Tag: From My Collection

Many of you might be unaware, but I recently moved into a new home. I figured now would be a great time to show you all my new set-up and show off all my various comics and comics adjacent things and what has become to be known as my “LEGO Room”. Pictured above is the first picture I took of the space when I first started moving stuff in. You can see a handful of my LEGO sets already set up on the table and various boxes strewn about and no less than 10 comic boxes. It was rather comical going back for another set of boxes and realizing this is somehow not all of my comic boxes and finding more. The room has since been mostly set up, but before going too in depth I did want to show off a few other parts of the house with various comics related items.

First up is my collection of superhero related prose novels. There are also a couple of historical novels here, like Marvel Comics the Untold Story and The Secret History of Wonder Woman. as well as the Official Superman Quiz Book that I covered a few months ago. I do have a few Supergirl novels that I have over on my Supergirl Shelf (more on that later). Also on top of this shelf you can see my DCeased box set as well as all 6 of Frank Herbert’s Dune novels (I’ve only read the first 3 so far but they’re fantastic!). Also pictured here are all 10 of the Smallville YA Novels currently not organized by author as the rest are because I wanted them all together. I might re-organize this shelf to be organized by title instead to help limit this issue. The Smallville novels are actually a fairly recent addition and about half of them were found from a local Goodwill for about 99 cents a piece. That goodwill also had a handful of the full-length novels which will probably be next on my Smallville collection hit-list.

Next up, this is my main collected edition shelf. It also houses my superhero-related DVDs as well as my non-Supergirl/Nightwing action figures and cards. I have what I am pretty sure is the full set of the freebie JL membership cards that DC recently gave away at local comic shops, and since I’ll never have another chance to mention that the initial set of cards (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Darkseid, and blank) are cut into a more unique shape, while all the subsequent cards are cut into a standard card shape. I do have all my omnibuses and reference materials on the bottom shelf. I have always had some sort of DC and Marvel encyclopedia in my collection and a lot of my early childhood knowledge of superheroes came from the early editions of each company’s respective tome. While these encyclopedias aren’t my originals (because I read those until they fell apart) I do like them as reference, and my references have expanded to also include The Who’s Who Omnibuses as well as a handful of other character guides. Secret Identity should probably realistically move to my novel shelf instead since it’s more historical text as opposed to a collected edition or reference.

Here is my shelf showcasing my Nightwing and Supergirl paraphernalia. While I’ve had a love for Nightwing going back to when I was a kid, Supergirl has – obviously – worked her way to the top in regard to my favorite superhero. most of the Supergirl stuff seen on my figure shelf has been covered either as part of my Supergirl Figures coverage or in the 2 entries I’ve done on my Supergirl Trading Cards. Also here is my Supergirl (1984) Press Packet that I did a thorough examination of here. Some fun recent additions are the Supergirl Which Way book (behind the Injustice figure) that I’ll probably cover at some point, and on the Nightwing front, I recently got my hands on the Nightwing Rebirth Omnibus for a pretty good price and it covers quite a lot of Nightwing stories from right when I started collecting books on a weekly basis.

Moving into the LEGO Room now, you can see I’ve grouped things mostly based on theme. The table and corner shelf has been exclusively dedicated to the LEGO Friends line and Heartlake City. I’m using the corner shelf there to store the Friends Space sets since the higher level seemed to be a good place for space ships. The Friends Comic Book Store set is also on this shelf just because I like it, otherwise it’s a bit of a mess right now. The smaller table stores all my DC Super Hero Girls sets (and a couple other DC sets), if you’d like more info on those check out my coverage of the line here. Otherwise, the other shelf is fairly miscellaneous, it’s got my various Icons sets (like the Horizon Zero Dawn sets, both the Dune and Da Vinci Ornithopters, and Notre Dame) as well as other themes I just have one or 2 sets from. My LEGO displays are still needing some work but they’re approximately where I want them at this point.

