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What a 'con!

2008-04-23T19:21:00.009-05:00

New York Comic Con was some of the best times I've had in the big city. The sheer amount of enthusiasm for everything being shown and sold totally floored me. Every single person in attendence (whether it was the con itself or the shows/parties at night) were there to have a good time and because they literally loved what they were there to check out. The vibe was awesome! But enough of the love fest, here are the top stories of the weekend.

- ESC Toys knew the score with their new Old Skool Kaiju line. These looked great.

- Kaiju Invades NYC rocked the Showroom's doors off.

- Marvel and DC are getting ready to go head to head with their summer cross overs.

- Big Shot Toy Work's Bertie had everyone talking... seriously. Everyone.

- MAD's show reminded everyone why they love the MAD*Ls.

- Shawnimals' Plush Form breaks out with the first DIY plush!

- Toys like Tobor and Exellis prove that where there is a will, there is a way. Rock on, guys!

- Cosplay characters take their craft seriously. I took a dude's pic, said "Nice costume!" and he replied, "It's not a costume." Nice.

The show was twice as big as last year's and judging by the crowd, I'd say it's safe to say next year will be bigger. At least we hope the Designer Toy aisle is. Wow, that was crowded!

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Thanks for checking out our posts! Skip and my official thoughts on NYCC have been posted!

Skip runs down the top comic book news: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/comics/nycc08rundown.php

Jager's Designer Toy highlights: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/nycc08.php

But we're still not done! We're about to hit you with the NYCC podcast-o-rama!! Stay tuned!

Kaiju Invades NYC!!

2008-04-22T13:44:00.006-05:00

Saturday night was a wild night full of cool cats (and kitties), free booze, and of course some of the most amazing customs ever! Kaiju Invades NYC hit the Showroom and after we stood in line and recieved our purchasing tickets (to keep things orderly and fair) the first thirty people were let in. Then all our jaws hit the floor. Just check out some of these amazing pieces!

All the pieces are in our gallery: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/nycc08/index.php

All that AND a sweet mask we could wear! The after party at LIT was rockin' too with DJ Alphabeast on the scene. Pics omitted to protect the innocent.

NYCC again!

2008-04-22T13:19:00.004-05:00

Saturday and Sunday blurred together in a mash of cosplay, vinyl, comics, and LOTS of crowds. Sorry we didn't get two seperate posts up about the last two days, but I'll try to cover the highlights.

First off, we were so pleased to have a chance to sit down and talk with Shawn Smith of Shawnimals. He is such a nice fella, and I'm a huge fan of his work. Podcast of that coming soon! To hold you over, check out the pieces from the Plush Form show they had at their booth.

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/nycc08/index.php?list=Shawnimals

Secondly, we stood in line and scored the TMNT exclusive box set from NECA... then stood in line again and had it signed! Totally worth it (even if the loudest guy in the world was behind us). Stinkhead just put up his review today. Look at these beauties!

Here's a link to the full article: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/nycctmnt.php

Saturday night we hit the Kaiju Invades NYC show, but that deserves its own post.... coming soon!!!

Be sure to check back to our gallery. LOTS of new pictures!! http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/nycc08/index.php

Two more posts coming, and Skip and my "official" thoughts too! Thanks for looking.

NYCC Day 1

2008-04-18T21:33:00.007-05:00

It was a great first day at NYCC. The Designer Toys were definitely a hot spot. It was totally packed from the time the show opened until the end of the day. Signings, exclusives, and a dj at the mimoco booth really made for a good time.

Some quick highlights:

- ESC toys' Old Skook Kaiju debuted their first toy, Dezign and it's looking hot.

- Mindstyle's booth was rocking with Dok A's mini figure line on display as well as Kathy O's.

- BigShotToyworks had 6 Berties available through a raffle system. (more on this guy and other toys from Klim and the gang tommorrow).

- Lots of comics, cosplay, and fun!!

Check out our ever-growing picture gallery: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/nycc08/index.php

And be sure to check back tommorrow for a look at Shawnimals, Dumberella, and more... even some comics!!

On a more personal note, I picked up a green glow Soopa Coin-Up Bro from ESC and have been having a blast chatting with the artists while they make their mark on it. Here are a few shots of him so far.

MAD's Some Stuff I Made

2008-04-17T22:39:00.005-05:00

The New York Comic Con is off to a great start! MAD's show, Some Stuff I Made opened this evening to a great review. There were 9 awesome customs and prints, a look at Series 3, and a advance look at the soon-to-come MAD*L pillows.

More is coming from the big show tomorrow!!

Be sure to check out all the pictures from the show at http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/nycc08/index.php

Lots of News from Toy Fair

2008-02-18T01:06:00.003-05:00

So yesterday we attended the Hasbro presentation. We saw new footage of The Incredible Hulk and The Clone Wars. Both looked amazingly cool. We also got a sneak peak at some preliminary action scenes from GI-JOE. I'm a bit worried that they are taking the JOES away from what they really are.

I think Hasbro did a great job at addressing the needs of a good Indiana Jones line. I am excited to check out the 3 3/4" line as well as the 12". You will be able to send away for scale size Ark.

Last night we attended the LEGO party and got the exclusive look at the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sets. This included a look at the skulls themselves. I did get a scoop. There are no plans for any LEGO sets for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. As the movies get darker, LEGO is finding it more difficult to base sets on a dark movie.

Today we checked out the Javitts Center. Mezco has some great HERO action figures. I'm not a fan of the show, but I may have to pick up the wave 3 Kristen Bell figure. That is probably as close to a Veronica Mars action figure.

Neca has a few more Harry Potter figures from Order of the Phoenix to release. After they that they are going to create figures from the previous movies. This includes a Richard Harris Dumbledore, and a second year Harry. They have begun to plan out the Half-Blood Prince figures. They will be releasing a Harry and Ginny figures. The biggest surprise was the excellent Scott Farcus sculpt from the Christmas Story.

Tomorrow we have a few appointments including DC Direct, Diamond, and Gentle Giant. Well I am 4 beers deep and Mr. Stinkhead won't keep discussing his love for Titan from American Gladiators.
Check out our photos

Live from New York

2008-02-17T00:07:00.003-05:00

We're here in New York. Just got done with Hasbro's images. LEGO coming soon. We're having a blast. More images coming regularly for the next few days. Check back tomorrow evening for more.

Mr. Stinkhead -- Titan -- Lando da Pimp

Toy Fair 2008

2008-02-16T00:35:00.003-05:00

I just made it to NYC. We're getting ready for Hasbro tomorrow, and then we have appointments through the weekend and into Tuesday.
We'll be updating our Image Gallery from the show, and then all next week update our written coverage and put together a video podcast.

Did you see the one from last year's Toy Fair? Here it is 2007 Toy Fair video podcast.

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More coming soon!
Stinkhead-- out.

300 was awesome

2007-03-12T14:59:00.000-05:00

I had been waiting for the movie 300 to come out for months. It came, I saw, it kicked my ass.

Seriously, it was everything I wanted in a popcorn movie. Could it have used more character development? Sure. But really, it was fantastic escapist spectacle, and it was exactly what I needed.

I even wore my helmet

Most people found it cool, but I did take it off after the lights went down as to not block the view of the people behind me.

