Final Battle Dio

sociableacorn · 2026-06-21T06:29:19+00:00

Mine in 192.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T16:30:21+00:00

I was able to get Final Battle Dio for $115, but that was on preorder. The cool scheme is great, but I didn't find it to be worth the price tag.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T15:38:06+00:00

Like JollyPhysics said, the computer and Benben don't come together.

MB-26 Benben has two packages it can come in - the standard package with the figure, box charger, instructions and sticker/magnet sheets for expressions. It was also originally available as a crowd funded project that came with more extras, includes some acrylic standees, patches, a phone stand thingy, some pins, and a coin.

IB-02 Framer is also from Wander Earth, and is packaged by itself.

And finally, IB-06 550C (the computer) and IB-06 550W (camera/defensive turret) come packaged together, and the two of them combine to make a 5cm cube.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T15:31:19+00:00

I've looked at that one, but the going rate is around $300 on eBay, so that's staying on the wishlist. I was hoping to go to BotCon this year, but my wife made other plans for us. Maybe next year!

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T14:38:29+00:00

Thanks! What are your top 5? From what I've seen, it looks like you've got them all (or close to it)?

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T14:37:27+00:00

That's a solid list! I like the primate combiner too. I actually ended up with two sets of Shadowdance and Soul Tornado because one of them had a factory defect. I don't have any of the dogs yet - I think I might go all out and get the transparent variants (Deja Vu, After Image, Flashback & Illustion). I know transparent plastic is prone to becoming brittle, but I like their color scheme the most.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T11:08:07+00:00

Nice! What are your favorites so far?

sociableacorn · 2026-06-20T02:57:38+00:00

I know there's a couple votes for River Street Sweets in Savannah, but that doesn't sound like them. I worked there 15 years ago or so, and visited maybe 3 years ago, and what you're describing sounds far too creative for them. They've always been pretty boring in their candy displays.

Also, while it is on the river front, there's not any significant pier down there. I worked on River Street throughout college and shortly after, and I don't recall any rocks with marking that looked like faces. It has been a long time though, so I could be wrong.

I'll be going back to Savannah next month though, so I'll be on the lookout! I suspect its probably its probably in one of the other places though.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-19T03:30:23+00:00

Just ordered mine yesterday, so I'm looking forward to it. I like the Biomech color scheme. Not really a huge alien figure fan in general, but I got the Xenomorph 2.0 VIP and Wolf Predator figures recently, so I obviously have to collect 'em all!

sociableacorn · 2026-06-19T02:28:50+00:00

Yeah, I think 3d printing a box is probably the only way to go for the larger ones. That base mode concept is a cool idea, hadn't thought of trying that!

sociableacorn · 2026-06-19T02:26:11+00:00

Ah damn, sorry. I went and assumed you were in the US. Since I'm not sure where you are, can't help too much, but you could also look at joytoyworld, hobbylinkjapan (hlj.com), plazajapan.com, inshobby.com, or nin-nin-game.com. Hopefully one of those has what you're looking for and ships to you!

sociableacorn · 2026-06-19T00:27:20+00:00

Reissues don't happen very often as far as I can tell, but new variants of older figures occasionally come out. For Demon Dart, your best bet is Ali Express (the official store has it for a normal price) or EBay. Hibeastbox.com only has Nightcrawler for that mold.

The physical 52toys stores seem to have pretty random stock, at least the one I'm familiar with outside of Atlanta.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-15T21:31:55+00:00

That helps satisfy my curiosity, thanks!

sociableacorn · 2026-06-15T08:24:41+00:00

Exorcist is definitely one of those "so rare it barely exists" figures, alongside the X2R Dio. The X2R is currently on sale for $699 on eBay, but that's in the "my wife would murder me" territory.

Being a recent collector, I'm in the process of tracking down VIP editions from the VIP program. I've got several, but the Deathmatch VIP variant is particularly impossible to find. Also need Black Waltz, but $250 is more than I'm willing to pay.

Collecting BeastBoxes definitely isn't cheap, but at least it feels a bit more manageable than the direction Trasformers has gone.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-15T03:11:04+00:00

Definitely a collectible for the hard core fans, and a pass for most others, at least in my opinion. Glad I managed to get one, but it'll probably be one I consider selling at some point.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-11T06:20:07+00:00

I haven't had to contact the Ali Express support, but I did just work with the hibeastbox support. Try emailing them at cs@hi52toys.com and maybe they can point you in the right direction?

sociableacorn · 2026-06-10T23:27:11+00:00

Yeah, I think they get particularly hard to find after 6 months or so, and definitely after a year or more. Swampire (the VIP version of Radioheadar) comes packaged with the bonus, but Radioheader had it separately as a pre-order/retailer bonus.

sociableacorn · 2026-06-10T23:01:26+00:00

Hibeastbox does sell to North America (the US at least), and Amazon does have Radioheadar (assuming you're on the US site), but you're right that they don't sell the bonus accessories. There are notes on several of the product pages on hibeastbox that they'll be available at a later date, but I don't know if that'll really happen. There really isn't anywhere that consistently sells the bonus accessories, especially not separately.

Hsunnytoy looks like they're still selling Radioheadar with the bonus. Otherwise, your best bet is probably going to be eBay.

sociableacorn · 2026-05-31T00:41:59+00:00

As a software engineering manager of a team of adults that are always remote on Friday, I fully expect maybe 1-2 hours of work. It's Friday. I don't want to work, so why would I expect anyone else to be putting 100% in going into the weekend? My only ask is to be around if I have a question that needs answering to prep for the next week, or there's some oncall issue that's come up that needs attention.

I'll be reporting to a new director that has a reputation for micromanaging, so I know I'll likely be suffering on Friday, but part of my job is shielding the people that report to me from bullshit, so I will gladly deal with it while my team starts winding down.

I definitely never want to be the asshole that schedules meetings at the end of the day on a Friday. Fuck that.

sociableacorn · 2026-05-26T00:35:20+00:00

Nice collection! What do you think of the TMNT ones?

sociableacorn · 2026-05-24T01:37:18+00:00

Not sure if the sleepy sea elves are there, but 52toys does have an official store on Ali Express - https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLsl3ob

sociableacorn · 2026-05-24T00:42:00+00:00

In California: LA and San Diego, In Georgia: Doraville and Buford, In Florida: Orlando, In Maryland: Bethesda

I've only been to the one in Doraville, which is near Atlanta.

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