Megatron gets the honorary white arrow.

The BESTEST girl in the world got me a Megatron...er Galvatron I mean, for my Birthday this year. He is up on the shelf already but will come down frequently for transforming. Kind of a tough one at first, but once you get the hang of his arms and front wheel fenders he transforms together well. Poor Optimus will have his hands full from now on, fending off attacks from both Galvatron and Unicron while trying to show little Rodimus the tricks to being Prime.

I want that kids toys!

Oh wait, that kid is me! About what? 20 years ago. I wonder what cool toys I will get on my Birthday this year?

Fun photo fact: See if you can find my family's old pet schnauzer Cricket.

TOMAHAWK!

One of the few surviving GI Joe accessories I have is the very cool Tomahawk. Its in superb condition too, only missing one missle, and that little tiny microphone that attactches to Lift Ticket's helmet. I liked the toy so much I never sent it on any missions in fear that it would break. So it just spent most of its life hanging in a storage room. I think I will hang it over my desk one these days.

Construx Shuttle!

The Toy Winter Olympics would never have been such a mild success without the support of the Construx equipment that was used for the games. I think my foundest memories as a kid playing with toys would be Construx. Heck I used them as base building pieces for GI Joe, He-Man, and Transformers. They were large, sturdy, and looked pretty cool being thown off the stairs. Too bad they don't still make them. I found this cool Space Shuttle set on ebay the other day (10 Bucks!), to replentish some of my old bad pieces. Although, these are Mattel Construx from the 90's and seem to have a different 'feel' and 'click' than the 80's Construx. Now I just need to buy a tank set, A truck with a trailer, an armored car, and I think a helicopter, and I could build one massive Bruticus from Transformers!

Hello Darth Maul!

It's been awhile since I have said anything about my Attacktix addiction. I was lucky to find a Darth Maul opened at a Target the other day. I don't get why people are opening these things to find rare figures, just to leave them. I guess its just young bored kids, or people looking for that rare clone trooper to finish their collection. I also found one of those cool spitting Jabba the Hutts. It's sort of like a large Pez despencer. A few weeks ago I found a cool Easter sale, buy one get one free deal, for the boster packs. That was worth the money for the first pack, but all reruns for the second. I really have too many of the same ones, and am starting to slow down in buying these things. What's strange is that I haven't even played the game more than a couple of times. Its pretty fun though, like chess with projectiles. Hopefully one day I will be able to find more time to play.

I am Victorious at Mega Man VI !

Picked up another slight addiction a couple of weeks ago. Finally, I won Mega Man Six. I had to fight the Robots of the 1st annual Robot Tournament of 20XX AD. Eight of the most powerfull robots! Stupid Windman got me way too many times! But I got through it! And then second to the last level I had to refight all of them again! Mr. X was pretty easy, and so was Dr. Wily. I like the flying suit thing, I used that all the time. I am still getting my butt kicked by all the other Mega Man games though. Mega Man I is too hard, I still have three more bad guys to get. I'm close with MMII, but not close enough to beat that darn dragon. I killed all the main guys in MMIII, but it gets kind of hard from there. Mega Man V is Impossible. I have not even opened MM IV, VII, and VIII. And I guess if I win enought of em, it unlocks two more evil games!

Mini Transformers save lots of $

These guys are the best, and at three bucks a toy you can buy the whole collection, and still eat good. They are also super fast to transform, so that when a battle ensues, things will develop smoothly. Instead of the ten minute transforming timeout that usually happens with the big ones. They are also travel worthy. Try filling your car compartments full of them, for the emergency Transformer player. Or again, will work well with your desk at the office. "What transformers, Boss?" As you quickly scoop them up into an empty but reachable drawer. And finally they scale well with the Giant Unicron toy. He needs something to step on from time to time too.