@therealsmallville This and Panthro in the Thunder Tank could make me finally buy a Funko POP for the first time ever.
Also forced perspective is definitely your friend with this Cat's Lair.
@therealsmallville This and Panthro in the Thunder Tank could make me finally buy a Funko POP for the first time ever.
Also forced perspective is definitely your friend with this Cat's Lair.
A lot of my collection is "movie poster" inspired...think of posters that have larger than life actors with minor things in the background, or in the foreground, but often much smaller than the main attractions (on Batman Forever, you have a tiny Batmobile speeding around the giant heads, for example; with Avengers Endgame, you have Stark and Cap front and center but around the edges you have other characters much smaller). I do this with Hot Toys, I don't have room for a 1/6 Batmobile but I do have plenty of space for a 1/18 version to go on the shelf in front of my Bat people. It works well for 1/12 as well, at times.
Thinking of it like a movie poster or an art collage definitely helps me to ignore unmatched scales completely lol I'm able to combine Hot Toys with McFarlane Toys, and even if it would make others itch it doesn't bother me at all. So, this little Cats Lair will act much the same; it gets the point across in the display that this is where they hang out, and thus it serves its purpose. I'm waiting to see if Panthro is removable from that Thundertank, as that would get me to purchase it as well for the same reason. I'd love to own the Super7 one, but I just don't have the space for it. I'm hoping Funko does one of these for Ever Living Mumm-Ra, with the skull and sarcophagus. Fingers crossed.
Saw this for anyone interested
Deluxe Tygra and Cheetara revealed at Toy Fair.
Glad to see more Deluxe offerings. I will absolutely be grabbing both Tygra and Cheetarah... probably more than one of each.
Happy the Deluxe program is ongoing I wouldnt have been mad if they had showed more than the next two though
Interesting that they didnt show Deluxe figures from any of the other properties.
I didn't see the best picture of the new Tygra but I hope he doesn't have that ugly brown/yellow wash on his uniform that the original did in places. The absence of that alone would make this an instant pick-up.
That deluxe Tygra is missing a few paint apps vs the Ultimates version. His left arm at the top should have some gold trim and the tops of his boots on the Ultimates has the circle filled in gold and a different coloured trim around the top. His bola whip base is also not painted gold. On the plus hand, he doesn't appear to have that ugly wash the Ultimates version has. Hopefully he also will have a better torso articulation; my Ultimates is kind of floppy as I read lots of them were. He does appear to have the elbow pad on the right arm.
I wish he had the few extra paint apps so I could swap him in my display without putting thought into it. Without the paint I may stick with what I have for my display.
Deluxe Cheetara looks almost the same as the Ultimates version. At quick look the only difference I notice is the bracelets are white on the Ultimates version. I probably don't need the deluxe Cheetara, but good for those who do.
I also saw in a Pixel Dan video they have Panthro and Mummy Mumm-Ra in the "vintage"/5.5 scale. They look OK, but at least so far I haven't been picking them up so I'll probably pass.
I might pick up that retro style Panthro since my Funko version snapped at the hips.
I just noticed that DX Tygra has the 'classics" body but the DX Lion-O doesnt, its more slim? did they do that on purpose?
I just noticed that DX Tygra has the 'classics" body but the DX Lion-O doesnt, its more slim? did they do that on purpose?
I think they just used the same molds they already used for Tygra before and ran a new batch without all the accessories. For Lion-O, because they no longer had the original mold they inherited from Mattel they reworked an entirely new one to use going forward on their own - that's why it ended up slimmer - and that's what they used fro the Deluxe release.
So, I know I'm super late with this gripe but I just finally opened my wave 11 Thundercats - even though they were delivered weeks ago... and man was it deflating. I opened a bunch of Ultimates all at once and it's funny because it just got more disappointing with every next figure.
First was Quik Pick - he's a little short and slight for a typical ultimates figure, but it's not inappropriate for the character and overall I don't hate the execution. The body is simple but the coat is nicely done. I don't love the soft goods scarf with it's garish (enormously out of scale) stitches - but all in all the figure is neat and it makes me want to find a body to use for the hatless head it comes with for a second grasshopper type character.
Second was young Lion-O and man is that a tiny figure for $55. What's there is nicely done - he looks good, he moves well - but he is just really small. Like - without the head it looks like it's from a 1/18th figure line.
Third was Darkbird from Silverhawks.... I mean, it's just Quicksilver with a different head so I knew what to expect. nothing to get too excited about but it's fine and does what it's supposed to.
Next was Copper Kid and he was just a smidge bigger than the Lion-O but with even less interesting sculpt going on than with Lion O again it's just a tad underwhelming
And finally it's Snarfer and holy hell. He's literally like two inches tall. Like how in the hell did Super7 justify charging $55 for this teeny tiny little thing. Snarfer was never a favorite character of mine in the show anyway but this makes me hate him more. It felt like a stretch paying $55 for Snarf but this guy is half the plastic of that and it's just... wow.
Noone to blame but myself, I knew these guys were little when I pre-ordered them but this batch of 5 figures at once was probably the most underwhelming Super7 unboxing I've ever done. Looking at this 5 figures together and knowing I dropped $275 plus tax for them makes me rethink my hobby, that's for sure.
Sigh.
One day out of the blue, the one Target by me that had EIGHT Monkian figures just cleared the pegs of them. It looked like a reset because a lot of new NECA was put out, but there’s no sign of the Monkian figures in a clearance aisle or anything. Inexplicable.
Entertainment Earth just charged me for Ro Bear Bill.
What are the silver rings with Snarfer supposed to be?
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