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The Mrs had earned some dosh from her needle-felting hobby/classes, and I finished a survey at the city consumer center for light some dosh. Went to TRU not expecting to see much, but I had a coupon, gift certificate, and a $10 off $50 from the flyer. Found her a new gal from the Mystixxs line, the Zombie gal which she liked, and a new Zelf for her collection, the small ones. Cute little buggers.
Wasn't much there for me, but the Hobbit stuff was finally 50% off, and finally got Bolg and Gandalf which I didn't have. They had the new Black Widow with the swept hair again, and now I am scrambling all over my art desk clutter to find and replace the head I made for my Red Sonja with this one which looks infinitely better. Picked up the Schleich Dragon warrior(with a 25% off coupon) with the battleaxe, for his helmet, since I am making a Regdar from D&D fame to go with the Lidda halfling thief I made, and finding a good helmet for his look from the Player's Handbook has been a bear. Topped it off with another Bilbo because I needed his accessories for my and drbindy's D&D self customs. Adventurers need kit, I reasoned. Bilbo's sting scabbard and belt look nearly identical to the ones women wear in Skyrim with their dresses, so this will help complete some of the background gals I have made. Just need to replace Sting with the swords from the long ago AOME line which look like Skyrim steel daggers.
Lastly, on a lark, when I was trying to find the Dark Elves from the Thor line at 4:AM a bit ago I had managed to order one from TRU online, who were selling them but limited all orders to one Dark Elf. He came today, even after they had told me that the order was canceled (though apparently it went through anyway after I checked my card online) and damn, what a sculpt. The legs are nicely posable, as are the elbow lower arms. The upper arms, not so much as noted by others, the upper armor prevents them from even being raised outward. The armor on the chest surprisingly is only glued on, so if I want to augment him I can at some point. His kit(I really don't do or enjoy futuristic or gun-themed weapons) and eventually his head are going into my accessory bundle for sale or trade(I really need/want a Netiri bow for my Umbragen gal), since I am going to replace it with Angelforge's EXCEPTIONALLY SWEET Elven head. As heads go, it really does blow in all honesty, and the white braids in the back don't save it. The ninja tabi styled feet are a welcome surprise, as I have seen some Drow art where they gave them that style of footwear. Really, Hasbro dropped a serious ball in mass producing more Thor and Kurse over the Dark Elf warrior. Especially since the back of the card states that they have been long enemies and war and all that jazz.
Oh, and my trades came in the mail, and drbindy with a previously bucky too, are rockage cubed. Thanks a ton guys.
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