I do have LEGO in a couple other spots in the house. You might’ve noticed the Great Deku Tree Zelda set on my Supergirl/Nightwing shelf. This set was actually a birthday present for my husband, but this shelf has a nice central location in the house so it works out good. Also my video game related LEGO sets sit on our game shelf instead of with the rest of my LEGO. For now it’s just the Gameboy set and a couple Sonic sets, but I have been looking at a few of the Mario sets recently. Also a recent addition to my DC Super Hero Girls LEGO came in the form of a retail display that I picked up a couple months ago. I don’t really have a final home for it yet and it’s currently holding a handful of to-be-read/filed comics which isn’t ideal, so it’s high on my list to put somewhere.

For posters and wall art in my LEGO Room, it’s still fairly bare at this point. For now, I’ve just got a Supergirl poster (promoting her current ongoing title), a Zatanna poster (from the Bring Down the House mini from last year), and a Map of the Multiverse. Both Supergirl and Zatanna were acquired from my LCS, and the Map of the Multiverse came with my copy of Multiversity back when I got that. I also have a big blue “K” that I need to put up, I think it’ll go in the blank area above Heartlake. I do want to get some more posters, definitely a Nightwing poster, but I’d also be into getting some older posters too, I know there’s some pretty cool ones. An Amethyst poster would be cool to have too.

Here you can see a full view of the room including how I have all my long boxes arranged. I’ve got 6 long boxes under the main wooden table that are full of comics organized from a-z, this is generally where a book gets stored unless it’s part of one of my main collections. To the right of that and under the folding table we have themed boxes. The short boxes between the tables are Supergirl and Nightwing and the first long box is Supergirl books. The next long box is Nightwing comics, and between the long boxes and the short box, this is all the Nightwing books I completed that collection a couple years ago (and add a new book every month). My Supergirl collection is a bit less complete and there’s still 2 or 3 books I need, but it’s very close and those boxes are full meaning I should upgrade Supergirl to 2 long boxes from 1 long and 1 short. After that is a long box of Action Comics (also just about at capacity) I will never have a full run of Action and that’s okay, but I do like collecting it and I’d like to get as much as I reasonably can (including 252). The last 2 boxes are for smaller projects, one is for Superman Family (all 59 issues fit quite neatly into a single short box) and one for Marvel/DC crossovers (including Amalgam and the 2 Access minis).

I hope you enjoyed this tour and if you see anything that you’d like me to cover, let me know! I do want to keep this blog strictly attuned to Supergirl and this post did stretch that a bit but I hope y’all didn’t mind too much.

Today’s post will be rather casual, not looking too in depth at any story or anything in specific an more just a trip through my collection of Supergirl figures. As you can see from the picture above, I’ve amassed quite a few over the years. I’ll try to go mostly left to right on these figures and I’ll try to mention where and when I got each item (if I can remember). If you’ve been following, you might notice some overlap from when I covered my Supergirl Trading Cards since many of them came paired with a figure of some sort. Also this post will not include my Supergirl LEGO figures since I already covered those in my LEGO Supergirl post. Also please disregard the Nightwing figure collection creeping in on the right side this isn’t about him either.

Starting off with a Supergirl based on her appearance in Superman the Animated Series. I did find this figure boxed (I have since unboxed it along with any other toy I get boxed) where you can see it was part of the Justice League Unlimited line and it looks like it’s from 2005. I got this fairly recently and I think it was from a place in Owensboro, KY called the Consumer Mall. Nothing too special about this figure and all in all she isn’t overly exciting with only 5 points of articulation and a metal purse, but I have been wanting a Animated Series style Supergirl figure for a while and this was a nice looking one. It is weird that it’s under the banner of “Justice League Unlimited” while not using her costume from that show, but presumably this is before she showed up in Unlimited.

Next up is a tiny die-cast figure of the New 52 era Supergirl. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure I picked this up at a Half Price Books store for like a dollar. I really like these figures, they’re small and have a nice weight to them, I’ve got another die-cast figure coming up soon. I’m not really sure when this figure was released or if there are more like it. I feel like I’ve seen packs of like 20 similar dicast figures before at like Wal-Mart or Target so perhaps she came bundled in one of those before making her way to me. The paint seems really nice on it too and the red has a metallic sheen to it.

