tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46707543483253018952024-03-13T21:56:46.364-07:00The man who stares at toysMr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-54230169101097546972014-08-17T11:31:00.002-07:002014-08-17T11:31:41.904-07:00Toy Review: Star Wars Black Series: Sandtrooper 6"Toy Review: Star Wars Black Series: Sandtrooper 6"
Going back two years for this guy who has been making his rounds through my shelves and storage. This was from the very first run of the Fairly recent Star Wars black series 6" inch deluxe figures. The Sandtrooper was THE figure to get and was nearly impossible to find at retailers. He was notoriously missing from online Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-4475820083278853932014-08-16T18:25:00.001-07:002014-08-16T18:25:07.733-07:00League Assignment: Compare and ContrastLeague Assignment: Compare and Contrast!
I've been meaning to put a showcase of photos all up in one place to do this specific pop culture icon justice. Call him/it what you will The Valkyrie, The Veritech Fighter, Jetfire, Skyfire... this one specific jet/robot hybrid has possible been the most manufactured cross-platform figure character ever. Take a look at all the companies who Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-56195986984743027702014-08-11T18:39:00.000-07:002014-08-11T18:39:32.894-07:00Toy Review: Star Wars Black Series - 6" Speeder Bike with Biker ScoutToy Review: Star Wars Black Series 6" Speeder Bike with Biker Scout.
This review will be simple and to the point. Hands down, the best Star Wars item I own. Absolute nicest version of the Imperial Speeder Bike and Scout I've seen in any action figure format. Every detail has been hit with perfect detail, the articulation is spot on, the Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-8362907060791041282014-08-10T10:48:00.001-07:002014-08-10T11:32:26.009-07:00League Assignment: Top 10 / Looney Tunes shorts!This week's assignment for the league.
TOP 10 Best Looney Tunes Episodes!
Fast and the Furriest - All time favorite Road Runner and Coyote Cartoon. Set to the great March of the Comedians. Although most of the earlier Roadrunner and Coyote cartoons are awesome before Bill Lava took over the music which I never cared for. We get the character M.O.'s, an effect which I Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-7153696565866400822014-08-04T20:11:00.000-07:002014-08-04T20:19:02.018-07:00List-O-Rama: My top 20 favorite snacks we will NEVER see again!
List Time!
My wife and I were reminiscing over long lost Kool-Aid flavors and relishing in the sheer awesomeness of our youth through highly sweetened snacks, treats and whathaveyous. As we talked she looked up a variety of Kool-Aid products including Mountain Berry, Rock-a-dile Red, Rainbow Punch and Purplesaurus Rex to name a few of the particularly awesome flavors...it's strange...I Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-49704545178197850812014-08-04T18:29:00.000-07:002014-08-04T18:29:11.676-07:00League Assignment: CONtemplationCONtemplation.
SDCC 2014 is a wrap. What peaked your interest most this year? What was a disappointment?
Hello LoEB'ers! I'm long out of the loop but have been steadily getting back into the swing of thing this past month. With re-admission to the blog-roll pool, I feel it would only be pertinent to resume weekly posts to the League.
SDCC...Some major good Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-30701044057112175812014-08-03T20:37:00.003-07:002014-08-03T20:37:51.120-07:00Toy Review: Transformers Classics / Generations - Thundercracker (Deluxe class)Transformers Classics / Generations : Thundercracker (Deluxe Class)
Up for review is the Transformers Classics reboot Thundercracker. He is an all around update to the awesome G1 seeker for Starscream's original jet squadron and my personal favorite of the original jets. He is truly a sight to see.
This is a perfect update to an already great and iconic figure (whom I Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-35158831032182988112014-07-29T19:29:00.000-07:002014-07-29T19:29:04.883-07:00A few frustrations at the current state of collecting...A few frustrations I have as a collector mostly toward Hasbro...am I crazy? Does anyone else feel this way?
