6" Thundercats classics Lion-o and Mumm-ra

Didnt realize these were out already. These were the only ones left. They look REALLY cool. Can't wait to check em out and get reviews up.

Recent Haul

Here is some of my recent haul of stuff I will hopefully get around to reviewing for my Youtube channel or CDX. It's a real random mix of stuff ranging from bobbleheads to Star Wars. I also grabbed some allegedly bad toys from the Tron movie...why? because they were darn cheap and look pretty cool. We'll find out if the toys are any good.

My collecting range is all over the place lately!

This is what $24 worth of clearance Tron toys looks like.

14" Lion-O

Has anyone been able to find this guy at TRU? I happened upon one a while back while shopping for baby formula. I grabbed the only one. I frequent TRU often and have never seen another. I am wondering if they are being horded or just not being distributed well. It is an amazing figure. It looks so great on a shelf. The sculpt is beautiful and the paint apps are superb. Well worth the $24.99 asking price. This thing towers over most things in your collection.

Here he is next to an 8" Classic Tygra

Bandai Thundercats 6" Panthro figure

So, I don't know how far you are in watching the new Thundercats but if you are already watching it then good, if not skip over this paragraph, I don't want to spoil anything for you. SPOILER ALERT>>>>So yeah at the very beginning we find out Panthro is dead which was a bummer, but then all was fine when we found out he wasn't. That's a good thing because we get a nice figure of him.

He is probably one of the coolest designs in the line but he isn't perfect. Read on to find out more.

He comes in your standard Bandai Thundercats blister which wraps around the card and is easily opened with a hobby knife. Since there is no damage to the box this way, you can easily place the figure back in his blister.

Panthro is a very good 6-inch figure but his legs feel a bit noodly to me. It may me the weather making the PVC soft  but they seemed warped and uncooperative at times. I can see that the articulation in this figure carries over from their high end Japanese figures.

Panthros Nunchakus can be clipped on the back. They seem loose fitting at first as if they were to fall off but surprisingly they stay. Turns out the clip has a wider diameter lip than the rest of the clip so that allows it to clip rather securely.

The updated Panthro still manages to look like Panthro but he also ends up looking like Jet from Cowboy Bebop.

Jet- Cowboy Bebop

He comes with an additional Nunchaku set that is flexible so you can pose it. Unfortunately, an $18 doesn't get you a plastic chain. Hopefully it won't fatigue with use and snap. I mean couldn't they even paint the darn thing?

Here he is demonstrating his great articulation.

Like I said, he' a very good figure, but not perfect...really, no figure is. My only complaint was the soft legs which weren't even that bad. I have heard of some Panthros suffering from loose ankles which is quickly remedied by using Pledge floor polish with Future Shine on the joints. Not sure how that works, maybe the residue is sticky? Anyways, recommended.

Bandai Thundercats 6" Mumm-Ra figure

If you read my post about the 4" Mumm-Ra, you'll remember I said little 4" Mumm-ra was a bit of a peg-warmer. Well his "changed form" is not in that peg-warming club. It was a little harder to find this one, but I got it and I love it. Obvioulsly a much more articulated figure than the entry level 4". It comes with tons of accessory pieces- alternate hands, huge claw, sword and a huge flame shaped double ended sword-weapon thingy.

Look at all the body seperations...LOTS of articulation points!

The red headpiece and the two bandages flowing from the side of the head have to be attached to the figure. You need to remove the helmet to do this.

Here you can see one of the two alternate hands it comes with to hold a weapon.

This ia a crazy-ass weapon! It's actually two bladed weapons that come together to form one huge one. Also check out the outrageous arm claw! Its got really long fingers.

Man, I used to think the old Mumm-Ra was cool... Now he just looks like a zombie Mike Tyson. Too bad I lost the head piece.

If you want one of these, they are about $17.99 a pop. Hopefully they get easier to find.

Bandai Thundercats 4" Mumm-Ra

Yes, more Thundercats folks! I know, I know, this is a blog about "Rocket Punching" robots but it shouldn't be taken literally, I am a pushover for other stuff too. Especially great Thundercats toys. I picked up a little 4" Mumm-ra I wanted to show you guys. Seems he is none too popular with the kids because at every store that I see that people have emptied out of Thundercats stock, this one is always hanging around unloved. I don't get it, I think mummified Mumm-Ra is pretty cool. The legs aren't articulated, but the wrists, arms and head is. That's enough to have fun with isn't it?

I wonder if the sword was an afterthought...he doesn't really hold it. It just lays there waiting to fall at the slightest touch. The claw clips on very securely though.

Sword can be stowed in the claw just like Lion-O

I don't care if kids don't scramble to buy these, just means more for us Mumm-Ra fans! These cost about $7.99

TRU Haul

Ever pass by a Toys R Us and then contemplate whether to go in or not, all in the name of not spending money? That happened to me the other day. I went to move into the far lane to enter the plaza and then blew it off...never went. Felt good. There probably wasn't anything good I thought to myself. Old stock probably. Continued on my merry way. Then later in the day, on the way home I swerved over to catch the U-turn to go to the TRU and my wife asked "What are you doing?....Going to TRU?" I gave her such a poop eating grin and she laughed at me. Hell yeah I'm going, I feel lucky!

So we went in...no Masterpiece Rodimus's, no good Generations figures...So I hit the Thundercats isle which was RANSACKED on release day expecting to find an empty shelf... and it was empty except for a few unloved 4" Mumm-Ra's (really? he is super cool!). But right below was a 6" Lion-O, then a 4" Lion-O, 4"Tigra, Thundertanks, vehicles....then HOLY MOLY, an 8" Classic Tigra! Is there a Lion-O? Nope...no problem, I have the Exclusive version so all was good. THEN I look down and see a MASSIVE Lion-O figure. S#!t I thought... Which one should I get? I just told my wife I have no cash! Then a little Lion-O appeared on my shoulder and said...tell her each one cost $10 so it doesn't sound expensive! Awesome idea little Lion-O dude! Score. So there I am with my baby daughter in her car seat laying in the cart and a huge box sticking out. My wife is like WTH is that? She looked and saw a big Lion-O and just rolled her eyes. Then she noticed Tigra...she asked "How much?" I said "$20" then she shrugged it off and continued to look at baby products. I love my wife. So today she screams out "$30?!! you paid $30 for a Transformer?" All I could say is "Umm yeah? But that's another story. I gotta go throw out the receipt for these guys.

SDCC Exclusive 8" Old Lion-O

It makes me laugh when something is labeled "Exclusive" when it is readily available outside of that event. The downside is that you usually pay a premium. That's much better than the premium of paying for flights and hotels, waiting in line etc. I will gladly pay double. Fortunately for me, in this case I didn;t have to pay a premium. I just logged into Toys R Us's site and ordered me one. I took the liberty of using my $5 coupon while I was at it. So I paid $34.99 plus shipping which came out to even less than what they were asking for at the show and MUCH less than what eBay is asking. Anyways, here is a quick look. I haven't decided whether or not I will pull it out of the box since its the same as the standard release..except this one does gave a fancier paint job, chrome Swords of Omens and a sword stand.

Someone at TRU decided to toss this thin box into a big box with no packing material. I've seen unboxings of this figure from TRU and they got air pillows...come on now TRU! Where's the love?

There have been a lot of complaints of the unpainted foot joints and dramatic weathering paint apps this figure has, they are too unrealistic and overdone supposedly. Maybe, but it does have chrome swords!

Old Lion-O next to his new 2011 self (which is a darn good figure BTW).

Will online prices drop? Will TRU have enough to go around at $40? Don't know, but don't procrastinate either unless you don't give a darn about the exclusive features (fancy paint, chrome, stand).

Bandai Thundercats 6" Lion-O figure

On my way to the Chogokin Summit, I stopped by this little Toys R Us on the side of the highway I was on. Didn't expect to find much, but I hit a homerun. I walked in and headed for the Transformers isle. I found Masterpiece Rodimus. SWEET. Walk over one Isle and I found a crapload of Thundercats toys. I wasn't really prepared to buy anything as I was saving my money for the Summit, so I only got Lion-O, Mumm-Ra and Panthro 6" figures and Mumm-Ra and Tigra 4" figures. They had others but I had to resist.

I opened the Lion-O just to see what was up and I fell in love. This figure is SOO cool. While I only collect Japanese figures, I was very surprised at how well done this figure was. After all Bandai makes a lot of the poseable figures I collect from Japan. Somehow this one seemed much cooler than the $50 figures they offer because it was just as cool if not cooler than some of the Japanese stuff, but it was also cheaper! I recommend this toy, even if it's not a robot.

2011 Chogokin Summit 08/20

Beverly, MA- So it was time once again to head over to the Chogokin Summit. It is a gathering of all sorts of robot/Japanese character fans to get together, make new friends and of course check out and buy some really cool stuff at really cool prices. No money? No problem, bring some stuff to trade. Unfortunately for me, I got to the tailgate party late at CDX headquarters because there was like 92 accidents on the way there. Took me almost 8 hours to do a 3.5 hour ride...yeah. So next morning we all headed out to pick up some stuff, have breakfast and then proceeded to the Summit. We got there nice and early before anything was really set up. We put up some tents, set up tables and chairs and the like. Since I was helping out Josh from CDX, I got a firsthand glimpse of stuff he was going to be selling and trading, so I started mentally tagging everything which as it turns out becomes nearly impossible on only 3 hours of sleep in two days. The pieces there ranged from old to new. It was real cool seeing friends and making new ones. If you ever have the chance to make it to one, I highly recommend it. So here are some shots of the fun that was had.

Incubot stuff for sale. I snagged me a white Shiroi Voltron USB (Bottom Left) All funds from the White USB bots go to help Japan.

Nice...

This is the other side of the Incubot table. There was some really cool stuff in here.

CDX Table. Josh is a great guy and gave me some good deals on some stuff he didn't need anymore.

a 1/60 scale Astro Plan fighter! Much nicer than I expected it to be. Not up to Yamato Valkyrie standards but these definitely were inspired by them.

This bot is so strange yet so cool.

Anyone have some spare parts?

I hope I never catch the vintage vinyl bug..there is just WAY too much stuff out there.

Star Wars cards!

Gin Gin Foe-Gokin custom paint.

You think this is a production toy? Guess again. This and the following other figures are one-offs! Hand prepped and painted. AWESOME.

Incubot Nekosaur Summit 2011 Exclusive Vinyl. $60, amazing finish by Matt Walker of Dead Presidents fame.

Here is Matt Walker showing off the awesomeness of his line of Monster Kolor spray paints to customize you jumbos and vinyls. The pictures do not do these pictures justice AT ALL.

Check out the hand drawn pin-stripes! The sparkle needs to be seen in person to be appreciated.

Mason's famous bacon fat burgers...I ALWAYS miss out on these. Not this year!

I'm sure there were a few droolings around this guy.

All three wonderful one-off figures side by side plus a little resin prototype.

Gin Gin Foe-Gokins by BrownNoize Productions.

Caught somewhere in time!

Baby Gin Gins

Sanjeev, the man behind the Brown Noize.

Bootleg Starscream. Just oen of the things I meant to buy but forgot all about in the end.

Bootleg Dinobot with wings. Fell asleep and someone else bought it.

These things are analog!

MIB Jetfire with no yellowing on plastic

Very rare Godaikin stand

Cool table

Nice little brown Tetsujin vinyl.

A picture a couple of hours before it became mine.

See that little Irongear behind Combattler on the left? Been on a massive search for that. Didn't notice it there for sale and missed out on owning it for $10. Darn

Nice little Ultraman Vinyl. Now part of my collection.

Rockbat

The only toy I had with me to show. Picked it up on the way up.

Here you can see the Hasbro on the left and the Takara version on the right. Which do you like more?

The header card on this says Voltron on the back. The toy is a Mazinga Z. Apparently, they also made a Voltron vinyl.

Yamato 1/60 Fire Valkyrie. Amazing little thing.

Yamato Fire Valkyrie 1/60

Isn't this just cool?

Diaclone of what would eventually become Devastator

UFO Grendizer and his Spazer

Old Japanese Pachinko machine

Something tells me this is transformed wrong. Maybe.

I paid $7 for one of these many many years ago..... $7!!!! I swapped a price sticker hehe. I win.

My Summit 2011 haul plus Hasbro Rodimus and Thundercats figures I picked up on the way up.

In the end I got most of what I was eyeballing. Of course in all the craziness, I also missed out on some cool deals but one can only buy so much, I may have gotten too much, but I will be entertained for quite a while. One thing I wish I would have noticed was a little plastic Iron Gear figure which I've been going crazy looking for. It sold for 10 bucks. One day it will be mine...MWAHAHAHA.