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The Best Figures of 2024... So Far...
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It's that time of the year! We've reached the midpoint of 2024 so it's time to assess everything we got our hands on from January through June and tell YOU, what WE think are our favorite releases from 2024 (so far). We'll also hear some of YOUR favorite pics in this toy-filled list episode of Adventures in Collecting.
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Introduction and Welcome
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Speaker
Are you ready, kids? Get your parents' permission, check your mailbox, and grab your shopping cart. It's time for the Adventures in Collecting podcast. I'm Eric. And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting. Where we talk toy news, culture, and hauls. Along with our journeys as collectors.
The Exciting Season for Toy Podcasts
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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting.
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Hi. David, it is um it's the most wonderful time of the year for toy podcasts. Is it? Yeah. have no lit You have no leads to Barry this
Best Toy Purchases of Early 2024
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week. What what are you? No, I don't. I don't. and sure would yeah It's just us. It's just the two of us kicking it old school. um as we Which must mean Exactly. It must mean it's it's a list episode. um We are not just any list, not just any list. We are in July of 2024, which means we have we have passed the halfway point. We have the the wall has dropped. The door has closed. The cutoff point has happened for um figure purchases and and or ah procurement.
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for the first six months of the year, which means it is time for our best of the first half of 2024. Um, so if you're new to the show, welcome, welcome to adventures and collecting, get ready to hear, uh, Dave and I talk about whacks poetically, uh, about the figures that we loved from the first half of the year.
How to Participate in the Toy Picks Discussion
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Um, This is, has become a tradition for us, a tradition for kind of like the toy collecting, blogging, podcasting community. Um, at the, either the end of June or somewhere in July to put out one of these lists and, uh, and you get 20 picks. Well, maybe yeah we don't know actually yeah we don't know. Um, so, uh, quick recap, uh,
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Dave and I are going to lay out our individual selection rules. Um, and then we're going to walk you through our, our, our picks are 10 slots, if you will, um, each, uh, starting with number 10, working our way up to number one. Um, and, uh, we did collect some, uh, top picks from our, our, uh, followers on Instagram and Dave. I know this isn't typically the time of the episode that we usually do this, but, uh, sprinkled throughout the, uh, the top 10, you are going to hear these, these honorable mentioned picks from our our followers on Instagram. Uh, if we have a guest on, we will have a Q and a section. Uh, and Dave is going to tell you what you need to do to be a part of this show for future episodes.
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Yeah, so you're gonna see a story on on the old Instagram at AIC underscore podcast. And when there's a new show announcement, you are going to see that topic or that upcoming topic. in the story. And it's going to give you a little box to either ask a question, or in this case, give your pick for a figure of the year, or the half year, and that's how you can be involved.
Expanding Content and Engagement Platforms
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So keep an eye out on the social medias at AIC underscore podcast, and yeah, check out the YouTubes.
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watch the videos, listen to the, um, potential talking head, but most likely just audio with a visual component version of the podcast. Hey, we have unboxings. We do other things. you We're trying, we're trying to figure out the, the, the YouTube thing for the show, trying to make it a little bit of a better experience than just a little wavy line on the screen. So training cards was not a, not a big one. I mean, the unboxings are there roughly every week. But, uh, but I mean, in terms of the, the actual show itself, trying to, I meant the content trying to get some sort of thing going on YouTube. It's all, listen, it's a lot of work. ah So bear with even people who figured out the algorithm, haven't figured out the algorithm. Yeah. So, but anyway, um, so yeah, so you're going to hear, uh, you're going to hear some picks from our followers sprinkled throughout.
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ah In in lieu of having a guest and doing a Q and&A section We love hearing from from our followers from the the rest of the community from our fans we fans is weird to say but um Yeah, we love hearing from you guys. So, you know, we're we're definitely gonna make sure we sprinkle some of those those pics in and You'll hear hear them here and there um We also have I guess this is a good time to mention too It's been a while since I've mentioned it We do have a a hotline. ah So you can always call and leave us a voicemail as well. I i i always forget about it. And then I do not have, in all fairness, do not have the number committed to memory. But um the the phone lines are always open ah at at Adventures in Collecting. um And I'm going to tell you what that phone number is as soon as I figure out how to get it to show on my screen here. Oh, there we go. Okay.
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So ah you can always call Adventures in Collecting at 1-973-750-8256. So yeah, you can know you can always give us leave us a voicemail. That is nobody's house. yeah Yeah, you are going to go straight to voicemail every time. So you are not calling anybody. you're not It doesn't matter why um or doesn't matter what time. It doesn't matter. Feel free to call, leave us a voicemail. Yeah, that that's that's always good. and we We check it, so you know anytime we get any funny voicemails or ah you know any kind of good nuggets there, we'll we'll make sure that we ah we share them here on the episode. So I i think with that, that takes care of ah any other housekeeping. We usually don't have like a housekeeping section, because usually we get right into our guest. Yeah.
Anime NYC and Community Engagement
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Let's see, this is going to air.
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ah Okay, so one other thing I guess to mention in August coming up our first ah Well, not first but our first big I guess you could say big convention at the Javits Center for the year um Coming up in August is anime NYC. So We'll be there at least a day potentially to um To see what's going on with our friends at Bondi and all the other amazing brands that will be at anime and myc So he's a good little primer in August, you know get the get the legs working You know get us ah get us ready for the the New York Comic Con Trot so yeah look for some live coverage from anime NYC or if you're in the area and you're headed to anime NYC keep an eye out for us and Come say hi. But uh, yeah, I think with that that takes care of all the housekeeping for good Yeah, I think the house has been kept. Yes house house kept checked and
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If anybody hears any like thud, that's me putting my water down. Okay. Thank you. Good. Good. Thanks for clarifying. Um, there was like a weird like sonic boom in New Jersey today. Everyone thought there was an earthquake, but apparently it was just a, uh, some sort of jet or is there something, which was interesting. Um, my, the, the, if anyone else out there has like a ring doorbell, the like ring doorbell like community, it's always funny when. something happens it's like everyone tries to like become a little armchair detective and figure out what yeah what the disturbance was um i missed it so yeah well it was a it was a big old sonic boom you're getting you got really loud all of a sudden yeah i leaned in i wanted to make sure my microphone was doing what it was supposed to definitely is doing what it's supposed to thank you for that okay good all right so onto the top 10
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ah we're We're gonna we're not gonna do any honorable mentions this year um But I guess I'll start by just saying how I did my list this year I did it a little bit differently than I've done it the past couple times um Typically, I pick an individual figure like a just a figure It doesn't matter if it was part of a multi pack a playset release something but just a figure that came out and or was released ah in the first half of the year um And, uh, I made sure that in previous years I could only pick one figure from a specific line, like had to kind of spread the love, if you will. Um, this year there were just too many things that made that rule too many things that I loved, like loved, loved, loved, loved, loved that came out that completely annihilated that rule.
