Monday Musings: McFarlane Toys’ The Conqueror
The Conqueror! Ever since I learned about this action figure back in 1997, it has fascinated me. It's not the best toy in the world, but it's definitely one of…
Monday Musings: How does a Pre-Order go out of stock?
Another answer to an action figure message board post on a board I'm no longer a member of: How does a PREorder go out of stock? Isn’t the entire point…
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6″ Custom Roadblock
He's not a 100% match for the 1986 Roadblock (links to YoJoe.com), but he's fairly close, with the knife moved to the back. Roadblock is made from a Marvel Legends HYDRA ENFORCER figure,…
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Real Ghostbusters Repaints
In 1986, toy company Kenner released a line of toys based on the cartoon series, "The Real Ghostbusters." This cartoon continued the adventures of Peter Venkman, Ray Stanz, Egon Spengler,…
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Robot Heroes Sunstorm
I’ve already discussed Sunstorm at length before, so I don’t really feel the need to do that again. But the 2-inch PVC Robot Heroes toy line was fun, so I…
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Marvel Legends Retro Gwen Stacy
From the same line as the Mid-90s Daredevil I got a couple weeks back. Gwen Stacy was Spider-Man/Peter Parker's love interest before Mary Jane came along, and the comics made…
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Mail Call: GI Joe Classified: Gung Ho
Newly arrived in the mail today is Gung-Ho, one of the most memorably-named members of GI Joe. That rhymed on purpose.
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Transformers Robot Heroes Powered Convoy custom
Before there was Transformers, Japanese toy company Takara created a line of toys called DIACLONE, with the toy molds that Hasbro would eventually license and turn into Transformers in the…
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Tigatron Custom
All images from TFWiki.net except the one of my actual custom Beast Wars was great. As the first true re-imagining of Transformers, it holds a very special place in many…
Monday Musings: “Marvel’s” Hela?
Another old social media post I liked and wanted to keep around. This post is from summer 2020 though, so it's only a couple months old at the time I'm…
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Slash, the Evil Turtle from Dimension X custom
PIZZA STINKS!? I love this crazy bastard. At least, in theory. During the height of Turtlemania, specifically in the year 1990 – shortly after the first film was released in…
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Tokka & Rahzar Custom Toys
Tokka's the snapping turtle, Rahzar's the wolf, and they were created for the 2nd TMNT movie, The Secret of the Ooze, released in 1991, because Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird…
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Mail Call: Mid-’90s Daredevil
Well this is an unusual figure to have show up in the mail! Debuting in October of 1993, Marvel Comics gave Daredevil an updated 90's look, no doubt to make…
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Heroes of Cybertron Rainmakers
In the season 1 episode of The Transformers (1984), "Divide and Conquer," (link goes to that episode on TubiTV.com) three unnamed Starscream recolors appear, in incredibly garish, bright colors. They…
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Mail Call: Jubilee & Gambit
Two of 'em today! Including a huge piece of Caliban that I'm probably never going to use. Have I mentioned that I like 90s X-Men stuff? I feel like I've…