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MAFEX : INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

CLOSER LOOK

ACGHK’19 : HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

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EXCLU MAGAZINE Jack Sturman | Editor jack@exclucollective.com

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ISSUE 00 EDITOR’S INTRO

elcome to the debut issue of The Exclu Magazine and we’ve packed out this maiden voyage with a wealth of juicey coverW age from ACGHK, new reveals from Bandai and Good Smile Company PLUS a look at the staggering collection of Nestor Villarreal. Alongside this we take a look at the latest incredible Toy Photography from the community, take in the Hot Toys Infinity War Thanos in our OneSix column by Alex Brooks and drool over a brand new reveal from Medicom Toys. A huge thank you for joining us and I really look forward to greeting you in many issues to come.

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WHAT’S INSIDE. CONTENTS

ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

ONESIX COLUMN INFINITY WAR THANOS

ALSO

COLLECTION SHOWCASE NESTOR VILLARREAL

REVEAL MAFEX MILES MORALES

C O N V E R S AT I O N WITH @NOSERAIN

ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS : ROUND-UP

TUTORIAL KITCHEN UTENSILS

REVEAL S TA R W A R S S H F I G U A R T S

BEHIND THE SCENES GUNDAM MODEL BUILD

ONESIX COLUMN INFINITY WAR THANOS

COLLECTION NESTOR VILLARREAL

DIRECTORY C J E S I M TA I L O R I N G

SHOWCASE TOY PHOTOGRAPHY

MAFEX MILES MORALES REVEALED NEWS

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BREAKDOWN

- 13cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - Webbing effects - Figure stand - Unmasked + Masked portraits - Fabric clothing - June 2020 Release

Following on from several magazine scans earlier in the month, Medicom Toys have officially listed their MAFEX Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse – Miles Morales. The figure will be around 5� tall and include some pretty awesome accessories that include a fabric jacket & shorts, removable shoes, masked & unmasked portraits. Also present are the usual interchangeable hands, some webbing effects and a stand too.

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Miles Morales debuted in Marvel Comics Ultimate Fallout #4 in 2011.

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SHOWCASE ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

Where Hong Kong On Display Several upcoming Hot Toys releases including Marvel & Star Wars

Animation, Comic & Game ConvenTandhetioncourtesy in Hong Kong has just wrapped of friend of the platform Hyun-Jae Chung (@locojung), we have a closer look at the Hot Toys on display.

The majority of the figures on display were also out on the showfloor at SDCC’19 earlier in the year but it’s still well worth checking them out and getting up close and personal when the chance presents itself.

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1:6 HULK WITH NANO GAUNTLET

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1:6 BLACK WIDOW

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ON SHOW

DC Film & TV The Joker Batman & Robin Batwoman TV The Flash Joker Cosbaby Harley Cosbaby Aquaman

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hilst their silver screen outings W having been much to write home about these last few years, the demand for 1:6 DC figures based on their popular characters continues to be high.

Shown here is the upcoming TV Flash 1:6 and the suprise addition to the line in the Batman Forever variants of Batman & Robin. Proof that demand for legacy characters continues to exist is in the 2019 Toy Fair Exclusive Harvey Dent from the hugely popular Nolan-verse film, The Dark Knight.

ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

Where Hong Kong On Display Upcoming DCEU releases including Aquaman & CW The Flash

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1:6 SCARLET SPIDER (PS4)

1:6 IRON SPIDER (PS4)

1:6 VELOCITY SUIT (PS4)

SPIDER-MAN ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

Where Hong Kong On Display Spider-Man releases from the popular PS4 game + the MCU

ith the end of Iron Man’s time as the W leading force in the MCU, there’s certainly a gap to be filled for Hot Toys release schedule and it seems that they already have the perfect remedy - Spider-Man.

Following on from the huge success of Insomniac’s Playstation Exclusive Spider-Man game, Hot Toys have revealed several 1:6 figures based on the many various suit designs, both original and comic inspired coming your way soon.

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1 : 6 N E G AT I V E S U I T ( P S 4 )

1 : 6 S T E A LT H S U I T ( F F H )

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STAR WARS ACGHK’19 HOT TOYS ROUND-UP

Where Hong Kong On Display Saga-spanning previews including “Solo” Maul & AOTC Kit Fisto!

ith the final chapter in the Skywalker W Saga dropping at the end of the year, Hot Toys have cranked up their Star Wars 1:6 machine to max.

There’s a whole host of characters joining the Movie Master-piece line over the next few years including those from The Rise of Skywalker but also those from the expansive back catalogue.

