Hot Wheels, 2011 New Model, A Team Van 39/50

Tonight the Toy Museum is dressed up as a Hot Wheels A Team van. What a tight costume to fit into. Luckily the card was beyond creased, so opening was no debate.

Now I just need three more, so I can reenact episode 37; "The A Team Van goes Roller Skating"

James Bond Johnny Lightning Cars and Battle Cat Connection?

No Connection, I just wanted a shameless plug to sell stuff. Yes my storage bins are overflow busting, so I thought its time to part with a few things that never see daylight in the Toy Museum.

These James Bond cars a awesome, just too perfect to open or find a spot for. They just beg for me to buy more, so in this situation, I will sell, and not have to complete another collection.

And then there is Battle Cat. Don't worry, he's an extra I bought, just a precaution against Matty collector dumbnessness. The best part is, I stored him contained for a long while in his safe white box, only to pull him out with plastic cracking on his package shield. Doh. I guess the best best part is, for all those collectors who did the same, will their packages start falling apart? Cheap plastic? Well, what ever, the toy inside is still solid, and is perfect for first open playing with. Just another example of MattyCollector greatness.

Oh duh, the auction link...

Puss in Boots Happy Meal toys Mcdonalds 2011

Puss in Boots toys are now in McDonald's Happy Meals, and so are the Apple Chunks. There are six to collect, and not a bad assortment this time.

Thundercats 2011 Cheetara 4 inch Action Figure Toy

Running fast into a backlog of piled toys is the astonishing Cheetara!

She's a hard cat to catch, only seen in the wild for brief seconds of time. Some fans would even go as far as ordering online, to get a quick glimpse of her, And others would venture into non traditional toy outlets such as book and video stores to find her. With Patience, I found her at Walmart in front of about 30 peg warming Mumm-Ra's.

She has Pros and Cons for an action figure. Good likeliness, and vivid coloring. Her articulation is a bit confusing though. She has three points of rotation near the hips and thighs, which can get confusing to manipulate (unless your Lion-o, he-he, cough-cough-cough). She could really use wrist rotation, as her staff is limited in positioning. But the staff is also super bendy, so maybe that doesn't matter. The Thunder Lynx gimmick (which I have yet to try, so maybe its worth it), on her back makes her back heavy and she is difficult to stand. None of the cons really matter though, as pretty as she is. Except for Leesub, she's jealous of the swing in attention...

With three new Thundercats found, the bandwagon grows...

Transformers Generations; Autobot Sergeant Kup

After my scathing review of Perceptor, the world was really worried what I would say about Sergeant Kup.

The world can worry no more, Sergeant Kup is one of the BEST Classics/Generations Transformer I have ever played with.

Solid design in both Vehicle and Robot, and a pretty smooth Transformation process gives this guy very high marks. There is minor difficulty in the Torso to Hood transformation because of some tight springs, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. His likeliness is spot on in Robot mode of the 1980's Transformers cartoon movie. I totally dig the Earth truck mode, vs his Cybertron Vehicle mode he always sported in the past. This is one time, I can get behind the vehicle redesign 100% of the way.

He feels more advanced and one ups the Classics HotRod, but may look good vs the Masterpiece Rodimus thats been floating around (that is if you have $80 to spend). I hope, they get with it and make a Classics RC and Springer to go with these two some day.

Now I just have to dig through a ton of boxes to find Classics Grimlock for Cup to tell stories too. So if you have the chance, get Cup over Perceptor. If you get them both, you can use Kup's truck bay to carry Perceptor around.

October 2011 Vlog - Classic Thundercats Part 2

October 2011 Vlog - Classic Thundercats