So since I found 2 of the 5 Joes I wanted yesterday at a Walmart I decided today to be persistent and check another Walmart and look how my persistence paid off I found the other 3 (the best 3) of this wave 9. First here we have Barbecue which is another of those figures that I didn't have as a kid but I would probably say that of all the figures I didn't have this was the one that I wanted most.
Then here we have one of my favorites from when I was a kid it is the Cobra B.A.T. which stands for Battle Android Trooper (I think). I love his interchangeable arm, very cool.
Then last but not least we have Polar Assualt Snow Serpent. This is a great figure that is perfect to pit against Snow Job. This was a great wave but there is still more to come as they just announced that the next wave will have Mutt and Junkyard! I am also still eagerly waiting to find the comic 2 pack with Copperhead in it.
I have been very excited for this next wave of GI Joe 25th anniversary figures and of the 5 coming out the two I was least excited for, of course, are the ones I find first. That is not to say that I am unhappy because these are still two great figures but the other three are the ones I am really looking forward to. This here is General Hawk which I had the coolest talking figure of when I was a kid.
Then here we have missile specialist Bazooka. Very cool figure that I always wanted but never had as a kid.
Then I had to get my last Indy figure so I could send away for the exclusive Crystal Skeleton (I already put my check and redemption stuff in the mail, now I just have to wait 10-12 weeks . . . . .bummer) I didn't know which figure to get so Xander helped me pick out this Cemetary Warrior figure. I wish I could be sure that the exclusive figure would still be available when the next wave of figures comes out because that wave has Short Round and the guy that tears out hearts from TOD. I'm sure I will still get those figures but I wish I could've gotten those and used those mail in certificates rather than buying this guy and the Cairo Swordsman. . .oh well my impatience coupled with a desire to make sure I get the Skeleton figure made me do it this way. And if you didn't understand the title to the post then you should remember that RAH stand for Real American Hero which is what GI Joe is and KOTCS is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is the movie this figure is from.
So continuing my reasons to be excited about SDCC (that would be the San Diego Comic-con for those of you not in the know) I collect the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Box sets which includes the old school series which I have all of, and the 2002 Mike Young Production series which was 39 episodes. I have the first two box sets (seen on the bottom left and right of the picture) and the third set is scheduled to come out on August 5th and will look like the top left corner of this picture. However as a bonus for SDCC the week before it is available at normal retail you can buy it at the Mattel booth with an exclusive King Grayskull cover, seen on the top right of the picture. Very very cool.
Then here we just have another new picture of the King Grayskull figure that I will also be buying at the Mattel booth!
So this is the picture of a Dino Riders set that I had when I was a kid, I loved this toy and wish like many other toys that it hadn't left my possession during the great garage sale of '93 (there was a garage sale but I don't remember what year it was in)
Yesterday Kenny calls me and tells me that his brother picked up a box full of dinosaurs at a garage sale and that this here Pteranadon was in the box and he snagged it for me so even though it doesn't have the armor and the figure it is still the dinosaur and so what once left me through a garage sale has come back to me through one. YEAH!
So I went to the SPanish Fork K-Mart because I was told by a fellow collector and friend that they had the GI Joe that you will also see in this here post. So I got there and noticed that they had this here Grimlock from the new Transformers Animated series and this is a great figure but I couldn't bring myself to spend 20$ on it. But as I am admiring this great toy I notice that the price tag says 2.99$ on it and so I look at all the others on the shelf and they also have the same price tag so I take it with me to the check out stand and the cashier without even a second thought says if that is what it is tagged as then that is the price and so I got this 20$ sweet toy for 3$! Now that is the deal of the year so far! Here he is in Dinosaur mode.
Then you have him in his glorious robot mode and how very cool is this figure I am looking forward obviously to the Soundwave from this series but also the other dinobots because this one is chic a la huit!
This is what I went down to K-mart for in the first place though. This here is the comic 2 pack I have been looking for forever! It is Copperhead (one of my all time favorites) and Shipwreck which is fine except I already have a single pack of this guy so he is kind of a waste here but oh well getting Copperhead makes it worth it!