If you'd like to discuss what you thought of 300... cruise over to our Message board thread on 300

Mr. Stinkhead

Live from NYCC 2007

2007-02-24T23:19:00.000-05:00

Our man Tuxxer is on the scene at the New York Comic Con.
He's got lots of Cosplay pics, and even the Goonies prototypes from Mezco.
Here is the Image Gallery

Toy Fair video podcast

2007-02-24T23:14:00.000-05:00

This video ©2007 MillionairePlayboy.com

You can see all of our 2007 Toy Fair coverage.

Cool RC vehicles

2007-02-19T15:11:00.000-05:00

Our third podcast is up:

There are supplemental materials available here

Episode 4 straight from New York City, coming soon!
Mr. Stinkhead

Toy Fair 2007

2007-02-11T23:27:00.000-05:00

We have seen a lot of great stuff. Saturday we were given the tour of the Hasbro Toy Room. Lots of great Star Wars figures this year with great sculpts based on Ralph McQuarrie sketches. Transformers looks promising. Gi-Joe fans will be pleased with the re-issue of the 80's line.

LEGO threw a big party. The big news the large Millenium Falcon 5195 piece set. LEGO is taking Pre-Orders today! We will have more coverage of the sets later this week featuring Harry Potter and Batman!

Sunday gave us a look at two different Harry Potter lines. The amazing looking NECA line and a big surprise that Corgi is also producing a line. Corgi's line was not allowed to be photographed but is a very impressive 3 3/4 inch scale figures with playsets.

Jakks Pacific had their annual media gathering. This year in attendance were Captain Lou Albano and Sensational Sherri Martel. The biggest guest however is legendary boxer Smoking Joe Frasier. We are putting together a video podcast of the event with great photos of the WWE line and Jakk's Pokemon!

Sideshow had a lot of great new stuff. Star Wars Darth Maul sculpt and Episode III Anakin and Kenobi duel were the highlights along with the new Buffy Premium figure! Sadly, we learned that their will be no new figures this year. Whedon fans unite and demand a Tara or Anya figure!

Other hightlights include Playmobil Romans, 6 new Uglydolls with fan requested Uglyworm, and a great Echo 2-up from McFarlane.

You can view all of our coverage at the site!

2nd Podcast episode!

2007-01-26T12:19:00.000-05:00

Our second Podcast episode is up. You can either watch it here, or download em for free from iTunes for your iPod.

Here is the page with all kinds of additional links and pictures.

You can also just go straight to our big page of Batman articles

Our Toy Fair 07 coverage begins on Feb 11th!

Our first video podcast

2007-01-04T16:22:00.000-05:00

We've decided to enter the world of video podcasting. You can watch the first episode here. Very soon we'll be making these available to "subscribe" to.

Also, there is supplemental information on this link. Episode 1 guide

New playmobil romans!

2006-10-02T08:47:00.000-05:00

The Romans have invaded MillionairePlayboy.com!
Check out our review of the Roman Sets and the 3 foot wide Colosseum!

That thing is huge, and we have a ton of pics.

Mr. Stinkhead
has roman hands.

Firefly / Serenity

2006-04-28T13:27:00.000-05:00

Joss Whedon's film "Serenity" may not have been a successful film at the box office but, it was successful in that it opened my eyes to the world of Joss Whedon. I really had no clue what "Serenity" was about or that it was based on the cancelled television show "Firefly." As I was watching the character of River Tam basically kick everybody's ass in the final scenes I started to realize that this movie was one of my all time favorite films.

I instantly purchased the FireFly Box Set and discovered one of my favorite shows of all time. I loved everything about it. It felt like Han Solo in space with a great cast aboard his Millenium Falcon. Most of all I loved the writing of Joss Whedon.

GODZILLA

2006-03-31T13:15:00.000-05:00

I fell in love with the Microman Godzilla figures, but felt they looked bare on my shelf, so I designed these miniature buildings you can print out and assemble to give them a 3D city environment to smash. Print out as many as you need. If the response is good, I'll start making more.
These also work for other giant robot or King Kong type toys. If you're a wiz in Illustrator (or photoshop) you could probably scale them to better fit your needs.
Enjoy!
Microman Godzilla and building models

Mr. Stinkhead

Super Sweet!

2006-03-20T13:14:00.000-05:00

Here are some super sweet things

1) Check out this video of dueling RC robots. Amazing.

2) Check out my new Bruce Lee get up. It's extremely comfortable yet formal looking. This past weekend I was stick man at our craps table.

3) We reviewed the Dick Cheney (with shotgun) action figure

Things I desparately need

2006-03-08T13:12:00.000-05:00

I found something I desparately need. This

King of Meat grilling apron. How sweet is that? I'm really hoping the weather turns warm soon so I can fire up my grill.

In other news, these photos are hilarious. I am not a big fan of Jake Gyllenhal, but these are priceless. Jake Gyllenhal drunk at pre-oscar show.

Well if I'm going to try and embarass a celebrity. I will try and make myself a celebrity by showing embarassing video. This is me. No, I did not know the camera was in "movie" mode. I thought I was posing for a still shot. Mr. Stinkhead drunk and dancing... as the pope.

Ok, get your entries for the Happy Birthday MPb contest in soon!

Happy Birthday MPb

2006-03-07T10:04:00.000-05:00

We launched MillionairePlayboy.com on 03.03.03.

Friday was our third anniversary. To celebrate, we re-set our homepage with 6 new items!

We launched two contests, one to win a bag of Toy Fair swag, another to win one of two Buffy the Vampire Slayer figures from Sideshow Toy.

Interviewed Ugly Doll creator David Horvath

Officially finished our whole Toy Fair 06 coverage

Reviewed another vintage playmobil set, the Television Studio

And introduced the Lindsay Lohan Playdoll of the month. It's a plastic doll, but definately for mature viewers

And we posted pictures from a reader who visited the Save Huck custom Munny show at MODA3. Thanks Keith!

And now I'm spent.... we're giving out several decks of MPb playing cards in that contest... so check it out.

Thanks for sticking with us for three years... let's hope theres still stuff to review in three more.

If you can't reach MPb from work due to work filters we have recently lined up MillionairePb.com to go to the same stuff, so you should be good to go.

Mr. Stinkhead

coverage is going up

2006-02-22T16:22:00.000-05:00

Well it's been a lot to slog through, but I've begun posting our initial reactions to Toy Fair 2006.

Start here to read our picks and pans from the fair. It's a great "guided tour" of the whole event without seeing everything. But by all means, if you see a pic you dig while clickin through, explore all you want, that's why they open in new windows. There's so much to see.

We'll have even more coverage coming up soon, details on each showroom and videos and stuff.

In the mean time here's a super secret photo we're not supposed to share with you

well haha, that's from one of the parties obviously, here's a pic of me with King Kong

sweet

The Next Day

2006-02-15T13:24:00.000-05:00

Well I just woke up. I got in real late last night and was so exhausted that I slept until noon. I also realized that I have yet to post.

As always Toy Fair is a lot of fun. Some highlights were the LEGO party where I got to meet the guys from Brick Journal and catch up with Bobby and Robb from Raving Toy Maniac. We also got to hang out with Matt "Iron Cow" Cauley who is truly one of the best. Check out the Battlestar Gallactica mini-mates he did.

