Movie Review: Turtles Forever

The recent news of the sale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property to Nickelodeon has sent many TMNT fans into a tailspin. What will happen to our favorite Turtles without either of the original creators (Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) at the helm? I suppose we won't know for sure until Nick releases a new show, but many of us miss the Turtles already. TMNT needs an appropriate send-off to effect a transition from the old to the new. Does Turtles Forever fit the bill?

Toy Review: Ewoks Paploo and Nho'Apakk (Star Wars)

Yub nub! Ee chop, yub nub! Admit it, you love that song. And in a cinematic travesty, Yub Nub was replaced in the Special Editions with a more tribal-sounding instrumental diddy. It probably makes more sense that Ewoks would play those instruments rather than somehow contort their normally chirpy voices into an operatic-sounding song, but hey... I'm nostalgic about Yub Nub, and nobody ever said that nostalgia makes sense.

Cool Cards: Transformers Action Cards Bumblebee and Shockwave

Transformers Action Cards is another fun card line, this time from Milton Bradley (strangely enough). The cards featured both packaging art from the toys and animation from the cartoon. I could do without the animation cards; even as a kid, I thought the cartoon's animation was lacking. But the Transformers packaging art was the most awesome of any toyline, and it certainly deserves a card series dedicated to it. You can see the Bumblebee and Shockwave cards above.

Retro Toy Review: Metalhead (Playmates TMNT)

When I first started reviewing vintage TMNT toys, one of the first figures for which people requested a review was Metalhead. So by popular demand, here's our favorite robo-turtle! I don't remember much about him from the cartoon, but I definitely remember him as a cool boss from the TMNT Konami arcade game. "I'm going to mangle you green slime balls!" So how does the figure compare with the awesome video game boss?

Cool Cards: Alf, His Life and Times and Bouillabaseball

Was there any property in the 80's that Topps didn't make into cards? The cards above are from a 1987 Alf series. I was a huge Alf fan as a kid, but considering I only have a few of these cards it doesn't seem like I was a fan of the Alf card concept (which also means I don't know all that much about the card series).

Toy Pix: Toilet Taxi (Playmates TMNT)

I usually don't buy vehicles. I suppose I could say that's because they're somewhat expensive, but the main reason is that they take up a whole lot of room and they're impossible to store. The Legacy Millenium Falcon is undeniably awesome, but where the crap would I put that thing? Anyway, I recently won an auction on eBay for Metalhead (review coming soon) and the Toilet Taxi was included in the auction. I only wanted Metalhead, but the auction was cheap and I'm never one to refuse extra toys anyway. Besides, it's certainly weird... and a lot of fun, too!

Retro Toy Review: Season 1 Lieutenant JG Worf (Playmates Star Trek)

In my TMNT-induced euphoria, I've been neglecting other great toylines. I've done so many Turtles reviews (and more to come, I assure you) that if I'm not careful, I'll have to rename this site "Dimension X". But I'm just as passionate about other toylines, especially the 90's Playmates Star Trek line. So let's jump-start the Trek reviews with Lieutenant Junior Grade Worf, straight from Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation!