Whilst perusing the eBays, I found this dude going for a decent price, so picked him up.
He was already constructed in the box, so didn’t need to build him… though his arms fell off, so had to work out which way round those went :P.
And here’s a side view:
Did want to add him to “earth corner” with my other earth Bionicles, but there wasn’t enough room… so he’ll have to be alone somewhere else, until I go for a rearrange.
Someone was selling this on MFC, and almost didn’t go for it – was a bit more than the re-release would be, but wouldn’t involve waiting 6+ months for it. This is now my most expensive figure!
Here she is in her box:
And here she is outta the box:
Top-down view, with her holding the globe:
Closeup of her face, without the globe obscuring it:
And here’s her chibi-mates she comes with:
Overall, I’m happy with the figure, though it was a lotta money to shell out in one go. She has a space in one of the Detolfs… don’t wanna risk this one getting damaged :P.
This figure I picked up just after the con at MT Games. Who also had a stall at the con.
Small figure, came unboxed, but was cheap. Never did play the game, but I always liked the look of the artwork as a kid, so I decided to pick this up.
Here’s a pic of the side and one of the back:
Saw this as I wandered around the supermarket, and decided to grab it as I have a few of the Bionicle Lego sets:
That, and it came with two things, which makes it more worth the £5 asking price. As expected, the comic wasn’t much to look at. However, the figures were a bit more than I was expecting. I also appreciated that the sets were in resealable packets – means I didn’t have to destroy the packaging to get the stuff out (and I can put the mini-sets back in the bags if I choose to put them away at a later date).
First one lived up to my expectations:
Yep. It’s a pretty basic Skull Scorpion. Does the job of being a small thing.
Side view:
However, the second had an interesting feature. So here’s Ekimu’s hawk:
…. but what’s that he’s standing on?
Ekimu! One of the sets I do have ;). Originally his shield is to be placed on his arm, but with this hawk set, you get a clip to store his shield on his hip, and can then put the hawk on his arm :D. So this one exceeded expectations and does look rather nifty with Ekimu! Maybe if I had remembered his name, this would have come as less of a surprise, lol.
Here is Ekimu back on his shelf:
Whilst I have Ekimu, he’s a retired set, so I can see this magazine purchase potentially being awkward for younger fans without this particular set… though you could sit him on the arm of another Bionicle, or sit him on the part that goes into Ekimu’s hip, as pictured on the packet. Bionicle is going through a bit of a weird time right now, though still find it a bit on the odd side they release an addon to a retired set. I’m not complaining though!
So for these… initially picked one of them up, asked how much it was, expecting it to be something that I’d maybe buy one or two of them for. In the end, I picked up all but one, and paid for those to start with. Wasn’t so interested in the 6th – the silver octopus dude – but he let me have it for cheap, and in the process I realised I bought an entire set… so that’s a rarity for me! An entire set of something!
Here they are in all their boxes:
Some of the boxes were certainly the worse for wear, but they were all still sealed.
And here they all are outta the boxes:
When I was adding them to MFC, I realised that the catlike one is the “special” gold version, and not the one on the packet XD. Initially I thought it was just inaccurate box art, but nope, ‘tis the unadvertised version… so technically still one away from a set 😛
As of time of writing, not actually taken these out of the box. Part of me is debating whether I want to or not, but I probably will do eventually (and write a loot post about it!).
So here’s a pic of them in the packaging:
Shiny dudes!
This is the first of three loot posts for the Weston-Super-Mere comic con. For once, we had a bank holiday weekend that was hot :O. And the first hot weather in ages! Enjoyed wandering around the con, a decent selection of stalls, but when I returned later on in the day there was a “knot” of people by the entrance to the dealers – think they were queuing for something, but it made it confusing to if they were restricting access to the dealer’s hall or not. Turns out not. Fortunately I didn’t try to wait in the pile o’ people.
So now onto the loot! Here’s the alien, still in the baggie I bought it in:
RARRGGH! Here he is, escaped outta the bag:
And a side-on view showing more of the figure:
Happy with the figure, thankfully seems to be in good condition. Tempted to mount the base on a shallow container with an LED in it. Time will tell if I actually get around to doing that.
Bought this from a seller on Facebook, after a minor mishap with the postage.
Took a little longer to arrive than anticipated, but super-glad to have him:
Getting him spurred me onto sorting out the second hanging rail, seeing as the first one is full!
Here’s a pic of the new rail:
Not much on it for now, and I’ll possibly shorten Sonic’s string. Scissors may also move, so I have them temporarily mounted to the right for now.
Had this one shipped from France, from an MFC user.
This one I had been wanting for a short-ish length of time. Saw it in someone’s loot posts, and was like “man, I really wanna get that one”, but wasn’t hugely available, and the size potentially made shipping awkward. So I filed it into the “possibly at a later date” pile.
Then at a recent point in time I was browsing the new posts in the User Sales thread on MFC, and found someone selling stuff in euros… this one among other stuff. Asked for a shipping quote, it came up reasonable, so I bought it.
A week or so later:
Yep, I really like this one!
And from the back:
Especially love her hair 🙂
During the day, my husband sent me “📦📦📦📥”, so I joked about putting my parcel in his in-tray.
