LEGO Series 10 Blind Bags 15/16 figures

Here are 15/16 of the series 10 minifigures. I am only missing the Mechanic. All in all it was a pretty cool series with some great, stand out characters!

LEGO Series 10 Blind Bag Toys

I've very publicly, and on numerous occasions, admitted to being addicted to these blind bagged LEGO minifigures. I've purchased 13 blind bags and gotten zero duplicates! My most recent scores came last night. I grabbed the Skydiver (who is super LOLZY with that facial expression), the Roman Soldier (who's just cool), and Grandpa (who i really wanted for reasons I can't explain). 

LEGO Series 10 Bling Bag Minifigures!

The ever popular blind bagged LEGO minifigures have reached their 10th wave and there are certainly some cool characters to commemorate this wave!

The Sad Clown and Bumble Bee Girl are two of my favorites from the wave....

Xena (thats' not really her name) the Warrior Princess and Medusa are two other highlights from this great series of mini figs.

I guess this is a Continental Army soldier. He's pretty cool and carries a nice musket.

I was lucky, I bought 7 packs and didn't get any duplicates. I did, however, get these two. Pretty unexciting if ya ask me. A librarian and a teen age chick with a cell phone and a puppy. These were the "eh" pair from my haul. But I really can't complain. Got all the ones I wanted and no dups!

There is also a rare 17th figure called "Mr. Gold" who is limited to only 5,000. Several are listed on ebay for crazy amounts!

Toy Spotlight - LEGO Series 7 Hippie

This guy is pretty awesome.

What a smoothie!

Nerd Nook Newbies

Welcome to another edition of Nerd Nook Newbies!

This will be  a quick one. As most people who have read my blog in the past know, I have been collecting LEGO minifigures. I pretty much check eBay every once in a while and buy the cheap ones I want from sellers who do free shipping. Here are my latest additions.......(next week's Newbies should be a bit more exicting....not that LEGOs aren't!)

Blind Bag Series 5 - Small Clown

He is half the size of most mini figs and holding a cream pie....what's not to love???

Still after the series one Clown (getting series one as a whole soon....hint hint hint)

Series 5 - Egyptian Queen (Cleopatra)

She is pretty cool. I mainly got her to complete the set when I score the Egyptian Pharaoh.

Finally (I said quick remember?) Series 4 - Viking

 This guy completed.....

........this couple....and just in time for Valentine's Day!

This week's LEGO Newbies.....

 I did pick up one other new item to add to my advertising icons collections.

  Count Chocula "Switch Helper" cereal premium

It was meant to be hung over your light switch to help you find it by glowing in the dark. This was a cereal box premium from the mid 70s. I want to collect them all, but they are pretty rare. Luckily...I'm in no hurry! Still haven't decided if I wanna put the old Count to use on my man cave light switch!

Here is an example of a box from decades ago that had these inside as treats for eager cereal lovers!

So that's about that. Hope you enjoyed checking out my new additions to the Nerd Nook!

Toy Spotlight - LEGO

No surprise here, another LEGO toy spotlight. I am officially hooked on these blind bagged minifigures. They are releasing some really neat characters and this big kid is having fun collecting and displaying them. The best part is they are pretty cheap so I'm having fun without breaking the bank.

 Some series 9 favorites....

Series 9 was great. It saw the release of some really cool characters. Well series 10 looks like it won't disappoint either. They have released a list of characters and pictures of each. What's extra cool about wave ten is the addition of a 17th character (all previous waves had 16). I supposes it's a way to commemorate the tenth wave....who knows.....but there will be a limited GOLD minifigure included with series 10 that, according to sources, will be limited to 5,000. I will most certainly need to get my hands on one of those!

Toy Spotlight - Man of Steel

As you can imagine the Man of Steel merchandise is slowly but surely beginning to roll out in anticipation of the movie's release this spring. This weekend these images were released of some pretty incredible looking action figures, a Lego playset, and some pretty lolzy Funko figures.

This figure looks pretty sweet. I personally dig the new costume and they absolutely nailed Henry Cavill's features in this face sculpt. 

They did Russell Crowe proud with this amazing likeness of him portraying Jor-El, Superman's Kryptonian father.

A pretty sweet looking General Zod figure. I'm stoked that they chose him as the first villain to launch this new franchise. Superman needs a formidable foe, one who can match his great powers. Don't get me wrong, I love Lex Luthor....but this will definitely freshen things up a bit! So psyched for this movie!

