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Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Snake Men – the Turning of Man-At-Arms

My “staging area” (AKA the unruly pile of unopened toys that my wife wants to burn) was getting too unruly for even me being able to stand it, so I did some opening of a few Masters of the Universe Classics figures that were stranded due to lack of shelf space allocated to MOTUC. The pile included Kobra Khan, Rattlor, and the Snake Men 2-pack, and I was a little surprised to find that I could have an entire cube in my display devoted to the faction – it didn’t seem too long ago that I only had King Hiss, and he had been stranded with Hordak and the Evil Horde.

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ThreeA Toys Fighting JC – Experimenting with Manual Camera Settings to Control Light

The Fighting JC in 1/6 scale from the 3A Toys Adventure Kartel line was one of my most wanted figures. I was able to pick one up from a fellow collector on the Unofficial ThreeA Legion BST group on Facebook, and I’ve been meaning to take pictures of him since I got back from abroad. I’ve been procrastinating, though, because I haven’t been too happy with how my more dramatic (read: dark) pictures have been turning out. A rather circuitous session of web browsing got me off my butt to experiment with completely manual settings on my camera. Feel free to accompany me on that little journey.

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ThreeA Toys Pile of Loot – Fighting JC, Tommy, and Zombs (and more Zombs!)

I’ve been spending some time with my parents for a few weeks, and I’m going through toy withdrawal. But one of the silver linings in the being away from home cloud is the pile of loot (to borrow from one of my favorite online retailers, Big Bad Toy Store). It just so happens that the pile is filling up with some awesome stuff from 3A Toys, including a 1/6 Fighting JC (my latest Holy Grail), Tommy, and Zombs in both the 1/6 and 1/12 scale.

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(Return Of) Marvel Legends Wave 2 Big Time Spider-Man

That’s right – I’m back baby! And I’ve brought pics of the fairly new ROML 2 Big Time Spider-Man!

When I ordered this figure from HasbroToyShop.com, I was hoping I might luck out and get the Future Foundations deco Spidey as I’m not a big fan of this costume. But I must admit that he’s starting to grow on me. The new ankle design really ups BT Spidey’s cool factor and turns him into hand candy. Now if only Hasbro had used a glow-in-the-dark paint instead of simulating it with overspray…

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Jay and Iron Man

It’s been one month since my brother passed away, at far too young an age. I’m in the Philippines with my parents, and this morning we went to the parish where my parents have a small crypt for my dad’s father and stepmother and my mom’s mother (more on my Lola some other time). Jay will share his final resting place with them.

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