DIORAMAS * COLLECTING * CUSTOMS
On this channel I share tips and techniques for how you can make dioramas for displaying your action figure collection. I also dabble in figure customization. I'll be showcasing favorite past projects, as well as my current work as I go along.
As a kid, I used to set up scenes in my old Radio Flyer red wagon, hence the name of this channel. I'm an 80's kid. I grew up on GI Joe, Star Wars, LEGO, Transformers, and everything in between. Star Wars has always been my favorite fandom, followed closely by Marvel and GI Joe.
Right now I primarily collect the 1:12 scale (6" figures) Star Wars Black Series and Marvel Legends lines by Hasbro, the 12" Jumbo Star Wars figures by Gentle Giant, and vintage Kenner Star Wars. I love to recreate scenes from the original Star Wars movies, and most of this channel will be dedicated to that collection. This is my hobby - everything on here is from and for my own personal collection.
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Great work, David! The diorama looks awesome!
Many thanks Matt!
I know I always say the same thing. But WOW!!! Amazing and epic!!!
Haha thanks man!
I collect 3.75, but this was very enjoyable to watch. Nice video, I subscribed to your channel Btw from the Netherlands
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it and Thank you for subbing!
great
Thanks!
This looks great, you are a visionary dude. Toys Are The Way is really into the same stuff. It’s a TVC channel but he’s super creative. 3.75 RULES!
Yes. Toys are the way is my favorite channel
Thank you! I will have to check out their channel!
Great job,wish I had space lol 👏👏👌
Thank you! Yep, finding space is quite the challenge!
I’m pretty sure we decided on 125%. 😎
Thank you Gary, I count remember exactly! For those interested, you printed this bunker on an Ender 5 Plus, correct?
@@RedWagonDioramas That is correct. Plenty of room. I’m printing Charvey’s version and it fits nicely also.
Love the Endor scene, RWD! Such a simple make! Awesome!
Thanks my friend!
That looks SO good! I think everything scales quite well. The backdrop, the bunker, the ferns... Love it!!!
Thanks Matt, appreciate that!
Love how clean your compositions are! Awesome work mate.
Thank you, Really appreciate that!
Amazing, love it ❤
Thanks man!
Damn David looks awesome 👍🏻. I’m going to start busting some figs out of their boxes.
Thanks Brian! Which figures? Ewoks?
@@RedWagonDioramas I haven't decided yet. About 95% of my Black Series collection is in box or on card. I might open up by movie/show to start with. Displays out of the box like your dioramas or Matt Bryant's look so much better than a bunch of boxes on the shelf.
Very well put together diorama. Love it! Look forward to more 😀👍
Thanks Liminous!
Amazing
Thank you!
Really look GREAT!! Inspired for sure, thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
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Thank you!
Great video!! Question. Is the new R2 from ROTJ that you are showing here, the same as the R2 from Mandalorian? Both are from 2023. And both retailed for $ 25. www.actionfigure411.com/star-wars/6-black-series/galaxy/r2-d2-the-mandalorian-6954.php
Yes it is the same R2 figure, released both on the RotJ card back and in the Mandalorian box. Did you get it yet?
@@RedWagonDioramas Thank you! No, I just bought the ROTJ card one on ebay. Thanks!
The Phantom Menace Retro Collection is missing Anakin.
For sure! They are doing anakin in the next wave though, but for Ep. 3 I believe.
@@RedWagonDioramas instead of Jar Jar they should've had Anakin, since he is the main character.
My mom made one of these for me when I was a kid, mine had the covering over the mask
@@kakarotprime69 that’s awesome. I e heard from one other collector with a similar story. I’m probably going to make a headdress and display it in a mannequin.
I’ve had that happen SO MANY times at Target. They constantly put stock out before the sell date. So frustrating.
Yes me too, very frustrating!
Did you get the actual on sale date?
@@shakestheclone1995 yes July 21
Hide it behind the depends diapers. Come back for it. 😂
Haha I could have I suppose. Oh well. I’m sure there will be a lot of these on the shelves soon.
Just tell her its for your son man, then start begging
Please please sell me the Star Wars toy!!!!
This is really cool I wish I could have one of these for my collection it’s so genius and inventive
Thanks man! My kids love it!
These are some really good quality figures. So far, I only have that Devilman guy but I'm planning on buying more of these figures.
Yes I’ve really enjoyed them too. I really like the Hem Dazon figure. Highly recommend!
That cantina is actually very cool and I can definitely see it getting funded just because of the sisters. Definitely way better than than tone-deaf Rancor with bones and cardboard. Now I'm not going to get it as I have no room for it and for that price they really should have included a lighting kit. That said, I did get the Razor Crest (which also should have had lights imo). But yeah, good to see that HasLab is actually releasing interesting stuff again as the Rancor and that dumb lightsaber from that chick in Obi-Wan were massive duds imo.
Good thoughts! I have the razorcrest too. Amazing ship! Main reason I did not get the ghost or this cantina was space and price. I do like the haslab projects generally, but not everything works for everyone. I think the rancor could have succeeded if they hadn’t bungled the campaign so badly and if they had done better addressing the prior problems in the black series line. The Reva light saber was a non starter. Such a weird choice that had to be pushed by Disney. Thanks for watching!
