Hallmark Megatron Christmas Keepsake 2015

Its the middle of July, and never too early to start thinking about the next 20 weekends ahead.

Hallmark's Megatron Keepsake Ornament has been released and is a follow up to last years Optimus Prime. And, like before this tree dangler is a tribute to the original 80's toy representation of the character. Hopefully, this is a regular annual thing!

Hallmark has put together an uncanny scaled down static duplicate of the popular original toy. It has no articulation, and of course – it does not transform! This also skips the past complications of Megatron's questionably controversial alt-mode.

My criticism of the old toy has always been the fragile robot mode. This sadly translates a lot worse as a light plastic Christmas ornament, and is a delicate model as a result. Hallmark have probably foreseen this and have packed this ornament without a plastic tray and a lot more tissuepaper than Optimus Prime had last year.

Unfortunately, no hanging string is included. There is a thin eyelet for 'sold separately' string located on the right shoulder.

In a nutshell, this is no way a toy though based on one. A brilliant looking collectable all the same.

ComiCon at Home.

Hero here. Its ComiCon week in rainy ol' England and won't be enjoying the event in person, but will be tuning into the panels via cyberspace and Youtube recordings.

Alongside pre-ordering the awesome Ghostbusters Pizza-Cutter, I've also rounded up info on all the TMNT-related exclusives in an entry for GoGreenMachine.org.

This is arguably the most exciting week of the year for various fandoms. Hope all of you who are privileged enough to attend make the most of the event and enjoy it to the full.

Sealed Nik-Naks from 1993

Pocket money snacks. Gotta love how the British pound used to spread far enough at the tuck shop to buy penny chews, GPK collector cards, some crisps and still enough left over for a bottle of pop (Panda Cola usually!).

A recent archival find this early summer has been a preserved packet of Nik-Naks from 1993. This very pack has been in storage and forgotten about for over the last two decades. We dare not open it, let alone taste the probably disintegrating contents.

Car Boot Haul, June 2015

Without writing up a long boring list on a lazy Sunday afternoon, this picture shows the first car boot score of 2015! Some items are familiar and some may not be. The only 'non-toy' of this lot is the infamous Hip-Swinging Santa! This find was bought as an active replacement for one I sat on last Christmas. Alongside prequel-era Star Wars items, Toy Story merchandise has a tendency to be quite common from the car trunk displays.

The prize piece of the lot! A 1989 New Adventures of He-Man sword bought with pocket shrapnel. The sound-chip is distorted, but it is still a pretty cool item nonetheless. Perhaps it can be mended in time.

Here are a few other gems found last Sunday, including: A die-cast Blue Ranger, Meal toy Jane, some Scooby Doo monsters, a Bruce Timm Superman and some Power Rangers: Samurai clobber.

The hunt for treasure continues next week. (weather permitting...)

Imaginext Power Rangers continue to impress.