MOTU Origins DLX | Battle Armor Skeletor

When you talk about major baddies in an animated series there’s nothing like Skeletor, the dark lord of destruction. But of course due to TV ratings and making it kid-friendly they made him a bumbling heap of comedy in the Filmation produced animation that put the Masters of the Universe franchise into the stratosphere for the general public to take notice to know more about his backastory. The characterization was for intent ‘for kids’ but there are depictions of him being this terrible baddie, and not just about calling King Randor a ‘boob’ as the toys came with mini-comics that paints Skeletor as this evil monster from another dimension. This kept those kids that are now adults excited and curious that the action figures a must have for their collection.

Temple of Darkness | Sorceress

Masters of the Universe is one of the popular 1980s franchise is currently is at its peak of its revival due to being represented in their current retro play featuring their MOTU Origins toyline that takes inspiration from the vintage 5.5 vintage action figures. Despite the mix reaction to the Netflix animation series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation the popularity of the toyline continue to entice old and new collectors to the local mass market toy isle. Recently, I acquired a major playset in Castle Grayskull from the Origins toyline that plays an important role to MOTU mythology, which also includes an exclusive action figure that is the “Temple of Darkness” Sorceress.

Snap Squad | The Bite of Velociraptor Blue

02.21.2020 – If you’re into collecting dinosaurs chances are you’ve seen all the Jurassic Park films and its current series of movies with Jurassic World with the recent sequel Fallen Kingdom that was shown in cinemas back in 2018. Mattel has rolled out action figures, vehicles, playsets based on the recent films. Since fans are waiting for the third one there has been some ‘toy spinoffs’ to keep collectors and fans wanting more dino merchandise. Last year there were these super deformed versions of the dinosaurs that appeared in the films and it was insanely adorably a must have and I only noticed them sometime middle of 2019.

HW Experimotors | Emoticar

07.17.2018 – Just in time for ‘World Emoji Day,” here’s is Hot Wheels version of that expressive character that you use on your mobile phones or when you’re chatting with someone. Mattel’s iconic brand in Hot Wheels has been producing obscure and sometimes interesting cars to keep up with the times. There have probably thousands or even millions of variations of diecast cars that they produced. For 2017, Hot Wheels has introduced the Emoticar similar to the Emoji, which is an expressive at the same time interesting diecast car. Just like its expressive Emoji, the Emoticar has expression on its own. But you’ll be surprised further why this car needs your affection for anyone who casually find this car interesting. You’ll probably get an idea this is why its named the Emoticar.

Toy Photography: Go! Speed Racer!

06.28.2009 - I've never been a fan of the old Anime Speed Racer until I saw the live action film last year. Though they say the film was a bomb at the tills you can't ignore the Wachowski Brothers for making the effort bringing it to the big screen.

Unfortunately it wasn't as expected but for those who are fans of this series. Regardless if it sucked in the movies the anime is still part of Pop Culture. Dare I say I like the die cast cars already.

This photo was taken on June 21st somewhere in Greenbelt 5 using Canon Powershot A430 on super macro mode.

I just this perspective.

Toy Photography: Wild, Wet, & Drive.

06.01.2009 - Early midnight the Mach 6 went on a test drive. It was raining but Speed won't let up his practice run. He would push the engines under these weather conditions just to see it would make or break the car.

Of course figure of imagination runs wild when your doing Toy Photography in the rain. An actual weather condition where it was drizzling.

Photo taken using Canon Power Shot A430 set to super macro settings.