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Custom of the Week - The Russian

Posted by Dr Nightmare on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

In honor of the greatest movie ever made, The Punisher, we present to you a custom of none other than the beast known as The Russian! Finely crafted by CrimsonVampyre, this figure makes a fine addition to anyone's collection. It's good enough to hit someone with a toilet for it! Bask in its Russianiness, and check out that sweet CCCP tattoo! Now that's cool, check it out in the Custom Showcase now!

(Disclaimer: Dr Nightmare is not a Communist, just a sympathizer. ;) )

Leonardo Figure Review by CrimsonVampyre

Posted by Captain Coder on Friday, May 9, 2008.

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Leonardo Figure Review by CrimsonVampyre

First of all, I'd like to say that the NECA TMNT figures are easily the best Turtles figures I've ever seen. They're so awesome. I'll be reviewing them as a whole today, instead of just the Leonardo figure. Now onto picking them apart(critically, not literally).

SCULPT - ***** (out of 5)

The sculpt on this figure is amazing. The likeness to the original comics is uncanny, and I love the different plastics they used to complete the figure. The body (arms, legs, head) are of the normal plastic we'd expect a figure to be made of, but his chest is made of a very soft flexible plastic to keep from preventing his poseability. And the shell is made from a very hard and durable plastic which makes perfect sense considering he's...well, a turtle. I love it. And each head is sculpted differently so they're not all the same. Leo' . . .

Batman Figure Review by wyLun

Posted by Captain Coder on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

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Batman Figure Review by wyLun

OK, so I justgot the new Dark Knight figure.. much to talk about

first of all.. this figure IS, 6 inch scale! and not 5 inch, which means bette POA!!!
much more like the DC universe figures.. all the same articulations.

however, when I stand them up w/ the restof the figures, it may seem alittle smaller like the Hasbro Ironman Line.. however he is bulky and buff like the regular 6 inch figures.

if anything, it is more in scale in life because if you think about it this way, Superman and Capt America are like 6'2 220lbs... CHRISTIAN BALE as batman is like.. 6'0 200lbs? then these figures look the right size then! lol. thats how I see it and it gets me through...

the figure is extreeemeelly detailed, the batsuit looks awesome.. the new batman movie is going to be awesome.

the cape is kinda heavy, wh . . .

Announcing the Ostentatious Originals Custom Contest

Posted by Captain Coder on Friday, April 11, 2008.

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Announcing the Ostentatious Originals Custom Contest.

How's that for a title! Tired of making the same custom over and over? Well, this is it, your chance to let those brain-muscles run wild and create the craziest thing you can imagine. Giant monkey? Alien with 7 eyeballs? Ancient warrior? Eskimo with a flamethrower? Throw a rag on a pop-sickle stick and call it a ghost? If you can make it look good, then it's in! Let everyone know exactly who or what your character is by writing a backstory for it.

Notes

-You read right, anything you wanna make, it's in. There's a catch of course, you can't make any character that already exists! But there are also exceptions!

-Your custom has to be an original, but you CAN take inspiration from other characters, they just can't be exact duplicates with a name-change.

-If you write stories, this is the perfect chance to ma . . .

Tales of the West Custom Contest Results

Posted by Captain Coder on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

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The results for the Tales of the West Custom Contest are in! Thanks to all the customizers for their great work, and thanks to all everybody who took the time to vote to show your appreciation.

Voting Begins for the Tales of the West Custom Contest

Posted by Captain Coder on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

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Voting for the Tales of the West Custom Contest has begun! Remember, everyone is encouraged to vote whether you entered the contest or not. The customizers put a lot of time and hard work into making these creations. Show your appreciation and cast your vote!

Voting for the contest will run from April 1st - 7th. The winners will be announced the following day.

Metallic Color 101 Custom Tutorial

Posted by Captain Coder on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

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How many of you have wondered how to get that cool metallic color when you are painting your figures? Kyle Robinson shares his secret in his Metallic Color 101 tutorial.

Iron Man (Stealth Operations Suit) (Wal-Mart) Figure Review

Posted by Captain Coder on Monday, March 24, 2008.

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Iron Man (Stealth Operations Suit) (Wal-Mart) Figure Review by Scottrooper

Nice looking figure. Stealth Operations Ironman (why they didn't just call him War Machine is beyond me, the packaging comes right out and says that its' flown by James Rhodes after all) has decent shading on the silver parts of the figure, but the grey/black portions are just plain black. The sculpt itself is quite nice. The moveable cannons on his shoulders are decent and help to set this version a little apart from the others. The shoulder armor is removeable, but doesn't seem to get in the way of articulation anyway. Decent range of motion on the ankles, double jointed knees and elbows. Bicep articulation is in place, but no forearm. Swivel and hinge joints on the wrist (though the hand armor limits the ability to tilt the hand back for a nice repulsor blast type pose.) Head is o . . .

Donna Troy Figure Review by Dr Nightmare

Posted by Captain Coder on Sunday, March 23, 2008.

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Donna Troy Figure Review by Dr Nightmare

Impulse buying is always fun, and I rarely regret doing it, Donna here is a perfect example why. She's gorgeous! I'm not going to pretend I knew who she was, I've only read 2 comics from the current Wonder Woman series and one of them had giant talking albino monkeys with laser-guns, so I dropped that acid trip pretty fast. This figure is worth getting no matter what you do or don't read. It's impressive, plain and simple, it stands-out on the pegs among the dozens of Batmans, she's like the cool chick at a party and you know you'll regret it the rest of your life if you don't pick her up.

Donna stands about 6.5 inches, the lush voluminous hair pushes her height to 7 inches (I don't count hair as height by the way). She is cosmetically flawless; absolutely no blotchy-paint, very light make-up, and the eyes are perfectly paint . . .

Sidekicks Custom Contest Results

Posted by Captain Coder on Saturday, March 8, 2008.

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The results for the Sidekicks Custom Contest are in! Thanks to all the customizers for their great work, and thanks to all everybody who took the time to vote to show your appreciation.