Metal Gear Solid Collectibles

[CryptDemon]

So i want to preorder a couple of the new mini revoltech snakes and didnt know if i should use bbts or amiami. Amiami has the figures for like $25.99 a piece and bbts they are like $32.99, but i didnt know if the shipping from amiami would make them the same price overall. Does anyone have any input? I have never ordered from amiami so i didnt know what option to pick for shipping as well. Any advice would be awesome.

Thanks

I love AmiAmi's prices, but shipping almost always makes it around the same as it would be if you got it through BBTS, so it's never worth it for me. About the only advantage is that AmiAmi gets the merchandise a bit earlier

 

[Jameson Rook]

rubber wetsuit teared badly, left shoulder broke & crack on the feet, tape holding the knife sheath stained the bdu trousers.

They look great and all, but never again I'm getting a medicom figure. What remains medicom on the modded/bashed figure
are only the head, hands and radio. Paying more to fix/complete a figure is never a good thing...

I can relate to your pain, I have pretty much the same problems with my Medicoms as well, but thankfully I was able to fix it myself but ********* I still think they're the best 1/6 MGS figures ever made, so I still plan to get them all eventually.

 

[bangkok_wolf]

I can relate to your pain, I have pretty much the same problems with my Medicoms as well, but thankfully I was able to fix it myself but ********* I still think they're the best 1/6 MGS figures ever made, so I still plan to get them all eventually.

I remeber seeing this pic few hundred pages back and thought to myself "that's far worse than mine" but I didn't consider myself luckier . Pretty awesome that you managed to fix the body (that is super fragile and not in scale with other 1/6 figures) but how did/will you handle the wetsuit & BDU rousers?

A question to anyone who has got the metallic PAK GZ BB, I have POed the regular ver., nonetheless, is he worth having considering the sculpt, paint, cost ($100) + overall satisfaction. I'm actually considering limiting my already limited collection to consist only mgs 1-4.

 

[theghostinside]

I love AmiAmi's prices, but shipping almost always makes it around the same as it would be if you got it through BBTS, so it's never worth it for me. About the only advantage is that AmiAmi gets the merchandise a bit earlier

Thanks so much. So where is everyone preordering from?

 

[Jameson Rook]

I remeber seeing this pic few hundred pages back and thought to myself "that's far worse than mine" but I didn't consider myself luckier . Pretty awesome that you managed to fix the body (that is super fragile and not in scale with other 1/6 figures) but how did/will you handle the wetsuit & BDU rousers?

I mildly washed the wetsuit and repainted it with acrylics which pretty much restored the suit without major noticeable differences. For the broken body, I used epoxy to resculpt the broken parts. The only thing I couldn't figure out is how to get rid of the glue stain on his trousers due to the survival knife (see the red stain) so I gave it to my mom and she managed to dip dry it and to my pleasant surprise, it worked!

Since you're in Bangkok, I would suggest to always have some ventilation for the figures. Keeping him in a box is a serious no no. If he's in a display case, remove him once in a few months for some air.

As for the height, you can easily mod him by extending his shin and locking it (with epoxy or even rubber bands) and he'll scale with 1/6 figures just fine.

 

[bangkok_wolf]

Thanks so much. So where is everyone preordering from?

I'm skipping this one but normally there are plenty of local online store with connections to HK & JP to order from.
Plus there are official distributors for Hot Toys, 3A, Goodsmile, Kotobukiya, etc... so I have no problem ordering collectible figures.

I mildly washed the wetsuit and repainted it with acrylics which pretty much restored the suit without major noticeable differences. For the broken body, I used epoxy to resculpt the broken parts. The only thing I couldn't figure out is how to get rid of the glue stain on his trousers due to the survival knife (see the red stain) so I gave it to my mom and she managed to dip dry it and to my pleasant surprise, it worked!

Since you're in Bangkok, I would suggest to always have some ventilation for the figures. Keeping him in a box is a serious no no. If he's in a display case, remove him once in a few months for some air.

