Lego has been in my life (and in the feet of anyone I have ever shared a home with) since I was about four years old. As a brand it has come a long way since the red bucket of bricks I first owned but the basic premise of it has stayed the same despite …
Continue reading Superhero Sundays! Lego 76039 Ant-man Final Battle!
A few years back now, I signed up for www.starwarsforum.co.uk, a site that focuses primarily on collecting vintage Star Wars memorabilia from the late '70s to the mid '80s. It's an awesome place full of laid back, knowledgeable, funny, friendly people. One of the most exciting things to happen is the Secret Santa which happens in …
Walking around a local sci-fi and comic convention recently I came across a blast from the past (or is it future?). It's the T-800 from Terminator 2! I probably paid a little too much for this toy but it was complete with all of it's accessories, which is quite uncommon for a loose …
Continue reading Kenner toys Terminator 2 ‘Power Arm’ Terminator action figure, 1991!
It is finally here! The final post of Halloween Countdown 2016! The 1980s were a busy time for small creature movies. By small, I don't mean small in budget (though many of these films didn't cost much to make) I mean small in size. None of the creatures in these films were going to climb …
Continue reading Day XIII, Halloween Countdown 2016 finale! Boglins hand puppet!
Here's a toyline that is virtually unknown, which is a travesty. It's actually so unknown that I couldn't even remember what the toys were called even though I owned some of them as a kid. I had to ask the guys on a Monsters in My Pocket forum if they could offer any information as …
Continue reading Day XI, Halloween Countdown 2016! Vivid Imaginations ‘Pocket Shockers’ from 1994!
I don't know any kids that didn't love monsters back in the '90s, or at least appreciate them in some form. Monsters were everywhere, if I had to read at school naturally I would gravitate towards books like Goosebumps and Shivers and Creepers.Following the after-school cartoons there would be TV shows like Eerie Indiana, Are …
Continue reading Day X, Halloween Countdown 2016! Monster in My Pocket!
There is hella lotta Ghostbusters themed candy out this year. Probably because of the new movie out but I can't remember a time where a movie has seemed to focus so much on candy in the way of merchandise. I remember Star Wars episode I had everything to promote it. Star Wars chocolate, bubble bath, …
Continue reading Day V, Halloween Countdown 2016! Ghostbusters candy! So much Ghostbusters candy…
I don't remember ever seeing Tim Burton's Beetlejuice movie as a kid, which is a damn shame as it would have probably ticked all of my boxes for what constituted as a good movie. I liked spooky shit and crass 'in your face' humor and that was pretty much was this film was all about. …
Sometimes when I was a kid, when I got a new toy there often were all the other toys in the line on the box or on the backing card. They usually looked like the most amazing thing that could possibly exist but when I went to the toy store to find that specific toy …
Continue reading Day II, Halloween Countdown 2016! Mighty Max Grips the Hand playset!
It was Christmas '95 or '96 and I was tearing the paper off a present from my great grandmother. Somewhat surprisingly I wasn't overly enthusiastic when I pulled the last bit of wrapping away and I was holding this. Obviously with hindsight I can see that I was a fucking idiot. If I could …
Continue reading Kenner Lava Predator action figure from 1994!
The Forgotten Starship 