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[stoneyface]

so i got this extremely rare item today. this is a hard to find "carl cthulhu" with light-up LED eyes. i have never seen this for less than $250 or so. i got this as the only bidder for $10!!!! holy crap! my cthulhu collection just got one special figure better.

 

[CaffeineSanta]

Awesome!

[Rubberhammer]

With Electronic "Gaze of Madness"!

That's good stuff, man!

[else3573]

Got this guy (Swine Sucker) in the mail today, adding to my Madballs collection. I know have 3 loose, 5 carded, all the headpoppers except Oculous orb, the Rollercyle, one of the silly string squirters in the box, a rubber mask, a top, and all the windups carded:

[PlasticSoul]

I got a nice box of goods from the UK including some new heads for my bouncing bastards army.

 

 

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[Ridureyu]

 

 I got some new stuff today.

 

First up is Safari's brand-new 2014 Dragon King.  It is surprisingly small (way smaller than the three-headed fire dragon), and something about the paint seems wrong.  But he has good colors and texturing (his back scales are beautiful, and I love the eyes).  Mine has one warped foot.

 

 

Next up, on the NECA side, I got the Prometheus vs. Trilobite 2-pack on discount.  And in one sense, it is awesome... but in the other... uh... it kind of looks inappropriate.  No wonder toys R Us had trouble selling it.  So here it is, implanting its proto-Alien inside the poor Engineer, Facehugger-style.  Either way, I need to take about twenty photos of this set for a review at http://www.nerditis.com

 

 

And finally, I got Sgt. Craig Windrix from the Aliens line.  This one has a backstory to it...

 

Kyle Windrix is a famous toy sculptor.  He got his start with McFarlane, but nowadays works for NECA.  Craig was his brother, and by all accounts was a really incredible person.  He was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer last year, and as a result this figure was made in his likeness as a tribute to him - Aliens was his favorite movie.  Although at times it looked like the cancer might go into remission, Craig Windrix lost his battle last week... about a week or two after the figure debuted.  NECA's offices shut down for twenty-four hours in mourning - this relative of a staff member was such a great guy that the whole company had to take a day off.  Even though I don't know the Windrixes, something about this resonates with me.  Maybe it's because of th elosses my family has seen in recent years.  Anyway, I will be giving him the 20-photo-and-a-review treatment, too.

Edited by Ridureyu, 13 February 2014 - 12:58 AM.

[fkro6784]

That Safari Dragon King is awesome!

[else3573]

Snorkeater. Been trying to buy one for awhile now, for a decent price:

 

[Rubberhammer]

Snorkeater. Been trying to buy one for awhile now, for a decent price:

That's a pretty cool fig!

Never really cared for Snorks, but that one I like.

[else3573]

Yeah, unfortunately he's like the rarest one. I dig em just cause I grew up with that cartoon in the 80's. Every Saturday morning it was Snorks, Gummi Bears and Smurfs, in order...

[bachamn]

Wow, I also grew up playing with/watching the Snorks (and still have a few of them available if anyone collects) but I had no knowledge of the Snorkeater until now. Quite evil looking for such a cutesy series. Nice find!

 

This next item was neither received in the mail, nor is it a toy, but I did trade the majority of my beloved vintage Star Wars collection to a friend for it so I'm posting it damnit. My friend was an electrical engineer in the Marines, but now he's retired and restores vintage audio equipment as a hobby. The toys are going to his 9-year old Star Wars obsessed son, so it felt like a good trade all-around (much preferred to selling them on eBay, in my book). Now I can finally enjoy my vinyl collection with some decent sound quality

 

I didn't take any pics before setting them up, so the following are likeness images I found on eBay.

 

Pioneer SX590 Receiver

 

 

Bose 301 Series IV Reflective Main Speaker Set
 

Edited by bachamn, 14 February 2014 - 08:52 AM.

[Beastformers]

Snorkeater. Been trying to buy one for awhile now, for a decent price:

 

Wow, the moment I saw this picture I remembered having the same figure somewhere amongst some of my own childhood toys. Never knew it was part of the Snorks though since I can't remember him from there. But it didn't take me to long to find the one I had to have somewhere and it indeed says Schleich on the bottom as well as S.E.P.P. which I don't know.

 

How rare is it and what's the going rate for this figure?

Edited by GJNL, 14 February 2014 - 03:46 PM.

[PlasticSoul]

Yeah, unfortunately he's like the rarest one. I dig em just cause I grew up with that cartoon in the 80's. Every Saturday morning it was Snorks, Gummi Bears and Smurfs, in order...

