Guardian toy question

[-K-M-]

Which of these two do you prefer? as Im going to get one I think (for now).

So Guardian: Legend or Guardian: Universe?

http://comicfigs.net/Characters/Guardian.htm

[rplass]

The Hasbro figure is significantly smaller than the Ares figure. So it depends where you are going to display it and the size of any other figures nearby.

The Ares figure has that weird blue shading on it, which looks better from a distance than up close. So it depends where you are going to put him, I suppose.

Love,
rplass

[-K-M-]

Is the Universe one akin to a G.I.Joe size?

EDIT:
Wow looks like getting the Marvel Legends may be more difficult then imagined. No one has it.

[rplass]

I don't know enough about GI Joe to answer your question, sorry. Never had one of those toys.

I'll keep an eye out for the Legends Guardian. If I find one I will let you know!

Love,
rplass

[-K-M-]

I found some on ebay (lets see if I actually win it), and found the marvel universe toy, which is cheap so I bought it regardless

[Le Messor]

I've just got my Legends one via Amazon -- rplass is right, there's way too much of that blue on it (that'd work if they toned it back a lot). Why's Ares get a build-a-figure, but not Sas? Sas is much bigger than Ares!

I'm keeping an eye out for the Hasbro one, haven't seen it yet; any ideas?
(I've looked at my LCS, and in a Wal*Mart yesterday...) I don't know if I'll get to a toy store, but I'll see...

- Le Messor
"Do not use (chair)lift unless you know how to get off properly."
- sign on a chairlift -- halfway up the slope.

[-K-M-]

I checked amazon and they have 2 marvel legends Guardian for over $60...yesh!

Ebay has a lot of the Marvel Universe ones
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Universe-Legends-GUARDIAN-3-3-4-Figure_W0QQitemZ260523429243QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_ DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca8680d7b

[Flightpath07]

Just from the links, i like the look of Legends better.

[Le Messor]

I checked amazon and they have 2 marvel legends Guardian for over $60...yesh!

Mine was just under $50... sadly, far from the most I've paid for an action figure in the last month.

- LM

[-K-M-]

Just bought the Marvel Legends one (in its case) for $25 and the marvel universe toy for $8.57 (in its case) on ebay.

Also just bought Marvel two-in-one #84 for $1, and Uncanny X-Men #120 for $16....now I have two copies of UXM #120 :)

[Le Messor]

Is the Universe one akin to a G.I.Joe size?
EDIT:
Wow looks like getting the Marvel Legends may be more difficult than imagined. No one has it.

I can now answer your question!

[Le Messor]

... um... about G.I. Joe size. Maybe a tiny bit smaller.

I now have both the Marvel Legends and the Marvel Universe Guardians. Between the two of them, there are a lot of pics of Guardian from the comics.

Does anyone else think it would have been kind of cool if one of them had been by John Byrne?

- Le Messor
"Friction is a drag."

[-K-M-]

Well got both in the mail now, and yeah the Legends is better but the MU: Guardian is still pretty cool, but definetly is like a GI.Joe

[Flightpath07]

"Does anyone else think it would have been kind of cool if one of them had been by John Byrne?"

No, nobody else does, just you!

[Le Messor]

"Does anyone else think it would have been kind of cool if one of them had been by John Byrne?"
No, nobody else does, just you!

As I thought!

BTW:
http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=961

- Le Messor
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
- Erica Jong

[Flightpath07]

Wow. That is definitely a thumbnail, all right! :lol:



"Does anyone else think it would have been kind of cool if one of them had been by John Byrne?"
No, nobody else does, just you!

As I thought!

BTW:
http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=961

- Le Messor
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
- Erica Jong

[Le Messor]

:oops:
try this one:
http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_pic.php?pic_id=961

(oh, yeah, this image is really out of focus anyway... but you guys know what they look like, right?)

- LM
"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done."
- Fred Allen

[Flightpath07]

*Crosses eyes, punches self in head repeatedly with Mjolnir the hammer of Thor, and spins in circles for three straight hours*

"Nope, not blurry, looks totally fine!"


:oops:
try this one:
http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_pic.php?pic_id=961

(oh, yeah, this image is really out of focus anyway... but you guys know what they look like, right?)

- LM
"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done."
- Fred Allen

[-K-M-]

:oops:
try this one:
http://forum.alphaflight.net/album_pic.php?pic_id=961

Three different Guardians? What are those from? I see the Marvel Legends, and the Marvel Universe but what is the other?

