FEBRUARY UPDATE

This update is going to be all over the board. I missed the January meeting, so there is no update for last month, but I have a few pictures from this month's meeting, courtesy of Panzercommander, as well as a few shots from the December Christmas party/swap meet. so here we go. We'll start with this month's meeting...

Above - Trooper George brought this really cool figure that he recently picked up. It is a "Dark Zone Agent". I've never heard of it, but apparently Dark Zone is a fairly cool video game. We were all very impressed with this figure though. A ton of really cool detail and gear. I personally gave this the two thumbs up for cool.

This one has been featured before, but it is kind of an "oldie but goodie" - Point Man's desert SAS, bashed from a Hasbro Jeep. Point Man brought it to the meeting for Gray Ghost to take. Gray Ghost is going to do a  scene for The Entertrainment Junction show in March based on this photo;

Gray Ghost has been working on the other two Jeeps and crews and he is putting together a figure of the officer as well. It is going to be a great display and a real treat for folks that come to the show (shameless plug there).

Here's another shot of Point Man's Jeep from the other side.

Dr. Zorkon showed off this Hot Toy's Batman and Robin duo set in a really nice  diorama done by his co-worker. That background wall is completely done out of foam. It was a beautiful piece. I would like to order about a dozen of those walls for various scenes. Really nice work.

Trooper Tim also had some interesting figures that he showed off. I am not sure if the large robot thing in the center is from a game or is the "Hulk Buster" from the Avengers, but Tim has done a great job of re-purposing a inexpensive toy, turning it into a fairly cool looking Sci-Fi piece. This gets a two thumbs up in my book too. Awesome job man.

So the 9th Annual Figurecon is
coming up this March 4th and 5th at  Entertrainment Junction in Westchester, Ohio. Last year we noticed that a lot of folks didn't understand that there was a show going on in the back hall. So we created this 2x6 ft. sign that is currently up at ETJ. The top part of the sign is blank so that we can use the area to promote the dates of the show. On that weekend, it can be changed out with directions pointing folks back to the hall. Best of all the sign is on vinyl, has it's own stand and is reusable.

If you live in the midwest and haven't made plans to attend the show, you should really think about it. Unlike some other shows I could name, this SSCC show is about displaying 1:6th figures and vehicles. Members are there to interact with other hobbyists. That said, we've got five 1:6th vendors lined up this year and there will be plenty of product there at decent prices. This could be your last chance to pick up some older items that are quickly disappearing from the shelves of online retailers.

Typically in JULY, we have a party/swap meet at Point Man's place, we weren't able to do it this year, but Point Man had everyone to his place in December for a Christmas party/swap meet. There wasn't a ton of eye candy there, most of it was sales and trade tables, but Dr. Zorkon did bring these two beauties for everyone to ooh and ah over. First was this beautiful 1:6th Ferrari being shown off by Bruce Wayne...

It is an awesome piece, but the real show stopper was the Time Machine from Back to the Future. This thing had so much detail and really cool light up features, you have expected it to rise up into the air and take off. Both were really cool.

I do have a few shots of some of Point Man's war room. Point Man has been combining some 1:1 with his 1:6th and those glass cases from Ikea really add to the museum effect. Point Man now has 23 of those cases and says he is running out of room. Seems like an okay problem to have.

Well, that's about it for this update. Hope to see you at the ETJ show in March. Details for the show are on the home page.