Any Steve/Tony Action Figure & Character Goods Collectors Out There?

[arachnes-web.livejournal.com]

Hello there everyone!

So I was kinda curious if anyone else here is a toy collector, especially of the Captain America and Iron Man variety, and would like to chat, share collection photos, discuss what online shops and ebay sellers they like to buy from, etc.  

And to get things started, here's some ice breaker questions. :D

1. What do you like to collect? (Brands, series, etc.)
2. What's your favorite item in your collection?
3. What's your 'holy grail' of Cap/IM collecting? (the one item you'd pay any amount for you, if you could just find it)
4. If money was no object, what item or two would you buy?

Here's my answers: 
1. I like to collect unusual stuff or variant figures. I'm a big fan of Minimates for this reason- I like being able to buy figures in different outfits or secondary characters that never seem to get their own action figures. I'm a huge fan of stuff from Japan and Hong Kong! Especially when it comes to the Japanese market, Marvel lets those companies make some adorable stuff. I mean, there's still a lot of the same angry-looking Kirby art, but you also get stuff like this. 

2. These are my Captain America: The First Avenger and Iron Man 2 movie cell phone straps from Japan. Cap's still easily found on  YJ and I even saw him on ebay once (although the Japanese seller was asking about $25 more than they should for him >_>). But the Iron Man one is much harder to find, because Japan loves them some RDJ and Iron Man's one of the more popular American superheroes over there, so I was really really lucky to snag him for a reasonable price.




3. This little gashapon figure has been impossible for me to find anywhere, in the US or in Japan. *cries*



4. If money was no object, I'd buy these in a heart beat. Hot Toys makes the most amazing figures ever, but they're all $150 + 

Comments

[arachnes-web.livejournal.com]

I actually had to go google the line because I've only ever seen the Iron Man statue you have and wow! Is it weird for me to say I love Cap's boots? Because I really, really love what they did with them- it's like the best parts of his Top Cop boots and his 'pirate' boots all in one. (I know his regular boots aren't pirate boots...but they look like them)

Kotobukiya's stuff is just so good...I have this pipe dream that one day Marvel will let them do a line of One Coin figures. :D

[oneshadedarker.livejournal.com]

No, it's not weird at all. In fact, we are in complete agreement. The moment I saw the statue I automatically zoned in on his boots and drooled. Yeah...that's it. That's pretty much my only motivation for trying to get that statue. If not I'd just buy Bucky's since I love his Captain America costume twenty times better.

I agree, Kotobukiya makes some seriously beautiful statues. Nearly my entire collection stems from them. I'm just a big fan of their quality. Oh! That's an excellent idea! I remember falling in love with their Hetalia One Coin figures, imagine how adorable the Avengers would be in chibi form!

This would be a cute concept for Tony's:



Though, maybe they should replace the alcohol with hamburgers. If Iron Man the movie taught us anything, it was his love of hamburgers.

[arachnes-web.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have all of the Hetalia One Coin figures and they are probably the nicest figures I have seen at that size (in terms of the detail and construction). Actually a artist on Pixiv posted what they thought the Captain America One Coin should look like:



Definitely think both Steve and Tony would need to come with an extra head so we could have them with or without the cowl/helmet.

[oneshadedarker.livejournal.com]

That is glorious. Steve looks so adorable with his little shield...oh God, I need to stop, I'm going to make cooing noises and lose my nearly non existent dignity on a public forum.

Anyway, I've seen pictures of the Hetalia One Coin figures and they have an endless amount of character and charm for so small a design. I honestly believe that, if any company can make a respectable transition from comic to cute, it's Kotobukiya.

A girl can dream :/