As for the height, you can easily mod him by extending his shin and locking it (with epoxy or even rubber bands) and he'll scale with 1/6 figures just fine.

moms are the best

Great info on how you fixed it, would be useful for people on the custom forum as well. With the body swapping, I'm actually using HT harness to go with the new body and velcro to hold the survival knife sheath, it's not screen accurate but no more worries there. I'm with you on displaying all figures, but I'm doing it for display value rather than to preserve the leather/rubber parts.

One thing, why does your HT Snake have giraffe neck?

 

[Jameson Rook]

moms are the best

Great info on how you fixed it, would be useful for people on the custom forum as well. With the body swapping, I'm actually using HT harness to go with the new body and velcro to hold the survival knife sheath, it's not screen accurate but no more worries there. I'm with you on displaying all figures, but I'm doing it for display value rather than to preserve the leather/rubber parts.

One thing, why does your HT Snake have giraffe neck?

Thanks Wolf. As for the survival knife sheath, you can use tape similar to the HT one as a substitute. It worked for me, as the Medicom tape will eat away at the trousers. And as for the giraffe neck, I occasionally took off the head for painting reference so I guess I didn't put it back properly, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[BigBoss9293]

Hey guys! I have to downsize my collection unfortunately, have school and bills to pay :/
I have listed some MGS things so far on ebay page: https://www.ebay.com/usr/mayorga9293#

I have a flickr account with the pictures in higher quality if you guys wanted to see the details!
IMG_0066 by smayorga9293, on Flickr
IMG_0044 by smayorga9293, on Flickr
IMG_0096 by smayorga9293, on Flickr

I will be uploading more items in the coming days. If any of you guys are interested, I can give my fellow collectors here a better price! Just PM here or on ebay. I have a Medicom RAH Raiden, MGS4 UK PAL Limited Edition w/ Olive Drab 7" figure, Silver Solid Snake from NYCC Toy Fair (limited to 100), Olive Drab Snake kubrick SEALED (limited 100 pieces), RAIDEN PAKS- Yellow, Blue variants complete with box, Medicom Zombie Face Snake Vinyl, Medicom Stealth Camo Snakey Vinyl, etc.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Jameson Rook]

Playing with colored LEDs, can't imagine life without it. Thank you Jason you crazy mofo.

 

[Frank Jaeger]

Did you re-sculpt Liquids hair?

 

[Jameson Rook]

Did you re-sculpt Liquids hair?

Yes I did, Frank. Though he's not quite done yet so I'll take better pics when I finish him. I found out the hard way that blonde hair is a pain to paint.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Liquid's hair looks great there!

 

[Jameson Rook]

Liquid's hair looks great there!

Thanks brother Pliss. Close up pics when it's done eventually.

 

[bangkok_wolf]

@BigBoss9293 it's always sad to see people selling their beloved collection off. Good luck with the sales

@Ryan Pliskin the lighting seems to give more of a classic vibe to the figures + Liquid's hair is noticeably good.

 

[Jameson Rook]

@Ryan Pliskin the lighting seems to give more of a classic vibe to the figures + Liquid's hair is noticeably good.

Thanks Wolf. It's a 16 color LED lighting with remote control if I recall. As for Liquid's hair, I've been talking to Solidus about learning recasting, I hope I'll get to that one day so maybe I can offer the hair to other Yamato owners.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Some display ideas, maybe?

 

[bangkok_wolf]

Just got my Ray... So where are the Gundam people at




The decals are just crazy

 

[Snake Plissken]

Those decals can stay in the box, no thank you

 

[Frank Jaeger]

Painting it is enough, nevermind having to fiddle (no joke) with the decals

Ryan the hair looks much better man

 

[WellCQCaboutthat]

I love decals! i cancelled my preorder, Im waiting for 3as offering.

Btw ryan thanks for the shout. Good day sir.