Halloween and NYCC!

Happy Halloween folks! Usually I post some kind of obligatory entry for Halloween but once again time escaped my claws yet again. But a few weeks back I attended New York Comic Con and got lots of pictures of awesome cosplayers!

I know I should've written a post on that as soon as I got back, but I ended up catching the Con Flu and was out of commission for a week. And then I got obsessed over the new Pokemon game. Add in my work schedule and Halloween is now upon us.

I swear I'll post about my full experience soon (in short: So much stuff I saw and did, but so little time), but for now let's look at my favorite costumes that I saw!

Out of all the Pokemon you coulda cosplayed as, you chose Buizel. There were SEVERAL Pokemon cosplayers this year, and i found these good ones (among others)

Vaporeon as a sexy woman!

And here's a kickass Jolteon! It seems Eeveelutions were popular this year since I also saw Espeon, Umbreon and Sylveon.

Here's the best Ash I saw. He's burnt to a crisp and he had a Charizard plush poking out if his backpack. Totally cool.

Freakazoid!

Oh, there were lots and lots and LOTS of Adventure Time cosplayers this year, it was definitely the most well-represented franchise. Fionna (the gender-bent version of Finn The Human) was definitely the most popular costume this year, followed by mainstays Batman, Wonder Woman, and Deadpool.

In order to truly stand out, people had to combine costumes, like Bane Finn here. Variations of Princess Bubblegum were probably more common than the regular version, as observed by Scientist Bubblegum.

Sailor Moon Princess Bubblegum

Here's the gender-bent version of Princess Bubblegum, Prince Gumball. Who is being cosplayed by a girl. Sometimes you gotta go meta, I guess.

Speaking of mashups, Sailor Deadpool because why the fuck not?

Need a costume? Why not Zoidberg?

These were the folks at the awesome Mideval Times booth. Spin the wheel and get a prize! They were mostly giving out crowns, but I already had two of them thanks to previous trips.

Oh yeah, variations of Iron Man were pretty popular, too. Got this slick Tony Stark while in line to see William Shatner (he wasn't cheap. More on that here).

Samurai Iron Man because, again, why the fuck not? The metal parts were metal, too. That couldn't have been light at all.

Obligatory Slenderman.

Saw these folks in line for the Archer Panel. From left to right we have Malory, Cheryl/Carol (with Babu in tow!), Gillette, and Pam.

Another set of Archer cosplayers, who were also at the panel. From left to right: Malory, Pam, Krieger's Hologram Anime Wife (one of two walking around!), Cyril, and Dr. Krieger. I didn't see any Archers or Lanas, but I think it's because they'd be pretty though to pick out in a crowd.

I call this pic "Virgins Among Virgins." All kidding aside, nice costumes, albeit creepy.

Mermaidman and (female) Barnacle Boy were pretty awesome. I heard that at one point during the weekend, someone told Mermaidman "There's evil afoot" and he proceeded to go NUTS. I would've paid good money to have seen that.

Bee & Puppycat! The cartoon is only a few months old, so it was great to see people dressed as her! Btw, Puppycat actually played the music from the cartoon when you squeezed it.

There were quite a number of Venture Bros cosplayers too, mostly 21 and 24. This Shore Leave was pretty great.

Cap'n Crunch is a character I never thought would be sexualized. But here we are.

Darkwing Duck and Nega Duck! Complete with Gas Gun! I've been seeing plenty of couples costumes this year.

Such as this pair of Legends of The Hidden Temple contestants.

And another! I also saw a pair of Silver Snakes

One of the Daft Punk guys! The other guy was walking around, too.

Here he is!

Seems legit.

Gotta mention all the Doctor Who cosplayers, too. Mostly 10 (David Tennant) 11 (Matt Smith) and girls in TARDIS dresses. Here's 5 (Peter Davison) and 9 (Christopher Eccleston) looking awesome. I saw plenty of 4 (Tom Baker), as well as an 8 (Paul McGann).

Pretty awesome Cyberman right here.

An entire Bob's Burgers family, minus Linda. You guys should really watch Bob's Burgers, it's slowly becoming the best show on the Fox Sunday lineup. I even went to the panel, and it was great fun. Again, will get to that later.

Another obligatory costume.

Hey Vegeta, how many times did people ask about your power level?

Yeah, I don't know why, either.

And now for my personal favorites and award winners!

Best Couple Costume was this amazing Work Loader & Xenomorph.

