Wowsers! No updates for a while...what with the hustle and bustle of the holidays and all. I coulda covered a lot of personal stuff...but naw...Christmas was okay, as usual...was bitter about having to work Christmas Eve, but it's nuthin' new. Did get home in time to hang with the extended family a bit. Got a bunch of trade paperback comics from "Santa" the next day and pretty much rolled around all day in typical restful holiday fashion. Got sick the next morn and am still sickly to this day. Thankfully, it's a functional sickness...I wasn't bed-ridden and still ain't (just coughed, by the way). Work has been Hell after Christmas...the after holiday clearance seems extra pain-in-the-ass this year...I just wish everyone would stay the Hell home and play with the gifts Santa got 'em instead of wasting the days at their local shopping spots...not enough gifties, eh society?! Well, I shouldn't talk...was off yesterday and decided to go for comics, since Wednesday was new comic day. I figured the clearance hawks would be just about done, but no...every damn body was still out and about. The comic shop in Scranton, PA (Comics on the Green) was nice...everywhere else was a bitch. I usually park at the mall lot and walk uptown since I hate paying to park and am not down with the whole parallel park scene...forget it! I've never seen that damn parking lot so busy...you'd swear it was Christmas Eve instead of three days or so after...sheezuz! I was sad since some friends went in a group yesterday...up to the same comic shop in a rare mass trip. I did not go since I was the only one working. No one could wait until Thursday...*sigh*...so, after my lonely comic adventure, got a sweet half-price Japanese woodblock print calendar and more trade paperbacks at Barnes & Noble (tee hee hee...to much is never enough with comics). Also scored a GI Joe Sci-Fi figure at Wally World...from the last wave (?) of the year. No Lifeline or Zombie Vipers, though...some lucky bastard beat me to 'em! None in sight, yet I combed the whole toy department like the huge dork I am just in case they were laying around...nope. On the way home, I opted to wait and get gas at a small local station instead of stopping in Wilkes Barre...I was almost on "E", but I guess there must have been water in the tank, since I stopped dead on the hill leading up into my home area...son of a bitch! How humiliating! I was just thinking that maybe that might happen...psychic jinx! I reversed the dead car down a hill into a "safe spot" and hoofed it home. No cell phones for me...bah! Devil's work! Hey, got my walk in early, anyway. Only took an hour and a half, too...got home, my bro gave me a ride to pick up gas, filled up, and drove home...my two brothers were going with friends for wings. I'll admit, was kinda jealous, but ended up going for wings with some people, myself...huh...how 'bout that for a day off?

Oh, and work today continued to suck ass...when are these damn kids goin' back to school? When are their damn parents going back to work? Does anyone work!?

G.I. JOE Techno Vipers

Hey, it's mys first GI Joe post! Wow! Yeah, I'm a long-time Joe fan. They were the first action figures, you know...grand daddy of 'em all. Now, I'm not into the 12 inchers...I'm a 3 3/4 inch man...what can I say, I was an 80s kid...I grew up with those things. Of course, the modern small-scale Joes are now 4 inches, technically. Anyhow, the modern day stuff started out with the 25th Anniversary of GI Joe and Hasbro basically remade classic 80s characters into "improved" modern versions...mainly geared toward geeky older fans as opposed to younger kiddies...at least in my opinion. Then cam the movie stuff which semi-evolved into the Pursuit of Cobra line and into the general mish-mash today...a plain GI Joe line with classic stuff, new stuff, and based-off-of stuff from cartoons or comics. The last couple of figure waves of 2011 were heavy on the characters from the new cartoon. A few were more "classical" characters. I've been avoiding the cartoon stuff, just because these guys are getting expensive, so I'm stayin' mostly old school, here!

Okay...this is Techno Viper...no, he isn't some guy who plays lots of electronic music and does ecstasy...he's an engineer...an evil engineer! See his purple suit, his weird helmet, those dangerous "tools"? Yep, totally evil. I shoulda snapped a photo of the packaging...next time. I'll also hafta start saving the files on these guys again, too! Eh, next time. Well, this new version of Techno Viper is pretty damn sweet. I don't have the older 80s version, nor did I ever have one. I always admired it, though. Techno Viper is always a fan favorite. He just looks so cool...and he's an evil engineer! They really did a great job with keeping the faith on this guy's design. A great modern version that stays true to the classic design. All the old accessories are even there, plus some new ones. I never had the old one, so I never played with one before. If I did, I'd have loved screwing around with all those cool tool/weapon attachments. The side pistol is new for this guy as is the hazard cone. Nice touch, the hazard cone...adds a "real world" element to the toy. Even an evil organization like Cobra likes to stay safe, I suppose. I love the Cobra logo on the cone...so cheezy, yet so awesome. Makes me wonder if Hasbro re-purposed that cone from something else, since it has a hexagonal peg hole in the top as if made to hold something. There are also grooves at the base as if they were made to link or interlock together. If you had the cones en mass, they'd all fit together...weird. I only have two Techno Vipers...pfffft..."only"? Yeah, I army build to an extent. Some collectors have huge amounts of troops. I try to be selective. I figured, as cool and these boys are, I really don't need or want a horde of glorified evil grease monkeys. I'll save my money for armies of...er...other guys. I'm plenty happy with these two guys...again, very cool figure...nice retro style with a modern touch.

3 for 1 Deal

I figured that since I've been getting too behind in talking about cool plastic crap, I'd do a 3 for 1 post about some vending machine toys! Yeah! First pic are some Bok Choy Boys...neat...used to have more, but got rid of 'em and renewed my collection with those four. Eh, I don't feel like getting more, though. Second, are some mystery guys...I forget what they were called...a bunch of monster-themed or maybe even Halloween figures. I remember getting 'em for a quarter in Big Lots...I know I had more, but did I get rid of 'em? And why did I keep those two, only? They can be used as pencil toppers, which is pretty cool, but they are not erasers. I know there was a skeleton, a zombie or something, a bat/gargoyle, and maybe a witch. Last are Freaky Geeks. They are pretty cool...eight made. For some reason, they made colored ones and partially colored ones. Guess which ones seem to be made in greater quantity...BINGO...the ones I like the least, the partials! Damn! I do have one of each guy, but didn't feel like trying to get all eight in full, glorious color...it'd get too expensive.

