Disney's Pirates of the Carribean by Zizzle

Disney's Pirates of The Carribean by Zizzle

A line that is currently on hiatus, I hope with the announcement of the new 2011 Pirates of The Carribean 4 movie: "On Stranger Tides" that more 3 3/4" figures will be made for the franchise, I don't mind if Zizzle still gets the license to produce figs, these figures are great considering their scale, I just hope they add in a few more points of articulation.. ball jointed shoulders would do just fine!

I know for their scale this line just screams "unattractive" well I dont mind, but that would be the case if it was 3-4years back.. now, with the (roaring) comeback of 3 3/4" scale lines like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Marvel universe and GI Joes.. this line has become a more interesting rendition of the POTC franchise..



I'm a toy playset/vehicle whore, so naturally, this line was the better option rather than getting the mcfarlanesque Neca POTC line.. and I'm not complaining.. I just love the sculpts and detailing on these small figures.., I know for a fact that its always harder to put detailings on small figures.. so you just gotta admire how Zizzle produced their POTC line..


Will Turner (orlando bloom)

now compare it with neca's Will Turner face sculpts here and here

eek!



Bootstrap Bill, One of the best figures in the line, great detail and great likeness of the character



Elizabeth Swann Empress Captain, probably the best face sculpt for Keira Knightley on this scale, great gold detailings on her outfit too.




Sao Feng's head tattoo, again the attention to detail for such a small figure as well as on his outfit.

(click for hi-res pics)


Crew of the Black Pearl, still missing a decent Ragetti, and Capt. Jack with coat on.. (anyone selling these please send me pm,having a hard time tracking them locally, Thanks!)

Will Turner, Captain Barbossa, Jack the monkey (from IJ monkeyman), Pintel, Marty, Gibbs, generic pirates (comic pack pintel and ragetti), Monkeyman from IJ line can pass as a decent enough pirate-y looking figure..and Capt. Jack Sparrow



The crew of The Flying Dutchman

Maccus, Koleniko, Davy Jones, Hadras (with removable shell head), Clunker, Palifico and Bootsrap Bill Turner




Empress crew

Captain Elizabeth Swann, Sao Feng, Tai Huang and Jack the monkey in Singapore Fishing Village outfit



Father and Son

"A touch of destiny..."-Tia Dalma


The Heart of Davy Jones

"Stab the heart.. Dont stab the heart! Sail the seas for eternity... live Forever, the Immortal Jack Sparrow.. ooh I like that.."-Jack



Gathering of Pirates

"Parley?"-Jack

Yes, yes I love electronic toys.. and this little nifty accessory from the movie is a very welcome addition.. goes great with the Black Pearl's Captains quarters too!


Back to the Brig Jack

"....leverage!"-Jack

"Full Canvas!!!"





TFL!

One Piece Mugiwara (Strawhat) Pirates

Bandai One Piece Catalog Insert

Another anime line that I like very much is One Piece, Its about a group of pirates and their (mis)adventures, its now one of the most popular anime shows in Japan. The manga is also going strong and Luffy the main protagonist has been ranked no.1 three times for Shounen Jump's character popularity polls.

Back in 2002, Smarty toys released a couple of One Piece Merchandise to coincide with Gma7's One Piece airing of the show. Along with these was Bandai's One Piece Action Figures, it was a highly poseable line of 5" action figures with lots of accessories, sadly One piece was not yet known locally, coupled with Smarty's SUPERB pricing scheme, the toys flopped, and the line went on sale, but not after about three years of warming and clogging the pegs..



Anyways, I'm glad I picked up the figs back then, cause right now, these are the only decent One Piece action figures available on the market, Mattel released One Piece action figures also, but of course the sculpt was not up to par to Bandai's versions, and Mattel's action features was such an obstruction for the sculpt of the figures. Sad thing about bandai's line though is the release was only limited to select key characters, (surprise surprise! Every DBZ fan knows that) So long story short I couldn't complete my Mugiwara (strawhat) Pirate Crew. Had to get out of scale static figures of Nami and Robin just to make a decent looking Mugiwara crew...



Fast forward 6years later.. and Bankee releases Bandai's Styling figs, although static and not poseable, I immediately realized that these are the figures I was waiting for, decent enough placeholders for the other Strawhat pirates that I lack in my collection, great scale, and great sculpts to boot!




Action shots for the Strawhat pirates with the highest bounties:

"Black Leg" Sanji 77,000,000 beli bounty



Nico Robin 80,000,000 beli bounty (DF user)



Roronoa Zoro 120,000,000 beli bounty




SantoRyuu (3 Swordstyle)

Monkey D. Luffy 300,000,000 beli bounty (DF user)


Gomu Gomu pistol!!!


In Arabastan Garb with Arabastan Princess Nefertari Vivi (aka Miss Wednesday)



And an extra although not necessarily a Strawhat..

The center of the current manga storyline, Portgas D. Ace, Luffy's Brother and a Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.


Fire Fist Ace



And to cap things up, the 8" Banpresto prize fig that was available before for P599.75 but it went on further sale for as low as P200!





TFL!

Medicom's Astroboy (Tetsuwan Atom) Miracle Action Figure.

I've been looking for these figures for some time now, so was really surprised to find these locally in our ebay.ph site, and the seller is not even Pinoy but a Caucasian foreigner who is not a toy collector..


Miracle Action Figure Astroboy by Medicom

Monotone 1960's Astro (ToysRUs Exclusive), Sleeping 1980's Astro, and 2k Millenium Toy Ed. Clear Astro.

I got two of my previous Medicom Astros outside of the country, The first one I got at Toyzone HK (got raped pricewise on that one..) the second one I got at ebay international, been searching for the other variants eversince but with no success, so I was really glad and surprised to find it locally in our local ebay.ph site, I think it was more of a stroke of luck rather than good and perfect timing, or maybe a combination of both.. and I even got it for a good and fair price if I do say so myself..


All together now with my other Medicom Astro Figs..

The monotone ver. may not appeal to other people, but for manga readers, he looks like he just came to life out of a manga page!

I must admit the monotone astro is now one of my fave Astroboy figs in my collection..

Just two more monotone variants and I'd have wrapped up Medicom's Astroboy Miracle Action Figure Line..


Miracle Action figs feature accurate and superb sculpts as well as super poseability, and to think that these figures are more than 10years old and they are still one of the best Astroboy figures ever made.. also miracle action figs have a few surprises, in this case..

"The Heart of a Robot"

Astro features light up electronics concealed in his chest panels, the monotone astro has a yellow led/heart while all the other astroboy figs has a red led/heart. But overall the clear translucent astro has the best light up effects for obvious reasons!


My Updated Astroboy Collection