Marx? Isle of Terror - Jurassic Village Playset

So the Ebay listing stated it was a rare Marx set. I had never heard of it before. The premise of the set was pretty cool - military guys fighting dinosaurs.

I bought the set. It has a nice Marx logo on it but this is definitely some type of bootleg, or repro set  - Made in Mexico.

No worries though - everything was in pristine shape. The set and its accessories are pretty cool. I wouldn't say this was the end all- be all Marx set, but the idea was cool. A good addition to the collection - even if it is a bootleg.

STOP THE PRESSES - Warpo Knocks it Out of the Park with Legends of Cthulhu

This past summer, I came across a Kickstarter campaign by a group called Warpo who were trying to crowdsource a line of 3-3/4 inch action figures based on author H.P. Lovecraft's Chtulhu stories. The figures looked cool. The packaging was very 80s retro. So, I joined the campaign. The campaign had a target goal of $60,000. The very successful campaign ended with at almost $132K.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warpo/legends-of-cthulhu-retro-action-figure-toy-line?ref=discovery

The campaign include four figures - the professor, the Deep One, the Cultist, and the Spawn of Cthulhu. Two stretch goals were also reached which included a repaint of the Cultist as the High Priest, and a translucent Conjured Cthulhu, The only unfortunate part of the campaign was them missing a stretch goal of an action figure of the author, H.P. Lovecraft. The prototype looked pretty cool. Maybe in the future.

Anyway, I received the set this past weekend. Actually, I purchased two full sets. Definitely had to take them out of the package, and also had to keep a set in package. They absolutely rock. The sculpting and the paint job are fantastic. The packaging is outstanding.

Enjoy these photos. I really hope Warpo makes some more stuff. We can expect more home runs.

TIMME Galaxy Laser Team 5 Inch Repros

I remember buying a bag of these as a kid from a 7-11. Loved the characters, especially the bug man. These repros can be bought at www.victorybuy.com for $15.80. The only bummer is they didn't include the female character.

Holy Grail - One of Many - Star Wars Imperial Cruiser

I loved the Imperial Troop Transport from Kenner when it came out after Episode IV - A New Hope. Not shown on screen, it was an imaginative addition to the Star Wars universe. I don't know what happened to the original I owned, and I bought and later sold a boxed one years later.

What I didn't know about was the Empire Strikes Back version of this great vehicle. I love everything Hoth, so this new addition was long awaited. Love the display of Snowtroopers capturing the rebel soldiers on Hoth.

The interesting piece about this version was the lack of electronics. The original had an electronic mechanism, powered by a battery, which would produce six distinctive character voices or sounds from the movie. This version did not have that, making it cheaper to produce and much lighter than its original counterpart.

6 Inch Marx Germans

These are all repros (so very inexpensive) and very cool 6 inch figures of German WWII soldiers. For some reason, I always thought the sculpts of the Marx German soldiers were very good; maybe because the details are sharp with the white or grey plastic, versus the dark green plastic of most American plastic toy soldiers.