Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Playmobil Haunted Ruin

 

I've admired Playmobil for quite some time but never bought anything from them until seeing this Haunted Ruin promo pack set at a deep discount. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I figured this would make a great a great display for the season. The enormous pile of parts I dumped out of the box kind of surprised me! There were a few stickers to place, which always intimidates me a bit, but I managed those perfectly in spite of myself.



There are several glow-in-the-dark elements in this set, which is impressive in size and absolutely packed with accessories. The three figures all have a lot of personality: a vampire, a gentleman in Victorian dress who seems to be in charge of the laboratory, and a green Frankenstein's Monster type. I'm delighted with the all-around play value!








The front of the castle ruins is presentable, but the interior 
with all its contents is really the side to be displayed ...



I also picked up this Halloween Ghost Warrior pack that came packed in a jack-o-lantern from an eBay seller, as well as a boxed Special Plus Dracula on sale from Playmobil direct while ordering my Haunted Ruin set...





Now there are a couple extra spooks in my Haunted Ruin for the season ...!

More Later- Happy Halloween!

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Loyal Subjects Thundercats Lion-O & Tygra


Related to my last post involving Thundercats, I've recently become infatuated with Loyal Subjects mini figures, picking up this Lion-O and Tygra from an eBay seller. I'd been amassing a modest collection of Loyal Subjects MOTU figures and stumbled upon these two. I'm delighted by the articulation and accessories on this line of 3.25" figures- no knee or elbow articulation, but they do have wrist, ankle, and waist swivels, and ball-jointed limbs and neck. Surprisingly expressive!



Below, Loyal Subjects Lion-O and Tygra with my Super 7 Deluxe Lion-O and Tygra...



More Later- Make It FUN!

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Super 7 Deluxe Thundercats Tygra


Unfortunately, I had to buy this Deluxe Tygra from Amazon because I couldn't find a trace of him in the wild. While less expensive than the Super 7 Ultimate Editions, these more Deluxe figures with less accessories aren't exactly cheap. They are, however, beautiful figures, and I for one get exhausted juggling endless amounts of accessories and trying to keep track of them all. You get Tygra's bolo whip- that's it, and I'm fine with it. The range of articulation on these Super 7 Thundercats is very limited, but I really like their clean presentation. I'm barely a casual Thudercats fan, but Tygra is my favorite...
 



Below, Tygra with my other Deluxe Edition Thundercats figure, Lion-O, and my Super 7 "LJN Toy Version" Cheetara. Super 7 did release a Deluxe Edition Cheetara, but I'm happy enough with mine...



More Later- Make It FUN!

Sunday, August 24, 2025

More White Elephant Toyz


It's been a couple years since I picked anything up from White Elephant Toyz, the main reason being the long, long wait for Gargon, King of Monsters. The Adventure Command line is based on an obscure offshoot of the G.I.Joe line from the '70s that I have no real attachment to- but my love for larger action figures with cloth outfits and accessories like Mego attracted me to this independently produced series of action figures.
 

Gargon is a pretty faithful reproduction of Super Joe's Gor, King of the Terrons, sans the light-up chest feature the original figure had. White Elephant Toyz also produced 100 glow-in-the-dark version with hot pink accessories, but I picked up the more traditional green version. The box art really captures the look of the 1970s blister cards of the Super Joe line. Mine was a little crushed in the top corner due to a slightly misaligned construction/fit, I believe, but I'm not too precious about that. 


Gor from the Super Joe line didn't include all the accessories that Gargon does, which really make him a deluxe package. He comes with battle armor/helmet and club for warrior mode, and crown/scepter and laser pistol to battle as King Gargon. Like the Gor figure from the '70s, Gargon has pretty limited articulation- I'd have loved to have had the light-up chest, but that must have been cost prohibitive for such a boutique line of figures.


Gargon's shade of green goes perfectly with my Adventure Command Darkon ...!



I picked up a couple Adventure Command Science Division figures as well with the new jumpsuits, a Science Officer (green) and Mission Specialist (red). They both included nifty clear plastic amulets, pistols and knives. Love the vibrant colors on these figures...





Below, my Adventure Command team assembled with my Science officer and Mission Specialist- my first group of Super Joe Unlimited soldiersSilver Edition CommanderAgent-X2 Synthetic Humanoids and Atomic Mike... Be sure to visit 3DSuperJoes.com to see the original Super Joes like from '77-'78!



This Frightful Fiends Teenage Bog Monster is in a slightly different scale than the Adventure Command figures, but he'll fit in great with my Mego Horror figures. I know White Elephant produced a Mummy figure, and I did pick up a Lincoln Dracula and Frankenstein last year, but I'm usure if they produced all the figures featured on the cross-sell illustration on the back of the box.



...of course this Teenage Bog Monster glows in the dark ...!


Teenage Bog Monster with my Mego Creature form the Black Lagoon ...


And finally, I picked up an Atomic Apeman, also on the 1/9 scale "Type S" body like the Teenage Bog Monster. I actually have a few contemporary Mego Planet of the Apes figures in storage, a couple in this soldier uniform. There are several versions on White Elephant's website, but I liked "Gravitron's" blue hair!


Gravitron was bagged with Adventure Command accessories that he holds perhaps more securely than the slightly larger figures, and of course he glows in the dark- a feature I never tire of. What a fun action figure! I can imagine Gravitron was transformed by the same atomic waves that give the Teenage Bog Monster his glow, and that he is the boy's protector!




More Later- Make It FUN!