Yech! All wet! Yep, I just got back from a cut-in-half walk...due to rain. I don't believe I mentioned this, but I try to get some exercise, usually in the form of walking or occasionally some jogging in the summer months. I just so happened to forget an umbrella tonight. It was kinda warm out for the latter part of December and foggy out, so I figured it'd be neat to run around outside in the creeeeepy fog-filled night...it ended up starting to rain and I got soaked. I tired to tough it out, but I got really uncomfortable and cold, so I did the unthinkable and hightailed it home to change. Ah! Much better! Still...this was the first time I really had to cut a walk short. I'm just concerned since I've been hitting the snacks a lot lately and have been gaining some weight...and of course, the holidays are bearing down too, and that brings assorted treats and junk food out the ass...so *whoo*...don't need that crap! I've had a lot of disruptions in my nightly walk schedule lately and it seems to be coming to a fever pitch. I'm just worried I'm gonna start getting too lazy. God, I'm such a girl.

Jeez...another long stretch without blog updates...what's happening! I either end up falling asleep early or just plain not feeling like it. All for the better...I've been so bitter at work, that all my posts and updates would be too rant-heavy. Eh. Anyway...I "need" to go shopping today on my beloved day off. Bah! Christmas! Humbug! I hate shopping, especially last-minute Christmas shopping. Not my fault, though. See, my pain-in-the-ass family that just insists upon the tradition of gift-giving can't make up their minds until the last shopping week. Dammit. I'll be going later on...I'm actually procrastinating right now by surfing the 'net and blog updating...*sigh*...I don't wanna go! I hate mindless tradition...no one even wants anything that badly, including me! I wish my family would finally just give it up. I yearn for a giftless Christmas...a worry-free holiday!

I hate out society and it's shippy-shoppy crap...everyone can just go ahead and blow it out their ass...bah, gifts!

G.I. Joe RETALIATION Trailer!!!I

Whoa, been almost a week since I updated, huh? Well, I've had a busy week last week...most of it was not necessarily "fun" stuff either, and the last couple of days at work have been the usual pain in the butt. Eh. Last night I actually konked out before seven o'clock...damn! Wasted night! I was kinda pissed when I woke up for work...it's like coming home from work, eating, then falling asleep so you can go to work again...ROTTEN!!!

Anyway...day off tomorrow...and it had better be good! I had almost forgotten about the new trailer for the second G.I. Joe flick dropping last night...you know...me sleeping and all. Here she blows:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSX2oxLdcWA&feature=youtu.be

I know the first one caught some flack...well, a lot of flack...most everyone had something bad to say about it that it makes you wonder why they bothered with a second one. Me? I liked the first one...I am a big Joe fan, so maybe I'm just biased, but I really got me a good ol' kick outta the original and have high hopes for the sequel. I noticed Cobra Commander has a more "accurate" design, a HISS tank may be made use of, and even what I believe to be B.A.T.s are shown...you know, battle android troopers? Cobra's resident robot soldiers?  I have a hunch they are probably some synthetic humanoids programmed or even cloned from Storm Shadow...just sayin'...I mean, with Star Wars: The Clone Wars around, maybe they're trying to appeal to that generation? I also liked the appearance of the red ninjas and have hopes that the actual movie battles will be hopefully mid-blowing. I haven't really "read up" on all the stuff, but apparently a lot of the first cast is caputsky...gone...unfortunate. Seems it's hinted that all or most of the Joe team gets killed, so fresh start? I'm worried Destro might be gone! I just hope not.

Oh, and if Dr. Mindbender gets used in this flick again...I better be seein' a monocle, and shirtless with metal suspenders and a cape combo, here! No, I'm not like that...I'm just a sucker for kitsch!

Yet another crappy dinosaur toy! Check out those hangnails...God...horrible! I love it! I've seen this style of crappy dino but with a better, cleaner sculpt. Eh, I kinda like the more horrible ones better...a little bit more character to 'em.

Mini Frog Warriors

Eh, I suppose I coulda took a better photo...but here are five out of six known mini frog warrior figures. I'm not sure about dates or names or manufacturers, but for the most part no one knows any of that stuff near as I can tell. Most people (myself included) report these as being sold loose, often in bins as opposed to in packaging. Me? I got my original ones as arcade prizes waaaaay back when. I had sold 'em years ago and came to regret it...now I found 'em again. I had five as a kid and five again. The guy on the bottom right is new to me. Now I know at least six styles exist. I just gotta wrangle the sixth...in time, though...in time. I had often speculated these might be miniature knock offs of the bullywugs of the bog from the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons figures from the 80s.

Vinyl Stingray...or skate...or whatever...

See this thing? This thing......is sexy...dead sexy! I love it! Just got him in today from a fellow collector. It's about a foot long, and about eight or so inches wide. Made of solid vinyl, like the old school Imperial dinosaurs and animals. No date or manufacturer's mark...dang! I shoulda shot a pic of the underside...it's all white but has an open mouth with teeth! Awesome! It can totally swallow G.I. Joes! If only I woulda had this as a kid...if only.

Well, ended up wasting some money today. Not to much...I just wasted in principle! See, I noticed a new vending machine in the vestibule at work. It had some of those mini rubber duckies in it. I had seen 'em before, so they weren't really "all new" to me. I figured I'd get a few. Whoa? We had a row of 75 cent machines now where the 50 cent ones were, and 50 cent ones where the 25 cent ones were...what the Hell?! Jeez, things are getting tough! Even cheap plastic crap toys are going up in price. Anyway, figured I'd get at least one. SHIT!!! I didn't realize there were stickers and ducks...apparently, as I truly examined the glass window of the machine, you could see some of the capsules had rolls of stickers instead of ducks. Son of a bitch...75 cents for three crappy stickers...the aesthetics weren't even that great...total crap. I didn't even bother shooting a photo. I was pissed. I blew another three quarters, determined to get a duck and thankfully I did...one painted up to look kinda like a doctor. Nice. Lesson learned, until the next time. Yeah, and while I was in a money wastin' mood, I saw this good-sized plush Slimer (from Ghostbusters) in the claw machine. I screw with those every once in a blue moon. Hey, I needed a new piece on junk to plop on my car's rear dash. Wasted a damn dollar and a half on that nonsense.I'm a stubborn ass...those things always get you...you think the plush goodies are so easy to get, and they ain't. Slimer was just sitting there, right at the edge, screaming "win me"...so I couldn't resist! BAH! Never again...until next time. Felt like crap for wasting money so threw some in the Salvation Army bucket outside. I shoulda just gave 'em all of it.

Oh, and while I'm on this subject......saw these cool little wind-up toys near the registers near the impulse-buy sections. They were in t large PDQ display with a 2/$3 sign right on it. Picked out a few. I'd have rather spent the dollar they were actually worth, but I figured they were an okay purchase for a dollar and a half. Got to the checkout...the bastards rang up for three damn dollars. Say what, playah hater?! Hells no...no foolin' around with price checks and what not...I just turned 'em down, flat out! Again, cheap crap that ain't cheap. What's the world comin' to? How my supposed to get my fix!

