Mecha Mad and Figure Fixation

[Super Grover]

Top notch info there Neil - thanks v. much my man.

[Soundwave]

Top notch info there Neil - thanks v. much my man.

No problems Grover happy to help out
Don't blame me though if you start buying too many lol

Neil

[Super Grover]

No problems Grover happy to help out
Don't blame me though if you start buying too many lol

Neil

Well thats my bank account now ?110 lighter!!

Just put the Tron Light Cycle on pre-order Layaway.

And the finger of blame points at you!

[Soundwave]

Well thats my bank account now £110 lighter!!

Just put the Tron Light Cycle on pre-order Layaway.

And the finger of blame points at you!

Lol that's ok I can handle the blame...I have broad shoulders

Congrats on joining the club.

Not sure if you've seen but some of the new Licences Hot Toys have picked up for the coming year are looking mighty impressive...

Captain Harlock:


Pirates: On Stranger Tides:


Sucker Punch:


Batman: The Movie (1989):


Captain America: (Cant wait for this one...my most anticipated Licence)


And saving the most important one for last (Well for most on this site anyway lol)

METAL GEAR SOLID!!!!!!!!!



It's going to be an Expensive year & I havent even considered game purchasing yet...think I might be bowing out of that hobby to concentrate on this one at this rate lol

Neil

[Spatial]

Oooo! A Hot Toys Snake could be really something.

[Soundwave]

As long as he's better than the Medicom RAH version then he'll be awesome.

I was pretty chuffed when I saw they were due though...not a big fan of the games but the character was crying out for a good collectable.

One series I'd love to see them take on is Gears of War...could you imagine Marcus, Dom, Cole & Baird not to mention the Locust given the Hot Toys treatment

Neil

[Super Grover]

Is the Hot Toys website 'safe'?

My McAfee keeps throwing up 'use this site with extreme caution'.

I'm presuming it's not referring to the possibility of me getting carried away by going on a spending spree!!

[Soundwave]

Is the Hot Toys website 'safe'?

My McAfee keeps throwing up 'use this site with extreme caution'.

I'm presuming it's not referring to the possibility of me getting carried away by going on a spending spree!!

To be honest I'm not sure.

I get the same from Google Chrome so I've stayed away just in case as I really don't fancy Malware.

Shame as I used to enjoy going on there...you probably are best staying away though becuase once you start looking at the olde series & thinking you'll add them to the collection it gets hideously expensive, some of the figures are mega money

I still really want the Briareos & Deunan figures from Appleseed & the Batman & Joker DX figures as well but they have gone to stupid amounts now

Neil

[Spatial]

I noticed that Google had flagged their site with Malware warning a few weeks back and have stayed away since.

Don't know what's going on there or if they're even aware of it, but I'm not taking that risk - plus I get most of my Hot Toys news from other sites

[Soundwave]

I noticed that Google had flagged their site with Malware warning a few weeks back and have stayed away since.

Don't know what's going on there or if they're even aware of it, but I'm not taking that risk - plus I get most of my Hot Toys news from other sites

Yeah I wasnt too worried because I get my nes from other sites & I'd recommend these ones...

You Bent My Wookie...

http://youbentmywookie.com/

Fine site covers everything & has some awesome girl of the months too

Action Figure Times...

http://www.aftimes.com/

Collection DX...

http://www.collectiondx.com/

Especially good for Japanese releases

Raving Toy Maniac...

http://www.toymania.com/

Toy News International...

http://toynewsi.com/

Those pretty much cover all the bases for news I need.

Neil

[Spatial]

To that list I'd add

http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/

Lots of mainstream stuff and some of the more obscure / ultra-collectables too

[Soundwave]

Thanks for the site there Spatial will add that to the list...looks like a good one

[Super Grover]

Neil,

Where are you picking up the info wrt Metal Gear?

Licking my lips over that! Would'nt mind seeing if there are any pics of prototypes or the likes, or are they not at that stage yet?

[Soundwave]

Neil,

Where are you picking up the info wrt Metal Gear?

Licking my lips over that! Would'nt mind seeing if there are any pics of prototypes or the likes, or are they not at that stage yet?

Nowhere in particular just wherever has the latest out of the sites listed.

No prototypes as yet but I'm checking everything almost daily as I'm dying to see them myself along with the Cap figure

Fingers crossed they wont be too far off yet.

Neil

[NeoDragoN]

Just to add three forums which i use constantly.

www.statueforum.com - great for everything pretty much, has huge Sideshow/Hottoys and Bowen forums with alot of traffic but covers just about everything from Gentle Giant to Kotobukiya to custom statues and just tons more, also this is where most professional sculptors hang out so a chance to see stuff before its even previewed properly. Seriously worth registering just to browse.

www.statuemarvels.com - basically the home for Bowen Designs, Randy Bowen posts sneak previews and asks for opinions and also answers questions and more.

www.robot-japan.com - forum is full of info on all the newest releases from Chogokin releases to Revoltech and Transformers.