tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post4640116697421258634..comments2023-12-18T21:04:53.693-05:00Comments on Toys and Tomfoolery: The Ancient Bowels of my Photobucket: The Third PartAlexxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-56474049232155096152015-12-11T09:36:23.284-05:002015-12-11T09:36:23.284-05:00I got mine from a toy store a couple office buildi...I got mine from a toy store a couple office buildings over that gets a lot of leftover stock in. So it might be one of those that shows up in Marshall's occasionally (that's how I got my Cap 2 Falcon).<br /><br />It is genuinely hilarious how that figure is basically saying DRONES ARE EVIL TOOLS OF HYDRA<br /><br />And, yeah, Centurions seems like it's due for a comeback (especially with oil prices down, which would make the scale more economical). Those Joe BTR figures were kind of a nod in that direction, weirdly enough.GeoffDesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-53197515503176461282015-12-10T13:10:24.194-05:002015-12-10T13:10:24.194-05:00I had meant to get that Red Skull, but never ended...I had meant to get that Red Skull, but never ended up doing it before he left the stores!<br /><br />But AH MAN, amidst all the 80's reboots: Where the hell is Centurions?! How would that NOT fit in with today's mix-and-match toylines? They could mix all the tech with real-world online activities, use accessory packs to unlock stuff in games or something, bring in a new TV show. It is RIPE for a reboot. The technology aspect just meshes SO well with what we got goin' on nowadays. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-37857997793525211352015-12-10T10:13:15.473-05:002015-12-10T10:13:15.473-05:00That Red Skull is straight-up **great.** I have h...That Red Skull is straight-up **great.** I have him hanging out with the recent red-shoes Cobra Commander; they compare cloaks and laugh at Destro for no longer being pimp enough to sport one.<br /><br />http://comics-x-aminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Captain-America-3.75-Inch-Assortment-Movie-Red-Skull.jpg<br /><br />That's my favourite Joescale Skull. If only because he's got a backpack that, one day, I'm going to repaint and use for an Ace McCloud (Centurions) custom.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748824534161540923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-24254129878155729022015-12-10T10:10:36.597-05:002015-12-10T10:10:36.597-05:00In practice, it was like a prototype for the Ultim...In practice, it was like a prototype for the Ultimate line - take all the "old, out of date heroes" (you know, because in the 90s Marvel was all about the X-Men and Ghost Rider and Venom and was basically crapping out Avengers and FF just because they felt obligated to... my, how times change....) and give them modern origins.<br /><br />Except:<br /><br />(a) They decided to hand half the books to Rob Liefeld.<br /><br />(b) They used a godawful X-Men storyline (the whole traitor thing) to set it up; and<br /><br />(c) They cancelled cap JUST when Mark Waid had turned it into an awesome book, so there was zero goodwill right off the bat.<br /><br />A couple years later, they do much the same thing with the Ultimate line, only they get away with it by presenting it as an alternative rather than a replacement of the usual titles.GeoffDesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-34623214847509862632015-12-09T00:08:44.690-05:002015-12-09T00:08:44.690-05:00I just went and read the Wikipedia article...certa...I just went and read the Wikipedia article...certainly sounded like a strange idea. Not uncommon for the time, but they came up with some weird looks for everyone! Oh wait, that's not uncommon for the time either. Ah man, 90's. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-89445786361081623802015-12-08T23:06:03.517-05:002015-12-08T23:06:03.517-05:00Can confirm, the Heroes Reborn arc wasn't grea...Can confirm, the Heroes Reborn arc wasn't great.The White Comethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527427481939910162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-56117776578012949452015-12-08T18:03:14.901-05:002015-12-08T18:03:14.901-05:00Man, I totally forgot about that line! Haven'...Man, I totally forgot about that line! Haven't seen the movie since...well, the theater, I think.<br /><br />I didn't know D.O.U.G. was from the 90's! It works, though. Certainly works.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm not sure when they're gona be back to standard repaints. Which is fine, of course! This business with making all new toys for Combiners and Headmasters is pretty freakin' sweet. Sad thing is that repaints of good molds (and bad ones) tend to be exclusives, and I ain't got the cash for those, man. <br /><br />I have no idea if Heroes Reborn was bad, but it wouldn't surprise me. The whole thing with Onslaught was hilarious enough as it was, though it gave me one of my favorite Dr. Doom moments (when all the Heroes are sacrificing themselves to Onslaught's pillar of psychic energy, Doom is standing there watching them all go in and waiting to syphon off the resulting energy when they all die, but then Iron Man flies up from behind and takes him in with the rest). <br /><br />I never read any of the "Reborn" stuff, I just looked in to it later, since I never followed up after that one comic I have with the end of Onslaught. I was mostly a random comic buyer, in my youth, save for a period where I was keeping up with Spider-Man.<br />Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-86537340115347037752015-12-08T17:47:18.403-05:002015-12-08T17:47:18.403-05:00"ninja-bread man" was missed, but not fo..."ninja-bread man" was missed, but not forgotten. I visit his grave every year on the anniversary of his death. <br /><br />I promise more Sonic at some point! Lot of things on the plate now, so I'm sorta waiting for a dry spell of new things so I can go back over older things. I've still got the figures mentioned in this post, and then the main cast of the "Sonic Boom" types (mostly for Tails and Amy, but I bought Sonic and Knuckles as well, for the heck of it).Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-6128644091337533942015-12-08T11:41:54.188-05:002015-12-08T11:41:54.188-05:00"What does it accelerate?"
"You.&qu..."What does it accelerate?"<br />"You."<br />Best worst line? Best worst line.<br /><br />D.O.U.G. stands for DOom Ultimate Gunguy.<br /><br />There was a one-shot comic tie-in with that Orion Pax where he had lost his mouthplate. It had a funny bit where he said he liked how it moved when he talked. That comic may have come with the toy? (Hasbro is pretty bad at pairing comics with appropriate characters.) I think you're on to something with the Kup redeco, too. But I would imagine a new Kup would probably be an all-new mold with the Titan Master gimmick added - not unlikely since Hasbro seems to be redoing some of the '86 movie characters in the next line. <br /><br />Also, wasn't Heroes Reborn supposed to be one of the worst comics?Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-65909528681125230432015-12-08T11:25:42.105-05:002015-12-08T11:25:42.105-05:00How was a 'ninja-bread man' pun missed? Or...How was a 'ninja-bread man' pun missed? Or was it so heavily implied it didn't have to be said? Totally agree with Kup out of Orion, its odd that mould has never been used for any one else, bar some club guys. Looking forward for the Sonic post, Sonic figures is how I found this site!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474378833672206463noreply@blogger.com