Pi Patel from Life of Pi definitely earns Most Random Cosplay.

The coveted winner of the "I laughed, then wanted to punch this guy in the face for making me laugh at that" award.

"Best Kid Costume" is for Little Boy Frozen in Carbonite. That was definitely one of the most awkward costumes as it was this big silver box, but definitely one of the coolest.

This totally wins Most Obscure. This guy is dressed as El Chaupulin Colorado, a famous Telenovela superhero that walked around in a grasshopper outfit for some reason. He's most notable for inspiring Bumblebee Man from the Simpsons.

This won I Totally Took The Picture Due to the Star Wars Mashup. Yeah, That's The Ticket.

The "I don't know where this is from, but there's breasts on this and it makes me feel weird." Award.

(UPDATE: The actual cosplayer somehow found this article and contacted me to say that this is a Black Cat Symbiote Queen cosplay from the Spider-Man: Web of Shadows video game. Definitely gets lots of points for obscurity. Well done, Geisha VI.)

The rest of these pretty much win Best in Show:

Voltron kicked ass.

Soundwave looking awesome.

Gotta love the commitment on Gizmoduck, supplying his own unicycle and everything.

Mario & Luigi as Ghostbusters. I saw a ton of Ghostbusters, these were by far the most unique. I love how they use Gamecubes as the ghost traps.

Inspector Gadget. You know, he could've done the extendo-arms or the umbrella. But no, he had to go the extra mile and lug around the helicopter on his head. Yes, that propeller was spinning the whole time.

I caught Steampunk Hawkman & Hawkgirl last year, but this was too awesome to not get again. Those wings were metal and were able to unfurl. Oh, and they made tons of noise whenever they moved.

I shouldn't need to tell you who this is or why this is awesome.

Really awesome Rita Repulsa.

And finally Super Mr. T. He pitied no fool.

This isn't even CLOSE to all the cosplay pics I have, and this is but a fraction of the awesome cosplayers at this con. I actually have a list of people I wish I took a picture of:

-Dante from Clerks 2. He looked EXACTLY like him and I had three chances to take his pic, and I never did.

-Afro Samurai

-a kid dressed up as Blastoise

-"Simon Petrikov" from Adventure Time. I'd go into detail into who that is, but it's an enormous spoiler.

-Showgirl Buzz Lightyear. As in, an old-school Vegas showgirl dressed as Buzz Lightyear.

-Finally, a guy that I couldn't tell if it was actually Mick Foley walking around or some cosplayer that looked a hell of a lot like him. I wish I asked him, but I'm pretty sure I'm not taller than the real guy.

And that's it for now. Happy Halloween, everyone!


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The Best Burger I Ever Ate

Gather round children, and I shall tell you a tale of the best burger I've ever eaten.

Well, we begin this story a few weeks back (I really should've posted it then, but as I mentioned in the below post you can blame work and my on/off battle with anxieties & depression). It was just a normal trip to New York City, just wanting to spend a day at a place that wasn't my house. Go see some sights, bother people in Times Square, that sorta thing.

But then I was accosted by one of those girls on the street giving out fliers. I normally brush those off, as they're usually shilling for some strip club or comedy show or bus tour or some combination of that. I walk a few feet and caught this place:

courtesy of Midtownlunch.com. Warning: Full of burger snobs.

Holy crap, it was a burger place! One I never heard of! After some research I found out that this location opened in 2010, yet I didn't stumble upon it until now. That's the city for ya. And it seems that it's the only one of two locations in the northeast, the other in Connecticut.

That's when I realized it: That girls wasn't handing out dumb fliers, she must've been giving out coupons! Burgers, cute girls, and coupons, how could I turn it down?

As I sat down, I discovered that the main attraction of the place was that you could customize every single aspect of your meal. Here's what the menu looks like:

I don't normally say this, but JESUS. I'm pretty sure you can click on that to make it bigger so you can see all the combos. So many choices, so little time. Seriously, it took me ten minutes to decide on the cheese. Sad you can only choose up to 4 toppings so you gotta convince yourself that putting marinated artichokes on a burger doesn't sound all that appetizing.

The "MP" you see on all the choices are all of the specials that day I do remember the meat of the day being Mahi Mahi while the bun was that freaking pretzel bread that's all the rage these days. Also, it's pretty sneaky that they charge you extra for going gluten-free. Here's what I ended up getting:

This one had bacon, lettuce, "bermuda red onion" (just fancy talk for onions, I guess), coleslaw and the pickles. With a side of hot wing sauce (just regular Frank's Red Hot), and all topped with jalapeno jack. Don't be fooled by the picture, that burger was bigger than what you see there.