Little Domu Charms

Had seen these in vending machines before and decided to pick up a few...thankfully, no doubles! Eh, Domu...what can I say? Love him, hate him ( or her?), or whatever. Sometimes the character can come across as a bit annoying for some reason...kinda like Hello Kitty, but sometimes has its odd charm.

............*sigh*......sheezuz............

When does it end? Does it...does it g-get any better? Wow, I must be really depressed, 'cause I just plain hate my life. Kinda petty and whiney, but my feelings are genuine, so it's a valid statement. Why? Oh, the usual...work sucks...worse than ever, plus I just feel that people in general are all just jerks ( I suppose I have to include myself). Why can't grown adults just act like grown adults are supposed to? I hate having to hold everyone's hand and wipe everyone's butt for them. Everyone is so crippled! Why?! I was just so annoyed by everything yesterday, that I practically ran out of work yesterday. I won't bother going into further detail.

Now, I got back my core fee for that broken alternator I fixed on Thanksgiving morning. I decided to go look for new shoes considering winter is fast approaching and my current sneakers are on the threshold of being technically classified as sandals. I decided to go out of town after dinner. Well, didn't get new kicks...pumped-up or otherwise...but ended up spending way to much on crappy, junkie toys! Never go shopping when you're depressed...moral of the story.

I'm not sure what this little dino is from...almost seems like a board game piece or something. Nicely detailed sculpt for such a tiny thing. Not to joke about such a thing, but I refer to him as the "Choke-a-saurus", since he's grasping his throat as if he swallowed a pterodactyl bone the wrong way. Poor guy! Learn to chew more slowly. No wonder they went extinct!

Vending machine monkey mania!

More "little rubber guy" toys. These are all different monkey figures. I can't remember the official names for them. I don't plan on getting more. There are bigger and smaller versions. I was hoping to get enough of the bigger ones to do a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" thing goin' on, but didn't feel like it. My luck , I'd ending up spending twenty bucks in quarters just for some dumb schtick. Eh. Neat little guys, though.

Too much Christmas!

Jeez...there are a few reasons I've come to despise the Christmas holiday season...I don't wanna drone on about all the reasons right now, lest I be labeled a "Scrooge" or a "Grinch". Today, I went through the gauntlet of decorating for Christmas. What a freakin' mess! Eh...what can I say, I'm a thirty year old dork who still lives with his parents and two twentysomething brothers who aren't really dorks like me. I still help dear mumsy put up the holiday decorations after all these years. My brothers, however, have slowly weaseled out of it over time. I mean, I love my family even if they are big pains sometimes...well, most of the time (sadly), but I've noticed long ago that holiday preparation is a bitch. It seems to get worse every year. Why bother? I hate the idea of slavishly trying to adhere to tired old traditions that have lost their magic. I have no problem with Christmas, but hate what it has become...or rather...what society has made it into. I do not care for Santa Claus, Frost, Rudolph or any of that pagan tree worship nonsense any more. Society jams all that junk down our throats so much and so soon, it gets sickening. I can still vividly remember Christmases from years past as if they were yesterday! Seems like they just happened! UGH!!! I really don't wanna turn off any readers of this blog with my whining about crap, but I guess I just can't promise to refrain from using this thing to vent my frustrations or voice my opinions...even if I do seem to tend to be a complainer. Anyhoo......back to the whole Christmas nonsense. Every freakin' year at my house gets really piss-ass annoying with the decorating. Mumsy dearest needs to give up the ghost. She just forces herself to want to put up all this stupid stuff and make a big huff 'n' puff chore out of all of it. She just pushes through the routine of it and doesn't seem to enjoy decorating. It's a chore, plain and simple. Sure, she likes the end result of a nicely decked hall or two, but the process...the cleaning, the taking down of Fall decorum and unburying of Winter stuff then putting it up and putting away the old stuff is just so taxing! We spent all damn day doing it. I surely did not want to. I wanted to go on an extra long woodland walk today while I had the day off and could go while it was light out, but no. She bitched and whined that the decorating "had to get done"...pfff...."had to get done"? See the problem? She made it a chore...not a fun thing. Holiday decorating should ideally be fun and gay, not a laborious task you hate. If the process of preparing for a holiday is not worth the hassle, then the holiday ain't either. The joy is sucked right out of it! Again...why bother? I try to explain this to her, but no. She wonders why we all came to hate the holiday preparation process...she's so damn locked into oldschool traditionalism that she can't see the problem. I've all but lost hope of reaching her. I was lying on the floor, waiting for the sun to warm the Earth a bit before leaving to walk and mumsy starts the crap...crying and moaning how lazy and uncaring we all are for not helping her. Eventually, we gave into the nagging and took down the Thanksgiving stuff. I want to go into the details of just how bitchy she gets and how annoyingly whiney she sounds, but explanation does no justice. You just have to be there. My brothers sort of faded off and I ended up hauling all the freakin' Christmas junk out of storage my damn self! What the Hell? How did it all fall on me all of a sudden? I felt like Jesus dragging the cross to Golgotha...I had to dig out this huge, heavy, two-part platform we just have to have, then awkwardly maneuvered the sections through the cellar and up and out through the yard and into the house. Then, I ended up crawling upstairs to bring down the fifty thousand boxes, totes, bags, and bins full of heavy crap so my mom could pick and choose what crap she wanted up, then take back all the other stuff. I put up the damn fake tree myself this year. First time...like, no one helped...no one...seriously, what the Hell? I cursed trying to string on lights and one strand went bad after I put 'em on and had to undo the whole thing and redo it later. I got pissed 'cause my mom and dad basically chided me for getting frustrated about it...even though I somehow ended up doing all this crap I hate by my damn self some how! Again, what the Hell? Was is "pick on me" day? I actually kinda konked out after lunch...hey, seems stupid to whine about, but I was tired! My mom ended up putting all the ornaments on my herself. I kinda felt sorry for not helping her with that. I guess deep down she just wants the stuff up for tradition sakes and likes to look at it...even if it is a bitch to put up. We often get angry with her since she is such a huge nag about everything...everything...I mean it! It is kinda sad how what was once a fun family tradition became a chore that everyone hates and no one participates in. Just the thought of my mom putting all the heirloom ornaments on the tree by herself is a little sad. I did wake up to help her with the garland...she actually fell of a chair and hurt herself. I hate to seem mean about it, but it was kinda her own fault for being stupid and stubborn and trying to rush and "get it done" in a hurry. Afterward, my brothers went out on their ATVs with their buddies and then out to the bars/clubs or whatever while I, the loser, stayed home and set up all the ceramic houses and village stuff and hooked up the ol' Lionel train set. Then I took all the other boxes and crap back up into storage, and it was finally done...over...*whew*. After all the hassle, the cursing, the whining...was it worth it? No. Absolutely not. I still hate it.

