It’sAllTrueReview: DC Classics Wonder Twins (SDCC Week!)

Seventh in our ten part series featuring the 2009 SDCC exclusives, this review covers the DC Classics Wonder Twins.

The Wonder Twins. The very name can strike fond memories or loathing in the heart of any DC fan. They're the product of the 1977 All-New Super Friends Hour, one of the many incarnations of the Super Friends cartoon. When I was a kid, Super Friends had moved on to become The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians and had gotten quite a bit better. That said, I have fond memories of the show that featured Firestorm and Cyborg as the teenage sidekicks. The Wonder Twins, despite being on what amounted to a completely different version seven years earlier, still get some love from me. At least enough that I was excited to buy this set when I first learned about it.

So the box set has arrived, albeit Gleek-less, and it's their turn under the ItsAllTrue spotlight...

DC Infinite Heroes
Anti-Monitor (SDCC Week!)

Sixth in our ten part series featuring the 2009 SDCC exclusives, this review covers the DC Infinite Heroes Anti-Monitor.

If I had to choose which Anti-Monitor figure I could have gotten from SDCC, I'd probably have gone with the bigger one. He's a smidge more appropriate for any size DC figure collection. I bought the little Anti-Monitor as more of an impulse item (if a $10 toy can be considered an impulse buy) instead of truly wanting it. In the same why that I find a shrimpy Fortress Maximus funny, I find a shrimpy Anti-Monitor funny. So even though he may not have been bought with the same fondness I had for Egon or the Wonder Twins, he gets a quick review nonetheless...

Ghostbusters Video Game
Minimates (& SDCC Blank!)

Because this is primarily a toy blog, I don't get to show off my love for Ghostbusters as often as I'd like. For years, my Ghostbusters needs had to be satiated with stickers, buttons, t-shirts, etc. Well, thanks to Mattel and Diamond Select, that's starting to change. We're getting figures and minimates this year and it feels like we're at the beginning of two really solid Ghostbusters collections.

For minimates, not only have they released movie-based mates, but they delved into a few ghosts from the new video game as well. The game picks up a couple years after Ghostbusters II ended (and might bridge the gap to Ghostbusters III). Without spoiling too much, I'll let you know that the game is heavily tied into the events of both films. If you haven't played the game, you might not know exactly who these ghosts are, but you've seen some of their handiwork in the films...

It’sAllTrueReview: DC Classics Parademons!

Fourth in our five part series featuring the eighth wave of DC Universe Classics, this review covers the red and green Parademons.

To be completely forthcoming about my red Parademon review, I need to tell you all something. Tomorrow, I'll be 29 years old. I tell you this because twenty-four years ago, I got some Super Powers figures for my birthday. One of them was the Parademon. So, you should know that if this review sounds overly positive about a certain red one and a little less impressed with a certain green one, it's only because I'm completely biased. I do understand the canonical importance of the green Parademon and I do appreciate it. But I didn't have bills or a job when I was five years old and that Red Parademon reminds me of those good times. Now, on to the review...

ItsAllTrue Review: G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra Ice Viper and Barbecue

You might remember that I ended my previous GI Joe ROC review, on Sgt. Stone and Shipwreck, with "The Ice Viper and that yellow Barbecue at Toys R Us are calling." Well, they called and my wallet answered. But, it's not that I'm weak - it's that TRU had a 2 for $10 sale. That's a game-changer right there. I even bought two more that I'll review next week. I know, I know. It's not just the sale. It's that I'm weak for cool toys. But hey, at least I get to take pictures and show them off, right?