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And I didn't want to hold myself to that kind of self-imposed barrier. So this year, um I'm doing it as a release. So if it was a multi-pack, one pick encompasses everything that came in that multi-pack. So if there's a three-pack, a two-pack, a four-pack, a five-pack, whatever, um if I pick it for one of my slots, Everything that came in that that pack is part of that consideration. um So my list will be more than technically 10 figures this year because of that. um And there will be some some repeating brands. So those are those are my my guidelines. i bought I bought it and or um received it in i in the first half of 2024, so January through June.
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Um, and then, uh, yeah, it has to be a release. So yeah.
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Dave, what about your rules? So I go by the modified Dan Larson rules. Um, the original version, I believe, um, it had to have been something that came out within this past year, or at least that I think came out in this past year, uh, or in this past half year in the instance. I definitely had to buy it this year. Um, if it was something that was given to me, it would have had to have been something I would have bought. Um, and you know, multi-packs, all that good stuff is one pick. Cool. Um, shout out to Dan. Shout out to Dan. Indeed. We got to, we got some FaceTime with Dan earlier this year. What a guy. Um, couple times. Yeah.
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Uh, breaking news, by the way, it was not a sonic boom. Apparently a meteor burnt up in the, uh, just outside of New York city, like, like 29 miles above Manhattan. Like ah a doing big big old touch it. Don't touch it. Don't dump water on it. You will turn green and mossy. Yeah. If we've learned anything from Stephen King, I don't know if any pieces of it landed. I think what we heard was like the rumble of it burning up in the the atmosphere. But apparently it stopped 29 miles above Manhattan. So what a time to be alive. Just lots of things. Lots of things happening right now. All right. Um, Dave, so I guess, uh, do you want to be the, uh, do you want to be the first pick here? Do you want to do your number 10 first or do you, would you like
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Would you like me to do my number 10 first? you You pick. I can start. That's fine. All right. Well, get us rolling here. No issue here. um So this is a spot that um i was gun I was torn on this spot. um I wanted to get these on here, um or at least one of these. um And like I said, shout out to Dan. I know we're not doing any honorable mentions, but um It was a toss up between um Dan's figure and this one. But I went with the Toy Pizza, Toy Pizza Expo 2024 exclusive of Silver Goss because I love my Toy Pizza chunky diver looking dudes. And Silver Goss was just another in my collection of divers.
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um Or big just like Mammoth dudes that look like divers and I loved it. I bought it. That was my decision to Get one of those. I mean, it's it's everything you love if you go back to Everything I thought about perfect diver. It's right up there with it um But also the dark hawk was awesome too um Which was the secret galaxy combo but you know the The silver goss barely won out. Both figures fantastic though. Yeah. I mean, I, I don't buy a whole lot of toy pizza nights of the slice figures, but every single one of the ones that I do have, I, I thoroughly love. Um, the, yeah the one that I had you pick up for me at a toy pizza con I'm blanking on his name or toy peak toy pizza expo. That's right. The anti icon.
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Um, so somewhere Jesse is just rolling his eyes at me. Uh, the, the one that you picked up for me was awesome too. That like weird, like, forget his name. He was like a goal, a gold and tan, uh, equal or Alexander. Yeah. I core super cool with like that, like mutated looking resident evil, ask zombie arm and, um, Yeah, i like it I like this guy because he had like he had a silver and like orange look to him. It almost looked like he was like a lava diver in a way. Yeah, no, it was it was a great it was a great pickup. Great. Absolutely great pickup. um Yeah, I love the the exclusives that they have that Jesse puts together there every year. It's there's always there's something for everybody. There's always a little something for everybody. Great pick, Dave. Great pick. Thank you off here. All right.
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So my number 10 pick is it's my number 10 on the list, but by no means how do I put this? So it's number 10 on my list, but I'm pretty sure it's the most surprising pick. for myself and probably for our listeners. But number 10 is the most surprising pick. The the the figure that that caught me off guard the most, the thing that I was not expecting to kind of like fall in love with, it's very like off brand for me, if if you will. It's not a character that I am particularly crazy about. I'm not a huge fan of this ah legendary wrestler. um But i this figure is just
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It's amazing. And it took me back to my childhood playing with your, um, your very loved wrestling figures. Uh, and it's just such an iconic moment in wrestling captured in a way that this moment has never been captured before. Um, our friends at, uh, the major wrestling figure podcast, a friend of the pod canic and and Matt Cardona and Brian Myers, they have an amazing thing going with their, their major bendies line. And now they're big rubber guys line. And, um, my number 10 pick is, uh, is the, uh, the wheeling, the dealing, the styling, the profiling, big rubber guys, Rick flair, um, from that, and from that iconic promo, the Rolex wearing.
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a Son of a gun i just it's such a good figure um It was the first big rubber guy that I actually ever had and and got to see in hand you know take out of the box it From from everything their their entire model is just Incredible the the way the figures smell the way they feel the heft to them the resealable packaging and the The attention to what they're doing with the sculpt um and the design work on the figure, so between TTD and um I believe their new sculptor, his name is Brian Beatty, B-A-I-T-Y, Beatty.
00:17:55
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um what they're doing with these figures are just incredible. i It's it's such a, you know, to to use a, ah I guess it's Gen Z term. um It's such a nostalgia bomb. ah Each figure is just it it takes you back to a moment. and I mean, like I wasn't even you were those were your figures, those LJN, you know, WWF stars, but they just Elicit that same kind of emotion and I remember, you know clashing together those those old ones back in the day and and ah Yeah, it just takes you right there and and having you you know kind of that modern ah Thought behind Making some of these guys in their promo gear as opposed to just like in their ring gear applied to that that old format it just it hits a real sweet spot for me and and that Ric Flair figure is definitely something special so
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That is my ah my number 10, Big Rubber Guys, Rick Flair. No, they they nailed it. um They've nailed it with those so far, for sure. um So mine, my next one, my number nine. ah We are going into the vault, Eric. Oh boy. The Jazzwares vault. Okay. um In the immortal words of Lady Gaga, show me your teeth. um Because we finally got a Danhausen with teeth. um Ring of Honor, Danhausen from the Jazzwares vault. It's a little different than, you know, your standard AEW releases. um He comes with the teeth. He's more geared towards his Ring of Honor era, the pre-pandemic era, Danhausen. And, um I mean, it's difficult, I think, at this point to make
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Danhausen, a bad Danhausen figure. I think that's like, like it's, it's gotta be difficult because he's probably one of the most, if not the most toyetic wrestler out there now. Yeah. And you know, I mean, just the, the head portraits, you have the, the curse hands, all that good stuff, but like, You know, even the, I think the, the tattoos are like current for Ring of Honor era. Danhausen. Um, it's, it's just a phenomenal figure. Um, and it's, you know, I, I always appreciate with wrestling figures, it's a tiny statue of that person. Yeah. And yeah, I think this, this makes, makes the, uh, makes the grade for that. But again, another.
