The Imperial Shipyards
General Collecting => Misc. non Star Wars => Topic started by: The Spectre on September 09, 2022, 07:50:03 PM
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McFarlane Toys is releasing toys for "Avatar" (original movie first, to be followed by toys for the sequel).
There are 2 lines- an expansive 2.5" "World Of Pandora" line and a 7" collector focused one.
The 7" scale is misleading though. The Navi figures are 7" with human characters coming in at roughly 4" due to their size differences.
The AMP Suit is scaled for the human figures and looks to be compatible with 3.75" at the very least based on the images of someone that has already found one in the wild (the line is street dated for mid September or later).
The $39.99 price is a bit high considering an almost exact same version was available in 2009 for $19.99, but it is probably about the same as what you would pay for an original on ebay with shipping. Luckily, I already have a few of the 2009 ones (including at least 1 of the harder to find series 2 "maintenance" versions).
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Well that seven inch line looks interesting doesn't it. Bet you get some new beasties out of it Dan.
Off to share on the front page.
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I pre-ordered the Direhorse and a Banshee Dragon at a local Comic Shop and just discovered that the smaller line isn't 3.75". Such a bummer. The detail on those 2.5" figures is so much inferior to the 1/12 scale line, that I think I'm going to sell the 2.5" creatures, again. A lot of money saved for my wallet here. It was quite hard to find any information on the size of the smaller figures at the beginning. Wish I had found your post earlier. In fact I just came here to open a new topic. The 7" line looks amazing for collectors. I'm sure kids will want those as well, but won't get them most of the time because of the higher price point. I hope the 2.5" line will perform well, too and not go on clearance eventually. They're 1/28 scale, what's that supposed to be? 1/24 scale would be much better to go along with some Jurassic Park dinosaurs. At least they put their focus on the world-building idea here. Sigh.
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I am anxious to see what these look like in person.
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I am anxious to see what these look like in person.
This is where the fun (of world-building) begins:
The first products of the line have hit shelves at SmythsToys here in Germany!
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I got lucky and found the case of 24 mini dioramas untouched and the second item I picked was also the heaviest one. It turned out it was exactly the set that I wanted to get!
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These creatures fit perfectly to planets like Felucia.
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This is a lot of fun for 6 bucks!
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Wow, great set. Thanks for the images and review. Man that would so work with any Felucia stuff.
Thanks for showing the rest of the stuff too. I mean the scale is either smaller or slightly larger than 3.75 inches.
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You're welcome! Glad to see you back online. I think the idea of the designers for the smaller scale toys was actually making them in the size of the classic toy soldiers as seen in Toy Story.
I still need to see a human figure of the line, but they might be about 2 inches tall. That'd make them about 1/36 scale.
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Yeah, I would think so if the Avatar figures are that size.
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The figures of the Naví are aboutt 3 inches tall which made them 1/24 scale of they were human. But since they're supposed to be about 50% taller than us (or even double?) I still have to figure that out (literally!).
Thanks for your replies!
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Any of the pieces would work for Felucia. They all seem to have a glow in the dark effect too. So awesome. Man, I forget how awesome the SW Action Figure Line used to be that Rancor with Rider is awesome.
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I agree these look great for Felucia! I'm so disappointed that they scaled these down from the 3.75" figures of the first movie. The creatures would be great for Star Wars, but feel a bit small in the 2" scale. I've got the creatures from the first movie and love how they fit with my Star Wars figures.
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Thank you Starchaser! Your Chryssalid has its special place in my collection and I cannot wait to start working on my next Felucia project.
The initial launch of the AVATAR toy line was awesome, but I completely missed it and even doubt the products were distributed in Europe. However I'm extremely happy that I did not overpay those sets on feeBay.
And since McFarlane Toys seem to go above and beyond with this re-launch, I'm quite optimisitc that we see many if not all creatures for the 4" scale line as well. It's just a matter of time.
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I seen this stuff for the first time yesterday also, in Walmart and Best Buy.
Interesting stuff. I wish they would have released stuff like this when the first one came out.
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That larger scale Jake and mount was pretty cool.
Just the mount was $50
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I look forward to seeing it on the pegs. It is kind of a shame both scales are not in line with any other AF Line. It will be interesting to see if any of it will work for regular AF Customs.
I know the dio pieces can sub in for Felucia like right now.
