Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17th, 2021)

[matticus]

I like writing. And talking. I do tend to go on if nobody stops me. Rambling is fun, I think. I don't know when to stop, really. I feel as if I have to keep going to show that I'm giving the subject attention. To be truthful, in a sense. Or maybe I just like to ramble and try to kickstart random conversations about things I'm into. Could be that as well. I also do have a compulsion to "get it all", so I write these massive posts about why I don't need X/Y/Z to, in a way, convince myself of that.

All cards on the table, trimming things down has been on my mind for a while now, so it tends to bleed into it all as far as collectibles are concerned. I'm not comfortable yet with all that I "want", so I try every day to bring it down an extra notch. Maybe I should start unironically LARPing as Doom and only do and buy the things Doom would...

I think my mind would be a very good place to be in. Why, I'm a jolly, well-adjusted fellow.


That's part of what happens when mental creations start realising what they are. Sorry, your time is near...

RE Elektra: It's the Meditteranean, you can go from pale to "bronze", especially if you work outside.

 

[Victοr]

These dolls, they are subpar. I need better ones. A more... sophisticated selection, one that reflects the unique mind and psyche of DOOM. No, such a banal display of normalcore characters is frankly unbecoming of myself. A Patrician must be an elitist, in everything- even his dolls; otherwise, he is merely a Pleb.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

These dolls, they are subpar. I need better ones. A more... sophisticated selection, one that reflects the unique mind and psyche of DOOM. No, such a banal display of normalcore characters is frankly unbecoming of myself. A Patrician must be an elitist, in everything- even his dolls; otherwise, he is merely a Pleb.

I'm getting the 6 inch Mezco Doom. He'll be tiny, but he will rule my shelf with his tiny iron fist.

 

[Victοr]

I'm getting the 6 inch Mezco Doom. He'll be tiny, but he will rule my shelf with his tiny iron fist.

If they ever release him... I hope they don't make him some exclusive though. Mezco doesn't ship where I am so I'd have to resort to eBay. I'm kinda hoping they'll release some variants too (2099, God Emperor, Infamous), but with how much they cost and the 1/6ths I already want to get, I hope they're spread out. I'll probably get some other figs to go with him. Maybe a Nosferatu? I can't just have him all by his lonesome. ...God, I really need to trim things down. What am I even doing? Do I really care enough to drop 300$ on every other B/C/D-Lister? These aren't tic-tacs, these things cost money, they take up space too. Do I really need a ******* 90s Marvel Edge display? Why? Because, amongst others, I had an edgephase? Is that all it takes to get me hooked? Am I that weak? Boy, then I might as well add a Darkness, the Symbiotes, and a Spawn too! I mean, I pitched a school paper once and literally pirated, printed and put an entire Spawn comic in there. I wanted to have a weekly Spawn feature... What's even the theme of my collection? "Everything And The Kitchen Sink: A Study In Hoarding"? I basically have 10 different themes and subgroups going on. What is this? Should there not be an endpoint? I can keep buying and buying, but I reckon 20 years from now I'll look at my spending spree of hundreds of figures, and only fondly look at some Iron Man. So why do I have 300+ names in my wishlist?!

You know, maybe I should LARPing as Doom. It'll make decisions easier... But hey, at least with Spider-Man I know exactly what I need, and haven't felt the slightest desire to change my opinions, so there's that. Maybe it'l go away, this completionism, bit by bit. I am better compared to when I was a kid. I wanted to buy everything because I thought the toys would get sad if I didn't pick them. I have issues, I know...

Bah, pitiful nonsense. This breakdown is beneath Doom. Doom would only decorate his shelves with... well, not dollies, that's for sure. But, if he bought dollies, they'd be heavily curated and selected through a rigorous metric. They wouldn't be a random assortment or bought due to a simple "affection".

If they released more stuff about this movie, and Phase 4 wasn't such a snoozefest, I wouldn't have to go on autistic rants about the ratios of my collection... I really do wonder how deep HT will go with this. Assuming Sandman and Lizard and whatnot are in this, is there even a small possibility of them making them? There's Electro too, but this time around it's literally just Jaime Foxx dressed as a construction worker/electrician. Something like Morbius won't get a figure. Carnage I'm iffy on. But hey, for the die-hard WebHeads out there, a Spider-Villain shelf is shaping up quite nicely. If reception's good I can honestly see Sony bringing Garfield back and continuing the series.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I wanted to buy everything because I thought the toys would get sad if I didn't pick them.