Rock Hard!

I've seen at least four styles of these guys. More Masters of the Universe knock off toys! This guy is made of solid vinyl and based of of the character Dragoon from the Galaxy Warriors line...or was it Galaxy Fighters? Bah! I even always forget! Anyway, this guy and his ilk seem to have once had a string or cord through their heads to hang or dangle. So, they were kinda like hard jigglers? Oh, a jiggler is a type of rubbery toy...could be anything made of rubber. Often came with a string or elastic cord to...uh...jiggle by bouncing or what have you. This guy is kinda hard...wouldn't want to swing this baby around! You could put and eye out!

Gogos a-go-go!

Broke down and bought a few packs of these things. Never really looked into 'em much, but noticed these some time ago in the impulse buy areas near the registers of stores and near the trading cards. A tad expensive...almost two bucks for a pack of three with stickers. Made of solid, painted plastic. I didn't get any of these 'til now...these are the third series, I think (threw away the packages). I've been into little toys like this off and on over the years...been trying to get back into collecting "little rubber guys" again. I don't wanna be all hardcore about it. Just wanna few of all the little vending machine and novelty toys out there to have a neat collection. The ones shown on the stickers and the outside packaging were actually cooler looking...well, some of them. I'm not sure if I wanna get any more any time soon. Neat, though!

The ol' chicken-foot! Like many crappy dinosaurs, this mold has been reused constantly for years. I always kinda like the mildly freaky look of this dino, but always hated the fact it could never stand on it's own, without support. What simpleton designed or sculpted this thing?!

The Black Friday hurdle has been jumped!

Ahhh...made it through! That bitch-ass crap is over! BWA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!! No more clutter, no more crowds, no more...eh, who my kiddin'...still gonna have all that stuff up until Christmas. Eh, at least the day was relatively tame. I didn't work overnight...lucked out this year! Missed the chaos, thank God. I was actually kinda bored at work. Had to work extra hours for some reason, but whatever...it's over. I still have yet to understand the draw...the appeal of this day. No clue. No real deals I can see...just trickery...retail trickery. People are idiots for waiting all night for some crap TV. There ain't nuthin' on no more! Why bother? Why not just read people's stupid blogs (like this one)? Bah...devil's work, I say!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Ah, my first blog with a holiday greeting...so damned cheesy, huh? Yeah, I guess I'll hafta do the ole obligatory thing like that if I feel the need. Anyway, I was lucky to NOT have to work today...so, I suppose one could say I should be thankful? Naw. See...yesterday, I noticed the battery light came on in my car and went off after a while while driving to work. It just so happened we got paid a day earlier, so I went to the bank on lunch and the damn thing went on and stayed on. Uh oh! As fate would have it, when I pulled back up into my usual spot, a tow truck and a battery service truck were parked over a few lanes...pfffft...talk about a bad omen! Yeah, I was stricken with worry the rest of the day. This made the usual crappy day even crappier. Had to pick up a few pain-in-the-ass last minute things for the big dinner (never fails) too boot. Ahhhhhh...pre-Thanksgiving Day lines! Driving home was a real stress-out. I had that old fashioned gut feeling something was gonna "blow", so I carried on home with clenched fists and gritted teeth, praying to God the stupid thing wouldn't break down. Was on the home stretch when I came up behind some d-bag driving under the speed limit. Oh, Hell no! As expected...things...started. Lights dimmed and went back on, dashboard stuff started freaking out, the car started to make noises. I started screaming and cursing for the guy in front to hurry up, even though I knew he couldn't hear me...just an stress relief thing, I suppose...you gotta try! Thankfully, I made it home...barely. The car just totally went on me as soon as I pulled into my parking space and would not turn back on. It was over. I'm no car expert, but I knew it was probably the alternator. I knew those things cost a good chunk of money, too. I also knew that with it being Thanksgiving, that many auto part stores may or may not be open...AND, even if they were open, I did not wanna go on a holiday. It's the principle of the thing! First, I just don't wanna go on the holiday and second, I'd feel like a jerk making someone else work on a holiday, so I just can't support the economy on a holiday...sorry! I whizzed into the house and called around to quick get a good price and get the new alternator before it was too late. My brother had gotten home early due to the holiday and drove me over. Got it! Since it was too damn dark out, I knew I was gonna hafta wait 'til the next day. I was ticked that I'd have to fix my car on Thanksgiving, but I had little choice...had to be done. I was supposed to go to a party with some old chums and was also ticked about the possibility of missing out, since I barely get to hang out with people in general. I got a ride from a friend already on the way...*whew*! Next day, after sleeping in just a bit (hey, it is a holiday, after all), I got right to work. I wanted this thing done ASAP so as not to interfere with Thanksgiving dinner. After much wailing and grinding of teeth...switched out the bad alternator just in time. I wasn't too happy about eating dinner in a state of ickiness, but had not time to shower from the day before. Oh well. AT least the damn thing was done. Had a stress headache from the self-imposed pressure...but nothin' an Advil can't cure! Other than that...the usual Thanksgiving Day stuff.

Ugh...yeah...Black Friday tomorrow...and I work retail............great.

Hmmm...a studded rat...

This is a junky little rubber rat toy I bought along with a large vehicle from a fellow collector. I just love the fact that it's a rat with little spikes along its back...I'm sure giant rubber cats would have a hard time swallowing a studded rat!

Crappy vending machine Transformer KOs

I've been trying to get back into collecting stupid, cheap-o toys...such as these vending machine robots. They are small, plastic transforming aircraft. No instructions needed! The plastic is really thin and brittle, so if you pursue 'em, try to go easy on 'em! I may or may not get more. They technically suck, but I like having these pieces of crap for my collection. I ain't out to "collect them all", I just want a nice little sampling of many a mini figure! I forget what they are called, actually...they just had some generic name.

It's knock off time again......

Now, who's this fellow? He's a character from the Masters of the Universe knock off toy line called simply COMBO...or Combo Hero, or Combo Warrior. The Combo guys came in many different body styles and color schemes and even with different accessories. So many...*snicker*...combinations...one might say? Oh ho ho! Get it? I don't think that's why "they" called the line Combo, but it is rather odd. Anyway, this body style is one I believe may have only been released in Europe...I think. Don't quote me. The body almost seems bootlegged from the true MotU body, only the details on the boots and belt are sort of "shaven" off. Weird. All Combo guys came with a cheap cloth or plastic vest. Also a lotta variations on those! This guy has all original parts since he was the only one I have that came in a package. His name is Mr. X...a sort of rip-off of Mr. T , I suppose. I'm not sure if "they" meant it to be that way. I'll talk more of the Combo family over time...mark my words, I will!