I will detail more about the toys later. Needless to say that I am most excited about the Star Trek figures from Diamond. Wait until you see them!

I also got to meet Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling again and I finally have a good picture!!!!

I am now about to start posting as much as I can. If there are any questions about what we might have seen feel free to contact us.

we're home from Toy Fair

2006-02-14T21:34:00.000-05:00

Hey folks, we braved the cold and snow. I will have more pictures up tonight, and then ton more as the week goes on.
Check out what we had to dig out this morning

Mr. Stinkhead

2006-02-13T01:49:00.000-05:00

Well we braved the blizzard and made it to our appointments just for you! You'll be happy to know that it was worth the cold. Big things are happening in the the Designer Toy world. Here's a link to the folder with all the images, but a few things are worth mentioning before I hit the sack... http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/tf06/index.php?list=designer

First off, congratulations to David Horvath and Sun Min Kim for winning Specialty Toy of the Year for their lovable Uglydolls. We were rooting for you! Also, the Ugly camp blew our minds with two new members to the family. First up is the brown Chuckanucka! I am a very big fan of brown, so I'm very excited for this guy. Also, new is Moxy with long ears and a great expression.
Also, STRANGEco rocked my socks with by showing a new Jeremy Fish piece. What does any Bunnyvan need? A Turtlecamper to follow behind it of course! This was a great looking toy with ball jointed legs, head, and tail. It'll have two variant colorways: gold and silver. Very nice!

STRANGEco also had a great looking Ron English piece, Cathy Cow.

Wheaty Wheat were showing the Artist Series MAD*Ls as well as some great first time work from the likes of Christopher Lee, Brandt Peters, and Tragnark. These looked great, as everything Wheaty Wheat produces does. Check out the image gallery for a look at Mellow and the rest of Wheaty Wheat's booth.

We also had a look at DC Direct and their super hero/villian toys. Very impressive. Here's a link: http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/images/tf06/index.php?list=dc_direct

It was a great day that was capped off by a fun Carnival at Yoyamart put on by STRANGEco with smiles and magic supplied by Sam and Tury of Friends with You. The snow seems to have let up, so we'll have no reason not to bring you more coverage and those images you're waiting for tommorrow.

And now....sleep.
-jager

oh noes!

2006-02-12T08:26:00.000-05:00

It's snowing pretty bad here in NY. We... may...not...make it out.....alive.
We're going to do our best to hit Javits center and hit our appointments, but right now... it's pretty bleak.

Question. Are bars open if it's a state of emergency?

We're in NY

2006-02-11T23:12:00.001-05:00

GO TO IMAGE GALLERY NOW

We got into NYC this morning, and had time to check out Toy Tokyo and Kidrobot before we hit our first couple of appointments.
Check out the gallery to see what we've got already, and keep checking back. Mezco's King Kong is amazing, Art Asylums Battle Star Galactica looks fantastic, and Hasbro and LEGO have lots of great surprises.

Keep checking back as we add new pics!

Looks like the weather is going to be a little rough.
Mr. Stinkhead

Toy Fair 2006

2006-02-10T13:15:00.000-05:00

We're getting ready for Toy Fair 2006. We're leaving bright and early tomorrow to get into the city, hopefully before the big snow storm hits. We've handled worse!

We've dusted off the blog a bit (obviously), gotten our gallery ready to go; our cameras are charged, and our kick-ass promo kits are ready to hand out. Whoa momma.

So starting Sunday, pop back and check what we're doing, we'll be adding pictures from the show, and posting updates here. And then our full blown coverage will begin after we get back.

Also, please take a second and click on our sponsors. They have some great deals and their people behind the scenes are terrific. Seriously, we don't just accept anyone as a sponsor.

We're hoping to bring you some surprising news and awesome pics, so stay tuned.

Stinkhead Goes to France

2005-05-13T12:36:00.000-05:00

I got back from France a little while ago. We have a couple of related articles to check out.
I loved Lulu Berlu which is full of vintage Mint on card 80s action figures. Sweet!

While I was travelling, I was able to score this sweet-as-hell playmobil BMW Z4, which is only available in Germany when you take a test drive at a BMW dealership.

And of course, here is my handy Guy's Guide to France, talking about the language, the ladies, and what to eat and drink. (A little PG-13)

Enjoy.

Lando da Pimp is at Celebration III

2005-04-22T11:11:00.000-05:00

We sent Lando da Pimp over to check out Star Wars Celebration III... you gotta see these photos. Lots of cosplay, home-made droids and slave leia... rowwwrrr

Keep checking for updates this weekend!
Mr. Stinkhead

Are you on Photosig?

2005-04-21T11:26:00.000-05:00

I got re-invigorated in my recreational photography during my trip to Paris.
Yes, I shoot several hundred pictures a month of action figures and such. (well basically just action figures) but I missed doing the sites and shit.

So I joined this online community for artists to share and get feedback on their photos called Photosig.com... seems to be a decent bunch of people.

If you'd like to see the photos I've submitted so far, click here. (You can only upload a limited number at a time, so that's why it's not a full-blown portfolio yet)

If you're a member, let me know and I'll check out your stuff too. If you're an aspiring photographer, let me know if you join up.

I'll have something fun to read about my experience in France in not too long.

Batweek!

2005-04-18T12:45:00.000-05:00

Last week was Batweek on MPb. Here is a rundown:

We cheated and jump-started on Friday with the Microman Batman, Batgirl and Catwoman.
(the language is a little PG-13 in that one)

Then on Monday we checked out the 13" Action Cape Batman from Batman Begins and compared him to the 12" comic-styled Batman that is available at KB.

Wednesday we looked at the rest of the Batman Begins action figures, and threw in a refresher look at the Mego Batman. Classic!

Friday was the showdown between the Batman Begins "Batmobile" and the 1:18 scale die-cast Batmobile based on the 1989 movie.

Whew!

MPb Announces Toys R Us Buy Out

2005-04-01T09:21:00.000-05:00

MILLIONAIREPLAYBOY.COM AND RAVING TOY MANIAC ANNOUNCE TOYS 'R US BUYOUT
April 1st, 2005 ˜In a shocking announcement that rocked the toy and collectibles community, Andrew
Jones from MillionairePlayboy.com and Bobbi
Boyd from Raving Toy Maniac announced that they had
formed a financial group that were in fact the annonymous investors that purchased the entire
Toys 'R Us franchise two weeks ago.

"We are not, repeat, not going to close all of the stores" declared Jones, also known as
Mr. Stinkhead to his legions of readers. "We anticipate sweeping changes however, that will
improve your toy buying experience."

Bobbi Boyd, editor of Raving Toy Maniac, (Toymania.com)
added "We might even add personnel to each store, such as a dedicated product expert that actually
knows what the hell you're talking about, and enlist extra security to prevent scalping."

Rob Rooney, also from ToyMania.com, announced a revolutionary type of product placement.

"The companies are still going to produce what are known as 'chase figures,' however they will
have the same production run as their counterparts. We're just going to hide them all over the
store, so you'll have to go into the educational toys, and the baby diapers to find your Phasing
Vision."

