Collectibles
Time for another new collectible! This time it’s the new Faith statue, made by Sideshow Collectibles. Eliza Dushku played Faith on both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and she first appeared in the third season of Buffy as a deeply trouble rogue Slayer. Sideshow Collectibles has the Buffy license and has made a bunch of 12″ action figures and large-scale collectibles in the past. More recently they’ve been producing a line of really cool Buffy statues based on the most iconic characters from the show. The first release was Buffy herself, sitting on a gothic styled throne, and the second was Willow with her school backpack. Faith is the third in the series and stands around 18″ tall, including the base. The regular version of the statue comes with a crossbow in Faith’s right hand, but the Sideshow exclusive edition has interchangeable hands, one of which holds Faith’s knife the Mayor gave her in season three. That’s the one I have her holding in these photos. The pose and design are loosely based on Jo Chen’s cover art for one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic books (linked in the image gallery below).
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One of the many things I collect is the DC Superhero Figurines Collection made by a company in the UK called Eaglemoss. They make small scale figurines of all the heroes and villains from DC Comics. The figurines typically are painted lead miniatures, and they are usually around 3 3/4″ tall. They kind of look like really cool chess pieces… so much so, in fact, that Eaglemoss’s newest series of collectibles is actually a line of Batman chess pieces. I don’t plan to collect those, but I’m way deep into the regular figurines, and I’m going to try to log all of them with photos. So far I’ve only managed to shoot ten of the many figurines I have, but you can see those in my Flickr gallery.
Back in September I posted about the Supergirl bust from DC Direct, designed by comic artist Amanda Conner. Last week the next piece in that same line released, this time featuring Zatanna. Much like Supergirl, this isn’t the first time Zatanna has been included in the Women of DC collection. The first time was several years ago when Adam Hughes designed a bust for the very first series. I’ll get around to taking better pictures of that one eventually, but I do have one shot in my Flickr gallery of that original bust. I definitely think the new Conner bust trumps the Hughes one, even if I do love the goofy pose and expression Zatanna has in that original. The new one is a lot more dynamic, and I really love everything about the base, from the curling book pages to the gargoyles in back to the translucent spell fire at the point where Zatanna is coming out of the tome. I’ve posted higher resolution shots in my Flickr, where you can see lots of other toys and collectibles as well.
It’s been a while since I had some spare time for taking photos of my collectibles, but I got the chance to snap some shots tonight while my computer was de-virusifying. I’ve gotten some new stuff over the past few weeks, including Hot Toys’ Resident Evil Alice figure, Sideshow’s Anakin vs Tuskens diorama, and Quantum Mechanix’s Kaylee statue. I have all of those in the queue for photos, but this Nekron bust was the next thing I got after the Supergirl from my previous collectibles post, so I’m featuring him first. He’s a pretty creepy dude, and I wish I’d managed to get this pics up in time for Halloween. I really like DC Direct’s mini bust series, and I’ve been collecting it since the very first pieces. I have to confess that I haven’t read the Blackest Night comics, though, so I don’t know much about this guy. I do know that he has a massive sickle that required some minor assembly, though, and he appears to be suffering from a gaping chest wound. Higher resolution versions of these pics are posted over in my Flickr.
I’ve been working on setting up my office in the new house, and I turned a corner of it into a mini-photography studio over the past week. The goal is for me to have a convenient place where I can take more pictures of all the crazy stuff I collect. I’m going to try to do photos of everything I add into my collection from this point forward, and I’ll also go back and try to catch up on some of the older stuff I haven’t previously taken pictures of. It’s starting this week with the new Supergirl bust from DC Direct’s Women of the DC Universe series. The current line is designed by comics artist Amanda Conner. I’ve posted higher resolution shots on my Flickr, and you can see all my previous photos there as well.
I haven’t posted much about it since I rebooted my blog, but I’m a huge fan of collectibles. I still have nearly ever original Star Wars toy from the original Kenner releases (I’m only missing the original Blue Snaggletooth and Yak Face), and I have a pretty massive collection of more contemporary toys and figurines. Lately my collecting interest has leaned more into the realm of resin busts and statues, so I’ve been getting quite a bit of stuff from Sideshow Collectibles. My “day job” has me working with their products all the time for a living, so I’ve become a big fan of their whole awesome line of high-end geeky goodies.
Hot Toys is a Hong Kong based toy company that makes some of the most awesome action figures on the market. Their attention to detail and accuracy make each of their releases more a work of art than a toy. I have several of their previous figures in my collection, including Don Corleone, Ezio Auditore, Black Widow, and several others. They just posted photos of their newest upcoming figure online, and it’s pretty astounding. Check out all the detail in this Sweeney Todd. He even comes with the barber chair as his display base, and he includes several costume variations and a whole bunch of optional parts and accessories. Awesome stuff.