Man, I could just spit! The days just seem to run together. Another dragger of a day at work...naturally, since it was raining, I had to go outside and run Mr. Forklift yet again. After years of experience you find that every damn time the weather blows...you end up needing to use that stupid contraption! Had to cram overstock Christmas junk, a ton of snow shovels, and a ridiculous amount...and I mean ridiculous amount of stupid plastic storage totes into trailers today. We had so much overstock crammed out in my department, we had to get rid of the unsold fall-themed totes by wasting money renting storage containers to put the unwanted junk inside 'til...pffft...whenever! What ever happened to "supply and demand"? Seems we always get plenty of "supply" when there ain't no demand! God, I hate this country sometimes. Gotta have plastic storage totes!!! Anyway, since everyone is such a rushy-rushy pain in the rectum, I took my own little command over this and set things right...MY way...and it was all going smoothly and as it should. Aside from the rain coming down, it was all planned so nicely. Naturally, it went from a light rain to partial slush and it was cold as Hell and wet, but we rushed quickly and efficiently until one of the tremendous stacks of totes toppled...right over...by accident...in the damn rain. I freakin' knew things were going too well, that something had to happen to put a damper on my spirits to match my damp body. ARGH!!! Pain in the damn ass...damn company and it's overstock junk! Quit getting so much stuff!

Okay...done venting...for now...

Star Cop...ALIEN knock off...

This cheap-o action figure is clearly a knock off toy based on the design from the ALIEN movies. This feller is from a toy line called Star Cop. Pretty nice...in a cheap-o way. I know "they" made at least two alien designs. The other is a two-headed, four-armed brute. I'm not sure how many color variations exist. There were humanoid guys in the line as well...but...I could care less about them, since they ain't cool monstery dudes! I know there was a similar alien knock off done by Chap Mei toys in their various space-themed lines. That one was more 3 3/4 inch scale. One toy I have yet to own! Some day...right now I need this guy's buddy!

Too bad these cheap dino toys are so...so...cheap! I love the ideal colors on this guy. Sadly, the chintzy paint job tends to wear over time on these fellas. I never had this color variety as a kid, but I'm sure this guy woulda looked glorious in his heyday!

Wow! Time seems to just fly by these days, doesn't it? Well, I think so...*whew*...seems like I never have time for anything. Wanted to do some nice, big pieces on some action figure goodness, but I either fell asleep early every night or my internet connection seemed to crap out. Hmph! Anyway, after a long stint of not really doing anything of the social variety...did get to go bowling Sunday night! Had a blast, even though our party was rather small. Unfortunately, I did have work the next day and didn't get home 'til late...very late. See, the two guys I rode with are jobless, and had no concept of getting up in the mornin' and was essentially forced to go to freakin' Denny's with 'em. I tried to be a sport about it since I don't get out like this much. Work really sucks when you have to mold your social life around it. Not very fair, is it? Anyway...paid the price the next day...groggy as Hell all day and nearly collapsed when I got home. Damn. That's just the way I am these days.

Nothing soothes the savage breast like a crappy dinosaur toy! No? Yeah! Pretty sure this old boy was supposed to be an eraser. Had a lavender one like this as a kid...mad by Russ. I know they made several varieties. I'm almost positive this "species" is just some fake, made up dinosaur. I always loved the sculpt on this guy...the blunt head, the spines goin' down his back, the armored belly...just neat-o-rific!

Damn. Starting to get cold in my neck of the woods...winter's a-comin'...great. Naturally, I just had to spend most of yesterday and today outside at work, freezing my ever-lovin' ass off. Why must we always have the need to use the forklift every time the weather is absolutely horrible?! Because we have an ungodly amount of crap (merchandise) crammed into our store, we need to shove a lot into outside storage containers...it's a real pain. Driving heavy equipment might be fine for some people, but not me...too stressful. I hate driving a car to begin with, let a lone a heavy vehicle with two giant metal skewers on the front. Then, you have to have a spotter...so you are pretty much forced to drive at a snail's pace...and in crappy weather? Hell. I still have the chills! My upper body is sore from clenching and shivering. Our forklift is not one o' those fancy enclosed ones, either....ARGH! You know what...too much complaining...I can go on and on, but don't feel like fully reliving my last two pain-in-the-ass days. Oh, it'll be a pain until well after that filthy retail holiday...so I have SO much to look forward to!

I mentioned it getting colder...this not only refers to the weather, but my overall mood and outlook. I'm getting bitter. I'm so pissed at life. Every little thing that goes wrong just annoys the Hell outta me. I'm starting to worry that I'm becoming a bitter little bastard. I'm essentially letting my bitterness out a lot more. No more "only in my own head" complaints...I'm venting way to much verbally. All I can think of all day at work is getting it over with so I can go home and just do nothing. Pretty pathetic, huh? I'd rather do nothing than be at work. Yet, I don't want to always just do nothing. I wish things were better...just better. Pretty sad that I see fantasy as being so much better than real life. I find solace in the fictional world of comic books and little plastic action figure men. Hey, if the world around me was better...I'd be happier! I can't force change, even though I stubbornly try...and usually fail. Nobody seems to feel the need for change, or no one has the gumption to do it. I try to point out stuff I see wrong and everyone just gets annoyed at me or blows me off. I see shit at work that is being done wrong all the time...and...NO ONE LISTENS!!! I wish I could just be totally ignorant and waltz through the world all giddy-like and not see the bad. *sigh*

...........well.....*sigh*......some mildly disturbing internet venting helps a little. One day I'll figure out this thing you normal people call life. One day.

Well, since I started this thing...this blog, I'll admit...I've been disappointed. Is no one reading this? NO subscribers? Does nobody care?! Is this not what society is into these days...seein' what stupid crap other people are up to? I mean, I can give two craps, personally...and no offense to any readers of this, but I would probably not follow anyone's own blogs unless they had something cool to offer. God, I'm such a dork-ass!

Okay...I've been updating with posts a lot...a few a day in a string. Hey, I'm dork-a-liciously excited about geeky/nerdy/weirdo stuff...gotta get a bunch in before I can calm down and be more casual about this. Heck, I need to do a few posts on comics, maybe some movies and such...*whew*...lotta work to do...mixin' it up and all. In time this shall be the coolest of cool blogs about dorky stuff. Mark my words.

