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General => News => Topic started by: Luftgaengerin on January 28, 2019, 15:41:04
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Hi :wave:
I'm getting better "feeling" the series-bags and found at a local store all 24 figures from series 15 in about 40 minutes. Maybe I'll get a call from Guinness World Records. ;D
Here are pics of the 12 boys figures:
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4064.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4065.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4066.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4068.JPG)
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...and each one of them:
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4071.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4074.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4075.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4076.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4077.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4079.JPG)
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(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4080.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4081.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4082.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4083.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4084.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4085.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4086.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4087.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4088.JPG)
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(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4089.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4090.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4091.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4092.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4093.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4094.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4099.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4100.JPG)
It's a pity they didn't print all of the torso, imo:
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4097.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4102.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4103.JPG)
I love this redhead! :love: ...though a new "real" kilt-part (as the serie 6 highlander) would be most welcome...
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4104.JPG)
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The girls:
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4107.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4108.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4110.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4111.JPG)
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...and each of them:
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4112.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4113.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4114.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4115.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4116.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4117.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4118.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4119.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4120.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4121.JPG)
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(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4123.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4124.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4125.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4126.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4127.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4128.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4129.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4130.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4131.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4132.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4133.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4134.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4135.JPG)
(http://www.togetmystuffdone.com/PM/C19/series15_4136.JPG)
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TX for the pics. I've ordered a case of boys & a case of girls, so I'll have plenty of the ones I want. I'll be keeping at least 9 each from both sets.
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Great pictures, thank you
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Thanks for the pictures!
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Wow, you're a pro! I'm terrible at feeling out the ones I want. Thanks for sharing photos! It's nice to see them "up close."
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There are some very nice torsos in there! Thanks for sharing them.
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Uhmm ... isn't Tahra supposed to present this? ;)
Thanks for the crisp pictures. I'll be back with some comments later.
I'm getting better "feeling" the series-bags and found at a local store all 24 figures from series 15 in about 40 minutes. Maybe I'll get a call from Guinness World Records. ;D
Well done! A virgin display, I guess? But I challenge you: Let's organize a contest this summer!
Best wishes
StJohn
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Thanks everyone!
Uhmm ... isn't Tahra supposed to present this? ;)
Absolutely right StJohn! Tahra HAST TO present this PROPERLY, I just made some pics :P
She'll give lots of useful comments, show the details, and make suggestions about how to improve the figures: the "to keep" section!
I'm just an amateur who can "feel" the bags (no "virgin" display, rather a big round container in the shop) I'm in for a contest this summer! ;D
:wave:
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Wow.
Thank you for the detailed pics.
Now.. HOW can you be so freaking FAST!? :o It takes me FOREVER and EVER :-[ :-[ :-[
(speaking of which, still have those 77 pics and a page to sort in the XMAS dio. :-\ )
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Something is off, this time. If not with the Figures, then with me: I just haven't been motivated enough to go back for more after getting just three bags on launch day, last Friday ("Redhead" - as per Luftgaengerin, Sleepwalker, and Stoner). This is odd.
Perhaps it was the uncomfortable level of disappointment upon assembling Redhead. I had been looking forward to him, but, I'm sorry to say, am now of the opinion that he is poorly designed. Pointless metal on his arms, mainly. My surroundings also tell me that the beard is just too much, and they are right: It would fit a dwarf, or some fanciful character, but it isn't appropriate if the goal was to present a 'historical' figure in the league of the holy Series 6 Highlander. He simply doesn't compare, even after adjustments (highlanders 5458 [original], 9202 [amended] and 70025 [amended] together):
(https://i.imgur.com/UlRaBgh.jpg)
The colour is newish, first seen with the dwarfs, I believe. I'm not sure whether it is nice, though. The printed tartan pattern seems modern to me, but I am no expert in this. Any ideas?