These Funkos are really fun takes on so many iconic characters. They once again nailed it with these two.

Finally, they have also released this picture showing an upcoming Man of Steel Lego set.

Anyone who has been reading my blog lately knows that I really enjoy Lego, especially the minifigures. This set looks like it will be a cost friendly way to score the two main minfigures from this movie!

 

For now that's it. But I'm sure as the movie's release gets closer more and more Man of Steel  merchandise will continue to pop up. I really like those action figures but probably won't end up with any. With all the awesome stuff set to come out it is tough to decide what to collect and what to pass on. I'm still on the fence with the Star Wars Black Series. All this stuff just looks so awesome......I digress.

"Not God......Zod!!!"

Winter Fever Toy Show

So today I attended the Winter Fever Toy Show in New Jersey. I was really looking forward to this as I have been itching to attend a show since the last one I went to way back in early October. I was even more excited given the fact that it was a Toy Show! 

I saw some recognizable people, some from Hollywood Heroes and others from AMC's Comic Book Men. I didn't buy a whole lot but really enjoyed looking at all the awesome vintage toys each vendor had.

Old Board Games and carded vintage Star Wars figures

 

Old school cars and trucks

 

I had fun digging through loads of stashes just like this one!

 

There was loads of vintage Star Wars goodies.

 

Great assortment in this case!

 

I liked scoping these random displays with all kinds of stuff.

 

Lego of course! The top section were all super cool customs! Check out Cheetara in the upper front row!

 

This guy had an awesome selection of carded vintage Star Wars.

 

Another shelf chock full or random goodness.

 

Some old school Megos.

 

This guy some really cool stuff including a Mego Batmobile mint in box, that I really wanted but ultimately passed on due to the price tag =(

 

A cool assortment of monster items.

 

There were tons of vendors at this show. I'll definitely be going back.

 

Lol, a Pee Wee's playset! I'm not ashamed to admit I loved this show as a kid. "If you hear the secret word, scream real loud!"

Phew, that was quite a bit of picture taking! Now onto my haul. I have recently made it my goal to streamline my collection. I resisted the temptation to buy all the stuff that I thought was cool just because it was cool and nostalgic (like vintage TMNT, Masters of the Universe, Thundercats and more!). I focused on buying items that fit into the collections I am currently working on.

 

Legos of course. Most of these are from series 2 which was a few series back. These guys go for a good few bucks on ebay and I snagged all of these for a pretty sweet deal.

I'm currently working on a loose set of vintage Star Wars, and I snagged these guys on the cheap! Ghost of Anikin, 1977 Obi Wan, 1977 Tusken Raider, and 1977 R2-D2. All original and complete!

So that does it for my recap of the Winter Fever Toy Show. It was well worth the 6 bucks for admission. I had a great time with my buddy looking back on some truly awesome toys. Now I'm off to my in-laws for some home made beef stew. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday!

Nerd Nook Newbies

Welcome to this week's installment of Nerd Nook Newbies. I must admit, I have really gotten into these Lego Blind Bag characters. They are coming out with some really fun and clever figures! Having always loved Legos (especially the minifigures) and this "bump method" for identifying the characters inside, beginning a collection of these was a pretty easy choice.

 Black Knight (series 7) Grey Knight (series 9)

These guys look cool displayed opposite one another.

Deep Sea Diver (series 8), Tarzan (series 7), Judge (Series 9), Rabbit Costume (series 7)

Like I said, these are just plain fun to collect.

Vampire Bat (series 8), Evil Robot (series 8)

I definitely want to get the monster related characters released so far. The vampire bat is way cool! Other minifigures I am actively pursuing are the two clowns released so far...too lolzy to pass up!

The only other newbie this week rounds out one of my collections.....

Scored the last of the 70's vinyl ad icons I was after...Boo Berry!

These were cereal premiums nearly 40 years ago. I finally have all four monsters....

Boo Berry, Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Fruit Brute (discontinued in the early 80s)

Here are the current 3 monsters with their modern Funko counterparts.

So that does it for this week's Newbies. Like I said in a few blogs, I am totally loving these Lego minifigures! I'm also pretty psyched to have finished my 70s vinyl ad icons collection. I do, however, have my site's set on some of the vintage items relating to these characters.

"the circle is now complete".