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There's a Sale at Penney's!

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I'll never forget the great purge of G.I. Joe ROC movie merchandise!They were literally passing these boxes out at the door ,where there were tons more stacked on top of each other just waiting to not be purchased.I say that because I'm pretty sure kids weren't interested  In these at the time.Only slow footed adult toy collectors knew what these toys were all about and the value that came with them.I picked up both of these at 5 bucks a piece!Not too shabby considering both came with an action figure pilot.These two sit at the bottom of my shelving unit collecting dust with the only other two vehicles I own.They're still pretty damn neat and every now and again I'll pick up the Hydra and fly It around my room while making swooshing sounds.I still love my Gunship,too,! Can you spot Timber? Check out these other awesome sale stories...                                                         Toy Box author remembers a friend named Penny

G.I. Joe Arashikage Clash - Snake Eyes

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For those of you who don't know about one of ,If not the coolest Snake Eyes figure ever to be released ,do your homework on The Pursuit of Cobra Ninja Commando Snake Eyes.The figure I'm posting about today Is the reissue.Of course this doesn't fall under the "reissues" that mimic vintage figure designs.This Is essentially a reissue of a contemporary action figure. So no,I don't have a problem with that.Funny story though.I used to have the first release of this figure and loved It to death.It was by far my second favorite Snake Eyes figure ever.The first one being v.2 vintage Snake Eyes.I also remember trading It away.I didn't think It would be difficult for me to find another one  If I ever wanted to pick one up again down the road.Yeah right.GI Joe  POC figures pretty much disappeared from store  shelves ,never to be seen again.I don't remember any of them going on clearance either.Man!I was shit out of luck.Not to mention the fact that scalper price

Gee ,Thanks!

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It’s the season to be thankful. Firstly,lets get the obvious out of the way.Of course I'm thankful for my fam and the kids and all that other mushy good stuff.But I'm going to keep this pop culture related.What am I most thankful for as far as childhood brainwashing agents go?Hint- It's a cartoon character. Hint 2 - He is the reason I began collecting action figures again. Hint 3 - Look at the picture below.            What made me want to start collecting action figures as an adult you ask?Easy.Snake Eyes.And even though I had picked up a few vintage Joes before him,Snake Eyes  was always the one I wanted.So there I was ,an adult about to make my childhood dream of obtaining a Snake Eyes figure finally come true!Snake Eyes w/ Timber V.2,released In 1985 would be the first of It's kind to make It onto my, then scant, vintage action figure display. And there would be more after.... Once I  had my fair share of G.I. Joe vintage good

Custom Unmasked Snake Eyes

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Everybody's tried this one before.Mine will be different because of the brown hair.I had no choice,no yellow paint.Even still,I kinda like a brown haired Snake Eyes.Too many blond Joes. Duke,Rock And Roll,Short Fuze,Beach Head and Low Light just to name a few.That's my justification.What do you guys think?The head's a tad big and I was thinking about whiting out his pupil on the damaged side of his face. " Look away,baby look away ...." Here's another custom  look.This Is his "awe fuck It,I'm going balls out and  maskless" look.I would imagine this to be a future Snakes that has coped with his facial flaw and has taken on a Punisher - like vigilante roll. 

IDW Revolution

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I think the last time I bought a comic book ,a contemporary comic book with some sort of relevancy,Ronald Reagan  was president.I came close to picking up the new Secret Wars series that released in 2015.Oh ,and the new DC 52 stuff ,too.But I never pulled the trigger on either.I had been out of the loop for so long.Couple that with the 4 dollar price tag per comic and the only thing they got out of me was a disinterested "Nah,I'll pass." Now,recently I had been hearing talk about a merger of popular 80's toy franchises ,coming together for a big screen debut.MASK,G.I. Joe ,Transformers,Micronauts, ROM and I believe Visionaries made the cut as well.This literally blew the drawers off  of me!This Is something I have been wanting to happen since I began collecting action figures.In fact one of the reasons why I started to collect 3 3/4 was because so many different lines/characters were available ,and I would be able to mix and match my figures like never before!I have a

Marvel Universe - Psylocke

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During my childhood comic book phase,Jim Lee's  X-Men was  prevalent In my collection.Man,I loved that series of books.I must admit,the women of X-Men were some of my first comic book crushes.Nobody drew Jean Grey and Psylocke better than Jim Lee.I was never huge on other female comic book characters.She -Hulk ,Invisible Woman,Tigra ,they were cool but  nothing like Rogue,Storm,Psylocke and Jean Grey.There was this extra toughness about them.That Jim  Lee era was my favorite ,period.This,however,Is not a Jim Lee inspired Psylocke figure.Even so,It's still a pretty amazing sculpt. Here's what my current X-Men team looks like.

Marvel Infinite Series - Wonder Man (Variant)

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So much for the different colored backgrounds and light box experiment.I'm going back to pics on the shelf.The box was really beginning to be a pain in the ass.I didn't have any place to store It and backgrounds were beginning to scatter.Just one big fail :( Oh well.To the figure... Everyone has pretty much been a part of the Avengers at one point or another. Wonder Man Is a character who was a regular  In the 80's Avengers comics I used to own as a kid. He was a bit of a vein ,aspiring actor type,but was also pretty damn powerful when It came to throwing down .I always liked him because of that.This wasn't the version of  Simon Williams I wanted,but seeing as how the original MU Wonder Man Is going for big bucks on eBay,I'll have to settle for this one. It's not a horrible figure at all.You can call this his "ionic energy" variant but to me It's just a pissed off version of Wonder Man.It's always better  to avoid crossing  paths with so

Future Collectibles

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What will be the hot collectible in 2046 I think drones will be In full swing and the popular contemporary collectible.They'll be smaller ,customize -able and  more affordable.In fact they'll probably replace phones altogether. As for the future nostalgists ,pretty  much anything popular with the kids now will be popular for them as collectors  In 2046. Mr.Smith goes back to the future Because of Alexis,I'm going to buy up all licensed erasers.100 bucks Is still alot of money! The little eyes on Bro Midnight's Pop Culture post will make you cookoo for Cocoa Puffs...and VHS tapes!

New Edition!

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Ooops,I'm sorry. I meant new additions. Recently I was able to sell off some more of my baseball cards to fortify  my  Marvel Universe collection.Wonder Man will be a place holder and Psylocke will be a mainstay.Although I think I'll give  her power flow accessory to Wonder Man.Cool It now,I'll have loose pics of both figures up within the next couple of days.Shit,maybe even tonight If I get extremely bored.

Red State/Blue State

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Snap a red and/or blue themed photo I literally had to kick myself In the ass this morning to muster up some  motivation for this post.I hate taking my figures off of display for group shots like this but I figured the shelves need a good resetting anyways. I'm going with a predominantly blue theme. Some oddball blue inspired items! I know,California Raisins are purple,but check out those kicks! Blue figures that didn't make the group shot.Timber obviously has the art of photobombing mastered.   Dracs skillfully unfurls his cape to block Timber out of this shot.  And last but not least,my stinky coffee mug.Steve Rogers clearly doesn't like what he sees. Brother Midnight has his eye on you ! La,la-la la la,la Alexis' Universe! La,la-la la,la La la,la Toy Box ! Mr.Smith keeps it real!