Joe Fulton from MillionairePlayboy expanded on the new packaging changes.

"We're going to go ahead and rip out all of the minifigures from the LEGO and C3 building sets and
sell those in individual baggies if you want em. I'm going to use those parts to construct a life-
sized Star Destroyer, so don't worry about me."

Kristian Yeager introduced the new "Japanese Imports, Urban Vinyl, and Crazy Asian Knock-
off Departments" to be added by 2006.

"You'll find that your local Toys R Us now stocks a wider variety of toys and collectibles. Since
most vinyl runs are under 500, and we have 600+ stores, better get there early."

Jones also assures the heartbroken that changes will be made to the industry.

"I'm going to go ahead and order enough Xevoz and Masters of the Universe so that their re-birth
(or re-re-birth in MOTU's case) is a lucrative move for Hasbro and Mattel respectively. Hell, I'll
also make a new run of Spinjas, Super Powers, and 6 Million Dollar Man action figures."

Expect to see these changes in the next upcoming months, with a full redesign by early 2007. Also
look for clear windows around the stock room so you can peer in and see what's coming out on the
floor in the next couple of days.

Overall MillionairePlayboy.com and Raving Toy Maniac are excited to take Toys 'R Us in new
directions.

"Toys 'R Us has had such an impact on our lives growing up, we couldn't just sit back and watch it
go down like a two buck hooker. But I think while we're at it, we'll change all of the letters in
our logo backwards. Woo-hoo!"

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Battle Gear Batman Review

2005-03-24T15:21:00.000-05:00

I found Batman Begins action firgures last night.

We have a review of the Battle Gear Batman action figure. It's a decent figure. I am however worried that the film will not be very good. I guess as long as Batman has no nipples on the suit and Joel Shuemocker is nowhere near it it can't be that bad!

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/batmanbegins1.php

Darth Tater!

2005-03-21T11:41:00.000-05:00

Lando and I had a great time playing with the new Darth Tater Mr. Potato Head. We got inspired to make additional pop-culture inspired spuds. Check out the gallery in our review

Win Kaiju's new DVD before you can buy it!

2005-03-17T14:58:00.000-05:00

We're lucky enough to be holding a contest to win The Shocking Truth, Kaiju's new DVD before it's available for purchase. All the details are at the end of our review of the DVD

K-Mart Jumps the Gun!

2005-03-12T20:49:00.000-05:00

I found the Episode III figures on Friday. Review will be posted on Millionaireplayboy.com for the Padme, Obi-Wan, and General Grievous figures monday. It seems K-Mart jumped the gun all over the country with the release of the figures earlier than the April 2nd release. Check your local K-Mart for all the episode III goodness, Martha Stewart clothing, and blue light specials!

BAT Haul!

2005-03-07T13:27:00.000-05:00

NEW... the Review is up and completed.

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Woo hoo! Major score this weekend. I picked up this vintage 89 Batmobile!

We opened it up to see the condition of the car inside, and SURPRISE

MINT Batman behind the wheel! He had his cape, his batarang, and the retractable Bat Utility Belt was in fine working condition.

I found a great toy store near me that buys, sells and trades sweet vintage collectibles The Toy Exchange
in the DC area.

The Star of Dirty Work

2005-03-05T15:20:00.000-05:00

So I was at work yesterday listening to Howard Stern when at the end of the show Artie mentioned that he would be in Pittsburgh signing his new DVD at the Media Play at Ross Park Mall. So today I made my way over to the mall, bought Artie's stand-up DVD "It's the Wiskey Talking" and along with my copy of Dirty Work got in line. My friend Steve met up with me to meet the star of Dirty Work and a member of the Howard Stern Show!

I was a bit disappointed in the crowd. I expected them to be all crazy but then realized that is was a Saturday afternoon and I was in a mall in Pittsburgh. Artie was a great guy. I only had a minute to talk to him but he took photos with everybody. I didn't even ask for my money back for Dirty Work. I asked him to sign it to "Hey Retard, Artie Lange". Stern fans will get it.

The Written Word

2005-02-28T09:28:00.000-05:00

Our Toy Fair 2005 coverage is up! All of our write-ups have been organized and posted.

As the day progresses, I will be adding thumbnails and text links to specific pictures, but right now, each write-up has a link to the specific company gallery. Also, I should be adding one or two more companies.

I saw something that made me so happy... it's like catching a glimpse of a really great pair of buns, and having to look up and smile at someone, even your wife.

Like after eating a big thing of lasagna

2005-02-25T15:25:00.000-05:00

...The pics just keep comin' out.
We put up Sideshow, SOTA, Mattel, Megabloks, Plan B, the Designer Toys, Palisades... go straight to our Image Gallery and click all over.

Our write up should be done for Monday, so we'll have that posted then too, but I think most of the pics are up, and there are a ton.

Man, if you like T2, or Planet of the Apes, or Star Wars, or X-Files, or Buffy you should hit our SideShow gallery now!

Lots of great stuff.

Star Wars Press Kit

2005-02-23T14:31:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was our last day at Toy Fair. The last toys we looked at were Hasbro. Of course Star Wars was the line to see. I can't believe how great the Episode III line looks.

Hasbro Showroom

At the end of the tour I received the official Star Wars Press Kit. Holy crap is it cool. On the front is an ROTS Anakin in a bubble. When you open the kit it automatically flips around revealing Darth Vader.

Just got back from Toy Fair and boy are my eyes tired

2005-02-23T12:28:00.000-05:00

Hey folks, quick update, I'm staying home today to do nothing but upload pics. If you check out our image gallery, you'll see that I'm uploading all day. Also, once you check out a folder, be sure to check back again in a bit, there will probably be more. We'll let you know when we're all the way done.
Check out some of the cool swag we got too!

I'm working on Diamond Select now, and will have lots more as the day goes on.
Stinkhead out

after shock.

2005-02-23T08:29:00.000-05:00

Getting home from NYC, especially Toy Fair, I have a little shell shock. Not many cities in the U.S. are as energized as this one with things going on everywhere and it really wears me out. But I'm home now. Back at school on my planning and I can't help but miss the craziness a little. Especially the toys....

Toy Fair this year was a great one, and a dissapointing one at the same time. I had a GREAT time talking with the Toy Growers. I found myself just wandering back to their aisle to chat with them. There are some great peeps over there like Sam from Friens with You, Heather at Wootini, and Patrick from Rocketworld. It was refreshing after so many stuffy business oriented meetings to talk with such down to earth creators. Cranium's meeting was fun too: we sat and played games the whole time!

But sadly, we weren't allowed into Toy Biz for our appointment because someone leaked their products on the web and so Toy Biz decided to cancel all their dot com appointments. Very upsetting. It didn't seem fair to punish everyone for someone else's unprofessionalism. Also, Xevoz were absent from Hasbro (but Stink will tell you all about that), and there didn't seem to be as many fresh, new products this year. But it still was great, and as always it's fun to talk with other journalists and professional toy makers. And we always learn something in the process.

Well, I better get to my real job. Our coverage will be up soon.

peas.

Day 3 Morning

2005-02-22T07:27:00.001-05:00

Well its 7:00 in the morning and I thought I should post stuff for you guys.

