2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

I felt like Doom needed to put a stamp on his new stomping grounds ,so I went ahead and had some  wallet size copies  made of his logo and portrait.They're small touches but I like It.I didn't want to glue or tape anything in  place ,though,as I may want to use this castle In the future for my Joes and other 3 3/4 figures.I've already got some other things In mind so stay tuned .

Picked up a couple of Dollar Tree extras to add to my Fisher Price Castle Doom !The one set I already had but sent It over to Orniphus as extras in a trade package.I really like the cannon that It came with so I had to reacquire It .The wrestling set I snagged up for the ladder.How else are Doom's team of baddies going to get from the lower levels up to the second floor?I'm still looking for a Castle Greyskull orange throne to try and fit into the castle somewhere.For now,this Is what I got.

I was more of  a WWF fan than anything growing up.I never liked their figures ,though.The big ,rubber LJN wrestlers looked more like giant erasers to me and you couldn't pose them into any cool wrestling stances.In the commercials,kids would bounce them off of the floor and make them do all kinds of cool jumps and flips.I don't know about you but that never worked for me.Lots of die hard kid WWF fans  loved  them,though,from the apparent wear on the figures today.  In 1985,Remco did a good job of  differentiating themselves from that by releasing their own line of articulated AWA wrestlers.Their toys were actual "action" figures,modeled after the earlier released Lost World of  the Warlords line of  figures.While they could never measure up to  LJN's WWF line as far as popularity,I secretly liked them better.I barely knew any of the cast,but I loved their chunky build and discernible rubber head sculpts.I would always see them in friends collectio...

From what I've gathered online,Rokkon wasn't released until 1986.That would explain the connection I have with this figure.At that time ,I was a full blown action figure fanatic ,and while It was mainly Joes I gobbled up,Rokkon was prevalent In many of my friends collections.I wasn't a big He-Man collector,but figures like this,with cool gimmicks, always grabbed my attention. The greatest thing about Rokkon Is the connection he has  with one of my all time favorite years,1986.Lots of crazy shit happened that year.The unfortunate space shuttle Challenger incident,Mike Tyson becoming the youngest heavyweight champion and the release of a MOTU figure that morphs into a rock and back again. "Which way did he go!"

I needed someone to duel It out with Fisto so Jitsu made the most sense.Jitsu is a MOTU figure I've always liked and I'm glad I could add him to the collection.He came with his sword but he can't hold It since the outer part of the handle Is broken off.

I've posted about Dart before ,but I think this utterly awesome figure deserves a second look!Dart Is from the G.I. Joe vs. Cobra line.I'll admit to not being much of a fan of the concept In general,but you can cherry pick the heck out of this line and really strike gold with some of the characters. At first glance ,Dart looks like your average ,heavy machine gunnin' infantry soldier.But upon further inspection,you'll notice small,subtle things about the sculpt that really distinguish Dart from your everyday ,military themed figure.Like the Eagle crest On his chest.I can only assume It's a pendant of some kind.And check out the tribal arm bands.Also,the soft goods ghillie suit  hints at Dart's ambush capabilities. If the eagle crest and tribal arm bands weren't enough to clue you into Dart's native american background,then the feather In his helmet and  pony tail  will.He's like Spirit on steroids.The only thing I don't like about Dart I...

It's official.I have dubbed the Fisher Price castle I recently found at a garage sale,Castle Doom!I'll also use It for other figures In certain pics and such,but for the most part,this is primarily MU Dooms crib.I'd like to find some computer monitors to throw in there somewhere and maybe a throne,although this version of Doom won't be doing much sitting.I was thinking about giving It a little paint job,maybe a black wash ,but you know what?It doesn't look half bad the way It is.