http://fairplaythings.com/blog Toy musings from fairplaythings.com Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:49:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A more fulsome evaluation of what was DC Universe Classics and DC Club Infinite Earths - good and bad - is forthcoming. In the meantime, it was important to respond to the latest outrage from Scott "Toy Guru" Neitlich promptly and properly, so I offer the following in response. Mr. President, I ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4822 Trying something different over here at the blog. A bit of a commercial interlude, as it were. My nephew is retiring a chunk of his Transformer collection and has recruited me to assist in their repatriation to new homes. To facilitate things, I've taken pictures and provided descriptions and prices to ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4809 So coming on the beginning of week three and hindered by technical (loss of internet connectivity) and other issues (laziness, photoshop requirements), we launch the second part of week two with Day 9's Machine Wars Soundwave. The theme for the week is re-imagination and what a better way to show ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4790 Behind on week two of Transformers to the Basement. Partly it is because I'm just back from work business and lacking preparation time. Partly it is laziness. In the meantime, enjoy a good shot of what I found tonight at Value Village. Seriously! Yes, some parts (both body and accessory) are ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4777 Preamble: There is (or rather was) no better way to start than to launch right into Day 8's Generations Hoist. I say is because Hoist arrived this week and is the first of the new Generations figures I have been able to obtain and open. I say was because the ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4767 So with limited adieu, here we begin our new segment, Transformers of the Basement, Week One: The New Recruits. [caption id="attachment_4753" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Day 1 - Construct-Bots Hound, 2013"][/caption] Day 1's Construct-Bot Hound arrival on my door step on January 1, 2014, signaled the arrival of a new toy year. When Construct-Bots ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4751 Hello faithful viewers... But wait, what's that echo I hear? Is that really the sound that a 17+ month absence makes, ricocheting off the walls like so much silence? Sadly, I fear it is just that. 2012 wasn't turning in the most poignant or pervasive of blogging years, but when I took ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4747 So just back from the Dark Knight Rises, and I don't know what to think other than I liked it despite itself. Really it was when Bane came into view in Gotham that the movie started to come together, the previous 30 - 45 minutes seemingly oddly rough, choppy and ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4745 One of the things I like to do when I have projects is make a visual list so that I can have a tangible reminder of what I actually have to do. Otherwise - forget until I'm lying in bed and I remember like a punch in ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4743 In an interesting turn of events, Ms. Cheung and I are swapping custom toys. I'm working up a Munny-ized version of Transformers: Prime Ratchet, and she's working up a Plush Tigatron for me. So I'm using the website to provide her with the best source material I can. And here are ... http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=4730