Another, more fundamental issue that I want to raise is the fixed peg on the side of the body:
(https://i.imgur.com/YRuVuFf.jpg)
I came across it before (one - or both? - of the tomb robbers in 5387; the female dwarf in 6588). It clearly substitutes the hole where a detachable peg - or a gun holster - can be fitted, and is - I suppose - easier for play (i.e., fewer small parts that can get lost). But the fixed peg prevents the arm from rotating 360°! It obstructs the figure's inherent flexibility!! It sins against the original design!!! Hans Beck certainly would not have approved. :-[ And there is nothing we can do about it, because Geobra forbids any physical modification of the figure parts. So, for me, quite unusually, one of this figure is quite enough.
Still, I will be back for more. But perhaps not tomorrow.
Best wishes
StJohn
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I don't have the figures yet...
The colour is newish, first seen with the dwarfs, I believe. I'm not sure whether it is nice, though.
I really like the color... No idea about accuracy though (and everyone knows I don't much care by now, right? :P )
Another, more fundamental issue that I want to raise is the fixed peg on the side of the body:
I completely agree. I can't do anything with it. Just a pouch, like you did... and the cops guns are... passable. But that is pointless for ancient, right? A sword means the klicky can't move... same with a quiver..
Meh. The only positive thing about it is that it's easy enough to cut. >:(
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Thanks for sharing all the figures! For those who experience troubles with sorting them out: if you're lucky like me; in Belgium most shops just put the cases on the racks (they don't mix the bags). If you are the first one to find these cases, you are a very lucky person! Because the bags are grouped per 4:
(https://i.imgur.com/P1PvWBV.jpg)
So the only thing you have to do, is feel the bags per group ;) ! Once you have found a Figure you really want, you can always check the codes on the back of the bag. Per case 1 Figure has the same codes on all the 4 bags (so if you have a look at my picture, group A has the same codes, group B, group C, ...), this should help you to get your favourite figure(s) multiple times! That's how I do it and it always works!
By the way, I will also post it here, but the lady in blue appears to be the Queen!
(https://i.imgur.com/fqV2COQ.jpg)
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Generally speaking Boris is right about case layouts. Sometimes a few bags shift during transit and end up on top or the front, and sometimes cases aren't evenly packed with extra of some and missing others.
I thought the Queen figure looked really familiar, reminds me of a custom photo that has been around for a while with a similar figure in a group of the red guards, don't remember who did the photo but I have seen it in multiple places.
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.... And sometimes you get 8 of one figure and none of another (that was a while ago, Series 4, the only time I ever bought a case).
I am very lazy about the figures series now. Since about series 8, I have bought complete sets (24 figures, all ready-opened bags) on eBay, from the same seller. They work out slightly more expensive than getting them from a toyshop*, but there are no duplicates and rarely any missing pieces (though duplicate parts ARE left in :)). One day I might set up a UK co-op to mirror Tiermann's US one, but buying on eBay works for me.
I won't ever be able to compete with Tahra when it comes to showing pics of the figures. I give my wife the 12 girls figures issued in January on her birthday (April) and the 12 July figures at Christmas. She gives me the boy figures in May and at Christmas. Then they all go on display together! But we are always MONTHS behind Tahra in actually assembling the figures!
* the people in our local toyshop are very helpful so it's difficult to stand there for 4 minutes feeling the bags, let alone 40 minutes, without someone asking if they can help you. Seems too embarrassing to carry on feeling after that...
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* the people in our local toyshop are very helpful so it's difficult to stand there for 4 minutes feeling the bags, let alone 40 minutes, without someone asking if they can help you. Seems too embarrassing to carry on feeling after that...
When that happens what you do is continue feeling the bag but turn your face to them, look them straight in the eye, and let a grin slowly start to spread across your face, until it's Cheshire cat huge, all teeth, maybe the tip of your tongue sticking out a little. Maintain eye contact. Keep feeling the bag.
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:lol:
Or I could wear shades and carry a white stick? 8-)
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The colour is newish, first seen with the dwarfs, I believe. I'm not sure whether it is nice, though. The printed tartan pattern seems modern to me, but I am no expert in this. Any ideas?
Buffalo plaid is very trendy right now. ;)
By the way, I will also post it here, but the lady in blue appears to be the Queen!
I knew I liked her. Perhaps I should see if I can get her and the other three I want off Ebay for a reasonable price. I'm skipping getting the entire series this round, for budget and space reasons.