LEGO
All I can say is wow! Melinda from LEGO showed us around and gave us the exclusive on all the new sets this year. The big news and I mean big is the Deathstar set. This thing is huge. They wouldn't reveal the block count but that just has to mean that it is more than the Star Destroyer.

Of course we also saw all the Episode 3 sets along with the sets for the new Harry Potter film. A full complete report will be posted this week.

Palisades
The sad news is that they are finished producing Muppets. The final series will debut in stores soon. The good news is that they are now in full Sesame Street production. Of couse we were all salivating over Super Grover. This is a 2005 tour exclusive meaning that if you know somebody going to conventions be very nice to them!!! The box art is drawn by Alex Ross and it is beautiful.

Mattel
The big line this year again for Mattel is Batman. This year however they have two Batman lines: The cartoon and the new film Batman Begins. We got a good look at the movie line and a great shot of the Scarecrow.

DC Direct
The showroom for DC Direct was twice the size of last year. Mostly because of all the new lines coming out. Following from last year with the HUSH line DC has now created Tim Sale's The Long Halloween. These figures look spectacular.

Well today is the last day and I am heading home. I will be seeing Hasbro and will have a great report on all the Episode III toys. Uggghhh.... I need coffee.

Toy Fair Day 2

2005-02-22T01:48:00.000-05:00

Sorry folks, we don't have any new pics right now... it's 2 am, we just got back from a kickin' Art Asylum party (well we did have to stop by and get another slice of NY pizza on the way back)
we're exhausted.
We saw some great stuff today. I can't wait to show you all the batman stuff we saw. stuff from the comics, the new movie, and ofcourse the cartoon.
We have just a few more appoinments left tomorrow, then we make the long road home tomorrow.
So far we have more than 600 pics to organize.
Lots of great stuff to tell you about,
Mr. Stinkhead... sleepin' it off...

On the side

2005-02-21T00:51:00.000-05:00

We had a sweet time checking out the open booths at the Javits center, we have the bulk of our private showroom appointments tomorrow.

Wow is security tight, they scan our badge's UPC code each time (last year was just a visual check) , and people are not as receptive to photos. This one buttface seemed to think that us telling people about his products would not help him out at all... we'll see you at Toy Fair next year... or not.

SideShow had some great new products. We're really digging the Planet of the Apes, and the X-Files (two shots in the gallery now)

We've started uploading images to our Image Gallery to get you started. Be sure to come back tomorrow night for some more "appetizer" shots, and the main entree of coverage will come on Wednesday.

It's snowing like crazy here. But we can still manage to hit the bar... sweet
Stinkhead out

Day 1 Designer Mania

2005-02-21T00:46:00.000-05:00

Oh man what a day!! I had some great talks with Patrick Ma from Rocketworld, Greg from STRANGEco, met one of my favorite artists Pete Fowler, and had a wonderful talk with David Horvath concerning his Ugly Doll line.

STRANGEco has Mars-1's second Vinyl and it looks to be just as rad as the last.

Also, Critterbox is expanding its Uglydoll Vinly line with Ugly Dog... Check it out.

More later, I need to crash.

Toy Fair 2005 Day 1

2005-02-21T00:20:00.000-05:00

Well we are at Toy Fair 2005 and what a day.

Jakks-Pacific
While Jager and Stinkhead were checking out Javitts Center I went over to the Jakks-Pacific Media showcase with Iron Cow Matt Cauley. Jeremy from Jakks gave us the run down on the newest WWE wrestlers and Dragon Ball Z. The first big news was the new articulation of the Adreniline line. Here is a picture of Mostifa with the new torso articulation.

But the big thrill was meeting the legendary Terry Funk. He was great speaker and answered all the fan boy questions. I also got to meet Stacey Keebler. Now I don't follow wrestling as much as I used to but damn she was hot.

I also go to check out the prototype for the new Undertaker prototype figures.
More Images

MEGABLOKS
After Jakks I checked out Megabloks who has a great new line of Pirates vs. Skeletons. I wish I could show you the photos of the Skeleton Pirate ship but they asked us not to show them for 4 weeks so be sure to check back because this thing was sweet. It was about 3 feet long and had cloth sails. Megabloks does have a new Hummer Pro set and is releasing Fantastic Four hero lines.

At the end of the day we all met up and had a Guiness to celebrate the day. Tomorrow I hit LEGO and I can't wait and hopefully we can crash Hasbro for all the new Episode III goodness.

Toy Fair!!!

2005-02-18T16:00:00.000-05:00

Well tonight I pack up for Toy Fair. I have all of our press kits assembled, maps to all the cool toy stores printed out, and our appointment schedule all hammered out.

We will be "phoning" in some reports straight from the show on this blog, but keep an eye out on image gallery too (link on the right)

If you're not a member of our mailing list, why not Sign up now? We won't send you any spam, and we'll be drawing a name from the list at random to win a grab bag of Toy Fair swag once we get back from the show.

Also, if you have any questions you want us to ask, or specific things to look out for, visit the official question thread on our message board.

Alrighty folks, we're pretty excited, and you should be too. We'll have some great updates for you starting Sunday (the 20th) and then the motherload of coverage on Wednesday the 23rd.

Stinkhead out.

Xevoz Giveaway deadline approacheth

2005-02-16T10:25:00.000-05:00

Remember the deadline is tomorrow
(like midnight, but I'm really busy with Toy Fair prep, so the earlier the better)

This is a great start, hopefully we'll get some more in today and tomorrow. Tell your friends

But now, check out the gallery of entries.

The folder at the top is of some goofy pics Crazy Birdman sent in. He also sent in a regular entry... but I wanted to keep those separate so you didn't think he was being entered multiple times. But we do love seeing all the work that goes into these. Hasbro will dig it too.

Ok folks, get em in!

Mr. Stinkhead

Brady Bunch DVD

2005-02-16T10:06:00.000-05:00

It's a story of a lovely lady with three lovely girls and a man with three boys of his own. Together they formed the Brady Bunch, one of the most popular television shows of all time. Now finally Paramount has begun to release the show on season DVD box sets. Of course we start from where it all began, season 1.

Stand Out Episodes
The Honeymoon (pilot)
This is the episode that started it all. Mike Brady is a single dad raising three boys with housekeeper Alice. He met and proposed to Carol Martin, who has three girls of her own. We learn in the pilot episode that Mike's first wife and the mother of Greg, Peter, and Bobby died a few years ago. Carol's first husband was never discussed, or his whereabouts. He could be dead but it was also thought that Carol was the first divorced woman on a network sitcom.

At the wedding. all havoc breaks loose when Tiger the dog chases fluffy the cat (who was never seen again) at the conclusion of the ceremony. After the wedding, Mike and Carol miss the children and bring them along on the honeymoon.

A Clubhouse is not a Home
When the boys refuse to allow the girls into their clubhouse, Carol and the girls build their own clubhouse. Of course girls can't build things which Mike and the boys find funny. When Cindy almost is hurt it is no longer a laughing matter and the family pulls together to build the clubhouse for the Marcia, Jan and Cindy.

The Grass is Always Greener
When Mike and Carol make a bet on what is harder—cooking or baseball, they switch roles. Carol discovers that baseball is hard on the ass while Mike discovers that cooking can cause the same pain.

