Friday, June 29, 2012

Face Off Iron Man

Released by Toybiz as part of the Face-Off series 2 in 2006


This Iron Man is also Known As The Modular Armor Iron Man





















Quite sleek as always with any other Iron Man Armors. with removable face-plate that shows Tony's classic comic-look.

With Toybiz's decent amount of articulation for pose-ability.





A little short compared with the Modern Armor Iron Man





War Machine Unmasked (3.75 Cancelled Figure)

From Hasbro Iron Man 2 cancelled line
3.75 inch scale, should have been released in 2010


This figure Should have been a Target Exclusive Boxset together with Black Widow and an Unmasked Iron Man. And since it's a cancelled wave it is now hard to acquire that 3.75 inch Robert Downey Jr. head and Black Widow. As for this figure really Captured The Likeness of Don Cheadle.


Hard to acquire but not impossible. this figure surprisingly showed up on local ebay a couple of months ago. 

As for the body. it is the same body used in any other WM figure with the generic paint from this line. except i got this with no weapons at all but with really decent paint job and articulation. 














A decent stand with any other 3.75inch figures.

Hopefully someday we would get the other figures from the boxset, or just the 3.75 Robert Downey.

Though Cheadle is ok. 

Campbell's Spiderman (Hasbro)


The Exact same mold as the Super Poseable Spider-Man of Toybiz. with a different paint scheme. this hasbro's version is somehow darker. where instead of the normal light-red to light blue. they painted him black and darker. with that Hasbro states that this version is based on J. Scott Campbell's design and not Mcfarlane's anymore. (insert rolling eye ball here)



Since the Toybiz's Mcfarlane Spidey is rather hard to acquire and very expensive nowadays. this campbell's version could be a nice alternative for that. since the price range of this figure is stable, but still seldom collectors are disposing this.

Since this has the same mold as the older version. articulation and pose-ability are rather the same.

If you want a darker colored spidey but not the symbiote suite. this is the figure for you.

Red Hulk BAF

Released by Hasbro in 2008


Probably one of the most successful Baf Figures of the company, successful in a sense that unlike Hasbro's previous BAF's (that sucks) this wave was starting the "exclusive" trend in the ML line for Hasbro. that's why it didn't show up drastically in the market. which made him really hard to acquire then.
Lucky for me the Baf figure consist of only 6 characters, which i managed to get the parts piece by piece.


Sadly and really irritating for me, i got the right leg part of Rulk with a left thigh! of all the figure in this wave, i got an error part from a hard to acquire figure! (Silver Savage). so imagine the disappointment and awkward feeling seeing him in my shelves like this. though still on the brighter side at least i got a hard to acquire figure now at a cheap piece by piece price.












This Red Hulk in Hasbro's Marvel world though perfectly detailed is still really somehow quite small, compared to the Diamond Select RULK. He should at least be a little taller. though in this scale he looks a little buffed up. 


In terms of articulation, because of the "error" thighs , it limited the pose-ability of the figure. but still this Rulk was given a decent amount of articulation.


Figure's details really resembles the comic likeness as drawn by Ed Mcguiness.

From the sharpness and edges of the muscles to the brushed up hair and angry look on the face. really a great nemesis for the Incredible Hulk.



Bret "Hit Man" Hart

From the: Defining Moments series

Made By Mattel
Released in 2011

First i want to state this was given as a birthday gift by my good friend Arnold Te a.k.a. Freakinstein of the forums. Thanks Nold you're the best!

have i known i will be given an expensive MOC figure of "Hit Man" i wouldn't have bought a loose figure of him just a couple of weeks ago. still a generous free figure like this is still worth anything i would rant in here. :)

And since this is a gift and i already have a loose figure i would just keep this figure in the nostalgic area of my collection where i wouldn't open it (for now).

The box really is very attractive for MOC Collectors. Sporting the figure's name and alias in the front and a big "Defining Moments" in gold and WWE belt-like trademark.




There is really a big difference in buying a loose and a MOC figure. i got mine as a figure only with no whatsoever accessories included when in fact "Hit Man" has tons of accessories in this series. 
Comes with all of his trademark stuff. The Cool Leather Jacket which says "Hart Foundation" in the back. the ever futuristic Sunglasses, his Hometown Canada flag. and the Popular WWE Belt in. 













This figure was from his appearance in the 10-man tag team match between the Canadian and American Rivalries. in July 6 1997 which was stated and narrated at the back of the box.

A pretty fine figure that captures the resemblance of the wrestler. and in fairness to Mattel they really improved the action figures for wrestlers. 

A perfect birthday gift from one of my best buddies in toy collecting industry. Thank God for friends like them. 

hey wrestling is real!!!! - me when i was 7