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1:6 JANGO FETT

Jango has to be the stand-out for us as completely biased Bounty Hunter fans but the imposing Crimson figure cut by the Sith Troopers are also very appealing - here’s hoping that they receive screentime worthy of the attention they’ve received so far!

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1:6 KIT FISTO

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1:6 LUKE (ESB)

1:6 SITH TROOPERS

1:6 MAUL (SOLO)

BANDAI HAN SOLO SHFIGUARTS BREAKDOWN

- 15cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - Blaster - Useable Holster - 1x Headsculpt - December 2019 Release

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andai have shared a preview of their upcoming TFA Han Solo which will release in December 2019 for 6600YEN ($60). The figure stands in at around 15cm and comes with his iconic Blaster, Holster and the usual array of alternate hands. As Bandai headsculpt goes, this is a pretty competent likeness of Harrison Ford from TFA and overall the sculpt across the figure looks to be a good standard. .

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longside the reveal of TFA Han Solo, Bandai have now shared a full preview of their TLJ Luke Skywalker. The figure is based on the Force Apparition from the Crait duel with Kylo Ren. Luke will retail for 6600YEN which is about $60 and will release in December 2019 and stands in at 15cm tall. Alongside Luke comes swappable portraits, alternate hands, Han’s Lucky Dice, Lightsaber Hilt and powered up Lightsaber.

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- 15cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - 2x Portraits - Lightsaber Hilt - Lightsaber Blade - Han’s Lucky Dice - December 2020 Release

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east Kingdom have full revealed their latest EggAttack Action figure as the Upgraded Suit Spider-Man from Far From Home joins the line. The figure comes with a stretchable cloth costume, 6x Pairs of Hands, Pizza Slice, Mobile Phone, Webbing Effects, Figure Stand, 2x Headsculpts + lower jaw piece & 3x Pair of swappable Eyelets. Spider-Man is slated for release in Q1 2020 with Pre-Orders

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ne of the most exciting things we saw out on the show-floor of SDCC was the 1:6 Game of Thrones display by ThreeZero. This featured the debut of the Night King and now that SDCC has wrapped, we have the official release images. Pre-orders for this guy opened up in July for $198 but will still be available to secure online.

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ollowing on from the display at the Summer Wonder Festival 2019, Kaiyodo have shared official release images of their upcoming 6” Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi Harley Quinn. She comes with 3 Portraits, a cartoon-style mallet, Baseball Bat, Roller Skates, array of interchangeable hands and some action callouts too.

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- 6” Tall - Interchange-able hands - Web effects - 2x Headsculpt - Pizza Slice - Mobile Phone - Interchange-able eyelets

- 33cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - Ice sword - Ice Spear - Uniquely sculpted body -1:6 Scale

- 6” Tall - Interchange-able hands - Mallet - Roller Skates - Baseball Bat - Swappable portraits

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e glimpsed the Nendoroid Miles Morales figure from the Good Smile Company earlier last week and now we have the full official reveal to share and its a DX release no less. The figure comes with two bodies : a full suited option and a more casual look for Miles with the hoody, shorts and trainers as seen in the film. Also here is a fully unmasked head-sculpt and the ability to pop up the hood over a masked face with Miles standing in at around 10cm tall. There is also the usual array of alternate heads, a figure stand and a long webbing piece and from this initial release, we have to say it looks awesome!

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- 10cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - Web Effect - Figure Stand - Casual Torso - Suited Torso - Mask to hold February 2020

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H O T TOYS I N F I N I T Y W A R T H A N O S Alex Brooks / @bg_toyart

Hey everyone, it has been a bit of a blur since my last column – there’s been Cap, Loki, Iron Spider, Tactical Bats, Luke Skywalker, Neo, Doctor Strange, Wolf Predator, Black Panther and Thanos! So I’ve been kept out of trouble!If I wrote in detail about each piece we could be here all day but standouts for me have been Tactical Batman, Neo and Thanos. seems Hot Toys have been Itheirtworking overtime to get all of Infinity War line out before

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the release of Endgame and I for one am glad to have gotten my hands on the Mad Titan earlier than expected.

For me, Thanos in the MCU was masterfully executed and my favourite MCU villain to date. The work that went into making him come to life on the big screen is something to behold, from Ryan Meinerding’s beautiful concept art to the fully CGI’d rendering – they totally nailed it for me. To do this on-screen badass justice, Hot Toys had to nail this figure too and, thankfully, they did.

