League of Extraordinary Bloggers Weekly Theme: Hollywood Memorabilia

Our good friend Brian over at Cool & Collected has started up a brilliant new blog series where he throws out a subject and all of us who have taken up the banner of The League of Extraordinary Bloggers write a little something about that weeks subject.

I, for one, am all in, so expect to see this new feature every week right here in The Lair.

This week's topic: You have an unlimited budget and space is not a problem. What piece of Hollywood memorabilia would you want hanging around in your batcave?

Holy difficult decisions! I have to be honest and admit that this subject caused me to lose sleep. Ever since I was a kid, i have been compiling a list of items from movies and TV that I wish I actually owned. But I always pined for the actual fantasy versions of such items, such as real working lightsabers or the ship from The Last Startfighter.

But I imagine that this week's assignment is more about Hollywood props, so I have to keep things realistic. But then again, Brian has given a ton of room with the unlimited budget and space. This set me off down the road of imagination littered with such geeky delights as a life-size replica of the Millennium Falcon. But that even seemed too over the top for me.

So I have decided to imagine that I have won a considerable amount of moola in the lottery, so I am limited to at most 100 million, and I have also limited myself to a more realistic amount of space, such as what may be found on the property of a millionaire's home.

That's why I have chosen to have a special 5 car garage filled with my top 5 replica vehicles from movies and TV.

And those 5 vehicles are as follows:

1. The General Lee

2. The 1966 Batmobile

3. The Ecto-1

4. The Back to the Future Delorean

5. The A-Team Van

Yes, I know I'm cheating a bit by picking 5 things, but I'm looking at the entire garage filled with these vehicles as sort of one big thing. Also, yes, I said replicas. The thought of owning one of the original pieces used in the actual movie or TV show just turns my stomach. What if I crashed one of them? This way, if I have replicas, I'm not afraid to drive the Batmobile in Comic Con parades or take the General Lee out for a spin on some country dirt road or go get groceries in the A-Team van.

And I know I left out some killer rides, and I was pretty close to including such four-wheeled beauties as the Mystery Machine and the Munster's Koach, but I had to put some sort of parameters on the list or else I would have gone crazy and the next thing you know, the list would be 100 vehicles long and contain such cars as Garth's Pacer from Wayne's World.

But anyhoo, there it is, my first post for The League of Extraordinary Bloggers. I can't wait to see how this series progresses! Thanks to Brian over at Cool & Collected for coming up with this.

See you all next time.

Please see the complete list of posts from the Extraordinary League of Bloggers and show their blogs some love. Thanks!

(By the way, I stole all of these pics from various sites on the internet and then forgot to bookmark where I found them, so if I stole your pic and you'd like me to add a credit or link or just take it down, no problemo. My bad.)

Vintage Star Wars Thursday!

Tales from the 25¢ Bin!

It's time again for Tales from the 25¢ Bin, where I basically show off my spoils from a recent dive into the cheap-o bin at my favorite local used book store. There's nothing like digging through the stacks for some hidden gems, toting a pile up to the cash register and then walking out only $2.50 poorer. Life is good for cheapskate comic nerds like me.


Here we go...


First up, we have Adventure Comics #1. No idea about this one. Just thought it looked cool and for a quarter it could be pretty cool, especially since I'm getting into learning more about DC characters these days.

Next we have an issue of Batman back when Jason Todd was still alive (and I don't count this HUSH/Red Hood crap, dead is dead, damn it). This was apparently back in Jason's throwing-people-off-roofs phase.

Here we have a few issue of G.I. Joe. I loved this series back in the day (as well as the toys and cartoon), and scoring a couple of issues with my numero uno favorite Joe member on the cover is pretty dope. I also have distinctly fond memories of this issue of Special Missions. I remember that it came out the summer after 8th grade just before my comic collecting would go on hiatus for most of my high school years, due mostly to the fact that all of my comics got thrown out in the Forced Purge of '87. This was one of the last comics I ever bought before they all went into the dumpster.