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You know, four for four on Dan Housins. Four for four for four four for four housing. Um, so, uh, my next pick number nine and my first prop of the night. Oh yeah, this is true. Um, my, uh, my, my next pick number nine, uh, is another one that caught me off guard, but I shouldn't have been this surprised. Um, based on, you know, what we, what we know about, you know, the people who are putting these figures together, um, the Nacelle company, uh, and, and Brian Volkweis and, and, and Brian Adams and the rest the rest of the team there at Nacelle are doing an incredible job with bringing these, some of these, um, you know, cult classic properties to life. And each time, each release, their figures get better and better and better and better. And, um,
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The entire biker Meister Mars series was fantastic, but, uh, throttle, uh, the leader is my, my pick at number nine. Um, just, just an amazing figure. I'm so excited to get the bike. I can't wait for that to come. Uh, hopefully it's before the end of the year. It looks like it might be, um, if not the, the end of the year, beginning of next year, but, uh, really excited to get the bike in hand, uh, and, and get throttle on there. But I, I loved the cartoon. Um, I had some of the old figures back in the day. Uh, and I'm excited to see what they do with, you know, this kind of nacelle verse idea and, uh, and more figures, you know, moo maces up for pre-order now. If, you know, if you, if you haven't taken a look at that, definitely do it. Uh, but yeah, that's, that's my number nine pick hot dog and all, uh, nacelle biker mice from Mars throttle. Number eight for me, um, another online exclusive.
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we're or so far we're really, yeah, I'm on the the exclusive train, although that's gonna stop soon. um But this one was one of those,
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I didn't realize, i I knew this was something that I wanted, but I just didn't realize like what it was going to look like or what how it was gonna come together. And I was very, very happy with the results. And this is going to be the Mattel Creations exclusive WWE wwe Legends of the Territory era four pack. Um, you've got superstar Billy Graham in there. You've got Muhammad Ali. You've got, um, gorilla monsoon, which, you know, a first ever wrestling gorilla monsoon figure.
00:23:35
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And then you've got Harley Race, and it's Harley with the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship belt, which is just wild to me, um but just an awesome four-pack, and it really represents like an era that's barely been touched with action figures. you know You've got a couple of Bruno's out there, you've had the the previous Billy Graham, and there's not much else. as far as like, you know, truly an old school figure. There's a couple of things that you can kind of two in one, but you know, there's not much that dips into that 60s, 70s era. So it's really cool that this does. And hopefully it opens the door for more. Yeah. And I mean, we're getting another territory era belt with, uh, uh, uh, what's his, what's, what's his name? Not, not big boss, man.
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Oh, Big Bubba. Big Bubba, right? We're getting another territory belt there. Yeah, the UWF championship. Yeah, with that Legends 23 release, which at the time of this recording or at the time of this airing, just past the street date at your local target. So, go for it. Yeah, and it's, you know, like we've had, like we had the Terry Gordy executioner, all that stuff, but like, There's never been anything that's gone back. Yeah. Super back. Cause even that big Bubba, it's an eighties figure. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. So hopefully, hopefully more to come in that. And the Harley is the, is the standout for me. That was going to be my next question. If you had to pick one from the set, which is the one that does it for you. Yeah. Mutton chops and all, right? Yeah. And the old robe, like, um,
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just featured on wwe WWE treasures not too long ago, that robe. Nice. Yeah. They had the robe on display at, at, um, I keep calling it access, but, uh, WrestleMania village. Yeah. Yeah. I forget what they call it too. I think it was the world. It's like Olympic village, the world at WrestleMania or something, but, um, I'm going to keep the wrestling multi pack theme going here with my next pick. So my number eight pick, uh, online exclusive to the jazz wears vault. Um, this has been while Danhausen is my, the, the vault Danhausen that you just showed off was almost in this slot. Um, as it is my favorite Danhausen figure, it's the one that I have on display.
00:26:17
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Um, this set completely blew me away the first time we saw it going all the way back to toy fair. Um, seeing the final version of it in hand, uh, completely blew my doors off again, but the, uh, the jazz wears vault, uh, un unrivaled, uh, death triangle three pack is my, my number eight pick. Um, you get Penta, you get, uh, Ray Phoenix, you get pack. Uh, you get the debut of the trios titles there, uh, which is really cool to have that, uh, in figure form. You get the, uh, the international. Right. I think that's what it's called. yeah The international title that, uh, that pack had at the time, um, you get, honestly, it's the best likeness of pack that they've done with like the sculpting, the way that his hair is his like really severe undercut.
00:27:16
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you know, how his his hair is is shaved, um the way that it's kind of like stringy and hanging in his face. ah they They did just a fantastic job with it. um And I love the colorway on Ray and Penta. ah the The black and silver just really, really pops. And huge shouts to Chris Metzger and and Steve i on the, ah the Jazzverse packaging team, because they absolutely crushed the trifold look of the the way that the box is and everything. um Just ah a hell of a set. I know it's not the first time that those figures you know have been released as unrivaled, but I honestly think this is this is the best they've looked um you know in that series. you um Obviously, I know that the Lucha Bros had their supreme releases, and those are kind of untouchable.
00:28:11
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but um you know, and in terms of unrivaled figures, presentation, everything that comes with it, uh, the death triangle. They're also, they also happen to be my favorite trio in like, I guess you could say stable in, in AEW, um, i've always loved them. So, uh, really, really glad to add them to my collection. Number eight. I'm curious. I'm curious if it's, uh, the slightly different mold for when the belt was the all Atlantic title. I don't have it in front of me at the moment. That's why the orange one. Yeah. I'm not sure whether it's technically all Atlantic or or international. If he had it, it's technically all Atlantic, but I'm curious. And so that's probably what it is. I mean, I don't question for magic, but yeah, I mean, they're not going to put the wrong belt on them. So. It's the same belt, but yeah. Yeah. But yeah, ah great set. so just my number please But yeah.
