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Pat Ditton
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Posted: 2008 February 12 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I tend to just look at "completed auctions" for the same item on eBay -- that gives me a good idea of what the market is asking for the item at the time AND how often pieces are available if I miss out.
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 11:21am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

I wanted to publicly thank Brian again for the lovely Darkseid figure, which arrived this weekend.  Wow, what a thing of beauty.  Do action figures even come with cloth capes anymore?  
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Just arrived from Midtown Comics.  Number 334/1200 for those keeping score.  I nearly pitched a fit when I opened the box and saw the vastly inferior Shiflett version on the packaging.  I didn't realize they use one version on each side.  Whew.

 

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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 2:11pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

I nearly pitched a fit when I opened the box and saw the vastly inferior Shiflett version on the packaging.

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Randy managed to get me with that on the Wasp. I ordered the modern version, but the packaging opening to reveal the armless "classic" version. Then I turned the box over.

What's the little Marina figure in the b.g., Ryan?

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Gil Dowling
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

It's a Heroclix figure JB...
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Garett Stehle
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 5:10pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Didn't know about those!
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Al Cook
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 5:15pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

They look awful.
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Ryan Maxwell
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I have a couple of AF figures I built out of some of the original Heroclix back in 2001 or '02.  I'll put photos up tomorrow.  Not great work, but there wasn't a lot of choices for me to chop up and rebuild at the time. I started but never finished making a Northstar, since the one that was issued had some funky costume on.
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Garett Stehle
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 5:24pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

insert voice of Comic book guy from the Simpsons:

"worst Northstar EVER"

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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

I love me my HeroClix Galactus, but the rest never quite gelled for me. I appreciate the skill that goes into sculpting something that small, but, well, like I said, the Clix didn't quite click.
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Michael Roberts
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Posted: 2008 February 13 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

The sculpts for HeroClix have been improving, but there's only so much you can do at that size. The DC ones seem to turn out better than the Marvel ones.

I love my large scale HeroClix. I have Galactus, Spectre and Fin Fang Foom:



(The orange was sold at SDCC. The non-SDCC ones are green.)

I'm hoping to grab a Starro at some point:


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