BLOGPOCALYPSE: Scoob! Movie Toys

In a unique situation with theaters staying closed, many movies are being released via the home streaming route. The latest Scooby-Doo incarnation Scoob! (2002) is one of these big releases.

Some of the toyline based on the movie has found its way into our office. Two sets of figures including: an Argos Exclusive 5-pack and a hard to find Blue Falcon & DynoMutt 2-pack. Most of this range features already released Scooby Doo toys repainted and retooled along with a few new toys to even it all out.

Without further ado - Marvel at the random photos we've uploaded!

Scoob! (2020) is released May 15th worldwide across Video on Demand.

(Left) Original Shaggy release, (Right) Movie repaint

BLOGPOCALYPSE: May The 4th 2020

Happy Star Wars Day!

I thought I'd re-upload the Star Wars ad I capped 4 years ago. I felt the sound was a little bit boomy and wanted to cut it down a bit. Plus, a better picture too!

So, here's Boba Fett & Slave-1 with some Episode 2 figures shilled from 2002. Enjoy (again).

BLOGPOCALYPSE: B&M Exclusive 3rd Doctor & Tardis set (2020)

 

 

B&M Bargains aren’t just killing it with awesome Halloween junk and Christmas decorations – they have an exclusive deal to sell some amazingly good Doctor Who toys too.
First up. I had to part ways with my collection of Doctor Who figures back in 2016 during a bad time. It was a hard sacrifice to make. My formerly owned Master and Data Bank Tardis set features in a previous article.
Secondly. I missed out on the very cool looking 3^rd Doctor and Tardis (The Time Monster) set from 2018. It was very hard to find! It gave me great joy to find that the gorgeous blue Tardis would return with a different 3^rd Doctor figure, and this time based on his appearance in The Monster of Peladon. 

 

 

The detailing is incredible on both the Tardis and the 3rd Doctor. That blue box isn't just a repaint, as there's brush strokes and scrapes everywhere for that authentic prop look. Fortunately, this toy version isn't as wobbly as its 70's TV counterpart.

The retooled 3rd Doctor figure is pretty much the same posture as previous variants. Screwdriver arm to the right and Judo Chop arm to the left. The facial sculpt has definitely stepped up a notch since I last owned a toy of the 3rd Doctor. Jon Petwee's intense stare as seen on TV is captured perfectly!

It's very cool that the chance has arisen again to collect the brigher blue variant of The Tardis.  Certainly a set not to be missed if anyone can get to a B&M store. Best of all, it's even cooler that the classics Dr Who is still running and continues to impress with the potential of material to transition into toy form.

Hopefully, a Happiness Patrol Tardis will see the light of day! (That'd be awesome)

Special Thanks to Angie for getting this one.

BLOGPOCALYPSE: Mrs Hero's Awesome Stickerbook

Through this aweful worldwide pandemic, I've been visiting storage wherever possible to find long forgotten treasures and to spring clean along the way.

Whilst looking for some Ladybird Transformers books, I came across this fun artifact from my wife's past.  A mini scrapbook of a different kind for stickers!

Back in the day, stickers were like gif files and emojis in paper form. Stickers were bigger back then with various Panini brands, free sticker sheets in cereals and comics and bumper stickers of any kind (with scratch n sniff having an honourable mention!)

Feast your eyes on the spectacled compilation of Ninja Turtles, Band-Aids, Streetfigher 2, Ghostbusters and some cheesy old school Christian slogans upon the scanned pages! :)

===HERO

BLOGPOCALYPSE: Random E.T Junk from eBay

It has been one of those afternoons going through old memory cards and 1000's of photos (a small ratio of which will ever get used)...

Memory jog engaged as I came across these images snapped of a long forgotten eBay win consisting of E.T junk.

I need another filler blog entry, so here's my showcase of Extra Terrestrial tat. It might not be worth phoning home about, but a brief distraction from troubled times...

(I added the Atari 2600 cartridge in there)