When the box turned up at my door my first thought was ‘that looks a little small’ compared to say the Hulk which was packaged in a larger box with fitted polystyrene. For whatever reason, Thanos isn’t packaged the same way as hulk but rather the same as the rest of the IW line, in plastic moulded trays. This is the reason for the smaller box, less bulk, and he isn’t as big as the green guy either.

When you first lay eyes on the sculpts it’s like seeing tangible CGI! They’ve done a fantastic job replicating the likeness. You get a kind of neutral face in addition

to a gritted teeth angry face. The neutral face is awesome because in certain lighting it looks like he has a wry smile. Paint application has a beautiful texture to it and the teeth on the gritted sculpt are great. Even though it’s 1/6 scale it’s still larger than the average figure so the level of detail is one another level.

The body is proportioned well and the outfit has some weathering.

I’ve seen some figure customisers adding more weathering to theirs but it looked fine to me. The torso part of the outfit is moulded (plastic I think) but I couldn’t tell you which fabric the trousers are made of – they felt nice and moved well though!

The arms are pretty much the same as Hulk’s arms so if you own him you know what you’re getting. The paint app and line grooves are good but I have heard some complaints about paint transfer from others. I can only speak from my experience and I didn’t have any issues after 3 days of extensive posing and reposing. The only downside is that when the arms are bent to their maximum degree at the elbow the ‘skin’ bunches up and creates unnatural bumps etc. This can be countered by using creative camera angles to hide them.

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- 41cm Tall - Interchange-able hands - LED Infinity Gauntlet - 2x Headsculpt - 20 Points of Articulation - Released in 2019

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“ W h en yo u f i r s t l ay eyes on the sculpts it's like seeing ta n g i b l e CGi!

again are much like TjointsheHulksarelegsbuthidden any unsightly knee by the trousers.

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The legs have a satisfying sturdy click when you change their position. It felt like they could take a lot of reposing without a problem. I even managed to pose them more extremely than the instructions suggested to achieve a kneeling pose. However, do so at your own risk!

Overall articulation is kind of what you should expect for this type of figure. No he’s not super flexible.

There’s some slight ab crunch.

Arms can be moved 360 degrees at the shoulder and almost 90 degrees at the elbow. You do get the non-articulated extra arm to enable you to display Thanos with a tight closed-fist, bicep clenched pose. You can twist him at the waist. And legs bend well as mentioned. You get three right hands to choose from and two infinity gloved left hands (one is a permanently closed-fist, the other has articulated fingers like a standard Iron Man figure). His head is a little limited. If you want him to look left or right you MUST lift his chin first and move it over the top of the neck armor to avoid damage.

He can look up but looking down is not really possible unless you cheat like me!

I had a blast recreating various scenes from the film. Some were very challenging like when Thanos is holding another character by the throat, but with perseverance and patience achievable.

When he’s stood next to the avengers he’s very dominating and has great presence, just like in the film. Trying to replicate the different lighting was fun too.

To replicate lighting from the opening scene I found that firing orange and blue light together at the same spot produced a similar feel. Titan shots used a lot of warmer light (oranges and yellows) to mimic the look of the planet and change Thano’s purple skin tone etc. And for Wakanda I wanted to mimic natural light using my softboxes a lot more.

Take his head off of the neck peg, tilt the neck peg forward, and then balance the head back on the edge of the ball joint thus creating a looking down pose. As long as you don’t shoot from the back you shouldn’t see the gap created by doing this. Shoot from a low angle looking up and it looks great!

In all I probably took 500+ shots of this guy (not 500 different poses) trying out different lighting and angles and then narrowing it down. Think in the end I had close to 40 final shots which took a while time to finish but completely worth the effort. The added bonus was that Ryan Meinerding, Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development, reposted a load of my shots to his social media and that, as Thanos says, does put a smile on my face!

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you out there who took the time to like and comment on my Thanos series as I really do appreciate it. I can noww look forward to seeing what you all create with this amazing figure.

Well that’s pretty much it from me for now. I’ve had the pleasure of shooting the Iron Man Mark L but until that is officially released I’m afraid any other info is under wraps.

I’m also working on another secret project which I can hopefully divulge in my next column so stay tuned!

Lastly, if there’s anything you’d guys like to know or prefer me to cover in these columns then get in contact with Exclu. I’m happy to answer your questions etc. Cheers, Alex. ////////////

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HOT TIP

Making Thanos look down

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The Exclu Directory is a portfolio space for Customisers, Diorama / Prop Makers and Retailers allowing the Toy Community to explore a wide range of platforms and services, some familiar, and some completely new to them. There’s so much fantastic creations out there and we’ll be highlighting them here in the Exclu Directory.