I got all those except the 3rd Guardian and white Sasquatch (their all still in their original boxes)

[Phil]

It's the Volume 2 Wizard exclusive mail-in figure if I'm not mistaken.

[Le Messor]

*Crosses eyes, punches self in head repeatedly with Mjolnir the hammer of Thor, and spins in circles for three straight hours*
"Nope, not blurry, looks totally fine!"

Step one of my evil plan is complete... Now, how do I get Del to whack himself with Cap's shield?

The third Guardian is a repaint I did of a Batman figure. I never got the Wizard one. :(

- Le Messor
"Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."
- Oscar Wilde

[Flightpath07]

Is Eugene Judd doing the splits? And, if so; why?

[-K-M-]

What do you guys think, is this worth getting?

http://i45.tinypic.com/nx4907.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/1zf7605.jpg

[Le Messor]

K-M: How much does it cost and how much money do you have to play with?

Flightpath: He's supposed to be able to do cartwheels. It doesn't work that well, and he can't be posed.

- Le Messor
"You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[-K-M-]

The Puck is currently about $20.00+

[Flightpath07]

Go for it, Reggie!

[-K-M-]

I didn't win Puck. It sold for $31, plus an additional $11 for shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120518633159

Kind of glad I didn't win haha
----
Here's some other custom AF characters I found

Box v.3
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=19249

Guardian
1. http://www.kraftywerks.com/jennstoycollection/customs/guardian2005.jpg
2. http://www.kraftywerks.com/jennstoycollection/customs/guardian3.jpg

Puck
1. http://www.kraftywerks.com/jennstoycollection/customs/guardian2.jpg

Windshear
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=14473

Weapon Omega
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=15090

Vindicator
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=14368

Alpha Flight
1. http://www.joeacevedo.com/docs/customzone/customcon/customcon13/d15ma1.htm

[Flightpath07]

Weapon Omega
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=15090

Hey, I LIKE this one...

Alpha Flight
1. http://www.joeacevedo.com/docs/customzone/customcon/customcon13/d15ma1.htm

These ain't so shabby, either! 8)

[-K-M-]

"Windshear is a character that belongs to the team and left in alpha flight comic exiles n-5 in 2001 was part of a team that was your side: shaman, puck, pathway, blackjack, sasquatch, northstar, aurora, jubilee, diamond lil, snowbird, box, wild child, windshear, marrina,smart alec"

Ignoring the grammer, Black Jack and Jubliee...what?
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Now this is an awesome Puck
http://www.mirasol.us/ron/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=1

[Le Messor]

Forget the grammar? I can't even read the grammar!

Dunno why Jubilee... or who Blackjack is?

- Le Messor
"After bad weather comes fine weather."
- Maltese proverb

[Flightpath07]

Yeah, I wuz puzzled by Blackjack as well. :?

[-K-M-]

Found some more:

Box IV
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=18482
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=10649
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=8976
4. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=7429

Omega
http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=17999

Vindicator
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=9994
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=15529
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=8064

Puck
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=14832
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=4227
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=15238

Wild Child
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=8589
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=12054
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=13772

Snowbird
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=4039
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=8972
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=10507


Shaman
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=6737
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=11566
3. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=13424

Alpha Flight
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=6323

[Flightpath07]

What the heck happened to Snowy's feet!!?!?!

:? :shock: :?

[MistressMerr]

She's mid-transformation into an owl. Which also makes wings grow out of her head, apparently. :?:

Seriously, though, those are freaking awesome and it never ceases to amaze me how much free time people have.

[Le Messor]

"The base is a Psylocke figure. The head and cape came from the old 5" Alpha Flight Snowbird figure."

So he customised a Snowbird out of... Snowbird?

The Snowbirds don't work for me; the mid-transformation just don't look right and the others are a little pointless...
But man, that Box is cool! So cool!

- Le Messor
"Silence is argument carried out by other means."
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara

[-K-M-]

Wow these ones are incredible

Weapon Omega
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=13887
2. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=4165

Omega Flight I
1. http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=7720

[-K-M-]

If you could pick to have an AF custom figure done which one would you want?
----
Here's a new Puck
http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=19488

[Flightpath07]

which one would you want?

Wild Child, definitely.

[PWalk]

That Box figure featured earlier is pretty sweet. I always liked the Jefferies design more and thought it would make a great toy.

[Le Messor]

If you could pick to have an AF custom figure done which one would you want?

