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Netflix Stream Team, Television, Toys, Transformers

It is a Pretty Great Time to Be a Cartoon Loving Dad #StreamTeam

Fort Selfie

This is my very first official Netflix #StreamTeam monthly post and it fits me to a most perfect “T”. Seriously, I love cartoons and I love that I have two wonderful kids with whom to share my love of cartoons. Shows that I used to watch as a kid are getting new life or being rebooted on Netflix. Case in point, Inspector Gadget. In 1983 the oblivious secret agent, Inspector Gadget was on ever 7-10 year old’s television set every day after school. You can’t walk by a child of the 80’s and say, “Do, da, do, da, do..” without them saying “Inspector Gadget”. This stuff sticks with you. Inspector Gadget was always helped out in his misadventures by his niece Penny and very intelligent dog, Brain. Somehow, with their help, he always foiled the plans of the nefarious Dr. Claw.

Inspector Gadget Show Still

While I do wish that the original series was on Netflix I am happy to see that a brand new series has been created. This new series updates things about the series. Penny is now a young adult and an agent in her own right. Brain is still her trusty sidekick. Dr. Claw is trapped in ice with Mad Cat and his claw is missing. Uncle Gadget is enjoying retirement. But, now there is the nephew of Dr. Claw named Talon who tries to get Dr. Claw and M.A.D. back into its former glory.

The kids and I watched a few episodes of the series together in a wicked cool fort that I made with a fort building kit that was sent to me for this month’s Stream Team post. We also received matching Inspector Gadget shirts. So, we hung out in the fort taking silly selfies with our new Selfie Stick and using a little flashlight to light ourselves as we took selfies. Eva on one side of me laughing like a crazy person at all the antics of Inspector Gadget. Continue reading It is a Pretty Great Time to Be a Cartoon Loving Dad #StreamTeam →

Photo-A-Day, Skylanders, Toys, Transformers

Team Muscle


Photo-A-Day #3698

My latest Loot Crate box was a team locker room. I’ve been experimenting with different teams. I thought to myself, what if I made a team out of the muscle from other teams. So I took all the different characters that would be considered the muscle on a team and put them all together into one team. So, in a team where everyone is the muscle, who is the one who can lead? And Why?

I would say that Panthro from the Thundercats would be the best potential leader. He’s smart, he’s experienced and was a good mentor to Lion-O. Raphael is too quick tempered. While Grimlock is the leader of the dinobots I don’t think he’d have the temperament for this team. Crusher may be a good leader and since we don’t know enough about this character to see if he’d be a good leader. Hefty Smurf seems like just a muscle head and not much in the brains category. Zeb is a good fighter but maybe not an overall leader.