I love all the Universal Monsters, but none more than the Creature from the Black Lagoon, a.k.a. the Gillman. He has by far the most interesting design of the group, but also I just tend to like sea monsters and their ilk. I don’t have as strong a love for–or as extensive a collection of–Gillman merchandise as Michael Crawford, but I have picked up a few of the more recent toy-related Gillman products such as the Toy Island figure and, now, the Funko Force figure. (more…)
The choices for Star War’s fans choice figure are still available to be voted on and I finally got a chance to check them out. You’ve got the usual assortment of background aliens that no normal person should care about, some of Padme’s Decoys, and Uncle Owen’s Dad. This thing is like a Hall of Shame for Star Wars. Here are just a few of the terrible, terrible choices:
Kitster Banai and Wald
The text for this one is priceless, ” Anakin’s little buddies have never received figures, yet they’re prominent on-screen.” Prominent on-screen does not equal worthy of being an action figure, rather its just one of Lucas’s biggest blunders.
Today’s Show and Tell comes courtesy of Poester George C. Some images taken from Yojoe.com.
When I was growing up, I didn’t own too many toys–my mother didn’t approve of them or maybe we were just broke. Whatever the reason, it helped me value toys whenever I did get some, even more. As I recall, most of my friends were jealous of a Spider-man I got at KayBee Toys (when they had a special of three toys for $5). But I didn’t care much for Spidey, so I lent him out like crazy. It seemed to me that, around that age, I only had “hero” toys–after all they were my favorite. I had the usual Batman and Robin and Spider-man and Leonardo, but I never had a bad guy. Until…Iron Klaw. (more…)
1.) Zach asks: In 2010, could we please see an end to the in-package posing of figures in DCUC? I just bought four wave 10 figures yesterday and ALL of their legs have been severely warped to the point of looking like they were bent. The aesthetic, to me, is lost and the figures look way less cool than a 4HM sculpted figure ought to. Perhaps, in an effort to showcase their articulation and pose-ability, you could showcase pics of dynamic poses on the package instead?
I do hear you on this one, but there are sometimes just as many fans who like the dynamic pack out. At the moment the plan is to continue these packs out to add to the excitement on shelf.
It’s Scareglow day! What will happen this time? I haven’t the energy even to guess. Let’s just saying, anything could happen–from Digital River exploding like a supernova to everyone getting exactly what they want in a timely, orderly fashion. The fun begins at 12pm Eastern, 9am Pacific.
Don’t forget, along with Scareglow here, you can order:
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.
This one comes courtesy of Sir Real. Someone thought they were pretty damned funny swapping out a DCUC Mr. Terrific for a JLU Mr. Terrific. But they weren’t funny. They were just a ****head (fill in with the four-letter word of your choice).
Here’s a question: why did this a-hole take off the figure’s jacket? What the hell’s up with that? Is he so unable to contain his perversions that he must strip his action figures? Oh, and the BAF part’s missing, too–Giganta’s right leg. I don’t even want to think what this freak wanted that for.
Let’s all hope the perpetrator of this particular crime drowns in a vat of rancid molasses, painfully inhaling the hot, decaying viscous fluid into his lungs before life ebbs away.
Ahead of Scareglow and the rest of today’s Mattycollector releases, Mattel offers up this update via Facebook. (Text after the jump.) (more…)