Another 4″ figure like the Justice League Unlimited figure is up next. This one is also from the early 200s although now part of the “DC Universe Infinite Heroes” line that I believe was supposed to tie into and promote the Infinite Crisis event. This figure pretty accurately depicts Supergirl as she’s seen in the comics at the time with her blue skirt and blue crop top. The hair and face sculpt feel a bit weird though but it was a pretty small figure so I’m sure there just wasn’t a lot of room to work. I found this loose in a peddlers mall or some other sort of flea market or second hand shop and it was loose in a baggie. While I didn’t find it new, when it did come out it seems to have been in a 3-pack along with Wonder Girl and Bizarro.

What is perhaps the smallest figure in my collection, the Funko Pop mini that came paired with a Kinder Joy. This promotion was sometime last year I believe and I am ashamed at just how many Kinder Joys I bought just to get the Supergirl. I opened up many and there were quite a few Harley Quinns (4 I think) that always gave me a bit of false hope when I saw the blonde hair. Somehow I did manage to get Supergirl though and I think she’s a perfectly fine addition to my collection. I’m not particularly fond of the Funko Pop look and I don’t have any others aside from this one and I probably wouldn’t have bothered if they weren’t cheap. I think this figure is also meant to be a phone stand with Supergirl posed like she’s holding up your phone, but I haven’t used her like that so I can’t confirm.

The aforementioned other die-cast figure is this ERTL figure from 1990. I talked about it briefly in my Trading Card post. She is sporting her 80s look with the headband. I picked this up on a sale day at my local comic shop, The Destination. Once again we have a nice weighty figure that sits nice on a shelf and seems to be in great shape for being over 30 years old.

One of my 2 Sasha Calle Supergirl figures. This one was purchased on clearance I believe, well after the Flash movie’s release. I did buy it new, she came with heat vision attachments and a piece of Kryptonite. This paired with a cloth cape and a decent amount of points of articulation (9 I think) makes it a really solid deal for what I think was only a $8 retail price. I’m not particularly fond of the heat vision or the Kryptonite accessories so neither are out with my figure, but I do still think it adds to the play value and makes for a great deal.

This figure is another New 52 Supergirl figure that I don’t really know anything about and I may have also gotten in from some sort of grab bag for very cheap. This one is all plastic though and kind of looks like it may be from Imaginext but I’m not positive. The paint on it has shown some serious wear so hopefully she had plenty of play time before joining the ranks of my Supergirl shelf.

I’m detouring slightly from my left to right to finish out all the small figures before going into my 6 and 7 inch figures. This little blue Supergirl was bought at a pawn shop across the street from my job that my coworker showed me. The pawn shop didn’t have much in the way of Superhero stuff but I of course zeroed in on this item which was a box that came with a Wendy’s kids meal. This toy also came with a Superman and a Lex Luthor along with character cards of all three and I do plan to cover the Supergirl card when I do another Supergirl Trading Card post.

The last of my little Supergirls is this Imaginext figure I picked up in Metropolis. For those unaware, there is a small town in Illinois called Metropolis that was turned into a Superman tourist spot a few decades ago and I made my way out there last month and checked out the Superman Museum there and found this figure (and a few other things) at the gift shop attached to the museum. I’ve been wanting to get an Imaginex Supergirl for a while since DC seems to have a pretty expansive partnership with them. Before now I had only seen Imaginext Supergirl figures in large playsets or used along with dozens of other figures in a collection. This figure however was packaged by itself and it has some sort of light up feature when paired with some Imaginext playsets which could be cool to check out if I ever end up getting one of big playsets.

This figure and the next one are probably the 2 I’ve had the longest. This is a Supergirl figure from the first wave of DC Super Hero Girls that I bought new in probably 2016 if I had to guess. I really liked that in the gen-1 era of Super Hero Girls how thorough they pushed toys and to such a wide demographic. There were action figures like this, and there were also dolls, and a series of LEGO sets (learn about those here). I think it was a great way to get these heroes into the minds of so many young people.

