The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Wouldn't happen to have a SS WWII Bumblebee would you? Been kinda curious how he looks with the Stomper.

Emerje

I do, but he's still in moving totes.

Stomper actually isn't that good sadly

[Emerje]

My step brother owns a self storage facility and if you've ever seen Storage Wars you know that a lot of random stuff gets left behind in unpaid units. Normally it's stuff like old furniture or tires which he just leaves out on the roadside for free. But about a month ago he told me he had a bunch of Star Wars stuff that was left in a unit he could give me and I told him he could leave them on my porch, which he did today. Three good sized boxes with a bunch of stuff sticking out of the tops. Hopefully the neighbor kids didn't see them, a bunch of kids under 10 hang out at the house across from me including one of my nieces. Anyway, there's some really cool stuff in these boxes, haven't really dug through all of it yet.

A bunch of built Legos without boxes or papers including a Millennium Falcon (pretty sure it's one of the ones they rebox constantly, not the black box version), AT-AT and a bunch of smaller ships. Lego isn't my thing, I'll probably sell these. There's some Ninjago stuff in there, too.

Giant Size Darth Vader and Stormtrooper, they're both pretty well played with and covered in scuff marks, probably give those to Goodwill.

Open boxed Tamashii Nations Samurai Darth Vader and Stormtrooper, going to keep those.

Boxed Black Series Boba Fett Prototype colors and Sandtrooper (black shoulder pad), keeping those.

Funko Pop Boba Fett Prototype colors in box, undecided on this one.

A few random loose 4" figures, I think they're all PotF2, might hold on to these.

A Think Geek destroyed AT-AT lawn ornament, probably going to Goodwill, it isn't very interesting.

A bunch of random stuff like sticker books and other odds and ends, either Goodwill or the garbage, none of it is vintage.

That's just the stuff I noticed after a quick looks, there's more things buried in there. Aside from the Legos and the Tamashii Nations stuff I don't think any of this is particularly rare or valuable.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Target BOGO are fun for me

[D-Maximal_Primal]

New Mandalorian just dropped

[Emerje]

Found most of MOTUO wave 7 at Target this morning, that was a surprise! Only figure they didn't have was Jitsu and I didn't want the comic Stratos figure so I quickly canceled my pre-order from BBTS and grabbed Sorceress and Buzz-off and ordered Jitsu again on BBTS. Saving a lot of money this way even with the BBTS markup.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I got a lot lately. Black Friday sales were really good. and I have secured a couple of pretty unique and rare hot wheels. And some great Ghostbusters stuff.

[Emerje]

Forgot to post some stuff I got from AmiAmi.

Pop Up Parade Gurren Lagann Kamina and Simon.



These are my first Pop Up Parade figures, they're nice and big for the prices. They're basically arcade prize toys made for retail, basically at the same price (around $30 if you're importing them). I just wish they came with interconnecting bases and Simon came with Buta on his shoulder. Still, going to look great on the shelf, I really need to reorganize my TTGL collection, I ran out of space ages ago.

Also figma Fate/Grand Order Alter Ego/Souji Okita [Alter]



The Fate figma collection continues to grow. They sure aren't getting cheaper, this little figure ran me about $80 before shipping, more than the other two figures above combined. MP Skids and Reboost were in the same box and cost less each.

By the way, AmiAmi says DHL shipping has gone up by 17%! Here we were hoping prices would come back down by now, not go up further. Mandarake only ships to the US via DHL and they've also said there's an increase, but they didn't give a specific percentage.

Emerje

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I wonder if the DHL hikes contributed to this set going for $70 shipped from Mandarake's eBay store:


The second set of Banpresto "Toru Toru Catcher" 7-inch Lupin III figures. A replacement for the set past me got 20 Christmases ago and all-too-soon ruined between my clumsiness and Banpresto's idiotic use of tiny ball joints in tight sockets (which has lead to me having to make repairs and modifications to this lot already).

[Emerje]

I wonder if the DHL hikes contributed to this set going for $70 shipped from Mandarake's eBay store:

Wouldn't surprise me, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if their value has gone up since they're at least good looking figures and they've been cranking out a lot of anime lately with no decent figures to back them up at a good price. I have the other green jacket version of that Lupin with the gun molded into hand (I paid around $10 for it on clearance around 20 years ago, probably from Action Ace), it's nice, but yeah, the joints are downright miniscule.

As for myself, found the Jazwares Halo Warthog with Master Chief at Walmart on clearance for $10. If it hadn't come with Master Chief I wouldn't have bought it, but as a set I couldn't resist for the price.

Also the second series of Final Faction figures have shown up at Dollar Tree! Torn is interesting, but his head is really loose and hood doesn't stay on well. Scope is pretty nice, I like the red paint. Churro is just a good boy, a little chihuahua in a big robot dog body, looking forward to plugging a bunch of guns into him. Back of the package teases six more figures coming soon, three Alpha Team and Three Kharn! Still no sign of the vehicles.

Emerje

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

These guys arrived today! Re-release of Hun-Dred with a glow in the dark S.O.T.A. (blue), and Blazer! This was from the last and final release of Robo Force by Toyfinity, who have turned the IP over to another company. Extremely happy that I got the Hun-Dred, as I missed out on his original and "ultimate" releases.

