Recently in an effort to capitalise on the rise in popularity of geek mystery boxes like Loot Crate and Nerd Block, Marvel decided to launch their own version; Marvel Collector Corps. Unlike other boxes Marvel have been able to secure a deal with Funko and their ever popular figures which means that each box will have an exclusive figure in every box along with a load of other exclusive items. This all adds up to a value of $50 for every box and only costing the users $25. This cost however doesn't account for international shipping which means the cost benefit for international users is a bit lower. So with this in mind and the fact that I was already spending on Loot Crate left me a bit dubious when it was originally announced pre-age of ultron. But after seeing ...
So after a 2 month (almost 3 month) hiatus while I rushed to create my Hulkbuster for London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) I'm back! So what better to start back with than a post about LFCC and how I got on with my grand ambition of creating a Hulkbuster. Making the Hulkbuster Originally I planned to start making the Hulkbuster from January until July which would give me just enough time to make it perfect. That did not happen... I started in May and just about finished to a standard that I was happy to take out into the world. Made primarily from cardboard and foam matts the finished cosplay was a massive 8 feet tall. As I'm not some sort of giant this means I was on stilts for this cosplay. Knowing from the start that I wanted ...
So I've decided to launch my own cosplay Facebook page. This is something I've been putting off for a few months out of pure laziness but I finally decided to do so I could have somewhere to log my progress weekly as I attempt my most ridiculous daring project yet. As I hinted in earlier posts I have always had a life long ambition to create a giant robot and last year while discussing with friends what I could cosplay to this year's LFCC I played with the idea of doing Blastoise. Luckily I talked myself out of that and instead decided to do the far more achievable Hulkbuster... For those of you wondering what a Hulkbuster is it's the Iron Man armour made primarily to take on the Hulk and will be featuring in the upcoming Age of Ultron ...