2 MINUTE TOY BREAK !

I gotta say,I'm excited but at the same time worried .We are finally getting a stand alone Snake Eyes film. But will It be any good? In my opinion ,probably not good enough for the die hard fans. We will always find something to nitpick . I really like the military aspect of Snake Eyes's backstory  and I think they're going to go full on Ninja fighter for this one. Again ,I love Ninja so If they do decide to go that route ,I'll be cool with it.If you guys don't already know , Henry Golding (the guy in the middle) will be playing Snake Eyes. To be honest ,I don't know much about him.I'll have to do my research. Robert Schwentke (Divergent,Insurgent , etc.)  will be the director so that could be a good thing. Only time will tell. I will say that I haven't been this stoked about a film release since Captain America First Avenger! Also,from what I've heard ,the designers of Fortnite figures will be working with Hasbro on the movie figures.6 ...

Today I realized why I started collecting action figures ,again, as an adult  In the first place. I forgot how therapeutic It Is to simply pick up and pose an action figure. It hit me today while I was taking a closer look at my Ultimate Snake Eyes figure. I know lots of people talk about how blogging can be  so therapeutic and good for the soul. I don't disagree. But I collected before I blogged. Baseball cards, comics and action figures have been curing my ills way before I began posting about it.  Even now , when I'm feeling down  , I'll instinctively walk over to my display shelves to pose random action figures. It takes my mind off of whatever It is that may be  ailing me. The moral of the story here is - Just because your not posting about your collection as much, never take your collection for granted -Try to remember why you began collecting In the first place and enjoy the moment without having to stop, snap a pic and write about it.

2020 Is upon us and with It a slew of resolutions. What are mine you ask? Oh ,you didn't ask. Well I'll tell anyways . I don't have many 2020 goals ,toy related, anyways. One part of my collection that I've always wanted to work on was vintage Star Wars. I'll be trying to pick up more of the figures I had as kid and even that wasn't much but let's see how It goes. The handful of vintage Star Wars figures that I own now aren't really ones of my choice but rather odd ball stuff sent to me from past trades. 2020's newest addition Is none other than the fabulous Hammerhead! Hard to believe this figure came out In 1978!

The wife's away for a couple of days so what better way to spend the time than by setting up a new action figure display lol.I snatched this up from my parents today and will be filling it with action figures tonight over a glass of red wine 😉 Damn, 2020 !Where does the time go? Happy New Years people !

Looking through some things In my basement the other day,I happen to come across a bunch of  G.I Joe ROC boxes that I still have laying around. It's nice to revisit them after all these years just to relive the moment . I remember finding a couple  of these Snake Eyes Rip - Attack  cycles on clearance at my local TRU ,about  12 years ago, for about 5 bucks and some change. At first I thought this was just a Nerf like toy pistol or something because of the visible  trigger mechanism . It's not until you turn the box around that you get to see exactly what It Is your getting here. I picked It up more for the  Snake Eyes figure which  btw looks nothing like the one included. The rip cord goes .... ...here . One quick yank of the cord sets the back wheel  In motion and pressing the trigger releases the Jet Storm cycle. It actually works pretty well. But If you're anything like me ,the trigger mechanism got to...