Social Toy Collectors Thread

[JBSchroeds]

I used one bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin probably from Amazon and super strong probably toxic smell, and after that ran out bought probably again from Amazon Tamiya Extra Thin Limonene which is supposed to be nontoxic since made of orange peel(?) and not as strong or fast as regular Extra Thin, but ok to weld the polystyrene. You're supposed to take advantage of the capilary flow action by holding the pieces together and applying a droplet on the seam and watch the extra thin dart across the seam and melt the pieces together.

I did not like the Tamiya at all. It's way too volatile; it stinks to high heaven, you have to leave the bottle totally open to use the applicator built into the cap which adds to the stink, and it evaporates so quickly that it doesn't work very well on tiny parts where you want to put glue on the part before assembly (the whole hold-together-and-then-let-glue-wick-between-the-bits thing doesn't really work for infantry). Dunno why its so revered, it was easily the worst of the four I tried (the Revell Contacta is going to be my new go-to after the last of my old Testors bottle is totally empty).

 

[GSP_37]

I did not like the Tamiya at all. It's way too volatile; it stinks to high heaven, you have to leave the bottle totally open to use the applicator built into the cap which adds to the stink, and it evaporates so quickly that it doesn't work very well on tiny parts where you want to put glue on the part before assembly (the whole hold-together-and-then-let-glue-wick-between-the-bits thing doesn't really work for infantry). Dunno why its so revered, it was easily the worst of the four I tried (the Revell Contacta is going to be my new go-to after the last of my old Testors bottle is totally empty).

Tamiya Extra Thin isn't going to instantly melt the polystyrene. I think I saw videos where the guy rubberbands the pieces together then does the capilary quick dash flow. I think I'd sometimes brush a bit on both surfaces to connect, give it a bit of time to melt, then press together.

I'd buy Tamiya Extra Thin Limonene again, but not the regular due to strong fumes. I like the melting/welding instead of gluing. The Limonene wasn't always super strong weld, which was good for when I made mistakes I could sometimes separate the pieces and redo.

 

[JBSchroeds]

Tamiya Extra Thin isn't going to instantly melt the polystyrene. I think I saw videos where the guy rubberbands the pieces together then does the capilary quick dash flow. I think I'd sometimes brush a bit on both surfaces to connect, give it a bit of time to melt, then press together.

I'd buy Tamiya Extra Thin Limonene again, but not the regular due to strong fumes. I like the melting/welding instead of gluing. The Limonene wasn't always super strong weld, which was good for when I made mistakes I could sometimes separate the pieces and redo.

For really fiddly bits I will often put a small amount of glue on both parts and then let them sit for a count of 10-20 before putting them together to give the glue time to melt a layer so you get a really good stick on first contact. With the Tamiya it's so damn volatile after a count of ten it would all be evaporated already.

Weld type glues are definitely the way to go for plastic models; I wish there was an equivalent for metal models, but you either get fast-and-brittle or slow-and-soft.

 

[Strychnine]

Perfect Grade Zaku II mint in box or build it?

Seems if I quote with the pics, I get "javascript and cookies must be enabled". Seems I was gone for 2 weeks due to that.

Man... I dunno.. This is the one I'm REALLY on the fence with my NRFB rule. I just love having mine in box. I'm going to have to start smaller scale and build upwards. I did manage to get a "Jumbo Grade" Zaku II when I was living in Japan.

 

[GSP_37]

Man... I dunno.. This is the one I'm REALLY on the fence with my NRFB rule. I just love having mine in box. I'm going to have to start smaller scale and build upwards. I did manage to get a "Jumbo Grade" Zaku II when I was living in Japan.

Need a dedicated room for the big boys to display.

I started watching Netflix War for Cybertron Transformers, so naturally watched The Toys That Made Us (or whatever the name is) and they featured all sorts of unrelated Japanese toys that Hasbro pulled into Transformers and they also showed these maybe at least 2 ft tall 5POA Mazinger, Raideen, Getta Robo plastic big figures. Some modern high articulation versions of those would be nice to have, especially if you played Super Robot Wars video games.

 

[GSP_37]

Since I currently have a bit of Transformers fever, I dug out my very old Milton Bradley Transformers trading cards that feature the G1 box art and I think a copy and paste of the file card text on the backs. I looked up some on eBay and they are not cheap. Some people graded them and are asking crazy prices. Hasbro should re-release these and the similar GI Joe Milton Bradley trading cards. Seeing the nice Hector Garrido box art brings back memories. I also looked up the Super7 GI Joe trading cards that I never ever had a chance to buy in stores like Target and those seem to be featuring the Super7 ReAction card art. I wish I bought more of the Milton Bradley cards as a kid.

(EDIT: Apparently there was a 2024 Dynamite Entertainment 40th Anniversary Kickstarter Transformers trading card series with the G1 box art and more including what looks like comic book panel art.)