Here we have a one shot from Dan Brereton, who is a hell of a guy (I met him at Emerald City Comic Con a couple of years ago, and he was totally cool to chat with), and one of my favorite artists, and I'll pretty much by any comic of his that I come across. Heck, I would even have paid 50¢ for this!

And finally, the superhero that I most want to be (especially with a wife like Barda), Mister Miracle! Frankly, I think I already have these issues, but for 25¢, I grabbed them anyway, just in case.

So that's it for this latest score! Keep your peepers peeped for more upcoming Tales from the 25¢ Bin!

Collection Dump! Spider-Man Edition!

I've been cleaning up the Dork Horde HQ (aka The Nerdatorium) lately and storing away some toys, but before they get boxed up and banished to the attic, I thought it would be wise to take pics of everything. Well, that leaves me with tons of pics of toys and nothing to do with them. What's that? I have a blog dedicated to all manner of nerdy stuff such as toys? By Stan Lee's mustache, you're right! Well then, get your eyeballs ready for a big, fat collection dump!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Lair of the Dork Horde!

This is the official first post to take place in the hallowed halls of the Lair of the Dork Horde.

Who is the Dork Horde, you ask? Well, chances are, you are if you're reading this blog. Dork Horders (a phrase coined by my good friend, Matt Kushner) are any member of that seething mass of fanboys and geek-girls that dedicate their lives to spreading the joy of comics, toys, gaming, movies, books and any other pop cultural geeky outlet, throughout the unsuspecting world.

I am stepping up as the high priest of this coalition, donning the mantle of the Lord of Dorkness. I proudly wear the black mask and hood of the Horde, declaring to the world that my dorkiness shall spread across the lands like the falling of the night. 

So get ready to join the cult of the Dork Horde.

We are everywhere.

We are legion.

We are dorks.

G.I. Joe Renegades Snake Eyes!

I don't have a whole lot of time to blog right now, but I did take these pics of this G.I. Joe Renegades Snake Eyes figure that I bought a while back (in fact, I bought two, one to give away in the 2011 Nativity Contest), so I thought I'd at least post them with a couple of quick thoughts.

First of all, it seems that I have a hard time not buying a Snake Eyes figure every time a new one comes out. I probably have 20 different ones (which I need to dig out and take pics of) and I rarely skip one (although that spinning-kick silliness from last year got passed up). And considering how much I've been LOVING the new G.I. Joe Renegades cartoon, I just knew that I was going to love this figure.

Boy, was I wrong.

Don't get me wrong, the sculpt is wicked cool and the articulation is to die for, but there were a few things that started to rub me wrong about the figure once I opened it.

The first thing that bugged me was that his colors seem off. He more like this deep bluish-gray and I tend to picture him in mostly (if not all) black. And the second thing that sort of got my goat was the fact that his weapons were all molded in the same flat, bland gray, not to mention the fact that he came with the world's stupidest-looking pistol (not pictures, that's how much I hated it).

Oh well. I don't want to sound like a Debbie Downer, but this figure just came off as a bit "meh" to me. Which kinda sucks because this is probably the last G.I. Joe figure I'll be buying (due to some upcoming major changes in my collecting habits) and I guess I would have preferred to go out with a bang. Such is life.

So, to cheer myself up, I tossed his weapons to the side and gave him a puppy. There! That's better!

Vintage Star Wars Thursday!

Random Toy Pic #51

Mini Domo Gashapon!

I love me some vending machine toys (known as "gashapon" in Japan), and since my company has landed the Domo license, I've been paying extra attention to the little brown weirdo, so imagine my joy when I spotted these adorable Domo charms in a gumball machine at my local grocery store...

These little nutballs are all of 50¢ each, and it started out all innocent by plunking in a couple of quarters if I got it back in change when buying my usual Hot Pockets and Pringles, but it soon evolved into me making sure I had some extra quarters in my pocket to better my odds of getting Domos that I needed.


But come on, look how cute they are. Can you blame me?

 

In fact, I'll be heading up the store for lunch today. Better load up with quarters. :)

Vintage Star Wars Thursdays!

Random Toy Pic #50!