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Um, so my number seven pick is a figure that I didn't think I was going to get. And there were really two things that got me, got this to the register for me, um, and with me. And, um, this is my second prop of the day. You can't see it, but, um, One was 1000% the biggest hit of nostalgia ever. And the second one was what you get for the price. And that's how it made this list.
00:29:48
Speaker
um Rise from your grave. Oh my God. I forgot that the that that even existed. The Jacks Pacific. ah They're Sega figures, I don't think. and i I have the card right here. There's no like Sega kind of, I'll say like branding on it. They're just each game, but, uh, altered beast werewolf. Um, this is like super articulated for a $10 figure. Yeah. Those, those little, uh, it's figures are crazy. They're double jointed knees and elbows. Like.
00:30:31
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The head moves, there's ab crunch. Um, it kind of doesn't really twist other than at where the ab crunches, but like bicep swivel butterfly joints. Like this thing's ridiculous and it's pretty great.
00:30:53
Speaker
And it just, all it did was, and it comes with a little ball that he gets when he does gets powered up. But like for a character that barely moved in a video game and just like shot a punch at you and did like the sweep kick. This thing is awesome. It's a cool little werewolf. And it was like one of those single frame sprite switches, right? Where it was like standing arm out. It moves like there's a little animation to it but also like I was never really a huge Genesis person the first time I owned a Sega Genesis was the Sega Genesis Mini and But altered beast is one of my it's not a great game or I think it's a great game But it's one of those ones where people are like, oh, that's not a great game and it's really short. It was an arcade game It wasn't supposed to be long. Yeah, um it was a pilot
00:31:46
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Yeah, I love that game. I love Golden Axe too. I wish there were Golden Axe figures, but this rules. Like I'm sitting there like, Oh, are they going to make the dragon? Like, but the werewolves, my favorite character, cause it's level one. Um, but yeah, if you get the, uh, Jax, let's get some Golden Axe out there, but, uh, the werewolf from altered beast number seven. Yeah. I think the three figures in that wave are super monkey ball. Uh, I forget what the, what the, the little chimp is called. He has a name, but it's, so it's super monkey wall. Um, streets of rage axle. And, uh, and then werewolf werewolf from altered beast. Yeah. It's a hell of a wave. And yeah, those those figures pack a punch. Cause even like their, their Nintendo ones, like the, of the same. That like, they did like a Samus, ah a link and a Zelda. Um, they're ridiculous. Like that's Samus figure.
00:32:46
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has double jointed everything like, yeah, it's a banger, banger of a figure. This has me really stoked for some Simpsons figures. Yeah, yep, yep. That you may have picked up too late for future on this list. That I may or may not have fought hours before recording this, but said that they don't count for the first half of the year. My number seven pick is also a smaller scale figure. um A figure that has been absolutely long, long, long overdue. um One of the most iconic iconic women characters in the history of film. ah The vintage collection, A New Hope, Princess Leia Organa from ah from from her debut in the Star Wars franchise. um This figure is just, it's it's stunning. it It never ceases to amaze me.
00:33:44
Speaker
the amount of detail that they can now put into one of these vintage collection figures. um yeah i'm It's no secret that I'm a huge proponent for three and three quarter inch Star Wars. I think that is kind of like the ideal scale i for Star Wars figures. It's the only thing that's reasonable to be to world build playsets, vehicles, um all that good stuff. So I'm i'm really excited with the success of the Cantina ah funding and this this return to Tatooine program that that they're cooking up because there are some core figures um for Vintage Collection ah fans that have not been delivered i that are, like I said, could they're they core to Star Wars. So, you know, Farm Boy, Luke Skywalker, Old Ben, um Han Solo, Chewbacca, we've not gotten a new hope
00:34:42
Speaker
versions of those figures, you know, with, with the, um, the technology and the capabilities that they have now. So really, really excited for them to revisit those characters. And, uh, you know, Leah's never looked better in, in figure form, um, here as as she does in the vintage collection. Um, so yeah, so she's my, my number seven pick, uh, for, for this list. And now, a word from our sponsors.
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00:35:59
Speaker
And now back to the show. Number six. um This is one where I didn't even know this was coming out and then I saw it and it just hit me right again. It was another nostalgia. A nostalgia bomb. And this was a character that, and to this day, I really am not well versed in this character. um I don't know a lot of the lore behind the character. I don't, I've never read any books, but when I was a kid, this was one of my favorite figures. And I remember it was a figure that I got like, and lost my mind over for whatever reason.
00:36:46
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because I know nothing of this character. um But it got put out this year, and it's part of the McFarland DC Multiverse line. It was a Target-exclusive red tornado. Oh, God. I forgot that that figure existed, too. i And like he comes like his stand is like a little tornado. It rules. I love it. um But it looks like it just You know, came right out of, and this was my original, what I wanted from my McFarland figures and what I wanted them to be and what my goal was to collect, which is I just want like big superpowers. And so it's, and again, I, maybe I should start looking into red reading red tornado, but I always just love the way red tornado looked and thought it was cool figure.
00:37:44
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and Think he's I think he's like an Android or like a robot or something and this figure I think is really cool, too So the all my only the only touch point that I have with red tornado So the girls discovered um Batman brave in the bold Okay on max and that's the the show that's kind of like I
00:38:15
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not to know what was the the Justice League from Justice Friends it was the one they did after wasn't the one they what was the old show with like meanwhile at the Super Friends Super Friends it's kind of like Super Friends adjacent so it's that same kind of like campy hokey cuz wasn't that the show they did for Batman after the Justice League cartoon it's the one where Um, like they did the Batman, but then this is the Batman was still like dark. Yeah. This this was the other one. Yeah. And it's, it's ah the, the actor I'm blanking on his, his voice actor's name, but he was in the Drew Carey show. Um, derich sper yeah, he's bat usually does. Yeah. okay He's Batman in this. Um, and there is a very funny Christmas episode with red tornado. Um,
00:39:13
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You should watch that. Look it up on look it up on Max. Oh, I will because I like those. Yeah, I like the older like 90s early 2000s ones. So yeah, this feels like you're what it like it it has that sort of like takes place in the 60s kind of vibe to it. Yeah. And that's they cross over with with Scooby Doo as well. And that's what I remember seeing, like that it was going to be like more of a throwback. Yeah, it's great. It's great. There's actually honestly it's outside of Any episode of Batman the Animated Series, there's there's an episode of that show. We'll talk about it offline. That's like one of my favorite half hours of Batman television. um All right, so my next pick, number six, is a two-pack. um When the Marvel team puts out a Hulk figure, it ah especially of like the Hulk, Bruce Banner, it's hard for me not to include it on a list.
