It has begun...

Yes...it has, indeed begun...

With the addition of eBay on my iPhone, I have now moved back into the cel collecting arena...first up is the above cel from Macross 7 of Mylene Jenius. She is the daughter of Max and Millia Jenius from the original Macross series and is a member of the rock band, "Fire Bomber".

I love the kind of cels that show the face and shoulders of a character. I find myself drawn to them.

I also picked up a cel of the Jewel Princess from the Shin Cutey Honey OVA...I love this series as it has a very dark feel yet it is quite goofy at the same time.

I also picked up some figures from the newly re-instated Marvel Legends line from the good folks at Hasbro. First up is Hope Summers.I like what they have done with the packaging as it has a rather cartoonish looking board. Another cool thing is that they, Hasbro, have gotten into the Build-a-figure business. You know, what made the Marvel Legends line in the first place (besides the awesomeness of the sculpts and the articulation) was the build-a-figure. When Hasbro moved away from it, they found that to be a huge mistake. Taking Hope out of her blister pack I found that she is much bigger than the initial Hasbro ML offerings. I mean, she is almost as tall as my 2-pack Cable figure and taller than both my Marvel Girls (Jean and Rachel)...keep in mind that she is supposed to be a teenager....

Overall, I really like what they are doing this time around. This is a solid figure of a character that I have grown to like a lot. I have since picked up both a Dark Wolverine (Dakken) and Phantomex...man these figures are coming out fast.

Now, for how happy I am about the ML line, I'm a little disappointed with the Marvel Universe 4" figure line's latest offering.
I just got the Storm and Psylocke figures lately and color me disappointed. First off, they have done away with the stands that have come with the toys for the last 3 or so waves and replaced them with "mini comic covers"...really??? Are you serious? Then there are the extra-long necks that they have given both of these X-fan favs...ugh...and here I thought that was just an isolated incident...(cough) Wolverine (cough)...

Oh, well...while I will continue to buy them for completists sake, they will not be making their way into my display cases for a while...besides, I'm more of a fan of the 6-inch lines anyway...

Methinks this is going to be a good year...

Well....it sure has been a long time between posts but, as the title indicates, this looks like it's going to be a good year.

But first, I will give a little shout out to one of my favorite hauls from last year...my Menace from Revoltech's Queen's Blade line...

Isn't she a cutie? As I am a HUGE fan of the Revoltech line as a whole and I absolutely LOVE Queen's Blade (I am a lover of fanservice, afterall), picking this figure up was a no-brainer for me. Of course, the rest of the Krew all picked up Queen's Blade figures in this pre-Christmas HLJ order. We are planning on picking up more in the new year.

Looking at some hauls that the rest of the Krew picked up like these SH Figuarts figures from the Dragonball Kai series...

Now...these figures are AWESOME!!! (Darn you card for introducing me to this line!!!)

I REALLY want the Dragonball Kai (aka: DBZ) figures as they fit the criteria...6" figures, highly articulated and good sculpts.

They also did some figs for Kamen Rider Ryuki...WOW!!! Look at that detail!These figures are crazy sick!!!

The second wave of ThunderCats toys have come out...unfortunately, I haven't taken any pics of the figures that I have so far but I will do a review of them soon. The difference between this year and last is that the 8" line has been discontinued. In fact, they are re-releasing the Classic ThunderCat toys in the 6" mold. While there are rumors of the Classic Cheetara being a Comic Con exlcusive, I'm OK with the change as I am a big fan of the 6 inchers...This year, I am going to try my absolute best to NOT buy the 4" ThunderCat toys...We'll see how well that goes...

Somewhere around October (or so), we began hearing the rumblings of a new convention in the Mile High City. With me being an annual attendee at StarFest and NDK, I'm something of a regular con-goer in our fair city. So, the news of Denver Comic Con coming in 2012 was met with much anticipation from the Krew. In fact, I've already bought my tickets for the weekend. The only problem that I can foresee is that it takes place June 15th to June 17th which happens to be Father's Day weekend. Really DCC organizers??? Couldn't you have picked a weekend that I could have actually taken off from work? As it is, I WILL be there just...not all day everyday...

While it is still VERY early to see something like this, Indaglow,......with this con taking place in the Convention Center, there will be room to grow.

I can't wait...