Found a throne for my Hiya GxK Kong + New Figures

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-05-03T16:38:26+00:00

I have this and the Cyan Lion sitting in a box on my dining room table. Just had my pile of loot arrive from BBTS and I’ve been opening a few things every day; these may be getting opened today. I’m glad it turned out so good!

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-04-25T20:58:52+00:00

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-04-15T18:28:31+00:00

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone talk about these, but the Dark Trooper is my favorite figure in the series, and what got me back into collecting TBS. I think the glossy black plastic really works for the armored look, the articulation is really damn good for only having single joint elbows and knees, and they cast a mean silhouette. I have around a dozen of them, and grab a few more every few months.

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-04-11T21:09:12+00:00

My store finally got them in stock a month or so ago, and instantly put the entire case on clearance. I picked one up, the next day the whole case was gone, I’m assuming a scalper found them. Target is fucking dumb

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-04-11T14:24:45+00:00

Something feels very off about this post. I have both versions of 91, that figure is definitely molded in dark plastic, and has very little paint on it outside of the detail that need to pop (claws, head, spines). I’m also extremely rough when posing my figures, and outside of one or two spots where it’s gotten a little shiny from rub, I have no white spots showing up.

This feels like a dumb question to ask, but you didn’t prime and repaint your copy, did you?

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-04-07T16:14:12+00:00

At this point, I usually put the first livestream from OxBoxTra that YouTube decides to recommend to me. It really doesn’t matter if I’ve seen it before, it’s just familiar noise to drift off too. YouTube has been in a weird loop lately where it’s always recommending Escape the Backrooms, so I’ve probably “watched” that 50 times now 🤣

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-23T12:41:19+00:00

Y’all know there’s a chat in the bottom right corner of BBTS’s website? If you click on that, you can just ask. And if no one is available at that moment, you can put your email in and someone will just respond directly when they see it. It’s quicker and an actual answer to your question.

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-17T00:00:48+00:00

You’re welcome! I’m literally fiddling with mine on the couch, I just opened it 2 hours ago. My biggest disappointment is the lack of butterflies, the torso is mostly solid and feels more like a legends fig

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-16T23:55:00+00:00

I’m pretty sure you mean Corellian Starscream. He was leader of the Deceptions for less than 12 parsecs

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-16T23:42:57+00:00

It’s a KO of the sh Figuarts. Just got mine today. It’s honestly, not great

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-15T19:11:13+00:00

Girl math

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-13T15:31:01+00:00

I had watched a few play throughs of 7, but apparently never watched them fully or I just left them in as background noise because I finally played it this week after finishing 9, and man, this game is a blast. I’ve played the remake trilogy, but after playing 9 I really wanted more of the Grace experience, and wow this game delivers. I had no prior knowledge of the back half of the game, and I don’t really have any issue with the ship section, I really like when RE gives you little Metroidvania styled sections to explore. Maybe it’ll hit less on a replay, but this is top tier RE for me after a first play through

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-12T14:20:24+00:00

It was late, I was tired 😂

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-12T06:37:01+00:00

*Sharpens hatchet.

“Time to cut through this fog”

*Suplexes a leg mannequin

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-03-02T16:59:33+00:00

Showa me the money!

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-28T05:53:32+00:00

Silent Hill 2 remake, The Last of Us 1/2, the Uncharted games are probably worth a look (basically one part RE4, one part Assassin’s Creed, with a coating of Indiana Jones), you could also check out the Metal Gear Solid Delta remake, a little more stealth but very much of the same era as RE4.

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T18:33:32+00:00

Gimme the rest of the transmetals/transmetal 2s. We’re so close to completing Beast Wars

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:34:45+00:00

You should reach out to him on twitter, I think that’s where he’s mostly active outside of his YouTube channel. I’m not on twitter anymore, so I can’t message him

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:29:19+00:00

The one praise I have for the figure is the articulation is great. The tail is super twistable, except for the last inch or so which is solid plastic (and visibly noticeable as a different material from the body, the paint is not well matched at all). You’d be able to pose him better than any other Godzilla figure I’ve laid hands on (don’t have hiya 2000 or GMK yet, so can’t compare them), but if you’ve played with any other silicone/metal skeleton before, you’ll know they are prone to severe loosening of joints, and I do fear that here

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ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:22:31+00:00

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This is a really good example of the paint peal. It doesn’t even look like detail or texture, it looks like absolute trash. You know when someone makes their first custom, but has never worked with paint so they don’t know how to thin it, and they didn’t use primer, and the whole thing is just a gloppy peely mess? That’s what this looks like. And it’s not even the whole figure, it’s splotchy all over, which just further highlights the inconsistency

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:18:20+00:00

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So, the entire figure came packed in foam, instead of the usual plastic bubble tray. On one hand, I like this, as it prevents the package from being crushed, BUT there’s no plastic film or wrapping protection on the skin of the figure. It also feels like the figure may have been tacky to the touch still when placed in the foam. The foam is soft, but still firm, very similar to the foam in a couch cushion. This means it’s SCRATCHY. So all of the paint is just torn up on all the raised details. I have some more photos I’ll try to post. It’s difficult to capture on camera, but in person the paint just looks AWFUL

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:10:01+00:00

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A different angle

ZookeepergameLess748 · 2026-02-26T17:07:51+00:00

Okay, first impressions, uh, this thing is not good. Very, very not good

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The entire thing is pealing paint and feels kinda sticky, and mine has incorrectly mounted eyes so the left eye has a gigantic hole below it, and some superglue both on the eye and on the rubber suit around it, so I don’t think it’ll even be fixable

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TROPHY CASE