After all these years I finally know the name!

LION ROCK!  Another piece of my childhood is now in place!  I have asked at the MegoMuseum back when I was a member in good standing before the site owner banned me just for stating I didn't like he had to watermark ALL his pictures...I publically apologize if I ruffled his feathers.  But hey it was Controversial Thursday.  Anything goes.

But anyways No one knew the answer. A Mego Type guy that I was for SURE was a Mego... In a random Ebay search I finally have the answer!

A company called Lion Rock made this.  The Snow trooper above.  I had this guy as a kid.  I made him my Iceman to hang out with the other Marvel Megos.  He is dated 1975.  I do not own the figure mind you, it is just a swipe off of Ebay.  But at LEAST I have the knowledge now.

They came out with others as well.  These are the only ones I found on the net.  

I wonder if Figures toy company could re release these?  Time will tell.

Friday Funday- NEW DVDS!

Oh yeah!  My wifey really wanted la femme nikita season 3 and decided to order it.  Thing is...We had a little money left over....So I ordered some high profile movies on my list...

1. Emmet Otter's jugband christmas-  I FINALLY GOT IT!  WHOOOOO!!!!!  But this time Wifey will see it with me so we can both cry in our sleep over this classic Christmas tale.  I have wanted this for forever....EVEN when VHS was the only option out there!  And this has another Nyda connection.  She made me and my other brothers and sister come over her house for Christmas...This is the ONLY thing I wanted to see then and was ignored most of the time.  But Nyda was too selfish to let her youngest child see this and it was ALWAYS something else on TV that SHE wanted to see.  So this is great.  I can watch it all the times she denied me...So guess what?  Nyda 0 Matty 2 now!  F you Nyda!

2. Harold and Maude-  Since Wifey is 13 years older than me...I thought this was perfect for us.  Unfortunetly Nyda introduced me to this film.  Perhaps she wanted as an older person to get it on with her own son.  Wouldn't surprise me.  She used to lie naked in bed and call each of the sons in one at a time to talk to them.  What a sicko.

3. La Femme Nikita season 3- I have watched the first two seasons with her TWICE now....Gotta see more even though I am a little sick of it.  My real only connection to Nikita is it used to come on right after RAW during the Monday Night Wars with WCW.  So I would usually watch about 5 minutes of it.

4. Bugs Bunny Howloween special-  oh yeah....FOUND this in Mexico of all places.  Now my Halloween collection is complete.  I have everything from my youth pre witness times.

5. SIX PACK-  Loved this movie as a kid!  It is great.  Hokey and cheesy and just how i like it!  It is so good!  This was part of my Amazon order.  Came brand new as well!

7. Fisher King-  Found this gem in Mexico as well.  WOWIE!  Robin Williams is fantastic in this masterpiece.

Now she wants to order La Femme Nikita seasons 4 and 5...

League Assignment- Star Trek

Oh yeah....Now I am not a Star Trek junkie....I think I am a casual fan.  I never watched it as a kid and always wondered what all the fuss was about.  I bought all of the three original series on DVD.  Bought season 1 on DVD of the next generation.  I wanted the Mego dolls as a kid but never got any.

EMCE has re released them...But damn EMCE....They are about as expensive as REAL Megos are on Ebay now.  You gotta water the market more dudes!  $50 for a figure is ridiculous.

Diamond Select is releasing these now.  They look amazing but a little limited on the articulation.

Mark these words...One day I will have the figures and have my art guy make an Enterprise bridge....One day that is...

And here are 3 other leaguers and their thoughts on Star Trek.

http://vikkiverka.blogspot.mx/2013/05/fan-service.html

http://diaryofadorkette.blogspot.mx/2013/05/to-boldly-go-nowhere.html

http://jannghi.blogspot.mx/2013/05/star-trek-this-weeks-league-assignment.html

Wishlist Wednesday- Top 10 Mattel Basic WWE figures I want

Let's see now...I have done Wishlist Wednesday on Jakks, LJN etc.  Now it is time for Mattel.  I love Mattel figures and pretty much hate Jakks RA line.  I love Mattel basics AND Elite!  They are so much fun to play with.  I SO wish Mattel releases more legends in the basic line.  The price point is so much better than their Elite line.  With that said....Here is my top 10 list for Mattel Basics...

1. Ultimate Warrior in blue-  Wow...This was his Wrestlemania 4 gear when he fought Hercules.  I love this look.  My figure fed desperately needs him as the NWO is running roughshod over everyone.

