Spider-Man 2099 (Marvel Legends Infinite Series)

Miguel O'Hara is Spider-Man 2099. After being dosed with a drug by the his evil corporate masters in the Alchemax corporation Miguel gave himself an experimental genetic treatment to prevent the drug's crippling addictive properties from manifesting. This gave him spider-like abilities because comics. His costume is based on a "Dia de los Muertos" ensemble and the funky skull still evokes a bit of a spidery vibe.  Spider-Man 2099 was a fun comic written by Peter David and art (mostly) by Rick Leonardi in the mid-nineties Marvel imprint that postulated the world a century in the future. I didn't really get into 2099 at the time and as a kid I was put off by this weird not-quite-right Spider-Man but upon checking out the comics as an adult I really enjoyed Spider-Man 2099. This figure is the basic Spider-Man body I've discussed previously. The web-cape is a fun addition as well as the wrist spikes and the clawed hands.

Harley Quinn - B:TAS (DC Collectibles)

Definitely the most popular character created for Batman: the Animated Series, Harley Quinn made the jump into comics and is currently starring in her own series as well as being a member of the modern Suicide Squad. Unfortunately the powers that be decided to meddle with her practically perfect design and now she barely has a costume. But I digress...

Ultra Magnus Deluxe Class Figure (Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron)

Ultra Magnus was introduced as the leader of the Autobots on Cybertron in Transformers the Movie. He has taken on a lot of roles and personalities over the years but is generally a no-nonsense, by-the-book, lieutenant to either Optimus or Rodimus. This figure is a straight repaint of the Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime with a new head and a big ass sword. Starting with Transformers: Animated Ultra Magnus has been more associated with big ass hammers than big ass swords, making this an interesting choice. As a redeco he seems to get more paint in his alt-mode than Prime did. His sword and gun can combine into an even bigger-ass sword.

Overlord Body All Titan Masters Gallery

Here is perhaps the nerdiest endeavour on this blog. I've taken pictures of all my Titans Return figures with all of the different Titan Master heads on them. These galleries will be updated as more Titan Masters are acquired. The heads are in no particular order after the first which is the head that "belongs" on the body.

Optimus Prime (Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron)

The figure the (re-)kindled an obsession:

Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots and the most iconic Transformer. When I was living in China a few years ago and watching Transformers Prime and getting interested in Transformers again, I was in a store and saw this guy hanging on a peg and figured "hey why not?"  Well a number (large enough that I'm not comfortable publishing it to the internet) of Transformers later I've become pretty hooked on the "Generations" line and its sublines as my main Cybertronian fix. 

Misfire Body All Titan Masters Gallery

Here is perhaps the nerdiest endeavour on this blog. I've taken pictures of all my Titans Return figures with all of the different Titan Master heads on them. These galleries will be updated as more Titan Masters are acquired. The heads are in no particular order after the first which is the head that "belongs" on the body.

Windblade Body All Titan Masters Gallery

Here is perhaps the nerdiest endeavour on this blog. I've taken pictures of all my Titans Return figures with all of the different Titan Master heads on them. These galleries will be updated as more Titan Masters are acquired. The heads are in no particular order after the first which is the head that "belongs" on the body.

Ultraseven Renewal Version (Ultra-Act)

Ultraseven is the hero of the sequel to Ultraman who possibly eclipsed his predecessor in popularity. Originally Ultraseven was a separate unconnected universe from Ultraman but was brought into the same continuity with the subsequent series. He has a detachable blade/boomerang called the Eye Slugger which devastates his enemies along with his Wide Shot beam and Emerium Ray.

Twin Twist Body All Titan Masters Gallery

Here is perhaps the nerdiest endeavour on this blog. I've taken pictures of all my Titans Return figures with all of the different Titan Master heads on them. These galleries will be updated as more Titan Masters are acquired. The heads are in no particular order after the first which is the head that "belongs" on the body.

Kamen Rider Kuuga Growing Form (S.H. Figuarts)

Continuing my journey through Kamen Riders we have Kamen Rider Kuuga in his first, almost prototypical, Growing Form characterized by the white armour and orange eyes. The 90's were a lean decade for Shotaro Ishinomori's motorcycle riding henshin heroes but in the year 2000 the bug-eyed battler for justice joined the Heisei era with a blast. Kuuga was the second Kamen Rider series I watched in full after finishing Kamen Rider Black. Godai Yusuke is a bit of wanderer who returns to Japan from abroad just in time to discover an ancient magical belt that allows him to combat the newly reawakened Gurongi Tribe and thwart their attempts to subjugate the human race.

I love the Kuuga design. It is well balanced and calls back to the original Kamen Rider design while still having a distinctive look of its own. Kuuga is the first Rider to have more than 3 forms and one of the only Riders for whom I'm trying to acquire figures of every form. This is an older Figuarts much like the original Kamen Rider Black figure I featured a while back. His joints aren't as pretty and his shoulder pads are a little weird but he's still a really fun figure. Plus die cast feet!