
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BigBad sale of the day...
Destroyer and Thor two-pack
Skrull Queen and Super-Skrull two-pack
Super Adaptoid
Destroyer and Thor two-pack
Skrull Queen and Super-Skrull two-pack
Super Adaptoid
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I stumbled on a cool Instagram account which promotes amazing figurines. You guys are hardcore fans and I assume you know most of stuff they're posting, but I'm going to link it just in case. Hope you like it.
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I don't really do action figures, but I like 2 of the three sets. I love skrulls, and especially Super Skrull, just not that version.BigBad sale of the day...
Destroyer and Thor two-pack
Skrull Queen and Super-Skrull two-pack
Super Adaptoid
The Super Adaptiod and the Thor/Destroyer pack are damn tempting though.
BigBad sale of the day...
Destroyer and Thor two-pack
Skrull Queen and Super-Skrull two-pack
Super Adaptoid
Lol, funny to see deals up that I'm not jealous of as prices are about the same here for those . Specifically a shop called GAME in the UK does them .
The Adaptoid is on my list , I like the Destroyer but not the bearded Thor with his cut away shirt...
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I picked up this one a while ago. I think they're aftermarket only now.
I did find a different Super-Skrull at Disney online.
Super Skrull Action Figure by Diamond Select Toys – The Marvels | Disney Store
Illuminati beware! Your ranks have been infiltrated by the Skrulls, and this Super Skrull has the powers of all the Illuminati combined! Inspired by Marvel Studios' The Marvels, this Skrull Diamond Select action figure wears an Illuminati-inspired outfit and includes an interchangeable masked...
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Got my GIJ CS Retro Duke. This is what they should have made to begin with, not golden shinguards nonsense. The cardback is quite thick and sturdy. I think the helmet has the flip up visor.
Will wait for Retro Scarlett to be super cheap.
Walmart.com had 4" modern o-face Duke for under $5. Can't think of what I'd want to make out of it via headswap.
Will wait for Retro Scarlett to be super cheap.
Walmart.com had 4" modern o-face Duke for under $5. Can't think of what I'd want to make out of it via headswap.
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That's impressive!
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Is that a recent release, or fan made?
I'm back in the Lego game. Building won't start until this weekend, though.
Some of those blocks don't look like the ones that were around when the original Merlin lego sets were out in the mid 90s.
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I think it was released in 2022, it's still available for sale.
Lion Knights' Castle 10305 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop CA
Become a medieval hero once again
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I think it was released in 2022, it's still available for sale.
Lion Knights' Castle 10305 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop CA
Become a medieval hero once again
Is that the set with the toilet and the poo on the floor below it ?
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Officially, it's a "brown frog" conveniently placed underneath the toilet, but people will see what they see.
