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Addicted to Plastic: March 2009
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Sting Raider. I'm glad Hasbro didn't double-dip here and give us the same Copperhead figure they gave us in the Copperhead vs. Shipwreck comic pack, instead they included a Python Patrol. Version. Yes, the Python Patrol figures are ugly as sin, but for some reason I dug them back in '89 and they still fill me with some warm, gooey nostalgia. I think this may have something to do with something I call " Insecticon Syndrome. There's not really much to say about it. I wish some o...
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Addicted to Plastic: GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Flash
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Flash. Oven mitt pads over his uniform. The other Joes were carrying carbines while this guy was packin' HEAT. His card art. Suggested to me that Flash was the guy the other Joes called when it was time to bring the pain. And his codename."Flash".is there a better name for a guy who is the team laser rifle expert? I think that what I always found interesting about Flash was that, at least according to the card art, Flash looked to be easily the most sci-fi. Action Fig...
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Addicted to Plastic: April 2009
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Millennium Falcon Month, Day 5: Collector Watch Case. BONUS ITEM: If you open up the case, there's a tiny little map of the galaxy inside! Unfortunately, the Kessel Run is not marked. Millennium Falcon Month, Day 4: Taco Bell. But I have one and you don't, so there. Millennium Falcon Month, Day 3: Burger King. Yep You read that right. Burger King. I enjoy this little version of the Falcon just because it's such a different and neat little take on the ship. Millennium Falcon Month, Day 2: Titanium. Galoob...
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Addicted to Plastic: GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Breaker
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Breaker. I have said before that life in the Heavyarms household was rarely stimulated by television, so I didn't have the exposure that most other boys my age had to Transformers and GI Joe, namely, those 30 minute toy commercials claiming to be afternoon cartoons. To date, I have seen maybe. First up is Breaker, the Joe Communications specialist. Breaker's card art. The second time Breaker was included in the RAM Cycle vs Flight Pod. And my money also. GI Joe 25th A...
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Addicted to Plastic: August 2009
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Grand Slam. Here's another Original 13 member that was originally released as a vehicle driver. Well, actually he was released with the Heavy Artillery Laser. HAL), so I guess he wasn't really a "driver." Except for a different head, the Grand Slam figure released in 1982 was indistinguishable from Flash, he even had the same red oven-mitt pads. In 1983 Grand Slam's pads were repainted silver and he was included with the GI Joe JUMP Jet Pack. Suggested to me that Flas...
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Addicted to Plastic: GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Grand Slam
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Grand Slam. Here's another Original 13 member that was originally released as a vehicle driver. Well, actually he was released with the Heavy Artillery Laser. HAL), so I guess he wasn't really a "driver." Except for a different head, the Grand Slam figure released in 1982 was indistinguishable from Flash, he even had the same red oven-mitt pads. In 1983 Grand Slam's pads were repainted silver and he was included with the GI Joe JUMP Jet Pack. What Addicted to Plastic ...
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Addicted to Plastic: December 2008
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Sure you do. You were 8 years old. You got one of those Autobot cars. "WOW! You thought. "This is cool! Maybe not a van. "And it even turns into a ROBOT! Remember later, when you took that Transformer out of the attic and you realized that awesome robot that you thought was so awesomely awesome was just a fancy brick with shoulder joints? Remember when you fell to your knees and cried "WHYYYYYYYYY? If you buy Hound and end up not liking him, you have no soul. No, really. You are literally a soull...There...
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Addicted to Plastic: Holy Crap!
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Over two years. I can't believe it's been over two years since my last post. Well, watch this space, because we're coming back. No really, I mean it. Well, Im a fan (and collector) of GI Joe, Transformers, Marvel and DC Universe. Actually, your blog never left my favourites tab since the. beginning of it. Hope youre really back! I AM STILL WAITING. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What Addicted to Plastic Readers (read: me) read when they're not readin' Addicted to Plastic. Action Figure of the Day.
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Addicted to Plastic: April 2013
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GET TO DA CHOPPAH! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). GET TO DA CHOPPAH! What Addicted to Plastic Readers (read: me) read when they're not readin' Addicted to Plastic. Action Figure of the Day. Matt Booker's TF Mods. Swing by my hangout, Transformers Fans In Name Only. And say "hey." Tell 'em ST53 sent you.
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Addicted to Plastic: GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Grunt
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GI Joe 25th Anniversary Original 13: Grunt. Continuing on with the "Heavyarms saw his picture on the box and was fascinated with the character" meme, we pick up with Grunt. Check out that card art. Grunt's the guy that grabs his M-16 and charges into the firefight. The other Joes got laser guns and bazookas and mortars and missile launchers or got to be commandos. Not Grunt, he just got a rifle. How does an eight year old boy reconcile this, though? Grunt is defenitively the personification of the infant...
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