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WOW - thanks a lot for your humbling comments JM. This guy over here is a real amateur when it comes to taking videos - so I just wing it most of the time hoping that something will stick. Want to know a secret? The music was to be "Tubular Bells" from the movie the Exorcist but it got switched out at the last minute to his playlist.

@@JayWoods483 Well, I'm glad that you switched it! The Exorcist is my favorite horror film of all time, but it scars the crap outta me! I might not have been able to watch your video!! LOL!!

@@johnmorrissey4106 Oh that movie still gives me chills. And I couldn't hear that music for too much longer - it was driving me insane!

Thanks a lot I really appreciate your comments. Sorry for the difficulty, I am NOT a videographer by any stretch of the imagination (if ya can't tell already). I'm just an average joe trying to capture the basement in the best way I can. Thanks again.

thanks man

HEY JM - The sign company is TJ Customs Creations or tjcc for short. I was thinking of these videos just right before your request so I had a head start. I couldn't order Giant-Man simply because I have so little room for one.

Ahahahaha - I'm a network engineer by profession. it was a bit like building a model kit. Something I haven't done since Regan was President. I didn't hook up the LEDS because to change the batteries means taking down the display - which I would rather not do.

I was "TOLD" that as long as my hobby remains in the Nerd-Cave I am allowed to live in my house.

I was thinking of your request the whole time doing it. The most difficult thing to do was trying to think of something to say without making it sound like I am a complete moron.

thanks - I appreciate it

Finally. A request. I've been waiting a long time for one. I love your idea. A genuine narrated walkthrough is long overdue - do great minds really think alike? You got it! I'm thinking maybe a 10-part series, about 5 minutes for each video on an exclusive diorama? Sounds good? Galactus. Wife. I still get flack from the lovely missus ya know. Might need to get Big G to zap her with some cosmic force soon. Questions (and if you got more - please let me know) 2 JJJ's is actually JJJ & the Chameleon going nose-to-nose. Helmets, masks and heads (even Wolvie's hands/claws) are artifacts the bad guys collected. Like Odin's vault had been breached. Thanks for your request/comments. I really appreciate them. Watch for the next set of videos "upon request" .

@@JayWoods483 You spoil me!!

Ahahaha - glad you enjoyed it - thanks for the comment - I'm a novice to video making so I am waaaay out of league here.

Thanks man I really appreciate it. I get my flight stands from Amazon too. Basically NECA, Tamashii Nations Stage 4 or 5 and some other generic versions from XISTest. The best I've used come from Mafex - there good.

@@JayWoods483 Thanks, I will check those out.

Thanks man, that means a lot to me. I've only been collecting for three years, but within that time I was able to get this created. It kind of helps that the little missus was after me to decorate the basement.😯Well, there is no turning back now

Thanks - it's a lot more difficult getting songs that fit together then I thought. And I am a complete newbee with video taking too.

Ahahaha Thanks for your comments I do appreciate it - yeah, I'm kind of Football and Hockey nut. The "Universe" is quite a pain to clean tho. Fawkin dust and cobwebs drives me insane.

Thanks - I can't take a video worth a damn but I am trying!

Oh why can't ML make a Rick Jones? That would be a very sweet addition. It is Jack "The King" Kirby at Galactus' feet. I got one from Neca. Me? Well, at this age I look more like Stan these days then Jack. Ahahahaha. One other thing about your previous comment - it is a really good feeling to know that someone else "gets it". Now, if I can just convince the wife.....

WOW! What can I say but thanks a lot for your very appreciated comments. Knowing your comments come from a fellow Marvel fan means even that much more. Impy and Howard just had to be included as I think both represent the humor Marvel has. Oh, the Transformation display have my three favorite Marvel heroes, if ya can't tell from their books in the library. Ahahahaha the Woody doll - great pickup - having lived with the nickname Woody all my life I just had to include him - and what is Woody without a Buzz???? Setting it all up was daunting but fun as hell - now if I can just do something about the figures falling down.......or the dust.....or the cobwebs.....sheesh now THAT gets me slumping. Thanks again.

@@JayWoods483 LOL! Yes, standing figures back up is my (unpaid) part-time job!

JJ2318 - thanks man - Real estate. The collector's beast of burden. The wall may be little as long as your imagination is big.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

Thanks I really appreciate your comment. The inspiration from the dios comes from trying to get the "action" in action figures. As you could probably tell I got a thing for Marvel. 😄

Thanks for sharing Action Figure Land lol. So far GI Joey's Terrain diorama is comparable impressive! I did my very first Marvel/DC minis at the beach lol!

@@soshiderek I'd love to get into GI Joe/Action Force but unless I hang them from the ceiling, I just haven't got the room!! I'm old enough to play with the Joes from the 70's - wanna talk about playing on the beach - whoa that was a load of fun.

