Astronaut playmobil. Okay I might possibly maybe likely be obsessed with crazy playmobil figures (crazy ones only. don't care for the plain ones)
Look at all those glorious details and accessories!
Diver dude in amusing diving outfit. Funny I'm saying this right after I blogged about how great playmobil's quality and design are, but this particular figure was such a design fail. As you can see in the pics, his shoes are broken. Both shoe actually broke into four pieces as I was trying to fit his foot inside. It was IMPOSSIBLE to do so without breaking it. It was like forcing the glass slippers into cinderallas stepsisters foot which eventually went kaboom! and exploded into a million bits. Had to glue everything back together but couldn't find that one little chunk :(
Bought this huge 'J' made out of cardboard and tried painting it to look like rusted metal. Came out decent! Although my moms response was "Why would you want something that looks old and rusted? It looks gross." Because im an artist would've been an appropriate reply.
Excuse me while I desperately filter out the ugliness of our kitchen with the strongest instagram filter possible.
Anyway, since this is the most valuable piece I own, I figured it deserves to be displayed on its own. Couldn't find a display box that would fit this giant figure so I went to a local plastic store (TAP plastic) and asked them to cut me a few pieces of acrylic. (They're awesome btw!!) I gave them the dimensions of my box and they calculated exactly how much plastic I needed. Total came out to be around $25? Which is waaay cheaper than buying one for this size in store (if it exists). The toughest part was gluing the box together. Holy crap it was seriously a pain in the butthole. You definitely need two or more people to help you out. Acrylic cement is super runny and once it hits your plastic it'll immediately melt the surface and leave an ugly smudge you can't remove. I actually bought two boxes, I glued the one I made for my parents first and it came out butt ugly. My uncle and I got the hang of it after our first try so this one came out a lot nicer. Dramatic display it is!
Afterwards I went to a local wood working shop and asked them to cut me a piece of wood for the base. I was only able to get a piece of plywood so it didn't look as nice I thought it would after spray painting.
Stupidly forgot to take some pictures before I placed them on top of my book shelves. I'm afraid of heights and my chair wasn't tall enough so while trying to lift this heavy giant box, I felt like I was gonna topple over and spill my brains all over the floor.
Tada!
Looks so small here but I ensure you its huge.
Was able to get out of work early so I stopped by Toy R Us to browse for a gift for my second cousins *liescoughits actuallyformyself*. Was only planning to browse (and buy it for cheaper on Amazon later ha!) but I ended up buying this large Big Hero 6 figure. It's produced by bandai and actually being sold at the disney store for $30! I got this at Toys R Us for $20 (same price as Amazon). Haven't seen the movie yet although I love the character designs. Probably won't be obsessed with collecting Big Hero figures until I watch the movie so I've decided to leave it unopened until I've actually seen the movie. Had a feeling this figure would sell out quick and people would be jacking up prices soon so I just bought it. Quality is a bit made in China-ish but it's not like I'm going to play with it anyway.
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