One Sentence Review: Understanding their ways is not for you to do.
Oct 24, 2008
Daily Shot 025 - H.I.S.S. Tank Driver
One Sentence Review: I'll buy as many of these in different colors as they care to release.
Oct 23, 2008
Oct 22, 2008
Daily Shot 023 - Buka Series 1 (Furi Furi & Wrongwroks)
One Sentence Review: I think I might like the box the most.
Oct 21, 2008
Oct 20, 2008
Daily Shot 021 - Acrobot by TOMY 1979
One Sentence Review (Done in 7 separate sentences): I've had this since I was a little kid. It's an Acrobot. His foot is stamped with TOMY 1979. He picks himself up when he falls down. That happens a lot. He's still shiny. Love him.
-By Guest Reviewer, Crank!
-By Guest Reviewer, Crank!
Oct 14, 2008
TDJ013 - Pelėda wind-up by Nathan
Last year as many of you know I was pretty bummed at the lack of crap I picked up while at San Diego Comic Con. I walked out of there with the Destro exclusive, a paper craft figure and a plate. Not an awesome haul. Though it was very easy to travel with only three extra things in my bag. It was apparent this year that I was taking that out on my luggage as I came back with an entirely new dufflebag filled with tons o' exclusives and neat things me and Liz spotted here and there.
Liz and I usually hold on to most of our moneys until we get to the very far east end of the hall where that awesome Japanese toy dealer sets up. We take a long time staring at all the 400% Be@rbricks that we can't afford and usually end up spending 30 each on blind box stuff or if we're lucky something cool out of the case.
This year Liz picked up the vinyl Obama figure, we got a couple blind box items for people and I couldn't keep my eye off of the Pelėda boxes that were on one of the shelves up near the front. The art on there is really mesmerizing and there were no open packages around to see what the toys actually looked like. We grabbed all of our purchases and went to the overly annoying sales person that was making it very clear to everyone that he was just watching that area for someone and didn't normally work the register. I asked him first if there were any open samples of the owls and he preceeded to explain to me the concept of the blind-box toy. After that thirty minute lecture I finally asked the actual sales person when they returned and was told that they in fact didn't have any open samples. I had never seen or heard of these before so my curiousity was enough to make the purchase.
I was a little stand-offish since this was the most I had ever paid for a blind box at $10, but I'm very glad I did. Once we were back at the hotel room for the night I opened the figure to see what I had gotten. I was a bit thrown back that it was a solid color and not like the art on the box itself. I've since grown to really dig the solid color scheme and wish I would have picked up more. Though I do really like this color the most, there's couple others that I like the design of more so than this one. But this one is really cool cause it looks like it's wearing an owl hoodie. Now I want an owl hoodie. Anyone out there crafty?
As far as wind-up toys go this one has it's moments. I've seen it go for a bit stop and you have to do that supportive tap to get it going again. The figure's not too big and fits nicely on the smaller shelves that we have for our other blind box toys. Though it's pretty obvious that it would rather be perched up on high somewhere watching over all the other plastic residents of our house.
While writing this post I found out that there was an exclusive Pelėda for both the NYCC and SDCC this year where they were actually painted, not just one color. I'm probably going to see if I can find those for cheap enough to give this guy a friend or two. I would definitely like to have each of theses guys but like all blind box toys, doing that is a lot harder said than done...
Knock Knock.
-Who's there?
Pelėda.
- Pelėda who?
Pelėda Who!
Heh.
Find Pelėda wind-ups for sale here and here.
Plastic/Material – 5/5
Poseability – 1/5
Packaging – 5/5
Design – 5/5
Playability – 2/5
Price (value) – 3/5
Overall – 4/5
Liz and I usually hold on to most of our moneys until we get to the very far east end of the hall where that awesome Japanese toy dealer sets up. We take a long time staring at all the 400% Be@rbricks that we can't afford and usually end up spending 30 each on blind box stuff or if we're lucky something cool out of the case.
This year Liz picked up the vinyl Obama figure, we got a couple blind box items for people and I couldn't keep my eye off of the Pelėda boxes that were on one of the shelves up near the front. The art on there is really mesmerizing and there were no open packages around to see what the toys actually looked like. We grabbed all of our purchases and went to the overly annoying sales person that was making it very clear to everyone that he was just watching that area for someone and didn't normally work the register. I asked him first if there were any open samples of the owls and he preceeded to explain to me the concept of the blind-box toy. After that thirty minute lecture I finally asked the actual sales person when they returned and was told that they in fact didn't have any open samples. I had never seen or heard of these before so my curiousity was enough to make the purchase.
I was a little stand-offish since this was the most I had ever paid for a blind box at $10, but I'm very glad I did. Once we were back at the hotel room for the night I opened the figure to see what I had gotten. I was a bit thrown back that it was a solid color and not like the art on the box itself. I've since grown to really dig the solid color scheme and wish I would have picked up more. Though I do really like this color the most, there's couple others that I like the design of more so than this one. But this one is really cool cause it looks like it's wearing an owl hoodie. Now I want an owl hoodie. Anyone out there crafty?
As far as wind-up toys go this one has it's moments. I've seen it go for a bit stop and you have to do that supportive tap to get it going again. The figure's not too big and fits nicely on the smaller shelves that we have for our other blind box toys. Though it's pretty obvious that it would rather be perched up on high somewhere watching over all the other plastic residents of our house.
While writing this post I found out that there was an exclusive Pelėda for both the NYCC and SDCC this year where they were actually painted, not just one color. I'm probably going to see if I can find those for cheap enough to give this guy a friend or two. I would definitely like to have each of theses guys but like all blind box toys, doing that is a lot harder said than done...