00:40:10
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And this year they checked one off the box for me that I have been wanting for a very, very, very long time. One of the most iconic covers that the Hulk has ever appeared on. Um, as Joe fix it. the uh they got this figure out as part of the wolverine celebration um capsule that they're doing this year program so uh it's the two-pack marvel legends joe fixit and patch rocking their their white tuxedos um again from that that iconic ah wolverine comma cover uh just two awesome figures i i love
00:40:45
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me some some gray Hulk as much as I love big green. And the Joe Fixie character is just hilarious to me. um You know, him basically being a glorified bouncer is will never not be hilarious. um Yeah, and it's just an amazing tube hack. it It does everything you need it to do. You can almost pose for pose, recreate the ah the cover. he he doesn't the The one thing, Marvel. Hasbro Get Hulk needs some butterfly joints that go forward He's got the butterfly joints that go back But he can't cross his arms or do the gamma clap because the butterflies don't don't rock forward like he is He's his pecs are so big that they that his arms can't go all the way that you gotta let's next Hulk and
00:41:39
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Let's get those forward butterflies, guys. So that way we can we can do a little bit more with Hulk. But um amazing, amazing set. Love it. ah I don't know what else there is to say about it. I think that's that's it. that's That's my number six pick. So my number five pick is, and I think there's still another person from this that I have to get. Um, but it is not only like a figure that I was looking forward to and looking forward to getting and very excited about, but it was like a movie moment that I actually, as soon as I heard this character's, um,
00:42:23
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this character's real name uttered in, uh, in a movie, I yelled at the top of my lungs. Like I had, couldn't control my happiness. in the theater. um
00:42:38
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And there was one of those ones like where my fiance was like, really? He's your favorite? And I'm like, yeah, he is. Eric, who's my favorite Spider-Man? Oh, 2099. Yep. And Miguel, as soon as it was Miguel, we are ah I'm like yeah like yelling at the end of ah Into the Spider-Verse. So when the SH Figuarts, Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 2099 came out, I was super on board. um It rules. It looks like he came right off of the screen. He's got these like, you know, got the
00:43:21
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big bulkiness about him. ah Deluxe figure which rules and especially when you put him next to to ah Gwen and Miles like he is enormous compared to them. um It's a great figure and looking forward to the continuation of the story in in the last movie but um I think it I've I've wanted like a 2099 figure for a while. That was just a comic book series that I read and loved when I was a kid. I jumped on from like the beginning. It was the best 2099 book. Oh, by leaps and bounds. Yeah. But for whatever reason, like Miguel's been my favorite Spider-Man. Like I think Spider-Man, and that's not to like knock Peter or Miles. Like I will enjoy Spider-Man.
00:44:12
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Spider-Man is is great. i I enjoy the movies. I enjoy the cartoons and the games and all that stuff But for whatever reason when I was a kid, that was the coolest spider-man to me Yeah, and like the skull um yeah Like it was just so cool claws he had the like Cape the web cape and I you remember that he's a vampire. Remember the Toy Biz figure came with that like weird, giant flaming axe for no reason. That made no sense. he's a He's a vampire, like so cool. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's he's an incredible character. And, and you know, Oscar and Oscar Isaac just doing a great job with that. Yeah. Yeah. Guy guy does not miss. He does not miss. And that's that's that's been a a line, the
00:45:05
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spider verses i've i've enjoyed them they're great yeah yeah you have almost all of them i think they made a spider punk too yeah i think they did comma two and i gotta look for alright halfway through the list so this is my my number five pick neka has had another incredible year i mean there's there's been a ton of stuff in the first half that um You know, could have very easily made this list, but there was one figure, you know, and and you said it before, it's, it's awesome when a figure looks like. Especially if it's something from like a movie looks like that character stepped off the screen and, and, you know, walk onto your shelf and NECA does a very good job with that. Um, Jen generally speaking, you know, and and they've, they've put out some incredible things this year.
00:46:01
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But their earlier on and in the year, very early in the year, their ultimate Nosferatu figure completely blew my doors off. um It is just an absolute work of art of a figure um from you know top of the head to tip of the toe. um Everything that that figure comes with, the accessories, the different heads, the hands, the different types of like elongated fingers, the fact that you can get it literally into the pose to create the shadow on the wall, like the way that it is in that that original ah film, um you know, has me very hyped for the new Nosferatu film. It's coming out on Christmas of this year. That silent film,
00:46:55
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if you have not seen it it's in public domain um You can just go to the internet archive and and watch a beautiful 4K restoration of it right on your computer. um But i yeah, highly, highly recommend you check it out if you haven't. And the the figure is just a stunner. um If you're headed to New York or San Diego Comic Con this year, they have a special glow in the dark variant of this Nosferatu figure on the REMCO card back.
00:47:26
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um
00:47:29
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if you missed out the ultimatet on the Ultimate Edition, can't find it, and you happen to be at Comic Con, check that version out as well. But yeah, it's my number five pick. Nice for R2. Number four. um I mean, just gonna put it out there already. Bill, standing ovation, round of applause. um So far, after 20 series, 20 plus, this is the ultimate ultimate thus far. um And what happened to be really cool is there was a bit of a character change or a look change or a temperament change for this this sir individual. And this figure came out at the right time and is a crowning achievement for, and I'm not, you know, this is, I think, one of the best ultimates of all time, if not the so far.
00:48:27
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um It is Mattel w WWE Ultimate Edition Series 20 Asuka. You've got the long flowing cape, um jacket, entrance jacket, um really just nailed Asuka's expressions. um It's you know the best encapsulation of Asuka so far as a figure. there have been some other ones that are really good, this is the best Asuka figure so far. um You've got the removable mask, you know you've got kind of like smiling, laughing Asuka, unhinged Asuka, as the kids would say these days, and it's just hands down, I think the best ultimate figure is so far.