 

That figure is great and i LOVED the gummi bears cartoon.

 

Someone needs to invent bounce juice.

[Beastformers]

Damn now I realise that figure might be responsible for the fact all of my Childhood Snorks which should've been in the same box have dissapeared.

Snork Eater...............

[iwao]

New additions to my monsterforge customs. A BMO should be on the way soon.

 

[bachamn]

 

How rare is it and what's the going rate for this figure?

I can't speak to the actual rarity/value but there's a UK eBay seller who has 3 available currently for about $24 each

[else3573]

Yeah, I got mine on Ebay for $15.00 plus shipping from Europe was another $7.50. They don't come up too often though...Anyway, here's what they looked like in the cartoon. I wish they made the Seaweed monsters, can't recall their names...

 

 

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[else3573]

Got these guys on saturday. a Mario figure I didn't have, and a Tripping The Rift promotional wind up:

[Ericnilla]

Dang I had 2 of those Snorks figures and didnt know what they were. Sold them for a couple bucks each last summer.  oh well. 

[Ridureyu]

I just got Modulok.

 

In the original He-Man line, Modulok was this crazy figure with a ton of interchangeable parts. It was AWESOME.  The new Modulok is just the same, which is impressive - the new He-Man toy line is mostly known for re-using parts, but every piece of this Modulok is brand new, and they even made the joints extra sturdy by constructing the sockets from soft rubber (less stress on the pegs when you pop them out).  I will review him on Wednesday, and took... thirty photos.  Here are a few samples.

 

I took thirty pictures of Modulok for Wednesday's review.  So here's a sample of just a few of them!

 

 

And of course, how he looked in the cartoon:

[bachamn]

A few goodies that I'd been anticipating showed up today:

 

Orange/Red Elephunt

 

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...and a big, heavy box filled to the brim with M.U.S.C.L.E.! 

 

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A big thanks to Rubberhammer for helping me fill the jar with an excellent trade! This is my first venture into collecting M.U.S.C.L.E. since the 80's

 

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I'd say it's about 80% full now; just need to figure out what I'm missing so I can get some more and top it off. 

 

 

[Ridureyu]

I picked up a few more Pathfinder miniatures (you know, D&D's silly cousin), all of which are characters from the Wrath of the Righteous adventure path.  Someday, I will run this campaign.  Someday...

 

 

First up is Staunton Vhane, dwarf anti-paladin and servant of the demon lord Deskari.  He's more militaristic and less overtly-psycho than most of the villains in this path, although he is still pretty disturbing.  You fight him in Sword of Valor, as you try to retake a city.

 

 

Then there's Arueshalae, a reformed/redeemed/attempting redemption succubus.  Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder have generally kept away from making demons redeemable, because it flies in the face of the whole concept.  So this is interesting.  I find it unfortunate that they chose a succubus, though - you know, she's humanoid and very pretty, so players will have an easier time empathizing with her and maybe hoping for sexytimes at some point in the future.  I would love to see the effect if they had one of the uglier, more monstrous demons attempting to be reformed and serving a god.

 

That said, Arueshalae is a really well-written character, even though she only appears in a gaming module.  And I appreciate that, surprisingly, she is not overly-sexualized - her armor even covers more of her body than pretty much any other fantasy female!

 

And on the other end of the spectrum, we have Nocticula.  Demon Lord (lady?), Queen of the Succubi, and very, very evil person.  She gets no sympathy, probably because of that freaky hairdo.

[ironmask]

That, and she dresses like a floozy.

[Ridureyu]

Well, that's a given.

[else3573]

WOOHOO!!! Awhile back, since I collect wind ups, someone in a toy group I'm in offred me this blue Nerds Candy cop toy (Arco, 1985) to the right, for a really great price. Over the years I have been searching every search engine, asking toy shop owners, other group members, nobody knows anthing about it. It has wheels on the bottom, don't know if it's pull string, wind up or friction (since there's a knob on the side with his star, and a bilkly club on the front that could be attached to a pull string). Anyway, I just randomly searched it again , hadn't for months, and I see the one I have on Ebay...and the guy has another!! the Red Scuba diver, So I asked him if he knew if there was any others made, and he said that yes, he also has a yellow one that's an inmate. Needless to say, I bought both at $9.99 apiece buy it now! The inmate has a shank on the front and a ballk and chain, and the scuba diver has a fish in front and a scuba pack and swim fins. These are so bizarre, I had tgo have em. (By the way, these are large, about the size of your fist if you have big fists, or an orange lets say..):