Photo-A-Day #3215
Loot Crate is one of the best subscription services that are out there for geeks and gamers. They are tuned in to social media as well as all things geek culture. They’ve done all sorts of themed crates but what I most want to see is an 80s Cartoon Themed crate. There are so many companies making fun geek things for 80s nostalgia. One of the companies is The Loyal Subjects. They have great Transformers and G.I. Joe figures. They should look at Red Bubble as well because of the T-Shirts and stickers that they offer.
Funko is a company that Loot Crate works with very often. I’ve gotten some fantastic Funko stuff from my Loot Crates. They have some Masters of the Universe figures, including a Papercraft He-Man and Pop Vinyl figures. They also have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Papercraft and Pop Vinyl figures.
I’m sure that there are other companies that are producing great 80s related toys, t-shirts and stickers. And I know that Loot Crate has a great team of people who can find all the best stuff. I’m just putting the suggestion out there.
Photo-A-Day #2473
If you have not seen the new Thundercats show and would like to then don’t read because this is spoiler laced. This is your only alert.
When I was a kid I watched Thundercats daily. I always thought that Cheetara and Tygra belonged together. Thundercats received a reboot this past July with the premiere of the new show on the Cartoon Network. A darker story with an excellent storyline, in my opinion. The first season was 13 episodes and I am not sure when the second season is going to premiere (IMDB is wrong right now) but the end of season one had a pretty shocking reveal, for Lion-O at least. Cheetara chooses Tygra over Lion-O. This was not really a shock to me and shouldn’t have been for the audience after all the backstory about Tygra and Cheetara growing up. Continue reading Finding Love on Third Earth →
Photo-A-Day #2373
I’m really enjoying the new Thundercats TV show. Unfortunately there hasn’t been a new episode in a while. Luckily though I did find Panthro and Cheetara at Walmart the other day. So I picked them up and I brought them to work to put on my desk. I found a desk where someone had a plant. The title of the post comes from an outtake from the show. Outtakes from the show came out on the Internet some time in the mid 90’s. Well the character of Panthro had this line about a Samophlange. It then came to mean something that was technical but doesn’t exist. And I love that they threw a line about the Samophlange in the new series. Continue reading Where is That Blasted Samophlange! →
Photo-A-Day #2361
I love the 80’s. I grew up in a time when the best Saturday Morning Cartoons were out. I really did. And after school cartoons were even better. I loved Transformers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Thundercats and more. I still do because I look around my house and at my desk at work and I have toys that are either directly from the 80’s or based on 80’s properties. So I got to thinking what sort of mash up team would be the best. Continue reading What Would be Your 80’s Super Team? →
Photo-A-Day #2359
My friend Adam Cohen of DadaRocks.com turned me on to an event in New York called the Time To Play Holiday Showcase. He told me that I should request to attend so I did. I was able to get on the invite list and I’m headed to New York on Monday for a fun dinner and then on Tuesday to attend the showcase. With all the toys that I have and collections of mine I’m so surprised that I haven’t been to an event like this before. People are always surprised when I tell them I’ve never attended Toy Fair. I should have and now that I’m doing more toy related reviews maybe I will attend but Time to Play will be my first foray into this world and I couldn’t be more excited. Continue reading Getting Some Time to Play →
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