Deadpool by Fire Toys [10" Figure]

Yesterday, while I was browsing a couple of toy groups in facebook I bump into a post with this unknown Deadpool figure. It's box was something I haven't seen before in any announcement that Marvel had on any of their toy lines. Well, I remembered that there was some pictures online of a 10"-12" Deadpool figure but to my dismay it wasn't the same one on the picture. So, after of couple of hours searching, googling a fellow collector commented the answer. It was indeed a Deadpool figure made by distributors named Fire Toys. And yes, this means it was created by an unoffical toy line - well from my point of view I can't say it's a bootleg since no original copy was copied although the Deadpool's right still stays on Marvel. Moving on...

This is the box, there is a large Marvel.com logo on top but I haven't seen any confirmation that it was indeed Marvel Material and I still kept on searching if it was indeed legit. There is a chinese like logo on the top-left of the box in which I have no idea what it says. Lower-left is Fire toys logo.

At the back of the box, a large chinese or whatever that is can be found. From one of the results in google, I think this chinese or japanese or whatever logo is a symbol for Deadpool himself because from what I read this is Deadpool on his Manga Version thing. Too lazy to research....

Upon opening you'll see it's very similar from some figures packaging specifically Playarts Kai - in which it really looks nice. The figure was well kept inside.

Front. Details were good and amazingly well made although during our talk with the seller their were some figures which has some minor paint chips and dubs in the chest. Luckily I acquired a good one. Added accessory, a vest , a gun holster, a knife holster [i don't know what it's called] and arm pads - and yes they can be removed.

Left Side.

Back. just like the ROML Deadpool the vest is a holder for the sheat of Deadpools Sword.

Right Side

Lower Part - the details on the shoes was awesome too.

Added accesories - So by default, Deadpools hands is in it's neutral state which means they are open then the package will include one right hand for his gun, and a pair for both his sword and dagger. Then it includes two katana with their designated sheats and one dagger and a pistol. And yes if ever you are wondering the dagger looks weird all coloured in gold .

So there you have it, well I can't fully describe the awesomeness of the details of the figure since it was nicely made I hope the pictures could prove it to you.

Next and probably you are questioning, "How about the articulation?"

I'll list down the moveable points I saw well If id miss one that would be really weird: Turnable Head, Shoulders, elbows, wrist, the waist [yes it can be turned], hips and knees - like a large Neca huh? It's not super poseable but still poseable so don't hope for anything more.

And well atleast the weapons fits.

Side by Side with Play Arts Kai Yuffie - "My Yuffie now has a boyfriend! haha can't wait to get my PAK Cloud and Tifa next year!"

To top it all up, the figure was awesome - the details, the mold was well made and looks an official figure but as I said don't expect too much on poseability and articulation

Bandai HGBF 1/144 Beargguy F (Family)

By Far, the most cutest and adorable Gunpla I have! And just in time before it appears in the series, Mirai Kamiki's Gunpla - Beargguy F (Family). And yes, amongst the 3 Beargguys I have this one stands the most. And as said and can be seen on the Boxart that this was based on Beargguy 2 which was never release and didn't even exist only in the show. If you'll look closely in the boxart a blurry picturee of a box named Beargguy II (2) can be seen, well it's never too alte if they are still planning to release it.

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Beargguy F or Family portraits a Mother Bear carrying her Baby Bear around. Mamber is called Mamagguy - colored in white which actually sucks. I don't dislike pure white Gunplas - but I have problems keeping and maintaining them clean. The hardest part was spraying flat clear (matte) over it at the same time keeping it away from dirt in which I failed. Upclose my work is dirty thats why I am planning to obtain another one of this. You may have notice this is the same Beargguy III (San) we all know except it's in white and no large ribbon can be found.

The little one is called Petitgguy, a small cute little Gunpla Bear - flatten it in matte and you'll see he looks too good to eat. What's amazing is it has actual articulation and can stand with proper balancing. Petitgguy has a separate hands for Mamagguy that makes her look like she is holding his child. And aside from those the same arm extender and expression stickers can be found inside the kit. Probably not much of a kit....

