Toy Hunt: The Old Draft Version
This post is a little old, but since it was mostly written and laying unused and unloved I thought I’d give it a new lease on life. Anyway, here goes:
The other day when I got good news in regards to being employed I decided to go on my first Toy Hunt in a long time. It was a good old fashioned hunt, one where I went to five stores in the hopes of finding some sweet toy action.
The only place I found anything good was at Toys R Us. Apparently, they had just gotten in a shipment of DC Universe Classics figures. It’s the only explanation for there being so many of them on the shelves, unless all the legion of scalpers in the area were having a board meeting or something. I was ultra excited that I could pick up a Flash figure for a friend who had wanted him awful bad.
The only thing I found for myself was the G.I. Joe comic two pack featuring “Shockblast”, or rather Shockwave, and Pilot Destro. Shockwave is great, but he seriously needs more weapons. The original came with a cool backpack that had a removable knife, while this one gets a couple of pistols. It would have been nice if he came with a shotgun and (in my dreams) a riot shield. “Shockblast” does get is a great assortment of hats, though. You get his cool looking baseball hat, a tactical helmet, and a wicked as hell gas mask.
The lack of weapons could easily be solved by purchasing extra guns from a place like Marauder “Gun-Runners.” In fact, Shockblast is the character most likely out of all my toys to get some of the more realistic weapons,since he’s the closest thing to an actual military or police figure that I own.
The Pilot Destro is certainly interesting. He’s got some cool chest armor, but what’s with his backpack with the tubes that run to his arm or the friggen steel boot claws? This is certainly the type of figure that makes it into my sell or giveaway pile. Anyone want him?
March 9th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
congrats on the new job, Paul, hope things turn for the better for you.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:58 am
Agreed, may your new job involve lots of cleavage and a broken air condition making it uncomfortably warm enough to encourage said cleavage.
And dammit, I need The Flash! I keep finding Kid Flash. Damn you Bart/Wally!
March 10th, 2009 at 4:10 am
I want your Destro.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
I just can’t get excited about that pilot Destro figure. If he didn’t have that weird contraption around his neck I might want one but, as he is, I just think Destro doesn’t look all that great.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I am not likin a lot of these or the movie toys so far…roll on Hall of Heroes.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:40 am
If the colors on Blastwave were darker, I would have bought him when I saw this set. But I agree, Destro leaves me cold…