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CJESIM – Custom Action Figure Clothing is a privately owned, Canadian-based company which specializes in miniature clothing and was launched on March 2017. It is currently the most in demand product for all 6” Action Figure Collectors and Photographers in the world and was renowned as the trendsetter for the action figure toy clothing businesses.

Example Portfolio Modeled on Hasbro Marvel Legends & Black Series

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ECA took to social media on All Hallows Eve to reveal that they’ve acquired another Cult Horror license in Creepshow alongside the new TV series that is exclusive to Shudder. The figure has 25 points of overall articulation and stands in at 7” tall with the added features of synthetic hair and a wired, fabric robe

lthough it was revealed earlier in the year during SDCC’19, Hot Toys have only now shared a full official look at their upcoming 1:6 Neon Tech War Machine figure. We now know that the figure will retail for $407 and is already up over on Sideshow.com with a slated release date of between April & June 2020 which means it’s one of the closer releases.

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- 7” Tall - Synthetic Hair - Wired Cloak - Lantern - Creepshow Comic - Window Box Packaging

-1:6 Scale - $407 - 6x Hands - LED Functions - Figure Stand - Partial Diecast

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asbro have announced that their enormous Transformers Unicron figure has reached its 8,000 backer target and will officially enter production.

It was looking a little dicey towards the end there as the amount of socials posts ratcheted up as they look to get last minute backers on board, but for those invested from the start then this is most welcome news.

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It’s great to have you back with us in an Exclu Publication after we last saw you in the pages of Issue 5 back in 2017. What’s changed for you in the time since?

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It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? It’s good to be back! Thanks for having me again.

Oh man, a lot has changed, while at the same time, a lot hasn’t changed. I’ve posted around 348 more posts to my account, developed relationships even more with the friends in the community and met some of the ones I interact with every day and who inspire me. I had some fortunate opportunities to collaborate with some cool companies as well. So, mostly a lot of good change.

All of this while still having a lot of fun and loving every bit of toy photography just as much as I did in the beginning.

Maybe even more so now.

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Let’s talk Covers! Walk us through your approach to both cover variants and how you came to create the final images themselves.

Because Exclu focuses on exclusive access to more aspects of the toy community, including interviews, additional photos, various behind-the-scenes and processes, I think my current work sometimes focuses on making connections that are expressed with concepts that make sense if you know about a particular universe or franchise– in this case, Dragonball. The Thanos and Chiaotzu cover implies a scene where Thanos has now come for the earth’s Dragonballs and the Z fighters have failed to stop him. Chiaotzu, one of the weaker Z fighters shows his bravery and willingness to take Thanos down by using his signature self-destructing move. Keeping the covers in the similar theme, I used Gotenks who is also part of the Dragonball universe. He has an attack where he can summon ghosts and the S.H. Figurarts Gotenks comes with one. Insetad of using it as a ghost, I decided to interpret it as a genie and have it come out of a lamp like in Aladdin.

F O R M E I T ' S A B O U T E X P L O R AT I O N , T I M E & P AT I E N C E .

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heck out this quick exceprt from our recent conversation with Richee Chang who is quickly becoming a trend-setter within the Toy Community and beyond.

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test. I was happy about the win, but I was really excited to experiment with the haze.

I tried it out with a bunch of different subjects in various locations and with a range of modifiers.

This experimental play led me down the path of weird and unusual light modifiers. Some worked, some did not. Since a few of my favourite modifiers came right out of my kitchen my sister’s kitchen, I thought I’d share a series of short posts describing what items I used and how I used them. The essential components: Noodle strainer, Lume Cube, Atmosphere Aerosol, Gels, Wu I wanted light pillars behind Wu. Sure, I could grab some cardstock and punch a bunch of holes in it, but I’m lazy efficient, so I just “borrowed” a noodle strainer basket from a sibling’s kitchen. I placed a Lume Cube with a gel in it, added Wu on top, used a glitter background (ew, never again), added a second Lume Cube on a small tripod for a bit of white light on my subject and hit the scene with atmosphere aerosol. Easy.

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- I shot this at f /4.5 to blur the glitter background and get the little bokeh hexagons.

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tarting a build for the first S time can be a bit intimidating.

Just looking at all the parts laid out is a little overwhelming. Once you get going, it’s actually not too bad. Building consists of cutting each piece from the runner, slicing away the excess nub, and sanding smooth. Prepping each piece for assembly is where you’ll spend most your time.

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The actual assembly is usually straight forward and simple, as long as you follow the directions!

I’ve come to find the build process is quite relaxing and fun. Total build time on this figure was about 16 hours. I definitely took my time and double checked each step along the way to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes. Finishing a build like this is so rewarding!

