Well, I got a little crafty again this weekend, and did some hot glue gun slinging to make a new backdrop for action figure photographs. The fun thing about making a backdrop like this is that you don’t need to be precise, and you can use pretty much anything you have laying around. The first […]
Yard Sale Haul — The Robot Invasion!
With the summer heat in full effect, not many people felt like dragging their stuff out on the lawn and sitting in the sun for six hours while strangers picked through it, but for those that did, I salute you. After taking last weekend off, I was itching to hit the yard sales this weekend, […]
Fisher Price Imaginext – the most fun toys on the shelves today!
I’ve been wanting to give some props to the fine folks at Fisher Price for their Imaginext super hero toys for a while. My kids love these toys, and I am continually impressed with their “fun quotient.” DC made a very smart move in partnering with Fisher Price for this line, and with the huge number […]
The 80’s were teeming with Cobras
I received a spam email the other day offering me Cobra insurance, and it made me do a double-take, wondering if I was being offered protection by the arch enemy of G.I. Joe. Of course, my mind wandered to other Cobras in pop culture lore, and I realized that the 80’s were absolutely teeming with them. […]
Vintage Masters of the Universe and GoBots children’s books
I was at the used book store yesterday with the kids, looking for some new Bob the Builder books to add to their collection, when I stumbled across these… Of course, these Masters of the Universe and GoBots books from the early 80’s were immediately added to the basket. The artwork on the covers is […]
Original Halo Concept Art being auctioned for charity today!
The good folks over at Bungie are auctioning some incredible items from the Halo franchise, to raise money for “Child’s Play,” a charity that enables the gamer community to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young adults, primarily through donations of toys and games to childrens’ hospitals around the world as […]