Star Wars Vintage Kenner Collection - Bespin Freeze Chamber

When this was first announced, I joined a number of people thinking, what a piece of junk. This thing looks rickety and I swear I never saw those gantry pipes in the background. I mean, I've seen the dang movie 100+ times. Also, you have to buy two to get the full platform. What the hell?

So first, I rewatched Empire Strikes Back, and sure enough, there they are. Anyway, it was vintage packaging so of course I bought one.

I unpackaged it and this thing is huge, and it is built very sturdy. The platform is a nice size as well that can hold a bunch of figures. Obviously there is a frozen Han Solo in Carbonite and a packaged Stormtrooper in Empire Strikes back packaging. The photo on the card is the Stormtrooper aglow with the lights in the freeze chamber. No paint apps on the Stormtrooper though. No worries. I won't open that anyway.

N2 Toys The Road Warrior Series 1 and 2

I swear I should have a category of this blog of toys I've had, then sold, then bought again. Of course, like many of you, I am challenged by space and sudden needs to downsize or generate funds for the next set of collectibles. Such is the case of these Road Warrior figures (Sideshow Platoon is the other one). I used to have Series 1. I sold them off.

A few weeks ago, I found this video of 80s pop culture awesomeness, that I watched 25 times to cheer me up out of this crazy year we are having. I started making a list of all the 80s icons that come in six inch toys (Terminator, Aliens, Star Wars, etc) and remembered having the Road Warrior set. I went online and discovered Series 2. I went searching Ebay to see some prices and lo and behold, someone is selling Series 1 and 2 together (with the exception of Series 2) Max. No big deal since he has two versions in Series 1 that doesn't look much different than Series 2.

Series 1 includes Mad Max with dog, Max with Feral kid, Warrior Woman, Gyro Captain, Wes and Humongous. Humongous comes with a variant unmasked head as well.

Series 2 includes Toadie, Bad Cop, and Golden Youth. I had seen Golden Youth on Ebay before but never knew who he was. 

Of course, I had to watch all four Mad Max movies over the last few weeks. Honestly, I never saw the original before.  And now I know where Golden Youth and Toadie come from. So much fun. So many cool characters that could have been done but obviously a niche product line.

Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road would have had some great characters. 

Star Wars Black Series - Latest Wave

 This was a nice set of Black Series in this wave. Have some Mandalorian (even if one is a repackaged Stormtrooper), some great additions from Return of the Jedi, some Empire Strikes Back and one Clone Wars.  My favorite is Admiral Ackbar and Teebo the Ewok. Ackbar was always one of my favorites. Glad to have an Ewok. We need more. 

The Year of Joe - October

Finally managed to get some Joes from my want list as we near the end of the Year of Joe. This was a nice collection of Joes and Cobra.

From the Joes we have tan Grunt from the glider, Lift Ticket, Leatherneck, Sci-Fi, Quick Kick and Jinx. 

From the Cobras, we have Zarana, straight arm Cobra Officer, Cobra soldier, and Storm Shadow...although at this point, in this costume, he may have already moved over to the good guy side.

Always nice to get some file cards to add to the collection as well.