Lastly, Petitgguy has a chair like thing that can be attached to Mamagguy's back and be attached to Petitgguy. Then there is to it, and probably the only thing that would catch your attention to buy it is the word "Cute".

Hasbro 3-Pack Series Collector's Edition: Ms. Marvel, Captain America, Radioactive Man

Probably the most riskiest thing I have done so far and yes I won't do this again - spending a lot for 3 figures. Unlike in other countries - items like this comes hard and expensive here so I had to save a lot If I wanted to have one. But I was to eager to have Ms. Marvel so bad that I took out some money from my savings. For the upcoming series, I guess the main target would be Scarlet Witch only since yes, I don't think I can afford it any longer and as soon as I got a few I have to cut some figures off - anyway, enough of the private stuff. Our Next post for today is Marvel's 3-Pack Collector's Edition by Hasbro released this year of 2014 and consists of 3 heroes, namely: Ms. Marvel [Warbird - Carol Danvers], Captain America [Ultimate? - Steve Rogers] and Radioactive Man.

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One of the few things Hasbro is good at is, one they are good at giving out High Quality Teasers which makes the figures look good that it makes you wanna lock your wallet until it arrives. Next, the new Hasbro Infinite Series are packed in pretty neat boxes like this one - looks special huh? And althogh a little off, details are now changed and a lot more better in terms of proportionality. Hasro managed to create a female heroes with a decent detail unlike toybiz who created the anorexic Scarlet Witch and Petite Emma Frost - don't get me wrong, I like Toybiz Male Heroes.

Radioactive Man - Dr. Chen Lu was a nuclear physicist and communist agentin the People's Republic of China - was ordered to find a way to defeat Thor - Dr. Lu exposed himself to a small dose of radiation until he is able to endure a massive barrage, and becomes a living radiation and calls himself "Radioactive Man". This radiation gave him the ability to manipulate radiation all through out. Also a known member of the People's Defense Force, Thunderbolts, Masters of Evil and Titanic Three. So by Far, the details for Radioactive Man was pretty accurate since their are not much of a detail to emphasize. Although, from what I remember the logo on his chest should have yellow. And it has this cool green translucent effect. But by far, the whole mold was a recycle of other molds from previous Marvel Legends that Hasbro has released. This is actually a combination of SDCC's Luke Cage Body and I think Drax head. Then recoloured and changed to clear phasing like plastic. So more or less Hasbro did it again, re-using other molds. Well it did fit so the only problem here is movements and articulation was not that good specially on the legs because the skirt like thing around his waist blocks it's movements.

The next figure was the good ol' Captain America, Steve Rogers - yes, another Captain America. It really sucks that they had to create "Another" Captain America wherein there are so many more heroes and villains that hasn't got the reboot or doesn't even have a figure yet. And the original plan was I buying the set, Get Ms. Marvel and sell Radioactive Man and Captain America but I thought I needed Radioactive Man since this is the first Radioactve Man figure and found out that these Captain America has an awesome lower body articulation in which feels like the old figures from toybiz. And if ever you are wondering I think this is a new version of the Ultimate Captain America that has been released and has a smaller holster thingy like vest and the Swap head that looks like Commander Steve Rogers . The shield is similar to the Marvel Now! Movie Captain America but the back is coloured grey instead of Red. The problem I encountered was the shield was broken when I took it off the box and I had to do some fixing using putty since it won't stick usng the glue I use. And it won't fit just like any other shield, I find it hard to fit on the arms of Captain America. Probably the only thing I like in the figure was the similar boint joint articulation in his legs which gives highly poseable poses.

So there you go, 2-figures that are basically good but not worth having since they robably not the ones you are looking for.

