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Ode to Jon Sloss

I first met Jon Sloss on MySpace several years ago, even though I know little about him. I've enjoyed his antics over the years even when I felt he was crossing into the area of bad taste which for him was almost constantly. I had a different profile then and was more of a lurker regarding his work than a participant, but after the Target cartoon I put up he began e-mailing me constantly with his ideas for more cartoons and we actually shared a little correspondence.
Over the years I noticed a pattern with him, it seems he disappears from the 'net every year from around October until March, so in his absence I made a virtual Jon Sloss and a virtual Puppetboy (his usual co-hort) since his blog's been dead for about a month, too. Plus I got to tinker with a new toy, so Travis Tredwell presents, The Jon Sloss Show: The Puppetboy Interview.

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 6: EMCE TOYS, FRANKENSTEIN

Frankenstein! Yes the oringinal Mego was awesome with his goofiness but this Universal licensed may be the best of my recent Re-Megos. Up against the Phantom that was a tough fight. Everything on him is outstanding his headsculpt, his hands, outfit and boots. I'll have to track down the Wolfman who is equally as awesome. Too bad we have to wait till October for Dracula and the Mummy.
Well, that wraps her up for our post X-Mas Re-Mego roundup. On Monday we'll see a few odds and ends from X-mas 2010.

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 5: CAST-A-WAY TOYS, THE PHANTOM

The Ghost Who Walks in all he retro Megolike goodness. In terms of quality and just outright awesomeness he blows the Mattel figures out of the water. The perfect combination of old school classic and new school toyability. His swivle biceps are a great update to the old style figure body and his pistols and working holsters (although a tad fragile) are all kinds of awesomeness. He makes me wish for a whole line of other classic heros like: The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, Dick Tracey, Zorro and such.
Come back this afternoon for our Monster finish.

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 4: MATTEL RETRO ACTION WONDER WOMAN

Here's the Amazon Princess, a little too doll like but come to think of it not a doll-like as her 1970s predecessor. I don't really like the gold, when dealing with a basic cartoon color pallet (as is pretty obvious on the other heroes) I like yellow better. Although, at least it isn't a gold and yellow hybrid which Shazam! seems to run into these days. Well, this wraps up the DC figures. Tomorrow we'll have a double feature with a visit from a classic superhero and a monster of a finale.
The Superfriends (Robin's a sure thing for a future wave but a Wendy, Marvin and Wonderdog would be pure bliss).

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 3: MATTEL RETRO ACTION SUPERMAN

It's the Man of Steel in all his plastic and fabric glory. Again body and boot issues aside he is a wonderful figure. Anytime we get a light blue suit mid length cape Superman it's a good thing. These make me a little sad that we're not also getting a Marvel Mego revival but knowing Hasbro they'd use that awful 9 inch body that their old DC figures and short lived Marvel line from a few years ago had.
The Superfriends (continue...)

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 2: MATTEL RETRO ACTION AQUAMAN

Yes, it would of been cool to put Aquaman in front of some type of ocean or at least nautical style back drop but chalk it up to laziness. So here is the King of the Seven Seas slumming it in some back alley. The old Mego Aquaman was always a fave but this version just leaves me with meh. I have no idea why. I love his vivid colors and simplistic headsculpt. I'm not crazy about the very fragile painted on scales. Hopefully after these fellows have their transplant surgery onto Cast-A-Way Toys bodies I'll be more happy with him.
The Superfriends (in progress)

X-MAS RE-MEGO ROUNDUP EPISODE 1: MATTEL RETRO ACTION BATMAN

Yes, these Mattel Re-Megos have been reviewed and documented elsewhere on the web, so I'm not going to delve into a full review. Yes, the rumors are true the Mattel bodies suck (at least from the waist down). Supposedly this is fixed on wave 3 figures, but my only wave 3 is Wonder Woman who uses Mattel's not as bad but nothing to write home about Monster High doll bodies. Still too many have been focusing on the flaws with these (yes the boots are freaking huge) and not the the pluses (hello, it's a Mego Batman available at retail in 2010!). I like him better than Hasbro's effort years back, who I wish I still had and was coincidently my very first Ebay purchase. Although, in this world where we are rocketing away from the good old days at lightning speed it's nice to be able to buy a Silver Age blue and gray Batman.
Here he is with his 1970s counterpart who needs some new gloves from Dr. Mego.

