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Weather Fury Storm
The second figure in my new Toy Biz X-Men/Marvel collection is Weather Fury Storm, also from the X-Men Water Wars assortment that Hydro Blast Wolverine came from. I chose this…
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Hydro Blast Wolverine
I love toys. I’m in my 40s, and I still love these little silly pieces of plastic that represent fictional characters from stories and various bits of entertainment that I…
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Atomic Monsoon Season 2 Episode 9: Transformers: The Movie (1986)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PqvRXay9WHwzi9Do6tm5v?si=f36c4120e52f4977 Retro Andy shows Master Stephanie Transformers: The Movie for the first time. The plot, the story, the characters, the controversies, the philosophy -- It's all in this Planet-Sized episode…
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Atomic Monsoon Season 2 Episode 8: More Than Meets the Monsoon
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OKDO7Znr4xcs1KamxeU8m?si=6998863a14b54c78 Master Stephanie watched the original Transformers cartoon for the very first time! What did she think of Retro Andy's favorite childhood animated series? Find out! Thanks as always to…
Monday Musings: Why are Action Figures so dang expensive?
We all hate when costs go up, especially when they go up in our favorite hobbies. And in the last five years, the costs of action figures have gone up…
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Saurozoic Warriors wave 1 from Boss Fight Studio
For my birthday this year, I treated myself to the whole first wave of SAUROZOIC WARRIORS toys from Boss Fight Studio. This is a line of wholly-original humanoid dinosaur combatants…
Banshee Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
In late 2009, I received a commission to make a custom Mighty Muggs figure of the X-Men character, Banshee, from someone who had seen some of my previous Mighty Muggs…
Carnage Mighty Muggs Custom Toys
As I've noted before, I don't make the same custom figure twice, especially when I put them up for sale. I don't want to end up taking commissions for the…
Deadpool Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
Thanks to his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (or whatever that thing was), Marvel gave the "Merc with a Mouth" a huge push in 2009-2010, making Deadpool more visible than…
Spider-Man 3 Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
It's hard to imagine now, but at the time of Mighty Muggs' popularity in 2009, there were only three live-action Spider-Man movies. The most recent of which was Spider-Man 3,…
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Akuma Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
After doing a bunch of Mighty Muggs customs, I thought I would try something different with Akuma. SInce he's often shrouded in shadow, what if I did that for his…
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Mighty Muggs Green/White Ranger Custom Toy
Since the Green Ranger and the White Ranger were the same character, just with a change in powers, I thought it would be fun to make a custom Mighty Mugg…
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CM Punk Mighty Mugg Custom Toy
It's easy to forget in 2023, but before Funko POP!s took over the vinyl toy market, Mighty Muggs were real popular for like 6 months between 2009 and 2010. And…
Hal Jordan Mighty Muggs
In the late 00's Hasbro made their way into the vinyl toy business with a line called MIGHTY MUGGS. They were all effectively the same basic figure, but with new…
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The King of the Dead Custom Toy
Back in 2005, I ended up with an extra toy of McFarlane Toys' Total Chaos line Conqueror. What was I going to with an extra one of these guys? Customize one! Since…