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Happy birthday to me :)

I finally managed to snag a Gordon Freeman off of eBay and can finally complete the orange box trio :D

I love all the sculpted details on the Freeman figure, scratches and little minute deets...the carbon fiber looking undersuit, his handz, the folds... teehee. The figure came with some alternate hands, the gravity gun, a spore pod, and a headcrab! ..that doesn't fit on his head lol. I was just really charmed by the crowbar though so no pics with the other stuff :p

...I have them all

While Heavy would've been more true to the box, Engineer will have to do (if you'll have him). Look at them. They're having fun. Ladidadidaaa

All the guys on my shelf:

Also some bonus Chell pics because I finally bought batteries for her portal gun:

Overall, I do think Gordon Freeman is likely the best manufactured of the three. He's got nice details, he's well painted, and he's pretty damn well articulated. Also I just like how... thick he is. He's pleasantly shaped. I like holding him. He's also the most expensive (who'd guess). A HL1 Gordon I would give my kidney for but its fiineeeee.

I think Chell comes in second, honestly. I love her sculpted details, especially on her jumpsuit, and the portal gun is a fantastic prop with its little LED. Some of her joints are awkward, but her mobility isn't bad. Honestly her worst feature is her unfocused eyes, which can be fixed by only looking at her at certain angles. She's also the only one with a base (because she has a lot of trouble standing on her own).

Unfortunately that puts Engineer in last. I'd argue that getting the class card and special item with the figure is pretty sweet. The sculpting on its own is also really unique, and extremely faithful to the game's art style. Also I'm really biased because I love Engineer. Unfortunatelyyy, the mobility is pretty poor - the joints are really stiff - and sometimes the ball joints just fail (my engineer has a loose foot). Some figures get more stuff than others, and I think just generally the figures are all kind of silly looking with variable paint jobs. But it's worth it to have funny tf2 man on the shelf.

They all look great on my shelf and really that's what matters.

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(gripping the skink with both hands, pale and feverish, sweating and shaking as I look at myself in the mirror) “killing a character is a valid writing choice that can be a crucial plot mechanic and lend beauty and depth to the story as a whole” (wretches up blood into the sink) “even when it’s my favorite character”

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hes so lame

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Full lineup baby, gonna try and finish these by the weekend and get some keychain mockups done

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Postal Dude WIP!!! :D

edit 22/6/2025: Jesus Christ you guys- this is just a sketch??? i did NOT expect this much likes- like at all- // chill tf out yo- /j // But on a srs note. Ty for the likes- ive been thinking after coloring alla this to render it- but didn't have the willpower- ill post end pic soon <:)

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Postal Dude WIP!!! :D

edit 22/6/2025: Jesus Christ you guys- this is just a sketch??? i did NOT expect this much likes- like at all- // chill tf out yo- /j // But on a srs note. Ty for the likes- ive been thinking after coloring alla this to render it- but didn't have the willpower- ill post end pic soon <:)

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postal is fag hell bc p1 is tormented and has beautiful princess hair but redux has that messy mullet going on and p2 is rugged but a good husband and p3 is an actual jock and p4 is an old man greying at the temples and with a bit more weight on him and bd/od are ass out killing each other and movie dude is a himbo and the royale twins have rabies and corkscrew has a pussy and killer biceps and

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He means a little squeeze bottle with brine shrimp inside but… bottle feeding the loblings…

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Having one-sided beef with one specific character is so funny. Like I can see a million characters who do terrible things and be like “whatever.” But then there’s one specific motherfucker who pissed me off so bad that I’d run them over at a red light if given the chance.

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sorry if i’m being a party pooper but because rabies is apparently the new joke on here ??? please remember that rabies has an almost 100% fatality rate after symptoms develop so if you’re bitten or scratched by an animal that you aren’t 100% sure is vaccinated then GO TO A DOCTOR. it’s not a joke. really. 

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I've rarely seen a more validating sentence in my entire life.

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lunch break gordon

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Why is this heat so hot 😩