Iron, Metal, and Plasticine
Or the alternate title; Like father, like son, like fleshy adopted wannabe dad (who really should have been Ant-Man in this photo but I don’t have any good classic Hank Pym figs)
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(Mini Review!) MrJBrick - Classic Comic Vision
Hey look at that! Somebody’s taken another crack at our lovable emotional android!
While there’s been plenty of MCU “WandaVision” Visions put out into the world by now, and we did have that one time when L1N6 took a big swing and a miss… we’ve never really gotten a good looking fig that I felt cou...
2025-11-25 01:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMrJBrick - Classic Comic Ultron
Here’s a fig that’s been a long time coming! (well not really I’m just constantly behind on new releases)
MrJ Brick sneakily put out an Ultron back in January 2025 with quite possibly zero fanfare surrounding it, and it’s pretty alright! Nothing amazing, but solid none the less!
Ultron himself unfortunately suffers from being (in my opinion) perhaps a little too simple in his comic design. I mean freaky mouth robot head on just… a plain humanoid body? Well ...
2025-11-24 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSmashing Axis since 1939 👊🏻💥
Ya’ll know I had to!
Oh and I also had this dumb idea to use one of the stickers BlackStar included in the clamshell, and "repurposed" it as one of those old lifesize cut-outs!
“Kent! I want a full scoop on this super man, ya hear? No funny business now! I want the facts!”
BlackStar - Fleischer Superman
Look at that! It’s BlackStar’s second ever non-Batman release! And wow do they know how to design figs or what! The receding hairline, the perfect facial designs, that short cape! It’s all really good stuff!
I really don’t have many negatives to give this one. I think if there was a continuation of the belt a full 360° around the torso I’d be happier though! Part of me wishes that at $80 for this fella, we could’ve gotten more print and less packaging materials ...
2025-11-18 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
JakaBrick - MCU Age of Ultron Black Widow
This is a fig I’ve been hunting for a while! Originally listed for preorder back in December 2022, then completed production by February 2023! I had initially passed on it for some reason (porbably because I was focused in on Spiderverse stuff at the time, idk)
But it was only until rather recently when JinCustoms started producing their MCU Hulk figs that had I developed an interest in more mainline MCU heroes. Particularly how for some reason I had managed to skip over basica...
2025-11-15 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJinCustoms - MCU Age of Ultron Hulk
There was a LOT of drama surrounding this fig… or rather, the fig that came before it...
To simplify the story, JinCustoms had “announced” they were making an Avengers MidFig Hulk back in August 2024. It's perfect and beautiful and well designed and looks like this!
Insomniac Spider-Stuff!
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve photographed some video game arachnids! CoreCustoms Spider-Dudes are still some of the best out there!
And naturally I had to zig when you all thought I would zag! Hydro-Man is one of those characters you’d think would belong to DC given how opposite of the Sandman he is! But nah! He makes his fame battling the one and only webhead!
(Mini Review!) JinCustoms - Mysterio Fig Display
Here’s something that’s a little different!
Back in late 2023 / early 2024, Jin was out here making display stands as ad-on’s for their figs. This was one that was paired up with a Far From Home Spider-Man! It’s kinda neat!
It’s a bit left of center and frankly doesn't really warrant a huge review necessarily. But I just wanted to highlight it! Mostly because I’ve been waiti...
2025-11-10 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHeraBrick / BossToys - MidFig Sandman (and variants)
What a unique custom minifigure, if that's the correct way to call it…? Perhaps I should take a step back and say it’s more of a midfig that just so happened to include a custom minifigure? And of course some color variants tailing them?
Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself!
HeraBrick / BossToys (who may or may not be the same person?) did a fabulous job here! It’s just a shame that their main reseller (BabyBrick) has become so difficult to work with r...
2025-11-09 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe ultimate MCU disguise... a baseball cap!
Of course I had to feature some of my other LifeBrick Captain America figs in some way! But uh... after this week’s HUGE 4x review that included over fifty images and took over three weeks to shoot, edit, and write... well I was quite thoroughly feeling the burnout from this project!
... 2025-11-06 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLifeBrick - MCU Winter Soldier x2
The Winter Soldier! It’s another LifeBrick fig to add to the collection! Or in this case… two figs? One fig but two design paths? Whatever! Hold your horses! We'll get into it!
The design work on these two is just stellar! Really impressive stuff yet again from LifeBrick! Some seriously impeccable production quality! This is why LB is the best in the bizz!
While I might have griped a bit about Steve Rogers' hair in my last review, there’s something about these...
2025-11-05 01:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLifeBrick - MCU Steve Rogers
It’s not often we custom fig collectors get civilian variants! So this fella is a real treat!
Though it’s not an amazing figure, it’s still pretty dang good! It could have been cursed with over-design like tons of unnecessary wrinkles on the pants and jacket, but we dodged a bullet! But uh, those feet are awfully distracting aren’t they?
Probably the most overly detailed part of the entire fig are those two shoes that have quite literally five layers of ink o...
2025-11-04 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostStealth Suit Cap Comparison (LB vs PCB)
Well, yall knew I had to! Phoenix vs LifeBrick! An age old rivalry! Two giants of the custom community trapped in orbit together forever!
Now right off the bat, I’m gonna preface this by saying that Phoenix’s fig is over four years old by now, and was released well over two years prior to LifeBrick’s. So in a manner of speaking, this isn’t the most fair of comparisons.
The...
