Andres Rivera's World

Very Hot Toys HALO Paratrooper

2010-09-27T22:11:00.001-04:00

I was waiting for this figure for a long time!!! due money issues I had to wait after my birthday to get it and finally after waiting for a few months, here it is!!!

I really took my time to set it up but the detail is amazing and I can't be more happy with the parachute!!!

This is the box and the parachute bag

More detailed pic

Everything is bagged and tagged

Maps and newspaper to pass the time

I already had the figure so I didn't spend on it.

Bullet proof vest.

It has the space to put the metal plates like the Hot Toys figures, but they didn't come in the box (I don't think they make them)

Something new, it comes with the hands and that's great because i don't have to buy bendable hands to fit the regular gloves that come with the figures.

Vest pockets

Very nice way to hold them, I love this design

They fit fairly nice

Parachute

Back pack

Pistol holder for the chest

Final setup

Latest setup with the parachute on

BBI Elite Force US Marine Corps Sniper "Snake"

2010-03-23T03:17:00.003-04:00

This is one of the most complicated figures to dress. It comes with the strips add to his uniform and it took me about 5 hours to finally finish adding the strips.

Enjoy!!!

It includes a good amount of strips for you to play with

It also includes the black twister to put it on.

The hat is done!!!

Now the body

All Finished!!!

Dragon US Army 10th Mountain Division "Ryan"

2010-03-23T02:52:00.001-04:00

I always wanted this action figure but I couldn't find it anywhere for months and months. Finally i found it on craigslist and i got it at a great price (20 USD) because i bought another 2 figures from the same guy.

Enjoy!!!

Hot Toys US Army Airborne Rangers Second Batallion 75th Regiment

2010-03-23T00:28:00.000-04:00

I kept looking for this figure and finally i found it on ebay at a really good price. This figure is from 2003 or 2004 and i must say I am a little disappointed because this figure is very fragile. The goggles didn't fit the helmet and i had to use the ones from other figure in order to fit it.

Also the instruccions are not very clear and i kept trying multiple configurations until i think i got the right one.

Overall is a nice figure but very fragile, but at the end it looks great in my collection.

Enjoy.

The box is Huge and it comes with multiple accessories.

The vest comes with the plates like the ones in real life.

This is a pic I took with the backpack instead of the parachute.

Labbits update

2009-12-20T21:04:00.001-05:00

Well, I got a few new Labbits for the collection (See previous post Here). I check form time to time to see if there are new series but nothing so far, but one day I found the Christmas version and I couldn't resist.

The other ones are the " Pride" Labbits, so you know what they mean right? if not, just look at the raibow!!!

Enjoy

And here's the updated look at the collection!!!!

1/6 Hot Toys US NAVY SEAL Water Edge Operation - MK43 MOD0 Gunner

2009-12-03T20:07:00.002-05:00

This was my first figure I got and the one who hooked me up to start collecting 1/6 figures.

Wow!!

1/6 Hot Toys British Army- Blues and Royals regiment in Afganistan -Tank Commander

2009-12-03T20:01:00.001-05:00

This was the second figure I got and I wasn't sure at the beginning, but after I got it, I can't complain, the details are amazing!!!

1/6 Hot Toys SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault Commander SPECTER (129 of 1200)

2009-12-03T19:46:00.001-05:00

Limited edition from the Playstation Sony game SOCOM. Just 1200 made and this is number 129.

Dead or Alive Kasumi PVC black version

2009-12-03T19:19:00.000-05:00

I have nothing to say, just..........beautiful

Enjoy!!!

Vintage Buck Rogers and the Black Hole collections

2009-12-03T18:57:00.000-05:00

These figures are from the 1970's I used to have them but again, some broke, some I sold, some I don't know where they are, but I decided to go back and collect them again and here they are, the complete collection of the Buck Rogers and I'm just missing 2 figures from the Black Hole collection ( the two figures are the humanoid only released in Italy and goes for 12,000 and the Star figure that is the same as the shooter robot but just in black, never released in the US.

Enjoy!!!

Please Teacher Kazami Mizuho 1/6

2009-12-03T18:15:00.002-05:00

This figure I found it cheap on Ebay so i decided to purchase it. very nice detail and looks nice with the sexy bikini.

1/6 Very Hot US Navy Seal CQB Close Quarters Battle

2009-11-20T19:19:00.003-05:00

Very Hot toys makes a great mixture of accesories for 1/6 figures. Figures are not sold with this so you have to buy them separately. in this case, i bought the figure with the same ebay seller.

What i love about this figure it the badass effect and the accesories that come with it.

Enjoy!!!

1/6 Hot Toys Navy Seal Mountain Ops Sniper (PCU Version)

2009-11-20T18:41:00.002-05:00

This is the latest of my additons to the military figures.

There are two versions of the Mountain Ops sniper, but I spend hours on the internet trying to figur out wich one I really wanted and the PCU version is the winner.

This figure came dressed and almost done, so it wasn't that big of an issue to set it up, so I hope you like it.

Creators Labo #012: Shunya Yamashita Non-non

2009-11-20T02:36:00.006-05:00

This is the second version from this figure and I waited and waited until finally was released.

