The January Review: Favorites of 2017

Welcome back to the January Review!  I knew this would become a regular thing, because I'm a lazy sack!  Alright, that's not all it is.  Y'all know I gots a kid and blah blah blah - time flies!  I can't cover it all, but thanks to Instagram, I have some (many) pictures of my favorites from throughout 2017.  So here we are in January of 2018, lookin' back.  Join me, won't you?  WON'T YOU?!

Nick TMNT: Samurai Turtles and Warrior Horse (with Samurai Usagi Yojimbo!)

Whoa, haven't reviewed any TMNT in while!  Good thing I'm back with some of the BEST variants in awhile.

The January Review: Favorites of 2016

I noticed a trend of awesome video game toys for 2016, but that doesn't mean those were the only awesome toys!  Here's a list of general favorites from my first year with a baby, so I...you know, didn't really get to talk about most of them.

Schwag Braggin' - or - Instagram Stuff You Might Have Seen Already

Hey, hasn't been one of these in awhile, eh?  Not since...uh... *checks archive* May!  Not since May.  Anyway, come in, come in.  I've got a pot of coffee brewing, and I hate coffee, so come drink it.  I don't know why I'm making it.

Schwag Brag is on the Phone, Says it's Urgent

MAN, I have not had the time I wanted to sit down and take pictures.  As usual, though, I have been taking pictures of new things with my phone.  I've missed two weeks by this point, so let's just put something up already!  Here's a quick Schwag Brag of phone pics.

Schwag Brag In Space - Featuring: Space Walls!

So I bought these panels called "Space Walls" and thought they would make a good post...just a very short one.  So, since they're basically background materials: Why not toss a Schwag Brag in with them?

Mega Bloks TMNT: Mike and Don (and two Blind Bags)

Mega Bloks is back (in my hands) with some new TMNT stuff and the tiniest articulation they can muster!

Tomfoolery After Dark: Blacklight Special Returns Again AGAIN

It's happening again!  If you're unfamiliar with all of this, then simply click on the Blacklight Special tag and take a look at previous installments. 

Schwag Brag: Slowly Roasted

It's Schwag Brag time!  What hath Alexx wrought?  Or bought.  That makes more sense.

NT-01 Cerebral: Very Probably Krang (Definitely, But Don't Tell Anyone)

NT-01 Cerebral is Krang's robot body, and you should tell everyone.  Honestly though, they should already know.  Look at this thing!  What else could it be?

Little Bitta IG-88, Little Bitta SCHWAG BRAG

Time for another Schwag Brag - aaaaand a minor review of the Star Wars Black Series IG-88, since I don't think I'm gona give him a full run-down.  Pull up a chair and join me, won't you?

T-U-R-T-L-E PILE (The Third and Final Part)

OKAY, this is the final one, I swear!  I'm all burned out on TMNT now, so I'ma post this up early to get it out of the way.  Then I can move on to something else!

T-U-R-T-L-E PILE (The Second Part)

OH MAN, there were so many more of these than I had anticipated!  Here we are at the second part - and I can tell ya right now - there will be a third.  I'm saving the best for last, though, so here's some good-to-just-okay ones.

T-U-R-T-L-E PILE (The First Part)

The whole joke with Grayskull finally got that monster off my table!  I figured: Why not take advantage of that and dust off the Ghostbuster house for some TMNT pics?

BUT WHAT TO CHOOSE?!  I haven't reviewed any TMNT in a long while, but I've still been buying them!  They're piling up, man.

*Sigh* Why don't we just review everything?

Schwag Brag Interim: Fillin' Space

I like to do Schwag Brags only after the last one is off the front page, but I'm a little behind on what I wanted to do next, and these are nice and easy space-fillers.  So there!

Schwagmas Brag/Regular 'Ol Schwag

WHEW!  That was ONE WHOLE YEAR that it took to finish Grayskull.  Some of it was warranted, but most of it was a hold-over from my high school days; where I have a large project looming over my head and I keep running away from it.  C'est la vie!

Now that it's over, I can finally get to some of the junk I've been pushing off to the side.  BUT FIRST...how about an update on my Christmas schwag and the junk I obtained before and around that time?

TMNT Mutations: An Old Fashioned Christmas Haul

Some Christmas ago, when I was a wee one, my parents got me nearly the WHOLE SET of Mutations figures, from the old TMNT line.  Now, there have been plenty of Christmas hauls over the years, but you can see why this one stands out.  It's not every Christmas that you get nearly everything from a current toyline!  So, with Christmas a week away, I figured I'd take a look at one of my favorite hauls from The Ghost of Christmas Past.

Schwag Brag Super: Excitement! There are How Many Toys?!

It's time for another list of things!  Why?  Because I didn't prepare anything else!

So come on in and set down with a bowl of minestrone a la toys!

Schwag Brag: I'm Interested In Way Too Many Things

I was waiting to do another one of these when I got enough new things, but....man, I guess I already had been getting new things.  ALL THE TIME.  If you folks wana schedule an intervention, I'm available whenever, man.  Bring donuts.

Schwag Brag: G.I. Joe is a Thing Again, Another Doom on the Pile, and SO MUCH MORE

I've amassed more THINGS, so it's time for another Schwag Brag!