Marvel 500 Bind Bags Hasbro

I'd heard about these a while ago and a as a fan of blind bags, mini figures and Marvel, when I saw these in store today, I had to pick a couple up.

This first series has 24 to collect and, I assume, the end game is to release 500 minifigures.

Now bear with me here, I'm going to try and explain some of these figures the best way I can - where the figures look like their normal characters from the comic I'll just name them, when they look different, I'll add the colour schemes. This first series contains:

Spider-Man
Captain America blue & silver
Ultron blue and silver
Hulk
Punisher
Dock Ock green & gold
Iron Man
Green Goblin green & purple
Thor
Venom
Hulk green
Ghost Rider
Captain America
Spider-Man black
Ultron gold & blue
Red Hulk
Green Goblin
Carnage
Iron Man silver & red
Nick Fury navy & white
Ghost Rider orange
Ultron
Spider-Man red
Thor red, black & silver

Now some of that probably sounds a bit confusing, but look at what I got, and it might make a bit more sense!

Firstly, I pulled

Venom!

The daddy of the symbiote family is a good sculpt, but what is that pose all about?! There are pros and cons here. Venom is a nice bulky minifigure (as he should be), the spider symbol is well applied and his eyes and tongue are both painted. The weird pose is a bit off putting, I really wish there was more paint on this guy, especially around the mouth, and the white at the eyes hasn't been applied perfectly which is a shame.

Secondly, I pulled

The translucent blue and silver Ultron.

I prefer this figure over Ultron. I love the translucent blue plastic here and Ultron's pose is much better than Venom's! Ultron looks to be holding some kind of energy ball.

There's more going on in the sculpt here too so that's appreciated. The little bit of silver that goes down one side makes it look like Ultron is being hit with a ray of light which is a pretty nice look. None of the figures have articulation by the way - they're only about 1.5" high and are quite a hard plastic.

I like these figures and I'll be grabbing more when I see them, but I can see why some people wouldn't be impressed.

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Halo Megabloks Metallic Series ODST Drop Pod and Minifigure

I had no idea that Megabloks were releasing more of the drop pods, but this time with the new super poseable minifigures. I have the metallic blue ODST from the last series so I went for the gold instead. Also available are 2 metallic Elites - one in purple and one in blue - I'm hoping I'll be able to grab those soon.

On opening up the dirty gold drop pod, which itself is nicely detailed, you get the display stand, backpack, SMG weapon and , of course, the figure itself.

My only issue with these toys are the price. Considering it's just one minifig that you get I feel as though you're really just paying for the pod itself.

Anyway, let's have a look at this guy:

I like the colour of him even though he's not exactly gold, he's more of a burnt copper, it is a cool look though. And I really do love these new super poseable figures.

From the back he looks good too, I especially like the backpack.

Overall, I'm happy to have this guy added to my metallic ODST team (I've called my team "Raptor Squad" on account of the teeth painted on their helmets) and depending on how I feel, I might just go ahead and pick up the blue ODST too. I'll be sure to post those Elites if I manage to get my paws on them!

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The Simpsons Lego Series 1 Blind Bag Minifigures

So just a super quick post as I just grabbed one bag the other day and as I only have two of the series 1 minifigs at the moment I figured my chances would be ok. And thankfully, they were!

I got me a Milhouse van Houten! Excellent. He even comes with a copy of Biclops comic - us glasses wearers have got to stick together! I seem to be really be filling out Springfield Elementary what with all the kids I've got from these blind bags so far!

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Lego Series 13 Blind Bag Minifigures

Over the past couple of days I've picked up 5 blind bags of Series 13 Lego minifigs. I gave the initial few I got a good few months ago to my nephew as he's a big Lego fan, so I lost the joiner, space trooper and snake charmer. So I was looking to replenish this wave for me.

So first up was:

The awesome space trooper with different face prints on each side of his head. Really glad to have him back. He has an air of Halo about him which I dig.

Secondly I pulled

Aw come on!!

OK. Third...

Another hot dog guy double.. Annoying!

Fourth must be better...

Not cool. That's another double for me - the disco diva.

So far, 1 from 4. That's an incredibly poor ratio. Let's hope for something a little better for my fifth and final bag.

Fantastic! The archaeologist! 2 things: I always wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid, and secondly, it's excellent to see women represented by Lego in such cool jobs!

I only need a few more to complete this wave, but I might have to go to eBay if I really want them, that way there's no chance of doubles!!

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Lego The Simpsons Series 2 Blind Bag Minifigures

So I went out for a sandwich for my lunch and, as I'm incredibly weak willed, I grabbed another 2 packs of The Simpsons Lego series 2 blind bags. I was hoping my luck would continue with two new figures. I should be so lucky...

Another Martin! Didn't even bother building him, no point at all! Still a great minifigure though.

I was very happy with the second figure though:

Comic Book Guy! Really happy with this minifigure, but you know my very favourite part? The little moulded Squishee cup. I love how the lid is a small see though piece with a little straw. It looks perfect!

The sour that goes with this sweetness though? It's being reported that Harry Shearer - the voice of Ned Flanders, Kent Brockman, Principal Skinner, Mr Burns, Smithers, Lenny, Otto, Dr Hibbert among many more - is leaving The Simpsons. Personally I don't think the show will function nearly as well without him, but I guess we'll see, as no doubt the will plow on and continue making the show.

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The Simpsons Lego Series One Blind Bags

I have had trouble tracking down any of the first series of the Lego Simpsons blind bags, but I found some while I was out the other day so I picked a couple up.

This first series includes:

Homer with TV remote and donut
Bart with skateboard
Marge with purse and a copy of Donut Fancy
Lisa with saxophone
Maggie with Bobo the bear
Grandpa with a copy of the Springfield Shopper
Ned Flanders with an "I love south paws" mug and his tool box with sticker "Property of Ned Flanders" on it
Krusty the clown with cream pie
Milhouse with a copy of "Biclops" comic
Ralph with his "I choo choo choose you" Valentine card
Apu with Squishee cup
Nelson Muntz with baseball bat
Itchy with club
Scratchy with axe
Chief Wiggum with megaphone and truncheon
Mr Burns with Blinky the fish and a rod of plutonium

I don't actually have any of the first series of Simpsons Lego figures so whatever I pulled I was good with me!

First up I got

Nelson with his (vaguely sinister) baseball bat!!

and secondly I pulled

Krusty and his hilarious pie!!

Happy with these guys and I'll be on the look out for more!

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Lego Star Wars Microfighters AT-AT Set 75075

The second series of Lego Star Wars Microfighters have been released and having picked up the original trilogy vehicles from the first series, how could I turn these down? This series, which takes the vehicles from Star Wars, and shrinks them down into an utterly adorable ride on vehicle. I have only picked up the two original trilogy vehicles in this wave - the AT-AT and the Snowspeeder - and in this review I'll be looking at the AT-AT.

This set, as with all of them, comes with a minifigure. The minifigure with this set, is unsurprisingly, an AT-AT pilot.

And underneath the helmet, the Imperial officer looks nice and angry!

As far as the AT-AT goes, it's an easy build that takes about 15 minutes and looks great when it's complete.

And to give you a bit of size perspective

These really are small, but they look great! And they don't take up nearly as much room (or as much of a bite out of your bank balance) as the full size versions.

There is a little articulation in the vehicle. The head moves up and down and the legs move back and forth as do the ankles.

If, like me, you don't have the money or space for the full size versions of the vehicles from Star Wars, these are for you!

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WWE Stack Down Universe Series 1 Blind Bag Figures

I've seen the Stack Down play sets before but I've never been overly interested in them due to space, but when I spotted these blind bag figures I picked a few up.

The wrestlers that you can get are:

John Cena (shirtless)
Roman Reigns
Brock Lesnar
Daniel Bryan
Undertaker
Sin Cara
Kofi Kingston
Wade Barrett
The Rock
Sheamus
Randy Orton
and John Cena (red shirt and cap)

Out of the 12 superstars you can get I'd like Undertaker, Reigns, Bryan, Brock, Rocky and Orton. But really, I'd enjoy any of these.

Upon opening I got (in order)

Daniel Bryan!

YES! YES! YES!

Next up was Sin Cara

Sadly the paint application around Sin Cara's mask has been put on off centre

And finally, the Dead Man!

I really like these figures! They look great and the articulation is really pretty great. The head's on a ball joint so moves around and up and down. The shoulders are also on ball joints, the elbows are hinged and the wrists swivel. There's waist articulation, the hips are on a ball joint so move forward and back, not out too much though. The knees also have a joint.

One of the best things about these little figures is that there are holes around the bodies of the wrestlers meaning that you can plug their hands in and get some fun poses!

The paint apps for these (apart from Sin Cara's mask) are all really clean... Actually thinking about it, I wonder if these are stickers instead of paint.

You can also dissemble these guys, like taking off Sin Cara's robe and The Undertaker's hat and jacket.

I'll definitely be looking to add more of these wee guys to my collection, they're so cool!

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