2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

V.2 Storm Shadow was my Storm Shadow,growing up.I can still remember being mesmerized while holding the figure,still In package,at my local TRU as a kid.What made it even more special to me was the fact that Stormie was now a good guy!This version of Storm Shadow infiltrates Cobra to find out who murdered his uncle and occasionally went on side missions with Snake Eyes!When I first laid eyes on this listing of  a  Funskool India Storm Shadow  ,I had my doubts.I remember buying  a Funskool Sgt.Slaughter  before and being pretty miffed about the quality of the figure.But V.2 Storm Shadow looked pretty damn close to the real deal In pics and so after watching a couple of YouTube reviews on It,I went through with the purchase. I must admit to being pretty pissed off once the figure arrived.The seller described the item as Mint Inside  Packaging sold on creased card ,and as you can tell by the pic below ,the figure seemed to have a yellowish tint to it. I contacted the seller and his e

It has been an emotional roller coaster these last couple of weeks to say the least.It seems like every month another one of my family members Is hospitalized.I lost one of my favorite people In the world ,my little cousin , passed away at the young age of 26 a few months back.My favorite aunt landed In the hospital a couple months after and now I'm dealing with an even bigger pain of having to see my dad in a hospital bed these last couple of days.Is It just me or are people sicker nowadays more than ever before?I think this Is what has spurred me to go on a health kick. While exercise Is great for you physically, I think I've benefited more mentally from It.These birthday posts are bittersweet but also beneficiary.Writing helps me get things out of my system.Writing about childhood action figures and memories  reminds me of how things used to be .This keeps me grounded ,even If It's only for a few minutes,or so.I don't want this post to end on a downer as things like

I can finally knock another figure off my want and watch list.Funny that Toy Box brought up the fact that most of the time ,brick and mortar stores never have what we're looking for.Well,this time I had no intentions on picking up any figures.What was supposed to be just a quick dog food run to the grocery store turned into a fruitful toy hunt.I don't think Warpath released with the initial wave of minicon reissues,as he was nowhere to be found during that time.I remembered seeing some Walmart reissue Warpath listings on eBay recently  and decided to quickly scan the toy aisles before exiting with my dog food and other miscellaneous items.Sure enough,there he was! Isn't that card art glorious!It's like Warpath's reaching out to grab the action figure before you get a chance to break It out of It's plastic confines!  Warpath was one of the few Transformers I owned as a kid and I absolutely loved him!Maybe It had  to do with the fact that he was a