NoisyDVL5 of ItsAllTrue.net has posted an interesting update to his DCUC ball-joint neck post, showing that the double barbell peg used for earlier waves has been replaced by a triple barbell peg that’s anchored in the chest. This appears to be the cause of the disappearing DCUC ball joint neck. I’m going to post about it here, but all credit goes to Noisy for chasing this story, and you should be sure to read his post.
Poe’s note: These were McDonalds’ toys tied to one of the 1980s Bambi re-releases. They were vinyl and even had some limited articulation. I think my sister and I had all of them, including Bambi.
Hey y’all, I’ve got to hit you up with some quick news items related to the Joes For Tots contest. Let’s do this!
Item: Toy reviewer extraordinaire Michael Crawford of MCWtoys.com will be doing the honor of randomly picking the winners this year. Thanks, Mr. Crawford.
Item: Articulated Discussion has done an interview with me about the contest. Be sure to watch for it over there when it is up!
Item: If you’re entering the contest (and why wouldn’t you?) keep in mind that for every G.I. Joe toy sold, Hasbro is donating a toy to Toys For Tots. Sweet!
Item: Speaking of other cool charity events this year, the store G.I. Joe Heaven is going to be donating a percentage of their sales to Toys For Tots.
Item: I’d like to thank everyone who has covered the contest including, but we still need to raise awareness for this contest, so below are some new banners that we’ve worked up.
Mattycollector came so close to escaping this month’s sale without a major hitch.
Members of the He-Man.org boards are reporting receiving Scareglows missing either the little black key that goes inside the Grayskull reliquary, or the reliquary itself. It’s too early to tell whether this is an issue affecting a statistically significant number of Scareglows. I’ll let you know how mine turns out when I get it tomorrow.
In the meantime, that bastard Crawford beat me to the review punch. Great photos though.
So I’m somewhat interested in the upcoming videogame Dante’s Inferno, and NECA’s figure looks pretty cool too. However, I posted on Twitter recently that if the game wasn’t good, I probably wouldn’t want the figure–I rarely, if ever, buy toys just because they look good. I need to have some attachment to the property.
That said, I also rarely, if ever, pre-order videogames. Videogames are just too expensive an investment to risk them being crappy. There are obvious exceptions (e.g., it’s unlikely a sequel to a proven franchise like Halo is going to be terrible), but for the most part you won’t see me pre-ordering a videogame. Heck, most of the time I can wait until a few months have gone by and I can buy it used and save a few more bucks. So I can imagine a scenario whereby Dante’s Inferno gets good reviews, so I go out and buy the figure before I even get the game.
However, that’s not going to be an option this time. (more…)
While I loved it as a kid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is not a good movie. It’s easily the weakest of the three live-action Turtles films,* and it’s incredibly dated by the presence of Vanilla Ice, who was already a living joke when the film came out. However, the film did produce three memorable action figures: Super Shredder and the subjects of this Show and Tell, Tokka and Rahzar. (more…)
Mattel finally revealed what’s going on with the Dark Knight Movie Masters line–and it’s a bit of a surprise. More after the jump. (more…)