This is my favorite figure so far and the detail is amazing!!!

Enjoy!!!

King of Fighter Mai Shiranui

2009-11-20T01:56:00.003-05:00

King of Fighter Mai Shiranui Figure 1/6 Scale.

Sexy, sexy sexy...Enjoy

The art of Shunya Yamashita Mirei San

2009-11-20T01:49:00.000-05:00

This is also from Shunya Yamashita and her name is Mirei San 1/7 scale.
This is one of the sexiest figures I ever seen and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The art of Shunya Yamashita Kanaru (Canal)

2009-11-20T01:44:00.003-05:00

This is my latest addition, from the world of fantasy of Shunya Yamashita. her name is Kanaru or Canal.

Standing 8 1/4" tall and sporting a headgear of goggles and an air processor on her back, Kanaru combines Yamashita's sensualized artwork with a techonological femininity.

1/6 Hot Toys US Army Ranger 75th Regiment with M249 review

2009-11-07T00:31:00.011-05:00

This guy is soooo cool!!! I found it cheap on Ebay and I couldn't resist!!!
The Face is Edward Norton and the eyes are so real it's scary!!!.
Enjoy and as always, click on the pic for a more detail view.

1/6 Hot Toys Navy Seal Halo UDT Jumper (Camo Dry Suit Ver) review

2009-11-07T00:00:00.004-05:00

his is one of the most detailed and coolest figures I've ever seen. Of course it's worth the price and if you can get one, just get it.

It took me a long time to set it up because these figures never come with a manal, so you have to find pictures on the web and looking at the box to see how is this guy dressed.

Anyway, here's my version of how to set up this guy and I hope someone finds this useful if you ever get one.

Enjoy!!!

1/6 Very Hot SWAT 1/6 Action Figure review

2009-11-06T22:38:00.003-05:00

I bought this figure from Ebay. it comes from China and in case you are interested I can give you the name of the seller.

VeryHot toys just make the accessories and it doesn't come with the figure, so you can buy one separately or if you already have one you want to give it a makeover this is your opportunity.

As always, click on the pic to enlarge.

I ordered the figure with the main package and here's how I set it up. enjoy!!!

The Guys who take care of the Girls!!!

2009-10-18T20:29:00.005-04:00

This is my newest collection. I was never a fan of the 12 inches action figures because i thought they were very bulky and not detailed enough until i found a website where i could see the detailed pictures of some of the Star Wars figures they had. Of course, these are not the figures you buy in Toys r Us or any toy store. in fact the box says these are for collectors 15 and up and of course they are not cheap at all. I decided to buy one and then they came out with the GI Joe line and again, the rest is history.

One day i finally decided to try the military figures, the brand I bought is Hot Toys, they are a Chinesse company and with limited distribution, but the detail of the figures is amazing!!!

I'm collecting 3 brands, Military, StarWars and GI Joe.

So here they are. Enjoy!!!

Top shelf.- Military figures from Hot Toys and Very Hot. Form left to right Very Hot Navy Seal Close Quarters Battle, Hot Toys SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault Commander SPECTER (129 of 1200), Hot Toys US NAVY SEAL Water Edge Operation - MK43 MOD0 Gunner, and Very Hot SWAT.

Second shelf.- Hot Toys Navy Seal Mountain Ops Sniper (PCU Version), Hot Toys BRITISH ARMY-BLUES AND ROYALS REGIMENT IN AFGHANISTAN-TANK COMMANDER, US ARMY RANGER 75th REGIMENT with M249 and Hot Toys Navy Seal Halo UDT Jumper (Camo Dry Suit Version).

Sideshow Collectibles GI Joe Cobra Soldier, Cobra Commander, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow

SideShow Collectibles Star Wars StormTrooper, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker in StormTrooper Disguise, Han Solo in StrormTrooper Disguise (San Diego Comic Con 2009 Exclusives) and Sideshow collectibles Sandtrooper.

Hello Halo!!!

2009-10-11T01:31:00.012-04:00

I don't have an Xbox (weird right? but for some reason I never liked it and i stayed with the Playstation) and I have never played Halo, but the action figures are soo cool i had to have them.
They have multiple models (OSDT, EVA, ODT, etc) but what is cool about them is they come in different colors and some are just available from certain resellers, so for example the metal color is an Gamestop exclusive, the gold is a FYE exclusive and so on, and also they are made in small quantities (around 1500 for the hard to find colors like pink). so it gets very tough to get them all.

I finally managed to get all of the colors so here are the pics.

YO JOE!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-11T00:50:00.007-04:00

Ok, after i started with the few Star Wars figures just for the memories, Hasbro decided to release the 25th anniversary figures of GI Joe and because they were part of my collection when I was a kid, I decided to buy just a few again, just for the memories. I bought like 5 and then another one and then another until i got to the point i had to have them all.

These were before the movie and based on the original series. I'm not collecting the ones from the movie (I know, I know, that's what I said before and still did it but so far so good I just bought a few and that's it) but I have all of the 25th anniversary and modern era figures.