00:49:12
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So this was my number three pick. So okay I'll say what what I have to say about it now. um I couldn't agree with you more. it is I think it is by far, crowning achievement is, is I think that is dead on, you know, ah ah nail on the head there. This figure is Unbelievable. it is There are a couple coming out that are going to give it a run for its money, but right now? Yeah, I think as it stands, I think it's the the best um it's the best ultimate figure I think they've they've ever done. I think that's absolutely fair. And you know me. I mean, she's my my favorite um ah female wrestler i in any in any organization. And I've been begging for an ultimate Asuka figure
00:50:05
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Uh, since I started, you know, since I had gotten back into wrestling, um, and then when she debuted that, you know, came back as like the Kabuki clown. I, I remember both of us, we were sitting there. Murder clown Oscar. Yeah. Like this is all right. This is the one that if you're going to do it, bill, pull, pull the trigger buddy. Cause this, is this is the one to do it on. And, uh, yeah, he, he absolutely. And the thing is too, like there there there there are engineering details on this figure like you know because she has a little bit of a a broader frame, they were able to give her proper butterfly joints. um Yeah, just so good. So, so good. ah Yeah, it's almost like I wish I'm happy the other Oscars that have been made didn't have as much
00:50:58
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Accessory and all that stuff so that way this one got made. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, cuz I mean that that that a leaf. I know was something he wanted for a long time Yeah, and and the elite that came out um That was kind of around the same time. She was tag team champions with ah with Charlotte Mm-hmm for a bit. I mean that for a while that was That was the best she'd ever ever looked, you know um in in lead form but this completely just blows that out of the water. And, uh, I'd like to take this opportunity. She's not listening, but, uh, speedy recovery, Oscar. We miss you. Absolutely. Can't, can't wait for, can't wait for you to come back healthy and ready to kick some butt. Um, all right. So number four, right? So I had to jump ahead and talk about that. So, um, number four, uh, man, I'm surprised it took us that long to cross over.
00:51:56
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i thought this year there would be a little more crossover there's not i i thought so too but i knew that for sure yeah i knew that one for sure um so my number four again gijo classified series is is a ah line of figures that just doesn't miss. um but every Every single one that comes out is incredible, but um every now and then they put out something that's just like a little bit extra. um A little bit unexpected. A thing you see in person, you second guess, you know, whether or not the sky is blue and the ground is hard because it's just like, wait, I didn't think this could be this cool.
00:52:37
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um And for me, that was ah that was the deluxe metalhead figure that they put out on not too long ago, just ah just a few months ago. um I mean, he's got five rockets, Dave. He has he has five rockets. His shoulder rockets is like a good shoulder harness like Firefly-esque shoulder harness rocket system. He fires rockets from his thighs. um He's got a badass helmet. He's got a sweet mullet with like sunglasses and just he is just an absolutely unhinged iron iron granader.
00:53:17
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um Yeah, I mean it's or iron grenadier. I think it's iron grenadier. I think it is too. he ah he's just He's just amazing. Just an absolutely amazing figure. All the effect pieces you could possibly want. He's got like these little tiny rockets with um you know flame effects attached to them. When you pose him all together, it's just It's unbelievable. It's one of my favorite um GI Joes they've ever done in the classified series. And it's ah it's not one that I was like super jazzed about when they announced it. It wasn't one that I don't remember you know that we had him.
00:53:57
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um Back in the day um if we did I certainly didn't play with him, but ah yeah I mean just an absolute don't remember absolute banger-banger of a figure and there's more iron grenadiers coming um they released the the officers up for pre-order and um you know eventually they're gonna have to put out some version of of Destro to you know an iron grenadier version of Destro to go with these guys to to boss them around. So ah yeah hopefully that's coming soon. But i lots of cool stuff in the GI Joe classified pipeline. there They're going to announce their next HasLab at um at San Diego Comic Con. So should be should be fun. but ah But yeah, so Metalhead. I feel like I had that Metalhead.
00:54:48
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but The original. you're You're up to number three. My number three, this is gonna be a another unexpected one, um but one that I originally saw and was like, oh, I've got a, that I think is really cool. And then I realized it was out and I'm like, oh, I gotta to get that. Is it still available? Okay, cool, I gotta get that. um And there are others in this line and that um I'll say adjacent. developer relatives of this line that I might want to dabble in as well. um But it is one of my favorite, most difficultly punishing games of all time.
00:55:32
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um The Blue Bomber himself, Mega Man. We saw this, the Jada Toys Mega Man at Toy Fair. And I was like, yo, this rules, like I need to get this. And so I did. And it perfectly... ike We've been saying perfectly encapsulates a lot during this, but I think that's part of what makes collecting and making makes what we do like so so much fun is when the figure absolutely nails the aesthetic and you know what it's trying to come across. And I love it. I'm i'm always been a big Mega Man fan. I haven't played some of the newer
00:56:18
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Um, eight bit re-imaginings, I'll say. I feel like I was kind of done after six when the n NES was done, but, um, and the Game Boy ones too. But as a kid, I loved Mega Man and I don't think I ever beat a Mega Man, but I loved renting it and getting frustrated and like playing those games and trying to figure out like whose powers I'm supposed to use and i think never beating one, but I loved Mega Man. I think the closest I ever got to beating one was the stupid Gameboy one, like the OG Gameboy one. And those are great. Those are on, uh, what's it called now? Um, NSO. Yeah. Yep. But yeah, I just realized, I think Mega Man and Iron Man shop at the same boot store. They may. Um, but I'm i'm looking forward to like a lec man is coming and I, uh, I love
00:57:09
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You shoot the lightning bolts like yeah, so cool, and you've got they announced a Couple other villains and um and also well ice man and fire ice man and fire man were series one, right? Yeah, nice man and cut man. No ice man and Fire man fire man. Yeah, so it's um another Mega man. Yeah, but using one of the power. Yeah using one of the powers yep and uh Elect man and cut man, I think and and the the cool thing. I think it's wood man actually Is it is one of the is one of the next ones? Because I remember thinking like why didn't they do cut man because he's got the cool like scissorhead. I don't think I didn't I don't think he's Pisa He's he's been announced yet But um, no, it's elect man and cut man. Is it? Okay. Yeah, but the ah I like that the other and then hyper bomb the new hours I like that the new um
00:58:07
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The new Mega Man comes with like a de-helmeted head. Oh, Cut Man's wild too, because the blade comes off his head. Yeah. Yeah. Very, very cool. Yeah, those i ah I love Mega Man 1. All right, so we talked about my number three, so I'm going to jump right ahead to my number two. um And it's actually funny, we're talking about Capcom and Mega Man. Uh, because this figure fits right in with a universe that, data that, uh, that, uh, Maggie man also existed. So, um, you know, this was the cap common adjacent. I think I was talking about maybe, I don't know. Um, not Jada toys. Uh, so, uh, friend of the pod, Ryan Ting over on the Marvel legends team loves to.
00:58:55
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kind of blur the lines of what is possible sometimes when they pick when they pick what figures they want to design. And ah this year they were able to deliver on something that I was hoping that one day they would eventually be able to do. um And it is my favorite look for ah for cable. um the The totally not based on the Marvel versus Capcom video game series cable, rock in the blue and yellow ah with the the the full sleeve on the the says left arm.
