Schwag Brag is on the Phone, Says it's Urgent

MAN, I have not had the time I wanted to sit down and take pictures.  As usual, though, I have been taking pictures of new things with my phone.  I've missed two weeks by this point, so let's just put something up already!  Here's a quick Schwag Brag of phone pics.

First thing is something my Mom got for my boy Jake. 

...naturally, I opened it and played with it.  To my credit, I actually had my eye on this awhile back, but never bought it.  It's a neat rocket ship with two astronauts and a removable top portion - BUT - it's all made out of recycled materials!  It's a super sturdy and decently sized ship, so I'm looking forward to Jake (hopefully) playing around with it.  Until then, I'ma woosh it around the house a bit more.  Maybe ten or twenty more times. 

Before we leave space, let's see if I have anything else that belongs in the outer reaches of the galaxy:

GAH!  What IS that?!  Why, it's an Alien Xenomorph, of course!  Apparently, back when they were producing the original Alien, H.R. Giger had wanted the Alien to be translucent, so you could see veins 'n guts 'n stuff inside.  This is a repaint and recast of NECA's normal Alien figure to reflect that (my buddy Monte had his fill of it and sent it over in a trade). 

It's horrifying in all the best ways, and looks AWESOME under a blacklight (though we'll save that for another "After Dark" special).  The figure scratches that itch for concept figures AND translucent toys!  A two-fer-terror.

And speaking of Alien:

This is part of my Minimate pack for the year - for some reason I always end up finding at least ONE pack of Minimates that has something I want within a year.  This is a translucent green Alien that sort of glows in the dark.  I didn't even think it did until I noticed it super faint in the night.  I tried supercharging it with a blacklight but even that got minimal results.  So...he glows, I guess.  Just not like he should.

Since most Minimates come in twos, I also got Apone, who is super angry all the time.  They even gave him a hat so he can be super angry when he's relaxing!

I was informed that the TRU version has an angry head, so I guess the normal version has a more neutral head so he's not so angry about the hat.  The more you know!  Doesn't matter much anyway, he's probably gona sit in the "extra Minimates" bin.

Let's see, I think we still have some space stuff left...

I found Captain Phasma's Black Series figure, finally!  Just sitting there, out of the blue.  Like a beacon of shinning silver-painted-chrome-but-not-really light.  ...yeah, I'm sticking with that comparison.  Leaving it there.  Let it grow some moss.

This is also in space I think.  It's Superman!  The Batman Vs Superman movie toys brought back the old fashioned nonsensical variants that I loved so much, back in the day, so I bought the one that came with swords.  Green rocky swords that look like kryptonite!  Plus his helmet comes off, so who knows who will be wearing that later. 

Anyway, they're decent, basic figures.  Fun to mess with, though I see super clearances coming soon, because I highly doubt any child was able to stay awake through all of BvsS.  At this point it feels like poor Mattel backed the wrong superhero wagon, since they put SO MUCH effort into the high amounts of product, and the movies they're supposed to go with keep flopping around or are too adult for kids.  Then again, I came from the generation who had toylines for Aliens, Predator, Robocop, Terminator, etc.  What do I know?

Speaking of my generation:

I've taken the first step to forcing my kid into my own interests!  Yay for backwards progress!  He'll be well on his way to HATING all the things I love in no time.

And since we're on TMNT:

Mega Bloks, once again, blows me away with minifigures.  I've already shown some before, and this is more blind bagged stuff, specifically a Foot Soldier from the toon line.  No elbows, but he still moves great and is really fun.

The movie line is even better!  Once again proving that Mega Bloks can pull greatness outta anything. 

These two are from a totally sight-boxed line where you can pick what you want.  They're fully articulated and LEO IS TRANSLUCENT.  Stop the presses.  (His swords are too, which is what prompted the purchase before even the whole translucent figure). 

I was only gona focus on the classic line, but MAN the movie stuff looks good!  Better than the main bread-'n-butter put out by Playmates, anyway.

Speaking of which:

They're not bad!  Better than the previous movie stuff.  Not great, but not bad.  Krang is actually pretty sweet, but Krang himself is HUGE and barely fits in the hole provided, and I'm always worried I'll rub off an eye or tear off a tentacle (and he's got tons). 

The robot body is where it's at, though.  Look at that monstrosity!  He's too small, of course, but I don't care.  He just looks awesome!

