action figures
Saturday Shelf Porn
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, where we help fans show off their stuff. Today’s submission comes from Harold Yoingco from the Philippines.
If you’d like to have your collection featured here, email me a write-up and some pictures at jkparkin@yahoo.com.
And now here’s Harold …
- June 4, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Saturday Shelf Porn
Welcome to another edition of Shelf Porn. Today’s shelves comes from 17-year-old Grady Dixson in upstate New York, who shares a room I wish I’d had when I was 17.
If you’d like to show off your collection, it’s easy — just send a write-up and some jpgs to jkparkin@yahoo.com.
And now here’s Grady …
- April 23, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Your video of the day | ‘Black Widow Gone Wild’
Patrick Boivin, the filmmaker behind last spring’s Internet sensation “Iron Baby,” is back, this time with an incredible stop-motion short called “Black Widow Gone Wild” that asks the age-old question “What if Black Widow were War Machine?” Also, “What’s the quickest way to stop a Michael Jackson doll from dancing?” and “Should you tug on Superman’s cape?”
- February 21, 2011 @ 04:40 PM by Kevin Melrose
Saturday Shelf Porn!
Hello and welcome to Shelf Porn, where, like on Valentine’s Day, love is always in the air … love for pictures of people’s comic stuff, anyway. Today’s Shelf Porn comes from James Parmenter, who shows us pictures of his comic and toy-filled loft.
If you’d like to share the love, we always need more Shelf Porn. Send your write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com.
And now let’s head up stairs to James and his loft …
- February 12, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Flashpoint action figures offer some clues to … something
Flashpoint action figures
Following the icons and first issue cover reveal from earlier today, DC Comics has unveiled a look at four action figures from the upcoming Flashpoint event. The Flash looks unchanged, but as you can see Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg are a bit different.
- February 4, 2011 @ 02:54 PM by JK Parkin
Saturday Shelf Porn!
Hello and welcome to the long-running-but-recently-moved Shelf Porn, now on Saturdays to help make your weekend more super. Today’s Super Shelf Porn comes from Jason George, who shares his collection of items featuring the Man of Steel — he’s got statues, toys and even a guitar.
If you’d like to share your collection with the world, please email a write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com. We’re always looking for collections large or small, even if it’s just a picture or two … I’ve got a couple of single pictures I’ll group together into one post when I get a few more in. So send’em today!
And now here’s Jason …
- January 29, 2011 @ 12:02 PM by JK Parkin
Saturday Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, our weekly look at someone’s shelves … and this week you get a second dose, as we move the feature to its new home on Saturday! Today’s collection comes from newlyweds Scott and Jessica Greenfield, who share their really awesome Hobby Room/Nerd Shrine of action figures, graphic novels, posters and more.
If you’d like to share your collection with the world, please email a write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com.
- January 22, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK Parkin
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, our look inside the home of a fan. Today’s collection comes from Stephen Hallam.
I’m out this week, and it would be awesome to come back to an in-box filled with Shelf Porn. So please email me your collection at jkparkin@yahoo.com.
And now here’s Stephen …
- January 19, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
MattyCollector.com also experiencing pain-enducing levels of traffic this morning
Comic-Con International aren’t the only ones having trouble selling things on the internet. Mattel’s action figure collector’s site MattyCollector.com released several new items today, including a Masters of the Universe figure, Superman and General Zod figures, and (the reason I was checking the site) a new Darkseid/Kalibak two-pack for their long-running Justice League Unlimited line.
Everything went on sale at 9 a.m. Pacific, which is when I hit the site and got this:
I did get in about eight minutes later, selected my item, went to checkout, and then started getting the “traffic management” page again before I could complete my transaction. Dang it. Around 9:17 a.m. I got back in, and it remembered where I was in the checkout process (which was nice … I figured I’d be starting from scratch). A few seconds later, my order was complete. Trying to go back to the home page, however, brought the holding page back up.
I guess today is good practice for next February, when the hotel process for San Diego kicks off.
(Update: And of course, after I post, the site doesn’t appear to be having any issues … and it doesn’t look like anything is sold out yet, so head over there quickly before it does).
