Neca 22" Alien review and collection update

Well guys...good and bad news. I got quite a good deal on the 22" Alien figure by Neca - read lots of good aspects in terms of movie accuracy and the sculpt. So I thought why not give it a shot. But see for yourself how this odyssey turned out for me:

So the whole joint / ankle quality problem was quite a let down, especially regarding the superb sculpt and size of the figure. Non the less a must have!

Hot Toys Classics - Terminator 2 T-800

My first Hot Toys figure and still an awesome piece of 1/6 art. The Terminator 2 T-800. I was checking out Terminator 2 on Blu-ray out a that time and stumbled upon some Hot Toys prototype pictures on google image search - it was unbelievable. And it shortly after got soaked into collecting Hot Toys.

Still to this day this is the best 1/6 scale incarnation of the Terminator 2 Arnie. Discussions arised in the past weeks because of Enterbays 1/4 T2 scale figure - but if you ask me the Hot Toys one still is a very good match.

Macro videography Part 2

Here's another example of super macro videography of some older Palisades collectibles (Alien an Predator lines). So please enjoy!

Macro lens testing on movie collectibles

Hi guy, I hope you had a good start in 2012 and wish you all the best right away. Not so much going on at the moment. Lots of delays on collectibles!

Today the Hot Toys Mark I 2.0 was in depth announced - coming a long very nicely. Just wanted to share something new - I bough a universal macro lens of Raynox (DCR-250) for my Panasonic HDC-SD90. Decided to do some test shoots - maybe I will use this way of filming a bit more in the future.


It's unbelievable what you get out of the detail with this macro lens. The camera was standing about 4 inches away from the collectibles, then you turn on the telemacro zoom and enjoy the world of macro photography!

 

Detolf and Dioder LED strips

Just got my first christmas present this year - another detolf to put the collection in. And the best - my girlfriend got it for me. Didn't expect that! *cheers*

In addition I got the Dioder LED stripes and mounted them in the glass cabinet. I had no lightning in the first detolf, so I was curious if this product for about 40 USD will be worth aynthing.

You get 4 LED stripes that you can put on each level of the detolf. The three on each level you have to fit under the glass shelves and tilt them downwards a bit. 

The fourth you put on the ceiling diagonally. The cable management can be a bit of a pain but with some scotch tape you can fit them along the metal rods. 

The four cables plugin to the power converter outside of the detolf, where you fit the converter with some more tape on the upper or backside. In the best case you have something on your cabinet that hides the little converter. In my case I got the huge and heavy Queen facehugger by Sideshow collectibles.

Then you run the rest of the convertable to your power plug along the outer side.

DONE and it looks awesome.  Even from far away.