Now, a quick blurb about my day...it sucked. It sucked major league rectum. I work at retail. I told you that, but just reminding anyone (?). That accursed psuedo-holiday, "Black Friday" is coming up and sheeeee-it...the store's a jumpin' with activity in the name of gearing up for that sales slop. Bah! Thankfully, I lost faith in the quality of modern toys and junk...most of 'em...so I'm proud to say I really care oh, so very little about buying anything. I hate shopping. I hate gifts...giving and receiving. I just don't care. I wanna try to enjoy what scraps of a life I have. Aside from toys (action figures, mainly)...I think I'm pretty good on not being all materialistic...knock on wood! I don't have a cell phone...don't watch TV anymore...don't waste money on DVDs, Blu-Ray, or whatever...don't care about mp3s and iPads and such...I ain't a fancy-boy who cares too much about clothes or man perfume or jewelry or even cars. I"m awesome, right? No, I'm an ass...I just try not to buy to much crap anymore. It just doesn't really do you much good. True, every once in a while I make some dumb purchase and regret it...buy some unneeded thing or overly expensive doo-dad...but at least I try. I ain't perfect. I'm even trying to slowly ween myself off of toys! Yikes! I just hate the hustle and bustle of this season. Christmas is just a stupid pagan holiday. Anyone who worships a pine tree carcass should be shot...there, I said it. Take that, society!

CRAPPY DINOSAUR ALERT!!!

Check out this little nugget of junky plastic wonderment. Everyone had or has the classic cheap-o plastic or rubber dinosaur toys, right? Right! The plastic dino figure is pretty much a staple toy, to be found in the cheap toy aisles of the biggest retailers to the lowly pharmacy racks. There's the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to these guys. I prefer the ugly...oh, and the bad! Yeah, I'm all about the really bad or stupid-looking, totally unscientific nightmares. I'll post these "uggers" from time to time. I know other sites do this...don't wanna steal their thunder, but I guess I am. I'm a jerk, I suppose...BUT IT'S MY DAMN BLOG......dammit!

At any rate...my brother had a blue version of this mold as a kiddie. It had a splash of pink along the back and black eyes. This thing is solid green...bummer. A lot of collectors dig the monochromatic thing, but I prefer a bit o' color in my junker toys. Gotta love that weird sculpt...the tiny, low profile back fin, the huge head, the stretching body stance...ooh! More will come...in due time.

Tomland Figures

I'm just startin' to get into these...for real! Yep...I've known about these figures for some time and had always admired them. I've tried to obtain these for cheap, but have come to the conclusion that will not be happening. Anyway...these guys are (or were) made by a company in the 70s called Tomland...usually known as Starroid Raiders, but also go by other handles. These neat little guys were released on many cardbacks, in different styles. Most shared this same body style. Other versions have glowing heads and such. There were also versions with weird limbs and more detailed bodies. They are your basic cheap crapola figures. Of course, they have a modern day fanbase which makes obtaining 'em for their true cheap-ass price a pipe dream...well, it depends, I guess! They are considered to be Star Wars knock offs by most. Basically a bunch of weird alien dudes...basic articulation...came with numerous weapons (which I do not have). These are my first two. The purple lizard/fish head guy is called WAG and the orange-headed fella is called TIOR. Each has a nice, cheesy little sticker on its chest...too classic!

Now, I've looked into these for years...been off and on about trying to pursue 'em...unofficially gave up a few times, and have recently just decided I had to have at least a few of them. I know many exist with many variations. I really do have to re-research these guys! They are a lot cheaper than the vintage Star Wars figures. The plastic feels cheap, the joints are kinda tight, the heads are hollow vinyl and not solid plastic. I have yet to hold a weapon, so who knows what they are like. I have heard there are repro accessories being made by someone or someones...but they still probably cost a lot. I had come to the conclusion that I should expect to pay (grudgingly) around twenty bucks for a loose figure sans accessories...BUT, my Tomland figure journey is just beginning. Sadly, never owned 'em as a kid (too young), but they just plain bring out the childish glow of wonder in you...don't they?

He-Man Bootleg

At first...one might think it's just a "real" He-Man head plopped onto a knock off body, but no...that head is slightly smaller and solid...as opposed to the softer rubbery heads from the true Masters of the Universe toys. That body is the same utilized by such knock offs as Muscle Warriors. Aside from the rotating neck and shoulders, they only had a rotating waist...solid from the waist down! Manufacturer unknown...but the person I got this from claimed it to be from South America ( I forget which country). The harness is an add-on...and did not come with the figure...it is actually from a troll-based knock off line which used MotU KO bodies...Troll Force or something like that. D'ah, so hard to keep track of all those damn troll action figures! Anyway, got the armor in a lot of other goodies and it just worked on this bootleg He-Man. So, I dubbed him: T-Man!

There you go!

WAR MONSTERS...Battle Beast knock offs...or bootlegs...or both...

I love Battle Beasts...I'll get around to talkin' about 'em some day, but right now, I'll show off this bootleg/knock off of them. For those who don't know...Battle Beasts were from the 80s...the glorious 80s, golden age of cool action figures! They were little couple o' inch tall painted hard rubber figures with moveable arms, heat-sensitive elemental insignias on their bodies, and unique weapons. They were originally a Transformers spin-off from their native Japan (called Beastformers), but released as Battle Beasts most everywhere else, and without the Transformers connection. This little guy is from a set of six figures eerily similar to Battle Beasts. Mainly released in Canada, were the toys called WAR MONSTERS. I've seen the package but once...came just like Battle Beasts as a two-pack. Each of the six had their own unique weapon and sticker...only, the War Monsters had no elemental signs...just a crappy glittery hologram sticker...eh...! No names...just ones based off of a snake, a gator, a bull, a tiger, horse/unicorn, and this guy...a bat. Yeah, these go for a lot...even incomplete. Expect to pay around fifty to seventy bucks on one...just sayin'. I got my ONE in a lot with other real Battle Beasts for fifty bucks...sold the rest...not too bad. Now I just need/want the rest. Damn!

Mystery MotU knock off...

What's he from? What knock off line? I have no idea. So many! Anyway...just got him in yesterday...had gotten a notice a few days ago from the post office that a package was waiting for me, but had no time to run and get it! Now he's in my sickening grasp! Okay, this guy was a total impulse buy...no offense to the seller, but I probably paid too much for him. I gotta drop the habit of occasionally finding something I think is too cool and rare to pass up and shelling out too much for it...eh, oh well...he's mine now! That head sculpt is based off of one of the head designs form another KO line called END OF TIME. The body is one I think that has mainly been used in Europe in many knock off lines. This guy may or may not also be meant to be a Sectaurs knock off.

