2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

Before I start gushing over childhood Kenner Starting Lineup memories,give this video  a click.Is It not the most 80's sounding thing ever!?!This could have easily been a G.I. Joe theme song. Isn't It great!In fact ,all of their commercials were pretty damn epic.And now,on to the post... Kenner 1988 Starting Lineup MOC /1990 Bo Jackson Loose The first line of Kenner Starting Lineups came out In 1988.At that time,I was still into G.I. Joe but transitioning into baseball fandom.Baseball was kind of Ideal for me as I was able to watch real,live heroes play out in front of me on my television screen.Each with their own super power! Jose Canseco(my favorite player at the time)  could hit a baseball a country mile. Bo Jackson had a cannon for an arm and guys like Dwight Gooden and Nolan Ryan were masters of deception, every time they went out on the mound and racked up strikeouts.I was already into action figures so In my world ,the stars had definitely aligne...

The early bird gets the worm,and Zartan's early presence gives him the upper hand and dibs on the sleeping Manhunters.He convinces the Justice League and paints the Joes as a sneaky,no good, underground affiliation  with bad intentions.Especially the one dressed In black and armed to the teeth.Supes and co. get in between Duke and Snake Eyes while Zartan makes a clean get away.The Joes wisely step aside ,fearing a confrontation with the likes of a super powered team like the Justice League ,but manage to discreetly launch a  reconnaissance drone to track Zartan's whereabouts. 

My plans to strictly stick to MOC Marvel ToyBiz  Superheroes figures flew right out the window.With this Captain America going for well over what I was willing to pay for It new,a loose ,semi mint figure ran me a few bucks.He's incomplete ,missing his shield launcher but I'm good with that.His paint Is still pretty much flawless with the exception of the "A"on his cowl.    Here's what I'm working with ,so far. I also have this ToyBiz Human Torch figure that's been hanging around my collection ,collecting dust.I might just go after the F4 figures,too.They are pretty affordable and the Thing looks cool as heck.We shall see.

When you get old,you forget how to do stuff,like ride a bike,use a smart phone ,oh and yeah,properly transform your G1 Transformers.I was wondering why my Powerglide looked so bland In my post the other day.It turns out he was standing backwards.I didn't realize his head spins,making his front side a little cooler to look at.I'm such a dumb-dumb! FAIL

The United States have deemed the two Manhunters found In a cryogenic deep sleep by the Justice League ,a threat to national security.When Cobra catches wind of a team of Joes being sent to the site to recover the alien beings,Cobra Commander orders Zartan to get the jump on the Joes and muck up the works.Zartan arrives in full U.S. Military gear and fools the Justice League into relinquishing the two dormant  security threats from another planet into Cobra custody.Duke and Snake Eyes arrive late to the party and now have to convince Superman that Zartan Is an impostor. Where's Wonder Woman with her lasso of Truth when you need her?!?"HQ,WE HAVE A SITUATION...!"

Another one off my want list.Man,Powerglide!Is he not the ugliest yet coolest thing ever!I love how Hasbro got away with making these hideous renditions of  Transformers characters.The thing with us ,though,as kids ,we had a greater imagination than most kids do  nowadays.If It remotely looked like our favorite cartoon characters ,It was cool.I remember walking into a local mini mart as a kid with my older sister and seeing Powerglide on the pegs. My sister caught me eyeballing It and bought It for me!I liked the figure but don't remember playing with It much ,probably because I didn't have many TF figs.I had this one,Warpath,Beachcomber ,a couple of Insecticons and Thundercracker.And not all at the same time either.I could never afford the bigger figures.Some things never change I guess,lol.Still,I love having this figure again.

As some of you may already know from reading past posts about my childhood,I was never a big fan of  little toy cars.Hot Wheels,Matchbox,Maisto ,It didn't matter what the brand, I just never dug em'.There was something fake about driving a little car around that didn't have a driver In It.The only car I ever took a liking to as a kid was the Corgi Batmobile. Why?Because It had a driver!A teenie ,tiny batman sculpt that sat In the drivers seat and that,to me,was uber awesome!I played with that thing alot!I made little dirt  roads for It,ramps and took It with me everywhere I went.How couldn't you?It was pocket sized Batman goodness to go!This might not be the coolest item In my collection,but It definitely means alot to me.It was one of the first toys I can remember owning and the nostalgic vibes It gives off  makes It a very important piece In my collection.