Marvel Legends Infinite Series Hobgoblin Build-a-Figure: Daredevil

The Man without Fear

Hi Everyone, welcome to our first Marvel Legend Superhero Netflix Series Comic Version that this tag is too long - the man without fear, Daredevil.

We will no longer review about the box and stuff since I already threw them away and lets focus on the Action Figure Itself. But first let's give our hero a little bio.

Name: Matthew Murdock [Earth-616]

Alias: Daredevil

Occupation: Lawyer by Day
Affiliation: New Avengers, Defenders, Nelson and Murdock, SHIELD, Marvel Knights, Hand

Daredevil was never born blind. He was blinded as a child when he save a man walking towards an incoming truck and accidentally spilled a radioactive isotope resulting with his blindness. But this blindness heighten his other senses to a superhuman level.

In one of the version of Daredevil, he wasnt actually blind. He can see an infrared like vision that looks like burning hell.

Hobgobline BAF Daredevl (Left), SMC Daredevil (Right)

To give this a better review, let's use another Daredevil figure that we once loved right before when this new Daredevil came months ago.

Before that, if you are asking what is the best Daredevil Marvel Legends Figure - it should have been the Nemesis Series Daredevil that comes in the First Appearnce Version and Classic Red in which I don't have both.

This new Daredevil [left] comes in close with the generic bucky cap mold in which in my opinion indeed has awesome articulation. From head swivel to ankle pivot but in comparison with this old smc Daredevil [right], this old one still has the most and this one shares the same body as the series 6 Deadpool.

But when it comes to articulation, both of them still is poseable. It's jsut that this new bucky mold Daredevil is better because it won't give you that awkward armpit look when you raise his hands unlike the SMC Daredevil.

One thing that I wished that the New Daredevil [left] had was the same paint wash, and added texture on the body. Yes, indeed the color was good that they made it in a blood red color and the light orange variation on the gloves but it's too plain. Even the DD logo is awful comapreed to the DD logo on the SMC.

The weapon too ain't so bad, and this was used already in ML figures like Hellcat and Mocking Bird but what was bad is its too wide that it looks like a long colored white hotdog.

Anyway, the overall figure wasn't so bad - in geeky scale i think the height is still not accurate - but in terms of uniformity. I suggest you get this one and updated your Marvel Legends display with this one.:)

Note: This new Daredevil Figure also comes in it's First Appearance Version which was released as a Walmart Exclusive. This one comes in an alternate Matt Murdock Head which apparently just a repainted RR Series Modern Hawkeye.

Cat Cafe Manila

This time, I'll share something different. A month ago, a friend and I went to this nearby Cafe - Cat Cafe Manila (Not actually near, lol :3).

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What is a Cat Cafe?

A Cat Cafe is a cat-theme based cafe wherein you can interact, play and eat with different felines roaming around in the room. We'll you can't feed them.

Where is Cat Cafe Manila Located?

Cat Cafe Manila is located in the 2nd Floor of 189 Maginhawa, Diliman, Lungsod Quezon, 1101 Kalakhang Maynila, Philippines

The Experience

So, For starters if you are planning to go by the place - It's better to check out their website and schedule a reservation. I'm not quite sure if they accept walk-in customers but It's better yet you do the reservation and advance read the house rules first.

The Place was a cozy little room wherein you can lie down on the floor and eat while loafing around. Different cats will be roaming as well, some will be asleep.

You can touch or carry the cats, one thing to remember though - it depends on their moods.

Also, in the counter area where you pay your stay - is a menu of various snacks from brownies to coffees, croissant to chocolate milkshakes. Well, don't expect a heavy mea l though if your planning to stay over by lunch and dinner.

You are allowed to stay by an hour, and extend if you like - but thats the purpose of reserving your stay. The Place can only accompany less than 20 seats an hour, so if you want to stay longer - reserve more time and of course pay another hour.

Well honestly, I am a Cat lover although I don't own a Cat so this kind of place are very nice to the likes of me wherein I can pet various cats without them running away from me. The only thing though the place was small and going through the place is kinda hard - we had to take a cab although there are Tricycles around the place. Not sure how much they cost.

