My long search for the GL 5pk is finally over. After striking out at Wal-Marts in Oklahoma, Ohio, Arkansas, and Florida, (I promise I wasn't really looking as hard as that sounds) the rascally thing finally arrived at a Wal-Mart not twelve miles from my house. Toy collecting can be funny like that.
For years now, I've looked on as my peers have had this obscene fascination with monkeys. I've never understood it. I've watched them buy monkey figure after monkey figure - I've even bought a few myself. I wasn't usually impressed, but then again none of them were lemon-lime monkeys.
Earlier this year, Toy Guru said that he'd been waiting to get the September 2010 figure in the Classics line since day one. We guessed and guessed here at ItsAllTrue, but when the figure was revealed at WizardWorld Philly, none of us had chosen wisely. For September brought the lion man.
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?
You may have heard over the weekend that the 200x Whiplash head caused a bit of commotion in the Mattel offices and the 200x heads can no longer be included in the line. By itself, this might not be big news, but I think it's part of a larger issue. "Mattel Management" is trying to keep 200x out of Classics.
I would've never pegged Whiplash as the figure to traigger an uproar, but given his name, perhaps it's appropriate. The controversy, at least this week, is a bigger story than the figure itself, but will he really be the last classics figure with a MO2Kesque head? After having him in hand, I hope not
Do you find yourself back at work on Monday morning after a long toy news binge? Sitting in your office and being worried that you might have missed something important while you were reeling from another panel’s announcements? Did one too many toy reveals leave you unconscious the next day? We've got you covered...
