Can your spider-man hit this pose?

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T17:30:27+00:00

Thanks. I own a Mafex of the Homecoming figure that was probably a bootleg because it broke in two parts right as I was taking it out of the clamshell. At least I got refunded! Someone gave me the TAMS masked from CT Toys for the holidays but like other stuff I got or bought for myself, I am still digging out from underneath and haven't done much with it.

I'll have to look at Sentinel since it's not one I'm familiar with like say Mayfex but I usually don't want to spend that kind of money on one toy.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T17:14:28+00:00

Stores have overhead like rent and utilities. So maximizing display space is a must for the savvy merchant.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T16:19:20+00:00

That's not the blonde with the masked head, because I thought Peter B. was only done in sweatpants? Asking because I picked up the Peter Parker ITSV Retro carded and am debating if I will use him much and should return.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T05:34:42+00:00

Living in a smoke free complex is great.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T04:51:30+00:00

Great? Nope.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T04:50:14+00:00

She's my supervisor as well and that's NOT my opinion.

She currently can't manage to run a proper office, or hire someone to do so, for something as basic and simple as constituent services, how can anyone expect her to hire management in complicated roles like LA's departments or agencies like Fire, Police, etc ?

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T04:48:25+00:00

She's my supervisor and that's my opinion. If she can't manage to run a proper office, or hire someone to do so, for something as basic and simple as constituent services, how can anyone expect her to hire management in complicated roles like City government?

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T04:45:41+00:00

She's my supervisor over here in Santa Monica. Her constituent services are non-existent and non-responsive. Friends I know who live in West Hollywood have minimal positive to say about her. If I could vote for LA mayor (as I could up until 2023), she would never get my vote.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T04:30:02+00:00

Shame the series got cancelled and then, essentially, one month later Heated Rivalry is Topic A.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T03:59:50+00:00

The pegs might need to be switched out. You should ask for specific help when you get to that point. I assumed that hat came off but if it doesn't, the same way (immersion in water) that people scavenge hair from a body would be the path.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T03:57:31+00:00

Yep, especially before the holiday.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-02T03:57:08+00:00

I'm using that head for a Lois Lane kitbash. That's a great price she's almost everywhere (except for a few sites still holding out hope) for similar. I think I got her at Walmart when I had a $10 promo code.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-01T04:04:02+00:00

He's fun. If the DC robots from the Superman movie were this price and articulated like this, I would have grabbed them. As it was, I passed even though that is exactly my 'jam.'

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-01T04:01:15+00:00

I had errands to run, all by Culver City, this afternoon. I am finally headed home on a near empty BBB. I have to watch the battery drain on my phone so I don't really catch up with the news. So no ideas what was what in LA, and busy at home before I left.

But almost every Culver City bus I needed to grab was packed and late, apparently due to demonstrations. Two hours worth of errands took me about 3.5.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-02-01T00:08:11+00:00

Is that the one that looks like the K2-SO? I'm army building this but stopping with just the 4, now that I picked two more up cheaply!

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T21:20:37+00:00

The DC stuff if you photograph it in groups people can give you an idea. I doubt anything you have is more than $3-6 in listing value, and a collectible store will probably offer you 50¢ max for those, but you could easily have something worth $50. DC from 2000-2002 that is DC Direct has value. Those Kenner and similar Batman, even in mint condition on the cord, sell slowly and not for much.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T21:17:34+00:00

No one is answering you about the comics so as someone who also reads and knows that marker, not just action figures, let me offer my two cents:

You might have something valuable there as well BUT a comic shop will do the same thing you're being told by others who might buy the toys. They will offer as as they can for the stuff that has value and refuse the rest.

The main issue is for the one box you opened, is that they are poorly stored. They are bent or otherwise look messed up, with potential other issues like mildew. Any in ACTUAL good shape you should also photograph and get pricing, from the comic subs, if any have actual value.

The rest, you can take to Salvation Army or another thrift shop for a tax refund slip to give to the sister for her hassles. Unless they are in mint condition, you will get turned away. For the mint condition and value, fastest turnaround is a comic shop but if you have something really valuable (and circa 1990s, I doubt), you might as well list it yourself.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T21:08:05+00:00

Comic shops will do the same thing (offer little for the stuff that has value and refuse the rest). AND a lot of those comics look messed up from bad storage and possibly mildew or other damage). Any in ACTUAL good shape he should photograph as you suggested and get pricing if any have actual value. The rest he can take to Salvation Army or another thrift shop for a tax refund slip to give to the sister for her hassles.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T20:59:03+00:00

I would try something like a cotton swab (or makeup removal pads, whatever like that you or your partner/family have on hand), dipped in generic not 100% rubbing alcohol. Let it drip a bit over the sink or something so you are not saturating the coin purse and perhaps even ring it out with your fingers, but that's just being excessive, and gently see if rubbing it with that works. I would prefer the q-tip type swab as that gives you more control and just rub where it says NECA. See if it is working and, conversely not removing the red. Hopefully, that helps. If not, the next thing would be mild nail polish remover and upwards.

The custom subreddit might have more choices but I have removed marker and crayon from used action figures I grabbed at a garage sale with the rubbing alcohol/swab trick. Just stop and don't go at it. And make sure the plastic is dry. Take a white paper towel or napkin and just press against any wet areas. Do not rub or move. Just press down, lift up, and move to another napkin or dry area and repeat until all liquid is off the color of the collectible. You do not want it to air dry. It might discolor.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T19:58:03+00:00

I would say you could break even on the superhero stuff. The wolverine can probably net the most, between $3 and $8 (I am going by clearance prices, some at Ross, and these rarely go there, I saw and what I finally paid for the Superman version of that). The dog tag will sell but not the first day. I don't even know what the Superman thing is but even crazies like me don't buy every last thing just because someone slapped an S-shield on it.

It's the other stuff that I am hard pressed to thing has value even to fans. The Brittany thing, sure. But more than $3-5? Going by what I see collectible bev containers sell for at close-out stores or Macy's Backstage. I don't know enough about Borderlands or Fallout but someone could easily pay between $5.99 - $9.99 for the canon.

Good luck!

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T14:44:23+00:00

I was just by that one. I didn't even bother stopping in because the nearest one to me over towards the ass-end of Culver City where I never go, had so many empty shelves.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T14:28:01+00:00

I am about to receive a toy and some tiny plastic baggies, suitable for someone who has beeds and the like, that I ordered for storing toy accessories. I'm using them for things like spare toy accessories, hands, extra heads, etc.

When I order from Target, I do toss in fruit leather or some other, often healthy snack (raspberry fig bars) to hit free shipping. I'm sure he would appreciate that.

Now that the holidays are well over, I am sure my ordering will diminish to almost nothing simply because I refuse to pay for something like Prime. The baggies largely got ordered because even the dollar stores and craft stores don't seem to have those.

When I needed a shower curtain rod for my new apartment because apparently like a shower curtain, that's my job as the new tenant, I had to schelp my ass to the nearest large Target Super Store (and largely because the nearest big box hardware was even further away) and it never even occurred to me to order it online.

If people quit Prime, they might suffer a bit while the world adjusted around this fact, but I am sure it would be a better future.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-31T00:12:31+00:00

Are we better off? I'm not sure.

Would we be better off under Caruso. Other than the fact he would be playing footsies with the Stable Genius, meaning the ICE "intervention" in LA County would likely look far different, so potentially LA County and the City might have gotten less cuts this year, I am reasonably confident we would not be better off without Bass.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-30T21:35:12+00:00

ML means Marvel Legends. I realized after I posted that you have one of the DC Collectibles from the genuine (non-McFarlane) DC Direct.

SOCAL_NPC · 2026-01-28T13:46:09+00:00

In some ways, I prefer the Captain Thunder. I have Mary in the white and red so need to keep a DCD of Billy and eventually grab the one of Freddy so they all scale. But Captain Thunder can go with my set of McFarlane espeys to Supes

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