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- Jun 4, 2015
So update on the tidal wave thing. Ended up not getting the figure because I got sick as hell like right before amazon actually stocked him and then I had a few dollars under the price in the account due to not getting paid in time and it dropping earlier than the date it said it was coming. It did that thing where it said "revise payment info" but then mysteriously just fucking vanished from my orders. Like it's just not even there in the order history anymore. Found out the amazon copies also have the exploding knee joints and said"fuck it" and decided not to get it for now. Big relief not having a 200 dollar preorder looming over my fucking spending account anymore and having to micromanage funds, that's for sure. Around the time I got "better" enough to check internet stuff again I found out a small one time only figure production run type company's site restocked on a figure I wanted (it was leftover stock from convention booth sales) so I ordered some of those. Also ended up finding out a guy that recast action figure parts as a hobby I got stuff from off ebay years back (heads and helmets type shit ) from not only did not stop but now has a designated website around the same time where he basically sells commissions of recasts through.
Tl ; dR Basically the money that would have gone to tidal wave due to being like a dollar or two off when a surprise charge and then surprise order deletion that doesn't even show up in the cancelled orders happened has now gone to smaller, more niche things and fodder for personal projects which are also smaller technically.
EDIT CAUSE I FORGOT: Also if things get better/go good cashflow wise soon I may actually use the tidal wave money for a roboskull II. the thing is the same general size and price range (if not slightly higher) and I similarly lacked the funds for the kickstarter/preorder on it when I found out about it a few years back. No guarantees. It's a lot more insane due to being a fanmade homage to the one big exclusive thing people know from a weird yet cool almost bootleg tier UK localization of gi joe. I mean save for the 5PoA figures and one amphibious vehicle mold but those aren't a SPACE FIGHTER WITH A GIANT SKULL AS THE MAIN BODY. Also unlike tidal wave they ADDED an ungodly amount of features that make sense instead of removing every unique feature.
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Tl ; dR Basically the money that would have gone to tidal wave due to being like a dollar or two off when a surprise charge and then surprise order deletion that doesn't even show up in the cancelled orders happened has now gone to smaller, more niche things and fodder for personal projects which are also smaller technically.
EDIT CAUSE I FORGOT: Also if things get better/go good cashflow wise soon I may actually use the tidal wave money for a roboskull II. the thing is the same general size and price range (if not slightly higher) and I similarly lacked the funds for the kickstarter/preorder on it when I found out about it a few years back. No guarantees. It's a lot more insane due to being a fanmade homage to the one big exclusive thing people know from a weird yet cool almost bootleg tier UK localization of gi joe. I mean save for the 5PoA figures and one amphibious vehicle mold but those aren't a SPACE FIGHTER WITH A GIANT SKULL AS THE MAIN BODY. Also unlike tidal wave they ADDED an ungodly amount of features that make sense instead of removing every unique feature.
Been forming a small collection of either fanmade remakes or homages to the red shadows guys since I've always liked the designs ever since finding out about the wild UK gi joe localization shit back in the day, and almost ALL of these remake/homage figures or parts for customs have been from US based groups so it's infinitely more affordable Fuck your 50 dollar exchange rate for 30 dollar shit plus 25 dollar shipping UK.Only time I've seen shipping sanely priced from a UK seller it was some small 3d printed custom figure parts stuff I ended up ordering for one of my many projects. Considering Hasbro seemingly let the rights for everything fall into a weird legal gray area it's intriguing to me that they've been putting out their own nods/homages to stuff tied to that again in some of their recent transformers marvel comics figure box sets and super7's gi joe stuff just straight up naming characters and using the designs for their releases. I'd get the super7 shit more if it wasn't 20 fucking dollars for kenner star wars style figures that are produced in large enough quantities I still see ones that came out 7 years ago on chain store shelves. Not paying full price for those ever. Maybe I'll get them if they go on markdown to 6 or 7 dollars again when they actually have the ones I liked the look of in stock.
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This thing is like my schizo mecha dreams made manifest. Perfection. Raw aesthetic perfection.
Still pissed on missing out on the kickstarter only one that came with more paint detailing on the right. Hoping they produce more of the figure that comes with it at least because only being able to get the 6 inch version whenever that comes out is not an ideal situation for me.
Still pissed on missing out on the kickstarter only one that came with more paint detailing on the right. Hoping they produce more of the figure that comes with it at least because only being able to get the 6 inch version whenever that comes out is not an ideal situation for me.
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