- December 15, 2010 @ 09:30 AM by JK Parkin
When action figures go bad…
Troops of Doom is a photo-comic featuring creator Kraig Furtado’s action figures. He has a bunch of them, and he has no problem mixing and matching figures from different universes. (He actually lists the names of the figures used in each comic in the archive.) Now he is coming up on the 300th strip, and that means an anniversary celebration that will include several “Become a Troop of Doom” contests, in which lucky readers can have a figure named after them and be incorporated into the comic. Considering how much of the time the figures spend taunting one another, it’s a dubious honor, but this is as good a time as any to go check it out. The comics are basically stand-alone gags (although sometimes Furtado riffs on a theme for a couple of days), so you can dip in anytime.
- December 13, 2010 @ 12:00 PM by Brigid Alverson
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
Welcome to Shelf Porn, our weekly peep into somebody’s comic collection. This week Shawn Borbandy shares a huge number of pictures of his collection of comics, toys, statues and more. Also, I’m trying out a different layout for Shelf Porn this week, so let me know what you think.
If you’d like to share your collection, hit me up! Email pictures and a write-up to jkparkin@yahoo.com. Also, if you’re decorating for the holidays and using any sort of comic book theme on your tree or around the house, we want to see those, too! So take some photos of your ornaments and send them to me as well.
And now let’s hear from Shawn …
- December 8, 2010 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
Food or Comics? | This week’s comics on a budget
Action Comics Annual #13
Welcome to another installment of “Food or Comics?” Every week we set certain hypothetical spending limits on ourselves and go through the agony of trying to determine what comics come home and which ones stay on the shelves. So join us as we run down what comics we’d buy if they only had $15 and $30 to spend, as well as what we’d get if we had some “mad money” to splurge with.
Check out Diamond’s release list for this week if you’d like to play along in our comments section.
Graeme McMillan
If I had $15, I’d spend the first $2.99 on the last King City, which definitely appears on this week’s list. Yay! Then I’d split the remaining $13 between two DC Comics: Paul Cornell’s Action Comics Annual #13 ($4.99), in which a young Lex Luthor meets Darkseid (Editor Wil Moss promised me on Twitter the other week that this will fulfill my sick, sick desire for more comics like Jack Kirby’s Super Powers toy tie-ins from the 1980s, so I’m entirely sold) and Vertigo Resurrected: Winter’s Edge #1 ($7.99), a collection of long out-of-print seasonal tales starring Vertigo favorites and forgotten ghost characters from Christmas Past. Be warned: I’m a sucker for Holiday comics, so expect to see me picking those a lot in the next few weeks. It’s the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, after all.
- November 30, 2010 @ 03:00 PM by JK Parkin
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
It’s always nice to check back on previous Shelf Porn, to see how it’s been doing since we last saw it.
This week we have a return performance by artist, blogger and graphic designer Dan Bru, who shared his collection with us back in January. It was well received, even bringing tears from one person in the comments section who gave it an A+.
This time around Dan shares “all the new swag I’ve acquired since then – my crown jewel being the old-school spinner rack with ‘DC Depot’ lighted globe on top and decked out with 1977-78 Marvel & DC comics (the years I first got into comics).”
Dan is now doing his own art full time, selling it through his site as well as various stores and galleries. Be sure to click over to his site to see some really cool T-shirts and other items you can buy, as his art is very cool.
If you’d like to share your own Shelf Porn, drop me a line at jkparkin@yahoo.com. And now, onto the pics …
- September 8, 2010 @ 02:12 PM by JK Parkin
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Send Us Your Shelf Porn, the column that allows you to show off your shelves. Today’s Shelf Porn comes from Jeff Lemire, who you might know from such comics as Sweet Tooth, the Essex County Trilogy, Superboy and Atom, among others.
If you’d like to share your Shelf Porn with the world — or at least our viewing audience — send your write-up and pictures to jkparkin@yahoo.com.
And now here’s Jeff …
- September 1, 2010 @ 02:30 PM by JK Parkin
Send Us Your Shelf Porn!
Welcome once again to Send Us Your Shelf Porn!, the feature where you send us pictures of your collection to share with comic fans everywhere. Today’s shelves are part two of a collection we shared last week, Stephen Yarish‘s Hulk collection.
Which leads me to my next point — we need more Shelf Porn! After this one, I only have one more, so please send me your write-up and pictures at jkparkin@yahoo.com if you’re interested in sharing your shelves with our readers.
Now let’s see the rest of Steve’s shelves …
- August 25, 2010 @ 03:00 PM by JK Parkin