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Action Figure Flashback – Marvel Legends Series 8 Man-Thing

Chemist Ted Sallis was assigned to “Project Gladiator”, an experiment aimed at recreating the lost “super-soldier” serum that had spawned Captain America during World War II. Sallis attempted to modify the “super-soldier” serum with another serum, one that had historically transformed people into monsters and got close to success. But he was betrayed by his wife, Ellen. To guarantee that the secret would not fall into the wrong hands, Sallis injected himself with the only existing sample of his modified Super Soldier serum, and fled into the nearby swamp. Sallis should have died, but over the course of several hours, mystical forces combined with chemical science to transform him into the monstrous, misshapen creature who would be dubbed the Man-Thing.

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More Wal-Mart Exclusive 6-Inch War Machine Pics

Yesterday for AFP Iron Mania, J Hernandez shared his pics of the Wal-Mart Exclusive 6-Inch Iron Man Mark VI and War Machine. Today, we follow that up with our own Buzzy Fret’s in-depth look at War Machine.

Marvel Legends /6-inch scale Iron Man 2 figures!!!

Last week I saw posts in the Fwoosh Marvel Toy forum that the IM2 6 inch figures were showing up in Wal-Marts, so I went hunting and bagged me a War Machine. I passed on the Mark VI armor Iron Man – I wasn’t all that crazy about the look of it and I figured since these seem to be packed 4 IMs and 2 WMs to a case, the Mark VI figures will be easy to find if I decide to get one at a later date. If you’re wondering about price, the Mark VI and War Machine retail for $12.96 and are Wal-Mart exclusives.

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DC Universe Classics Wave 13

DC Universe Classics Wave 13 is here at last! After getting inundated this past Fall and Winter with DCUC 10, Color of Fear, Justice in the Jungle, Superman/Batman Public Enemies, DCUC 11 and finally DCUC 12, the last 2 months waiting for DCUC 13 to ship has seemed like a long dry spell to me. I guess if I had picked up the DCUC Versus MOTUC sets I would’ve gotten a little fix to tide me over. Alas, I have no MOTUC monkey on my back, just a King Kong-sized DCUC jones. Luckily Enchanted Toy Chest got their shipment from Mattel last Tuesday (April 20th) and blasted out orders the same day! My set arrived this past Friday (April 23rd) and my DCUC need was fed.

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Mattel WWE Elite Collection Triple H

On a recent Toy Safari, I came across a Mattel WWE Elite Series 2 Triple H figure hanging on the pegs at my local Target. Now I’m not a wrestling fan by any stretch of the imagination but being a customizer I could see mucho potential for using the Elite Triple H as a base figure for a barbarian character. Luckily I snapped some pics to throw up here on AFP, before I dismantled him.

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Customizing Tips From The Buzzy Cave: Eliminating Paint Rub From DC Universe Classics Customs – Part 1 Shoulder Discs

Passing on some tips, tricks or minutiae that will help make action figure customizing easier for someone out there.

Howdy all! Buzzy Fret coming at ya with another tutorial from the dark, dank Buzzy Cave.

Paint rub! The bane of customizers that wish to maintain the poseable part of the their poseable action figures! There are a lot of tips and tricks out there to try to keep the oh-so fragile acrylic paint clinging to the plastic of your customs but, in my experience, nothing works like breaking the figure down and attacking those rub points with a Dremel and sandpaper. I know, I know, it’s time consuming, it’s hard, it’s not as much fun as painting and sculpting. Well maybe I’m mental, but I just can’t see why anyone would spend so much time and effort trying to make a beautiful looking custom out of a poseable action figure just to see the paint scrape off when you move a limb on it.

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