Hot Toys The Amazing Spider-Man

I was always cool with Tobey Maguire as Spiderman but after the third Spiderman movie I was relieved that they decided to reboot it. I felt Spiderman needed it.
Andrew Garfield takes over from Tobey to be the new Spiderman while Emma Stone gets the part of Gwen Stacy the first love of Peter.
I was not wowed by the movie but it has potential hence I am looking forward to the 2nd installation.
Andrew does a decent job as Spiderman and I do like the new costume.
Based on the trailers of the 2nd movie, we all the know the design of the costume gets even better.

Hot Toys has always been very sophisticated with their packaging and design but this round they keep it simple.
However the packaging does its job to protect the figure and allows us to take the figure out without damaging it and the packaging.

We get two heads, one is the masked version and the other is Andrew's head sculpt.
Both are excellent!
I love the natural way the costume flows with the body underneath.
It's really very realistic
The body is of smaller scale (roughly same scale as Black Widow) as compared to the other male bodies we get from Hot Toys.
This is in line with the petite nature of Peter Parker.
Even though the articulation is solid, please be careful not to over pose your Spiderman as the arms might break off from the body.
Instructions are given so please read.

When pictures of Andrew's head sculpt were circulated on the Internet,  I was not very impressed.
However when I have it in my hands, it is very good.
I even had the dilemma whether to pose Spiderman masked or unmasked!

Accessories are pretty little for this figure.
You get a handful (no pun intended) of hands, a standard stand and webs.

We get two pairs of webs for different purposes.
One is used as if the web is coming out from Spidey's wrist while the other is used as Spidey is flying across the sky.
Pretty cool which adds dynamism in your display!

Overall I am very satisfied with this figure.
Sculpt and articulation are good and the costume fits the body very well.
The best part is that the price is low as compared to other Hot Toys figures.
So thumbs up!

Spiderman unmasked!

Sideshow 2nd Airborne Company Trooper

The 2nd Airborne Company was a division of the Grand Army of the Republic during of the Clone Wars that consisted of the clone paratroopers. The clone troopers of the 2nd Airborne Company were outfitted with heavy armor suits and helmets designed for high altitude drops. Their armor was marked with two orange slashes across the chest

I do have to agree with my wife that the majority of the design of the clone troopers are the same. They merely have different color schemes. Ain't we all just suckers for clone troopers. The more the merrier I say.
Well...my wife buys the same shoes in different colors so yes we are even.
But the troopers from the 2nd Airborne Company have a totally different design for the helmet as they are meant to withstand high altitude drops...and boy is the design UGLY.

The design of the helmet reminds me of the Michelin man.

After countless troopers releases by Sideshow, we are all too familiar with the packaging.
The packaging for the Airborne troopers is no different from the past releases.

A nice trivia of the 2nd Airborne Company - where they fought and which Battalion they were attached to in the Clone Wars.

One thing I like about the packaging is that everything is packed nicely in plastic trays.

I will not fault the sculpting just because the source design is ugly.
Sideshow has vast experience in producing troopers and this trooper is no different.
There are many parts that were reused but the helmet is a new sculpt and I think they have done a good job on it.

We get the standard accessories that we are familiar with.
Nothing out of the ordinary.

Even though I don't like the design of the helmet, at least it is unique.
Overall if you are collecting the Sideshow troopers this is a good addition as the design will break the monotony of the other troopers.

The airborne trooper taking orders from Commander Cody.
The 2nd Airborne was subordinated to the 212th Attack Battalion of the 7th Sky Corps of the Third Systems Army led by Commander Cody and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

During Christmas while drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows, I suddenly thought of the Stay Puft man. Hence I decided to share my Stay Puft man collection from the movie Ghostbusters.

Happy New Year everyone!