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s trimming down my roleplaying manual collection maybe a little too vicious i m regretting some of the stuff i dumped but i think i ll be fine in the long run i still haven t lost my taste for random crap either i love this little teen titans go minifigure pack and as poe dameron demonstrates here i am still collecting star wars action figures i picked up the kroenen and k 9 figures the same day as the puffy stickers and dragonlance book above even with all the adapting i ve been doing to events in my life recently i ve managed to have an adventure or two i didn t go to monster mania in new jersey this year even after purchasing my tickets but i did get to go to a local comic convention in bangor maine it was my very first convention ever and it was a blast my friend brandon came along for two reasons 1 he is a classic game collector nes super nes genesis you name it and brandon collects it i have a weekly date with him at his place where we play old games and bitch about our problems i ll fill you in on reason 2 in a bit i loved the geeky photo opportunities here i am with the tardis and r2 d2 there were mandalorians in greater numbers than i expected in attendance as well as different chapters of ghostbusters brandon was determined to meet troy mini me verner the above picture the best shot i got imo is of troy warning me not to take the picture yet because brandon s card had not been run through yet here s the official legal shot brandon had had high hopes that he could get troy to hang off his arm or sit on his shoulders or something but he immediately got the vibe that these requests might be frowned upon i also sneaked a shot of troy from afar totally by accident while taking shots of the convention floor this booth was magical it featured several vintage roleplaying game accessories including the mounts for the warduke and strongheart vintage action figures the good destrier and evil nightmare toys i had to physically peel myself away from this table of course when the guy saw me ogling his supplies he let me know he had a box full of action figures under the table that he would let me pick through more on that later there was a healthy but not overwhelming amount of cosplay lots of whovians because colin baker the 6th doctor who was in attendance but still a lot of cool costumes and ideas i was particularly infatuated with this table of custom designer toys i was severely tempted to buy this 40 dollar muck monster but ultimately couldn t pull the trigger in the end i walked away with this one eyed fellow from the same table he was 5 bucks and adorable so he came with me limbless as he may be he helped me wave goodbye to good old paul bunyan as i headed to chili s for lunch with brandon this was the pile of stuff i ended up bringing home with me from the con some respectable loot some secret wars figures a robo cop with his helmet a super powers flash a vintage lando calrissian a sectaurs figure a dreadnok a pile of tpbs and dollar bin comics and a hook horror action figure to add to my d d vintage collection i m going to end this here because i ve already gone way longer than i had planned to don t know when i ll be back again or if i ll be back again i m not going to quit blogging but in the near future my blogging goals may be changing my life goals certainly have we shall see no promises then about being back soon with more goodwill goodies but i will certainly still wish you happy hunting posted by derek ash at 5 46 pm 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels action figures blogging conventions dungeons and dragons funko funko pops galactic heroes ghostbusters lazy blogging marvel legends tmnt tsum tsum wonder woman sunday january 10 2016 a trade with adam nori you know how i m always cracking wise about how timely my posts are like when i post about christmas a month after the fact or valentine s day in april or some crap well yet again this is one of those posts that are waaay past due and this time it is almost criminally negligent i received a package from adam nori of who ya gonna collect as well as the author of a book adventures of a ghost hunter in which he details some of his career as a professional ghost hunter it is safe to say that adam has a bit of an obsession with 1 ghosts and 2 ghostbusters i don t originally remember what put adam and i in contact but as happens with the many folks i interact with online a trade of goods was discussed at one point so we sent each other packages full of junk and you can see what adam ended up with over on his blog so i received my package from adam sometime last summer like in june so this one is waaay overdue i genuinely owe adam an apology because this one got forgotten about and i hate to think that he for a second thought that i wasn t insanely grateful to receive this package first off kudos to mr nori for repurposing his nerdblock box for this package he made a lot of stuff fit in this space let s explore comic books trading cards and vhs tapes are all standard issue staples for these sort of trades a lovely assortment was included and if i m playing favorites that pack of rocketeer cards had me drooling at first sight there were some awesome fast food and cereal premiums in the box including this guardians of the galaxy bag from subway and these dinosaurs toys from mcdonald s in an ultimate act of heresy i removed the hoses from fran and earl and used them as figurines on mt henson shelf they go back in pretty easily so i m not too worried so many toys here s the first of three pics detailing all of the toys included if i had a gun to my head and had to pick some faves from the picture above i d single out bendable shaggy the inspector gadget figure and the two busy town cars in the very front but there s so much here muppet babies toy story lego this fleet of vehicles is amazing from some awesome hanna barbera characters to fraggles rugrats and robin but again if i m being super honest my absolute fave in this shot is snaps of the burger king kids club riding a purple cricket grasshopper locust something i already have kid vid riding a scorpion and i q riding a millipede so now that i have snaps i only need two more toys to complete the set jaws riding a spider and boomer riding a dragonfly if you re curious finally i sorted out some of the crème de la crème of the package for this final shot i now officially own one of the movie turtles which i ve been eyeing but not pulling the trigger on the c3 po is a bobbler and looks great on my star wars shelf solomon grundy snap from rice krispies a mcdonald s changeable snoopy in his flying ace outfit a rizzo disney vinylmation muppets toy a mr burns from the burger king treehouse of horror line and a couple of dc scribblenauts blue beetle and bizarro are all welcome additions to a bunch of other collections i have stacking up in the geek cave this package was super generous and full of fun i can t thank adam enough for sending me these things in exchange for the box of junk he received i ll be back soon with some geeky goodwill goodies to share so until then happy hunting posted by derek ash at 10 56 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels burger king kid s club cereal mascots dinosaurs sitcom goodwill mailbag mail mcdonalds mcdonalds collectibles muppets packages rocketeer scooby doo star wars tmnt trades thursday january 7 2016 the christmas post that almost