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Well, the AVATAR toys are put on clearance here in Germany. It's unfortunate that demand apparently didn't meet expectations. I got three Crab-Suits for 20€ each instead of 70€.
But it has a weak spot. The hinge of the hatch on top came broken. The box was probably dropped in store before. So I fixed it with tweezers and super glue.
The box was so crushed it wasn't even worth to take a picture of it.
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This acrylic material is rather brittle, no surprise the cockpit glass breaks easily.
The actual seat is too high for a 3.75" figure to sit. The handles on the other hand hang too low.
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Some additional space is provided behind the pilot's seat.
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The torso of this SCUBA Trooper is yellowed. I had been planning on turning him into a custom. Today I finally did.
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The Way of Water
To me it's sad to see that the interest in McFarlane's toy line went down like a waterfall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7IHOXkiV8). Few things sold at retail price, but prices went down rather quickly. By now SmythsToys put them all on clearance and didn't order more. I think they received two waves of items. And as far as I know only three waves were made. So as long as they're still available for great deals, I thought I'd share my finds with you. I was busy the past couple days playing around with ideas and going back to different stores to get more...
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It's a pity to see great products like this being crushed like that. Fortunately it was only the box.
But I didn't get an extra discount on it. But I brought home two of three AMP suits and all three Crab-suits, yesterday.
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The AMP suit is secured extra well against theft. That's kinda sad, but good to see. I mean 69,99€ is a lot of money for the MRSP. I'm glad those suits are more affordable at 30€ now. And no, I didn't buy them all.
You can check my latest store reports here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1012.msg234008#msg234008).
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Summer with no Sun
This summer goes the way of water here in Germany. No day has passed without rain over the last three weeks. While it was really hot in the East in May and June, July has been...perfect for working inside, staying home, going to the movies and...customizing! I'm not complaining, in fact I'm thankful for every drop of sweet water. I'm just wondering where all this water comes from and where it's missing now.
So let's fuse these two franchises!
I want to apologize to all of you because I annoyed you with store reports and shopping over the past half year or so. Last night I went back to the workbench. I was fully in my element and kept painting 'til 3 am. As a side note I shouldn't mess with my biorhythm like that anymore.
But I got 6 vehicles and 3 figures on the workbench now! All have been worked on last night and 6 of them were on my list for quite a while.
Here are two of them which got me motivated to start painting, again. I want to share them as quickly as possible with you as long as they're still available at retail in case you might do similar projects.
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You might know that I've a weak spot for CIS vehicles and droids. And since there's no second vehicle with the scheme of the Droid Gunship, I thought it might be a good occasion to change that.
It makes sense to me that the Separatists need a lot of resources. So they might search oceans on various planets like Kashyyyk with those droids.
If you haven't heard the tale of diving Grievous, well here it is. I thought that General Grievous cannot dive himself, he might share the same passion for submarines with James Cameron.
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The crab suit would be a perfect vehicle for him and maybe he even had one on Utapau similar to the three Wheel Bikes as seen in Revenge of the Sith. The Wheel Bike and the Crabsuit are ready to explore the surface of Utapau above and under water.
And since Season 3 of the Mandalorian, those Crab droids have a safe entry in Star Wars canon.
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Source: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Umbaran_Spider_Tank
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The shade of brown came out better than expected. Now, I only need to redo the fine details and add some decals with CIS emblems. I'm so happy with the brown Crabsuit that I'm tempted to make a second, armored version.
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Source: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/LM-432_crab_droid
Even though I started with the blue version, I finished the brown version first because I was way too crazy about it!
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Nice. I really like how the Battle Droid Version looks.
Off to share the update.
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Fantastic work!!! I live the crab droid concept.
If you don't mind me asking, I know you painted the crab walker black first, what color brown did you use? And it only makes sense for the separatists to use that. Because a lot of their vehicles came being used for a non combat role at first. The Lucrehulk-class Battleship for example was originally designed as a trade ship to haul cargo.
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Tamer: Thank you, Shawn! It's good to see you back!
RC-1136: Thanks, RC! That's very interesting to know! And of course you can!
In the second step I gave it a wet-brush with Citadel's Doombull Brown:
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I was going to share all details later. A dry-brush would have a great effect, too, but I was happy with the test and a dry-brush would take much more paint.
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SmythsToys had all LEGO sets for AVATAR for 50% off before Chritmas 2023 and other retailers still have a hard time selling them. It's puzzling. Once they sell out, people will pay premium prices for those on ebay, again.
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