Ceiling dio hmm? Haha! My fav was Blaster but not a fan of the middle elastic. The environment really does enhance the figures. Already have plans for next dio. But need to figure out space.

@@soshiderek "need to figure out space" - the woes of an action figure collector.

Hey man, thanks a lot for your comments, they are appreciated - and Happy Canada Day

@@JayWoods483 Welcome, and thanks, you too. :D

Thanks bud, I really appreciate it.

Thanks JJ2318 - I really appreciate it. As you can see I kinda like Marvel a little bit.

@@JayWoods483 😆

Good guess, I had to go back and listen to Utopia again (been awhile) and I see why this song reminds you of it.

You've got quite an ear, chances are the two of us could gab and listen to music for a very long time. This is a song called "Fool's Overture" by Supertramp.

Thanks, I really appreciate your kind words on my displays. The transformation display is incomplete without a proper pilot to go for the Ben Grimm. Currently my Action Force Desert Rat is playing the role of Grimm - but the Rat really belongs on my desk. I "pre" the Marvel Select Annihlus for the display. Oh would I love an Adam Warlock for the cosmic heroes. What does ML have against Adam anyway?

you have some of the best displays on YT

@@JayWoods483 thanks dude !

Thanks for your comments they are truly appreciated. I took three songs that had a similar tempo and added them to the video. The songs are (in order) 1) Black Sheep - Metric (from the soundtrack to the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the world; 2) You Oughtta Know - Alanis Morrisette (from the album Jagged Little Pill); 3) Mandinka - SInead O'Connor (from the album the Lion and the Cobra). I believe all three are on Spotify. The power effects are from Can of Beams. They have some really good stuff.

@@JayWoods483 thanks

Can of Beams special effects. I saw them in a video and was soon replacing most of the Kirby crackle and bent plastic blasts with them. I love the work they do.

Shut the front door! Oh don't be puttin' no role model on this cat unless you want to roll in the ditch with me! Ahahaha. So is this your way of commissioning me to come in and help w/the Geek-Cave?

@harryrao4296 - Good question, I never thought of that - most of my faves are represented 3 times, however the Silver Surfer is in 4 dioramas.

Jaywoods483 what do you think three most produced characters within marvel legends as a line? out of interest

@@harryrao4296 I'm barely considered a veteran at action figure collecting (only 3 years) but if dirt were dollars I would bet it all on 1) Spider-Man; 2) Wolverine; 3) Iron Man. What are your choices?

@@JayWoods483 interesting i would think ironman second what place wolverine ahead of him? I

@@harryrao4296 I would guess that the popularity of the X-Men propels Wolvie into 2nd, however I see your point that ole Shellhead could be in that spot as well. I believe Nerdzoic did a video a few years ago on this topic.

I cannot express how much I appreciate your words. Simply put, I am quite humbled. Woody is fine by me! Spidey #102 was my first Mobius (by-the-by a figure yet to enter my collection...yet) is filled with Gil Kane and Frank Giacioa goodness. And to think the Lizard makes the comic even that much unique. I didn't mind paying the extra 5 cents for it either. Central Virginia? The cradle of the U.S.? I am a big U.S. history buff. Central Virginia is one of the regions I have read so much about due to its richness in history. Roanoke. Appomattox. etc. I'm from Canada, and when I retire (soon) my intention is to invest in a winter residence and Virginia is my first destination. Your winters are so much more tolerable then mine are. And when I get down there, please note I will be contacting you and hopefully a visit can be arranged. I would love to drop off some authentic Canadian Maple Syrup, whiskey, and beer. We can gab about comics until we are exhausted and you kick me out back up to Canada.

Woody, I'll be counting the minutes until your arrival! I live in Lynchburg, not far from the Appomattox courthouse, so using my house (AKA The Marvel Mansion) as a hub for your visit seems perfect!

@@johnmorrissey4106 and pray that whenever you make it up to Canada's Capitol city, it is in the months of June - Sept. otherwise wear layers of clothes. Lots and lots of layers. Think Buffalo. From my reading I know of Lynchburg (Jefferson's retreat, the Battle of..., Fort Early/Jubal) it's my kind of kind of place. Question: Top 5 Marvel comic from the 70's? Me? FF#112, Spidey #122, Defenders #7, Avengers #118, Hulk #Hulk #170.

What?!? Top five from the '70s?!? Why don't you ask me something simple, such as walking from here to Canada and back! I can't possibly choose from all my children! But I will say that I HATE Spidey #122! I was in LOVE with Gwen, and I could NOT believe the last panel of issue #121. And then... I MISSED issue #122. I swear I went to the store every day, but missed it anyway. And then I got issue #123 and was stunned! I was certain that she wasn't dead... but she was. And so was Gobby! It took me THREE YEARS to find #122 to read about what happened and how Gobby died. So I hate issue #122, because it traumatized me and broke my heart!