I will always have a soft spot for the CBS/CW Supergirl show and Melissa Benoist’s performance, so picking up this figure was a no-brainer. Like I said, I also bought this figure new and this was the first time I was able to get a complete series of figures to get the build-a-figure of Doomsday. This series also had a few characters from Dark Knight Returns that also interested me so getting those and Supergirl got me to 4 out of 6 so picking up Superman Doomed and BvS Lex Luthor wasn’t too much to ask at that point. I’ve since gotten rid of some of those figures but I still have Supergirl, Carrie Kelley Robin, and the Doomsday build-a-figure.

Another Super Hero Girls Supergirl, this one is more doll like than action figure since she’s got the brushable hair. Looks like this one is also from 2016 and was one of the “girl toy” options for McDonalds Happy Meal toys alongside some Justice League Action toys for the boys. I did not however get this one new, instead a friend found it for me and she mentioned she bought it for “an inconsequential amount” of money if I recall correctly so cheap figures seems to be a bit of a theme.

This figure was part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths line from 2005. I bought it from a comic shop in Lexington called A+ Comics. I will say that the legs feel fairly unsubstantial and she doesn’t stand up very well on her own, but thankfully the figure comes with a really nice looking Crisis on Infinite Earths logo stand.

This next figure was bought on the same day at the Crisis one at a different store called Toy Headquarters. I think I was in the middle of reading through the New 52 Supergirl run when I picked it up so it was good timing finding it. In the past decade since the costume first showed up, I’ve come to enjoy it a bit and there’s a few elements I really enjoy especially the cape, although it really could use a skirt or something. This figure however does bear a bit of an unfortunate resemblance to Allison Mack.

These next two I’d like to discuss together since they are very obviously the same mold with different colors. I think I purchased both individually and the joints on the black and red version are very worn down. The figure came out in 2006 and it seems like the black variant was just that, a variant, possibly a chase figure but I’m not positive. These figures were also paired with a comic when they came out, specifically Supergirl (Vol. 4) #5 which I covered as my first Supergirl Surprise. Oddly however the costume Supergirl is wearing for the figure is a costume she didn’t start wearing until issue #51 so it’s odd that issue #5 is paired with it.

Here is my second of two Sasha Calle Supergirl figures. This one I’m pretty sure I bought at retail price and most likely before I even saw Flash. I do really like her look as Supergirl and I thought she did great in the movie. There is also a doll figure from Barbie I think that I would also like to pick up for the collection. I also like that this figure was paired with a stand so you could display her flying which I’ve consistently used since picking her up.

I don’t have too much to say about this DCeased Supergirl figure, but it was released by DC Direct and its a really nice figure. I’m not particularly fond of zombies or zombie stories but I really enjoy the DCeased series of stories by Tom Taylor.

Injustice is a fighting game series that I’ve not played much of because I’m not particularly good at fighting games and I don’t think I would enjoy it much. I do however really enjoy the tie-in comics for the games (also partially written by Tom Taylor). Supergirl doesn’t show up in the franchise until the second game and she has a killer design, I like the sleeveless look, the boots, the S, the gold bands on her thighs, it’s honestly just a great design. This figure also came with a comic like the one from earlier. This comic however seems to be an original story which I might cover as a blog post at some point so stay tuned.

Last up is this absolute mystery of a stuffed toy. It’s an odd little orb shaped stuffed Supergirl with a Hallmark tag on it. I have no idea how long I’ve had it nor where it came from but I think someone gave it to me and I’ve kept it on my shelf with the rest for what feels like years at this point.

I hope you enjoyed a look through my Supergirl figures, and if you did let me know which was your favorite! If I get many more I’ll definitely do an updated list. I have gotten quite a few more Supergirl cards added to my collection so if you read my original Supergirl Trading Card post and enjoyed it be on the lookout for a part 2 coming soon!