With our Round 2 finalists chosen, it's time to kick off Round 3. Who will lead off our final dozen? I'll give you a hint: He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disembowled, drawn and quartered. His last words were "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back." So where the heck is Vigo the Carpathian?
I was so happy with the General Grievous I bought last week that I decided he shouldn't be the lone representative of the Vintage Collection on my shelves. So, I headed off to my local Toys R Us again to pick up another figure. This time, I was after Grievous’ bodyguard droids, the MagnaGuard, and I wasn’t disappointed.
On our forums, I was just talking about how I'm not really into characters that are "badass for badass' sake", but then I turned around and do a Drift review. It would appear that my hypocrisy knows no bounds, but the truth is I haven't had a chance to read a comic with Drift. I bought him because he looked cool.
Sometimes I find the unexpected on my bi-weekly visits to Toys R Us. Last week, I was surprised to see the new Minimates vehicles hanging on the pegs. The Hunter Killer from Terminator was particularly tempting, but I eventually decided to just get one. And the Back to the Future Delorean was it.
I don’t buy a lot of Star Wars figures usually. I love Star Wars, but I’m just not as invested in it toy-wise like I am with DC or MOTU. But every once in a while I’m impressed by a figure so much that I just have to own it, and this Grievous figure is awesome!
Though I took a pass on the Series IV figures, I knew I wasn't done with DC Direct's Blackest Night line. I've been tempted, but steered clear of picking up a Black Lantern JLA. I'm sticking to the oversized aliens not likely to get DCUC love. Nekron offers some flexibility with his size and I've opted to pick up DCD's version.
With my newfound love of Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who, it was only a matter of time before my toy collecting started trending that way also. What better way to celebrate and support what you love than by buying small plastic totems? Thus: my purchase of the Eleventh Doctor and new Dalek two-pack.
