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So I finally got some time in the photo studio to get some good pics of various projects I've been working on...

This photo vexes me. I don't recall the OG Snowcat dwarfing the HISS like this... They really did upscale it a lot. No wonder it was so expensive. They could have made it smaller, ditched the troop-transport feature, and made it more of a vehicle and far less of a rolling coffee table. From...

One of the main reasons my SW and ML buying have slowed to a crawl. I feel like I'm getting ripped off every time I pay the disney tax for a mediocre figure with a single accessory. Joe isn't cheap by any means, but you at least feel like they're *trying* to give you some bang for the buck...

Ketchup and Mustard are up for PO. Honestly, I'm surprised that they aren't more gouge-y. They're only $59 for the set. I assumed Hasbro would try to tack on an extra $20 because of the plastic box accessory...

Yeah, that issue of the comic was in the early 40s, somewhere in the gulf around the time of the formation of Cobra Island. That Rod Whigham art was stellar during that run from the early 30s to the mid-50s, definitely my favorite Joe era of the comic. I just never liked the character for his...

That's funny, my only Mad Marauders figure is also Barbecue... because he was on super-sale and he's not bright orange. I always figured I'd paint him a solid OD or something but never got around to it. Now I'm convinced that we'll probably get a better BBQ that isn't a repainted Destro...

Sure, I'd pick up the Renegades at 80% off too, but not the blue/green/brown Marauders repaints that are an assault on the eyeballs. I don't like the Renegades much, but they'd add color to the shelf and/or might have some useful parts. Mercer is a cool enough character on his own, however...

My retro Zap, Crazy legs, and girl CG shipped, even got a discount on CL with the prime preprder guarantee, got him for less than $25. I'll probably swap his head with the DF/NF version, as I'm not a fan of the screamy-face, but the '87 shelf demands his presence.

Gridiron helmets are nice, good quality. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I have no interest in a MTO Dragonfly of any flavor. One is enough, and even the one I have is so big I've never done anything with it. Reminds me of the Spotcat or the BMF... just so big it's more like furniture...

Yeah, based on the current pivot to the 90s / late ARAH era, I expect the Duke to be a v3 "Desert Duke", which does nothing for me. Total zeroburger. Mistress Armada was introduced in the early 2000s Devil's Due comics. IIRC, Destro in that series was actually his half-black son...

New retro wave and IG Destro/Despoiler up for PO. Oddly, Destro isn't a pulse exclusive, available on amazon too.

I haven't seen any, but I haven't hit many discount stores lately. I don't think many mainlines end up in the discount bins anymore. I've seen random movie figs and some of the WM retro minibots, but not a lot of studio series or other main figures. It almost feels like production numbers...

I haven't convinced myself to get the SF trooper yet... just not sure where he would fit, despite being a nice looking figure. Maybe if he does hit clearance. I'm still waiting on a big discount on the cop. Not sure what I'll do with him either, but it feels like he'd have lots of various...

Oh yeah, I've gotten to the point with ML X-Men that I have to stage my display in "eras". I have far too many Cyclops and Wolverine (and everyone else) figures to display just one of each, so I make teams from different time periods and pose them together. So I definitely get the urge to...

Yeah, I only bought two of the first one, knowing I didn't want to army-build a figure that was so far removed from the original that a retro was practically guaranteed. But he looks like an officer type with the long coat tails and fancier uniform. That was always my plan on how to use him...

Yeah, I agree, Destro in my world doesn't run an independent army... he has a security team and a few specialists (who demonstrate MARS gear and train lesser cobra troopers on said gear), but Destro shouldn't have an army-army. Metal Head has served as a lower-half donor for improving...