@@johnmorrissey4106 I guess it could have been worse. I could have asked you for your favorite of all-time! Ahahaha. Don't us ole farts have stories like yours? Maybe not Spidey specific but that childhood grail that kept evading. I somehow bought a Bronze Age book that had an ad in the back displaying King-Size Special Avengers #2. Old team vs New team. John Buscema. I was a kid. The comic was easily 5 years old. Took years for me to hunt that down.

@saulberg5247 - thanks my friend, I really appreciated your nice comment.

Thanks for your comment

My Heroes list is shorter as well. Let's make your list a Top 20 and add the Warriors Three, 70's Falcon with Redwing, Yellowjacket, Kazar with Zabu, Rick Jones and Jarvis !

@@JayWoods483 I can live with that and they could easily get to all the different heroes and villains they need to if they would stop repeating so many and give a decent version when they do one

@@docavenger1560 Amen Doc! If someone would have told me 2 years ago when I started all of this, that Hasbro would end up selling only Spider-Man's and Iron-Man's I would have probably thought they were crazy.

Funny thing about Tarantula Doc - when I took it out of the package, the figure literally fell apart in my hands. Man-Wolf and the Spot have been on my want list for so long now. Your list is very familiar....oh yeah, it's the same as mine! We have to love the same comics. If I could make your list a Top 20 I would add Mandarin, Wizard, Trapster, Man-Ape, and Diablo.

Yeah I could have went to twenty easily too now that you mention them.

@@docavenger1560 With the recent news of the MCU only producing one movie in 2024, my hope is Hasbro will release more comic book based action figures. Here's hoping our list's get down to 1 or 2.

@@JayWoods483 I don’t really care for the MCU stuff when I get it’s only because I can fudge it into comic stuff or i want to complete a BAF other wise there passes

@@docavenger1560 Not an MCU action figure fan either Doc. I have only one - Black Widow - she's getting updated with the new BW. When selecting comic based over MCU to collect - I didn't like how very lifelike the MCU was. Too spooky for me.

Thanks Doc. The Broods are Marvel Select's that came with some Skrulls. I am hoping for a new Brood Queen myself! Army building is a slippery slope for some, and I am holding out for some Mole Man Moloids to round out my "army". I would love to get a Nemesis - I just saw one for $150+ on ebay this afternoon.

Wow,you know what would be cool a Deluxe Mole man with A Mole monster and Moliods

@@docavenger1560Wouldn't that make for a great Haslab?

I know right? Galactus already came with 3 heralds, why not fourth? Sometimes Hasbro ML really baffles me with character selections.

Jeffrey - thank you m 'friend. I have enjoyed your channel thoroughly (even though I don't pipe in on the chat all the time) - please keep up this great service.

Geek - good to hear from you brother. I made a newer post and I included some Georgia Satellites in your honor. My next video (should be up soon) is mentioning YOU.

@GeekHangover - just posted a video - look for the Geek Hangover mention in the Stan Lee diorama.

Thanks, I appreciate your comments. I use Tamashii Nations effects to achieve the bizarre coloring I was aiming for. For the life of me, I could not find a diorama for a 30+ Galactus

@@JayWoods483 makes sense. I saw Can of Beams had some eye and i think hand effects for him that I was tempted to get

@@thestrongcollectors Can of Beans have some tremendous effects. Can of Beans have what I am looking for. Thanks for the advice - I appreciate it. I truly despise those plastic effects supplied by Hasbro.

Thanks so much for your comments as they truly are appreciated. I plan on doing some updated vids once the new figs arrive, as I read more comics my wish list grows. Did you catch that new Marvel Select Annihlus at NYCC? Hoocheemama!

Thank you so much for your comment, I truly appreciate it. I knew beforehand what I wanted to talk about so after the 5th or 6th rehearsal of doing it off the top of my head, I got a good take.

@@JayWoods483 That's awesome. The cadence and easy you were speaking felt like you were reading off a well thought out script. Nice job. I feel like when I do a solo show I sound more rushed but you kept it cool the whole time.

@@thestrongcollectors Rushed? Nah!!! Thank you so much for your very thoughtful and considerate comments. Coming from one who is in front of the camera performing, I am truly humbled. Taking inspiration from characters such as yourselves granted me the confidence that I can just be myself for about 20 minutes. 19 minutes too long for some!

@@JayWoods483 It gets easier the more you do it. I need to practice with some more solo shows because those still get me really nervous.

@@thestrongcollectors I can't thank you enough and yet you still encourage me with more advice. I cannot imagine how much practice you must perform for a solo show. Agreed that such is foreign considering the amount of times you both share, there is absolutely no appearance of your nervousness when the role of The Strong Collectors is played by one.

Thanks for your comments they are really appreciated. Being a rookie at this game I can use all of the suggestions I could get. Mylars are an excellent idea - thanks a lot - I am going to get some for the Ross posters.