Could it be....Gremlins?

A couple months ago I found this sweet simple 1984 3 POA LJN Gizmo at the flea market. A couple weeks ago I found the purple Tootsietoy Gremlin. Not sure of the date on the Tootsietoy, but it has to be mid to late seventies.

The AMC Gremlin is a car you either hate or hate. Actually, one of my 'holy grails' is a Gremlin with a 360 V-8. Because you know that S.O.B. hauls ass. I once drove a friend's AMX and damn near killed the both of us swo I can attenst to the power-to-weight ratio of these bad-boys.

Anyways, I don't collect a lot of toy cars, but my Dad does, so when I found this purple Tootsietoy Gremlin at the flea market for fifty cents I couldn't say 'no.' From the model itself to the color to that seventies sticker, this is a product of it's time and a toy that just won't get made today.

I love this thing so much I'm half tempted to keep it for myself. But seeing as how when my dad passes away I'm set to inherit the bulk of his toy car collection, well I suppose it can hang out at his house for now.

Gremlins :: Countdown to Halloween 2013

I didn't see Gremlins when it first hit theatres. In fact, I only first saw it a couple years ago. My cousin had a couple of the Gizmo and Stripe pvc figurines back then, but I didn't own any Gremlin merchandise until I found this original Gizmo plush at the Goodwill a couple months back. He's pretty cute and Toyriffic's Intern enjoys hugging him and lugging him around the house. But to be honest, Gizmo never did anything for me. I've always felt the same way about E.T. While everyone else was swooning about how cute and sweet he was, I just thought he was a dumb looking lump.

I did always think the Gremlins-post-midnight-snack-mode looked pretty cool. And I did see Gremlins 2 in the theatre when it was released and thought it was ridiculous and fun. I remember having one pvc figure of Stripe at that time but don't recall having ever owned anything else 'Gremlin'.

But when Toys R Us released their exclusive electric Gremlin...piece of plastic...from Gremlins 2 I thought it was pretty clever and cool and even considered picking it up, but couldn't imagine spending money on what essentially amounted to a Gremlin shaped piece of plastic.

Fortunately I recently won a contest over at Pop Pop It's Trash Culture, and included in the prize was none other than electrical Gremlin!

I enjoy the unique nature of this thing. I also enjoy not having paid anything for it!

Happy Halloween eve!

Teen Titans GO!

I did go to the swap meet yesterday and I did buy some toys but I did not buy them for me - so I am still on track for my 28 Day Challenge!

What I did buy was seven Teen Titans Go action figures for my daughter's upcoming birthday. She loves the Teen Titans and since these toys aren't in stores any more I am always excited to find them at the swap meet and grab them up whenever I do. First up is Terra - my daughter already has a Terra in her Teen Titans outfit but this is her costume when she turned on the Titans (I think.)

I grabbed Raven, as Raven is my daughter's favorite super hero at the moment. I am pretty sure she already has a Raven but I didn't want to risk it, especially because I got all seven figures for $5. At that price I couldn't NOT get Raven!

This guy is a villain named Master of Games. I have never seen the episode(s) he appeared in, but apparently he has absorbed some of the Titans' powers as he has a Cyborg arm and a Beast Boy arm. Cool!

Another villain I picked up is Gizmo. He's some sort of mechanical genius and I seem to remember him taking over control of Cyborg or something like that.

I have previously blogged about my own Red X and here I have found a 'maskless' Red X (who is a masked Robin.) He also had his accessory which is pretty cool.

Another Robin variant I found is Robin in his 'Deathstroke' uniform he wore when Slade was trying to recruit him and turn him against his pals.

Finally I found Trident with his...trident. Another cool looking villain.

So there you have it. I found a lot of cool action figures and a loophole in the 28 Day Challenge since my daughter's birthday is right around the corner! Yay toys!