1. Collecting a simple line is next to impossible for years now if you like Star Wars or Transformers and want to buy product from the big 3 (Target, TRU and Walmart)
2. Why do retailers overstock and continue to overstock garbage waves that no one buys...TVC Phantom Menace...40Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-41055499585467380862014-07-28T18:54:00.000-07:002014-07-28T18:54:37.940-07:00Toy Review: Transformers: Reveal the Shield - Lugnut (Voyager Class)Transformers: Lugnut (Reveal the Shield - Hunt for the Decepticons - Voyager Class)
Here's a nice bit of straight up, 100 percent praise. It goes without saying, hand's down that this is my all time favorite Transformer figure. I hunted this guy for months and managed to score him new in box for about 35.00. The story behind this guy's figure in general is Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-44494681985775040902014-07-22T17:47:00.005-07:002014-07-22T17:47:56.543-07:00Toy Review: Transformers Onslaught (Ultra Class: Universe Classics 2.0)Transformers: Universe Classics 2.0/ Onslaught (Ultra Class)
Here, we are looking at 2008's Ultra Class Onslaught. He was fashioned into a larger commander bot with serious armament and intimidating size after a smaller version of him was created for the combiner Combaticon set of Bruticus Maximus also in the Universe toy line.
Instead of being a flatbed military truck with mobile Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-90998703069097461482014-07-20T11:13:00.001-07:002014-07-20T11:13:50.675-07:00Toy Review: Transformers - Generations: Cosmos and Payload (Legends Class)... and Hasbro minirantTransformers Generations: Cosmos and Payload (Legends Class)
I picked this small set up a few weeks back at my local Target and have been meaning to do something with these guys. I originally wanted to pick up Swerve, Tailgate and Shrapnel...oh right, Skrapnel (whatever). So far, this has been a bit hard.
Sufficed to say, the newer generations legends class figures Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-16000637372119661762014-07-17T20:14:00.000-07:002014-07-19T11:23:30.015-07:00Toy Review: Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Shockwave (Voyager Class)Transformers Prime / Beast Hunters: Voyager Class Shockwave
This'll be a quickie. I already said I recently started back up on some fairly modern Transformers (most stuff from the 2000's up to now. One of the first figures that caught my eye through some stylish tumbler photos (honestly some of the toy photography on that feed is amazing) was this guy and I had to have Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-24743934721761480902014-07-17T19:45:00.000-07:002014-07-17T19:45:24.499-07:00Toy Review: Transformers Prime - WheeljackTransformers Prime: Wheeljack
This great figure just came in the mail yesterday and I couldn't be happier. He's a very slickly presented Autobot Ferrari Testarossa with high stylization, great paint application and a nice sturdy but poseable frame. I love the modern take on the great G1 (Porsche) favorite while still holding onto some of the nice aesthetics that made the Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-32521204805872981362014-07-13T18:48:00.002-07:002014-07-13T18:48:31.844-07:00Transformers: Armada - Tidal Wave I have recently started rebuilding and reformatting my Transformers collection. Pretty much done with G1 and G2 due to expense and the annoyance of collecting dozens of little pieces...(did you ever look at how much stuff comes with a Pretender figure???) and am focusing on moderns. I originally wanted to focus on Voyager class due to size and recent improvements in quality but Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-50204673487399624882014-04-29T20:34:00.001-07:002014-04-29T20:34:17.313-07:00List-O-Rama: Top 15 music videos that creeped me out.Talking recently about video's and content and striking visuals, I decided to rekindle some old video memories and what better than to talk about the weirder ones. These range in no particular order but go from stuff that left me slightly perturbed to freaked right the hell out. Most of these were from my high school years but I've ranged it and will say a little about each of the 15 Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-89173346185955508292014-03-14T20:59:00.005-07:002014-03-14T20:59:54.817-07:00Russia / Ukraine and why it matters (to me at least)
Breaking with my normal monologues on toys, games and other equally light material, I felt it necessary to shift gears momentarily to something more serious. Being married to a woman of mixed Ukrainian heritage and as a practicing member of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, I have been paying special attention to the almost surreal developments in Europe's "breadbasket."&Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-73688208651309633562014-02-18T20:35:00.003-08:002014-02-18T20:35:43.081-08:00Toy Fair 2014...deep pockets required.The Toy God's have spoken and boy have they ever!