The Hype - the reason I did get this after all was it's all because of Carol Danvers aka Warbird also known as Ms. Marvel. Prior to that, there was already an existing Warbird from Toybiz Giant Man Series which actually was pretty rare now a days and cost a lot more than usual. The Toybiz Version already has a great articulation but to much to your dismay the face detail was a little off. Before that who is Ms. Marvel anyway? Ms. Marvel also known as Binary or Warbird was a human fused of the alien Kree Captain Marvel after being caught in an explosion. Although Captain Marvel saved hher life, Danvers sustain serious injuries but was able to gain superhuman strength, speed, stamina and durablity. She also learned the ability to project energues and absorb - and of course flight. Known member of the Avengers but also a member of the US air Force, NASA, SHIELD, X-Men, Defenders for a Day, Starjammers, Operation: Lightnng Storm and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Let's begin, apparently this is another obviously recycled figure from Hasbro. You might be saying, or maybe not - what figure? Remember SDCC Thunderbolts, the one with Moonstone and of course Luke Cage which has a similar body with Radioactive Man that I stated a while ago - yes, this is the same Moonstone that has been recoloured to create Ms. Marvel. Well, for the body part since from all the female mold that hasbro did - the Moonstone body was by far the best in terms of movements and proportioanality. What's bad was Moonstone and this Ms. Marvel's head are the same - yes, the same. Search for Moonstone and you'll see that from the Hair colour down down to her face it was the same. I don't disagree by any of it by the chance I did like it since It fits the figure itself - and it was by far awesome! The problem is if Hasbro keeps creating figures using other characters mold then why don't they just release everything? They are using the same mold anyway and the uniqueness is somehow gone. Imagine putting Moonstone and Ms. Marvel together and non-comic book fans will say "Is this her?" or "Are they twins?". Moving On, the usual Hasbro release where only good at teasers it took me awhile to pick the one with the bestest paint and this is the bestest one I could get. Overall, it nice to finally have a new Ms. Marvel since the Toybiz one aside from being expensive and rare it doesn't have the sexy mold and awesome face such as this.

P-Bandai HGBF 1/144 Star Build Strike Gundam Ver.RG System

I was down a local toy shop then to my surprise I saw a bunch of P-Bandai on their stocks. I was choosing a various selection from Astraea, to P-Bandai SD's but their is this one thing that really caught my eye and got me pulling out my wallet and showing some bucks. P-Bandai's Star Build Strike version RG System. This post would be shorter since in reality it's the same HG Build Strike we know. And it can be found here.

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First, whats in the box? The regular Star Build Package will include you the Blue Plabsky Wings together with the Star Build Strike unit so in order to complete your kit you have to separately buy the HGBF Universe Booster in order to get the Power Gate. And you'll end up having two Universe Booster. Now, in the P-Bandai version the kit includes both the Plavsky Wing and Power Gate inside the Box - it should have been that way in the first place. Next, ver RG runners are composed of Pearl coated runners, clear parts and not jsut celar but glittery clear parts and some normal parts. Yes, you read it right normal runners. The Pearl coated runners where for the white parts while the clear parts are for the arts that are colored blue and red and of course the Plavsky Wing and Power Gate. The normal runners are for the grey joints and mostly the gun. Now, what exactly did change? Well probably in the series Star Build Strike has this mode called "RG System" wherein he could generate and focus Plaavsky disperssions in some of its parts or somehow like that haha not pretty accurate huh? But yeah thats more to it, in order to identify it RG System has activated parts of it's frame turns to blue. Well, personally I liked this version with the removal of the Pearl coated parts though, doesn't look right with all that shine and stuff but the RG System parts were cool all in all. :)

Hasbro Transformers Universe Deluxe Special Edition Boxed Optimus Prime SE-01

This will be the first time I'll be posting a Transformer Figure - well basically I am not a TF Collector nor am a fan of TF's but I don't dislike them. Whenever someone asks me I always say "I collect Gunpla's and my brother collects TF's" and yes since we live in different places now, I am eager to someday see his collection personally. To be honest I bought this Prime thinking he haven't got it yet but unfortunately he already have one so I might as well keep it in the shelves. To be honest, it will be harder to give a feedback since I haven't hold a TF figure for like forever, the last TF figure I held was the Gigantic Optimus Prime with the Sonic Convoy from the Movie. Still-

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The Box

The figure is kept inside a neat looking black box, covered in white threshold like images. It say Optimus Prime.