And here's the fries and the shake I got with it. Of course the fries and the shake are customizable too. The fries were plain because the coupon that got me in there made them free with any burger. The shake was strawberry banana.

This all comes together from the main point: The taste. TIS GOOD. ALL OF IT. Well...the fries are okay, but the rest of it was fantastic. The shake was sweet, the strawberry and the banana were distinct tastes and were really good.

As for the burger itself...every single aspect of this burger is great. Usually SOMETHING on the burgers I eat have something "off" to them. The bread is too burnt, the meat is too dry or greasy, the pickles don't taste right, etc. None of that is here. Meat was tender and delicious, the bun was soft and rich in bunly goodness, and all the toppings tasted great (trust me, it's REALLY easy to screw up coleslaw, pickles and bacon).

I don't usually say this, but my burger was perfect. My only complaint was the fries, I've had better but these were free so I can't really complain about that. And had I known the sauce was served on the size, I would've went with ranch.

But other than that, this whole experience was fantastic. It's a chain place so you'll find better stuff at a mom & pop place or even your own backyard but for what this is, it's pretty damn good. I've been dreaming about this burger for weeks, people. If you remember that burger review challenge I did a few years back, the last time I was this gung-ho about a burger was from Five Guys.

So if you're in Times Square (or at their dozens of other locations), and willing to spend about $20 for the whole shebang, definitely check it out!

Yeah...should've mentioned that price earlier. But I posted the menu up there and it's the end of the post, so there ya go!

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I'm getting older.

This has been some very trying times, folks. Time seems to be moving too fast for me. It seems like just the other day I posted the previous entry. Which was a month ago. And it still feels like the year just started, and tomorrow it'll be September. For years I've been clinging to summer for as long as I could, but this is seriously the first time I've said "fuck this, bring on the fall." But thankfully, that's passed and I want summer to continue on for as long as possible.

I'm 26 and I feel old. I shouldn't be feeling like this, but I do. I know I'm still young and have lots of years ahead of me, but I just don't what to do with myself. I have a job, a car, lots of other things. But what? But what does it all lead to? I'm falling back onto my anxieties, I'm afraid of taking the first step towards the journey of 1000 miles. I feel like I've covered this ground before.

But what new thing can I talk about? Oh yes, I do have something! In a month and a half, I'll be at New York Comic Con, and a month after that I'll be at the Long Island Doctor Who Con. Those'll be great weekend.

And after that, it'll be Halloween. But you know, Halloween stuff usually started around September after the Back To School stuff is cleared out. But this time around? All the fall stuff started showing up LAST WEEK. It's still August! I know people like Halloween, but it's always too early.

I know you guys like your pumpkins and horror movies and your Frute Brute and Yummy Mummy coming back, but please: STOP IT.

This all goes back to my first point, I do feel older and I hate it. Hell, I even got a mug that I can finally call "My Mug."

See, it's a genuine "Troy & Abed In The Morning" mug from Community. I bought it when I went into Manhattan a few weeks ago. I'll shank anyone who tries to use it.


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Soundtracks For Summer: Hot, Hot, Hot

Part 31 of my ongoing "Soundtracks For Summer" series.

Now where did the time go?! Crap, it's still summer, time to write about another song!

Today we cover that famous one hit wonder by the great Buster Poindexter. Who who ever expect David Johansen from the New York Dolls would have a meltdown and just put out a weird salsa hit like this? Well whatever, it's a damn catchy song.

And it's perfect for summer, what with the repetition of "hot" and all. I honestly don't know why I haven't covered it sooner, even during that brief period where I was updating more than once a month.

If a song that just screamed "PARTY" was needed immediately, people usually went to this one. Whether you're having a raucous get-together or more likely just pretending to have one, this song just encapsulates fun during a warm night while brightly colored drinks are being strewn about. The fires being twirled by nonexistent jugglers are chasing bugs away, dazzling everyone into a stupor because, fuck, you're partying and nothing's gonna stop you.

Despite the video clearly being filmed in New York City (I spot a McDonald's in the background there), I'm just being reminded of my childhood vacations in Florida when I hear this. It was hot, I'm waiting in line at Disney World, and I want to have some fun. I really want to go back there, haven't been since 2001. I need to stop looking at other people's vacation videos and getting sad you guys.

