Category: Nostalgia
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 293 – Cryptkeeper find
In a full day shopping extravaganza, I scored a full set of Tales from the Cryptkeeper action figures that are almost 20 years old. They were just $2 each in a toy store at the Florida Mall, still on their original cards! Great deal. The figures are from the 1993 animated kid’s show based on the HBO series “Tales From the Crypt.” I don’t remember the cartoon, but I’ll have to look it up soon, as I love the old live action HBO show. Cryptkeeper needs to make a comeback. These are the 2 Cryptkeeper figures in the full set of 8, which also includes a werewolf, mummy, zombie, and other horror staples.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 291 – Disney Afternoon
I was on a mission to buy the new DuckTales shirt I heard was available at Epcot and when I got there, I also spotted an excellent Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers shirt too, so I had to get both. While I like the DuckTales shirt (Woo hoo!), I love this Rescue Rangers shirt because it doesn’t say anything, so it’s slightly more subtle. Slightly.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 241 – Unicron toy is practically planet-sized
Today I added one of the biggest Transformers ever made to my collection. The new Amazon-exclusive Unicron 25th anniversary Transformers movie edition arrived in a huge box and despite the fact that Unicron eats planets, I for some reason wasn’t expecting the toy version to be quite this big. The photo below shows the figure, still in the box, next to a G1 Soundwave reissue. Unicron stands around 15-16″ tall, with the box adding another couple inches. It’s HUGE. I haven’t taken it out of the box yet, but I will soon. And I will transform him into a planet, naturally.
Surprisingly, this is not the biggest Transformer toy ever produced. That honor goes to Fortress Maximus. But this one sure is close. The colors match his appearance in the animated Transformers movie fairly well and apparently he makes sounds and his eyes and fist light up as well, once I put some batteries in there. This character was one of Orson Welles’ last roles before he died, so that makes the toy extra special.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 239 – Thundercats unpacked
It took me a few weeks, but I finally moved a bunch of things around on my office shelves to make room for my new Thundercats toys. A couple are new releases based on the old series (including the Comic-Con exclusive Lion-O) and the rest are from the fantastic new series that I look forward to watching every Friday. These new toys from Bandai are some of the best action figures I’ve seen in a long time. They look just like the characters, they’re highly articulated with well-hidden articulation points, they come with exactly the right accessories, they hold their poses well, and they stand up easily. Many of the figures have interactive features, courtesy of “ThunderLynx” technology – basically a magnet inside each figure that activates movements and sometimes lights/sounds. They’ve really done a great job with all of these figures.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 227 – Goodbye Jimmy Neutron
During another 1/2 price Wednesday visit to Dave & Buster’s, I spotted a group of people wearing “Closing Team” shirts for Jimmy Neutron’s Nicktoon Blast at Universal Studios Orlando. The attraction is being replaced by a ride based on “Despicable Me” and it seems this group was at D&B to have some fun after helping to shut it down. I still miss Nickelodeon Studios and while the Jimmy Neutron attraction was never as good as the old Hanna-Barbara ride, it still held onto some Nick fun, particularly in the SpongeBob sequence. I’m not terribly upset over Jimmy Neutron leaving, but not excited about Despicable Me replacing it either. In between the two, I wish Universal would bring back Hanna-Barbara, if only for a week or two as a tribute.