That Shaman's pretty sweet, and I don't have one... 'cept his right hand needs more finger.

- Le Messor
"It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees."
- George Eliot
"Roses don't grow on trees."
- me

[PWalk]

If you could pick to have an AF custom figure done which one would you want?

I'm surprised no one's tried to do a Goblyn figure yet. Should be easy enough with some talent and some paint.

[pacinofan]

Here are some AF customs I did a few years back:

http://www.joeacevedo.com/docs/customzone/customcon/customcon18/d2pacinofan1.htm

http://www.toymania.com/customcorner/cc19/depth.shtml

I've since sold them all as I've tried to clear out my 6 inch marvel figs. '

[-K-M-]

I'm surprised no one's tried to do a Goblyn figure yet. Should be easy enough with some talent and some paint.

Speak of the devil just found one
http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigure.php?FID=8063


Here are some AF customs I did a few years back:

http://www.joeacevedo.com/docs/customzone/customcon/customcon18/d2pacinofan1.htm

http://www.toymania.com/customcorner/cc19/depth.shtml

I've since sold them all as I've tried to clear out my 6 inch marvel figs. '

Wow very well done, great job on the painting.

[Dfense75]

Just last night I picked up the universe version at Target while buying curtains for the new place. Which yes made shopping for curtains a lot more tolerable despite my better half mocking me for buying "dolls". I have been looking for the Legends version on and off. Not gonna find that one in stores and online i never saw it for less than $30.00 American. I would have preferred the Legends version but I am pretty happy with the Universe one. I have actually been picking up a lot of the universe figures. I can fit a ton more of them on my computer desk.:)

[Le Messor]

Pacinofan -- those're cool; the Dept H ones especially look like professional work.

Where'd you get the stands? Or: how'd you make them? (I need some at the mo'.)

Dfense - Congrats!

- Le Messor
"Friends: people who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them."

[-K-M-]

TOYS FOR SALE:

Anyone want a Purple Girl figure?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-PURPLE-GIRL-Custom-by-Argenta-2008_W0QQitemZ180480791076QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item2a057e5224

or Pathway?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-LAURA-PATHWAY-Custom-by-Argenta-2008_W0QQitemZ180480785506QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item2a057e3c62

and for a very low price of $194.09 you could have had Master of the World
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180474816789&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Not bad price for Puck in all honesty.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260543198747

EDIT:
you can even get an Alpha Prime custom
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-CRAG-Alpha-Prime-Custom-by-Argenta-2008_W0QQitemZ180480784595QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item2a057e38d3

[Le Messor]

That Purple Girl is sweet!

- Le Messor
"Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts."
- Tibetan proverb

[pacinofan]

Pacinofan -- those're cool; the Dept H ones especially look like professional work.

Where'd you get the stands? Or: how'd you make them? (I need some at the mo'.)

Dfense - Congrats!

- Le Messor
"Friends: people who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them."

There actually doll stands (I got them at Michaels) and I found some Canadian themed stickers to put on them.

[Le Messor]

Hmm... Doll stands. I'll have to look them up (I've been looking for action figure stands).

- Le Messor
"Give your child mental blocks for Christmas."

[-K-M-]

So yeah this custom Master of the World figure sold for $256.67

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130377811098&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Mokole]

I got a SHIELD Guardian for the kids.

[Le Messor]

Sorry, but that Master isn't that good. I thought my Burger King Uruk Hai was expensive! I paid a stupid price for it.

(s'rously.)

- Le Messor
"God must love stupid people; He made so many."

[-K-M-]

Janus
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Custom-Legends-Janus-by-WayneCustom_W0QQitemZ280494076468QQcmdZViewItemQQp tZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414ebff234

[PWalk]

So I finally stumbled upon a Guardian figure yesterday while in a Target in Delaware. I saw him and just instinctively snatched him up. Giddy I put him in the cart and went about the rest of my shopping. It wasn't until I got home that I realized the area where his skin is exposed on the head is in fact paint white. No skin tone whatsoever making him look almost androidish. Does anyone no if this is a known variant or did I just happen upon a figure that missed a coat of paint?

[Le Messor]

I know I've never heard of such a thing.
Which Guardian are you talking about - Legends or Marvel Universe?
(That'll help those who know what they're doing to find info.)

- Le Messor
"Good words are worth much, and cost little."
~ George Herbert

[PWalk]

Marvel Universe, the GI Joe size line. I pulled him out of the package to check him out and was thinking of painting him skin tone where he needs it but thought I'd check it first.