But back to the song at hand, there's limbos going on! Thanks to this song people are actually enjoying it! It's weird how people can get in the mood do any stupid thing during a party, that's how powerful this song is. Does anyone actually limbo anymore? I don't think I can. My back isn't what it used to be. Great, now I'm sad, yet in a good partying mood again. Thanks Buster.


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Soundtracks For Summer: Palisades Park

Part 30 in my ongoing "Soundtracks For Summer" series

Allright folks, it's June, we're in the midst of summer and I want to write about a cheery little summer song for the thirtieth time. So I hope you sit back and enjoy the ride.

This little gem was brought to us by Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon and Chuck Barris (yes, the guy that hosted The Gong Show) from way back in 1962. Another gem from the Surf Rock era, this song was about, well, Palisades Park in New Jersey. And, okay, let's admit it. It was yet another metaphor for sex. But back to the park, this place had the works: rides, roller coasters, the Tunnel of Love, an animal freak show, and a wave pool decades before every park had one.

The park itself had been operating since 1898, making it one of the oldest and well-known amusement parks in the country. So why did this park close in 1971? Believe it or not folks, one of the major reasons was that it was TOO popular. You see, since it's in New Jersey, it had a prime location away from New York City and everyone knows that one of NYC's major exports has always been traffic. Traffic going to the park, coming from the park, and nowhere to park the cars. Can't get there, can't park there, can't get out. Certainly a recipe for success in post-war America. This song had only helped this place get MORE popular, too. Kinda ironic when you think about it.

Why does this song remind me of summer? Obviously, it's about spending the day at a amusement park with someone you love. Could be a best friend, an awesome cousin, or a whole group of people, you shouldn't be alone at a fun park.

Also awesome: This song was also covered by The Ramones!

Palisades Park was just a popular park at the time, surely Freddy (and later Joey and the gang) would've sang about a different park had he recorded it today. Perhaps, say...Six Flags?

Okay, that was a cheap attempt at a segue but that was to goad you all into seeing my pictures from my Great Adventure trip two Saturdays ago.

Man, that's a great picture. And that was taken on my phone to boot! I never got quality that awesome before. And I went on a perfect weather day. Nearly clear of clouds, sun, and not TOO hot. It only got too hot when you're, you know, just standing right in the sun for long periods of time. But not too bad.

I know the first thing you're gonna ask me, which is the first thing anyone asks when you come back from a theme park: "How were the lines?"

Answer: Not as bad as they thought they were gonna be, especially for a Saturday in June with gorgeous weather like that. The average wait time for a coaster was roughly an hour, but for THOSE rides, that's still pretty decent for this time.

For instance, this was Green Lantern's line. At roughly 40 minutes, this was one of the shortest waits I had all day. And this was after my group going to Superman: Ultimate Flight's line, seeing it was 90 minutes long and soundly said "NOPE" to it. Green Lantern was one of those neat Stand-Up coasters. That's where you ride while standing on a bike seat the entire time. Add the fact that I love all things Green Lantern and you have a hell of a great ride. To think that Great American Scream Machine stood on this spot. Good riddance.

This was El Toro's line. Roughly an hour to get on, but so worth every second spent in the sun. See that tiny thing in the upper left? That's Kingda Ka actually being consistent for once. My group (which consisted of myself, my cousin and a bunch of her co-workers) came by bus and were we not worrying about catching it back home, we would've waited on the line for it. That one was about 45 minutes, an hour at most! Kingda Ka! It's gonna be ages until I get that chance again. But we made the bus, thankfully.

Speaking of buses, they have a replica of the bus they used to have in those annoying dancing old man commercials. This one had the sweet original Great Adventure logo on it.

Amongst other things I got to do for the first time that day was try Dippin' Dots for the first time. The Ice Cream of The Future™ tasted just like regular ice cream...except in little ball form. I think I'll just stick to the regular kind, not this overpriced version from now on. You know, I always get reminded of that old "Chef of The Future" bit from The Honeymooners whenever I look at Dippin' Dots. It could explain why "the future" is only relegated to theme parks for the time being.

And before we left, I knew I HAD to get a ride picture with everyone.