Also, on Amazon I saw the Skybound Transformers hardcover comic compilation discounted and almost bought the first one. Not absolutely sure I should dive into that in addition to buying the GI Joe Energon paperbacks.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I opened up the mask boxes. they're much smaller than I remember but I googled the.originals and they are the same size. interesting that they couldn't use some of the original vehicles names on some of the toys, guess no licensing

 

[GSP_37]

I have a feeling the main good guy in M.A.S.K. and Miles Mayhem might end up in GIJ CS 6" scale since I hear they both were in the Skybound GI Joe or Transformers comics recently.

I also suspect Super7 might have some Visionaries in the pipeline based on a no comment in a podcast interview or something. I barely watched three episodes of the cartoon, but have an interest in them, so would likely buy if Super7 made ReAction+ of them.

 

[GSP_37]

I’m not a collector, but part of me really wants a Soundwave and a Grimlock transformer. I know there’s a few places around here that sell stuff like that, I need to actually start looking though.

I'm guessing those two characters are re-released every few years. The question is which scale, which tier, cartoon or live action movie.

I'm watching the third part of the War of Cybertron trilogy on Netflix and the computer models of the characters are superb even with weathering and battle damage. Just looking at them makes me want to buy Transformers after having no desire to since little kid days.

 

[GSP_37]

Prime LEGO years for me as a kid were M:Tron, Space Police, Spyrius, Ice Planet. And then came the SW license and all that basically went away.

Castle (and what looked like Robin Hood theme)
Blacktron
Space

Within the past several years, CMF had maybe a Space Police armored guy and some sort of Flash Gordon era space guy.

 

[GSP_37]

A fucking grand and it doesn’t even come with his cassettes?

But, that is really fucking cool.

I thought I read the Soundwave either has a working cassette player or works as a bluetooth speaker.

EDIT: Maybe not working cassette player, but bluetooth speaker and has some crazy number of sound bites and can record your own, is what I read.

 

[GSP_37]

I watched a youtube review of a Jetfire and in the Netflix computer generated cartoon, he starts as Decepticon then joins Autobots and the toy has a cool function where the chest symbol can rotate so he can be either. Very cool feature. Not sure if it was this same toy, but I saw something where the hand articulates where when it's open, a plastic piece slides out with a hole in it to hold the weapon and tucks back in when the hand is closed. Also very cool.

 

[Strychnine]

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[Strychnine]

New Sailor Moon LEGO Prototype Gets 1 Step Closer to Physical Release​

"As explained in the LEGO Updates tab for the Sailor Moon set design by teljesnegyzet, "This includes factors such as playability, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every potential LEGO product goes through a process like this and must meet the same standards." The review for the design begins sometime this month.


The set design itself is described by teljesnegyzet as "A group of brick-built figures of five Sailor Scouts: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus, protagonists of the 1992 television anime series Sailor Moon. A plaque with Luna the cat is also included. The build is made of 2416 LEGO bricks. The figures are fully articulated."

The Sailor Moon LEGO set design by teljesnegyzet is just one of hundreds that LEGO fans can see on the LEGO Ideas webpage. The LEGO Ideas page allows fans to submit their own set designs, which can then receive support from others. Reaching various milestones ensures that individual designs continue being displayed for greater lengths of time, while reaching 10,000 supporters secures a LEGO review process. In turn, this can lead to the design being refined and ultimately released as an official LEGO set."

MSN

I may have to break my "no Lego" rule.

 

[GSP_37]

At some point when Sherdog wasn't working w/o javascript this recent time, I decided I want to buy one of those Hasbro Transformers R.E.D. non-transformable figures and/or a Transformers Blokee, but upon researching a list of what's available, seems like the R.E.D. line was canceled and they didn't really make any characters I want. Blokees has a Galaxy Version 9 chibi Jetfire that also has Megatron in the wave, but I don't want to be buying the blind boxes.

I finished the Netflix War for Cybertron three part series and now sampling some of the numerous modern cartoons. My lust for buying Transformers might cool down soon before I actually buy any if these cartoons suck.

 

[GSP_37]

New Sailor Moon LEGO Prototype Gets 1 Step Closer to Physical Release​

"As explained in the LEGO Updates tab for the Sailor Moon set design by teljesnegyzet, "This includes factors such as playability, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every potential LEGO product goes through a process like this and must meet the same standards." The review for the design begins sometime this month.


The set design itself is described by teljesnegyzet as "A group of brick-built figures of five Sailor Scouts: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus, protagonists of the 1992 television anime series Sailor Moon. A plaque with Luna the cat is also included. The build is made of 2416 LEGO bricks. The figures are fully articulated."

The Sailor Moon LEGO set design by teljesnegyzet is just one of hundreds that LEGO fans can see on the LEGO Ideas webpage. The LEGO Ideas page allows fans to submit their own set designs, which can then receive support from others. Reaching various milestones ensures that individual designs continue being displayed for greater lengths of time, while reaching 10,000 supporters secures a LEGO review process. In turn, this can lead to the design being refined and ultimately released as an official LEGO set."

MSN

I may have to break my "no Lego" rule.

I started buying Lego again, specifically the parts, after seeing some fan made Gundam Zaku II and maybe a RX-78, and then bought some Constraction Star Wars back when Toys R Us still existed in US of A. I should have went straight to Gunpla and Black Series instead.