Legends of Chima Week - Scorm's Scorpion Stinger

There are two Lego themes that, for some reason, are very appealing to me (as an adult, and my 12-year old self) - Ninjago and Chima. This week I'll try and post pictures of the Chima sets that I have purchased recently from the spring 2014 assortment. This one is Scorm's Scorpion Stinger. I am not going to go into a huge review, but in general, this is a really nice set. Scorm is a sharp, new minifig with his helmet and "scorpion tail" as the highlights. The model is a lot larger than I thought it would be and it was a fun build (with some ingenious action features with the claws). I am a sucker for most animal themed vehicles (as you'll see with Rogon's Rock Flinger) and I highly recommend this set.

Scorm

 

Cragger

Laval

1994 Iron Man Called

Iron Man #300 (Jan 1994)

Bowen Designs' Modular Iron Man is a statue that I have been wanting for a very long time. I finally treated myself. There is something about this design from 1994 that I thought had a simple elegance - with the red pants, shoulder pads, and gauntlets. Iron Man has donned a lot of suits of armor over the years, and I thought this was a really nice update when it first debuted. Maybe it's just nostalgia, since this design is twenty years old now.

I switched back to an actual camera, so hopefully the pictures look a bit better this time and going forward.

A Winter Soldier's Tale...

So, I wasn't going to ever buy another non-Iron Man Marvel Legends figure, but I thought it would be nice to have a Marvel Now version of Captain America...

This led to picking up a Steve Rogers from Captain America: The Winter Soldier... then a Winter Soldier... then a Baron Zemo... Since I had three of the "build a figure" pieces for the SHIELD Mandroid, why not finish it up? Finding a Black Widow with the torso piece is currently impossible (who has the time to hunt), so I found a nice seller on eBay who had the torso for cheap. With the Red Skull and his Cosmic Cube, I finished the set. So much for not getting any more Marvel Legends.

I was also lucky enough to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier last night, while on vacation. What a great movie. Really great. It was the best G.I. Joe movie I ever saw.

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I am still trying to master my mobile phone camera (I WILL figure out how to focus eventually).
 

From the comics - Red Skull, Baron Zemo, Captain America

From the movie - The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers

SHIELD Mandroid

BOOM goes the DC Bombshells!

So, it has been three years since I have posted here... how time flies. At least I have a lot to post about now. I am going to try and start posting more often (promise to self). I am going to focus on just posting pictures of recently acquired "geek-merch" with a few additional comments - Legos, actions figures, statues, books, etc.

For my first entry back, a guilty pleasure of mine, DC Comics Bombshell statues. Pin-up girls plus DC heroines are a can't miss. I love the art style and plan on picking up a couple of more later this year. Here are the three that I have so far.
 

Wonder Woman

Batgirl

Supergirl