the vynsane asylum

I saw 4 Skydives at a Walmart. Didn't buy them. Waiting for the next Joe wave. My wife is going to let me order the Arctic and Desert Cobra sets for my birthday. Yes, I now wish I bought them when I saw them 4 months ago.

As far as Star Wars, I think the next figure I'm looking for is the Weequay. I don't think there was anything else in that wave I wanted.

I got the MU Goliath/Thor set at WM. It's got a 12" Bill Foster Black Goliath to go with my Legends, and the Thor Clone from Civil War to go in a drawer.

Chux, it was the Shock Trooper that nearly had my money. WalMart has them for $7.69 or something up here - $2.30 less than SW vintage or Clone Wars per figure. I still have a box of 25th Ann Joes that he would fit in nicely with. The other one I was ready to buy was the Snake Eyes with interchangeable heads - that looked like the best Snake Eyes ever. If I'm lucky enough to see them again, I'll part with the money I think.

Anarky Jr was watching Johnny Cash with us last night, and blown away by the harmonica in "Orange Blossom Special." She decided she wanted the Easter Bunny to bring her a harmonica. So we stopped by TRU tonight to see if we could find one. I went in alone, and, obviously, had to get something to justify to her why I had a bag (as it turned out way too big to fit in my pocket, as I'd hoped).

So, I took Rollo's advice and checked out the figures on sale in response to this post:

Rollo Tomassi wrote:

Ran wrote: ...and Rock Viper.

Every time I see this I think of Carl dressed as a Viper and throwin' horns.

Got a Thor. A basic one, with an absurd sword that becomes a hammer and looks like some ridiculous guitar sword thingy. Since the sale required two figures, and was on Thor, Iron Man, GIJoe, and last year's Legacy/Build-A-Droid line (which is now the black Wing Guard, Saessee Tiin, and Leesub Sirin), I got another Desert Storm Shadow. I first started to get a Jungle Viper, but I already had two for custom fodder. Then an Arctic Destro, but I decided some of the Storm Shadow stuff could be used for better effect, and his accessories can definitely find a home somewhere. Whereas Arctic Destro has some stupid accessories, and, anyway, he's so plentiful I can probably get him for two bucks at Target in a few weeks.

Not sure what the Metal Viper will look like, but I hope to do his inspiration proud. I might actually wait until I can get the upgraded basic Viper and just accessorize him like a badass.

My wife went to visit her family in Phoenix. Before she left, she gave me a $10 off $50 purchase for TRU. Got the Space Shuttle Lego and a Lego fire truck (buy 1 get 1 half off). Grabbed another $10 thing for a later gift to make it $50.

Today I was bored so I went to the flea market with the hopes of picking up some cheap GI Joes. Wasn't much there. The only Joes I saw were a battle damaged Snake eyes & Stormshadow from the comic pack, a blue cobra infantry with a Snake eyes head and a broken hand. In place of the broken hand, there was a plastic hook held in place by electrical tape. I passed even though they were only 50 cents. There was also a completely naked 12" Stormshadow which I also passed on. There was a bootleg set of superhero figures, but it wasn't nearly as good as Special Man.

Since I was in the barrio, I went to a Kmart. Managed to get a Steel Crusher for $11.

got two small "pharaoh's quest" sets for easter - scarab attack and golden staff guardians - and six randomly selected 'collectible minifigures' from series 4. ended up with the 'street skater', 'surfer girl', 'geisha' and 'garden gnome' (which i thought was something else, otherwise i wouldn't have opened him). the other (unopened) two were the sailor and hockey player which i don't want.

I already have a hockey player and I would trade for a 2nd. But, the only things I have to trade are the snowboard girl or the hula girl. I don't know if it is worth the price of postage to send them across the country.

Whasis 'bout a hockey legos?

This guy. He's one of the mini figures from series 4. I didn't put the mask on him because it looks like a football helmet.

Even though I was hoping maybe Lego had the NHL license, and not just some random player, that is actually pretty cool.

I would totally buy a Lego hockey set, complete with rink, players, refs, coaches, etc.

Oh, and a Zamboni.

And a Lego Stanley Cup.

And a mini octopus to throw on the ice.

And extra hats.

I would buy all of that. Especially the Zamboni.

I got my third LEGO train station (its the yellow one from a few years ago) in the mail this week.

I also got MotU Classics Sy-Klone, and two Panthors (one for me, one for my daughter) and the vintage retro looking Weapons Rack.

hit up some yard sales today in the next town over (they were doing a city-wide yard sale day today) and got an 8019 republic attack shuttle for $5!!!! that set originally sold for $60! the box is beat up a bit, but it's still sealed!

You lucky so and so...