"We are not horses. We are humans." – Seong Gi-hun (Player 456) 🦑
Examining human nature, Squid Game took the world by storm in 2021 with its thrilling story of players competing in typical South Korean children's games for a chance to win ₩45.6 billion. Four years after winning, Seong Gi-hun once again gets himself into this deadly competition, determined to end the games once and for all. Now, Sideshow and Hot Toys have brought Player 456 to life with this masterfully crafted Seong Gi-hun Sixth Scale Figure!
This highly accurate collectible is based on the appearance of Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game 2, featuring a newly developed head sculpt with separate rolling eyeballs, as well as a newly designed body that is fitted with a faithfully tailored tracksuit with No. 456 embroidery and cross sign badge details. Also included are a series of accessories such as: a USB-powered voting machine, a Piggybank, a mask accessory with square symbol, a six-legged pentathlon game set consisting of a pair of ankle cuffs, a pair of Ddakji, a pair of Biseokchigi, a set of Gonggi stones, a shuttlecock, and a spinning top, plus a special figure base designed to replicate the iconic staircase setting!
The team at exo-6 has unveiled a surprising new release, a fixed-position statue of Captain Angel from #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Season 1's "The Serene Squall"
Whoa, this is awesome! I'd like to have one.. Their scaled down sixth scale costume looks perfect!
I actually don't mind that they have a fixed pose because it's a good one!
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Anthony is helping Michael with the Young Sweethearts' new kitchen because Kenneth is a Pride organizer and emcee, so he doesn't have a lot of free time right now.
A full "fancy" kitchen had been in the back of my mind since at least 2013, but every time I priced one, I decided it wasn't a priority. This week, dd's Discounts had a kitchen for only $25, and it just clicked.
Bella's Playworld is one of those fake brands. The set is made by Auxo International, which makes white-label toys for many retailers. Bella herself is has a light-weight plastic body. Her head is a great color match for my AliExpress pregnant body, but I'm not in the mood to add a new doll to the community, so all that's in the Body Farm for the nonce.
Let's put full detail on the kitchen after the jump, since there's a lot.
The refrigerator has an ice maker in a plausible spot! Obvs, I removed that askew sticker immediately. I'm considering whether I have the dexterity to mask off the ice maker and spray paint it silver.
All of the interior art is printed directly onto cardboard backings. I discovered later that if the cardboard is bent ever so slightly, it can be slid out of its slots. This opens the possibility of replacing it with plain white cardboard... or printing something I like better.
The trays slide out only if the cardboard backing is removed, and they are not adjustable.
The dishwasher unit demonstrates the classic problem with these kitchen sets: while the overall height is on-scale, the counter tops end up much lower than they should be. I have decided to roll with this. If it bugs me in the long run, I can take some cardboard scraps and put a 2" base under everything.
That "Microwaves" text is molded on, and I'm going to hide it somehow.
Accessories that come with this are pretty cute, including the pink toaster. We also have to respect the cook's daring in cooking a whole turkey in the microwave. Every microwave cookbook of the early 1980s touted this, and it was a terrible idea.
While i like the microwave control sticker, the dishwasher one was on crooked and shows a different time than the oven sticker, so I've removed it. There is an appointment with a bottle of Goo Gone in my future.
The stove top is pleasingly detailed. Those clear "burners" light up red when one of the pink buttons is pushed. Eventually, I will put a gas-burner style thingie over them so that pots are more stable. I also quickly removed the control sticker because it's annoying; I will replace it with one I like better.
Weird perspective on the cupboard and oven back images make the case for replacing them.
The double sink figures in why I like this set so much. That off-scale sticker has to go, of course -- it's soaking at this very moment. It's easy to get the utensil rack off the wall, which will simplify installing a backsplash. Those utensils are positively getting painted!
The accessories loaded into the china cabinet aren't bad at all. I'm definitely replacing the china cabinet background, as I want to display dishes in the cabinet that has "glass" doors.
This kitchen has to be a double corridor (two units facing two units) rather than the single-wall kitchen I had before. So the shelving I created for the old kitchen will get reconfigured to work in the living room.
Overall, I'm really pleased with this kitchen! It has a lot of storage space for accessories (which the old Dollar Tree kitchen lacked), a double sink, and all the modern amenities. The work needed to get it exactly as I want it is pretty easy and fun.
King Aragorn and Coronation Arwen are amongst the current 1:6 scale statues Weta Workshop has released for the 20th film anniversary of ‘Return of the King’ (26th of December). 🍺