If you buy nothing else from this line, though: Buy these two.  Great representations of the characters over all, and strangely well articulated for Playmates standards.  They could use more paint (which is right on par with Playmates) but I feel like they have a decent amount, with only Bebop's lack of eyes being the most disturbing thing (I realize there's shades, but you can STILL SEE HIS DEAD EYES). 

As for the bad stuff HOLY SHIT SHREDDER IS A HOT BAG OF GARBAGE.  I don't get what happened!  You see the Foot Soldier, next to him?  Don't let the dumbass eyes fool you - he's VERY well articulated and a really neat figure!  The eyes are the only bad part.  For some crazy reason, Shredder is LESS articulated, and STUPIDLY articulated in super awkward ways, has no neck, ugly weapons that keep falling off his arms, and he can barely hold the crazy pistol he comes with. 

I'm putting an "F" on Shredder and handing it back to the sculptor and designer, because you done messed up.  Should have copied off the papers of the people who worked on the Foot Soldier, Bebop, and Rocksteady. 

Alright, what else?

It's Spider-Gwen, called so as a title of a comic, because it would be weird if she called herself that in-universe.  Technically she's another version of Spider-Man, but also another Spider-Woman.  Doesn't matter - look at that design!  Love it!  Colors, style, everything!  She comes with an alternate hood-down piece and an obviously-Emma-Stone-head. 

This is 90's Deadpool!  The second version.  I had the first one, back in the day, but I had no idea who he was back then, and he was annoyingly stuck with a knife in his hand.  This one came with a bunch of stuff and alternate parts!  And a removable mask, if the giant head didn't give it away.  I'll cover it more in-depth at some point.  One funny thing to point out is the alternate left hand: One is all fleshy, and the other is gloved....at least they were supposed to be.  The fleshy one has an unpainted gloved part, and the gloved hand is....painted flesh-colored.  It's crazy.

From my buddy Heli comes this piece of Kamen Rider machinery: The, uh....Auto Vajin.  That's what's it's called!  It transforms into a motorcycle, though I haven't transformed it yet.  It's quite articulated, but also an SH Figuarts toy, so I gotta be careful with it.

Also from Heli comes THIS beautiful beast that you'd see painted on the side of a van, ridden by a wizard playing a guitar.  It's from Skeleton Warriors, and it is AMAZING.  It's heavy, sturdy, and everything you'd expect from awesome 90's toys.  It'll be a little big compared to the new Skeleton Warriors stuff, but it'll match all the same!

Now, in terms of bones:

I saw the guy that came with this Imaginext set and had to get him.

Look at that grizzled son of a barnacle!  He's even got a metal hand!  I swear, Imaginext is where the 90's went. 

Here we have Shockwave, from Combiner Wars.  Great little figure, and he turns into a gun for your Combined creations!  Certainly a fine addition to the Shockwave ranks.

Finally, we'll wrap it up with video game stuff.  I recently found these at Barnes 'n Noble, though I hadn't planned on getting them for awhile.  Pretty much standard Figuarts Mario, but in new colors with new stuff, and then a bunch of enemies.  The enemy pack is neat, but could be better, since the Koopa Troopa is unarticulated.  I felt like they could have given him something, but instead he's stuck with having a stand shoved into his gootch.

Mario's fire is pretty cool, too!  I mean, it has to be, since that's the only difference besides color.  One is stuck in his hand, and the other is free to plug into stands.

This one is magnificent - ever heard of a Nendoroid?  I know it sounds like "Nintendo" but they have nothing to do with them, other hand having some Nintendo items.  The series is super-deformed, chibi, or whatever you wana call it.  They're cute little versions of your favorite characters from video games and anime.  Kirby, however, is normally cute - so rather than being a standard Nendoroid, this is actually just a plain PERFECT Kirby figure!  He's got multiple faceplates, the hands and feet are attached by magnets - which is brilliant, by the way - and he's got items for two different powers.  If you like Kirby, I'd buy him in a heartbeat, but I'll give him his own post at some point, so you can see all the reasons why. 

This is also a Nendoroid, in standard chibi form.  It's Mega Man!  All squat 'n little.  He actually kinda works as the classic sprite-based Mega Man, and even comes with parts to mimic some of the sprite's movements.  I probably won't get more Nendoroids, since EVERY pose you want to make requires swapping parts, but I made an exception for Mega Man (and Kirby, but he might as well not even be a normal Nendoroid). 

Alright, that's it for now!  I promise I'll get down to making a full-on post again, as soon as Jake isn't screaming at me.

....any moment now.