Here is an officially known End of Time figure next to my weirdo. The head on the shiny one is solid, unlike the official one...hollow rubber, like real MotU or Galaxy Warriors/Fighters. The legs are ball-jointed on both. He may or may not actually be a bootleg or unlicensed figure. End of Time guys have no names, and came with helmets and weapons as well. Numerous color variations and limb.sculpt variations exist as well. Too many to keep track of! They also had packaging variations...some came in single packs, and some in large three packs! There are also "junkier" or inferior versions...sometimes the glue holding the bodies together fails over time. Not uncommon for the figures to up and fall apart. No wonder they're so hard to find! I'm pretty sure End of Time was only released in Europe. They may or may not have been made in response to the New Adventures of He-Man, just as Galaxy Warriors was made in response to Masters of the Universe...but that's just my theory. End of Time is sometimes referred to (mistakenly?) as "Dino Warriors". The line is also officially known as...Galaxy Warriors END OF TIME: Last Battle...*whew*...a lot to swallow!

Jinetes del Espacio SPOTLIGHTS!!!

As promised...I'm getting back to these MotU knock off buggers...Jinetes del Espacio a.k.a. Space Riders by Juyba...from Spain!

Now, I'm almost positive these guys are unnamed characters...unless, they got released in another form...but who knows. I actually ended up with three snake guys...all the same color. The horses seem to all have the same exact body...solid, with the same detail. There are three known head and tail designs with all come in different colors. I'm not sure how many color variations there are.

I really like the overall look of this snake man character...if you collect MotU knock offs, you may know that the Galaxy Warriors/Fighters/Heroes lines have snake men...all cobras! Those guys have names like Sahak and Kobraa...even Muscle Warriors has a version of a snake man. But...all those Galaxy KOs reuse the same three head sculpts (I'll show 'em off some day). As far as I know, this guy's head was never reused in any other toy line...I think. Technically, these Juyba guys were released single on cards with weapons, but I have yet to see a packaged snake guy. Gotta love that color scheme! I just wanna know if there are color variations.

Here's a shot of another version of the robot horse...admittedly, the reptilian steed has that "bad guy" feel to it. This robot one works well as a default "good guy" steed...especially in this color. Looks awesome! I still need to track down the hero figure (I assume) with the winged helmet form the package.

Here's the regular-looking horse...very much akin in look to MotU's Stridor or Night Stalker...an armored horse. Depending on the color...this sculpt works well either way...as "good" or "evil"...just like Stridor! Check that rider...easily my fave...just 'cause he's so damn weird and stupid. Ha! Weird. You gotta love the odd demonic techno-Egyptian gummi-bear leech thing he's got goin' on. What is up with that?

That close-up does wonders...witness the lion-beaver, snake-unicorn in all his absurd glory! I would like to shake the hand of that sculptor. What drugs were they on? Those odd vertical slit eyes...that odd reptilian throat...the lamprey mouth...the strange mane/headdress he sports that seems to be part of his head (or not). Just awesome...in a cheesy sort of way. By the way...I've only seen two styles of loincloth...the spikey one and this romanesque one...looks like it should belong on Skeletor, huh? That little face on the belt is almost a dead-ringer for Hordak!

There he is on another version of the reptilian steed. Nice. I had two of these (the rider)...one had green undies...a variation! I traded him off for another type of MotU knock off. I'll show that off when I get it...tee hee hee!

Another color scheme of the robotic horse...with a human, and presumably heroic rider. Yeah, laws of stereotype dictates that monstery dudes are usually bad guys and humans the good guys. We can assume he's the good guy type...but one never knows! Check out that gleaming white stallion...he's gotta be a hero, right? Maybe he just wants you to think that as he whips out his sword and cleaves your head with a passing swipe! AIEEEEEE!!! Ha ha ha...perfect trick. Yeah, this guy might just be deceptively evil.

Nothing too special about his look...overall...a He-Man rip-off. He's a long-haired barbarian type with a headband. Done deal. I've noticed the eye paint on several specimens and have came to the conclusion that the smudged look is an ongoing thing. Yeah, look kinda like eyeshadow. Maybe he's borne with it? Maybe it's Maybeline? Eh. Speaking of which...what's Adam Lambert up to these days?

Okay, last but not least...well...only "last" of the ones I own...I know more characters exist! I've seen this guy around a lot, usually without a horse.  I dubbed him as a zombie mer-panda awhile back until I got one in my hands...I had thought that yellow thing was weird head fins or gills sticking out...turns out it's a collar. Hmph...who knew!

His head seems to be designed to be a skull-spider. Those head protrusions may be horns, but may be ears. He has weird little insectoid mouthparts like the Predator, from those movies. I kinda wanna make him a little cape out of real cloth. A free-floating collar just doesn't cut it for me! Gotta love that head detail. Not as cheesy as the red guy, but just plain cool cool in design. I picture this guy as the Skeletor of this line of knock offs...and maybe ol' beaver leech as his Beastman?

Well, that's it for now. I need to work on my Jinetes del Espacio collection...but slowly...I know these aren't gonna be easy to find! I've really only gotten into these heavy as of recent, but they rose to the ranks of one of my favorite MotU knock offs. I hope you enjoy 'em as much as me! Good luck finding any...if they interest you, of course.

Whoo! Ironic how I mentioned about my life being boring as all Hell, but I do get to do stuff...once in a while. Haven't updated since I was practicing for and performing a theatrical production all last week. I was in a production of Neil Simon's RUMORS for three days. I had the second to most minor role, but still...always good to be a part of something like this. I'll admit, we practiced pretty hard every night after work, all week and everyone was stressin'...one of those total "OMG" moments where you think that something is NEVER gonna work out...but it did! Sadly, didn't get any pictures...not did I bother to at least get a photo of myself dressed up in character...shoot! Oh well...next time.

On another note...back to life as usual...work sucks. It really just sucks. I hate this time of year. Not a good time to work in retail...just sayin'. I have to fight back the urge to strangle customers daily. It really wears on your mind. Not a very nice or proper thing to say, but most people are just stupid. Why can't grown adults just figure dumb stuff out for themselves. Everyone needs to be spoon fed...it's pathetic. I actually feel sorry for some people...while others, I just hate. Vent time! Okay...I'll try not to moan too much about my personal life, especially in regards to my job, but I suppose it's gonna slip into this blog every once in a while. Two morons ask me to help 'em with Christmas lights [rolls eyes]...insist they saw something last week that I never saw and something there wasn't even a spot for on the shelf...anything is possible, though. I'm just sayin'. Anyway, classic stand there like an idiot moaning moment, as if that's gonna make these mystery lights appear on the shelf. They insist on me helping them tear apart the stacks on the shelves to "make sure" there aren't any "hidden". Yeah, unfortunately, it's my job to help mentally crippled a-holes. Naturally, they stand right behind me like a bunch of excited five-year-old kids, leaving me no room to work (for them) as they stand there still insisting these lights of theirs exist. I know they do not...since I physically stocked the shelf myself, but had to look to humor them. They left me no elbow room, and I was getting frustrated by their antics and the fact they were practically up my, er...butt, that I said something rude (to them) along the lines of "no offense, but please back up and give me some room to work, here". Yeah, in my position...probably not the smartest thing to say to a valued customer, but let's face it...BACK THE HECK UP!!! They didn't really react too negatively...they did give me a little extra room to set a stack of boxes on the floor as I searched for them. No mystery color lights. It figures...I did know it, but they ain't gonna believe me. Happens constantly. Then the jerk husband (I assume) finds his little opportunity to zing me as soon as I replace the boxes of lights...with a snide little "now, you're in MY way...the polite thing to say...blah, blah, blah..." whatever. It did touch a nerve with me. I played it cool and ignored it. Even suggested it might have been misidentified LED lights they had seen, but no. Again, whatever. I mean, yeah...I could have been "nicer" about asking them to step back a little, but didn't think I was that rude. They were pretty much breathing down my neck, making it impossible to work for them. Bah! I may technically get paid...but I still feel like some slave boy subject to the whims of my masters. I just hate people.

