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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The Simpsons Lego Series 2 Blind Bags

As I was shopping the other day I popped into the toy section (as I always do) and spotted the series 2 blind bags of The Simpsons Lego were on shelves, so I scooped three bags, got home, and ripped them open. Let's take a look at the line-up for this wave:

Homer with box of chocolates
Marge with flowers and purse
Lisa with Snowball II
Maggie with Santa's Little Helper
Bart as Bartman
Millhouse as Fallout Boy
Comic Book Guy
Martin Prince with a book
Professor Frink
Hans Moleman
Patty
Selma
Groundskeeper Willie
Mrs Krabapple
Smithers
Dr Hibbert

So a nice big selection and as these were my first 3 bags, I was confident I wouldn't pull a double. Out of this list I would really like Bartman, Fallout Boy, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Hans Moleman and Groundskeeper Willie, but as it's The Simpsons, none of the wave would really disappoint.

So I opened my first bag and found...

Lisa! Really happy with the Snowball II sculpt even without any articulation and it's nice to get a Lisa in a different colour of dress.

Second up I got

Hans Moleman! Now not only is this sculpt superb and hilariously accurate, but he even comes with his drivers license, which has been stamped void at the DMV by Selma!

I love it!

And in my third bag?

Everybody do the Bartman!!

Very happy with this haul, great looking minifigures and when I get the chance I'll be picking up more - and of course I'll let you all know how I get on!

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Halo Mega Bloks 97339 UNSC All-Terain Mongoose with UNSC Spartan Emile

I've found recently that more places seem to be selling off their Halo Mega Bloks sets, which is good for me, but I hope these sets won't end. I found this set in Jenner's today for 25% oof making it £7.50, which I thought was a pretty nice deal for what you're getting in this set - a vehicle and a very cool figure.

Emile, the UNSC Spartan that this set comes with, is a great looking little figure. Paint detail is great throughout with his shiny gold face mask with the kind of skull detail over the front, his armour is grey and black with light brown detailing, silver grey boots, and a red shoulder pad.

Emile comes with a tactical shotgun and a Kukri knife, both of which are flat colours but nicely sculpted. The sculpted detail in such a small figure is excellent overall, as is the articulation.

Emile's head is on a ball joint which lets it turn from side to side and look down (but not up), shoulders are on a ball and hinge as are the elbows, and the wrists swivel. There's a waist rotation, hips are on a ball joint and there's a single joint in the knee. For such a small figure this is a great amount of articulation.

The All-Terrain Mongoose vehicle is a simple little build at only 82 pieces and doesn't take long to put together, but it's nice little vehicle that looks good with the small UNSC insignia and logo. It also rolls really nicely which is a plus.

Emile sits on the Mongoose nicely and is able to hold the small handlebars nicely. There are also foot rests and even wing mirrors on the Mongoose.

This is a pretty small set but for £7.50 I'm happy to add Emile to my Spartan army.

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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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mini Ninja Figures

I'd never seen or heard of these guys before, but when I was walking through Asda I spotted them and knew I had to pick a few up!

These are compatible with Lego or Megabloks as they have holes in their feet that fit those pegs. These are just small figures, about an inch big, but they're quite fun!

I picked up 3 bags, each of which comes with a character card, and this is who I got

Dogpound, Metalhead and Shredder! Bit of a shame I didn't get any of the brothers, but these little guys are really quite fun!

No articulation on these little figures, but some nice detail and paint for their size. The lease pleasing is probably Shredder.

No purple paint sadly, but the silver that is used is pretty cool and very shiny.

Dogpound is pretty good looking, and they've given him some nice bulk seeing as he's only small

Sadly, he's bulky but short - just a little taller than Metalhead but much shorter than Shredder.

The detailing and paint is great on Dogpound though! Nice detailing in his face and paint apps on his legs.

Metalhead is my favourite though. I love his yellow paint apps on the detailing, and his shell is great!!

I'd like to try and get the turtles in this style, but that's the joy/curse of blind bag toys!

Glad I got to find these though, especially as I had no idea these were coming!

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Lego Minifigures Series 13

Spotted this new wave in Asda and couldn't resist picking a few up. Looking at the packet I'd be happy with any of these guys, especially the goblin, future soldier guy, and the hot dog guy.

So this is who I got.

The carpenter/joiner

The paint on this guy is great, he has a little logo on his polo shirt, tool belt is painted neatly and his face has a cool grin and stubble.

Secondly I got the snake charmer

Pretty sad I didn't get the flute though!! The cobra is a really cool piece though and the snake charmer himself has a pimp 'stache. Also

Lastly I got the bad ass future soldier robot looking guy!

He comes with 2 guns and he even has storage for them on his back. He also has some cool insignia painted on him which is a nice touch.

Glad I picked these guys up... and I really think I need to find the hot dog guy.

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EDIT!: I'm an idiot - the flute was under the snake charmer's stand!! Woo!