Toyfare Impressions: Good, bad, and to the Max!
While coming up with regular update ideas for Toy Bender, I thought about what I liked on other online journals (blogs for you plebeians). Since Comics Should Be Good! is one of my favorites, I’m going to semi-rip them off. Hopefully, they won’t smash my beautiful face with their super powered fists of steel.
This update is really for those toy collectors that subscribe or otherwise purchase (or in my case leech off my roommate) copies of Wizard’s Toyfare, which is in my opinion one of the greatest toy collecting publications out there. What I’ll do is go through the most recent issue of Toyfare, write down what I like or dislike, and share it with you. What I really like about this is that it can be an interactive experience for the both of us. Kind of like cyber sex, except neither of us has to pretend to be the girl.
So grab the December copy of Toyfare so you can play along!
Opposite Inside Cover: Here’s a full page ad for the Cloak and Dagger Marvel Select figures. I saw these in comic shop thought they kicked ass to the max like a Mountain Dew commercial with dinosaurs doing the Dew instead of snowboarding hipsters.
Page 10: Oh goody, the fake news crap pages. Is it just me or is the Onion rip off section shorter this month? Thank god. Although, I do have to say this is another great horoscope provided by Crystal Ball from G.I. Joe again. I’m glad he found a job after Cobra.
Page 17: Now that’s Bat-armor! Hell, all the figures with armor look awesome in this section. Is it just me or does Aquaman kind of look like a chick in his bad ass armor? And when did Nightwing become a female? Silly DC and their constantly recycling hero names.
Page 20: Now this Galactus stature is an actual Marvel Legends Masterworks that I’d actually want. Sweet penguins in heat! (I just made that up. Feel free to use it) The stature of Cap putting the smack down on the Red Skull is wicked cool as well.
Page 22: Wow, if Colossus means Kitty Pryde in that joke… Just wow.
Page 31: How’d Power Rangers get in Toyfare? What’s next? A Go-bot section? Get these lame jerks out of here!
Page 37: Check out the awesome Rocky & Bullwinkle figures. Nice to see the main moose get some loving.
Page 39: The Kurt Cobain figure? Yeah, f-ing creepy.
Pages 41 and 42: A two page Naruto spread. I’m going to be sick.
Page 44: Oh, they have the winners of the Toyfare treasure hunt. Awesome.
Page 66: Its not really toy related, but the article about the biggest jerks in Star Wars is hilarious. Hmmm, Order 66 and the article starts on page 66, coincidence?
Page 80-81: The Japanese are weird. Collectable toy cell phones, for grown ups?
Pages 82-91: Another awesome, Star Trek themed Twisted Toyfare Theater.
Pages 92-93: I’m not going to ruin who the number 1 figure is for this month, but he’s purple and green and travels through time ad he’s bad ass with a capital Ass! Sad to see a stupid Buffy figure made it on the list though. When will Buffy fans be satisfied and stop buying these stupid things??
That’s all for now, I hope you enjoyed it. I’ll continue to do this if you do and probably even if you don’t!
toyfare, toy collecting, toys, action figures
October 19th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
I love Toyfair! Although, to be honest, I don’t buy it all that often, because I see soooo much in there that I’d like to have and can’t afford to buy it all! I haven’t picked up the December issue. Based on your, um, preview, I might have to pick it up.
Good luck on your trip!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
The only thing bad I can say about Toyfare is they never seem to point out anything bad about the figures or anything they talk about. Oh well… that’s my job, I guess!
Yes, please buy this months issue in order to play along. Maybe if I make enough people buy it, they’ll hire me to write for them hehe.
Thank you, but I hope I don’t need the luck!
October 19th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
I have three kids in the house. The last thing I need is a toy magazine lying around to set off a case of the I-wants!
October 19th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Sorry to hear about that Keith. Maybe you can treat it like porn and put it high up in the garage where the kids can’t get to it?
And is one of those 3 kids you? I know I always have to count myself in those kinds of matters.
October 20th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
ok. 4 kids. Lol. And at the moment my Eldest daughter and my son like pretty much all of the same stuff I do, Star Wars, Super Heroes, etc. So it can be pretty expensive when new toys come out.
Actually it’s in the closet, but that’s a great idea!