Talon Arrives - Action Figure Review

So I gave in and got the DC Comics Designer Series Talon after all! This Greg Capullo sculpted action figure is quite awesome and I like him so much I may decide to have two talons! After all what's a fight with the thrasher if there aren't at least a couple of hoots???  :) 

Super packaging, this Greg Capullo creation is clawing his way out of the blister already  :) 

And he is out of the pack!

The blister pack is great with a plastic window that takes up the front and one side of the box to display the a full front view of the TALON along with the owl mask and twin daggers. The right side has a great illustrated front torso of the figure - looks neat! This figure is number two in the Capullo series. The back side shows the other Capullo figures available in this series basically the Cupullo Batman, the Riddler and Nightwing. Can't wait to crack this guy open! He looks so good!

Very dynamic figure, the talon is all action. limited only by its lack of neck articulation, the talon comes with an impressive array of knives, swords and daggers. Lots of articulation otherwise - shoulder socket, bicep swivel, thigh joint, ankle pivot etc. He comes well equipped with an array of swords, daggers and throwing knives. All of the throwing knives on his 'bandolier' are removable and fit easily in his hand. Just wish he had SOME neck articulation, but other than that he's a GREAT figure. Excellent for posing and toy photography if you are into that.Love this figure so much that if I could afford it, I would get a few more and pose them with the thrasher in a sort of diorama :) Anyhow here's the size comparison for all of you interested.

And of course the famous owl mask :)

Let me know if you like my review or have any inputs, suggestions or points of view. This figure is available through CURIOUS, e-Bay and other retailers in India. Cheers!

Breakin' Bad! Fixin' Hellboy's Broken Arm!

Broken Bad! Fixin' Hellboy's Arm!

I've always been crazy about action comics, superheroes, movies etc right from the time I was little; I even had a few action figures & toys when I was a kid but never really got around to pursuing it like a hobby. Let's face it, it's not exactly something that people expect an adult to do - collect toys!

It was only recently that I was well and truly inspired to actually start a collection of action figures - and thanks to that goes to two individuals - one being the inimitable Shartimus Prime the Youtube legend and the other being my good friend and colleague Carlton D'silva, proud owner of an impressive array of collectibles.

Over the past few months I've built up a modest collection of exciting multi-coloured, articulated plastic :) at a not so exciting cost :( that provides me (as I am sure it provides other collectors) immense pleasure just to gaze at them and lose myself in a realm of myth and fantasy.

So hopefully this is going to be the first of many posts on stuff that I am really crazy about - Action Figures! Here I'd like to share my experiences - good, bad or awful with all like minded people out there - hopefully it won't be a complete waste of time if you happen to read this!

This is in particular is a 'hellish experience' experience I had with a Hellboy deluxe 18 inch action figure by Mezco designed by Mike Mignola! To begin I got this beauty off a seconds sale and it was DAMN neat! Plus the price was also a real bargain and at 18 inches it is to date the largest action figure in my collection :)

But then tragedy struck! The figure was displayed on my desk, ahem...at my workplace and one of my colleagues in his excitement managed to topple him over! Resulting in....

Pic used for representational purposes only!

After a round of cursing and then subsequent moping I finally got around to doing something about it! First I figured out what had happened. The fall had broken the small dumbell shaped joint that tethered the hand to the socket. One way for a sure fix would have been to get a replacement joint moulded either out of plastic or steel. But this was easier said than done.

Second I sourced out some excellent websites that addressed this critical issue of heavy handed toys losing their limbs :) one example being this:

www.mintconditioncustom.com/repairing-killer-crocs-shoulder/

Now at a local welding workshop I discovered that welding / moulding a minute part such as this was not the mechanical guy's cup of tea!

As I sat there scratching my head, inspiration struck me! Why not use a plain nut & bolt to solve the issue? Voila, in the matter of a few minutes greased lightning replaced both our brains and we pulled off what to me still is one of the best cases of acrylic metal surgery ever! Explained below in pictures...

So that sums up my tryst with action figure surgery - and I have to say it was worth the effort. As you can see from the pics above and below it was awesome salvaging this fantastic action figure; it now occupies a place of pride on my workdesk! :))