And a piece of advice, don't wear black and the best time to go is around 6 pm on wards - they are more active around that time. :3

For Inquiries and Reservation you may visit their website at catcafemanila.com

Explanation: Tag - Riaru Onigokko (2015) - The Chasing World

Yes, I know I wasn't planning to write anything anymore on this blog. But this film caught my interest that I had to write my thoughts somewhere.

Posssible Spoiler, IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED IT, STOP! I just wanted to share how I understand the message of the film, if there is any. I am actually interested on other peoples opinion on how they see the film, and I do believe that I don't need to watch the previous films and the series in order to understand the message of the film. I'm actually interested to read the original novel but I can't seem to find a copy available anywhere. So, without further adieu...

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The Film shows 3 personas, namely: Mitsuko, Keiko and Izumi. I will try my best to explain together with the last part of the film on what I think really happened to them.

First let's tackle Mitsuko. From what you see Mitsuko was not your typical school girl. In fact she was eccentric. Why? In the bus scene. we can see everyone was having so much fun. They were laughing, shouting , throwing stuff at each other. Even the teacher and the driver has these smiles on their faces - these moments symbolizes that they are normal - they are all alike. What we should notice was Mitsuko was alone, she was writing a poem in her little notebook. Then, 2 classmates noticed her and well the other one is actually trying to tease her. Well, It's not that offensive but analyzing from her eccentric behaviour she was actually sensitive from teasing.

Moving on, the next events were the slicing of the bus were everyone was starting to die except Mitsuko. When she crouched down to get her pen, a gust of wind started cutting everyone on half. Making Mitsuko the only survivor. What actually happened, the last part of the film Mitsuko committed suicide. Everyone was dying but in reality she was the one dying, she felt alone, she felt different - she wanted an ending.

Second is Keiko. Keiko is a person who is bound to marry someone. The scene was simpler than the first one. This was the view of Keiko herself wherein everyone was so happy for her but in fact that was all front. She knows that behind those smiles and words of congratulations, that's not what most of them think of her. Maybe, they think of her as using her groom as an escape goat from poverty or it's just for the money or something, could also be forced or whatever.

The groom, was symbolized by a Pig. A dirty pig, that could mean that it only shows lust towards keiko.

Now again, what really happened. Keiko killed herself in front of everyone. The scene wherein they were fighting was what she wants to do with everyone, she wants to shout, kick, punch, kill everyone. But just like the first one, it was all in her mind - and as an escape she killed herself with a broken bottle.

The Third one was Izumi which I found the most common of them all. From the various scenes we see Izumi was a top athlete adored by everyone. But what was wrong? She was actually pressured, everyone was expecting too much of her - she was pushing herself to the limit wherein she was no longer happy and at the point she thinks that she can no longer lose or everyone will think differently of her. What happened, she died when she crossed the fence.

Now, what are the other things that we should consider important during the film that would help us support and understand these theories.

Aki = was the best friend - the friend - the conscience - the mind. She plays the biggest role here and I don't even think she even really exist. She was the one deciding on what actions they should do, in other words she was the one thinking - she was the mind.

The old man and the game - No, the story was not a game. The game symbolized something, have you noticed it was similar to Grand Theft Auto V wherein you "control" 3 characters in different events. Meaning, the film was based on 3 Persona having 3 Different Events - and that their life and actions has always been controlled by the judgement of people around them.

The old man - could be the devil. The title of the film was "Riaru Onigokko" - which also means "devil's tag".

The last part - the man on briefs and the male world. - Female's are pure, they are sensitive. The Male World where Mitsuko came in was the time where a female enters puberty or adulthood and meets people in the opposite gender. They like and fell, but in a wrong turn they can be treated like toys. The place was full of female statues or whatever are those shows that the Man was counting girls, using them and playing with them. The feathers symbolized Mitsuko's purity then it was stained with blood for she was about to lose here purity and she was about to be used. When she came in to here senses her final line was "Don't play with us like toys!"

The final line makes a clear message - Stop treating girls as toys.

In the end, Death became there escape and everything became surreal - having the quality of a dream.