League of Extraordinary Bloggers: Spacemen!!!

It's League of Extraordinary Bloggers Time once again!!! Last week we had the simple topic of "Cowboys". The week before that (which I did not participate in) was "Spies". Do you see the pattern forming? 

So what is this week's single-word topic for the League? 

"Spacemen"

So in the same vein of last week's response from the Goodwill Geek, I scoured the cave in search of items that fit the bill. I think I did way better this time around. There are waaaay more men (and things) from space in the Cave than cowboys. 

First the group shot. Here's absolutely everything I could find within the confines of the Cave I call home:

First of all, I want to point out the absolute lack of robots. Robots may appear in space but are not distinctive to space. I also went for more variety than quantity, so my entire Star Wars Galactic Heroes collection sat this one out, along with all but one item of Star Wars in general. And while there is a definite Green Lantern presence, and an Action League figure, I left out the Green Lantern Action League figures I featured a short while back. And even though he got to sit in on this picture, we won't be talking about the Mars Attacks figure I mentioned back here. 

So I'll start with the animated spacemen. from left to right we have Red Lantern Razer and Green Lantern Kilowog McDonald's Happy Mean toys from the Green Lantern animated series. Up front there we have an Action League Martian Manhunter. Next up we have Super Hero Squad Silver Surfer, Galactus, and Nova. Then we have Burger King Kang dressed as the Burger King for Halloween. Peaking up from the back is MegaMind from McDonalds, in his exo-skeleton. Flanked by the Buzz Lightyear and Emperor Zurg Toy Story Buddies, we have villainous Gallaxhar from the Monsters Vs. Aliens mini-figs line. 

Here we have the vintage figures of the collection. From right to left, a 1979 Mork action figure. A sitting ALF figure from 1988. 1990 Raphael the astronaut. An E.T. pawn from the 1982 E.T. board game. And a mail-away Boba Fett from the 1979 toy line. These guys are some of my favorite toys in the Cave. 

Some of the oddball larger toys: A "Space Defender" figure who is really just a super cheap albino Darth Vader figure I picked up at a local chain store called Reny's. Also a PEZ spaceman magnet my wife bought me years back for my birthday, and a Target dollar-bin astronaut who used to be a bottle of bubble-blowing solution. 

Aaaand here is a collection of cheap toys such as coin-machine aliens and bagged spacemen that may or may not be vintage themselves. Loves these little colorful guys, and they all reside currently on the knick-knack shelf above my desk. 

That's everything I could find folks! That is the entirety of my "Spaceman" themed toy collection. I hope there's at least one thing here that makes you smile. 

Now check out what the rest of the League had to say about Spacemen:

- Rich at Fortune and Glory (Days) throws some vintage E.T. memorabilia all over everything. 

- Michael at Memories of Toymorrow just KISSed off the whole assignment. 

- Hobgoblin at the Monster Cafe has little plastic spacemen (they look sorta familiar) on the brain.

I'll be back soon with more Goodiwll Goodies. Until then, Happy Hunting!

The Green Lantern Action League and Reis O'Brien's Contribution to my Madness

So here goes. It's time I rejoined the blogo-sphere, and I can't think of a better way to do it than to showcase a trade I made a while back with Reis O'Brien of the Dork Horde. Back in his October State of the Horde Address, Reis posted a picture of some California Raisins that I had sent him.

Believe it or not, I did not send them to him out of the kindness of my altruistic heart. I happen to know that Reis has mad artistic skills, and I used the raisins to commission a custom figure I desperately wanted to help round out my collection of Green Lantern Action League mini-figs.

So before the big reveal, I want to show off the rest of my collection. Here's my Green Lantern Corps, including Guy Gardner, Kilowog, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Tomar Re, all in the Action League style. Up front there, by Kilowog, we also have B'Dg, who is actually an Imaginext figure, but whom fits in so perfectly that I had to have him. 

Here are my Sinestro Corps members, Arkillo, Sinsetro, and Low. I love that they actually made enough yellow lanterns to call it a Corps, although of course I would have loved even more. Kryb anyone?  

Here are the lone-wolves, Blue Lantern Saint Walker, Orange Lantern (aka Agent Orange) Larfleeze, and Black Lantern Death Storm. Death Storm is one of my least favorite toys... ever. I wish they had just made Black Hand and been done with it. 

I also have Red Lanterns Atrocitus and Zilius Zox:

But for the longest time they seemed terribly lonely. A duo does not a Corps make after all. I desperately hoped that after the Imaginext Oa playset came out, and they had mad a B'Dg figure... that this guy might not be far behind:

Dex-Starr!!! My favorite Red Lantern of all time! Well... so Imaginext didn't make a Dex-Starr, but they DID package THIS figure in with the Imaginext Catwoman figure:

So I got this idea... I know people on the internet now... artistic people. People who might possibly be able to customize my black cat into another cat... And so now I am the proud owner of this mean looking little fellow:

He came in the mail about a week or so ago, and I have not gotten around to blogging about him (or even thanking Reis for the beautiful job... THANK YOU REIS O'BRIEN!!!) until now. But I think he's AMAZING. 

Here he is with the rest of the Red Lantern Corps. I think they make quite the terrifying triumvirate. 

Here's everyone together on my shelf, right below my Californian Raisins collection. 

And here's B'Dg facing off against Dex-Starr. 

So Mattel: Here's what I'm asking. I want an Action League Black Hand, Star Sapphire, and Indigo-1. Throw together an exclusive 3-pack for SDCC or something. Complete my collection of Lanterns. 

Image by Artistic Enigma on Deviantart

Although I'm thinking... there is an Element Woman Action League figure:

How hard would it be to repaint her into some version of a Star Sapphire? 

Now I just need to track her down... and feed Reis some more Raisins.  

So this was a decidedly NON-Goodwill related post... but I'll be back soon with more Goodwill Goodies. Until then, Happy Hunting!