not almost actually wasn t so yeah i said i wasn t going to blog during the christmas season and i was fine with that i stuck to it then i realized i would have to share all the christmas stuff i ve been saving up for my december posts when exactly next year no thank you i decided i d drop this in early january for some unknowable reason so here we are this is where my life choices have led us here are a couple of piles of christmas junk i wanted to talk about on my blog first up we have some decorative items some pretty neat stuff right let s explore them together just you and i first up we have this santa on summer vacation pepsi glass this bad boy is from around 1990 when they were also producing cans with this design on them chad over at the horror movie bbq and i have an ongoing almost competitive pepsi glass spotting fetish that seems to be going on a lot longer than most normal people would find appropriate i post this here for him i am probably more excited about finding this sugar bear christmas ornament than anything else in this post this guy was produced back in 1993 and just look at him of all the crap in this post this was one of the few items that got me to burst out with a loud oh in the vicinity of other humans with ears capable of hearing my childish exclamation i would not have bought this lindt snowman tin if the donated christmas decorations had not been half off but they were so i did he s fun and so fancy now people will think i m classy and i buy lindt but between you and i dear reader i am in fact completely un fancy i am much more prone to the vulgar world of second rate cheap chocolate than any other to my utter shame another ridiculously exciting item in this lot is this boxed dodger ornament from oliver and company from back in 1988 i find myself getting ridiculously enthusiastic about these disney collectible ornaments i found a sebastian the crab from the little mermaid awhile back and this guy had me almost as excited as that on a sidenote i could not believe that oliver and company is actually an older movie than the little mermaid i checked and double checked that fact a few times before i let myself believe it why does oliver and company feel like it was a 90 s movie i find myself wishing i had written about this tin santa ornament figure thing earlier in the post get that crap out of the way earlier i mean i liked it enough to buy it but there s not a lot of material here to work with honestly so here s this tin santa ornament figure thing enjoy now on to the media items some books a comic and an 8 track i don t collect those let dig into this pile take my hand first off we have this precursor to the animated television special mickey s christmas carol this one is performed by the walt disney players the only real major changes to the cast are merlin as the ghost of christmas past and the witch from snow white as the ghost of christmas future i m trying to imagine those characters in the place of the ones in the tv show and i find them lacking i m just so used to jiminy and pete at this point that anyone else in those positions seems like sacrilege apparently the televised animated special also spared us the pain of many musical numbers there were quite a few on this tape goofy s song being tight is not all right seems like it belongs in a different kind of show found this awesome book snow party for the christmas kids book pile it s not a christmas book per se and it was probably very carefully crafted to be a winter holiday book for folks not celebrating christmas but i m not worried about the war on christmas so this beautiful little book is a nice addition to our holiday season this is a book where snowmen get together to hold a huge celebration on the first snowy day of winter the celebration is beautifully illustrated such a fun and simple little book with a nice feel to it my kids liked it quite a bit this will definitely be added to the rotation every year i also found this beat up copy of the beetlejuice horror day special in which delia s and beetlejuice s christmas celebration gets sidetracked by a pickle he s gotten himself into with a ghostly engagement to be married here are some of the more notable panels from the comic the most holiday themed ones and a couple of very questionable panels from the story this final book is honestly something i ve been trying to track down for years i love christmas mythology and any reading materials i can find that describe traditions and myths from around the world pertaining to christmas are must haves i also really enjoy the time life series of books entitled the enchanted world and i ve been keeping an eye out for the book of christmas ever since i discovered that my high school library had a set of these books and this was included in the collection it wasn t all i dreamed it would be if i m being strictly honest it was nice to cross this one off the list finally though and a lot of the illustrations are really fun they don t delve into the darker corners of the christmas mythos as much as i would have liked no appearances by black peter the yule cat or krampus for instance but the kallikantzaroi make an appearance although they do make the mistake of confusing blending the name with the callicantzaroi which were a sort of greek christmas vampire if i m not mistaken and last but not least i did actually put together a 2015 goodwill hunting 4 geeks toy nativity scene i was not even remotely happy with how it came out so i didn t give it any fanfare and i look forward to doing a better job next year the three wise men are han solo mal reynolds and peter quill they come bearing gifts of gold nuggit frankenstein and murder clue murder was a last resort honestly i wanted it to be gold frankenstein and murray but my minimate version of peter venkman is strictly the animated version which was voiced by lorenzo music whose portrayal of the character murray famously decried so i just couldn t say he was murray on a side note i got the ecto 1 ghostbusters lego set for christmas so next year look out it s the movie version of the busters and this venkman is all murray baby the shepherd is bo peep from toy story she s played this role in years past and i was kind of kicking myself for not finding an original character for my shepherd but she s literally the only shepherd character i own who comes with her own mutant three headed sheep i have a few pig toys i added just for the heck of it and to round out the animal population i added the gladys and buster figures or the figures i insist represent those two characters to the creche the energizer bunny plays the role of my little drummer boy this year and a weeping angel watches from above that leaves only the starring family left to describe including mumm ra as joseph the wicked queen from snow white as mary and bill cipher of gravity falls infamy as the center of the tableau i went with a slightly evil bent for some reason i have no explanation as to why i did this so welcome to january 2016 everybody we re like a week in and things seem to be going fairly smoothly in other news my good buddy brian farrell of pop pop it s trash culture fame has been interviewed by the nemmc new england media memory coalition about the concept of trash culture it s a great read brian makes a lot of great points and i really urge you all to go check it out if you re a collector of literally any sort 2016 should be a fun year i m going to tr...