Monthly Archives: December 2020

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys

Review: Wizard Dragon from Safari Ltd.

Wizard Dragon Safari Ltd.
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Safari Ltd. Gave me a free Wizard Dragon way back in March. I have been terrible about getting this review up. I had grand, grand plans to build a dice tower and make a video about that because the Wizard Dragon was meant to be the top for our dice tower. However, when the dice tower arrived it was miniscule compared to this guy. I recently got into paint pouring and I was inspired! The colors of the Wizard dragon are incredible and I went out and picked up a bunch of metallic paints to create a paint pouring inspired by the colors of this dragon. I still want to build a dice tower and put this dragon at the top of it, but that will have to wait.

Safari Ltd. also gave me a discount code for my readers and YouTube viewers that gets them 20% off of their purchase. They make some incredible figures and I highly recommend them, especially the dragons. You can go to the Safari Ltd. Website and enter the code DREW for your 20% off. Using my link will let them know that I sent you.

Want to see how that painting was created, check out this video! It is only my second paint pouring video so please bear with me as I learn how to not only paint pour better but film the paint pouring much better.

The Wizard dragon is a great addition to any collection of dragon figures. He looks all wise with his beard and mustache and that seeing ball in his claws. I’m glad he’s part of our collection. Now we need a set of dice that are of the same color scheme as our dragon and we are ready to campaign. Once I build the dice tower.

Book, Comic Book, Photo-A-Day, Review

Book Review: We Found a Monster by Kirk Scroggs

We Found a Monster
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DC Entertainment sent me a free review copy of the graphic novel We Found a Monster by Kirk Scroggs. I have been looking for books that will keep Andy’s interest and having a tough time. When I saw this book as an option for me to review I jumped at it and was glad that I did. The book has enough silly humor to it that it makes Andy laugh and continue to read page after page.

When we go to karate each week Andy always asks me if he can bring his iPad or Switch so he can play while his sister has her class. I always say no and have him take a book instead. He usually brings a short one and is done in minutes. Today he brought We Found a Monster and it held his attention for most of the class. Another sign that it was a good book is that he kept telling me parts of it as he read. When your kid is telling you about the book he is reading that means that he is engaged. An engaged reader will keep reading and want to read more. So, if a book gets my nine year old excited then it is worth recommending.

I read through much of the book and I loved the art as well as the humor. There are such funny details like things as simple as Frankenstein (Franky) needing to be recharged via USB it hilarious. Also the fact that Franky’s head is a screw top lid that is childproof is way too funny. The book is also well balanced between text and illustrations to keep kids interested.

The official description of the book is below as well as an Amazon.com affiliate link so you can pre-order the book since it comes out on January 12, 2021.

From Kirk Scroggs, the acclaimed writer and illustrator behind The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid and SnoopTroop comes a monster-rific story about an outcast middle-schooler who finds friendship in the most unlikely of places.

There’s a reason scary movie fan and master of the macabre Casey Clive looks ten times paler and more exhausted than the average sixth grader: Monsters!

He’s got tons of them! For the last…er…unusual year, monsters have been arriving on Casey’s doorstep needing a place to stay, something to eat, and lots and lots of attention. He’s got She-Bat in the attic, a zombie under the flower bed, gremlins under his real bed… and who knows what’s lurking in the bathtub! It’s getting impossible to keep these haunted houseguests a secret, much less get a good night’s sleep. Casey has to find a solution, and fast!

But someone is onto Casey’s supernatural stash. Zandra, the new girl at school, not only knows about his creature collection, but she’s found a monster, too. And she wants Case to take it off her hands.

Now Casey must juggle location-scouting for his house of horrors, keeping his monsters protected from the townspeople and an evil droid of doom, and navigating middle school. Good thing he can trust Zandra…or can he?