I've been doing some rearranging with my daughter coming down to stay with me for the summer. Naturally, my toys come with me to my room, safe from hot curling irons and blow dryersπ
Have fun with your daughter this summer. I discovered taking down a shelf of figures is kind of therapeutic. A few weeks ago, I took down my Star Wars shelves. Along the way I dusted the shelves, cleaned the figures and Lego sets, consolidated three shelves into two, and rearranged the stuff. It took several hours, but it was so satisfying.
CT Toys is heavy on my radar right now. I was pleasantly surprised with Wolverine but this Spider-Man figure has made me a full fledged believer. Included are 5 sets of alternate hands, 1 with magnets (6 in all if you count the ones he comes equipped with), 1 extra set of articulated feet with magnets, 4 web streams and an alternate McFarlane style head sculpt. Oh, and a display stand. I've said in the past how sucky I am at posing action figures. That said, MAFEX/CT figs are great for posing, even if you're not very good at it. It's "kid gloves" with these guys, though, as they are a little gummier than Legends figures. CT Toys Wolvie and Spidey! Here's CT Toys Spidey next to a couple of Marvel Legends Spider-Man figures. The differences are pretty pronoun...
Growing up we had lots of cool superhero toys to collect. There was never a shortage of Batman, Superman or Spiderman figures in the toy aisles. Mainstream characters got all the love. Dudes like Daredevil, not so much. That all changed in the mid to late 80's (Mattel Secret Wars) and in 1990 Toy Biz would start releasing their seemingly neverending line of Marvel Superheroes that gave us action figures of everybody from Daredevil to Deathlok.
Sounds like as good of a reason as any to "secret" away your toys :)
ReplyDeleteShe already has plans to place here make up mirror atop my cpu desk π€π
ReplyDeleteBetter put them in some "Secret Drawers".
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DeleteHave fun with your daughter this summer. I discovered taking down a shelf of figures is kind of therapeutic. A few weeks ago, I took down my Star Wars shelves. Along the way I dusted the shelves, cleaned the figures and Lego sets, consolidated three shelves into two, and rearranged the stuff. It took several hours, but it was so satisfying.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fuji! And so true! I think that's what I like the most about action figure collecting and that's displaying them.
DeleteThat set up looks like it's going to be epic.
ReplyDeleteIt should! Thanks, Jigsπ
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