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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 3h

Also, goddamn, with Mysterio and Ghost Viper at Blue Bastards and the next two Jada Street Fighters, tomorrow is brutally stacked.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 3h

“I don’t know Pythona, I don’t need Pythona.” - me, at the reveal.

Me, after skimming (in futility) GI Joe the Movie for helpful clips of Monkeywrench: “Well….”

Guess I gotta see the price and also maybe see if it sells out immediately or hangs around for a bit.

preternia @preternia.com · 3h

Looks like Hasbro Pulse exclusive preorders are at 1 PM EST tomorrow (10/9) for Pulse Premium Members.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 5h

What? Back to May 19 of this year?? RNG Vault 602/733 is one I can look back on happily because I still love how the Banshee gotchapic came out, from the light dots to the reflections to once again using The Beyonder and Dazzler to represent TACKY AWeSOMenESS.

#toyphotography
#actionfigures

Banshee (Marvel Legends Secret Wars) sings karaoke on a small shiny stage in a purple-lit bar in front of a projection screen while The Beyonder (Also ML Secret Wars) and Dazzler (the old ML on the skates) sing backup.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 5h

Goddamn, the Ghost Viper is gonna be fifty five dollarbucks tomorrow morning?

I guess it’s a good price because I’m gonna pay it, but I’m gonna feel bad about it. At least it comes with like 40 accessories.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 6h

I long for the most obvious things we can all see to be accepted and treated as the incredibly obvious things that they are.

I crave it. In my bones. I’m not sure we ever had a common objective reality and I know we’re never getting back to one but i miss thinking there was.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, the list of talent without figs who I need figs of is way longer. I do have a Boss Fight Black Taurus at least.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 10h

Big honkin’ edit botch - thanks, garbage eyes!

I wanted to move Mercedes up the list and somehow didn’t get Kip Sabian’s name in the #6 slot.

SO GOOD AT POSTING.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 11h

Takeshita: waited too long for the good one to go on sale and now it’s gone.

Cutler - Chase figure

Mone - I have a ‘Sasha, will probably get the main line one.

Kingston - will buy when they make a good one.

Hayter - I want the retro look.

Sabian - just missed it.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 11h

The comprehensive list of AEW wrestlers who have action figures and I wish I had a/the action figure of (ranked):

1) Takeshita
2) Brandon Cutler
3) Mercedes Mone
4) Eddie Kingston
5) Jamie Hayter
6) Mercedes MoneTa

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 12h

I mean, I know what I’d pick, but also I know what I posted today and would therefore advise against using me as a role model.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 13h

KISMET.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 13h

Do you dare NOT?

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 13h

FIG PHOTO: “Will Ospreay Delivers A Devastating Hidden Blade To His Own Ass”

The Supreme Will Ospreay action figure includes a bonus lower half that includes Will Ospreay’s ass.

ERGO.

#toyphotography
#actionfigures
#wrestlesky
#WillOspreayDeliversADevastatingHiddenBladeToHisOwnAss

The lower half of wrestler Will Ospreay stands near the center of a Collision ring before a crowd full of other action figures. Wrestler Will Ospreay, having run quickly out of the corner, hits a devastating running back elbow out of the corner, to the ass of the lower half.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 15h

It’ll always be a bit sad and pathetic to me that a significant fraction of All This is the result of a deep-seated resentment at being asked to veil people’s violent racism behind a tissue-paper sheet of implausible deniability for maybe two decades tops.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Pac’s look right now is the weirdest fucking thing I’ve ever seen him in, and I watched him when he wore a cape.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of shocked there aren’t a thousand posts in my Following about Takeshita hitting the wheelbarrow German on Brody Goddamned King.

Just bizonkers.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna swap heads between the Wheeler Yuta and PAC figs and see how that works out, heh.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

It’s good stuff. I always envy people who work 100% practical, I just don’t have the room or the crafting skills.

Even the one time I “built” a “et” I had to clean up some of the slop. And of course the omnipresent cat hair.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

A lot off it was accidental, luck, and retroactive work. Starting was pinned to the decision to get a photo box for my birthday in ‘22 so that’s locked in and everything else was Photos and blogging and even so a big chunk of boring pics from Mar-Sep ‘22 have vanished forever.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Early one today. RNG Vault 113/731 (soon to be 734) is just a basic gotchapic for the Super7 Mumm Ra The Ever Living.

Like most Super7’s, he comes with a ton of neat stuff, his joints are barely passable, and the “how you attach the cape” engineering is madness.

#toyphotography
#actionfigures

Mumm-Ra, The Ever-Living (Super7 Ultimates!) stands next to Ma-Mutt, holding his very large serrated blade/staff thingy over his head, cape spread wide, in front of of his evil lair.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Not gonna put negativity into someone else’s thread, but if you think Andy Craig’s “let’s use three Latin words to describe Trump’s mental state instead of one English word everyone knows because legal accuracy” is a good idea you are definitely a 2025 Democrat.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I’m pleased that @zerpie.bsky.social could only get the thwip hands a -little- closer to touching in the jacket than I could, because he’s way better at this than me.

zerpie.bsky.social @zerpie.bsky.social · 1d

"The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay

#wrestling #prowrestling #wrestlingfigures #actionfigures #figurephotography
#toyphotography #toys #toycollector #aew #allelitewrestling #willospreay

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I preorder a single item* from Pulse with the free shipping from the Premium I did not want to get**, my heart grows one size.

I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!***

* Iceman, obvs.
** Because Cold Slither.
*** TWENTY FIVE TIMES!

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn’t bother. I hear you gotta know someone on the inside to even have a shot.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, Yolopark AMK Starscream and Bumblebee up for preorder and apparently shipping in November (at BBTS at least).

Been waiting to expand this roster / replace my Super7 bricks for most of the year.

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