Loyal Subjects BST AXN IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

At first I was not impressed with Loyal Subjects BST AXN action figures, I thought they were just cheaper renditions of what has already been done by older, and more experienced companies. I did not find their previous molds of the Ninja Turtles very appealing, or the re-releasing of those bland basic molds over, and over multiple times in various different repaints. My interest was peaked when I started seeing the pictures of these brand new molds used for this series based of the current IDW comic book which even Playmates or NECA hasn't attempted yet.

Each brother is completely unique with their own body type, there is no shared parts whatsoever. Every turtle comes with their signature weapons in addition to an alternative set of weapons, three pairs of hands, and two heads to choose from. In the package you also get a BST AXN logo sticker, and a very cool trading card which I very much appreciate and love.

 

Loyal Subject has really upped their game with these figures, two thumbs up and five stars all the way. The sculpting, articulation, paint, and shear number of accessories all for $22 found at local retail is a phenomenal product, and are must haves for Ninja Turtles fans. I can not wait to get a hold of IDW Shredder for my turtles boys to face off against, keep it up Loyal Subjects. 

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Can't believe it's been six years since I sat down and made a Gundam model kit, that doesn't mean I stopped buying them when I saw one I liked, cause I still have nine more to build. To get back in to the groove of building once again I choose the mass-production cannon fodder from Gundam Wing. Took about six hours, and needed very little detailing, now on to Gundam Bael from Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Star Trek: Las Vegas 2023 -57 Year Mission-

 
You think being a life long Trekkie I would of gone to a Star Trek convention by now, but nope, yesterday was my very first. Star Trek: Las Vegas has been held at The Rio Casino, put on by Creation Entertainment for the last 22 years straight. Each convention is subtitled celebrating the years since Star Trek's creation, this year celebrates 57 years of the never ending fandom.

 

A wild, but very friendly Mugato was running around the convention halls.

Finally add Star Trek to my Monopoly collection.

Picked up two more Playmates figures I was missing.

Got these two great shirts, sadly they were sold out of TOS and Next Gen.

Had to pick up these awesome Destination: Star Trek prints. Was bummed there's not a Next Gen series one with the Enterprise-D, hopefully next year there's a Strange New Worlds one.

Beautiful models of Enterprise-G and D by Factory Entertainment.

Sat in on a live recording of one my favorite Star Trek podcast Mission Log.

 

Had the great honor to meet, and get autographs from six fantastic actors. Thank you so much to Gary Graham, Conner Trinneer, Garret Wang, Jeffrey Combs, Marina Sirtis, and especially a huge amount of gratitude to Anson Mount who came and sat in the vendor room for an extra round of signatures after doing a panel when he wasn't scheduled to that day. 

 

 

The absolute highlight of the day, and so glad he was there the one day I could go this week, was getting a photo with William Shatner, watching and hearing him talk on stage, and ending the day getting his autograph.

Had a fun Trekkie nerdy fanboy day, can't wait to go again next year, definitely gonna start going every year from now on.

Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con 2023

The main artist attraction this year was Kevin Eastman, so you know I bought the Ninja Turtles VIP package to get guaranteed direct access to his signings and his exclusive goodie bag.   

 

Got seven signatures, obviously had to get'em on his latest creations of Last Ronin and The Lost Years. Pretty awesomely that 25th Anniversary Hardcover was in the VIP exclusive gift bag, so fricking cool. Miraculously found that TMNT #4 2nd Printing cover the day before for a great price.

Was such an honor to meet the legendary Larry Hama, creator of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and all the heroes and villains as we know them today. Along with signatures on various comics he did, and my Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow Pops, also got a commission sketch of Cobra Commander. The table next to him was 80's Marvel comic writer Steven Grant, so got both their signatures on a collection of Punisher: Suicide Run he was selling on the table, and later went back to him when I found a Punisher #1.

 

Actually didn't buy too many comics or even any toys at this convention, other then that New 52 Deathstroke Funko Pop, all my money went to signatures, sketches, and art prints. Some very cool #1s, and some variants covers, did manage to check off twenty-four Ultimate X-Men issues off my need list. Specifically got that Cable textless variant cover by Tyler Kirkham at the convention to get signed by him. 

Extraordinary comic artist Adam Kubert was added to the guest list just a couple weeks before the convention, and I knew I wouldn't be leaving that weekend without a commissioned sketch from him. When I went to go pick up the sketch the next day Logan was only in pencil, that is when he added the black ink and red paint, was phenomenal to see it finished by his hand right in front of me. 

Another amazing highlight was meeting Charles Martinet, the voice of Super Mario in video games since 1994. Instead of getting his signature for myself, I took this opportunity to make a unique one-of-a kind birthday present for a very special little boy who's birthday it was that very day, and got him personalized birthday wishes on a art print.

One of the artist I brought a stack of comics to get signed by was long-time Marvel artist Mark Bagley, another legend I had to have a commissioned sketch from. Cable was pre-sketched on the canvas cover, not a paid commission, that got my eye as the artist Dietrich Smith was putting it out as I walked by. Cable being my favorite Marvel X-Men character, I had to get it and have it signed by him, and talked to him for a bit about how he was an apprentice of Rob Liefield at the early days of Image Comics.

More art prints to find wall space in my house for. Deadpool from Myrat Michaels, Snake Eyes from Larry Hama, Ninja Turtles from Kevin Eastman. Spider-Man from Mark Bagley, Green Lantern from Jim Starlin, and Weapon X from Adam Kubert.