May 3, 2026

It came from the toy chest: Yo Joe!

 
This is why...

He'll fight for freedom wherever there's trouble, GI Joe is there! GI Joe! A real American hero, GI Joe is there! It's GI Joe against Cobra and Destro, fighting to save the day! He never gives up. He's always there, fighting for freedom over land and air. Wait did I just began singing the GI Joe theme?

Well, it's Super7's Ultimates Duke.
Now you know...
And knowing is half the battle.


Articulation:
If you've had older Ultimates, this has the same articulation.
There isn't much to write about other than it's functional, but not $55 functional when classified are so much better. I bought him for customizing fodder. He was like $20...
4.0
Over and out...


Paint and sculpt:
He looks like Sunbow Duke... the cartoon colors are vibrant. I've no complaints here.
5.0
All decked out... toy style plus radio.


Accessories:
Here we have a ton of stuff.
2 extra heads
Watch (careful when swapping the right hand)
6 extra hands
Cartoon rifle
Walkie-talkie 
Toy rifle
Toy backpack
Toy binoculars
Toy helmet

The reason I mention toy before some stuff, because the stuff. Comes from the ye olde Hasbro toy. 
5.0
Is that Lady Jaye? No...
Whew! For a moment there I thought Flint would have my ass...
Scarlett (VO): Aren't you forgetting about someone? You are gonna wish you didn't wake up from your coma...


Overall:
It's a shame the line died before Shipwreck... I've had issues mostly with Lady Jaye... but Duke is one of the better figures from the line. So Duke gets a 4.67 as his final score. 

May 2, 2026

Roger Sweet has died... BONG!! May 2, odds and ends


 He is one of the folks who claims created He-Man. The guy who yelled BONG!! in The toys that made us...  He was behind what we now know as Vykron. Though Mark Taylor was the one who did the whole concept of the characters... Sweet pitched the toy and Stan Lee'd his way as "creator of He-Man", while Mark Taylor got the Jack Kirby treatment.

Well, he dead... dementia side effects. My condolences to the family, ESPECIALLY since they had to deal with Dementia. I may not like the guy and his Stan Lee vibe... 


Will you believe this?

Trump wants to go to space... the first US President in Space. I know what y'all thinking:

Space Force uncanceled

Or...

Easy there, Jimmy Kimmel... don't go making jokes like that or the fuck your feelings crowd will get butthurt.

But let's be honest here: 
Donald Trump is NOT fit for a mission like that. Donald Trump is NOT the smartest tool in the shed. Otherwise he would know the obvious reasons why a President does not ride space shuttles. But here's a simple explanation:

The Challenger incident... yes the same one mentioned on Punky Brewster. 

So yeah... whether you like him or not... Space Prez is a bad idea. But seriously, what the hell? Are we in a simulation and we're playing GTA6 before GTA6?