DC Universe Classics Green Lantern 75 Years of Super Power

I'm amazed it's taken me this long to pick up a Green Lantern figure. GL is one of my favourite DC characters so picking up one.. or two... or five GL figures was a no brainer. So what better way to start than with the Greatest Green Lantern of them all, Hal Jordan.

Hal comes with a couple of accessories so let's look at those. Firstly, you get a badge just as a little "collectors piece".

A base which is welcome, but is a little meh.

And of course, no Lantern would be complete without their power battery.

The battery is a nice sculpt but I really wish it was a darker green, like that of the suit.

There's a lot to like about this figure. Let's start with the paintwork.

The paint, for me, is most excellent on his hair. The hair has great light and dark brown paint on it giving it some nice realism. The mask is nicely painted and the whited out eyes really pop. The shading around Hal's muscles is good for bringing out the sculpted detail there.

And let's not forget the Lantern symbol. This seems to be a decal but it's very well applied.

The articulation is pretty top notch on Hal.

The head swivels and looks up and down, the shoulders are on a ball and hinge joint, there's a bicep swivel, single jointed elbow and wrist rotation. There's also an ab crunch and waist swivel.

The hips kick out all the forward, quite far back and all the way out to the side. This does mean he has a pretty unpleasing crotch area... There's hip swivel, single jointed knee and an ankle joint.

I'm a big fan of this figure, but he doesn't really work with my new DC Direct Sinestro...

I like the height difference, but it's the differences in the suits that I'm no sold on. By the way, Sinestro review is coming very soon!

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Marvel Legends Infinite Series The Allfather Build a Figure Wave Sentry

I had to pick up Sentry as he finishes my Odin BAF with the arms that he comes with! But I was actually pleasantly surprised with how much I like Sentry.

Out of box Sentry is a big solid figure, but not without its flaws. My biggest gripe with it, is the cape. From the front it looks absolutely fine. From behind though...

I really hate that it doesn't match up with the paint and it annoys me that it pegs into the figure's back. The silver lining of course, is that I'll have this guy on display and the chances are I won't have him facing the wall.

I like the paint job on Sentry, I like how bright he is and I really like his eyes and belt; I think they look really good. The sculpt as well is pretty great with some serious musculature on show from this guy and he has the jaw of a hero!

The articulation is what we've seen before on Marvel Legends figures but being such a beefcake, there's not a ton of poses to get Sentry into.

His head is on a ball joint but is a little hindered by his long flowing locks. The shoulders are on a ball and hinge joint, there's a bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, and swivel and pivot at the wrists.

Sentry has an ab crunch but it's difficult to pose him with him bent forward or back due to him being so top heavy. There's a waist joint, hips are on ball joints, thigh cuts, double jointed knees and his ankles swivel, rotate and pivot.

As I mentioned I really like his eyes. They're whited out but have a nice gold outline which really makes them pop.

And his belt is also a really luscious gold, with the S cut nicely into it

Overall I really was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked Sentry and as you need him to finish building Odin, he's a nice addition to this Avengers-centric wave.

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Marvel Legends Infinite Series Allfather Wave Build a Figure Iron Fist

Next up in the Marvel Legends Allfather BAF wave we'll be looking at Iron Fist, and the BAF piece that he comes with is Odin's other leg.

Iron Fist also gets an accessory. Actually, he gets EIGHT accessories - all of which are different hands.

You get two closed fists, two karate chop hands, two gripping hands, and two kung fu looking hands (I have no idea what these could be called).

Straight out of the box Iron Fist looks amazing and is definitely one of my favourite figures in this wave.

The paint is nice and clean over this figure. The mostly white suit has a nice light blue wash to it, his head, feet and wrists are a rich gold colour. There's also a gold sash and bandana tie. The last piece of gold paint is his dragon insignia on his chest which is very neatly applied. The black eye outlines are also cleanly applied and there are small silver highlights to show his eyes.

The worst part of this figure is that Hasbro are still insisting on printing the serial number on the back of the figure's thigh, which is annoyingly obvious on this WHITE figure!

Articulation wise, Iron Fist's head has a ball and hinge allowing it to rotate and look up and down. The shoulders have those a butterfly style armpit joint, the shoulders are then attached to this via a ball and hinge giving a good range of motion, double jointed elbows, and swivel and hinged wrists.

Iron Fist has a torso crunch, waist swivel, thighs are ball and hinged and have a rotation. Double jointed knees, ankles swivel and pivot.

And you can get some very cool fighting poses from this figure.

This was the first figure in this wave that I picked up, despite knowing very little about Iron Fist, but even in packaging I thought this figure looked great.

I'd absolutely recommend Iron Fist - you need him to complete Odin or King Thor, but even apart from that, you're getting a lot for your money with an excellent figure and a ton of interchangeable hands.

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Marvel Legends Inifnite Series Spider-Man Build a Figure Hobgoblin Wave

Several reasons why I wanted to pick this figure up: One, this is a seriously cool looking comic accurate Spidey; two, it comes with a half masked head sculpt - awesome!; three, PIZZA. Spidey comes with a slice. I really don't know why, but it's freaking brilliant.

Spider-Man also comes with Hobgoblin's leg for the BAF

Spidey gets extra hands, web thwipping hands, clenched fists, and wall crawling hands

And as mentioned, you get his half masked face.

Out of packaging this Spider-Man is a really nice figure. The paint is really pretty neat although I've heard some complaints about sloppy paint applications, especially round the eyes, but thankfully my figure is really quite neat.

The half masked head is a really nice sculpt and the paint is a really nice flesh tone, and thankfully it means he can eat his 'za! The wall crawling hands hold the slice perfectly, with the cheese running down in between fingers.

Articulation is really pretty good on this guy. His head is on a ball and hinge joint, the shoulders have an armpit type swivel joint and there's a hinge letting his arm move up and down, there's a bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, and his wrists swivel and bend.

Spidey has a torso crunch, waist swivel, hip swivel, legs moves forward and back, he has thigh rotation, double jointed knees ankle articulation and pivot. All in all, it makes for a really nice piece.

It's such great fun to pose this guy, and best of all, you can get Spider-Man into a handstand, which is incredibly cool.

And here he is with Figma Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Legends Amazing Spider-Man 2 Spidey, and Marvel Legends Superior Spider-Man.

If you're a Spider-Man or Marvel Legends fan I recommend picking this guy up.

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Toys for sale on eBay

Hi guys, I hope you don't mind me doing this:

I thought I'd pop links up here for a few toys I'm selling on eBay. I'm hoping to get some funds just to buy a few newer things to put up on the blog. Thanks for looking!!

DC Collectibles Animated Two Face


McFarlane Master Chief "The Package"

Spartan Mk VI

Thanks guys, I won't do this often, trust me!!

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Marvel Select Ultimate Hulk

I love The Avengers. I thought the movie was brilliant, and I really like that the Marvel cinematic universe is using a lot of the look and feel of The Ultimates comics to bring their heroes to the big screen. So, being a toy collector, I decided I'd like to have my own Avengers team in poseable plastic form. The best part about building your own Avengers team out of toys is that you can have whatever Marvel characters you want - but personally, I'm sticking to personal favourites and characters that have been Avengers in the books. And the first recruit into the Go Figure Avengers is Ultimate Hulk!

I love green Hulk, but there's something really nice looking about grey Hulk. I decided to go with the Ultimates version of the Incredible Hulk for various reasons. Firstly, I like Hulk from The Ultimates universe. If you haven't already, I highly recommend reading Ultimate Wolverine v Hulk and Ultimate Human: Ultimate Hulk v Iron Man. Secondly, he's a great size! I'm hoping that ol' grey skin here is going to be in good scale with the rest of the team. And thirdly, this is an excellent looking Hulk figure!!

But firstly, the negatives.

What. On Earth. Is this?

It's kind of like a background for Hulk, one side with a massive hand on it (Giant Man?) and the other side with a wrecked city, with Wasp flying around. I mean, it really doesn't work.

Yep, it really is there. Behind Hulk. It just wasn't worth the bother!

But apart from the daft accessory, this is a really cool figure.

Articulation wise, he's not too bad. His head swivels left to right, his shoulders move up and down and swivel on a ball joint, his biceps are also on a ball joint so you can have his arms turned in a few different positions, and his wrists swivel. No waist articulation, but his hips rotate and swivel and his feet move up and down at his ankles.

Hulk isn't really here to be posed though, and not in my case anyway. He's here to look good and imposing, and he nails it. The sculpt, especially around the face, is great, but it's the paint that really makes Hulk pop.

Hulk is a nice light grey, with almost a red/brown dry wash to show off the details - like his massive veins, rippling muscles and creases in his face. His ripped jeans are a dark denim blue that are sculpted on with rips, belt loops and butt pockets (because Hulk has to keep his wallet somewhere) all sculpted on. A nice touch with the shorts is the small silver paint detail on the waist button which is popped open, being held up by Hulk's sheer size.

I really do like the look of this big guy, and he is big, standing at about 9" tall. Check out the face detail!

Admittedly his eyes are a little derpy.

But look at his hands and feet!

I also have a little 3.75" Wolverine. This isn't in scale at all, but it was quite fun!

stay tuned to see The Go Figure Avengers grow in strength!

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