A Camping We Will Go
It's the first family vacation and the boys are not too happy that the girls want to tag along on their annual camping trip. When the girls ruin the fishing outing, the whole family is forced to eat the food that Carol packed.

Lost Locket Found Locket
The first of many episodes where we discover how messed up Jan really is. Feeling the pain of being a middle child, Jan receives a locket, which had no real clear sender. Both Mike and Carol suspect each other but when the locket is missing, Jan discovers that Alice sent the locket. Turns out that Alice was a middle child as well. Poor Peter is assumed to be fine.

DVD / Extras
The artwork for the DVD is a lot better than it looks from the picture. The front cover uses a ventricular print that gives the illusion that each Brady looks at each other depending on how you tilt the DVD just like in the opening and closing of the show.

The only special features included are a 20 minute documentary with the creator Sherwood Schwartz, Barry Williams (Greg), Christopher Knight (Peter), Michael Lookinland (Bobby), and Susan Olsen (Cindy) all lending their thoughts and stories of the creation of the show. It's an interesting documentary but it is nothing that any Brady fan didn't already know. I do question why the remaining cast did not participate in the feature.

Audio commentaries are also included on select episode with Sherwood Schwartz, Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, and Michael Lookinland. The commentary is really fun at times especially when they make fun of themselves and make comments about what the cast remembers filming.

Final Thoughts
I have been a huge Brady Bunch fan my whole life. I grew up with the show in syndication. Sure, the stories are far fetched at times but the Brady Bunch is just a good wholesome show that I enjoy watching to this day.

It is great that the show is now available on DVD, but I wish that there were more extras included in the set. There has to be footage never shown on television or even photograph archives. Before each episode is the original television proclamation that the Brady Bunch is in color.

This is a must-have for anybody that loved the Brady Bunch. All of the episodes are uncut as they were shown on the original run. Overall I am happy with Season 1 and look forward to four more.

Win A Copy of Season 1
I am looking for the biggest Brady Bunch fan that is deserving of this box set.

To win a copy of the Brady Bunch Season One on DVD send an email to ldp@millionaireplayboy.com with the answers to the following questions. The more creative your answers are to the questions, the better chances of winning.

1.) When it is feared that Jan is allergic to Tiger, the Brady's discover that she isn't allergic to Tiger, but what?

2.) What does Mike install when the Brady kids are always tying up the phone?

3.) What is the one thing that Cindy tells Santa Clause she wants for Christmas?

The First Season of the Brady Bunch is available at Amazon.com

Xevoz Wave 4 Two-Pack giveaway

2005-02-07T10:22:00.000-05:00

Though we probably won't have any Toy Fair news regarding Xevoz, here is a pic-filled review of the Wave 4 Two-pack Runeslayer vs Firedrake. It's not going to hit stores over here, and they're going for a lot on eBay, so we're doing a giveaway for an unopened set I have.

Here is the review and all the contest details. Please enter before Feb 17th!

Episode III LEGO set 7256 Jedi Star Fighter

2005-02-04T08:42:00.000-05:00

Anakin's Star Fighter is the first of many Episode III sets and what a great introduction. This is an improvement on the Jedi Starfighter seen in Attack of the Clones. The ship is a combination of the X-Wing and Tie Fighter. I can't wait to see this ship in action on screen.

The Star Fighter is an amazing set with a great range of playability. The four wings of the starfighter fold open similar to the future Darth Vader Tie Fighter. They can also fold down to the body of the ship when docked. Other movable parts include an opening cockpit and retractable landing gear.

The set includes stickers to place on the ship. This is a rather new feature for LEGO sets and I found it to be a bit aggravating. I don't like placing stickers on blocks and I question why they weren't printed on the pieces. This is a small set so the build time is under a half hour but it's one of the more solid built LEGO ships to date.

The Vulture Droid is also included in the set. This is a slightly redesigned ship from the Episode I release. The ship transforms to walking mode with the movement of the wings. The ship is small but a nice inclusion to the set giving you more for your money.

The mini-figure of Episode III Anakin has his long hair. Sadly it is not the new light up lightsaber mini-figure.

New online web comic and news

2005-01-28T10:52:00.000-05:00

I'm always up for helping to promote the work of a reader

Mark Iradian writes:

Just wanted to inform you about a webcomic I’m writing, Chronicles of Garas, and it’s new location. Some of you may heard of this comic, while most of you are wondering what the hell I’m talking about it. Chronicles of Garas is a dark tech fantasy based on an online Dungeons and Dragons game. The basic storyline follows several individuals in a world where muskets are slowly replacing the bow, magic is mundane skill, and orcs have drinking games with humans. The artwork is done by my partner in crime, Elshad Kasumov, as you can see is quite talented with the pencil.

What are you waiting for? Click.

http://www.chroniclesofgaras.com

This comic is looking sharp - Mr. Stinkhead

Also, the FX show (toys and collectibles) is in Florid is this weekend. details

Playmobil dinosaurs review is up, and I made a backdrop you can print out and tape to the wall behind your display.

Don't forget to keep checking out our Contests, right now you can win Monk season 2 or Farscape Series Finale
(today is the last day for Open Water)

We're getting ready for Toy Fair. can't sleep! Clowns will eat me!

Episode III Crawl! SPOILERS!!!!!

2005-01-27T13:56:00.000-05:00

Star Wars.com has released the opening crawl for Episode III much earlier look away now if you don't want to be spoiled!

Episode III
REVENGE OF THE SITH

War! The Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
Grievous, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
the Galactic Senate.

As the Separatist Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor....

It reads a bit weird but you can see Palpatine's thinking and I love it!

Sky Captain Freaking Rules!!!!!!

2005-01-25T08:39:00.000-05:00

When I first saw the trailer for Sky Captain I instantly came to the realization that I needed to see this film. Unfortunately I never made it to the theaters. When I received the DVD for the film I instantly loaded into the DVD player and gazed in awe at how beautiful stunning this film is.

The Story
The film opens with a stunning sequence of a zeppelin floating in the sky during a winter evening docking at the Empire State Building. On the blimp is a scientist with a warning to his former co-worker Dr. Jenkins that he is in danger. Jenkins contacts the Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Polly is a hard-nosed, aggressive reporter who constantly puts her life in danger in pursuit of a story. She is a very similar to the Lois Lane character, the archetype of the damsel in distress.

Polly secretly meets with Dr. Jenkins at the theater during a showing of the Wizard of Oz. This is a nice inclusion into the film there is a similar scene from the Wizard of Oz at the end of the film. Jenkins informs Polly that he is in danger and that he is the last of the eleven scientists that have gone missing at the hands of the mad scientist Totenkoph.

At that moment enormous robots attack New York City with little opposition from the police. Unable to stop these massive machines, the police contact Sky Captain (portrayed by Jude Law) who swoops in to the city in his outfitted P-40. With a few “unique toys” Sky Captain easily stops the robots from destroying New York City.

Returning to the base Sky Captain, with the help of his friend Dex, (played by Giovanni Ribisi) are attempting to solve the mystery of these robots. Polly intrudes onto the base with a deal to Sky Captain that she will provide information to help solve this mystery if she can have the story. It becomes clear that Sky Captain and Polly have a past as she calls him by his real name, Joseph Sullivan. Polly and Sky captain agree to an alliance to stop Totenkoph and discover what he is planning.

