2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

                    Could It be all these M.U.S.C.L.E.'s!?! Yeah ok It's not that many but more than what I use to have.Brother Midnight hooked It up with some mini figure goodness and I thank him for It!I got rid of my last two a while back and regretted It instantly.A vintage toy display without any M.U.S.C.L.E. is just weak ;)

I've been trying to switch It up a little here on 2 Minute Toy Break.Fooling around with different backgrounds has proven to be fun but I'm not completely sold on It yet. Big Manila over at  The Collector's Lens  just gave me the inspiration I needed to go ahead and build a full blown light box.What I'm using now Is a normal box with the colored sheets of paper behind the figures.All I have to do now Is cut a couple sides out,add the tissue paper and It should be set.I don't know about you but I have to try new things in order to stay interested.Sometimes ,a new figure will inspire me like that Palisades Kermit ,and then I run with it.So be prepared for a lot of different backgrounds and pic variations for these next couple of posts.I went with an orange background for Black Cat but It looks more like a yellow In the pics.Oh well.

I still haven't gone through half  the stuff  that was inside of that awesome Brother Midnight trade package.While I still have alot to get to,this was the item I wanted to give special attention to. A while ago,I changed our toy forums background ,electing to go with one of my favorite Brother Midnight pics,Kermit In his Indiana Jones get up strolling through the woods.So imagine my surprise after finding that very same Kermit action figure In the the trade package,complete!Normally,this Isn't a figure I'd go after because of how expensive they tend to be.But that's not to say that I wouldn't want one.It's figures like this that make photographing fun.In fact,this figure  inspired me so much that I decided to get fancy with a little backdrop and some lighting for this series of pics.I really love this figure ,but I don't see myself chasing  down any  other from the line to dedicate a display on my shelf for It.For now I will leave him boxed and on display s...

.As I've said before,I really like the CORPS! and have even sent e-mails to Lanard expressing my love of not only the figures but their price point,as well.I also recommended they do a  cartoon series at some point,maybe a straight to DVD adventure  they could package with some figures.That would be pretty damn epic. They've created some real cool web comics with top notch artwork depicting the new CORPS! vs. The Curse wars that have unfolded since the initial release of the new line of figures. Check those out here http://www.thecorpshq.com/ I'm extremely late to the "Puma" party but have seen enough of her on toy vlogs and action figure sites to want to pick one up for myself. I usually take my time with these figures because Wal Mart always has a surplus of them hanging on the pegs.For about 3 bucks you can pick up this two pack at your local Wal Mart and K-Mart department stores.The Diesel figure Is a plus for me because I didn't have him yet. Puma...

I guess I'll go back In time a bit to write about one of my greatest Halloween memories.I was 11 or 12,and  had moved to a house near my cousin.That year he  called me and  asked me to go trick or treating with him that Halloween.The plot thickened when he said It would be one of the biggest candy scores ever ,If we played our cards right.You see,my aunt worked for the city at the time,and was privy to certain bits of information that your average trick or treater ,well,just wasn't .It turned out that the Mayor of our city lived a few blocks away from  them and every Halloween ,he'd leave two big boxes out on the porch,filled with individually bagged assorted candies  and a sign that read "take-one". I knew what my cousin had In mind.He wasn't a saint and neither was I.And we certainly weren't about to only take one bag of candy from our super generous Mayor's front porch that Halloween. The plan was to arrive early ,and as soon as It got a littl...

Finally,a little foot soldier action!Brother Midnight has helped me round out my vintage TMNT collection with a couple of foot soldiers and Splinter.I had gotten rid of Splinter once before In a trade I completed with lord knows who (was it you Brother ?) ,so I am glad to get him back!I've always liked the original design of  the foot soldiers ,and always wanted some as a kid.They are an odd looking ,almost alien like brand of Ninja with a foot stamped on their bean shaped foreheads.I'm liking my Playmates  TMNT  collection and now the only two that I need are Shredder and Krang!Good looking out Bro! Brother also packed a staff  with the foot soldiers that I was able to use for my Donatello!

I'm ready to start going over some of the goods from that Bro Midnight trade package over these next couple of days ,in no particular order. Some of those figures have grown on me more than others ,like this G1 re-issue of Jazz! I've been wanting a G1 styled Transformer in my collection for a long time now.I've always had my sights set on the more affordable mini cons ,never going after the larger and more expensive Transformer figures.Which Is why I'm so damn psyched to own this Jazz figure.It's not the original,vintage release but It's a damn near perfect copy of It. Remember when Transformers were simple?I miss that about this particular line of figures.It made transforming them a snap.Transformers of today are chock-full of joints and articulation.That might be gravy  for the average collectors who want to display their figures In  cool battle poses, but maybe not so much  for the kid who would prefer to transform his Autobot on the fly and In less than a...