00:59:31
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um It's just an absolute gorgeous figure. They, he's huge and hulking and barely fit in that, on that, in, in that box in the standard, if we know the standard size figure would normally be, but, um, the detail is just amazing on him. Everything from his five o'clock shadow to the, the, the burst in his eye. Um, but he looks like he walked right out of Marvel versus Capcom and they're, they're doing a really great job of kind of thinking outside the box in terms of trying to
01:00:03
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hit some of these deep cuts like you know I've been sitting here noodling the entire time with Iron Man suit number nine which is totally yeah I'm sure it's been in a comic or in the in the in a cartoon at some point but it's totally Iron Man from the Captain America and and the Avengers um arcade game which I now have the full cast of which is amazing you know I've the West Coast vision, West Coast Avengers vision, you know Cap, ah the ah Hawkeye with the Sky Sled, which is hilarious, and ah and now and now Iron Man, but um with what Jada is doing, Jada Toys is doing with their are Street Fighter figures, um you know now there are some Marvel Legends components that are coming out with with those those Capcom figures, and you know you can start to do some fun things in your display. so
01:00:54
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And especially with the games coming back out, like yeah that collection being released, that's going to be fun. And they did. um yeah I don't have it because it, again, like that this is my video game Iron Man. This is the suit number nine, but ah the deluxe Iron Man that they put out last year with the giant um shoulder cannon that he could hold with the giant blast. I mean, that was very clearly a nod to something in particular as well without overtly saying it. So. Um, yeah, they're, they're doing a great job with that. So hopefully there's, there's more to come. And also, um, recently announced build a figure black heart fits into that as well as, as a, as a yeah versus Capcom character. So, uh, it's into a couple things. Yep. Yep. Yep. So very, very cool. Um, so yes, so that's my, my number two. Um, all right. So my number two, this is a figure that like, so.
01:01:50
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How do you make a figure that was a lot of people's favorite figure of the year better? um
01:02:02
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One is, you know, of course, try to get it back out there. But the other thing that is just like really crank up the accessories and make it like ah make a creepy, scary figure almost creepier and scarier. um And, you know, there are some of ah this person's teammates who have been released that are going to have, you know, the face paint component involved or have been released and had their own outstanding figures, by the way. um But this was an awesome rerelease they need to pick up because I missed out the first time. um But there was still like a really cool component and really great packaging too.
01:02:46
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um Really kind of hits that that death metal hardcore aesthetic and that is jazzwares vault. We're going back to the vault AEW supreme malachai black You got the cool like face painted version and like, you know that original supreme I that's the supreme. I'm sad. I missed the most Because that's supreme rules But so did this one they like kind of cranked it up by giving you more in the head portraits. Yep
01:03:18
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And some of their best, some of their best tattoo work too. Yeah. Yeah. on I mean, Malachi and Brody are covered and they are. I mean, the deco is unreal on this, this set. All right. So before we hit our number ones, I mentioned that we would, um, we would give some shout outs to some of our suggestions here. So since we asked our followers, what was their favorite? figure before we read our number ones. Um, I'll take a minute to go through some of these, Dave. So, um, okay. Uh, friend of the pod best. Well, we'll say, I think he graduates the best friend of the pod. Um, toy farce mentioned the, the Mezco, um, TMNT set. So the four pack of the comic turtles ah okay that was beloved by many, many people, very hard to get, um, very expensive, but, um,
01:04:16
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Yeah, very cool. um Okay, so so i the Sunny channel, so Shouts to Sunny down in Texas. SH Figure Arts Berserker, the armor figure, so um that was that was a big release from Bandai and Tamashi Nations. Um, we've got blurred underscore Baron underscore the Marvel legends movie carnage. So yeah, for some people that snuck in right before the, uh, the, the July cutoff. Um, eight, eight and skate. so Okay. I like that. Uh, says Marvel legends, scarlet spider.
01:05:03
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Very, very almost, almost made my list. Almost made my list. That figure is ridiculously good um on that retro card. We've got cloud underscore network says, Mythic Legion's Thrace Wraithhaler.
01:05:21
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Great name. Great name. Would not want to meet um Thrace Wraithhaler in Dark Alley. um Crago underscore Neil. the NECA Feral Predator from Prey. um There's been a couple of releases of that this year. I have the standard one, which was awesome, but there's also been the NECA Holophon one, um which was like sort of bloodied and half translucent. Pretty cool. um Transformers underscore collections says Transformers Studio Series Bumblebee. I believe that is referring to
01:05:58
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I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but I believe it is referring to the the the cartoon, the animated film um in the studio series line, the 86. Oh, that's not the new one, the the original. No, yeah, I think it's the 86 one that just came out. They finally, not finally, they've had ones that are really good in bot mode or really good in um vehicle mode. And apparently this one is like nails, both of them. Okay. um E underscore two bros Nacelle biker mice from Mars couldn't agree with you more man. You they made the list um Super Game Boy a DV so we'll say Super Game Boy advanced I guess um The jaded toys dalsam from Street Fighter. um Yeah, i've seen that's that's what I was talking about without possibly dipping into yeah, I've seen a lot of pictures of that that figure specifically and and
01:06:50
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Yeah, it is really cool with those. The deco on those Street Fighter figures is really good. So I have a couple or a few. I have Chun-Li, I have Ryu, I have Ken, and I have Fei-Long. The Ryu, like the gi on him? It's insane. I would love to find a bison at some point. And then eventually when they make him, because they've announced, they've shown all of them in prototype form. But I would love M. Bison and I would love Blocca. Well, they're doing super. So Vega is up there for me. Yeah, Vega, Sagat, they've shown off. Yeah, Kami, I think. All right, a couple more, a couple more, and then we'll get to our two. So Friends of the Pod at Power of X-Men, Paul. He also says the Marvel versus Capcom cable. So, yep.
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um Spawn 2504 the animated. Alright, so this is DC directs McFarland some McFarland toys DC direct Animated to face from the new Batman adventures. Those are cool figures They are very cool figures um ah Cal at a at side fig gig ah The new Ultimate Edition Cody roads with the with the shell The shell and the new and the new weight belt new weight belt new new torso um and new shell jacket um Yeah, I'm I think it's wrestling already getting that one WrestleMania 39 Cody, right? That's the From when he did not finish the story. Yes. Yes um And then one more so D lag Guillera 719 The um this is an interesting one. So I don't know if you've seen we saw these at the last toy insider event we went to Dave but the ah the origin sketch turtles by playmates toys and Yes, those are cool. So those have been, have been hitting. Um, that's another one where they have announced that Comic Con, there will be a Comic Con exclusive variant of those black and white with the red bandanas, which I feel like if you're going to get those, that's. Yeah, that's, I feel like that's the move. That's the move there. So, um, yeah, so really cool. Uh, thank you everybody for submitting your, your favorites. Um, since I kind of did two in a row, uh, or I skipped.
