Comments on: BIGGIE AND JASON TAKE NY! http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359 CollectionDX-Japanese Toys - Toy Reviews, Toy News and Toy Collections. Soul of Chogokin, Japanese Robots | International Toy Culture en Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:55:14 -0400 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: BIGGIE AND JASON TAKE NY! http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359 http://www.collectiondx.com/Image-Lib/feedlogo.png 144 37 "He's" can be short for "he http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359%2523comment-1797 <p>"He's" can be short for "he was", can't it? </p><br><p>Wow, so you flat out threw that Chuck D away, huh? I remember how disappointing it was when you got it, but didn't know you "chucked" it, pun totally 100% intended....</p><br>I used to have some of the Mezco Silent Screamers and while I liked them initially, ultimately I ended up selling them (along with a bunch of McFarlane Movie Maniacs) for about a dollar each. I thought the Graf Orlok was the only one that was ok and that one broke on me. Never did get "Maria" though and I think that may have been the best of the bunch.</p><br> "This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!" Onyx Blackman Principal, Flatpoint High "He's" can be short for "he was", can't it?


Wow, so you flat out threw that Chuck D away, huh? I remember how disappointing it was when you got it, but didn't know you "chucked" it, pun totally 100% intended....


I used to have some of the Mezco Silent Screamers and while I liked them initially, ultimately I ended up selling them (along with a bunch of McFarlane Movie Maniacs) for about a dollar each. I thought the Graf Orlok was the only one that was ok and that one broke on me. Never did get "Maria" though and I think that may have been the best of the bunch.


"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High


]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:55:14 -0400 NekroDave http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359%2523comment-1797 Or how about hip hop figures that DON'T suck? http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359%2523comment-1792 I've seen some of Mezco's movie/horror stuff...and it's seemed okay, I guess. The big Kong figure seems pretty cool.<br> But I picked up their <a href="http://www.mezcotoyz.com/publicenemy.html">Chuck D figure</a> recently...WOW...what a disappointment. First of all, I'm a <b>HUGE</b> PE fan. Been listening to them for almost 20 years now. Far and away my favorite hip hop group of all time. When I heard there was going to be a cool, stylized figure of Chuck and Flav, I flipped!<br> I was fully intending to review the Chuck D figure for CDX...but once I opened the packaging, it felt like getting hit in the chest with a freight train. First of all, the bizarre ankle joints were way too weak to support the figure, so it was next to impossible to get it to balance without some sort of stand. But that's just a minor annoyance. The real crime was the face sculpt.<br> What the F* were they thinking!? It's like the sculptor had never <i>seen</i> a picture Chuck D before. The face is like "generic black man". With the hat accessory down low over his eyes and with the brim obscuring most of his face, it's sorta passable at a distance, but up close, it's unconscionable. Without the "Public Enemy" gear, there'd be NO way for anyone to tell that this was a figure of Chuck D.<br> In disgust, I threw the figure away.<br> The Biggie figure is only marginally better. There's no way I'm getting it, though. Oh, and isn't it freakin' <i>weird</i> that in the press release, they repeatedly refer to Biggie in the present tense??? Am I the only one just a <i>little</i> perturbed at the fact that they don't seem to be acknowledging that he was murdered...<i>at all</i>???<br> -- Sanjeev I've seen some of Mezco's movie/horror stuff...and it's seemed okay, I guess. The big Kong figure seems pretty cool.

But I picked up their Chuck D figure recently...WOW...what a disappointment. First of all, I'm a HUGE PE fan. Been listening to them for almost 20 years now. Far and away my favorite hip hop group of all time. When I heard there was going to be a cool, stylized figure of Chuck and Flav, I flipped!

I was fully intending to review the Chuck D figure for CDX...but once I opened the packaging, it felt like getting hit in the chest with a freight train. First of all, the bizarre ankle joints were way too weak to support the figure, so it was next to impossible to get it to balance without some sort of stand. But that's just a minor annoyance. The real crime was the face sculpt.

What the F* were they thinking!? It's like the sculptor had never seen a picture Chuck D before. The face is like "generic black man". With the hat accessory down low over his eyes and with the brim obscuring most of his face, it's sorta passable at a distance, but up close, it's unconscionable. Without the "Public Enemy" gear, there'd be NO way for anyone to tell that this was a figure of Chuck D.

In disgust, I threw the figure away.

The Biggie figure is only marginally better. There's no way I'm getting it, though. Oh, and isn't it freakin' weird that in the press release, they repeatedly refer to Biggie in the present tense??? Am I the only one just a little perturbed at the fact that they don't seem to be acknowledging that he was murdered...at all???

--
Sanjeev


]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:47:47 -0400 Sanjeev http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359%2523comment-1792 I hate to say it but most http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2359%2523comment-1788 I hate to say it but most Mezco products are poorly made, just adequately sculpted and for the most part uninspired.. they just keep making the same old..sad...stuff.... Come on Mezco how about a Alien, Jason, Freddie, F 13th, Dead Doll set of Pez heads... I don't think they've don that yet.... though I'm surprised they haven't.... I hate to say it but most Mezco products are poorly made, just adequately sculpted and for the most part uninspired.. they just keep making the same old..sad...stuff.... Come on Mezco how about a Alien, Jason, Freddie, F 13th, Dead Doll set of Pez heads... I don't think they've don that yet.... though I'm surprised they haven't....


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