Not only is Neca continuing to produce amazing Planet of the Apes 7″ action figures, now they have retro Mego-like figures for the great apes! Due out in march 2015, these guys will certainly be finding their way onto my shelves! Entertainment Earth has the Gorilla Soldier and George Taylor figures up for preorder now!
You’ve come a long way, Baby
This week’s assignment from the League of Extraordinary Bloggers is to compare and contrast something. Well, since I recently picked up the new NECA Planet of the Apes gorilla soldier action figure, I thought it would be fun to see it next to the Mego soldier ape from the 70’s. You’ve come a loooong way. […]
I shall speak softly and carry a big stick
The other day, I bought a stick on eBay. A really big stick. Actually, it’s 44″ long and made out of latex and a metal tube. This stick was “supposedly” used in the Tim Burton Planet of the Apes movie. It came from a prop warehouse and arrived with a beautiful, signed color photocopy of a […]
The best things to come out of SDCC 2014
Another San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, and once again, I watched the events unfold from the comfort of my air-conditioned cave several thousand miles away. I am always thankful for (and more than a little jealous of) those of you who do go to the show and share your bounty of photos with […]
Monkeying around at the latest Hake’s Auction
Lately, I’ve been writing way too much about my ape fetish, but there is an item in the new Hake’s auction catalog that would be an incredible addition to my growing Planet of the Apes collection. Take a look at this beauty… From the days before bright orange tips were required on toy guns, comes this […]
“Auction of the Apes” at Blacksparrow Auctions
whoa. You can bet I’ll be writing more on this later, but the auction is live now over at Blacksparrow Auctions. Anyone have $8,000 I can borrow?