DIY

finally picked up some retaliation stuff, but i still haven’t seen the movie.

the end of young justice

as years go by, there are fewer and fewer shows/properties that really bring out my fandom. so when young justice and green lantern: the animated series ended, the letdown was more severe.

loved young justice from the start. the new take on the characters’ backgrounds, motivations, and designs made me feel that this was going to be the best, most realistic take on the DC universe, which i had waiting for. however, with the series’s numerous plot elements, and being hampered by hiatuses, it’s not surprising that the ending was rushed. oh well. hopefully the creators will get the chance to come through on their open-ended conclusion.

i think overall, green lantern ended up being the more solid series.

an upcoming summer with new jurassic park dinos? it almost takes me back to ‘93. with the return of jurassic park to theaters in 3D, they’ve put out some dinos with great sculpts, articulation, removable dino-damage (it’s back!), and of course gimmicky action features. last, but not least, incorporating g.i. joe figures to this property is an excellent idea. the scale and theme of the joes fits JP nicely. i’m questioning that $30 price point though.

you had my curiosity, now you have my attention.

legos ain’t messin’ around in 2013. also there are klingons! granted, they aren’t legos, and they are from the abrams-verse star trek, but they’re KLINGONS ffs!

the toy meter

hiatus up in this piece like young justice! seriously though, my toy interest in the last half of the past year was nearly non-existent, but i’ve been hearing about some cool things to come in 2013. out of curiosity and fun, i wanted to keep track of how much i’d spend on my discreditable habit this year. below is a poorly fashioned meter that shows the price of the current purchase in the first column and the new total spent in the second. the meter’s already gained some mileage from january, when i bought a kohl’s exclusive nerf rapid strike mission kit on sale for around $30.

jon, the turtle-grunt

i had been long planning to make a turtle/halo grunt custom figure, but had been pushing it off because despite their decent sculpts, the halo reach grunts are a bit lacking in articulation. so now it seems that with the release of the new halo 4 video game, the grunts will appear with a new design. i’m hoping this means mcfarlane toys will also put out toy versions of these new grunts.

custom: g.i. joe vector

although it has been labeled as one of the ‘stupidest’ g.i. joe vehicles, i think the vector lends itself very well to a sci-fi theme. this toy was originally released back in 1987, making it older than a lot of you out there. it wasn’t until after my repaint that i found that the vector’s cockpit was designed for the older, smaller generation of joe figs from the 80’s. of the modern 4-inch figures, the females fit best with their thinner bodies, but they’ll still have to be scrunched up.

avengers, yay.