ANOTHER Toy Show TOMORROW!

SACRAMENTO COMIC, TOY & ANIME SHOW
Sunday, March 9th - The Sottish Rite Center
6151 H Street (Across From Sac State University)
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Admission: $6.00

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Sweet - see you there!
PS - I've posted the last of the current pinstriped beaver toy auctions. Bid high, bid often!

Two (Count 'Em), Two Toy Shows This Weekend!

SAN JOSE SUPER TOY, COMIC AND RECORD SHOW
March 8th - Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road - San Jose, CA 95111

Early Bird 9 AM - 10:59 AM
General admission 11 AM - 4 PM
General Admission: $5.00
Kids Under 12: $2.50
Early Bird: $15.00
The Fairgrounds charge $8 for parking.


10th ANNIVERSARY SACRAMENTO G.I. JOE SHOW
March 8th - National Guard Armory
1013 58th Street - Sacramento, CA 95819

Early bird starts at 9 am - $12 admission
Reg hours 10 am - 3:30 - $6 admission, 12 and under free with paying adult

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These shows are pretty far away from each other, so you'll have to prioritize. Fortunately, I'm not a G.I. Joe collector, so it's not a tough choice for me. Have fun!

Sideshow Collectibles Makes More Cool Shit

I've been trying to hold off buying any more of Sideshow's quarter-scale, premium format figures - they can really eat into your display space, not to mention your wallet. But they keep - picking - great characters! Here's the latest - a super-sized Thing from the Fantastic Four - and it looks great...dammit.

PS - If you want this version (with the open-mouthed expression), you'll have to get on the website waiting list...it's an internet exclusive and sold out! It comes with two replaceable heads - one open-mouthed, one with its mouth shut.

My Next Car Purchase

This car - the Aptera - is probably the only hybrid I could choose that would be less practical than my Honda Insight. It's closer, though, to my dream of being able to own a car that looks like those concept cars you see every year or so, but never get made... in other words, sweet...

It looks to have zero cargo space, but it also looks like it came off the set of Danger: Diabolik! At least it's not horribly expensive - you can get a full-electric version, too, if you're so inclined. Maybe someday... oh, who am I kidding? I want one! I want to be one of the Thunderbirds!

Article courtesy of OhGizmo! via Geekologie.

Comic-Con Swag

I didn't pick up any of the freebies available this year, mainly because I'm not even sure I have shelf/wall space for what I'm buying. I was on a budget this time around, but I still think my 'got' list is pretty cool. Or at least, sporadically cool:

* Cranky Studios' Whaleboy vinyl figure
* Monkey Fun Toys Milk & Cheese vinyl figures
* Mindstyle Dark Crystal vinyl figure
* Mindstyle Jim Henson City Critters pvc figures (8)
* Young Epoch Susie the Little Blue Coupe wooden toy
* All-Star Vinyl Brett Favre figure
* Funko Scooby-Dum bobblehead (cool factor/reader respect plummets here)
* Plan B Toys Dark Crystal Garthim resin bust
* McFarlane Toys Jonny Quest action figure
* Mezco Professor Chaos action figure (SDCC exclusive)
* Mezco Abe Sapien figure (SDCC exclusive)
* Gargamel/Tim Biskup Kaiju For Grownups figure: Dragamel
* Character Options Ltd. 12" Cyber Leader action figure
* Exclusive old-school Peanuts T-shirts (2)
* Huckleberry Toys' limited edition 1971 Grimace figure
* Chris Sanders' Maile vinyl toy
* Banpresto Super Mario Brothers Luigi vinyl figure
* Medicom Frankenberry, Count Chocula Kubrick figures
* Super 7 Ghost Land figures (2)
* Kaiju Big Battel figure: Sky Deviler
* Mindstyle/Cameron Tiede's 13 Tomadachi vinyl figures - Edgar, Oswald, Agatha
* Wesco Doctor Who Tardis 4-port USB hub
* Tim Sale old-school Daredevil sketch (a gift from Michelle, my sister-in-law... how cool is that?)

Well, that's most of it - I'll add the things I've forgotten (as well as updated picture links) later!