Paul’s Peg > Dropping Some Thoughts on Upcoming Joes

September 3, 2009 | Paul

Hey y’all, I’ve been looking through pictures of upcoming G.I. Joe figures and I can’t help but share some of my thoughts. I’m mostly sharing my thoughts because I have a huge ego and think everyone cares about what I think, but it’s partly because I like the sound of my own voice. Let’s do this!

Arctic Threat Storm Shadow

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Okay on the plus side is the camo pattern brings to mind one of my favorite Storm Shadow costumes of all time. On the negative, it’s a simple repaint that’s hard to buy based on the seemingly unending price hikes with Joes. There’s a lesson here, if prices were lower I’d buy a lot more. I’m also sure there’s a contingent of you gnashing teeth at the big rocket launcher, but in this case it’s kind of cool. I like the idea of having a launching zip line.

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Paul’s Peg > Insight on Insight

August 27, 2009 | Paul

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While the Mattel Masters of the Universe debacle drove the toy collecting community into a frenzied rage, the other toy book this year has been getting a lot of respect if not the same amount of talk. When my buddy was at SDCC this year I gave him a list of stuff to pick up for me and one of the items was the Hasbro related book Insight (as well as the Masters book that I didn’t get). I can say that I managed to get a copy, it’s a sweet arse book.

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Paul’s Peg > Toy Hunt: Two Ladies and a Hawk

August 24, 2009 | Paul

What? Toy Hunt on Poe Ghostal’s blog? How is that possible!? Well, after the bastards killed my blog I took all my awesome with me, so here’s the first Toy Hunt on Poe Ghostal. If you’re not familar with Toy Hunt, it’s basically me talking about what toys I bought. Why should you care? I don’t know, you just should. So let’s kick this off:

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After moving to a new city I hadn’t stopped at any Wal-Marts yet. Actually that’s a lie, I stopped at one when I was looking for apartments and was really unimpressed. Today though, I stopped at a new one that I found and I scored big (at least for me). Most Wal-Marts around me tend to suck. Hell, I stopped going to one because they don’t even carry G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra or any DC figures. So imagine my surprise when I realized that this one had the potential to be a magic Wal-Mart.

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Paul’s Peg > Skystriker? Pshaw! Now This is a Jet!

August 18, 2009 | Paul

If you’re hoping that Hasbro will re-release the classic G.I. Joe Skystriker, I hope you’re not holding your breath. First of all, they are going in a more futuristic direction with the movie line. Secondly, the rumor is that Funskool ruined the molds when they had them. But even if they managed to make a new Skystriker, it still wouldn’t be as cool as this jet from JSI:

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This is a 1:18th scale F-14 Tomcat, meaning it’s to scale with G.I. Joes and it could be modified to be the most bad ass Skystriker on the planet. It’s got a ton of detail and is a pre-order for the low, low price of 209.00. Okay, that’s not very low, but it’s still damned cool. You know, I think you owe me a Christmas gift from last year. This is a great way to make amends.

Paul’s Peg > I Own a Dolly

August 14, 2009 | Paul

I never thought I’d say this, but I own a doll just like a little girl. Yeah, I know the whole “action figures” are really dolls business jerks throw at toy collectors, but this time I’ve really gone and done it. I bought a doll and I lay the blame on Tonner Dolls who were at this year’s Chicago Comic Con. If they hadn’t of been there, I’d still be happily doll free.

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Paul’s Peg > The Playmates Star Trek Survey

August 13, 2009 | Paul

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While at the recent Wizard run Chicago Comic Con I went on a sort of frenzied spree buying old Playmates Star Trek figures. There were tons of them for five bucks or less, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to finally check out these figures after missing all of them when they were originally released. A few of the figures came with customer response cards from Playmates, so I did what any rational person would do. I filled out one of the nearly ten year old surveys. After answering questions about my birth date and address I filled out the rest of the card. Here’s what I put:

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Paul’s Peg > I’ll Miss Ya, Toy Bender

August 12, 2009 | Paul

In 2006 I was checking out a forum for writers and saw a post from one of the founders saying that they were starting a blogging network and needed writers. I decided to check out what was available and I saw that there was a toy collecting blog up for grabs. At that time they wanted ten posts a week and I wondered if I could actually write that much about toys on a consistent basis. Nearly three years later and after over a thousand posts, Toy Bender is done.

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Paul’s Peg > DC Universe Infinite Morbidity

August 12, 2009 | Paul

If there was anyone who was looking forward to the DC Universe Infinite Heroes more than me, I doubt it. When the line first appeared I went ape nuts with the prospect of having tons of my favorite heroes in my favorite scale. Then they came out and boy, the joke was on us toy collectors with it’s overall poor sculpting and horrendous lack of articulation. Still, Mattel seems to be trying to make this thing work and they’ve finally come up with something I truly need:

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Paul’s Peg > Hasbro’s San Diego Comic Con 2009 Exclusives

July 16, 2009 | Paul

It’s getting to be that time of the year again, that special time where those who aren’t going to the San Diego Comic Con wonder just how in the hell they are going to get the exclusives that the want. Hasbro’s finally got pictures of all their stuff, so let’s just take a look at their offerings. (more…)