I was gonna get this picture from Bizarro anyway, but see that guy in the middle row? You see him? You know the one I'm talking about. He's pretty hard to miss. He's the reason why I took one look and said "I HAVE to buy this!" I, as well as everyone else looks ridiculous. Except for this guy. Whoever he is, if he's out there and somehow stumbles across this: please know that he is awesome.

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The Not McRib from The BK!

So summer's finally here and Burger King brought out some new stuff for the season. Putting different toppings on the whopper, cheaper ice cream, a pulled pork sandwich, the works. But this year they added something new. Kinda new.

See, a Rib Sandwich. That's what I don't like about Burger King these days, they've tried to be "hip" by actually describing their food by what they actually are. It seems kinda odd that they waited all these years to finally rip off the McRib (which I've written about here and here), but here they are.

I'm pretty sure that since you're reading this, you knew I had to try the damn thing.

Well, here it is, in the flesh. If you could call it flesh. What, were you expecting confetti or something? Somehow Burger King created a rib sandwich that looked less like a rib than the McRib did, which is really saying something. And it even has gross grill marks on it. That's something I never liked, especially not on a fake rib sandwich.

As for the taste? Well, umm, how can I put it this way? You're eating at Burger King, which should tip you off right from the get-go. This sandwich is not only smaller, but the not quite pork just didn't taste right. You could obviously tell that you're eating meat, but something just doesn't feel right. But you know that this is totally something from Burger King. Must be the oils and fats and snouts.

The sauce wasn't as good as the McRib sauce, either. Much like the McRib sauce where it's a different, FAR better blend than their regular bbq sauce, BK's rib sauce is tangy and slightly different from their regular sauce. But not addictively tangy like the McRib sauce. I can still taste that stuff as we speak.

To quote the Simpsons, what's a word for this?:

Ah yes, transcendent. But that's neither here nor there. My verdict: You're better off waiting for the McRib to come back. At least the pickles were decent.

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April Excuses

You know what? I'm getting pretty tired of the last few entries being nothing but apologies for my lack of content. I have no excuse to give you nothing but excuses.

This month was almost no exception. This one was pretty eventful, and even I'm pretty pissed that I've held onto these sweet ideas until now.

First of all:

NEW CAR!!!1!!1

Previously I was driving a 2003 Corolla, a nice little hand-me-down that got me where I had to go. But two weeks ago I had to send it back to the mechanic for the latest thing that went wrong with it. Seriously, once a month for the past 7 or so months something else went wrong with this damn thing. But this time was different. I was told to get rid of it while it was still running as its days were officially numbered.

The only thing I was worried about was hoping that Old Car would make it to the dealership before crapping out, since I was pretty paranoid to drive it ever since getting that message. Well, it made the trip and it's the Toyota dealership's problem now!

Needless to say, one misleading advertisement later and I fell in love with the 2013 version of Old Car. Not only is New Ride shiny and brand new (it's currently under 500 miles. That's how new it is!!), the radio has a sweet touchscreen with a bluetooth attachment! That means I can finally listen to the 300 podcasts that I have yet to get around to that have been building up for the past two years! Not many people can fathom how exciting that is, right starving refugees? They know my style.

All in all, I get much better gas mileage than them and that makes me a happy man.

Then you have my standard excuses: My job, tiredness, my depression came back for about two weeks, actually having a life, and overall laziness. But now another addiction has a stranglehold on me:

SIMPSONS: TAPPED OUT

For a long time I held off on this game. For one thing, I didn't get a sweet sweet iPhone 5 until about a month ago, so I couldn't play it before then. You also have my distaste for Freemium games. You know, those games that are completely free to play but they charge you out the ass to do anything remotely cool. And this one is pretty damn smug about it due to it being completely self-aware that it's an addicting game that caters to Simpsons nerds like myself.

And as a Simpsons nerd like myself, I can say that the game lives up to every expectation. The game itself is centered on re-building Springfield in your own image after Homer blows it up after playing a Happy Little Elves game not unlike the game you're about to play. You buy buildings, characters and other objects to improve your town not to mention being able to mess with the towns of anyone else (provided you find their username first), and every character has several tasks and quests they can do.

