Category Archives: Toys

The awesome world of Toys!

Welcome December

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Steve

I was a tad absent-minded on implementing the obvious changes on my site Friday. Again, it slipped my mind which was annoying, I had the snowy header ready to go. A little nod to the horrible weather I left behind … Continue reading →

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Bully! It’s Lego President Teddy Roosevelt!

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Steve

Sunday was our first visit to the Lego Store in weeks; had to get the Women of NASA set! In many ways I missed going, especially when it comes their kiosk for building minifigs! I can’t remember what Somara was … Continue reading →

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Our Avatars are ready for Halloween

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Steve

Obviously I’m the Cyberman and Somara is Beetlejuice. We’re flanked by a Dalek, Mr. T, Buttercup and Disco Batman.

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Brickfest ’17!

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve

We attended this last Saturday to celebrate my birthday with the Derrs. It wasn’t all shopping, there were exhibits, stuff made by master builders and plenty of free-play areas. I tried my best to build a decent car in five … Continue reading →

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Hilarious “thank you” movie

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Steve

I scored these two funny ladies Star Wars action figures and so they decided to make a movie imitating Sussie from The Amazing World of Gumball to express their appreciation.

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Playmobil Concert a la Austin!

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Steve

I finally took my Playmobil Concert Stage toy out of storage and set it up in an cleared space on my desk. Then I populated the stage and crowd with every figure I could find easily (there are more I … Continue reading →

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RIP Stan Weston

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Steve

Mr. Weston passed away a couple weeks as per his obituary but any of us born after the late Fifties are very familiar with his most successful creation, GI Joe. With the runaway success of Barbie, all the toy companies (when … Continue reading →

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My new time waster

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Steve

Scored this with all my Pinballz points the night before we left for Las Vegas. I drove all the way down to the original location because the one where I earned my 90K carried just the version with Call of Duty…pass, … Continue reading →

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Playmobil customer service is awesome

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Steve

Currently, I’m building a special diorama in my cubicle at work surrounding the Playmobil rock stage I bought with my GWD winnings a couple years ago. When I discovered that the key piece, its sound and lights generator, had a … Continue reading →

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Lego Batman: Must See

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Steve

The breakout character from the hit Lego Movie stars in what will have to be the sequel until there is a second Lego Movie. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s completely the opposite, totally awesome. We get to see the Will Arnett … Continue reading →

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The Red-Headed Stranger…Willie Nelson!

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Steve

Of course it’s when Willie was younger, I’m willing to go with the Seventies before he started graying. Willie is also wearing his reading glasses because I couldn’t find a Lego head with the reddish beard in other capacity. Now … Continue reading →

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Our Lego avatars are ready for Rogue One

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Steve

Well, they’ve been ready for a few days. We saw the movie Thursday night, review coming without spoilers. Somara is dressed as Captain Andor and I am the U-Wing pilot which I found out is really General Merrick/Blue Leader. It’s … Continue reading →

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Christmas present for a friend

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Steve

My co-worker/friend Kathy is a DJ and a hoot. So for Christmas I scored some pieces from the Lego Store (namely the records and microphone), looked up some designs/pictures on the Internet of other designs and made a DJ stand for … Continue reading →

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Austin Toy Museum

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Steve

Every time I went to WizWorld, this organization brought a diorama to advertise their existence. So Somara and I finally checked the place out. It’s located downtown and on the East side of the interstate in a modest-sized building. Overall it was … Continue reading →

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Miniature Broad Street Bullies

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Steve

They finally arrived courtesy of Terra Toys! Being a toy and hockey geek along with being a completist, I ordered 18 skaters and two goalies. Then I’m ready to tear up the ice. For the opposition, they didn’t have Dallas … Continue reading →

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