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[-Kanrabat-]

A surprising find at the dollar store. For 3$can, I have a small bot that have tight joints, with a clean transformation, everything tab well, and most of all, FULL DIECAST CAR BODY! Only fault is the bot don't have knees.

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Pretty amazing. The same thing would have cost 20$ if it was a licenced Transformers like Bee.

[Emerje]

Got MotUO Jitsu at Target this morning. They had a bunch of wave 7, looked like probably 4 cases worth. Already picked up Sorceress and Buzz Off a few weeks ago there so that gives me all I wanted from that wave (no interest in the Stratos repaint).

Also finally got this girl to finish the trio of Re:Zero girls.

Ram


Shame they only did the three figures, can't believe they didn't see money in making a Beatrice figure or any of the witches (Echidna!).

Emerje

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I wonder if the DHL hikes contributed to this set going for $70 shipped from Mandarake's eBay store:

Wouldn't surprise me, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if their value has gone up since they're at least good looking figures and they've been cranking out a lot of anime lately with no decent figures to back them up at a good price.

That may be a factor. The reason I was considering DHL price hikes as a factor though was that I saw the set for the equivalent of $30 while browsing Mandarake's actual site trying to find a solo Goemon.

I have the other green jacket version of that Lupin with the gun molded into hand (I paid around $10 for it on clearance around 20 years ago, probably from Action Ace), it's nice, but yeah, the joints are downright miniscule.

Indeed... I think in the case of my new set, being MISB (which is generally good for a toy's condition) actually exacerbated the problem; that's 20 years of the hands sitting unmoving, slowly stiffening and losing the give that made the wrists functional at all.

As for myself, found the Jazwares Halo Warthog with Master Chief at Walmart on clearance for $10. If it hadn't come with Master Chief I wouldn't have bought it, but as a set I couldn't resist for the price.

Emerje

Ooh, not too bad.

I've got more to share.
First is something I got on Christmas itself but dawdled on putting up a photo of:

The 15" Evil Emperor Zurg! At last I have the fitting opponent for my 12" Buzz Lightyear.
Pity the Ion Blaster doesn't actually fire foam balls, but still a nice figure. The "teeth" grille could have done with being glued, though; I had to dig the screwhole filler cap out of the back of his head and open it up because I accidentally knocked the mouth panel loose.

And last week I acquired something that seeing the Jurassic Park crossover set rekindled my desire for:

The Kenner Jungle Explorer. Missing the hood and brushcutter bumper, the back panel that held the gratuitous missile launcher, said gratuitous missile launcher, and both missiles. But at least it has the moon roof/canopy. And I'm working on fabricating a replacement hood right now.

[Emerje]

One of my local Walmarts finally put their Masters of the WWE Universe figures on clearance (the other did it this time last year it feels like). All they've had for months is Stephanie McMahon and Goldberg so I grabbed one of each for $9.47 each.

Emerje

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

A surprising find at the dollar store. For 3$can, I have a small bot that have tight joints, with a clean transformation, everything tab well, and most of all, FULL DIECAST CAR BODY! Only fault is the bot don't have knees.

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I just got one too! Plus a big purple gun bot that shoots foam darts for just a dollar more! I don't need Megatronia now! I have this big purple gun that I'm only now deciding is a girl

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Also I have my order in for Big Firebird's Mocha~

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[-Kanrabat-]

Let's hope your little 3$ guy won't crumble.

Also, Big Firebird Black... Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[Emerje]

Oooh, that purple gun looks a lot better than the one Kanra posted before. Not great by any means, but seems to be better proportioned. Really want to see the third figure now.

Emerje

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

Got a model kit in the mail. Kinda 50's scifi space girl feel to it.

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[-Kanrabat-]

That girl looks freaking nice!
It's also a nice change of pace from the typical Frame Arms.

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

That girl looks freaking nice!
It's also a nice change of pace from the typical Frame Arms.

I wanted this one because it's got that 1950's scifi inspired look!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

It's a pretty nice look.




Got Rescuezord #4, Star Racer (whoever named it must have only seen it with the scoop undeployed), from Power Rangers Turbo in today. It was broken when I bought it, the shoulder pin socket for one of the arms had cracked and caused it to have trouble holding the pin. I was able to repair and reinforce the socket with Krazy Glue, then filed it down to reduce the friction against the outer part of the shoulder ratchet, and reinserted the pin using the heat of a soldering iron to avoid stressing the plastic.


With Star Racer acquired my Rescue Megazord is now at 4 out of 5. Still need Wind Rescue (as well as the guns and maybe the heel pieces).

[-Kanrabat-]

A race car that can become a loader.
Eh, why not?

[AllNewSuperRobot]

Storm Collectibles Ken The Eagle pre-order announced! - $90

Can't afford it this week. But really want to get it anyway...

[blackeyedprime]

Starting to feel like a cross over month to me with TMNT Power Rangers Donny and Leo turning up and Amazon finally restocking a figure that I'd rather get through them than left on the pavement by Hasbro pulse.

so this week I have Dexter Morgan incoming...

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XD

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Got 2 individual things I wanted to share here. First up, got a Vintage Collection Kuiil to go with my Razor Crest, which should arrive soon. And I got the long awaited Amban Phase Pulse Blaster from Nerf. I love both of these, I love the Mandalorian, and now to have Kuiil again for my RC and then to have an actual representation of his blaster is great. The blaster itself was worth the really long wait