2. Bret Hart- Bret Hart is my favorite wrestler of all time.  Love his work.  I watch his matches alot.  Gotta have this one.  I am using the Toybiz one right now as a heel in the NWO.  Gotta get this one to join with Warrior as a face to fight against Hogan and crew.

3. Eddie Guerrero in black- He would join my NWO...

4. Steve Austin- He would join with the Warrior and Bret as a united front against the NWO.

5. Booker T- I have the Toybiz one in a tag team called Harlem Heat with Jakks Jacqueline as their manager.  I would love to have this figure to break out on his own.

6. Randy Savage- I have the Toybiz one also as a heel with the NWO.  Gotta get this figure so he can join the United Front.

7. John Cena-  Yup...There are MILLIONS of this guy out and I do not have one.  Cannot find the guy in Mexico.  Well I cannot really find ANY in Mexico but...

8. Ted Dibiase- He would fund the United Front...But since he was in series frickin 1, I will probably never own him in this lifetime...

9. Brock Lesnar- Gotta have Brock.  A pure tank.  He would steamroll over everyone.

10. Hart Dynasty- I would have Bret eventually form the Hart Foundation with them.  

So that is it.  I really do not have ANY Mattel WWE basics but these would be at the top of the list.  As you can see...Mexico sucks for toys.  I am still playing with my Toybiz ones and they were released 13 years ago...

My hatred of LEGO and how it could be redeemed...

Yeah I admit it.  I just do not like Lego.  Baby toys to be sure.  It is a pain in the arse trying to assemble them together.  IT is frustrating...And then...Ya cannot really play with them like you can a good ole Action figure...  But here is where I come out of the closet....I COULD be redeemed....How you say?  IF Lego went back in time and re released these....

Oh yeah!  I am talking FABULAND!

I had quite a few of these when I was a tyke.  

They didn't seem to be lego to me although I know they were.  

They just seemed to be from another place!  Simple and effective.  They really remind me of the Books SWEET PICKLES come to life!

But then again I might not collect.  I have such a full plate already.  But this would be awfully tempting...I mean hell everything is getting repopped lately....why not these?

Where's the Beef?

Really?  Where's the beef bubblegum?  I have to have this!  The entire box!  OMG!  For some reason I love this little old lady.  I loved the ad campaign even more.  Hell who didn't back then?

She passed away a year and a few months after Wrestlemania 2.  She and Herb the ad guy from Burger King were in attendance.  I HOPE McMahon puts her in the hall of fame one day.  Wendy's sure did screw this lady out of ALOT of money after single handedly saving their sorry ass.

Ain't she pretty?  I am going to put this on front of a T shirt I will make here in Mexico.

I will put this image on the back of the shirt.

The above is Herb from Burger King's heyday of good ads.

His name was John Menkin.  My Uncle in Atlanta swore that he put this guy up....Meaning he rented a room from my Uncle.  I kind of doubt it but one never knows.

  I am going to do a Herb shirt too!

Oh it will be epic I assure you.  I have 8 shirts I am doing right now and hope to show them off one day soon.

FIGURES TOY COMPANY HAS ENTIRE DC LICENSE!

I was a child of the seventies.  Born in 72 mind you.  I was right at the end of the Mego line.  Had Spidey, Hulk, Cap, Batman, Robin, Joker, Penguin, IronMan, Conan and that was it.  Never owned anyone else.  There was this comic at Lionel Playworld that I picked up once.

This was it!  Superhero Catalog number 2.  I spent hours pouring over the drawings of REAL products inside this thing.  Real products like this...

The Mego figures themselves!  AND their vehicles...And playsets too.  They all came from some place in New Jersey called HeroesWorld.  In fact one of their last orders before they went out of business was ME ordering IronMan and Conan.  Then they closed shop.   The Megos were out of business too.  Star Wars fever had struck me but I still loved the Megos I had.  Throughout the years I would always look at the auctions for Megos on Ebay but never bought.  Could never justify spending $400 on one action figure.  

So it really bowled me over to find out not only did Figures toy Company who I did do business with over 10 years ago buying their wrestling figures, got the Batman 1966 line and the Mego Batman line has just announced they got the ENTIRE DC line!  ALL of the vehicles above will be done again.  ALL playsets will be done again.  WHOA!  What is old is new again folks.

The ENTIRE DC line!!!!  So frickin cool.

I gotta tell you I am really excited.  I do not know if I will ever be able to afford any of these but it is nice to dream about it.

I missed out of the Mego Star Trek AND the new EMCE Star Trek...Hell those are about the same prices as REAL Megos are now!  The prices for these are insane.  They need to release these again too.

But then my thoughts dwell on Marvel....Will they get that license?  I am missing my old Megos...