Gads, I got my Parasitic Phantom yesterday, too... Fantastic!! Of course, my receipt of said toy was perhaps less pleasant than Roger's: apparently, Sky Deviler, though dead, is my new arch nemesis. I wasn't expecting threats of violence along with my sofubi fix. How ironic that I love the toy of such a hated enemy. There WILL be a reckoning...
Anyway, Matt from Onell showed me a
killer way to stuff more glow Glyos figures into this demented thing. Folks, I give you...GLOWIE SKELETON:
Basically, y'all probably know from
the other thread on Onell Design's "Glyos figures", they can be pulled apart and put back together in other weird combinations. Well, if you buy a bunch of extra glowies, you can assemble yourself a skeleton for the clear Sky Deviler!!
Now, as Chief Glowologist of TBDX, I have to say that, while the red-glow figures are HOT, they're not perfect. Sure, the M.U.S.C.L.E.-esque pinkness drives me into near-homicidal fits of euphoria...and the glow is
extremely bright and...well...extremely
red...
But it is tragically short-lived.
This is what I was worried about. I've worked with glow paint from
ReadySetGlo, one of many suppliers of the next generation strontium aluminate glow materials (as opposed to old-school zinc sulphide)...and one of their biggest shortcomings was their red glow powder/pigment.
As I found out by throwing some red glow paint on a shit-beat Toygraph 50% Mechagodzilla
a couple years ago, the stuff just doesn't last very long. The powerful red glow will only give you about a minute of strong glow and after a few minutes, it's practically invisible in the dark.
The other minor shortcoming is that the red pigment used in the Glyos figures (and ReadySetGlo's hand paint) does not react to UV lighting. I haven't finished testing this out with the Glyos figures, but that's my initial feeling. I'll have more conclusive data soon...
Still, overall, this shit is tight. Folks, RED GLOW...red glow=gooder'n hell. That's all you need to know.
No one else is doing red glow toys, so I have to give it up to Onell for designing such a work of art.
How can you pass this up!?
Now, all I need is a CollectionDX Gore Sky Deviler. Ironic that I write for them...but still haven't had a chance to pick one up!
Edit: oh, news of upcoming Vegetius is VERY nice! Thanks, ironking!!
