Pic of the Day : Who Won?

Who Won? by Lobo

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Marvel Legends : 2 Pack

Marvel Legends is BACK!!!
The new 2-Pack consists of:

• Maria Hill and Iron Man
• Kree and Skrull
• Hand Ninja and Nick Fury

The Maria Hill & Nick Fury figures looks very interesting. It's about time collectors get to build their S.H.I.E.L.D agents.

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Custom Wolverine & Iron Man Mark 02

Wolverine:

Finally I got to finish the Wolverine custom that I had previously attempted. This time around I swapped the claws with packing needles instead of bobby pins. I'm happy with how it turned out. I won't deny that this could have been even better in the hands of a professional customizer. But I'll let you decide if I made a decent job out of it.

Iron Man Mark 02:

This figure is from the Iron Man Movie line by Hasbro. In all honesty I HATED the figure. I only got it because I already had Mark 01 and 03 in my collection. I'm sure you've all seen the figure on the shelves before or maybe even own one. All that grey color was just bad and to top it off we had two shades of grey. One ugly grey and another more silverish/grey. Luckily I wanted to practice my painting skills so I had it hand painted.

This was suppose to be Iron Man with the sky in the background. Wouldn't you know it, not a single cloud when I took this pic. LoL.

I still hate the figure...but not as much.

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Custom Choppers are Priceless

Another post about motorcycles? Sorry about that guys. It's like I'm on a deadline today. Tomorrow starts the fasting month which means no more buying action figures for now(trying to save for something big...hehe). But hey, I got this today:

A 1:12 Custom Choppers bike. Die cast and customizable in certain parts. The quality is not the best but the prospect of what it can be used for was enough to win me over.

Immediately I imagined the Main Man sitting on this beast. That was before I realised just how crappy Lobo's articulation is. I tried my best and so did the Main Man to look as if he belonged in the picture. So we both gave up and I moved on to the next best thing. And you know what? I ended up with another 'Pic of the Day'...

Wanna mess with me, bub? by Lobo

For a $16 bike...it was worth it!!

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Marvel Legends : Annihilus Series

I'm not entirely sure about this but I think this was the first Marvel Legends series by Hasbro. Following the tradition of Toybiz they also decided to follow the build-a-figure concept. Each figure comes with a part of another 'ultimate' or rare figure. Fortunately, I'm not going to torture you with a proper review for these figures. I just happened to come across these pics as I was clearing my hard disk. I bought the whole set last year and I'll just briefly discuss them.

Before I start, I just want to know if you've had that contradicting feeling in your gut about something you were going to buy. In this case, I'm referring to myself and when I bought this set. Back then, I could see from the pics these weren't the so called best-of-the-best figures. Yet, when I saw that these were just AUD 24(for the whole lot), I went and said "$24? What is?". "What is?" is my equivalent of "its a no-brainer".

When I got the package and opened the box I wanted to scream bloody murder. Out of all 7 figures, only 4 could be considered decent figures. After a month of displaying them I decided to get rid most of it on ebay. It's true I consider myself a collector, but at the very least I'd like to display action figures that would be easy on the eyes. If not for the sake of my friends then just for myself.

Figures I eventually kept:

| Hercules |

Maybe it was the monkey grin. Maybe it was the Greek Mythology bit. Maybe it was the bulky physique. Nah...it was definitely the monkey grin.

| Ultimate Iron Man |

Ultimate Iron Man. Not really an 'ultimate' disaster. A good enough sculpt.
The best of the lot. Most people cried 'foul' regarding his roman type skirt missing. I for one don't really mind. He's my favourite of the lot. He just looks so grim and mean.
I really thought they did a decent sculpt of this. The likeness to the Beast from X3 is uncanny(no pun intended...honest).

Figures that should be shot out of a canon(or sold back on ebay, whichever comes first):

| Banshee |

Nothing against him really. His 'screaming sculpt' was scaring the other figures.

| Emma Frost |

I was genuinely sad about this figure. I still wonder why they messed up so bad on this. Was it so hard to sculpt her?? DST was able to come up with a gorgeous piece of work. Why??? And you made a 'variant' diamond form Emma? Were we supposed to be impressed? Me thinks not.

| Annihilus |

This S.O.B. is the b.a.f. for this series. Ok...here's where I don't get it. Are we supposed to find this guy scary with all that pink on his armour? I could've painted purple over it I guess. But seriously? Pink!! Is this like the George Michael of baddies?

Of course all these are just opinions from a guy who happens to be very bitter about the figures of Emma Frost & Ms. Marvel so far and watches Handy Manny all day with his 1 year old daughter.