Since my last post, I have since sold a ton of my Joes, games, Legos and G1's and cleared out the toy room to convert into a playroom for the little man. It was a fair trade and he needs a great place to play instead of a toy museum. Everything is in storage in my basement. All I'm saying is he will have a great set of Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-75915661124942841982014-02-18T17:21:00.002-08:002014-02-18T18:47:05.634-08:00PS3 Game Review: Last of Us DLC: Left BehindJust finished the first DLC add-on to the amazing Naughty Dog PS3 exclusive, The Last of Us entitled Left Behind. This story focused on a vignette of Ellie immediately after Joel takes the tumble on the rebar in Colorado from the original game and she has to fix the hole where the blood's coming out so to speak. While we are guiding Ellie through this add-on of the Winter Chapter, we Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-32861188909730090822013-09-05T11:56:00.001-07:002013-09-05T11:56:19.224-07:00Again, too much cool to count. Hello again...It's been one hell of a summer. Baby's growing, moved with a week to plan it during the only heatwave of the season, major change in monetary situation, sold everything off except my Joe's and Star Wars, got a second teaching license, waiting on word for another Social Studies job, went back to FedEx where I never thought I'd set foot again and luckily came to my senses and Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-60766626589364146662013-06-11T19:56:00.001-07:002013-06-12T09:13:12.284-07:00League Assignment: Bring it Back!Hmmm. modern reboot? I thought about this a few separate times this week and kept hitting a wall. 80's properties and even those of the 90's have a certain flavor and feel to them that can't be duplicated...the decade they were imagined in is just a strong theme in their execution as the show's characters and plots. I wondered if something like Visionaries or Inhumanoids could Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-57710912774853574062013-06-09T08:09:00.001-07:002013-06-09T08:09:42.422-07:00Everything Must go Sale!Selling a ton of my collection to downsize, create space and generate some scratch for the summer. Check my ebay profile or the sidebar for some nice vintage and modern items.
Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-10884713657523122982013-05-27T17:41:00.002-07:002013-05-27T17:41:59.705-07:00Happy Memorial Day: Fun with JoesHooah! Having some pictorial fun with my Tomahawk and some of the more realistically reputable Joe members. Hope you had a great weekend!
Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-87904750209358154782013-04-30T19:00:00.004-07:002013-05-01T10:54:10.848-07:00League Assignment: Comics!I'm sure many a league member has much more in depth, continuity driven and detail oriented posts about specific comics, graphic novels and superheroes. I only dabbled in comics and even unearthed in my "geek confessions" that I never owned a true Superhero comic book ever if you don't count Spawn or Rob Lefield garbage. Instead, I'd like to talk more about the phenomenon that Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-66661252753684826662013-04-29T11:07:00.000-07:002013-04-29T11:07:31.085-07:00League Assignment: Slumber Party!The League poses the question from last week; what pop culture home would you want to spend the night in?
Some of these seem like no brainers but I didn't want to be too obvious....I already talked about vacationing in Dark City and the Deitz House but that would be for simple sightseeing...I wouldn't necessarily be comfortable staying there...I mean really...Pee Wee's playhouse is fun but like,Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670754348325301895.post-24251070656542051152013-04-29T10:47:00.003-07:002013-04-29T10:47:34.730-07:00League Assignment: First ImpressionsI had a couple ideas for strong first impressions but I'm about a month late and alas, Unicron, the opening Star Destroyer Crawl in New Hope and Mario 3's intro in the wizard were all taken...you snooze, you lose, right?
I consistently gravitate toward video games so quite a few introductions came to mind since (especially now) as games become more cinematic they need to draw their audiences in Mr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670582128484924981noreply@blogger.com0