Today Eva had a field trip to The Little Red Schoolhouse. This has been a trip that kids at her school have been doing for years. I went there when I was a kid, too. All the kids dress up from colonial times and they bring their lunches in baskets and things like that. She even had us make bone in chicken breasts the night before so her lunch could be more authentic. She’s definitely our kid.
Today I attempted a DIY project but it got stopped because I destroyed a portion that was needed. So, I had to put it on hold to go and get a special part. I’ll continue the project tomorrow. It is for a blog post coming next month.
I got a couple more Marvel LEGO sets recently to continue my collection of Marvel sets. I’ve got all the Guardians and am having a good time making these sets. We were going to build one of the sets during Built from Bricks but instead we worked on a fun stop motion, they take a long time to do.
Speaking of time. I did not have time today to make another stop motion or build of a set and instead today’s post is about a new organizational system that Eva is using for her LEGO pieces. Check it out below.
Tonight I went to Brian’s to film Built from Bricks. I really thought that I’d have more time today to do something other than talk more about the Stop Motion Studio.
I did get a bunch more LEGO sets today. Two came in the mail and two I picked up from Toys ‘R Us. I like to scoop things up on the 10% off days. Next week I will have a coupon plus a $5 coupon. There is another Marvel set that I have my eyes on.
I think that I’ll build many of these in a stop motion type video.
My Daughter has caught the Stop Motion bug. We started with the program Stop Motion Explosion on my computer and Eva made a couple of Stop Motion movies with our Modibots.
This past weekend I was at Philly BrickfFest Live where I met Dave Pickett from Brick 101. I bought his book The LEGO Animation Book. He even signed it and that thrilled Eva to no end.
When I got home I looked around my office and decided to move the studio back upstairs but also build in some space where Eva could work on her Stop Motion Creations as well.
Check out this cute Stop Motion video featuring the Marvel Action figures. It is part of a campaign around the toys that will be coming from the brand. I did see some action figures around the $7.99 mark that look really nice, sort of the size that old action figures were and with some decent articulation, too. It looks like the one above which I found in an oddly mis-marked package recently. And No, I did not buy it, I should have done so. The video below makes me want to go buy a bunch and try to make some stop motion videos myself.
Marvel Unveils “Heroes Come In All Sizes” Retail Campaign for Spring 2017
Spring Focus Brings Together New Story Content, Brand-Driven Marketing, and Exciting Product Releases Celebrating Heroes Everywhere
Glendale, Calif. (February 7, 2017) – Building off three years of success for Marvel’s Super Hero Spectacular retail event, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) is debuting an all-new retail campaign in Spring 2017 tailored to heroes everywhere. “Marvel Heroes Come in All Sizes” is a celebration of Marvel Super Heroes – and everyday heroes – across a broad spectrum of merchandise, new story content, digital storytelling, and collaborations all reinforcing the idea that the best way to measure a Super Hero is by the size of their heart. The campaign will package content with brand-driven marketing and new product releases to drive Marvel retail placement for fans of all ages.
“Whether you are big like Hulk, small like Ant-Man or smart and quick-to-action like Black Widow, Marvel truly has a hero for everyone,” said Paul Gitter, senior vice president, licensing, Marvel at Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. “From young kids to teenagers, to a casual fan or a diehard adult collector, Marvel Heroes Come in All Sizes showcases that there is no singular definition for a hero and that our diversity is what makes us so powerful.”
Spring 2017 will bring a wealth of new Marvel storytelling spanning home entertainment, television, publishing and digital content, all highlighting the theme “Heroes Come in All Sizes.” Fans will be able to enjoy Marvel’s latest cinematic hit Marvel’s Doctor Strange at home with the Blu-Ray and DVD release on February 28th, while Marvel Publishing launches the new Monsters Unleashed! comic series and Disney Publishing releases the first novel for young readers featuring Squirrel Girl in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World and a picture book featuring Baby Groot. On the small screen, fans will be able to catch the season 3 finale of Marvel’s Ultron Revolution and the season 4 finale of Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man Vs. The Sinister Six. More Marvel favorites will be returning to television with the season 2 premiere of the Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy animated series and the premiere of new “Rocket and Groot” video shorts. Continue reading Marvel’s Heroes Come in All Sizes Campaign with Video→
I have a love/hate relationship with blind bags. They are exciting to open to see if you have found a chase character or a duplicate. The more blind bags you have the more chances you have of getting all the figures that you want, but there is also a higher chance of getting duplicates. I picked up a bunch of Funko Mystery Minis (Blind Bags) of Captain America Civil war characters on clearance at a couple of GameStop stores. Last night I found the rest of them at the last of the GameStops that are near me. I have all the figures except for three of them. I figured that I’d find at least one of them with this latest batch, but no. Not one new one and I even found two of the same ones. Ant-Man. I love the character but not 4 of them. So, that is the trap of Blind Bags. It is like toy gambling. It can be exciting but also disappointing.