I just re-organized my office and i put them back (they were all in a box for quite some time) so here's part of my collections of GI Joes. you have seen the vehicles in other pictures so I'm not going to write about them, but in these pictures you will see only some of them, I have around 130 more figures still in the box and I just put my favorite ones.

Total number of Joes = 230

Average cost per figure = 7.00

People reading this and thinking how crazy I am = Priceless

Besides, buying and selling action figures can give you a lot of profit. I just sold 2 GI Joe figures on Ebay for 90.00!!! wanna see? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190339634679&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT

Instead of putting all the pictures, I used Windows Live Photo gallery to create a panoramic view with all of them, so click in the pic to see the details.

Stormtroopers and more

2009-10-10T01:21:00.017-04:00

This is my Star Wars collection. When I was a kid, I used to collect every Star Wars figure that came out, but i sold all of them (around 100) for a few dollars (well, Mexican Pesos) long time ago.

When I started to collect again i just focused on Stormtroopers and pilots so I try to have one of each. I have some Jedis and Siths in my collection, but I'm going to sell them when i have the time to put them on Ebay.

So here's my Star Wars collection.

Click on the image to display the full size picture.

This is separated in four sections and the symbols on the bottom is my name in Star Wars font.

Forest Display

Snow Display

Rebel Pilots

Regular Stormtroopers

Empire Pilots

Sith Lords and Jedis

The rest of the troops

On the bottom Boba and Jango Fett cousins and relatives

The Girls!!!

2009-10-09T23:59:00.013-04:00

Ok, I'm a man and when i saw these figures i was astonished of the detail these guys put into the creation of the figures. these are known as Anime/Manga and are created mostly by Japanese artists.

I decided to bring home a few girls with me and here they are for you to enjoy.
Introducing...........The Girls.

You can check my other posts with the detailed pictures of each.
Click on the pic to enlarge

Mighty what?

2009-10-09T20:15:00.000-04:00

The next part of my collection is about a curious figure call Mighty Muggs. these were made by hasbro and it looks like they weren't the biggest hit due the fact they stopped the production and now are only available online.

They started with the Star Wars line that includes 42 figures plus 3 exclusives only available online and in the SDCC (San Diego Comic Con convention).

Then they added the Marvel, GI Joe, Indiana Jones and Transformers series. I have all of them except for the last wave of the Marvel series but I'm not in a rush....yet.

I usually open all my figures, but these guys look good even in a box so i will leave them there.

This is a stock Photo

And this is my collection

My DVD collection

2009-10-09T19:21:00.001-04:00

Well, this is a bit of a story just to show a few DVD's but I'd like to share it with anyone who wants to read it.

The year is 1996 in Mexico city, I just got my first really well paid job and I went with my mother and my sister to Sears just to look around on a saturday afternoon and of course, I had to got to the electronics department. In there I saw a home theather with a big TV screen and playing Yanni Live at the Acropolis (It was 1996 so remember no plasma TV's or things you can get now) really loud and of course, I bought that day my first TV, DVD player, Surround sound system and a nice pier 1 chair to watch TV.

After that I started to collect DVD's and CD's and I got a fair collection of both (around 150 DVD's and 250 CD's at the time). One day a few years later, I got a call from my now ex-wife telling me someone broke into the apartment and took a bunch of stuff. When I got there, they took all my DVD's and CD's plus money and jewelry.

I got really sad about loosing my collection and i decided not to buy anymore CD's or DVD's ever and even the home theater room equipped with leather chairs, movie posters and a really nice system i spend so much time and money to setup, didn't do the trick for me to really enjoy collecting again.

Time passed and one day when i got back from work I found a little box wrapped with a bow and a card with the word " Cheer up". I opened the box and inside was the DVD that made me start collecting again and the reason for the pictures below.

Last count was 546 DVD's but i haven't updated the list in a few months so i'd say i have around 650 now without including the Blu-ray ones I buy when I really love a movie.

I'd say 60% of the movies i have are still sealed, if I like a movie I just buy it and store it, usually I see it again from Netflix or from Tivo.

Click on the images for a detail view.

And just for the people who is still wondering what is the title of the DVD that started all again...Yanni Live at the Acropolis

Finders Keepers!!!!

2009-10-09T18:45:00.005-04:00

Well, these guys are really cute!!! they are the work of Joe Ledbetter and sold by Kidrobot (same as the Labbits). There's only one series with 14 figures and two chase. i just realized i have 13 and i'm missing 3 only, so i'm going to start looking for them.

In the meantime here they are.

They reproduce like LABBITS!!!

2009-10-09T17:26:00.002-04:00

Ok, this is the first of my collections. these are called " Labbits" and they love to smoke. These are the work of Frank Kozik and they come in a blind box. What is a blind box? well, it means you don't know what figure you have until you open the box and to make matters worse, there are a few "chase" Labbits that are very special and very hard to find, so you can imagine how many boxes i had to buy in order to get them all, good thing is there's a lot of people collecting these thing and you can always get rid of the ones you don't want o Ebay.

This is the basic one color Labbit

Click on the images to see it full size

In the box

The whole box

And this is the whole family!!!

As you can see, i get paranoid and i want them all, so it took me some time to get the 3 series that have been released so far and a few 5 packs after.