At that point the invaders return attacking the Sky Captains base and abducting Dex who was tracking where these machines originate. Dex leaves a map of his findings for Sky Captain and with a series of clues travel around the globe searching for Totenkoph. Following clues eventually leads Sky Captain to his lair where we discover Totenkoph’s ultimate plan that can destroy Earth!

Bonus Materials
A series of great featurettes Brave New World and The Art of World of Tomorrow go into the making of this amazing film. A lot of information is provided including how Kerry Conran developed this film on his own with a six minute short that is also included on this DVD. Two different commentaries by producer Jon Avnet and writer and director Kerry Conran are also available.

Parting Thoughts
After viewing this film I wish I had experienced it in the theaters. This is a great movie that’s story resembles the old 30’s and 40’s Saturday morning serials that inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars. The characters of Sky Captain remind me of the love / hate relationship of Indiana Jones and Marian from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I loved Paltrow’s portrayal of Polly but I’m not sold on Jude Law. He did a good job, but I had a hard time accepting him as the swashbuckling hero Sky Captain. The story, while good, plays second to the visuals of this film. Kerry has taken the look of a period science fiction serial and improved upon its effects making gorgeous a work of art.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is available to purchase at Amazon.com

winter wonderland

2005-01-24T11:30:00.000-05:00

I know a lot of regions were hit with snow. I live north of DC, and we got around 4 inches. I thought you would dig seeing my Tiki lights

I took a ton of pics of the playmobil Dinosaur sets. That review is almost done.
Be sure to check out the Princess of Power and I fighting each other on our take of Alien vs Predator *due out on DVD tomorrow*

and we had fun with the Plush face hugger and chest burster.

playmobil aaaaa

2005-01-21T15:16:00.000-05:00

I sure do love Playmobil.
Recently I picked up a few more of the Dinosaur Exploration sets.
Here is a pic (exclusive to this blog! it won't be in the article)

That article is coming up late next week. But first, on monday is our review of Alien vs. Predator and the plush facehugger and chestburster from Palisades.

Light Up Mini-Figure!!!!

2005-01-20T08:58:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we received the invitation for a party hosted by LEGO during Toy Fair. Check it out. Its a first look at Anakin mini figure for Episode III. Normally this is not that big of a deal but this mini figure has something different! When you depress his head the lightsaber lights up. We have inquired into LEGO if all Episode III mini figures will have this functionality. DEVELOPING......

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/legoanakin.php

UPDATE
We heard from LEGO. They wouldn't answer my question about if all the Episode III mini-figures will have light up lightsabers. They did say this:

"I can't answer that just yet (not until February 1) but I will tell you that there is more than one light-up minifigure"

I would believe that all the new Jedi mini-figures will have this functionality. Looking around the web I saw a couple of different characters. My hope is that they will sell these mini-figures seperatly from the LEGO sets. How sweet would that be. As always we will find out as soon as possible!

GIANT ROBOT

2005-01-17T17:18:00.000-05:00

Sweet, I love Giant Robots!

Check out this story, it shoots nails and flames!
News Story

Sweet.

Also, if you dig Batman, there's a new The Batman figure out that is as plain as can be! No crap glued to him. His name is "Triple Shot Batman" and I just found him this weekend.

Episode III Please Come Soon!!!

2005-01-17T08:49:00.000-05:00

This weekend Aint It Cool News posted a great pre production artwork of Episode III. Because everybody knows the big fight scene this won't spoil people.

Now how flippin cool is that!!!! My god I can't wait to see this film.

Ebay Find

2005-01-14T16:35:00.000-05:00

People e-mail me all the time asking to buy my Spinjas.
They occasionally pop up on eBay. Today is one of those days

EBay auction

Original Spinjas article
(with video clips!)

note I will not post ebay auctions you send to me, I just knew a lot of people were looking for these

I can just smell Toy Fair

2005-01-14T14:26:00.000-05:00

We're busy rounding up everything we need for Toy Fair next month in NY. As we get preparations ready, I keep remembering the smell of Toy Fair. Though slightly offensive, it's certainly exciting. How to describe how Toy Fair smells? I guess it's a street vendor's burnt peanuts. I've been to New York several more times than I've been to just Toy Fair, and I don't associate that smell with New York in general, its just Toy Fair. Maybe it's part stale smoke in the stairwells. But there is definately burning, but sweet smell that I associate with Toy Fair.

Our count-down is up on the MPb homepage. 37 days from today. Either that's too much time or too little time depending on who you are. I've also set up our Toy Fair 05 landing page, this will be the beginning of all of our coverage, and is worth bookmarking.

Here are the big questions we have... feel free to add a comment here or at the new Toy Fair Question thread on our message board...
---------------
1. What's up with Xevoz?

2. Will we get a Masterpiece Soundwave? What are the new Alternators?

3. More Batman villians? Who?

4. I need to see more Minimates
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Like I said, I'm getting so excited I can smell it. We'll bring you the goods, so be sure to stay tuned here, and MillionairePlayboy.com

Launch?? I said LUNCH

2005-01-13T15:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to our Blog
We set this up to help supplement our 2005 Toy Fair Coverage. We'll have loads of coverage and pics on our site, but we'll check in and post some news and goings on from the show as we can.

This will also give you a little behind-the-scenes action of the real broke-married-guys behind MillionairePlayboy. But we promise not to tell you how much math class sucks and that our mood is blah.

Feel free to add comments...
Thanks for popping by,
Mr. Stinkhead and the MPb crew.

Oh, here's a look at an upcoming review. This thing is sweet!

Stinkin' kids!

2005-01-12T15:20:00.000-05:00

I may have told you some stinkin' kids have been dicking with my yard.

It started with my little light-up candy cane last month.

Today they knocked over the cement urn planters we were using as ashtrays. Both of them. I'm not happy. P.O.P is getting a little freaked out.

I'd say once or twice a week, there is some new piece of trash in our yard, or something is amiss.

I haven't heard of anyone else having a problem. I'm going to bust this guy on camera. Then I'm going to patch it into my PC to get a screen grab. Then I'm going to print out that picture on a series of fliers and litter the neighborhood with said fliers that say "Bedwetters Anonymous"

No, that's too easy, too childish. I will figure out who it is, and where they live (they're local) and then break a window a night for a week, with a gasoline soaked brick. I won't light the brick on fire, mind you. So chill yourself.

I'm loving this Meister I got from BriansToys.com The review is now up.

(Click for review)

let's complain one more time!

2005-01-11T20:53:00.000-05:00
I just watched the Star Wars DVDs, and let me preface this by saying that these movies are amazing. After watching the documentary on the extra disc, I'm even more in awe of Lucas' work.

Now, I will never, ever ever ever ever understand why he soiled the Return of the Jedi's most excellent Jabba palace scenes with the musical number. Is there anyone over 8 who likes this? I mean sure we can all complain about Jar Jar and the fart jokes in Episode I. But this is the classic trilogy here. CLASSIC. I can see why he'd want to put in more X-Wings, or even the Jabba scene in A New Hope. Or anything else really (sans the Han/Greedo debauchery). But this musical number is truely the sore on the Lucas franchise. Am I right?

