2022 hits The Lazy Shell! (In mid-April, naturally.) Must mean I've finally built up enough fresh hauls to share!
Captain America: Civil War Collector's Edition (Blu-ray 3D Combo) (Disney Movie Insiders)
Kicking things off, we have the results of a point splurge on DMI because of a sale. I'm not exactly a comprehensive collector of the MCU films, but after seeing Spider-Man: No Way Home, I got the sudden urge to own every piece of cinematic webhead that existed. (Hence why I got the Venom films for Christmas despite having "ehhhh" feelings on them in general.) I already owned Homecoming and Far From Home, but I lacked every other appearance that Peter Parker's made in the MCU, which brings us to this. Since I was mostly interested in adding this to my collection for Tom Holland's debut as Petey, "free" was kinda the perfect price. Now I just need to find a way to snag Infinity War and Endgame for a song!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Complete Banner Print (PIXELs2dio on Etsy)
Ever since this GORGEOUS artwork showcasing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's extensive, dream come true character roster was first shown at E3 in 2018, I've never stopped thinking, "imma need that amazingness in my room when it's completed." Fast forward to almost four years later after the base game announcements and two waves of DLC have come and gone and said artwork was finally completed and ripe for my purchasing. (Well, after finding the right Etsy store that had a good quality print at the right size and price since Ninty themselves never thought to capitalize on this gold mine.) It took its sweet time getting here (four weeks after shipping,) but it was OHHHHH SOOOOOO WOOOOOORTH IIIIIIIIIIIIT. Just having a poster of OFFICIAL artwork of the likes of Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, PAC-Man, Ryu, Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Banjo and Kazooie, King K. Rool, Mewtwo, STEVE MINECRAFT, FREAKING SORA and SOOOOOOOO many others ALL TOGETHER above my TV just makes my heart so, soooooooooooooo happy. It's like a direct window to my love of gaming and it's definitely my new favorite decoration.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Volume 11 & 12 (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Volume 13, 14, 15 & 16 (Atomic Empire)
Now we come to what I guess could be considered the "feature presentation" of this post. See, I'm presently on a TMNT kick fueled by a couple recent flat-out AMAZING announcements. One of said announcements got me to thinking that I should REALLY get around to completing my collection of IDW's trade paperback releases of the Archie series, TMNT Adventures. I had picked up Volumes 2 through 10 (since 1 is entirely composed of direct adaptations of Fred Wolf cartoon episodes rather than original stories) back in 2015, but I never got around to picking up the rest. Doing a bit of digging on a couple different online shops, I found that stocks were getting pretty low on a lot of the ones that I needed (particularly Volume 12, which was completely out of new copies on Amazon,) so I decided to order the next two directly from IDW to make sure that I COULD get them. I was originally going to stop there for the time being, but as the Amazon stock was also pretty low on the remaining four Volumes (with fluctuating prices,) I decided to do even MORE digging and found a comic shop that had the rest of the books available to order for cheaper than anywhere else. So yeah, I'm all set to read the rest of this series. I'm particularly looking forward to finally getting to enjoy some Future Turtle Cyber Samurai action and Slash's last few appearances.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (VHS)
Power Rangers Super Megaforce: The Complete Season (DVD)
American Dad Volume 5 (DVD)
The Official Ninja Turtle Handbook (Book)
Jakks Pacific Goomba Plush
Funko Black Ranger Plush
Funko Yellow Ranger Plush
Some thrift store spoils from my now-annual post-dentist appointment pilgrimage there. My favorite find is probably the Super Megaforce set since it still included the code for a free digital copy of the entire season. Speaking on the TMNT items, I don't really have easy access to a VCR anymore, but how could I resist a copy of the original film WITH THE BOX??? I mean, c'mon. Also, the entire reason I picked up that Nickelodeon TMNT book was because it had a page on Slash in it. (I have a problem.)
