The glowy Pop goodness thread :-)

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:07 pm

Those ghosts are beautiful!!!! I'm starting to like them way too much...

Postby **ohheyitsshannon** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:12 pm

HowardTheDuck wrote:Those ghosts are beautiful!!!! I'm starting to like them way too much...

Succumb to the ghosts.
You know you want them!
lol

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:13 pm

ohheyitsshannon wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:Those ghosts are beautiful!!!! I'm starting to like them way too much...

Succumb to the ghosts.
You know you want them!

I really do. But I need to finish this DBZ set first!!! lol

Already got a deal going on Beerus and then it's gonna be all about tracking down Blue Goku. (with the symbol, anything else is useless. lol

)

Postby **ohheyitsshannon** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:14 pm

HowardTheDuck wrote:
ohheyitsshannon wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:Those ghosts are beautiful!!!! I'm starting to like them way too much...

Succumb to the ghosts.
You know you want them!

I really do. But I need to finish this DBZ set first!!! Already got a deal going on Beerus and then it's gonna be all about tracking down Blue Goku. (with the symbol, anything else is useless. )

Hop on the Haunted Mansion train!
These are definitely some of my favorite pops in my collection!
(Most expensive, too. lol

)

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:15 pm

ohheyitsshannon wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:
ohheyitsshannon wrote:Succumb to the ghosts.
You know you want them!

I really do. But I need to finish this DBZ set first!!! Already got a deal going on Beerus and then it's gonna be all about tracking down Blue Goku. (with the symbol, anything else is useless. )

Hop on the Haunted Mansion train!
These are definitely some of my favorite pops in my collection!
(Most expensive, too. )

I think I might try! But who knows??? There's just SOOOOOOO many other things in my life.

Postby **ohheyitsshannon** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:26 pm

HowardTheDuck wrote:
ohheyitsshannon wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:I really do. But I need to finish this DBZ set first!!! Already got a deal going on Beerus and then it's gonna be all about tracking down Blue Goku. (with the symbol, anything else is useless. )

Hop on the Haunted Mansion train!
These are definitely some of my favorite pops in my collection!
(Most expensive, too. )

I think I might try! But who knows??? There's just SOOOOOOO many other things in my life.

You know you want them. (;
You can only resist for so long!

Postby **treswright** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:46 pm

Got the Fugitive Toys Firestorm exclusive in today! Not the greatest glower but wow what a cool-looking Pop it is! The legs, arms and hair are translucent and glow, really a great effect if somewhat anemic compared to more powerful glowers.

Postby **treswright** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:01 pm

There have already been some great pics of Duck Dodgers posted in this thread, but can you ever get enough of him? No you can't. So here are a few of mine. He was one of my few SDCC splurges (I got most of my SDCC buys at retail cost, but not him). But soooo worth it, such a great-looking piece and fantastic glow...

Postby **KMFH11** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:57 pm

Looks great Tres!

Postby **toro423** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:38 am

Loving the glow on this fella

Postby **KMFH11** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:47 pm

All the scales look awesome with the glow. Great picture Ed

Postby **MarvelPopFan75** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 1:34 pm

All of the GITD pieces from SDCC this year are fantastic and I love looking at the picture that you guys are taking. That way I can live vicariously through you while keeping mine safe in their boxes. :devil:

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:52 pm

Duck Dodgers is beautiful!!!!

Postby **grandpa_stern** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:21 pm

New Duck Dodgers at Funko shop! Fly my pretties!

Postby **kitana888** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:43 pm

The way Croc glows is the reason I decided to keep him when I opened my mystery box from barnes & nobles.

Postby **doctony** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:50 pm

nice green glow on the Duck!

Postby **cerealkiller** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:11 pm

Postby **KMFH11** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:11 pm

cerealkiller wrote:

He looks awesome!!

Postby **jenjen** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:12 pm

Very cool pics.

Postby **cerealkiller** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:13 pm

thanks. the grail of my funko collection

Postby **janos89** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:13 pm

cerealkiller wrote:

Im guessing this is the rare boo berry chase?

Postby **cerealkiller** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:15 pm

I'm also doing some custom glow in the dark Boo Berry Blox that I will post when I ever finish. They've been on the back burner for a year now half finished.

and yes, that's the chase from the old SDCC prebuy

Postby **TheCollector** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:56 pm

What type of flashlights or lights do you guys use I need some for my display

Postby **cerealkiller** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:53 am

Postby **alex_dewitt** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:56 am

treswright wrote:There have already been some great pics of Duck Dodgers posted in this thread, but can you ever get enough of him? No you can't. So here are a few of mine. He was one of my few SDCC splurges (I got most of my SDCC buys at retail cost, but not him). But soooo worth it, such a great-looking piece and fantastic glow...

Aw man! I totally gave up on him or any of the glowing variants (was really sad seeing that green one on Funko Shop but funds are tight after SDCC) and this looks so amazing! If I ever pull the trigger on the aftermarket I'd definitely get the blue one!

Postby **treswright** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:30 am

KMFH11 wrote:Looks great Tres!

Thanks Kevin!

grandpa_stern wrote:New Duck Dodgers at Funko shop! Fly my pretties!

I managed to get one, yay! Soon my glow army will be ready to take over the world, and with enough glow Duck Dodgers perhaps even the universe lol

TheCollector wrote:What type of flashlights or lights do you guys use I need some for my display

Some guys use those UV flashlights just to give them a quick charge before taking a picture. I have two displays, one is a bat case lined with these UV LEDs:

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinf ... ributes/31

The other is a shelf with a black light fluorescent strip from Walmart. Both lights are switched from a remote, I turn the lights on in the evening and use them as a night light until I turn them off to sleep. I love looking at them just after I turn the lights off, they're so cool! They actually glow all night, not very bright but after you sleep a while and open your eyes you're so adjusted to the dark that you can still see them glowing.

alex_dewitt wrote:Aw man! I totally gave up on him or any of the glowing variants (was really sad seeing that green one on Funko Shop but funds are tight after SDCC) and this looks so amazing! If I ever pull the trigger on the aftermarket I'd definitely get the blue one!

If you have the blue Glowbug I think it's the exact same vinyl. Same color and same glowy goodness :-)

I really love the space helmet because the glow makes the whole helmet light up. Funko really knocked it out of the park- it's a great mold, the helmet rocks and the glow vinyl is the best and brightest they've used!

Postby **JohnnyPOP** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:44 am

Oh no. Why did I check this thread again? Duck Dodgers looks great! I have to resist.

Postby **MarvelPopFan75** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:11 pm

There is no resisting the glowy goodness of Duck Dodgers (much to my bank account's dismay).

Postby **grandpa_stern** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:38 pm

If they make an orange glow and it's not somewhat gettable, I'm going to go nuts!

Postby **talafang** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:49 pm

Man, I like this thread. Makes me want to do something like this. I was planning on selling off a ton of stuff. I guess I have to think about it. But nice collections and setups.

Postby **janos89** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:54 pm

cerealkiller wrote:I'm also doing some custom glow in the dark Boo Berry Blox that I will post when I ever finish. They've been on the back burner for a year now half finished.

and yes, that's the chase from the old SDCC prebuy

I always thought it would be cool if they did a yummy mummy and frute brute exclusive.

Postby **cerealkiller** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:00 pm

janos89 wrote:
cerealkiller wrote:I'm also doing some custom glow in the dark Boo Berry Blox that I will post when I ever finish. They've been on the back burner for a year now half finished.

and yes, that's the chase from the old SDCC prebuy

I always thought it would be cool if they did a yummy mummy and frute brute exclusive.

yeah, wouldn't have to twist my arm for purchasing a set of those ;-)

also, waiting ever so patiently for a production Quisp! :bounce:

Postby **emcee** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:04 pm

The new Green Goblin SDCC glow is awful

. The translucent makes it seem cool, but it has no right to its claims of being GITD.
I'll post pics later tonight

Postby **janos89** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:45 pm

cerealkiller wrote:
janos89 wrote:
cerealkiller wrote:I'm also doing some custom glow in the dark Boo Berry Blox that I will post when I ever finish. They've been on the back burner for a year now half finished.

and yes, that's the chase from the old SDCC prebuy

I always thought it would be cool if they did a yummy mummy and frute brute exclusive.

yeah, wouldn't have to twist my arm for purchasing a set of those also, waiting ever so patiently for a production Quisp!

Yeah Quisp would be cool the character always reminds me of a Snork though lol

.

Postby **cerealkiller** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:15 pm

janos89 wrote:
cerealkiller wrote:
janos89 wrote:I always thought it would be cool if they did a yummy mummy and frute brute exclusive.

yeah, wouldn't have to twist my arm for purchasing a set of those also, waiting ever so patiently for a production Quisp!

Yeah Quisp would be cool the character always reminds me of a Snork though .

You got that twisted:) snork is way later haha...like quisp's illegitimate child

Postby **treswright** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:13 am

emcee wrote:The new Green Goblin SDCC glow is awful . The translucent makes it seem cool, but it has no right to its claims of being GITD.
I'll post pics later tonight

What are you charging it with? I just got mine today and it looks fantastic, glows quite nicely! It's in my case lined with UV LEDs.

Postby **emcee** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:59 am

treswright wrote:
emcee wrote:The new Green Goblin SDCC glow is awful . The translucent makes it seem cool, but it has no right to its claims of being GITD.
I'll post pics later tonight

What are you charging it with? I just got mine today and it looks fantastic, glows quite nicely! It's in my case lined with UV LEDs.

Just regular daylight to start. Then I tried my iPhone flashlight at point blank and it barely even holds that. Compared to my GITD storm it's awful.

I held the light at point blank for about 10 seconds on each.

edit: did another test. sitting point blank in my light fixture for an hour and it looks much better. Normally my Storm and Thanos can glow like that just from natural light or my room light fixture about 8 feet away. GG needs something more powerful and direct though, sadly.

Postby **alex_dewitt** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 3:32 am

For better results you'll need a blacklight torch emcee. :-)

Postby **Popsaysyee** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 3:38 am

toro423 wrote:Was messing around with the GoPro and night shots again and I think it takes some pretty decent pics. Here are a few shots

Man these are amazing!! Blue Gamma GITD Duck Dodgers and those SDCC 2016 Haunted Mansion ghosts are now currently on the top of my ISO list because of these pics! Just AMAZING!!!

Postby **treswright** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:34 am

Emcee, I've noticed that some of the glow Pops respond better to different lighting. I have my bat base lined with UV LEDs and I also have a strip flourescent LED. Some Pops glow better under one or the other even though they're both LED, it's really strange. And some will glow great under UV but barely get charged at all under sunlight or incandescent lighting. The UV LEDs are not cheap, but a fluorescent strip light is less than 20 bucks at Walmart and charges most of them up quite nicely, you might give it a try.

On a sidenote, I finally found a -good enough- deal on a white gamma DD that was listed with a description that didn't make it show up in a standard search. So woohoo, the green and white ones are both on the way :-)

I also bought a 2nd bat case on sale, I need to order more LEDs for it but it will double my glow display which is good because I've got a bunch of them waiting for a new home :-)

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