M3GAN was my favorite movie of 2023, and with the sequel currently playing in theaters, it seems like a good time for a post featuring this robot-gone-bad. One of the coolest M3GAN merch-items I’ve seen is this retro style lunchbox. As soon as I saw it, I knew I’d have to add it to my … Continue reading M3GAN Lunchbox
David Miles, cofounder of Bushel & Peck Books, released this gem in 2021. It begins with a history of the 13 colonies that leads up to when they decided to part ways with England. The bulk of the book is the original text of the Declaration of Independence with side by side modern day English … Continue reading The Side-By-Side Declaration of Independence by David Miles
In 2020, Hasbro began producing six-inch G.I.JOE figures called the Classified Series. Excellent sculpts of iconic characters, these look great on display and the packaging art is first rate. This is not a complete list - I'm just showing some of the ones I have so far. This Snake-Eyes is from the 2021 film SNAKE-EYES: … Continue reading G.I. JOE Classified Series (Six-Inch Figures)
In 2020, a G.I. Joe and Transformers lunchbox came out. It was a GameStop exclusive. It features art from the 1985 Joe AWE Striker packaging and the catalog that came with 1984 Transformer figures, as well as some other vintage art. Some came with exclusive Funko Pops of Duke and Megatron, and others came with … Continue reading G.I. Joe/Transformers Lunchbox (2020)
Here’s my collection of Mr. T VHS tapes, DVDs, and Blu-rays. Not everything he’s done, but here’s what I have. Mr. T began his acting career with ROCKY 3 in 1982. Following his tremendous success as Rocky villain, Clubber Lang, he landed the iconic role of B. A. Baracus for the A-TEAM, which ran for … Continue reading Mr. T Home Video Collection
Gary Larson’s THE FAR SIDE strip had its first newspaper appearance on December 31, 1979. Larson took 1989 off, and the comic began again in 1990 and continued until January 1, 1995. Larson briefly came out of retirement in 1996 for the release of LAST CHAPTER AND WORSE which collected the final strips from the … Continue reading The Far Side Comic Strip (1979 – 1988 and 1990 – 1995)
The Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis first hit newspapers on June 19, 1978 and is still going strong today. It began in 41 papers and started winning fans right away. In GARFIELD’S TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, Davis recounts that the Chicago Sun-Times dropped the strip after three months, but over 1,300 readers protested, resulting in … Continue reading Garfield Comic Strip (1978 – Present)
Here are some additions to my Marvel Legends figure collection. This line of six-inch figures by Hasbro continues to impress. Tradable heads allow characters to be seen masked and unmasked, or with different hair. The face sculpts have an amazing likeness to the actors who portrayed these characters in the MCU films. These figures look … Continue reading Marvel Legends Figures (Ant-Man, Black Panther, Black Widow, Dr. Strange, and Iron Man)
Coinciding with RETURN OF THE JEDI’s 40 year mark, Jazwares released the AT-AT seen on Endor into their Micro Galaxy Squadron line. It comes with eight one-inch figures. Much smaller than the vehicles that are intended for the standard 3.75 inch figures, this AT-AT makes for a nice desktop display piece. The interior is pretty … Continue reading Micro Galaxy Squadron AT-AT (Endor) 2023
Sammy Hagar teamed up with Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham, and Rai Thistlethwayte for the Best of All Worlds tour. Rai alternated between keyboards and rhythm guitar and provided additional background vocals, making for a fuller live experience. (On Sammy’s previous tour, they used prerecorded keyboards.) The set list consisted mostly of Van Halen … Continue reading Sammy Hagar Best of All Worlds Tour 2024