This is where donuts come in. Yes, this is the infamous currency that you have to pay actual money to buy. And donuts are the most useful item in the game. Every building you get has to be built, and every character's quests occur IN REAL TIME. Using donuts speeds up the time you would spend by 99%. Characters can have quests as short as six seconds and as long as eight, twelve, and twenty-four hours, and in the case of Apu he can work a 168 hour Kwik-E-Mart shift. Using donuts completes each and every one of those missions in about ten seconds. And of course the good folks at EA wouldn't be dicks if they only gave you about 20 of these not counting any lucky bonuses, as doing anything good requires at least 12 donuts! I looked it up, it costs two bucks to buy a dozen yourself, and they actually have the gall to charge you $100 for a literal boatload of 2400 of them.

But before I descend into blind rage again, lemme tell you about the details of the game. Every single aspect of this game is a reference to something in the show. Items, characters and buildings from EVERY era of the show are here in some form, with plenty more on the way. It'd probably be easier to list the things that aren't here yet: Troy McClure & Lionel Hutz and their respective buildings (Troy's futuristic house and the I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm storefront, respectively), Patty & Selma, Handsome Pete, the Monorail, Jasper, the Crazy Cat Lady, Disco Stu, The Sea Captain, The South Street Squidport (although those last two are rumored to show up in a later update), and the giant Olmec Head.

Normal folks might not get why those omissions are heresy, but for the ones that do...I feel ya, buddy. Hell, the Lemon Tree is here! And it gives you lemons! That's incredible. Personally my favorite things in the game are getting Hank Scorpio and his volcano lair, the "Hail Ants" sign from "Deep Space Homer," and the three weird things from the ending of "Marge vs. The Monorail":

The Popsicle Stick Skyscraper and The 50 Ft Magnifying Glass

and my favorite, the Escalator to Nowhere.

The people on that escalator are the actual people that are on it in the show, that's the level of detail the game designers put into this game.

There's currently a promotion for Whacking Day (awesome!) where you have to whack snakes to get bonus items like statues, new character skins and the like. It lasts for about 9 more days and since I started on Saturday, I've since resigned to the fact that I'll never be able to get any of the really good prizes, which are buildings with exclusive characters. My only regrets right now are downloading this freaking game and not downloading it sooner.

Finally, on Sunday I stumbled upon a collectibles store in my area called "The Lands of Oohs and Oz." This place, you guys. This place.

This is just when you walk in. It's an entire case of Mego figures! It's got them all: DC, Marvel, even The Greatest American Hero is getting some love! I see a Mayor McCheese doll in there, too. And some bobbleheads. And collectible lunchboxes. And an entire case full of collectible glasses not pictured.

It's a store that's cluttered to all hell like you've stumbled onto a Gnome Trove so you have to DIG to get to anything good. And dig I went!

I never knew there even WAS an Emerald City playset, let alone finding one in its box amongst GI Joe playsets and the famous Darkseid Destroyer. Now the DC Super Powers line of figures from Kenner was before my time, but I always hear about fond memories of it, especially this thing. I'm pretty sure that this is what satisfied eight year old kids in the days before GI Joe and all of the vehicles that you shoved soldiers in.

Nostalgia for this thing goes for the triple digits in dollars, depending on the condition of the toy itself and whether you have the box, and the condition of the box itself. And it's just sitting there like it's the day after Christmas! Well, that sums up just about everything in this store, though.

Sorry for the blurriness of this picture but I was too excited to find so many figures from the 90s from dozens of obscure toy lines still in their packages. I saw a few Robocop figures, your Marvel Legends, Starting Lineups, some good old Power Rangers, various Johnny Lightning cars, and figures from The Tick. They had El Seed! I didn't even know they made a figure of El Seed!

Yes, that's a Pee-Wee's Playhouse playset you see there, sandwiched next to unopened plush likenesses of George Liquor and Jimmy The Idiot Boy of Ren & Stimpy fame! (WRITER'S UPDATE: Jimmy himself was more prominent on another show by Spumco, The Ripping Friends, but still) Just when I find one toy that I recognized, I discovered ten more that I didn't know even existed.

Apologies for the blurriness yet again, but holy crap it's a blockade runner from the beginning of Star Wars! It compliments a strange dichotomy with other Star Wars toys, as well as play sets from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Seriously, I never even heard of the Droid Factory, but apparently it goes for forty bucks. And the shelf above all of these were the truly vintage Star Wars figures.

Mork's right, I need to plan a return visit one of these days. And the best part about it is that this isn't even half of the store! These are the pictures I took when the shopkeep was distracted.

Wait, what's that Mork? You want me to buy you? But what will I do with you? What do you mean carve things into trees and vote Republican? What are you doing?!

Mork...?

MORK?!

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