Archive for July, 2008

• Star Wars Midnight Madness

  Saturday, July 26th, 2008

  The only way the event was vaguely related to anything mad was the fact that they only had 1 checkout line open at Wal-mart.
  Was pleasantly surprised by a Snow Bunny Padme, and the Falcon is a beautiful sight to see. 

• Transformer Universe Legends Wave 2 Found

  Friday, July 25th, 2008

  I found wave 2 of the Transformers Universe Legends this AM at the wal-mart in Chandler, AZ (AZ Ave and loop 202). Each figure was $4.44. Full reviews will come up this weekend.

• Free Shipping from Hasbrotoyshop.com

  Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

  Hasbro Toy Shop has a new coupon code for us all, right in time for comic-con.  Get free shipping on any order $50 or greater using code SUMFS.

• Transformers Classics 2.0 – Sunstreaker

  Saturday, July 12th, 2008

  Following on the footsteps of last year’s Transformers Classics, the fine folks at HASBRO have reintroduced G1 characters updated with modern transformations, articulation and detailing. The final figure in wave 1 is a bundle of yellowey goodness of Sunstreaker.

• Transformers Universe 2.0 – Tankor

  Friday, July 11th, 2008

  Following on the footsteps of last year’s Transformers Classics, the fine folks at HASBRO have reintroduced G1 characters updated with modern transformations, articulation and detailing.  Second up Octane Tankor.  He’s an update of the triple changer, Octane – but now he’s called Tankor.

  Packaging:  Same deal as Prowl, except instead of embossed Autobot symbols on the package, [...]

• Transformers Universe 2.0 – Prowl

  Sunday, July 6th, 2008

  Following on the footsteps of last year’s Transformers Classics, the fine folks at HASBRO have reintroduced G1 characters updated with modern transformations, articulation and detailing.  First up on the review block is Prowl – who features the distinction of having one of the most used names in Transformers history.

  Packaging:  Prowl comes carded in a bubble, [...]

• Doctor Who Series 4 Finale…today!

  Saturday, July 5th, 2008

  You lucky Brits.  Last week’s cliffhanger ending was out of this world – can’t wait to see how it gets wrapped up.

• Review the Cheerleader, Save the World

  Friday, July 4th, 2008

  From the hit NBC series Heroes, comes this new line of figures from Mezco toys.  Series 1 of the line includes Claire Bennet, Peter Petrelli, Dr. Suresh, Hiro and Sylar.  I picked up Claire on a recent trip to Toys R Us for $14.99.   For you variant hunters, there is a toys r us exclusive version of [...]