The box can be opened up front to view the insides of the pacakge, here we see the autbot leader himself in his robot mode. Pretty neat huh, can be displayed in such a pretty manner - but I has to open it! I must! Optimus is calling me "OPEN ME! WE MUST SAVE CYBERTRON!"

Robot Mode

Here we see the typical Optimus Prime, I really don't know how to differentiate since I have a little knowledge in the TF Universe. He has a rifle included but too bad he doesn't have any axe. Moving on... but I still think he should have an axe - seriously... or does he? and my package was incomplete?

There's a button at the back, this button gives this unknown swinging like action. That seriously doesn't make sense. In terms of articulation though - it aint have bad as far as I remember TF figures have limited movements depending on it's class and since this is Deluxe class, articulation won't be much.

Truck Mode

And yes it still have his Truck Mode, Vehicle Mode or whatever you want to call it - I call it Yeah Mode. Well seriously transforming this thing is such a pain, I was never good at it ever since thats why I never touch my brothers toys back then - i touch them but I never intend to form then since I am afraid to broke a part.

The cannon has a placement at the back but yeah It would be cool if it has a trailer though - but.. hmm.. anyway cool truck.

The final verdict, the figure was cool in some ways but since I feel there is somethings missing - It feels dull.

Toybiz Marvel Legends Galactus Series Dr. Strange

Doctor Stephen VIncent Strange also known as Dr. Strange - a member of various team such as the Defenders, The Order, Midnight Sons, New Avengers and the Illuminati and serves as the Sorcerer Supreme - the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Known abilites are his Mastery of magic, a genius-level intellect, a skilled neurosurgeon and believe it or not a trained martial artist.

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Dr. Strange is included Galactus Wave by Toybz and includes Galatcus right arm. Probably , both him and Xavier was the most must have figure in the wave. Just like Xavier picture out Dr. Strange's comic look and you'll probably see that this one is accurate too. What actually bad was the probable height was a little small and of course those hands that stays on the rock on! position was already bad. And aside from you can't change those hands, both left and right are on those positions.

The Cape was made of soft rubber in which most toys who need a lot of clothing on their appearance has. Wonders why Toybiz didn't use a cloth instead just like on the old ML Gambit. Whatsbad about the rubber coat is it's too heavy for the figure to carry and obviously too big.

Well anyway, even without the coat Dr. Strange looks cool, rocking cool! The figure itself aint half bad in terms of movements but since the cape was too heavy and was too big it makes it less poseable.

And since it's the onlye Dr. Strange ML figure in the market I guess he will do for now - and let's hope hasbro did it better not just in pics.

Toybiz Marvel Legends Rider Series Wonderman

The next in line is Wonderman, yes the Talented Actor Simon Williams. Probably only a few know who he is but yes, he is a member of the various teams of the Avengers and what is his power? Well aside from being a talented actor, an electrical engineer, industrialist and stuntman he is also Ionic-energy empowered, has flight, extended life span, Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability and virtual invulnerability. Change your mind about him? a lot of people think he is gayish since his alias was "WONDER" - admit it the first character that comes in your mind when the word wonder is involved is the queen of the amazon herself, Wonderwoman.

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Wonderman was included in Series 11: Rider Series in which iincludes a red hover scooter which I no longer included and thrown away over the scraps in the random fodder box in my room and a small Yellow Jacket.

Not much of a figure though, articulation was well great but seems pretty normal. Though a little hunchback and has a hard time folding between the ribs.

The details was ok, but being a big strong guy - he does look like a little small and his head is a little small. Well, a reboot of this might be a little while since he is not hype yet but hoping that someday more people know who Simon Williams is.