Ghost Rider

2005-01-11T18:08:00.000-05:00
I love the Ghost Rider Minimate, but he really does need a motorcycle.
I found this one that came with one of the MegaBlok Alien Agency sets.

He can't grab the handle bars, but it fits him pretty well.
It came from this set.

Leave (off the end)ing Las Vegas

2005-01-11T11:15:00.000-05:00
Just recently I put up a glowing review of the TV show Las Vegas, currently airing at 9pm Mondays on NBC. We got the Season 1 Box set, and I am enjoying it thoroughly.

However, I'm noticing a disturbing habit the show is making. At the end of later episodes (in Season 1) and both of the Season 2 episodes I've seen, they wrap up the show with everyone lounging around laughing about the day's events, making horrible puns. That was alright for DinoRiders, but that was a kids' show in the 80s. This is neither a kids' show or the 80s.

I love this show, but I can see myself changing channels as soon as the main action is wrapped up. I know what will be in that final segment before the credits.

Sean Astin = Whiny Bitch

2005-01-11T09:45:00.000-05:00
For Christmas this year I bought my brother the Sean Astin book "There, and Back Again." The book details his life on the set of the Lord of the Rings movies. Now I always liked Sean Astin as an actor. I love The Goonies and the movie Rudy. He is one of those actors that is in a lot of movies that appears when you least expect it. He is a good actor.

I borrowed the book and I am half way through it and all I can say is that Sean Astin is a whiny bitch. All he does is complain about stuff. The book begins with his experience on the movie Encino Man. All he does is complain that he has to be in that film. Then he goes on to complain about a number of other films that didn't work out right until he played Sam in the Lord of the Rings.

What is really sad is that he admits that he only got paid $250,000 for playing Sam. And that is for all three films!!!!!
Now sure everybody complains but what is the point on putting a book out about it!

Stinkhead Jr.

2005-01-10T11:20:00.000-05:00

The Princess of Power and I got a cat this weekend. It was her Christmas present.
His name is Charlie, he's 8 months old (he's big for a "kitten" but they said he won't get too much bigger)

This cat has only made me sneeze a few times, and that was after sleeping on my head. He is not allowed in my basement because he wants to jump on the playmobil shelf.

Here is a small gallery of pics if you're really that interested.

I'm hoping to convince the Princess of Power that we can use Charlie to set up a site like LittleGrayGuy.com (nsfw) heh heh.

Christmas Deleted

2005-01-09T09:50:00.000-05:00
Yesterday the wife and I took down the Christmas decorations yesterday. It seems like I just put them up and now they are gone. Christmas came and went really fast this year. Oh well. Only 11 more months until I carry all the boxes of decorations back down from the attic.

dillusions of rock.

2005-01-07T13:46:00.000-05:00
So tonight a few friends and I are getting together to jam. They play guitar (switching between rhythm and lead) and I beat on my drum set. A friend gave it to me. It has a snare, kick drum, three toms, two cymbals and a high hat. Nice guy, huh? Anyway, we get together about every three months to play and just have a great booze filled time. Of course after about eight bronsons we don't sound as good as we did when we started..... but we think we sound better! haha!!

Sweetness comes in the mail

2005-01-07T13:41:00.000-05:00
I'm expecting a major haul today. First off, I'm supposed to get Transformer's Alternator Meister from the fine folks at Brian's Toys for a review next week. Hopefully everything will be delivered without a hitch and I can shoot all weekend. I still have to do my Microman Batman review too!

Oh, and I got a great deal on a dual-layer DVD burner from NewEgg.com, which should be arriving today as well.

One is Fed/Ex, the other is UPS... it'll be like that DHL commercial where they're racing each other to my doorstep! (yeah right)

That's a Big Boy!!!!

2005-01-07T13:22:00.000-05:00
I have been reading about steam locomotives lately and came across the old Union Pacific Big Boys. Check this baby out. This is the largest steam locomotive ever made.

Birth, School, Metallica, Therapy?

2005-01-07T13:07:00.000-05:00
Paramount DVD sent me the Metallica movie "Some Kind of Monster" to review for the site. I plan on watching it tonight for a review next week but I am a bit scared to watch it. I didn't see the film in theaters so tonight will be my first viewing. Why am I scared? Because everything I have read about it makes Metallica look weak instead of the Metal Giants they are. Obviously I am going to keep an open mind while watching it but this may not be the Metallica I remember.

Herman is my designer...

2005-01-06T19:10:00.000-05:00
I want to take some decorating tips from a famous designer. Herman... Pee-Wee Herman. I have been watching Pee-Wee's Playhouse I got for Christmas on DVD.... and all those feelings from when I was a kid are rushing back. Feelings like I want that. Now that I'm an adult, those feelings are replaced with I NEED that and where did I leave my beer?

You're probably familiar with my directions for building a working light-up Batphone, which has met some great response.

In the tradition of this step-by-step, DIY Network reject article, the next item I want to create is....

Jombi's Box from Pee-Wee's playhouse!!

That's right, I want an oblong, jewel-encrusted box to leave in my basement. It will house a genie! That genie will grant me a wish! Well actually, I have these visions in my head of my friends getting drunk, putting their head up through the bottom, and spending the entire night talking to people from inside the box.
Hilarious!

It will be tough. All I did with the Batphone was get an old no-dial phone and learn how to add lights to the ringer. This will involve sawing wood and if you see the thing, there's not a 90° angle on it.
It will be tough, can it be done? We'll see.

Updates... to my brain

2005-01-06T18:07:00.000-05:00
The other thing we wanted to use this blog for was posting random crap that maybe doesn't belong on MPb the magazine... small adventures and thoughts... plus things that are coming up on the site.
For example.
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I have finally purchased my last Xevo. I now actually have one of each. (It was Iron Spectre, the figure that came with the carrying case, I couldn't spend $30 on a single Xevo, but now it was on sale for $12)

I'm going to make some phatty wall papers with pics of all the Xevoz, some more action shots. Maybe some more customizing.
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I'm wrapping up my Playmobil Gameshow set. I've had this done for awhile, but making the directions was so daunting to me. I hope to have it up by Toy Fair (especially since we'll be busy getting ready)
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I will have a review of some of the new Transformers Alternators up next week. We just finally reviewed 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime, and declared it the MPb Toy of the Year

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Jager has a new vinyl article going up next week as well. It looks pretty sweet. You'll dig it.

Articles by Lando da Pimp and Brutilus are also around the corner.

Getting ready...

2005-01-06T17:55:00.000-05:00
Looks like blog, smells like blog... it is blog! This cannot be! All gelphlings are dead! You're not dead!

Anyway, we at MPb are setting up a blog to help our Toy Fair 2005 coverage be as extensive as possible. We'll post here as we can, but there will be loads of pics and updates on our regular site MillionairePlayboy.com; there will be a big Toy Fair icon on the homepage once we get started.

First thing I want to do is thank our sponsors who helped us to be able to afford hitting the show this year. I'd ask that you take some time and check out each one of our wonderful sponsors. They all offer something different to help your collection. And they're all run by a great group of people

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