Monster Mags #14: Non-Sport Update Vol. 16, #4 (2005)

 

Domo Arigato - Toys From Japan

Michael Jones runs the incredibly cool blog My Two Yen Worth. He lives in Japan and we occasionally send each other stuff. The last time was in January 2013. You can read about that here.

A month or so ago he sent me another box of Japanese goodies. Check it out --

He knows of my love for the Incredible Hulk and, boy, did he come through with some great Japanese Hulk toys! Wow!

Some really cool Star Wars stuff. I love it!

I was wondering why he sent me this baby sock. First of all, it's not a sock. It's some sort of bottle cozy. And it was full of little Star Wars stickers! Yay!

Japanese movie programs from the two Hulk movies, The Avengers and Godzilla: Final Wars.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon holding Pepsi Man's limp body bottle caps.

 Avengers bag.

Spider-Man and Wolverine.

And some stuff with characters I don't know. :)

Memorial Day Flea Market Finds

I spent a few hours of my Memorial Day like I usually do. At the Hartville MarketPlace and Flea Market. I love this place! Here's what I picked up --

This guy had two tables piled with tons of little toys and other misc. junk. Everything was 25¢ each. I dug through it all and came away with these. I believe they are vintage 1978 Tim Mee Toys Galaxy Laser Team figures. I've read about them online before and always thought they looked neat. I've never owned any until now. I also got a couple of my favorite (non) dinosaur, the Dimetrodon!

There were 10 packs of 1984's A Nightmare On Elm Street stickers in the box. The dealer said he'd sell them to me for $7.00 and throw in the box. I couldn't pass up that deal. Now I need to find the sticker book to put them in. I also picked up another Dimetrodon. This one is a McDonald's Diener dinosaur.

For $3.00 I got this 1978 Eegee Dolly Parton action figure (it's not a doll damnit!).

One of my favorite finds is this unsharpened 1978 Incredible Hulk pencil. It was only a buck! It's a great addition to my vintage Hulk collection.

I'm slowly rebuilding my Smurf army. I sold most of my Smurf collection back in the 1990s. These were $1.00 each.

Another seller had a bunch of different little PVC figures for $3.00 each or two for $5.00. That's a little more than I like to spend on these. But, I paid the extra because these were Halloween themed.

Dinosaurs Big Songs CD from 1992 for $2.00. I can't wait to listen to this! "Not the mama!"

And lastly a Marvel Comics cardboard box for $5.00 that the seller thinks was from the early 1990s and used to have some kind of collector's kit in it. I just liked the old school graphics on it. He also had a huge stack of this April 1978 issue of Marvel's Pizzazz magazine for a dollar each. I bought one for and one for my brother.

Heimdall

My local Dollar Tree store still had packs of Thor trading cards from 2011. So I thought "what the heck" and bought three packs for a buck each. One pack had this Heimdall costume memorabilia card! Score!

Wizard World Cleveland Comic Con Review

I finally finished my review of Wizard World Cleveland that I attended exactly one month ago today.

I had a great at Wizard World Cleveland. I really enjoy going to shows like, I just wish it didn't cost so much. I did manage to stay for the whole nine hours. Here's my highlights of the show --

The number one reason I wanted to go was to meet Robert Englund and he didn't disappoint. Great guy, I really enjoyed meeting him.

I also met comic book writer Danny Fingeroth and had him autograph a couple of comics that he wrote.

I already had this comic autographed by cover artist Mike Zeck last year at Akron Comicon.

Had a couple pages from my Hulk 100 Project book autographed by artists Greg Horn and Stuart Sayger.

An autographed ad sheet from writer Tony Isabella.

I met one of my favorite cosplayers Knightmage dressed as Kratos and had him autograph a picture of himself dressed as Barbarian Hulk.

Paul Forest (aka Spock Vegas) appears at pretty much every comic con in North America. He charges $2.00 to take his picture, but it goes to charity.

I snuck a few photos of stars I couldn't afford to get autographs from. Chloe Bennet, Brent Spiner, Michael Rooker and Elizabeth Henstridge.

Jurassic Park jeep and the Batmobile.

Some Star Wars folks.

The crowd!

Cosplayers!

Space Marine

Mortal Combat

The Apocalyptic Mystery Gang

Nebula and Gamora

T Rex

Yondu

Mysterio

Headless Horseman

Some comic books that are a little out of my reach.

Here's the the stuff I picked up.

Funko Pop!s

Funko Horror Classics Series 2 Mystery Minis

Funko Science Fiction Series Two Mystery Minis

A bunch of Hulk bootLegos. I don't remember ever seeing a yellow Hulk.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens trading cards

Movie programs from the 1970s and 1980s

Jarvis is my co-pilot pin. Free geek pin and a free University Hospitals lightsaber/flashlight.

Some free promo cards.