That's creepy and adorable.

 

[Victοr]

That's creepy and adorable.

Yeah, that's me in a nutshell.

 

[ironwez20]

Sandman and lizard are def in this film. But I def don’t want Andrew franchise to continue. They need to do a complete rehaul. No stupid parent plot, no ****** attitude, no Avi arad calling the shots, and villain makeovers. Cause every villain from that series looked liked ***.

 

[matticus]

These dolls, they are subpar. I need better ones. A more... sophisticated selection, one that reflects the unique mind and psyche of DOOM. No, such a banal display of normalcore characters is frankly unbecoming of myself. A Patrician must be an elitist, in everything- even his dolls; otherwise, he is merely a Pleb.

 

[Victοr]

Sandman and lizard are def in this film. But I def don’t want Andrew franchise to continue. They need to do a complete rehaul. No stupid parent plot, no ****** attitude, no Avi arad calling the shots, and villain makeovers. Cause every villain from that series looked liked ***.

Maybe they'll put him in SPUMC as a Peter that's close enough to the Amazing version, but without the bad bits and start from scratch. I liked Garfield in the role and could see him doing well with more streamlined, "darker" take contasted with Iron Boy Jr., and alongside Venom and the such.

Ha, I wish... Doom would have a carefully curated collection of vintage porcelain dolls and millenia old statues amongst other valuable items, not beat himself up over getting capeshit dollies.

 

[Ropen]

I miss looking at Wizard magazines with those retro figures and insane reviews about toys lolololol

That toy section overpriced a lot of figures

 

[Wor-Gar]

One thing about Doom that needs to be updated is his green miniskirt.

Hood and cloak is OK... but give the man a little length.

 

[ZE_501]

One thing about Doom that needs to be updated is his green miniskirt.

LOL...I was thinking the same thing recently.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Matticus, the Master of changing sigs.

His latest is an example of the reason I outgrew comics and cartoons back in my day. Can you blame me?

How about Spidey shooting a load into Doc Ock's eyes? That's a terrible sig.

 

[ZE_501]

Matticus, the Master of changing sigs.

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His latest is an example of the reason I outgrew comics and cartoons back in my day. Can you blame me?

I dumped everything as soon as I turned 15. No way was any of the above gonna get me any action.

(To be fair, that's a particularly goofy example but none of the 'dark and gritty' stuff was gonna cut it with the ladies either, so buh-bye.)

 

[matticus]

I dumped everything as soon as I turned 15. No way was any of the above gonna get me any action.

(To be fair, that's a particularly goofy example but none of the 'dark and gritty' stuff was gonna cut it with the ladies either, so buh-bye.)

Yet here you are.

 

[ZE_501]

Yet here you are.

In this era, even if they're not into it themselves, women see it as a charming eccentricity, a reflection of my artistic temperament.

Back then I was just a dork.

 

[ZE_501]

Also, @matticus -- we were tracking our pop culture and collecting journeys in a thread started by @darthkostis ... wherein I calculated that:

"... about 20 years of my life not collecting anything at all, just living. Another 11 years of it counted as childhood with no really intentional curation.

That leaves just shy of 2 decades (spread years apart in different eras of my life) wherein I was intentionally curating anything related to pop culture."

So here I am indeed, but only after I was safe to play the eccentricity card, LOL

 

[matticus]

How about Spidey shooting a load into Doc Ock's eyes? That's a terrible sig.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

One thing about Doom that needs to be updated is his green miniskirt.

Hood and cloak is OK... but

It's a good look, but Joker is cooler.

give the man a little length.

In more ways than one.

I dumped everything as soon as I turned 15. No way was any of the above gonna get me any action.

(To be fair, that's a particularly goofy example but none of the 'dark and gritty' stuff was gonna cut it with the ladies either, so buh-bye.)

In this era, even if they're not into it themselves, women see it as a charming eccentricity, a reflection of my artistic temperament.

No, they don't. Don't be fool by the nature of women. What they really see is your extra cash that you spend on toys and collectibles....cash that can be spent on them instead, and all it takes is time and their physical attributes, before they can get you not to buy the stuff that you want if you let them.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Matticus, the Master of changing sigs.

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His latest is an example of the reason I outgrew comics and cartoons back in my day. Can you blame me?

How about Spidey shooting a load into Doc Ock's eyes? That's a terrible sig.

I miss your laughing Jack signature.