2025-11-03 01:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostLifeBrick - MCU Captain America (Stealth Suit)
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve gotten to review an MCU Captain America! And wow! This fig is stellar!
From tip to toe, everything about this fig is just gorgeous! This has some of the most hyper of details that I’ve ever seen on a LifeBrick fig! I mean it’s got legible text and logos all over the arms that are super cool! It’s even got printing over the tops of the shoulders! Like DUDE! Wow! Talk about impressive!
Coming Soon...
I was really bummed when I missed the preorder for the 2023 Winter Soldier Wave of LifeBrick figs! (I’m still kicking myself for it!) But I was EXTREMELY lucky to have nabbed these four figs secondhand at a good price over this last year!
For starters, it was $300 for the pair of Captain America’s (or $150 each if you cut it right down the middle), and it’s just about the average price of a LifeBrick fig these days anyway! So I feel very fortunate to have gotten them!
“Aspiring do-gooder, and all around pain in the arse”
I found another part-use for that LifeBrick Animated Jackie Chan fig! For Superman of all people! And it looks really good with AnotherMinifig's torso & legs! 😎
2025-10-29 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Mini Review!) ExcelsiorCustoms / PickleCustoms - Manchester Black
This was an interesting one to try and get a hold of! PickleCustoms chose to sell this fig via Instagram DMs rather than a full on release to resellers. No shame in that, but from what I gather, there weren’t very many made!
There’s no collectors card to confirm any kind of number, but the consensus was limited. Especially given the great price point of $50, I could see these going fast if there was ever a fully broad release.
My speculation is that it has ...
2025-10-28 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGreen v Orange
While I didn't care too much for MrJ's Larfleeze, I still managed to make something good with it. Turns out all I had to do was cover up those blank legs entirely! 😆
2025-10-26 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMrJBrick - Larfleeze
Well it’s that time once again for another MrJ Lantern fig! And well it’s not like, amazing. It’s pretty okay, but nothing stellar.
Larfleeze is a character that relies a bit heavily on his gangly silhouette and weird goat-like limbs, so this was gonna be an uphill battle no matter how you looked at it! But unfortunately in minifig form however... MrJ still could've done better.
His overall minifig design here is extremely unbalanced! I mean come on MrJ, you co...
2025-10-25 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sinestro Corps doesn't stand a chance!
One squirrel against the universe? My money's on the acorn hoarder!
ZKJ.Brick - Duel Eknham & Maash
Hey look at that! Two more Yellow Lanterns?! Crazy! (are you sick of these yet?)
ZKJ has recently dipped their toes into the Green Lantern mythos, and come to us with two bangers! Duel Eknham & Maash! Two instantly recognizable characters if you know your Quardian neighbors like I do! 😅
Eknham was top billed when I ordered these two, so we’ll chat about him first!
MrJBrick - Sinestro Corps Parts Pack
So you guys remember a little while back when I reviewed that Tomar-Re Romat-Ru head two-pack? Well it kinda feels like it might have been intended to go originally go along with this pack… hell, one of them is literally on their collectors card artwork!
MrJBrick - Yellow Lantern Reverse Flash ⚡️
It’s time once again to take another look at a Hades Flash! Did it disappoint me? Well… not as much as as the last few we’ve looked at!
This is a fig that’s been sitting in my desk for almost a year now, and only now am I taking the time to look at some of Hades… no... now hold on… wait a minute…
Based on my records, this fig was solely listed as a… MrJ fig? Despite the ob...
2025-10-20 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostExcelsior Customs - Bd'g The Green Lantern
Well, I’ve gotta start off this review with something that’s not gonna bother everyone, but it bothers me quite significantly… These little rodents can’t stand up on their own because the tail’s are too heavy 😑
But everything else about 'em? Good stuff!
Based on the “Lego DC Super Villians Videogame” design from 2018 (pre official Lego squirrel mold in 2022), B...
2025-10-19 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe current inventory 😮💨
So I mentioned it a while ago, that I inadvertently developed quite a backlog of figs to review during TheBigMove™️ that I had working my way through pretty well. It was a big uphill climb but I was down to a "handful" of projects and figs in my mind. Plus some other stuff that’s been accumulated since then, aaaand a bit from even before it that was just waiting around. Ya know, I was thinking like five or s...
2025-10-14 16:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwo Packages, Over Twenty-Five Figs 😭
Well geez, look what this week brought in! As if I wasn’t already backlogged with enough figs already! (I guess in a way this is a good thing though, right?) This hobby is really funky sometimes!
For a bit of context, most of what you see here was being withheld from me by the reseller BabyBrick. Figs that have been complete from their production for months, if not some getting close to a year or more!
I messaged BabyBrick some time in early September asking about ...
2025-10-10 03:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post“I love… New York!” 🗽
I got this weird knock-off Kingpin recently, and have been wanting to shoot something with him. So… I guess this was as good of a time as any!
He’s a bit weird though… something about that funky egg head…
2025-10-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post(Mini Review!) ChipChipCustoms - Muse
ChipChipCustoms! I’ve been wanting to take a look at these guys for a hot minute now!
Printing custom figs from “Down Undah!”, this new Aussie brand have joined the scene very strong! While this fig isn’t their first release or their most recent, I’ve had this one on standby waiting for Jaka’s Daredevil to eventually arrive! (see yesterday’s post to read all about my woes 🙄)
So now finally here we are!
If I wasn’t so entrenched with thi...
2025-10-08 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post