01:09:13
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um Why don't you do your number one first? and Okay, I can do that. Yeah, um, so my number one um You know, we always talk about again take it to nostalgia um This instance is the first time I kind of witnessed this character um in a live performance setting um Very much, you know, like Tooki, I still have the second version of this figure, um but Tooki, you're off from putting it in, I mean, what I think is a well-deserved spot because, you know, who could be number one other than Papa? So, Super 7 Ultimate, Papa Emeritus 3.
01:10:05
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um I mean, that's, you know, the And I always have trouble saying this album's name, Enfestus and Mom. I think you got it. I think I got it. It's taken a ton of practice to get the car to play the album. um And I still don't always get it to work. Play the album with year zero. um But it's just, you know, Papa Three was my the first time I saw them when they were still playing small venues.
01:10:41
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and have deservedly graduated now to arenas and headlining festivals and making movies and all that good stuff. Um, I will not spoil right here right now for you. Appreciate it. um Yeah. Papa three. I love it. Very much looking forward to Papa four. Yeah, me too. It's square hammer. It's square hammer, Papa. It's, You know yeah, Pope star yeah, hope star was was it for him. I mean that's that's the I think for a lot of people that was their gateway into the band with like the white lapels and all that they like so good Yep, yeah, it's definitely that to me is like quintessential Papa Yeah, other than the first one because how could you like not remember that the first time you see it? But this is like everybody's Papa so up until four
01:11:37
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which is now my favorite like I guess you could say papal look like I love the turquoise and everything and I love that that's the figure too yeah so the my favorite papal look of Papa was with the green and black which was Papa to which is what's currently on my display and my favorite like Alternate look I don't know what like the D robed look or dis robed look I guess you could say um Is to this day is still Papa 3. I mean like yeah Papa 3 Performance mode is yeah
01:12:12
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The best, the best. And that's how I have him um displayed on my shelf. But yeah, I am very, very excited for Papa four. I'm really, really hoping we get some, uh, some, some, uh, faceless schools or nameless schools, uh, nameless schools. I still would love, I still would love a Cardinal, like it's significant enough where you can't just have Papa four. We'll see. And it looks like we're just getting Papa four. So. But, uh, huge shots. The friend of the pod, Kyle, just absolutely crushing it, killing it with every single one of those stuff. Yeah. Every single one of those. And, and his new, uh, his, his dream come true project, he's getting to do his, uh, his 2003 turtles and they look really good. So really excited do really excited to add ah another Donatello to the oops, all Donny's shelf. Um, all right. So that brings us to my number one, my number one.
01:13:10
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I have been waxing poetic about the film that this movie came from since it came out. The film the movie came from? The film the movie came from? Is that what I just said? It's really late. It's really late. It is. The film movie for television screens. No, the film ah that this figure came from. ah It's one of my favorite properties of all time, right up there with Star Wars. ah I have it right here. This figure, since I got it in January, it's never it's never out of arms reach. It's it's always close to me.
01:13:48
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Godzilla minus one, SH figure, SH Monster Arts from Bondi. um I got this in January and from Jump Street, it has been ah my the stalwart of my list. Nothing has been able to jump this. They absolutely crushed this figure. Um, the gold, like slightly gold to Brown, um, accents on him, the spikes, the gnarls, the, his feet. Um, you know, there's something to be said about when a figure looks like a model of like the person it's supposed to be. Right. Um,
01:14:35
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You never really get to sit there and like stare at Godzilla long enough on screen. He's always kind of moving or like doing it so like being able to just kind of study the detail of like everything that's going on with this version of Godzilla. um I now have my my two favorite versions of Godzilla are like right next to each other on the shelf at all times. He's he's right there with my speaking of Kyle before my Super 7 Art Adams Godzilla. um And I'm really excited for the 89 Godzilla that's that's coming to San Diego Comic Con this year. ah yeah that's That's another exciting release because that's my, prior to Godzilla minus one, that's my favorite Godzilla look. So really excited to have that ah eventually. But um yeah, so that's that's my number one. SH Monster Arts Godzilla minus one. I'm i'm bummed I missed that.
01:15:33
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Yeah, I got lucky. I got very lucky that I caught it on. And and you know, it's funny. um Minus C is is out there, which... Yeah. Yeah. Minus C is is cool, too. But yeah. and Yeah. I still haven't seen that. I got to watch that with the minus color. That's coming in. It's going to be on Netflix soon. Yeah. But ah yeah. i Man, it has been since we've been doing- And I love New Empire too, by the way. I still haven't seen it. You gotta watch it. I still have to watch it with- Because I have to watch it with Maddie, that's the thing. But this is the first time that we've been doing these lists that a figure I got in January
01:16:21
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um Stayed at number one. So like this he definitely broke I've had for most of the year, too It's it's gonna be and it's and even now in July like there was nothing that I got this year that Even sniffed him like was not even close to to that number one slot like and So I'm I'm really curious to see when we have this conversation again in January Where he where he is on the list? Because yeah, it's going to be really, really tough for for somebody to unseat him. But um yeah, that's it. that's ah that's our That's our list. Those are our 20 picks for the first half of ah of the year. And as we always do, um at the end of the year,
01:17:11
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We'll see if any of these ah if any of these picks stay or go. So when we when we do our read our our end of year list, um we'll reference as we go along, where if a figure gets completely bumped off or moves moves up or moves down. Yeah, because they can move up and it's it's happened before. Yeah, and and mean sometimes you sit with a figure for a while and You know, you realize like, Oh man, I actually, this, you know, I really do like this or like, there's something about this. I didn't realize, you know, there, there are figures that didn't make this list from the first half that, you know, Who knows? Werewolf moved up like as the more I played around with them. So, yeah. And I mean, there were figures I thought when I had them on pre-order, I thought for sure would be a lock for the list. And you know, once I got them in hand, it was just, there was other stuff out there that, uh, I beat it. So.
01:18:06
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Um, yeah, so we heard from a bunch of you what your favorite figures were, but when we post this on, uh, on Instagram, on YouTube, uh, feel free to drop by in the comments and and tell us what your favorite figure, the first half of the, uh, the good old 2024 was. Um, I think with that, Dave, it's a, it's time to send us home. Enjoy the second half of the year, everybody.
01:18:34
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