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Project: Wolverine 2

I know I promised to upload the pics of the customized Wolverine. But I got sidetracked due to *amai tangan* and ending up misplacing the parts I needed to finish that project. So I decided to work on another Wolverine figure.

This time around its from the M.L. Apocalypse series. Specifically, the unmasked Wolverine variant.

Tools Needed:

• Drill
• Metal file
  
• Super Glue
• Bobby Pins
• Cutters
• Wolverine Figure(obviously)
• Sandpaper or hobby tool

I opted for silver bobby pins with a sort of 'serrated' look on one side. I decided on this because its a custom job and its mine. So there, no more questions. Hahaha. I will try to use sail needles in the future.

Other than that steps are quite simple.

Cut the rubber claws. Then use it as a measurement for cutting the length of the bobby pins. Use the cutter to shape the edge of the bobby pins and be careful. It will fly off in every direction. You can use the cutter to shape the edge of the bobby pins. Then use the metal file to sharpen it.

Use the sandpaper to smooth the cut area on the hand. Then drill 3 holes making sure the spacing are far apart.

Old vs. New

Use the finished bobby pins to test if the holes will hold them. It doesn't matter if its a little loose. Then add a little bit of super glue into the hole and insert the metal claws. Start with the middle. If the claws are not aligned fix the spacing by using your fingers before the glue dries. Again be careful since you've sharpened it.

And you're done. You can also use those big paper clips if you don't want it sharp/dangerous and you're just going looking for an alternative to the boring soft rubber claws.

This isn't the best customized Wolverine out there. I've seen better by other people on the net.. But at the very least it looks much more dangerous as it should be. Also the M.L. Series III Wolverine would've been better. But I'm happy with it and I know Spidey will also appreciate these pics. What do you think?

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Guitar Superhero?

I went to the nearby Post Office today to send some stuffs and I saw this near the counter.
Two guitars with stands. I just couldn't help myself. Even Superheroes needs to rock out once in a while right?

Presenting tonight's performers: Iron "Fire Frets" Fist and Iron "5ive Hands" Spider-Man.

I just love the expression on his face. LoL.Sweet!!!

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Marvel Legends : Maestro Hulk, Apocalypse Series

Talk about your unchecked ego. This Hulk has lots of it. Taken from the 1993 Future Imperfect miniseries, the Hulk who has survived a Nuclear war and becomes the most powerful super being decides to rule over the Earth and calls himself, Maestro.

This figure is part of the Marvel Legends, Build-A-Figure Apocalypse collection from ToyBiz.

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Project: Wolverine

Notice something different about this picture? Yeah, I'm trying to customize this Wolverine figure and give it actual metal claws. I've read blogs that does customization and are very 'hardcore' at that. So I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, most of the items required(or recommended) to do the customization is not available. Either that or I haven't been looking hard enough. So, I've had to improvise.

Unlike most people I tend to forget to capture the moment when I'm doing a project so when I was halfway into it, I realized I never took a 'before' picture of Wolverine(this is from M.L Series III). But I'm sure the pics are all over the internet. I still have a bit of work to do, mainly painting. I'll post the pics as soon as I'm done, whether it turns out well or otherwise. I'd also like to thank Jin Saotome for inspiring wannabe customizers like myself. You can see his work of art here. Cheers.

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Iron Fist

One of my fondest memory while growing up. Reading the adventures of Power Man(Luke Cage) and Iron Fist. He was cool back then in the 80's. He's even ultra cool now. There's an ongoing series called the Immortal Iron Fist. If you haven't read about him, I suggest you pick up a copy.

I mean, what kid wouldn't like a hero that is a master of Kung-Fu and has the ability to concentrate his body's natural energies into his hand, manifesting as a supernatural glow around his clenched fist, making his fist "like unto a thing of iron." So concentrated, this "iron fist" can smash into its target with superhuman hardness and impact, while his hand becomes impervious to pain and injury?(that was a mouthful). He's just awesome...

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Superhero...

...or Dragon Ball wannabe?? LoL. Johnny Storm a.k.a. Human Torch of the Fantastic Four. I almost cried laughing...honest.

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M.L, Titanium Series: Wolverine & Magneto

Marvel Legends: Titanium Series. These figures are roughly 3 3/4" in height with very minimum articulation. Not bad considering it is for display. If it were up to me I'd put these two figures together and let me see now...what would be a perfect Titanium Series of these two combined?

How about based on X-Men #25(1993) when Magneto strips out Wolverine's adamantium? Wouldn't that just be totally awesome?

Wolverine

Magneto

These were AUD 10 each at Toys R' Us.

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