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    Ramen Toys

    These guys are starting to produce enough stuff that they at least deserve a catch-all thread. While it appears to be a skeleton crew operation, they seem very transparent (lots of video updates), very honest about challenges, changes, pricing, and product decisions, and mostly they seem like...
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    Nacho photo booth

    And the rest...
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    Nacho photo booth

    Nobody wants to get sick on Christmas, but at my house, we got THE PLAGUE:
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Stupid Ollies! I hope all my toy peeps have a very merry christmas and that you don't get any SE movie figures under your tree! :laugh:
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    He's chonky and has very few POA... and I absolutely love him! Nostalgia straight to the veins!
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    Anybody still collecting SW on here?

    They had no problem paying it for the 6" figure, so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I wasn't aware of the BoBF S2 rumor, as I don't follow D+ news at all, but that's a bummer. Olyphant's character was the best thing to hit the SW universe since the Zahn trilogy or Kyle Katarn games, IMO. I found someone who...
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    Anybody still collecting SW on here?

    I'm still patiently waiting on a 4" Cobb Vanth so I can combine with some Dimestore Legends to make a Raylan Givens... and maybe even a Seth Bullock if I'm feeling spry.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Finally got the last two Plague heads in the mail. I'll get them modified and painted by this weekend at the latest. It's a Festivus miracle! And I got a Wolf Spider in the mail today too. Who would have guessed?! Now I just have to remember what I was planning to make out of him...
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    Palitoy Action Force 3.75 figures

    I never had those two, but I had several others in my long ago MOC collection... I specifically remember The Baron, Muton (old timey diver), and some swamp monster. I almost felt bad for those poor British kids. But that's pretty nifty for a buck! I wonder if they had names or were just...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    As an engineer, I'm kinda used to it. I've been the IT guy since the mid-90's. But still... it does feel like an extra job sometimes. Even at home, I know that when my wife and kids enter my home office, it's not to ask me about my day or offer me cake. It's because they have a problem I'm...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    Scanning seems imprecise, especially if you're going to increase the size. Probably easier to CAD them up yourself or spend $5 on the cad files someone else has already made. Now, if you're taking a 1/6 head and making it into 1/12 or something, THAT would be worth scanning. My dad really...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    My dad keeps insisting that we need to get a 3d printer for the office. I may just break down and let him do that and print my own.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    The classic gun looks great. I hope to find a cheap version so I can outfit my whole squad!
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    Super 7 GI Joe

    Yeah, the price, timing, and marketing were all off on this campaign. I think S7 has some creative folks with neat ideas, and they clearly love many of the properties they license, but this one was a swing and a miss. Hopefully it won't discourage them from learning a few things and taking...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    With shipping, the mothership was $600... and the problem is that ReAction never appealed to hardcore Joe fans. ReAction is for casual pop-culture fans who don't care about articulation or character breadth. And casual fans wouldn't drop $600 on something like that. Even if it was a Haslab...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I expect Grunt to sell well enough, as a member of the O13, as an easy base for other members of the O13, and as a generic troop builder with that Steel Brigade helmet. If he can't sell, there is a problem. Butterscotch SE is one of the few figures in the line I didn't even give a second...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    HISS IN 'DA HOUSE!!!
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I can only assume at this stage, they're pretty aware of what figs and decos are most popular. My assumption is that they are trying to appeal to different segments of the fandom by not just going in chronological order... to hook those late-80s and 90s fans, as well as not shooting all their...
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series (1:12)

    I think the Ultimate stuff was just a situation where no one knew the demand, and I suspect the supplier gave them favorable deals to over-order on the first wave. If you're Super7, it's much better to have the first wave be ubiquitous and cheap, rather than scarce. People are much more likely...