@@RedWagonDioramas Yeah, the Rancor (I think) fell flat because of the extremely weak tier rewards (some bones and a piece of cardboard? WTAF?!). Now I read that they did include the Keeper art some point but by then it was probably too late already as interest had dropped too much. Also, I wasn't overly impressed by the paintjob either tbh. Yeah, that lightsaber was just a massive fail as that Reva was just a nobody and it should have simply been sold at Disney parks directly or something in my opinion. That thing had no place as a Haslab product. Almost felt as if Disney was pushing it for some 'diversity' nonsense or whatever that's now running rampant everywhere. So yeah, the Cantina and the Ghost show that Haslab is finally back in tune with the fans. Let's hope it stays that way. I wouldn't mind seeing more large playsets of iconic locations instead of ships as the playsets from Hasbro felt rather lacking and you always needed to buy 2 packs as they only give you half a set for some reason. I had to buy that cantina set from the Mandalorian twice just to have enough parts but they should have included benches as well imo so Mando could sit. Then again, we're also still missing a 3.75 figure of Greef Carga in his bountyhunting garb afaik (only ever saw him as a figure in his magistrate robes). I really love my Razor Crest and the details are awesome. I do miss that (at that price) they did not include some lights and I am very hesitant to drill holes myself for wires and lights LOL.
I appreciate your level headed analysis. I backed 3. One to open, one to keep carded figures (and hopefully sell the cantina pieces), and one to sell a few years down the road. Haven't taken that approach before, fingers crossed it generally works out!
If you can afford the expense, and you want the sisters both carded in loose, then I think it makes perfect sense to do what you did. Hope it works out for you too. Thanks for watching!
is he shy?
Yes he is :)
Thank you for making this.
You’re welcome. Did you go to the show?
@@RedWagonDioramas Nope. Totally missed it. Learned about it a year back thinking it was “Fox”boro but figured it out and put it on the short list. Seriously need a calendar.
Great eipisode, bud! I thought this was a pretty good show - lots of comics which is what we were there for. Maybe I'll catch you at the next one!
@@thechrissnell there were a lot of comics for sure. I don’t do comics at all, so I didn’t cover those in the video. Next time we’ll def have to meet up!
I would never pay price for that Jawa. At best $1000 bucks. They’re not even that rare. 😢. I said it. Anyways. Awesome video. Great scores. ❤
@@darthwizzywizard yeah that seemed high to me for the graded vinyl cape Jawa. But I don’t know the graded market at all. I was more interested in the carded minirigs. Those were pretty cool. If they were loose I might have gone for one.
I spied you held a bag of loose FisherPrice Adventure People which formed the basis of the prototype 3.75 kenner sw figures back in the 1970's. Loved the few I had as a kid.
@@davidedge2828 yep I was thinking the same thing when I picked them up!
@@RedWagonDioramas Dave, we share one great mind!! 👍 😃
Love seeing stuff like this as I never go to anything like it. 😢
@@davidedge2828 shows like this are a lot of fun. I just go to explore. Not usually hunting for anything specific. (valaverse figure being an exception here obviously)
@@RedWagonDioramas That original Y-Wing is a thing of beauty. I've never owned the original, nor any re-runs of it unfortunately. Great pick-up.
Cool little show! Those are the BEST in my opinion. Easier to navigate and make deals with Sellers 😎 Thank you again buddy for the Bone Collector 💀📦 cheers bro 🍻🤘
@@desert_hunter83 you’re welcome! Yes small shows like this can be a lot of fun. Not too crowded, but big enough to find some cool stuff!
Very cool. We had that Lego set too as a kid. It was a good one.
@@artdhenderson yeah those Robin Hood sets were some of my favorites.
Epic Toy Show! Awesome mix of modern and vintage! I never knew LEGO made light up lightsabers. Plus, who doesn’t need a food truck full of toys? YWing for the Win!!!🤟🤩
@@CollectingStarWars thanks Steveo! I believe there were only 2 minifigs ever made with light up sabers. Mace and maybe Vader? Can’t remember.
"Priced too high" I guess you think making molds for what would amount to a low production run for collectors is cheap? I hate to break it to you, it's not. Spectre has a good video on costs of a figure on his channel since he worked with Mattel and can easily give out what to expect for costs.
Thanks for the comment. I haven’t watched his video on that yet.
No body cares
Thanks for letting me know!
Beautiful display Dave. Great video!!!
Thank you Mike!
Wonderful collection and very well displayed.
Thank you kindly!
Hours to go and I still aint biting. Saw it in the cinema in 77; OT to the core. Unless it's a ship or vehicle tho, no interest.
@@TonyStark-uu9us same here. It’s cool but I’m not backing it.
In your Cantina Chewie is hanging out with some pretty rough company! That Wookie is 200 and old enough to know better than to drink in these places
Haha so true!
Awesome shelf! ❤ I decided to back the HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina, just b/c it's modular enough to where I can display just different bits & pieces w/either new or vintage Kenner figures. I can do just the entrance, an alcove or the bar. No need to display the whole thing. I too wouldn't have the room for it, even if I did. 😂
Good for you! I figure that’s how most people are going to use it. I watching with interest to see how many backers come in tomorrow.
Loving that Battle Mountain Scenery by TimMee. This is the type of "playset"/diorama displays toymakers like Hasbro could be doing w/their TVC/Retro line. Something not terribly expensive, but w/enough quality to display some figures with creatively -- like Tusken Raiders, Jawas, Luke, etc. Like Kenner back in the day, its mold could be reused in different colors, for recreating scenes on Tatooine, Hoth, Mandalore & Mustafar.
Yeah I totally agree! Would love to have some basic sculpt plastic and cardboard set pieces for the retro collection.
@@RedWagonDioramas - Not a fan of cardboard playsets b/c of deterioration. But plastic playsets, I'm all for. Even generic, multi-use playsets that can be used for 3 & 3/4 inch figures.
You’re talking my language on this
Haha thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Love the cantina set up over hasbro or modern,displays well.
Thank you, I think so too. Thanks for watching!
Such a cool eclectic mix! Love it!
Thanks man 👍