Hello There!

What’s going on, guys? I feel like I talk AT people on here a lot, but I rarely speak TO people.

I’m not complaining. I understand that’s part of being a content creator. If I wanted to have an open conversation where people interrupt me to tell me math is fake, I could just go to Twitter.

One of my favorite things about this site is I know a lot of my readers by name, and we’ve become friends in some fashion or another. I won’t name and shame anyone, because who wants the stink of this site associated with their name in a Google search?

Heck, I’ve even known a few of you since we were kids. Like 12 or 13.

Point being, I like this little niche we’ve created for ourselves in the world. If you see me on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, say “hi.” I don’t bite, and hell, obviously I like talking about things I enjoy. I also have a Tumblr account, but I am rarely on there personally.

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the site. What I am trying to accomplish with it, what my goals should be.

I have to accept that I’ll never be the guy that gets the figures first and thus, the reviews out first. I bet even if I got the figures a month before everyone in the world, I’d have a hard time getting content out with any sense of timeliness. My life is chaotic now, and I am trying to work through all of that.

With that being said, I feel like I’ve run out of adjectives for figures. Instead of making that the focus of the page, I think what I may start doing is having conversations about fictional characters I enjoy, whilst simultaneously hitting high and low points on the figure.

I doubt you, as a casual reader, will notice much difference. This is more about me making my mental state ok with the new format.

Because while I may run out of adjectives about action figures, I don’t think, in the remaining time I have left on this earth, that I’ll run out of storylines I like about characters or tiny bits of trivia I enjoy sharing.

So there you have it… action figure reviews through the lens of a lifelong comic and science fiction fan, where the reviewer tells stories like an old man sitting around a campfire.

I’m ok with that. I hope the dozen or so of you are as well.

My main issue is I want to get better at photography, but because of the number of boring shots I take for the reviews (like, as a consumer, I want to see the details on a figure… but those pictures are relentlessly boring and have done a lot to squash my love of the hobby) I only have the energy to do one or two “glamor shots.”

The kind of shots that get attention.

I’m really bad at those. But I am trying to get better. Actively working on action figure photography isn’t as rewarding as one would hope. I spent three hours the other day taking the same pictures with different degrees of light to see the difference in the finished product. Not sure I learned anything, but it’s experience, right?

A lot of my time has gone into customizing McFarlane figures. More on that in an upcoming article, but what I find is it scratches the itch I’ve had since I stopped making Fine Scale Models. So much so that I’ve decided that should I live long enough to retire (I won’t, people in my family don’t really “retire” with any kind of grace), my plans will be to go back to making starship models and playing guitar on my porch.

Regardless, working on a Thor piece and an Armored Batman piece. All of the pics are done on those at least.

How’re you folks holding up? I hope you’re all ok. If you’re bored, feel free to hit me up to discuss nerd stuff. I love all of you folks, and I am so glad you’re sticking around.