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step in this stage was to + F irst paint in some extra details.

Next step, decals! I used the RX78-2 Version 3 waterslide decal set for this kit. The decal process is extremely tedious and time consuming, but it is one of the most rewarding. The process involves cutting each individual decal out, dipping in water, and applying to the figure with a setting solution.

The benefit of using waterslide decals is they are rather easy to apply and maneuver, so you can get perfect placement. This entire phase took probably about 10-15 hours total. Extremely tedious, but extremely rewarding.

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For this figure, it wasn’t too much.

Just a few grey panels and some silver and black accents. The next step is the paint chipping effect.

This is a super simple technique I first learned from my friend Ian Clark (@IanClarksArt). It basically involves painting on thick lines of black acrylic paint, then using a toothpick to scratch off most of it until you get your desired look.

This was the fist time I’d done this technique and I was super happy with the results.

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another product recommended to me by Ian Clark, and I absolutely love it! Each piece was given a layer of topcoat, then I moved on to panel lining. I ended up using both Gundam markers and also Tamiya Panel Line Accent for the panel lining. Both products worked well, and both have their pros and cons. Once the panel lining was finished, I went in with my classic liquid shoe polish weathering technique.

I’ve been using this technique for a while now, and I still prefer it as my go to weathering process.

For this kit I used both black and brown. Once all the lining and weathering is complete, the kit gets one last coat of the Krylon Clear Matte. The last step in the build process was to add in some extra metallic detail using silver Rub N’ Buff. This is another simple technique that gives really good results! I kept it simple on this kit and used it mostly on the dark colors and weapons. Done!

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he next step was to seal in T all that work! For this I used a Krylon Clear Matte coat. This was

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Lastly, I just want to thank my good friend Richee Chang (@Noserain) for gifting me this kit after I had been eyeing it for months!

Huge thanks again to Ian Clark (@ IanClarksArt) for all his help along the way. Ian is a master kit builder, and my kit would not have come out nearly as good without his help! Thank you to Exclu and

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also super rewarding. This was my first serious model kit build, and I’m looking forward to getting into more! I really encourage anyone interested to give one of these kits a try. Pick up a High Grade kit for cheap and spend a few relaxing hours on it. You won’t regret it!

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NESTOR VILLARREAL COLLECTION SHOWCASE

e got the chance to check out the incredible collection of Nestor Villarreal which spans a wide variety W of characters and licenses from across popular culture from many different manufacturers. We take a closer look at this expansive collection and gleam a few tidbits from Nestor himself.

What does your collection comprise mainly of?

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My collection is around 70% 1/6 scale one 30% Where do you usually stop by to pick up addipremium format statues – mostly Hot Toys and Side- tions to your collection? show.

I usually stop by at a Comic store 2 hrs always from When did you really start to get into collecting? where I live since there’s no collectibles store where Were you surrounded by figures from a young I live. Online I usually shop on Sideshow or BBTS. age or has something more recent triggered it?

Let us know the 3 items that you hope to add to I started collecting around 5 years ago when my your collection over the next year. brother introduced me to sideshow.com. I’ve always loved action figures, superheroes, comics, etc. Before I hope to add Thor Hot Toys 1/6 from Age of Ultron I started collecting, as an adult I would always go to so I may finally complete my original Avengers. 1/6 the toy aisles and just check toys out.

John Wick Hot Toys and 1/6 Hot Toys Commander Cody.

What are your Top 3 favourite items in your collection?

How do you feel about keeping your figures boxed up as opposed to opening them?

My top 3 items would be Hot Toys 1/6 Heath Ledger Joker , Hot Toys 1/6 Jack Nicholson Joker and 1/6 I’m not a big fan of keeping figures in a box. I do scale Hot Toys Harley Quinn. keep all my 1/6 figure boxes stored in a storage unit since I have no more space at my house. I believe in If you had to put a price on it, what is your most displaying your figures, putting them in a nice pose valuable item within your collection? with good lighting makes them pop in the glass display. I see the value of some collectors keeping some My most pricey/valuable collectible would be my collectibles in their box but I need to play around Prime 1 Batman The Dark Knight Returns statue. with the figure and wouldn’t be able to keep a cool looking figure unopened.

What is that one Grail pieces that continues to elude you? huge thank you to Nestor for bringing us into his home to check out his incredible collection!

The 2 grails that elude me would be Christopher Get in touch and we could be sharing your collection Reeves 1/6 Hot Toys Superman and Terminator T800 in our next issue!

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