After Christmas Round-Up

Yes, I know January is more than half over but this is better late than never. This Christmas has definately been a Re-Mego Christmas with a total of 6 new Mego style figures received as gifts and we will be covering them here along with other assorted goodies. Plus a Blog-makeover is comming as well as two new animations. But the biggest news is our newest team member (making "us" an "us" and not a "me" anymore), Woody Tobias Jr. This gentleman e-mailed me out of the blue offering to do a semi-regular feature and guest film reviews. I figured what the hell and brought him on board. Although, I must say that I am not 100% convinced that this isn't some kind of prank by either Puppetboy or the nefarious Mr. Sloss. We shall see as I look forward to his premire post.

Na-noo, na-noo.

DouchebagTeen Sidekick Squareoff

What if Stiles from Teen Wolf got in a fight with Evil Ed from Fright Night (before he became a werewolf), who'd win?

Have a scary holiday season thanks to Vern Fonk.

Crom! It's Escape From Terror Fortress

Make a Free Flash Game

You Two-Faced Bastard!

Introducing Mattel's DC Retro Action Two-Face figure. Sorry about the blurry photo he doesn't like his picture taken.

Ah, that's better. Very difficult to find at his usual haunt, Toys R Us, he escaped from a local TJ Maxx for the easy sum of $9.99.

The Penguin has arrived to welcome him to the toyshelf.

He fits in almost perfectly with vintage Megos. Don't turn your back on the Joker. Originally I didn't like how his suit differs from the Joker and Penguin's screen printed bodysuits but it is based on the secret identity Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne suit. Plus this kind of variety is exactly in par with vintage Megos (Penguin's molded on hat vs. Green Arrow's removable one and Tarzan and Wonder Woman's flesh body suits vs. Robin and Conan's bare limbs).

The Bat Villains assembled. Hopefully one day the Riddler will join them (along with the Joker's shoes and Catwoman's gloves.

The Marvel Megos don't seem very happy about another DC character moving in.

Introducing Blogspot Universe

Crom! More scariness...

CROM! THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

Crom! I'm scared!

Don Floss to premire new work at Madison Art Expo

I was asked by my acquaintance, Don Floss (the self proclaimed World's Best Artist), to promote his showcase this coming weekend at the Madison Art Expo at the Radison Inn in beautiful downtown Madison, WI. He will be debuting his latest and greatest work, The Man Bath. I normaly don't endorse this sort of thing and find it very tacky but he asked nicely and promised to help me locate that elusive Marvel Universe Captain Britain action figure I have been searching for. Excelsior!

(The Man Bath, oil on canvas by Donald Floss)

Now I'm banned from my favorite Target store.

First, I was put on the "(Hot Wheels guys) Wall Of Shame" at my local Toys R Us for looking in the overhead bins for action figures and threatened with arrest if I ever set foot in the store again.
Then, Old Country Buffet threw me out and banned me for life from all of their locations for eating too much of their "all you an eat" buffet.
Now, while out looking for wave 2 of Hasbro's Star Wars Vintage Collection action figures my Uncle Rudy went apeshit and thought he was in a John Woo movie and proceeded to engage in a mock (and I must stress mock, in case you are aware of Uncle Rudy's previous antics) gun battle with assorted customers and associates and severely beat up the Target cop with a pair of NERF battle axes. The police were called but Uncle Rudy advoided them by hiding out in a storm drain. I was ordered to stay out of the store for 10 years. Crom!

Yo Joe!