Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Retro Review - Spider-man The Animated Series Happy Meal Toys from McDonald's


One of the best parts of growing up in the 90's was the cartoons, especially the superhero ones. Nearly every character had one, or appeared on one. Batman, Superman, The Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man, X-men, Silver Surfer, and of course Spider-man ruled the airwaves and prepared kids for the onslaught of superhero film that were to come. Obviously, with a successful cartoon it only made sense for fast food restaurants to create a line of tie in kids meal toys. The main two lines I remember ruling the toy box as a kid were Batman: The Animated Series and Spider-man. So a few months ago I went on a nostalgia trip and purchased a couple sets of these toys and today I'm going to take a look back at McDonald's Spider-man Happy Meal toys from 1995.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Review - Dragon Ball Super Goku and Frieza Dragon Stars by Bandai


A few weeks ago I was in one of my local comic book stores and I stumbled upon wave 2 of Bandai's Dragon Stars figures. A wave of nostalgia washed over me and I was reminded of watching Dragon Ball Z as a kid weeknight on YTV (the Canadian Opening was the best). I'm not a big fan of anime, but Dragon Ball Z will always hold a special place in my heart. The Frieza Saga was always my favorite so I was happy to find a Final Form Frieza along with a classic Goku. The Dragon Stars line feels like Bandai's answer to Marvel Legends, with similar packaging and scale, and no where near as expensive as some of the SH Figuarts. It's a pretty nice, moderately priced line of action figures.