Category Archives: Toys
6 Characters That Need Action Figures (So I Can Buy Them)
No, I don’t take my action figures down off their shelves and play with them when I’m home alone. That’s silly. But I do take them out of the packages and put them up on my book shelves and Geek Wall. They’re decoration, and cool ones at that. Some people collect porcelain figures or football memorabilia, I collect Spider-Man action figures. There’s nothing wrong with me!
Though it’s an addiction that is always in need of feeding.
I could hold the Justice League in the palm of my hands
I buy action figures because I like owning memorabilia of my favorite characters, be they superheroes, video game stars, cartoon characters or whatever floats my boat that day. Earlier this week, I splurged on Bebop and Rocksteady action figures from the current Ninja Turtles cartoons, because those are two characters I’ve really come to appreciate in the past few years, and I didn’t own any figures of them (plus I love that cartoon). This year my goals are to get action figures for Hobgoblin, movie Ant-Man and Clementine from The Walking Dead video games. All it takes is a little extra cash and a misguided interest in not paying my bills that week.
But of all the action figures in my collection, who am I missing? What characters do I love but lack any sort of decent action figure? Not every superhero gets a toy, especially some of the ones I like. Join me after the jump for six action figures I would love to own – if they ever bother to get made.
I Need Help – From the Ninja Turtles!
Despite being mostly broke and trying to fund my own comic book, I found myself splurging yesterday on some new action figures. I couldn’t really afford the splurge, but I did it anyway. I think I need help you guys…from the Ninja Turtles! Because who else is going to kick Bebop and Rocksteady’s butts for me!
Now I know what you’re thinking: Sean, why would you buy action figures? And you’re right, it’s a dumb waste of my money. I’m pretty sure I have a problem…with the Foot Clan! Oh man, you guys, they are some of the baddest dudes out there! And Bebop and Rocksteady are their primary enforcers. This is definitely a no-win situation for me!
Sadly, those pictures are the promotional images found off the web. The actual figures I randomly found at Wal-Mart don’t look that well-put-together, making this even more of a dumb purchase. But what can I say? I’m kind of stupid…in love with the Ninja Turtles! Cowabunga!
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Some Only Leigh to Brighten Our Days
I’m going to level with you henchies: I’m on vacation, and man, is it easy to be lazy on vacation. I could be talking about the possible casting of Harley Quinn in the Suicide Squad movie, or I could be grousing about the weird new origin for Doctor Doom in the new Fantastic Four movie, but I really don’t care. Those are pop culture concerns for another day! Me? I’m watching new Only Leigh cartoons!
Life is good. Don’t ever forget that.
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The 6 Most Unconventional Transformers
I’m not a car guy. I can drive them just fine, but I don’t know a thing about them. I used to drive a Chrysler Sebring, and now I drive a Chevy Impala, but they might as well be the same car for all I really know. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that my favorite Transformers are a fire truck, a Mountain Dew machine and a wolf/eagle hybrid. There’s just no way to get me to care about Transformers who are cars, even if that’s kind of the entire premise.
Unless that car is the Batmobile, of course.
Why aren’t we funding this?!
Fortunately for geeks like me, not all of the Transformers are hot rods and sports cars. There’s a whole minority of weird but awesome vehicles out there. Of course, you’ve got your Beast Wars, your Constructicons and your transforming planets, but these 6 are some of the best unconventional Transformers in the bunch.
6 of My Fictional Mary Sues
I make no bones about my life as a young fan fiction writer. I am actually quite proud of the work that Young Sean churned out at such a young age – even if I can rarely bring myself to go back and read the stories I wrote. You can check them out at FanFiction.net. Those stories laid the groundwork for the Sean you know today.
And one of the things I loved more than anything else was creating my own Mary Sue characters in popular fiction. Though back then, I had no idea what a ‘Mary Sue’ even was.
Nope, that’s Mary Jane
According to TVtropes.com, Mary Sue is the derogative term for an original fan fiction character inserted by the author into an already popular series, usually to serve as some kind of wish fulfillment. Mary Sues typically have dramatic backstories, awesome names, unique looks, and more often than not, upstage the main characters. For example, say you wrote a Harry Potter fan fic and inserted your own original Hufflepuff wizard, and the story was all about how your wizard fell in love with Draco Malfoy and turned him into a good guy with the power of love. It’s that sort of idealized character inserted into pre-existing stories.
I don’t think I was ever that bad, but I loved creating my own original characters for all my favorite cartoons and movies. Join me after the jump to take a look at just a few of them, and feel free to share some of your own in the comments! No judgement.
Also, as Google has revealed, I was not the only person in the world to come up with these exact same ideas. But I was young, and the Internet wasn’t a thing yet, so forgive me if some of these ideas aren’t 100% unique or original. They were to me at the time.
Henchman-4-Hire 