And thus I found out he can get very close to his in-tray and not notice there’s a figure in it:
He collected some paper out of the printer, I asked if he liked the contents of his in-tray, only to find out he didn’t see it!
Bought this one with Jungle Emmy, as I got a deal on the pair. Don’t know much about her, but she looks pretty.
She was smaller than I imagined, but am happy with her size. Means she’s easier to place somewhere in my rather large collection. One of these days I’ll pay more attention to the quoted sizes :P.
This figure was a bit difficult to photograph, as it doesn’t lend itself to being photoed from many angles. Think I did OK though.
Other problematic thing was putting her together – needed to heat up her feet to get her on the base, and the clear blue bits are actually two pieces, so it was an interesting time getting them to stay together whilst slotting them into her scarf.
Tried to fit her in the Gnedby, but that was a no-go with her smoke/scarf(?) trails.
Bought this one from an MFC user. This one’s an interesting figure – the clothes are kinda soft, and has a somewhat clean-but-detailed appearance.
Closeup:
The back. Couldn’t get her to pose with the spear as per the art.
Have pre-ordered the re-release of the Figma Matoi, and was hoping they would re-release Kiryuuin too, so I could get for a reasonable price… but I came across someone selling her at a price I couldn’t pass up, so I have ended up with her prior to Matoi
Super-pleased with her, and excited for Matoi. I will aim to find a space for them together :D.
I have also displayed the Rending Scissors dangled from a thread:
And a zoomed-out shot:
Prior to buying this, I have been thinking of buying it on and off… and finally got around to it XD.
So without further ado, “Tentative name” Rei:
And her back:
Pleased with the figure, and glad I bought it 🙂
Was browsing the MFC ads… and came across this fellow. He ordinarily comes with a Figma, but the pair is really quite expensive, and I don’t like the figma enough to justify the cost.
This li’l fellow flew all the way from Spain, in seemingly record time. He was posted on the 10th, according to the tracking and appeared a mere 2 days later. Wasn’t home at the time, and saw the postie put the parcel in the box on the CCTV – it looked like the right thing, but wasn’t fully convinced as it was so soon since it got scanned in Spain. Came so quickly it didn’t even stop to get scanned on this side of the pond :P.
Here’s a side shot of the fat bugger:
And one of his back:
And now the obligatory Japanese-figure-upskirt shot!
The most SFW upskirt you’ll see all week :P.
And now for a “so random I couldn’t not order it”. Interesting designs on these guys, so might check out the manga & anime associated with these dudes.
I’ve ordered a few of Kaiyodo’s small figures before, and never been disappointed, and this one didn’t break the trend. And now here for the randomness:
TADA! The guy on the left is bendy, and can be posed. The right hand one is statically posed, and apparently called Migi. Left hand dude was very sticky with plasticiser (not really a surprise, as he’s been in a sealed packet since 2003!), so he had to have a thorough bath. Love the way the veins have been painted inside/on an inner layer, as it gives them a much more “fleshy” appearance.
Awesome little pair, if you like things like this 😛
And another Puzzle & Dragons figure! Lilith.
Love her design, and the pose of this figure. Had to heat her hands up to get the scythe in them, but went in very smoothly after that. Texture on the scythe is a bit different, which is a nice touch.
Pic of her with the scythe in focus:
A nice little figure, which was cheap too 🙂
With me winning only one item in the Urban Mines, I had a box to fill, so the next 3 posts will be for the figures that came with the JoJo prize figure.
First in line, we have Vampire Lord from Puzzle & Dragons.
Bit of a pain to photograph with the sword. Main gripe with this one is the sword, in two respects: one, it gets in front of his face a bit and two, it’s a bit too much like a piece of plastic. Would be nice to have a little more detailing or something to give it a less “plastic” vibe. Other than that, he was good for the money imo.
Talking about figures and gripes, one thing that I don’t have an issue with is his back:
This is how to do a plain back for a figure – looking at you Purgatori!
Another one from the Urban Mines… a JoJo “diorama” figure.
This one looked nicer in person than I thought it might, and is detailed for a prize figure. Happy I bid on this, even though it was a pain to put together. Was also surprised that it was completely unopened & sealed – Urban Mine items rarely are, and the box seemed to be in good enough nick to be sold as a store item, so not sure why it went to auction.
Here’s a view from the top, showing more of the figures:
A worthy “A” prize, imo.
Bought this at the same time as Angela Balzac and thus got customs’d. Ah well 😛 Imo she was still worth it!
Here’s her face:
And her butt!
The velvety base is definitely a nice touch. She’s a bit smaller than I expected, but she’s well-detailed. Base has a few marks, but she was secondhand. If posed “right” on the base, the marks don’t show though.
Here’s a figure I’ve been looking at for some time, without really knowing anything about the source material:
I like the base, and she looks good as a piece, but getting close-up there’s a couple of flaws – mostly the hair. OK for the money I paid, don’t think I’d want to pay full price for her (which would’ve roughly doubled her price).
The alternate arm was a nice touch – both poses look good, but I can’t resist getting out the maximal amount of accessories :P. And one other nice advantage of the base: there’s a place for her weapon to rest. Some other figures I have could learn from this!
