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[Apricot]

I've collected toys on and off in the past and always seem to get tired of what I have and sell it all abruptly

I'm working on a new collection now focusing mainly on limited release, urban vinyl toys. I still consider myself an artist and I really see these as small works of art.

Plus MUSCLEs will always hold a special spot with me

There are more to come definitely... I'm a slow but deliberate collector. This latest collection started anew last fall

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Here's the start of it. I am trying to install it as decoration on the wall instead of buying a lot of stand alone furniture

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Quimby Mouse from Chris Ware's comics





little figures from the Mars-1 collection





the big white one below is Yeti from the I.nsurgents W.ilderness G.ruppo series. She has a boyfriend Sasquatch that carries a chainsaw.





the guy in the white mask is Billy Bronze from the getsmall series. i;m a big fan of masked stuff so this one is one of my favorites





these are Zombie Scout and Jim Stickney from Creatures os Mass Mania





this is b.b.birdy. evidently you can take him apart and reassemble him however, but i havent tried





the new 8" OBEY Dunny from Shepard Fairey. he holds a little poster in his hand





here are some new Dunnys... Azteca is the name of the series... all Mexican artists i believe and very cool





some Qee. they can double as keychains. I really like the one in the front with the transparent body





more favorites. These guys are Mahobin, Lord Humungous, and Boner (in the back). They are wrestlers from the In-Crowd Wrestling Federation from Amos toys





and last but not least... it's Kinnikuman and friends versus the Seven Devil Choujin! I should get a Meat figure and cut it up into pieces

Edited by Apricot, 09 February 2007 - 02:53 PM.

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got a chance to organize a bit more

here is a shelf i've dedicated to my non-vinyls... MUSCLE and other random toys and comics/graphic novels.

To the lower right there is the 1976 boston red sox team set from topps that i bought last year as my 30th birthday present to myself!




This was a Christmas gift. It breaks into two pieces and transforms into robot versions of Han Solo and Chewbacca





This was also a Christmas gift. My girlfriend's dad made me this plexiglass box by hand using several types of wood. It is supposed to be a combination storage space/fighting arena.

Kind of embarrassing when your girlfriend's parents know about and openly acknowledge your dirty toy collecting habit

I store my non-flesh, duplicates, kinkeshi and Ultimate Muscle figures in there.





Here is my new rerelased Soundwave. Ravage always falls over so I just left him that way.

I can't remember who it was on here, but I stole the idea of storing my complete flesh set in the square glass jars. I have them separated between good and bad guys (in my opinion ) So if and when I get my wrestling ring built I can easily set up a match by reaching into the correct jar.

The Spectre is peeking from behind. I tried to build the entire Justice Society but I lost interest. I have a Sandman and a Flash packed away somewhere to add but that's it.






The other side of the shelf. (Sorry about the flash) I'm a Green Lantern fan. The one in the front is missing the handle to his lantern which sends my OCD in an uproar... but what can I do?

The Mr. T doll I have had for years. He used to pose with Stay Puft Marshmellow Man in my office at work, but hI brought him back here instead.

Edited by Apricot, 24 February 2007 - 01:21 PM.

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I changed up the shelves a little above.

Took down the MUSCLEs teams to make room for 2 new 8" Qee

But you can see my new Satan Cross figure peeking in on the left. (Thanks bizman316!)






First I got a couple new Dunny Aztecas. The one on the left that has a little dress and the one on the right that looks like a cactus and has a little watering can! Bad flash on this photo again






Up above is the 8" Dr. Hofmann Qee based on the Alex character from A Clockwork Orange. Frank Kozik has designed a set of the small Qee called Ultraviolence that represents all the droogs from that movie, and I am waiting for those to arrive to pose around the feet of this bad guy.

You can remove his hat and baseball bat... and he smells terrific for some reason!






And a Frank Kozik piece called the People's Qee. He comes with this little black dog and both are smoking Kozik's signature cigarette. It says "The future is stupid" on the dog's back.

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OFFICE PHOTOS!!! taken with my crap cell phone cam


GODBEAST custom claws molded in the same plastic as a god beast set in the works. They are posing on top of a picture frame and


Darth Tater and the big finger from Yellow Submarine


A black sparkly GODBEAST custom battle beast Blitzkrieg Bat posing in front of almost-racy photos of the lady friend


Ray, what have you done?

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my first ever God Beast! The plastic is sort of a smoky transparent green. The Beetle's shell on the back is unpainted so light can actually enter there and it illuminates his legs and everything. Pretty sweet one of a kind color scheme!

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i like making little teams


Neptuneman and his little cohorts



The large Clockwork Orange Qee and the Frank Kozik Ultraviolence set of Qee that represent all the droogs from the same film



OBEY!



I'll call him Mini Me