Five Below: Mini Vending Machine, Gremlins Mini-Pops

Five Below often has some miniature item I can use in my dioramas when photographing action figures, like this mini vending machine that will fit great in my "arcade setup, in which I often pose Marvel Legends figures. The front of the box shows the machine stocked with small charms, but on one of the side panels shows it filled with Tic-Tac shaped candy, but I dumped in sixteen rails of Pez instead. The Pez capsules will dispense, but it can get jammed due to their size. Still fun!

Below, Lynx plays Dance Royale in the arcade, while Meowscles gets some Pez from the vending machine... take note of the Duck Launcher I also picked up at Five Below. So great! The Stumble Guys at the top/left and Care Bear to the right also came from Five Below...

I also found these two brightly colored Gremlins Mini Pops at Five Below that I could not resist! I almost picked up the exclusive Gizo figures, but these weren't that cheap at five bucks a pop. The store I was at had the entire wave pictured on back of the box. But these two will make great background figures on their own, in their neon-bright, blacklight colors- the perfect addition to my 1:12 arcade!

 

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McFarlane Movie '66 Italian Movie Poster & Robot Batman

I've followed this line of McFarlane action figures for a while now, only recently dipping my toes into it, and really find them appealing. Of particular interest to me were the strange variants of Batman, including this Italian movie poster-inspired, red Batman and Robot Batman. Eleven years ago, I read issue #14 of Batman '66 that featured a giant Robot Batman much like this figure, and the Movie Poster Batman merely appealed to my love of foreign, off-model color variants of superhero figures.

Black and red make a great color combo for Batman, and this figure is no exception. Sure, it's merely a repaint, but an exciting one! He can't really get his arm all the way through the Bat-Sheild straps, so he has to has to hold it with his only gripping hand. Still, it can be held and it's a fun accessory you can use with your other '66 Batman figures.

Robot Batman is such a fun, retro-licious figure, I had to have him. He struggles to hold his jets, but the two prongs can be clipped onto the figure's claws. His articulation is only slightly more limited than the regular figures, most pronounced in the hips.

Below, Movie Poster Batman with my Funko Gold Batmobile, which also has an off-model colored version of '66 Batman- something about color variants really appeals to the collector in me...

I have a few Mech Batmen in my collection, including a couple of these really fun Imaginext Exo-Suit Batman toys that has lights, sounds, and a missile launcher...

Below, Movie Poster Batman with my Space Batman...

While we're here, Space Batman Vs. Colossus Rex ...!

And finally, all three of my 6" McFarlane '66 Batman figures- I'm mad for these and kinda wished I'd started collecting these earlier in the series, but ya can't collect everything. I'm just happy to have these unique versions of Batman from the series- they're fun and a little wacky, just like the beloved TV series. Recommended!

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Duck Launcher

Perhaps my greatest find at Five Below, the Duck Launcher...

 

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McFarlane Cyborg Superman

 

I couldn't believe my luck when stumbling upon this McFarlane DC Multiverse Cyborg Superman a couple weeks ago. Wow! I've never had a Cyborg Superman, but did enjoy the villain in the Sinestro Corps War book (2008). There is a McFarlane Target Exclusive variant of that Sinestro Corps Cyborg Superman in darker colors that I will buy if I see it in the wild. Hank Henshaw first appeared in The Adventures of Superman #466 (1990), but not as Cyborg Superman in issue #500 (1993). The sculpt and presentation of this figure is top notch and appears to be nearly all new tooling aside from the left arm and belt/trunks. Impressive!

Cyborg Superman alongside some other recent McFarlane Superman additions to my collection; World At War Superman, Christopher Reeve '78 Superman, and Gold Label Action Comics 1,000 Superman ...

And finally, Cyborg Superman with some of my other McFarlane "dark Supermen"; Red Son Superman, DC Vs. Vampires Superman, Superboy Prime, and God of Apokolips...

I can't say enough good things about this Cyborg Superman- being my first action figure of the character, I doubt you could do any better, really. My only gripe is a longstanding omission of a flight stand in a considerable percentage of characters that should include one. Regardless, it's a shame McFarlane is losing the licensing when producing figures of this caliber. Recommended!

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