Transformers: Beast Wars Volume 1 (Amazon)
BEAST WARS!!!! Been waiting to add this trade to my shelf for quite a while since I've been loving IDW's BW book ever since it started last year. (Especially some of the new twists brought in related to the new Predacon, Skold.) It's a huge shame that they'll be losing the TF license next year and the book'll be ending at 17 issues. (Figures they'd pull the rug out from under me right after they finally gave me a reason to read Transformers comics.) Oh well, at least it'll have an actual conclusion to the story and they communicated that they were losing it ahead of time unlike some...other dropped licenses of theirs I could mention. *COUGHghostbustersCOUGH*
Mephiles the Dark Plush (Amazon)
Coco: Ultimate Collector's Edition (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code) (Disney Movie Insiders)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 might not be the best game in the series (to put it lightly,) but I've always loved Shadow's story in it and, by extension, MEPHILES THE DARK. Love the design, love the powers, love the gleefully wicked voice supplied by one of my favorites, Dan Green, just love, love, LOVE him. So, when word first got out that Great Eastern was making the FIRST EVER PLUSH REPRESENTATION OF HIM, OF COURSE I had to make sure I grabbed him! Naturally, I now have him hanging out over my Shadow GE plush. (Now I want to grab the Infinite they put out a year or two back so I can surround Shadow with two guys who canonically hate his guts. 😂)
As for Coco, I've been meaning to add it to my modest Pixar collection since I first saw it in theaters, but I never got around to it. However, when it was added to the DMI catalog, I saw that as the perfect opportunity and a bunch of unredeemed Disney codes I found on that previously-mentioned thrift store trip helped me seal the deal. Now to start saving up for another on my to-buy list! (Especially since they just added like FOUR I've had my eye on to the catalog in the last update.)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Volume 1 & 2 (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series Volume 1 (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April (IDW Publishing)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Volume 10, 11 & 12 (IDW Publishing)
My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise (IDW Publishing)
More comics and toitles! Recently, IDW's site ran a Spring Sale that resulted in a TON of their trade paperbacks dropping to like six bucks a pop, so, of course, I went a little nuts and filled pretty much every major hole in my pre-issue 100 IDW TMNT collection. Also grabbed the next couple MLP FIM Volumes I needed and the first part of the historic MLP/Transformers crossover. Needless to say, I got A LOT to read.
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Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection - Foot Soldier Tommy & Morphed Raphael Two-Pack (Gamestop)
Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection - Morphed Donatello & Morphed Leonardo Two-Pack (Gamestop)
Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection - Morphed April O'Neil & Morphed Michelangelo Two-Pack (Gamestop)
Can you say "MORE TURTLES?!" OF COURSE you can! Originally pre-ordered these guys from Gamestop, but they randomly decided to cancel my order like four months later. Then I pre-ordered them at Dorkside Toys, but their policy of waiting until every item in your order is in-stock before shipping them made me unsure of when and if they WOULD ship. (Especially since they got in the Raph set, but it quickly went out of stock before the listing for it disappeared altogether without explanation.) So, I cancelled my Dorkside order and who should have them in-stock and ready to ship but GAMESTOP. It was a real full-circle kinda moment in the most exceedingly stupid way possible. But it's over! I got my Turts!
Anyway, I spent so much time on the ridiculous process I went through ordering these guys that I still haven't actually talked about them! THEY'RE NINJA TURTLES MORPHED INTO POWER RANGERS AND THAT'S AMAZING. Based on the comic book crossover from a couple years back, Hasbro has done a fantastic job of capturing each Turtle's (and April's) Ranger form in plastic. One of my favorite aspects of the Turtle Ranger designs from the comic were the custom versions of the Power Weapons based on each Turtle's signature weapon and I'm happy to report that they look EVEN COOLER in toy form. (Especially the Power Sais.) Throw in the optional unhelmeted Turtle/April heads, the Foot Soldier Tommy who can either specifically represent that part of the comic or just be a general super-articulated Foot Soldier for your collection (my preference) and all the different hand and effect parts and such and you've got three must-have sets for fans of both TMNT and Power Rangers. The comic was already an extremely nerdy dream come true and these figures have easily TRANSCENDED IT. Definitely a fitting choice for my only complete Lightning Collection team.
However, those of you who've read the comic and/or originally found out about these figures when they were first announced may have noticed something...or someone missing from my haul. Stay tuned for the next post. 🐲🥷
Sonic the Hedgehog Archives Volume 13 (Amazon)
Finally, we have yet another hole-filler for my comic collection. I've previously mentioned that Sonic Archives 13 was ridiculously expensive on the secondhand market. (Presumably owing to both it being out-of-print as well as the major point in the comic's story that it collected.) I honestly thought that it was just one of those books that I outright missed out on altogether, but as I was browsing Amazon a little while ago, I noticed ONE decently-priced used copy had popped up on the original listing. Needless to say, I jumped on it ASAP. It's only acceptable condition with a good amount of wear on the spine, but it's still perfectly readable and looks great lined up on the shelf next to Volumes 0 through 12, 14, 15 and 16. Now I just need to get 17 for a good price and I'll have almost every main Archie Sonic issue in some form!
That's all for now, but I'll see ya'll next time. Heading back to OMGcon in June after a decent-sized pandemic delay, so that's probably when you'll hear from me next. Until then!