So, now I have to figure out how to find those last three figures without taking more chances on blind bags.
Andrew wanted to get back onto the blog today and so after he made his lunch he went and gave a little intro to the show. He’s been watching a lot of YouTube Kids and is picking up some cool tips. He’s ready for the camera. Such personality in this kid.
I think that helped pep me up for the videos tonight. I actually did a couple of them tonight, my regular vlog one and also one for the 5-Minute Dungeon game.
Before picking Andrew up from school I stopped at GameStop where I found 7 more Captain America Civil War Funko Mystery Minis on clearance. You’ll have to watch the video to see if I found all 5 of the mystery minis that I am missing. I also found a Star Wars Hot Wheels character that I’ve been looking for for a while and it was only $1.99. Great price on that! See what I found on the vlog.
A few weeks ago I was at Gamestop and I noticed that the Captain America Civil War Mystery Minis were marked on clearance to $3. Normally these are between $5 and $7. I jumped at the chance to buy them and picked up the 7 that they had in the store. I kept meaning to check out some of the other GameStop stores around to see if they any others on clearance. There are twelve characters in total to collect and that is always a tough thing with blind bags. You don’t know what you are going to get and to spend $7 and get the same guy again, well that is frustrating. At least there are no chase figures in this series. Check out the video to see how I did or just use math and look at the image above. 🙂
I was lucky enough to have no doubles in my unboxing event.
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The Incredible Hulk has had many different incarnations. He’s been played by many actors but when Mark Ruffalo took on the role then The Hulk became a part of something much bigger. Which is saying something since the Hulk is huge. Mark’s portrayal of The Hulk is excellent and even better is his Bruce Banner. I loved his performance in MARVEL’s The Avengers and also again in MARVEL’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron which is being released on October 2 on Blu-ray/DVD. I was lucky enough to go out to California to see MARVEL’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron well before many people and I got to interview many of the cast members. The one that eluded me was Mark Ruffalo and also Scarlett Johansson. We ran out of time and missed them. But their story in MARVEL’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron was excellent in my opinion.
My son, Andrew is a big fan of big green. When I told him that we were going to Walmart to pick up some costumes of some Avengers he insisted upon a Hulk costume. We have these giant Hulk hands and many other items from other members of MARVEL’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Hulk is Andrew’s main man. I can see that for a 3-year old. They are sweet and nice one minute, a ball of twisting terror the next. So it was fitting that even though we picked up am Iron Man and a Thor costume, that Andrew wanted only The Hulk. Continue reading Having a Smashing time with The Incredible Hulk when #AvengersUnite→
Andrew and I played with some new Marvel Avengers Hulk Gamma Grip Fists that we got as part of the #PlayLikeHasbro campaign. The toy was sent to use free and opinions of it are 100% our own. These soft fists are perfect for your kids to pretend to be the Incredible Hulk. You can open and close the hands so that you can grip many things and still make fists with the foam hands. Andrew had a fun time playing with these Gamma Grip Fists. Here is a slow-mo video that I made of Andrew and the Gamma Grip Fists.
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – Bloggers event (ABC/Adam Taylor) EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JED WHEDON, JEFFREY BELL
So, my earlier post about meeting Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen was going to be my last. It was supposed to also include the interview that I had with Jed Whedon and Jeffrey Bell. I thought that it was just too much information for one post so I split it into two instead. What follows are some highlights from the interview that we had with Jed and Jeffrey. This was right after we watched the first 10 minutes to episode 218 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The trip was an expense paid trip by Disney to press events, all opinions as always are 100% my own.
Those ten minutes were really exciting and then I had to wait for a few weeks until the episodes aired so that I could talk about the shows with my wife and co-workers. I still have one thing I can’t talk about until tonight’s finale airs and I am not even going to get to see the finale tonight because I am off on another trip. I hope I don’t hear any spoilers before I see the show. I’ve been very good about not giving any spoilers out on these posts while still providing you with great information. And now on to the interview with Jed and Jeffrey. Continue reading Behind the Scenes of #AgentsOfSHIELD with Jed Whedon and Jeffrey Bell→
