Paul’s Peg > The Toy Aisle That Time Forgot!

May 8, 2009 | Paul

In the Northwoods of Wisconsin there is a toy aisle hidden in a hardware store that time has forgotten. Most of the toys for sale there date back to the early 1990s and a some are even older than that. This hardware store in question is located in a town neighboring the one where I grew up, the population of which is only about four hundred people. In my youth, the store had more than one toy aisle, but as the stuff sells, they seem to be reordering less. It’s a surreal experience that I just had to share. Now let’s check this stuff out:

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It’s a toy oven sporting a Care Bear on it. Yeah, I know. I’m guessing its from the 1980s, since that’s an old school styled Care Bear.

That Colorblaster is also friggen old, judging by the hot pink flamingos on the box that just scream horrid 90s art style. My wife has also informed me that she got one of these for her 11th birthday and she just turned 27 this week. I’ll let you do the math.

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DCUC Waves 10 and 11 rumors

May 8, 2009 | Poe

“Blue Canoe Stew”–whoever he is–has posted line-ups for DC Universe Classics waves 10 and 11 over on RTM. Take it all with a grain of salt, because I don’t know “Blue Canoe Stew” from Adam, and the only reason I’m even bothering to post this is because it vaguely matches up with what we know already and I think it might be a slow news day.

Over on the Fwoosh, poster “Marillion” has suggested that, as far as he knows, the BAF for Wave 10 was supposed to be Imperiex. Again, this is all hearsay and speculation, as far as I know.

For what it’s worth, Blue Canoe Stew also says Wave 10 is NOT the Walmart wave. Could it be true? Wave 11 might make more sense as the Walmart wave, as it contains less original tooling (John Stewart would just be a repaint with a new head, Cyborg Supes is just a straight repaint, and Shark, Katma Tui and Deadman would probably have few original parts as well).

Here are Blue Canoe Stew’s supposed Waves 10 & 11: (more…)

More MOTUC subscription news

May 7, 2009 | Poe

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Via Mattycollector.com:

Good Great news, MOTU fans!

Nothing bums me out more than fans not getting the figures they want. So, to make sure you get all your fave MOTU figures, I’m starting a subscription service! All the details will be on the sign-up page when it launches, but here’s how it’s basically gonna work:

  • From May 18th through May 22nd (five days only), come to MattyCollector.com to sign up for the 2009 service.
  • Every month, from September through December, you’ll be guaranteed to get the figure of the month at current prices, for a total of four.
  • Once you sign up, you’re in for the whole period (subscriptions can’t be canceled).
  • Exact figures will be announced approximately three months from each on-sale date.
  • Figures can either be shipped and charged once per month as they become available, or they can be held for the year, and charged and shipped together on December 15th.
  • You can sign up for as many subscriptions as you want during the five day period. No limit!
  • Figures will also be available at MattyCollector.com on the 15th of each month without the subscription. So, if you want extras of some figures, you’ll still have the option to buy more — but availability won’t be guaranteed.
  • The subscription will only be for the figure of the month, and won’t include convention figures, or other special figures.
  • Subscriptions for the full year 2010 will be available in August 2009.

It doesn’t get a whole lot easier. Sign up once and you’re done… MOTU figures just show up at your door! No worrying about being logged in when a sale starts, or a figure selling out before you get one.

Again, complete details (including all the legal mumbo-jumbo) will be on the sign-up page. And remember, you can get as many as you want but subscriptions will only be available for five days, so mark your calendars for Monday, May 18th!

—Matty

Toy review roundup (via Fanmode)

May 7, 2009 | Poe

fanmode-copy Michael Crawford reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Iron Man Mark II 1/6-scale figure. Excerpt: “Recognizing that certain aspects of this figure cost less because of the re-use, they added in more stuff to give you that additional value.”

Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Iron Man Mark II Sideshow exclusive 1/6-scale figure. Excerpt: “As near to perfection as it is possible to get in this scale …”

yo go re reviews the Jakks Pacific WWE Deluxe Build N’ Brawl Sgt. Slaughter figure. Excerpt: “… the toy would be a bit small if he were a Joe release. Other than that, however, the figure blends perfectly.” (more…)

New Topless Robot list – 10 Most Famous Geek Arguments

May 7, 2009 | Poe

I totally spaced on the fact that Topless Robot posted my list “The 10 Most Famous Geek Arguments” yesterday.

Reading through the comments, my favorite thing about the whole article is everyone’s arguing about what arguments should have been included.

(For the record, I skipped Kirk vs. Picard because I already had the Star Trek vs. Star Wars question on the list, and wanted to spread the love around. Furthermore, all the captains and commanders that have come along since–Sisko, Janeway, Archer–have muddied the issue. However, it is a famous geek argument, so point taken.)

UPDATE: Rob of TR just pointed out to me that the list made the front page of Digg yesterday. Dude, where was I?