Hulkbuster Iron Man 2 #27

Some different Iron Man suits are starting to show up on shelves finally. Hulkbuster suits are always a favorite. This one is pretty good, with lots of movie style detail and good articulation. Mine has a some what loose midsection, but nothing to complain about.

So how does it measure up to Hulk?

He's a little shorter, but I am sure there are some hydraulics involved that will...

I need to find a smaller Hulk.

Hot Wheels Go Kart Go!

I love the weirder Hot Wheels. The Go Kart is so spiffy. A bit smaller than a usual car, a little slower, but still totally awesome.

Its been around since 1997, the underside says, so a few other paint jobs exist. Kind of makes me want to find those, and build a miniature go kart track. It could be like a modernized zen sand garden for the desk.

I wish I had my old PC running with Roller Coaster Tycoon, I could show off some neat tracks I used to build for go karts. I called one "The Intestine" and colored it pink. It was made up of 95% curves, and if it was built in real life, people would be barfing.

Go Hot Wheels Go Kart, Go!

Battle for the Cowl, wild card submission, Batman Collection

A big reminder that two Batman toy collecting giants will be throwing down tomorrow morning, to see who has the bigger Batman action figure collection. Will it be Chunky B from eclectorama, or the return of Reis O'Brien from Hey Look at my Toys. OR, will it be the wild card The Toy Museum??? Most likely not, because i weeded out my collection a few years back and I just don't think I am insane enough to bet a treasured figure. I just thought I would advertise the event up, and throw down what I do have.

Yes, I have a lot of Batman stuff, some not even pictured. But the contest rules state; just the action figures, and they half to be opened!!! (so I am already screwed there).

There's no way in heck I am opening my 100th anniversary Kenner Batman figure, or my first Batman the Animated series Batman. By the way, does the Batman lollipop holder count as a figure, the one with half a body, and the unfortunate placement of the activation button?

Does the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle count, he is almost batty?

What about plush Batman? By the way, what's all over his face? Oh that's just Robin's head. Let me rephrase, Robin's head paint wacked off onto Batman durning a fight.

Do the tiny figures count too? That adds about ten to my collection.

So I think I have about 45 Batman Figures total. I sold off about 25. So I would have had 70ish Batman Action Figures. Is that even close to the real thing tomorrow? We will see. Also, let me just say, since I know I'm going to loose, I won't be giving away a figure to both Reis and Chunky B, sorry. But if my Wild card does go wild, and I win, ha-hah.

By the way again, I like how Captain America some how made it into the top picture. NoooooooO!

Federation Earth Starbase One Micro Machines

Is it turning out to be a Star Trek week, or did I just find a baggie of old Micro Machines, so I'm having fun either way. The Federation Starbase! If you can balance it on the stand you get a prize. I always thought that this station was a ton of metal to get into space. I can believe the starship sizes, but this Starbase is huge. It doesn't help when the movie Enterprise barely fits through the hanger doors, and then in the future the Enterprise D fits though easily. Those might be different bases from different shows though.

Although simply huge, this is a cool looking space mushroom. I guess I could see Starfleet building it in stages. I always wondered, when Earth gets attacked, why doesn't this thing come out and say, ram into a Borg ship. That would make a neat five minute movie. I'm sure it has a super laser that shots out the base too.

So how does the station match up in scale to the other Micro Machines?

Not too well, but that's Star Trek for you.

From Texas to Idaho the best Claw Machine grab ever!

My Claw Machine skills are hitting new levels as I hacked into the International Space Station, dropped a claw down into Texas and then return dropped these to Idaho. If only I had that on camera. The true story is Chunky B from Eclectorama heard my expensive stories on claw machines (and paying his bassets through college), and whimpers about not winning these in Vegas, and so graciously sent these to me. How awesome is that!?!

Plush Original Star Trek toys are the best. Its been a challenge keeping them away from the animals already, they want to play SO bad. I think Bart here smells Squee. These will have to go to the top shelf for safe keeping. With fantastic face designs on Kirk, Spock and Scotty, I can act out many adventure. I'm wishing I never sold my 12" Mugato on Ebay. Also included are a couple of Spock gloves, for the big game. My hand almost fits!

Live Long and Prosper Chunky B, for your most generous of gifts. I will have to find something truly unique for you to top these guys.

USS Stargazer NCC-2893 Micro Machines

It's been awhile since I have highlighted anything ultra nerdy, so here we go, the USS Stargazer. If you already know this ship, you're a nerd, and you past the test. If you own this toy, you are a mega nerd, and I shake your hand.

I have been playing Star Trek Legacy on my X-Box 360 the last few weeks, and I got to this level where you actually get to fly the Stargazer. The game even creates the moment when bridge officer Picard takes over as Captain. I found that incredibly geeky, and thought I would share.

This Micro Machines ship from the early nineties is yellowed to show that its an older ship. Well, I don't really know why its yellow, and the other ships were gray, but it seemed like a good explanation. I think I bought this as a one pack, which was rare as these things usually came in threes or in box sets. It has pretty good detailing for a Micro Machine space ship.

She's a fun toy to play with, always flying apart at the seams, killing Commander Crusher, and performing Picard maneuvers in the bathroom.

So we raise our glasses high to the Stargazer, and this most geeky of posts.

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