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Spider Man Classic 15 Web Splasher Doc Ock

Steals and Deals - Amazon.com

Thursday, 29 September 2005

Amazon.com wrote:

Spider Man Classic Asst. 15 Web Splasher Doc Ock
Price: $7.99
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours from Toys"R"Us

The number 1 wall-crawler goes toe-to-toe with the pesky Beetle and faces the maniacal Doc Ock in this series of 6 inch action figures. Each Figure has an action feature that helps recreate battles between Spider-man and his infamous enemies. These 6 inch fully poseable Spider-man action figures are based on the Wall Crawler's classic comic book and animated adventures. Each figure comes with an accessory or has an exciting action feature. Buzzing Beetle requires 3 button cell batteries (not included).

Thanks to TSR at fwooshnet.com.

Doubledealer's Psylocke

Custom Action Figures - Marvel

Monday, 19 September 2005

I met Doubledealer online in the early days of my customizing hobby. Of course, I knew of him before we met - I'm probably understating it when I say he's a legend among customizers. A year ago, I met him in person at the San Diego Comic Con. And although this part of the story is for another time, I saved his life (true story!)

This year, we both happened to be at SDCC again, and we hung out with some of the guys from fwooshnet.com. On one of the last days, DD pulls something out of his bag and hands it to me. It's his Psylocke custom (see DD's original write-up here). He said something, but honestly, I was too flabbergasted to register it. I like to think he said "Thanks for saving my life."

Now, what do you do when you have something in your possession that makes everything you've done look like crap? She's so perfect I feel like nothing I'll ever do will deserve to be on the same shelf. I figure the only way to get past this is to take a bunch of pictures of it, post it, and learn to live with my unworthiness. Consider this customs therapy.

Sin City: Recut & Extended Edition

Steals and Deals - Amazon.com

Wednesday, 14 September 2005

Details about the Sin City extended edition DVD from thedigitalbits.com:

www.thedigitalbits.com wrote:

Some news from around the Net today... Buena Vista and Dimension have finally revealed that the Frank Miller's Sin City: Recut & Extended Edition will street on 12/13 (SRP $39.99). The 2-disc set will feature the theatrical version of the film along with a new 147-minute extended cut, both in anamorphic widescreen video (1.85:1) with Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 audio.

Extras are set to include audio commentary with director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, a second commentary with Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, a third commentary containing the Austin Premiere crowd's reaction, 12 behind-the-scenes featurettes (15-Minute Film School with Robert Rodriguez, The Movie in High-Speed Green Screen, The Long Take: 17 Uninterrupted Minutes of Tarantino's Segment, Sin City Night at Antones: Filmmakers, Cast & Crew Party, 10-Minute Cooking School with Robert Rodriguez, A Hard Top with a Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City, Making the Monsters: Special Effects Make-up, Trench Coats and Fish Nets: The Costumes of Sin City, Booze, Broads & Guns: The Props of Sin City, How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to Make the Film, Giving the Characters Life: Casting the Film and Special Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino), the film's teaser and theatrical trailers, an outtakes reel, the Sin-Chroni-City interactive game and the complete Sin City: The Hard Goodbye graphic novel.

Now THAT'S the DVD fans have been waiting for.

We bought the standard edition (Sin City (2005), $17.99 at Amazon.com) that's been available for a few weeks - I thought it was a little barebones, but then I didn't know this beast was coming out. I'm really psyched to see the 21 minutes of extra footage. I'm hoping for more scenes with Carla Gugino!

It's available for pre-order at amazon.com - probably a good deal because of the free shipping plus no tax:

amazon.com wrote:

Sin City (2pc) (Exp)
List Price: $39.99
Price: $27.99 and this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. See details.
You Save: $12.00 (30%)
Availability: This item will be released on December 13, 2005. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

Callisto

Custom Action Figures - Marvel

Sunday, 11 September 2005

Back when I first started reading comics, the powers-that-be at Marvel hadn't yet come up with the notion that every mutant female's secondary mutation was to be super-model hot - not just the heroic ones.

Rogue and Mystique, both villains at the time, were ugly, but neither of them were as ugly as Callisto. Of course, Callisto is super-model hot today, if you discount the octopus arms. I wanted to capture her classic look when she was leader of the sewer-bound Morlocks, fighting Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler.