DeLorean DMC-12

If I may sum up the internet's synopsis of this toy:

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Yeah, pretty much why I bought this. Also because it's a representation of modern failure and hubris. But mostly because of Back to the Future

Parademon

Parademon here was the first figure I bought for myself in months. It's a toy I'd been intending to get for a while, primarily because I'm low on villains in Mattel's 6-inch scale and because it features a unique sculpt, which is always a rarity in DC Universe Classics.

I have to say, I found myself a little disappointed after I took the figure out of the packaging. The sculpt is hampered by the fact that Mattel crafted this figure by adding new bits and pieces to the variant Super Powers-inspired Parademon, which had been conceived from the ground-up. As a result, the figure looks sort of piecemeal. One oddity is that while the lower legs are entirely new, the boot cuffs only cover the front of the shins, as if the cuffs were added to base legs instead of being original sculpts.

Another area of disappointment is the weapons. This is the result of the weapons ostensibly being intended for Kalibak, the Collect-n-Connect figure from Wave 6. There's a yellow pistol that this version of the figure can't hold, as well as a weird gold space rifle that comes apart to reveal Kalibak's redesigned beta club from the Super Powers line. Cute idea, but useless if you don't have a Kalibak.

It's nice having troop builders, but after all the anticipation I had the Parademon is a bit of a letdown.

Classic Comics 2

The 2nd part of the classic comics set.

Classic Comics

From an old blog that me, AJ and Mario used to do. It doesn't exist anymore, so I cropped out the URL.

Classic Car

Aww, look at the Lego yuppie. He's so secure in his vest and tie without a sports jacket, even though his convertible doesn't have any doors. I guess classic cars back in whenever the hell this car is supposed to be from didn't have doors.

Dude comes with a Lego tree and an emergency roadside phone which looks like some sort of European thing.

Aside from the door thing, the car is pretty neat. Of course from a play aspect you can just drop the minifigure in from the top of the car, but I want my Lego cars to have doors, damnit. Do they even make those anymore? They must, I think I've got some on my Lego Garbage truck.

Come on Lego, keep the illusion alive!

'69 Pontiac Firebird T/A

I wonder how much of my decision to purchase this car is because I like the term "firebird." Actually I know the answer to that, not a lot. I like the car's body design and I the paint application as well. But I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the whole "firebird" angle didn't have its part to play.

Sometime's I'm a word nerd.

It does pretty well on the loop, so it's not bad overall.

Gallardo LP 560-4

Thanks to the back of the box I know this is a Lamborghini. I just got it because it's not shiny and glossy like all the other Hot Wheels, it has a chalky matte black surface, and I think that's pretty damned cool.

Actually it looks like what I remember the car from that Charlie Sheen movie back in the day, where he played the ghost looking for revenge against the local street racer gang of diverse 80's thugs. Charlie sheen wore a lot of leather and rode in a car that made him invincible.

That movie wasn't very good, but I remember watching it on the Friday Night horror movie on my local UHF station.

Unfortunately because of the matte paint application the body is more plastic than metal, as a result the weight is pretty low and it doesn't do that well on the loop. It can still accomplish it, but it's a damned struggle.