Sorry for the down note!

Jinetes del Espacio (Space Riders)

Masters of the Universe...you know...the classic toy line, cartoon, comic phenom of the dirty 80s, right? C'mon, you gotta know a little about He-Man and his pals, right?! Well, the Masters of the Universe (MOTU) franchise was huuuge back then...still has a following today. It was so big, other toy companies tried to cash in on the craze by making their own little figures that looked eerily similar to the popular MOTU ones. These figures were often cheaply made by cheap toy companies. These particular figures that borrow the idea of a more popular line are called "knock offs". Knock offs don't only exist in the toy world...you should know. Any time some thing is popular, it's bound to have imitators! There is a whole crap-load of knock off MOTU figures out there. So, so many! I love MOTU KOs to death...got me quite a collection.

To start off...both my rambling about dorky stuff like toys and show off my collection and love for MOTU knock offs, I'll start with these guys: Jinetes del Espacio...from Spain...made in Spain...for kids. Yeah.

I ain't no translator, but I did take Spanish in junior high, senior high, college, and am surrounded by Sanish-speakers most of the day, so I know at least a little Spanish. Roughly translated...horsemen from space? Sounds dumb. It kinda looked to be translating as "space cowboys"...which is slang for an astronaut...maybe? Eh, I guess it is actually just "Space Riders". Yep.

Story behind these...well, my story in regards to getting these...Back in the early days of me collecting MOTU knock offs, I had come across so many, and was still trying to get an idea of what lines were popular or well-known, trying to find out what was what. I had seen many body styles and sculptural aesthetics and didn't know who or what went in what knock off line. I had seen the style of figure and horsey thing before...I just didn't know what they were! Over time, I had gotten into KOs more heavily, joined some discussion boards, made some collectin' chums...yadda, yadda...saw a few on eBay. DAMN!!! So awesome, and rare looking...I had seen the riders and the horses in people's collection pics out in many places throughout the annals of the internet. I had to have at least one of the three listed on the 'Bay. I bid, and lost. Crap. Good thing, 'cause at the time, I had saved up big bucks to buy an Eternia playset for Masters of the Universe, but bailed on the idea since I'd have no room for it! I bid...a lot...several hundred in a fit of mania...yeah, I sometimes do that...ouch! Kinda glad, though...those auctions ended at over four hundred apiece. Some KO collectors are just crazy, eh? I had posted on how much I had loved these, and a kindly fellow collector sold me a set of three for much, much less (no offense to the original auctioneer). So damn happy! I had gotten a hold of some. I still had no name or manufacturer. I kept searching. Finding pics of these was hard enough, and finding info was even harder. AUGH!!! Got invited to a really cool private forum, and ended up getting some sweet pics of more of these figure types, but still no name! One of the boys ended up selling me a set again...whoopie! These are the two in the picture...these were packaged...with the name and the manufacturer. Mystery solved. Oh, and this company, JUYBA, made many KOs in this style...Ninja Turtles, Marvel Heroes, Ninjas, and even MOTU knock offs without the horses and with weapons! Nice.

 Here's a spread of my current collection of Jinetes del Espacio toys. I'll post single reviews some day...if I feel like it...sorry to be a tease! I know more characters exist, and we'll talk about them...over time...and HEY...found out how to edit posts, too...good for me!

Gimme a break...I'm slow...and new at this, okay?

Getting the hang of this...sorry!

Hmmm...apparently you can't edit posts? Eh, gotta fiddle with this some more, some time...BUT...I am an impatient little thing when it comes to certain things. In time.

Well, I suppose I'll start with some "stuff"... I guess...ehhhhh?

I was scared to even start one of these. I've been "blogging" in my own head like I assume most people do, for years. I'm not a huge socialite, and kinda like to talk about stuff, but kinda don't. Every time I'm in the mood to talk...no one wants to. When I ain't in the mood, everyone wants to. UGH...life's curse! I hope I don't start ranting, whining, and/or complaining too much about my personal life on this damn thing. I hope to just present some crappy toy or comic reviews and such...for your internet viewing pleasure...we'll see.

Let's see if putting up a photo works...you know...see if I can get one up without cursing my damn head off (as usual...computers are such a pain!). Hmmm...a picture from Halloween...my costume.

A brand new day!!!

Wow...I decided to start a "blog" as you kids call it. Here it is...I've done it...hmmm, not too scary I suppose. Why did I create one of these thingies? I dunno...maybe 'cause I can? I guess I just felt a bit bored with life (so to speak). My life kinda sucks and is just plain BORING...I've given up on TV, and rarely go out. My main interests right now are reading comic books and collecting toys...that, and I just seem to go to work...that's life.

*sigh*

So, I have been randomly web surfing more and more...I'm kind of a weird little "techno-phobe"...I don't use cell phones, or mp3 players or any of that jazz. I don't have some fancy HD television...I just don't care much for most technology...it's the devil's work, I say! Eh...computers are the devil's work too, but I use 'em for pleasure...looking up dorky stuff like info on toys (new and old) or comics, or crappy cartoons and movies. Yeah, I'm just a huuuuge DORK...hence the name of my trusty blog, here. Well, I'll try to entertain or inform anyone who happens to read this. Admittedly, I'm such a damn newb it ain't funny. When it comes to stuff like this, I usually shy away 'cause it's "too scary" to deal with. It took me years to work up the urge to even become a member of a message board or two...sign up for crap like eBay, and the like...make a stupid, stupid Facepage thinger...ehhh...I'm trying to be normal and part of the "gang"...not working. I'll make a blog! Here it is! Rejoice!

Well, as you might guess, I'll probably talk randomly about toys, comics and all things "dorky"...hope fellow dorks don't find that offensive. If so...buck up...no one cares! Enjoy!