The Action Figure and Toy Collecting and Discussion Thread!

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A nice space toy here:

Kev's Missing Nuclear Freighter

the blog about vintage and modern space toys, Project SWORD, SpaceX and Golden Astronaut, Monsters, sci-fi and vintage toys

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Most spaceship toys are bulbous, like Audis and the Ford Taurus jellybeans.

I miss this look:

Task Force Blue

the blog about vintage and modern space toys, Project SWORD, SpaceX and Golden Astronaut, Monsters, sci-fi and vintage toys

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[NCC-73515]

What's the best way to remove paint from plastic models? I've tried ethanol (0 effect), isopropanol (0 effect), acetone (immediate effect, but smears it around). I've done it with regular tissue paper and q-tips. Are there better ways? (It's about the black scorch marks on the PM GEN D )

 

[GhoulEddie74]

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[Kai "the spy"]

Meanwhile in Japan, a large collection of awesome vintage Astro Boy toys is about to be auctioned:

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[Candlicious Ghost]

Does anyone remember these things?

Ok it was like a folder or packet and inside was a big card with a scene or background printed on it.

You had plastic sheets with bits of scenery and or characters on them which you could apply to the scene by laying the sheet with the item you wanted onto the scene and rubbing with the end of a pencil to get the item you wanted to stick to the printed background.

They came in many themes like space, medieval, fantasy or horror.

 

[Faintly Macabre]

I remember that you had to be really careful or you would get only a partial transfer. Definitely not for the impatient or slapdash!

Although you can get rub-on transfers still, they tend to be aimed at the craft market (children making cards, for instance). When it comes to making scenes, I suppose that modern-day stickers require less care and are frequently reusable.

 

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[GhoulEddie74]

Newly revealed are the cardbacks for an upcoming Vintage Collection Shaak Ti and a Padmé Amidala from the Tatooine scenes in Attack of the Clones!

 

[Kai "the spy"]

*sees feet* "OMG, how big are those cardbacks?" *sees table* "Oh. Nevermind."

 

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[Kai "the spy"]

New Toy History video from Ed's Retro Geek Out, this time on the MotU Weapons Pak, and other toy accessory packs:

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[Kai "the spy"]

NEcA Announces New 40th Anniversary The Golden Girls Deluxe 4-Pack

 

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[Kai "the spy"]

Been to Stuttgart these past few days to visit my younger brother, his wife, and their newborn son. And, of course, I took the opportunity while in town to visit the two prominent vintage toy shops, Such & Find, and Strongvision. Took home a pretty good haul.

Here's what I found at Such & Find:

Yeah, another Imperial Godzilla, but at €4,- I couldn't leave him. Also very happy to have found a Japanese Bandai Sofugi Burning Godzilla there, and that troll kaiju was just too funny, I had to take him with me.

Don't ask me what sword that is with the Steel figure. Pretty happy with that Retro Batman figure, I should still have a spare cape for him.

This one I nearly missed, a nice figure of the Colossus from Ray Harryhausen's Jason & the Argonauts (note the small Argos ship at the bottom). For €10,- I was very happy to take him.

And then I went to Strongvision:

My sister-in-law had actually asked me if I had enough space for all my figures.

That's Gowron in the box the first series of Playmates figures came in here in Germany. It's been opened, but still nice to have the box with it.

And this was a truly awesome find, a Mego Pocket Super Heroes Lex Luthor on card (with that lovely, if ripped, Toys 'R' Us tag on the back), and he was only €50,-.

So, yeah, pretty successful shopping trip. And seeing the family was also nice, I guess.

 

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Charming old toys

Bear Facts: The Mystery of Arto's Granny Bear

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Paul's September Auckland Modellers Fair Kit Haul

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Evel spyryt

WORLD’S SMALLEST EVEL KNIEVEL STUNT CYCLE

This tiny version of the iconic stunt bike from Ideal Toys has a miniature rider and a working launcher for display and play.

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Metal man

Toy-Ventures: The Adventures of Metal-Man - Mego Talk

Toy-Ventures takes another look at the amazing Zee Toys “The Adventures of Metal Man” toy line filled with new pick ups and an attempt to create a time line of these amazing action figures. micronauts #metalman toyventures Metal Man Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/396230034921844...

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He came home

Halloween: Resurrection – NECA Michael Myers Figure

Released in 2002, Halloween: Resurrection saw Michael Myers return to Haddonfield to terrorize a group filming a reality web series in the old Myers home. NECA is releasing a new figure based on the movie. This version of the Michael Myers Ultimate 7" Scale Figure includes swap out regular and...

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MUSIC – The Official John Carpenter