[Le Messor]

Mine's flesh-coloured, but that's all I can tell you.
The rest is a secret.

- Le Messor
"Guns don’t kill people, postal workers do."

[suzene]

A few Alpha Flight custom figs found on eBay:

Aurora. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Aurora-Custom-Marvel-Legends-Figure-Lot-Loose-/350408183950?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5195f4908e)

A very nice Flashback. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Marvel-Legends-Flashback-/200537582002?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb0f8a9b2)

A decent Talisman. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Talisman-Custom-Marvel-Legends-Figure-Lot-Loose-/350408183198?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5195f48d9e)

A very...something Puck. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-custom-Alpha-Flight-PUCK-Eugene-Judd-/260684911078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb20811e6)

One lot including Vindicator, Northstar, and Aurora. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-Custom-Figure-Wave-2-/110539072322?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bca46342)

[Le Messor]

Some of those were pretty good.

- Le Messor
Buffy: How do you get to be renowned? I mean, like, do you have to be nowned first?
Willow: Yes. First there's the painful nowning process.

[suzene]

Here's one I wouldn't have expected to see -- a Gilded Lily action figure! (http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-custom-GILDED-LILY-action-figure-MACABRE-/110645942121?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c3031769)

And -- what if Wolverine had stayed with Alpha Flight? (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-WOLVERINE-ALPHA-FLIGHT-Marvel-Legends-DC-Classic-/180622285576?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0ded5b08)

[Flightpath07]

The Wolvie is pretty cool. I like that he was shown beside Puck, and it looks like the sizes (heights) are about right.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Here's one I wouldn't have expected to see -- a Gilded Lily action figure! (http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Legends-custom-GILDED-LILY-action-figure-MACABRE-/110645942121?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c3031769)

And -- what if Wolverine had stayed with Alpha Flight? (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-WOLVERINE-ALPHA-FLIGHT-Marvel-Legends-DC-Classic-/180622285576?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0ded5b08)

Argh...Somebody doesn't know what a maple leaf looks like.

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

The Wolvie is pretty cool. I like that he was shown beside Puck, and it looks like the sizes (heights) are about right.

I dunno, Puck's height looks off to me.

Dana

[Le Messor]

That Gilded Lily is nice.

- Le Messor
"I guess it's time for a little reconnaissance. Buffy: You mean where we all sculpt and paint and stuff? Xander: That was the Renaissance. Buffy: Oh. I told you I've had a bad week."
~ Xander

[suzene]

Earthmover custom figure. (http://cgi.ebay.com/MARVEL-LEGENDS-CUSTOM-EARTHMOVER-/260749063742?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb5daf63e)

[Le Messor]

That's getting obscure. It's pretty nicely done.

- Le Messor
"I know, when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, have you got a cat?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company!"

[DIGGER]

Too bad the logo is for the Edmonton OILERLS!! Geez, you mean to tell me that there isn't enought references for that logo that is has to be spelled wrong!

DIGGER (huge Guardian fan and yes unfortunately at this time a huge Oilers fan)

[Flightpath07]

Good catch, Digs!

[suzene]

Custom Northstar figure. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Northstar-Alpha-Flight-Marvel-Legends-size-/290550436426?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a627d24a)

Did JP go through an emo-hair phase that I blocked from memory?

[DIGGER]

Not to be nitpicky but can't customizers see that it is a MAPLE LEAF on his chest in the comics, not a Christmas tree. This is like putting a six pointed star on Captain America's chest. The hair I can overlook but the Leaf...just can't do it.

DIGGER

[Le Messor]

This is like putting a six pointed star on Captain America's chest.

I wouldn't notice.

- Le Messor
"I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'."

[Phil]

http://argenta-2008customs.blogspot.com/2011/04/kolomaq-alpha-flight-marvel-legends.html

[suzene]

Custom Puck. (http://cgi.ebay.com/PUCK-CUSTOM-MARVEL-LEGENDS-WOLVERINE-ALPHA-FLIGHT-X-MEN-/260784547067?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb7f864fb)

...

...

Well. That's special.

[Le Messor]

Custom Puck...

It's nice to see people trying to acknowledge Alpha Flight.

- Le Messor
"I’d love to, but I have to stay home and see if I snore."

[Phil]

http://forums.marvelousnews.com/index.php?showtopic=2055065&st=176&start=176