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Q: What’s Better Than Storing Your Action Figures in Big Plastic Tubs?

A: Actually having space to display them! 😀

A couple of days ago, I was lamenting having to move all of the action figures I had, not because we were moving, but because we had decided to install new carpeting. A few of them were on display in a small bookshelf that was mostly filled with books, and the balance were stored in big plastic tubs that I used to call “Staging Area One.” The carpet went in earlier this week, and I’ve been spending the last couple of days setting up the new display.

We got rid of the old bookshelf and added more shelving cubes. In all, there are forty-nine 1-foot square cubes, and I’ve got figures in thirty-one of them, and extra figures and customizing supplies in fourteen more. I’d guess I’ve got at least five times more display space than I used to.

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Marvel Select Marvel Girl, Wolverine, and Sabretooth Packaged Pics

Art Asylum has recently been releasing packaged pics of upcoming Marvel Select product. The latest batch is the X-Men related group:

Marvel Girl – both Rachel and Jean
Sabretooth – both modern and first appearance (exclusive to CmdStore.com)
Wolverine – brown and tan costume, both masked and unmasked (shared exclusive to PhatCollectibles.com, Newbury Comics, and Hastings)

Not sure when we’ll be seeing the next figures, but Diamond Select Toys has Daredevil, Spider-Man, Thing, and Abomination on deck.

via Art Asylum.

Marvel Select Abomination and Thing Painted Prototype Pics

You may not know who Eddie Wires is, but if you’re a fan of action figures, then you most likely have pieces of his work in your collection. Eddie is one of the premier prototype painters, and certainly one of the more prolific ones. He’s also an extremely nice guy – sorry, I couldn’t find a P-word for that.

I found these pictures in one of Eddie’s Facebook photo albums, and it’s really a mixed blessing. While I love seeing his work, it’s almost like torture, because the production pieces can never truly match up.

You can see more of Eddie’s work at his website, Wires Productions.

via Facebook | Ed Wires’s Photos – More Toys and other Randomness…

Two Exclusive X-Men Minimates Sets from Action Figure Express

This winter, Action Figure Express will have two exclusive X-Men Minimates sets, the Silver Age X-Men in their matching blue and gold suits, and the original X-Factor which reunited that team in their costumes with large colored X across the front. Well, kind of. The sets as planned contain four X-Men each, while the teams each had five.

The four members in the 4-packs are Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, and Beast. The odd man out is Angel. Don’t fret, though. An Angel for both teams will be released in the standard 2-pack format. Not together, though. Silver Age Angel is in an AFX 2-pack with a modern Madrox the Multiple Man – which could be unfortunate since people may want to army build with Madrox. And X-Factor Angel will be part of a Toys R Us 2-pack with Warpath.

I think this is an odd arrangement – if you’re going to release a packaged set of a team, why release one of the key members separately? … Oh no – if I start chanting “No Monkey, No Money!” just talk me down gently.

X-Men Minimates Go Retro With AFX!

It’s been an extremely exciting year for Marvel Minimates so far, and 2009 is going to keep delivering more of your favorite Marvel characters – focusing on Marvel’s Mighty Mutants! Two new exclusive box sets will be hitting collections later this year starring none other than the X-Men!

First up from Action Figure Xpress is the much-requested Silver Age X-Men box set featuring the original five members of the team in their first appearance duds. Featuring Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman and Beast – Minimate-aholics will be able to complete their set of founding X-Men with the Silver Age Angel available in Series 31 (due for release in December of ’09). Please take note that the Silver Age Angel will NO LONGER be the chase figure in this assortment, giving fans much improved odds on completing their Silver Age X-Men team. The Silver Age X-Men box set is now available for pre-order on ShopAFX.com and will also be shipping to customers in the end of this year.

As if one team of classic X-Men with interchangeable heads and accessories wasn’t enough, a second box set featuring the team’s landmark X-Factor outfits is also in the works from Action Figure Xpress! Featuring new versions of Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Jean Grey – fans will again be able to complete their five-member team by visiting Toys R Us and picking up the X-Factor Angel & Warpath two-pack this fall. The four-pack X-Factor set can be pre-ordered from ShopAFX.com and will be available concurrently to the Silver Age X-Men set.

For our complete offering of Silver Age X-Men characters, look for a new visual checklist on Minimates.com in the coming days and be sure to stay tuned as more and more of Marvel’s Mighty Mutants make Marvel Minimates history – two inches at a time!

via Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles.

Marvel Select Thing – Early Sculpt from Art Asylum

Art Asylum has blogged about their work on a Thing for Marvel Select. People have said that they thought this figure was canceled, but I haven’t heard one way or another.

My big pet peeve with the Things we’ve gotten in Marvel Legends (and Universe) is that they’re too tall. Sure, he’s bulky, but he’s not as tall as Reed. So this is a beautiful sculpt, but at Select scale I’m guessing it’ll be much too big to be compatible with my Legends collection.

Thank you Thing

Art Asylum's Marvel Select Thing prototype

This is way early in the development stage, but the Marvel Select Thing is coming along so beautifully that I just couldn’t resist sharing a look with you. Enjoy.

via Art Asylum Blog » Thank you Thing.