Knock Knock.
-Who's there?
Pelėda.
- Pelėda who?
Pelėda Who!
Heh.
Find Pelėda wind-ups for sale here and here.
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Liz: Let's hang owls together.
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Plastic/Material – 5/5
Poseability – 1/5
Packaging – 5/5
Design – 5/5
Playability – 2/5
Price (value) – 3/5
Overall – 4/5
Daily Shot 020 - Feldspar Crystar figure
One Sentence Review: He rules all of my toys with a emerald fist!
Oct 13, 2008
Daily Shot 019 - Touchdown Terror Super Madball
One Sentence Review: A Madball that you can do something with other than throw at your little sister.
Oct 11, 2008
Sep 23, 2008
TDJ012 - CMYK Noodle Vinyl Gorillaz Figure
Back when I first saw the Clint Eastwood video by the Gorillaz, I was SUPER pissed that someone had ripped off Jamie Hewlett so blatantly. I went to the local record shop and demanded more information on the band and possibly the CD as I was interested in buying it just to be even more mad. I was told that the animation and designs were actually done by Hewlett himself so I felt stupid for a bit and bought the CD.
The Gorillaz really grabbed a piece of the market that had gone unattended for quite some time with marketing and products that broke down many barriers in the music industry. This line of vinyl figures is just one of many Gorillaz sets. This is from the CMKY set. I got Noodle here from Sean for some gift-giving occasion only about 5 months passed the actual date. She's sat up on the bookcase that is right by the window in my office so the back has suffered quite a bit of sun damage. Which is okay, because aside from the neat images of Noodle that are all over the package, I'm not too in to the design of the box itself.
The Gorillaz really grabbed a piece of the market that had gone unattended for quite some time with marketing and products that broke down many barriers in the music industry. This line of vinyl figures is just one of many Gorillaz sets. This is from the CMKY set. I got Noodle here from Sean for some gift-giving occasion only about 5 months passed the actual date. She's sat up on the bookcase that is right by the window in my office so the back has suffered quite a bit of sun damage. Which is okay, because aside from the neat images of Noodle that are all over the package, I'm not too in to the design of the box itself.
These Gorillaz figures have some of the best sculpting I've ever seen, though they did get to start with some really amazing designs as it is. I do have a different Noodle figure that Liz got me which is at home, so these two have never met. I fear the "axe" battle that will transpire once they do. I finally opened this for this review. I've got a lot of sealed toys just waiting for me to get time to do a review. I'm glad I finally got around to finally doing this one.
The figure is a little over 6 inches tall and comes with a guitar that features a strap for hanging it over her shoulders. I've had some trouble keeping Noodle standing and keeping the guitar up around her tiny shoulders. But it might have something to do with how long the box was sitting with sun hitting it. The plastic may have re-set just a bit. Though when Fritz saw that I opened this one, he mentioned that he's had a really hard time making his stand as well. Sean said that the one he has stands no problem, but Sean likes to disagree a lot. Should have him on here to do a point, counter-point review some time.
I like the colors that they used, from the olive green hat to the dark blue socks, Noodle is one fashionable lady. On the bottom of her feet there's the Gorillaz logo and the Kid Robot logo. I tried to get a picture, but I don't have a macro lens so like most close up shots, it's a bit blurry.
The only articulation is in the neck, no matter where you position her "view" she still looks like she's the hippest thing in the room. I should have known that as soon as she was open and allowed to mingle with the other toys, she'd make fast friends with the Soundwave figure I had sitting near by. They've started a new side project - I'm pretty sure they're just waiting for Animal to email them back to see if he's interested in joining up. I'll let you know when they get their myspace page up and running.
So I do recommend this figure, this set, any Gorillaz vinyl toy, you really can't go wrong. This figure may have it's down falls, but it's still cooler than me. Get the cool shoe-shine!
Find CMKY Noodle for sale here and here.
Plastic/Material – 5/5
Poseability – 1/5
Packaging – 5/5
Design – 5/5
Playability – 1/5
Price (value) – 5/5
Flammability – 3/5
Overall – 4/5
I like the colors that they used, from the olive green hat to the dark blue socks, Noodle is one fashionable lady. On the bottom of her feet there's the Gorillaz logo and the Kid Robot logo. I tried to get a picture, but I don't have a macro lens so like most close up shots, it's a bit blurry.
The only articulation is in the neck, no matter where you position her "view" she still looks like she's the hippest thing in the room. I should have known that as soon as she was open and allowed to mingle with the other toys, she'd make fast friends with the Soundwave figure I had sitting near by. They've started a new side project - I'm pretty sure they're just waiting for Animal to email them back to see if he's interested in joining up. I'll let you know when they get their myspace page up and running.
So I do recommend this figure, this set, any Gorillaz vinyl toy, you really can't go wrong. This figure may have it's down falls, but it's still cooler than me. Get the cool shoe-shine!
Find CMKY Noodle for sale here and here.
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Liz: Who does this chick think she is? She thinks she can just come into MY HOUSE and be this pretty. No way, sir. Get out, whore!
I'm probably going to set this lady one fire. Sorry we met when I was drunk, sleezebag. Word to the wise.
I'm probably going to set this lady one fire. Sorry we met when I was drunk, sleezebag. Word to the wise.
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Plastic/Material – 5/5
Poseability – 1/5
Packaging – 5/5
Design – 5/5
Playability – 1/5
Price (value) – 5/5
Flammability – 3/5
Overall – 4/5
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