MOTU Origins Thread

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Pharoid, Feb 21, 2020.

  1. northjason

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    With the top folded back and the figure wrapped, they had the most alien shape to my six-year old brain. I couldn't decipher what those weird packages could be. :) 
     
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  2. Vector Oracle

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    Oof. I feel your pain and I didn’t even exist in the 80s. That’s gotta hurt.
     
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  3. northjason

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    Appreciate the sentiment, but I have no regrets. I got everything I could have wanted out of those figures when I was a kid, and demolished most of the figs in the process. My stuff faired much better from Super Powers forward, because I was more interested in keeping stuff in good condition about the next year.
     
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    Another Walmart in my area put out these….could not resist grabbing another one …I am weak…but that price is too good


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    Can the “mushed” flocked areas on Panthor be fluffed back up? It’s the only reason I haven’t pulled the trigger.
     
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    Maybe with a very soft brush. Like a baby's toothbrush?
     
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    Anti-Eternia Prince Adam.
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    Didn't Hellskull transform Adam into Anti-Heman permanently? I assume the actual AE Adam looked just like the regular one.
     
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    At 40.00 …the Mushed Fur…prevented me from grabbing the mount…at 17.99 I could accept the flaw…

    ….anyway, now that I have a back up copy …..

    - note below try at your own risk-

    A brush = don’t try it will remove fur…no matter how gentle you are…

    I did find if you barely wet your finger and gently ….very gently…rub you finger over the moshed fur…you can start to slowly get the mushed fur to not be so moshed….

    - note below try at your own risk-


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    I really want to flock Battle Cat. I'm honestly shocked i've never seen anyone make a custom before. I know the stripes would be the hard part, but still, it should be possible.
     
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    Looks good! I agree, at that price how could you not go for it? :p 

    I imagine that if you did the stripes first, you could then fill in around them with the green. It would be fun to see it if you ever give it a shot!
     
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    You might be right I'm not sure. This was mostly just for fun anyways.
     
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    Did MC drop Duplico on their site again last night or am I reading the site wrong?
     
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    What make you think that? I can't see anything that suggests dates, or any change since it first appeared and sold out.
     
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    It's position when you change filter to Newest had it listed higher than before. As I said I am more than likely just reading the site wrong.
     
  16. JJJ

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    Ah, right. Could be. Looking at the order when sorted like that, I thought that Duplico went up (and sold out) before the wave 12 toys went up. But who knows what Mattel does?
     
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    I got me a Battle Ram.
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    Hopefully some enterprising people are backing up and rehosting every single important piece of history there so it’s not exclusively tied up there. I don’t care if I never get into the damn forum but I want a better central source of information than those crummy wiki pages.
     
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