Tay Ray Gun's Singularity with Supply Crate Toy Review from Jazwares!

 

 I can't believe that I bought into Fortnite. I have been enjoying the game so far and I have REALLY been enjoying the toys by Jazwares! Singularity was a character introduced in Chapter 1. Amazon has a good deal going on for this character, and as a bonus, you can get a supply crate for cheap!!! Be sure to check out the review! 

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     Sun-Man has been added to the Masters of the Universe mix!!! I want to thank everyone that signed my petition: Make Masters of the Universe Origins toys more racially diverse with new characters. I won't take the petition down until I see all of these toys on store shelves for the kids. So if you still want to sign it, and share it, please feel free. And when you share it, use the #DiversifyMOTUOrigins so we can find it all over the internet. 

  Jeff and I are having an 8th anniversary of our show, Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff! It has been a great ride. Celebrate the occasion by going through our backlog of shows on MarvinDogMedia!

Tay Ray Gun's Fortnite Choppa Toy Review from Jazwares!

  

 I can't believe that I bought into Fortnite. I have been enjoying the game so far and I have REALLY been enjoying the toys by Jazwares! This "Choppa" with Blaze is a fun aerial plaything! You could say it is EPIC! Be sure to check out the review! 

    If you liked the video, please help me out on YouTube! Subscribe to my channel, get notifications there and comment on the video on YouTube. This lets the admins at YouTube know that people are interested in the reviews. Be sure to share the link too!

     Sun-Man has been added to the Masters of the Universe mix!!! I want to thank everyone that signed my petition: Make Masters of the Universe Origins toys more racially diverse with new characters. I won't take the petition down until I see all of these toys on store shelves for the kids. So if you still want to sign it, and share it, please feel free. And when you share it, use the #DiversifyMOTUOrigins so we can find it all over the internet. 

  Jeff and I are having an 8th anniversary of our show, Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff! It has been a great ride. Celebrate the occasion by going through our backlog of shows on MarvinDogMedia!

Action Figure Friday- Road RIpper!

This is one of those Masters of the Universe vehicles that I ended up getting way after the line was over and I got a wild hair to collect all of these He-Man toys as an adult. I got this Road Ripper in the aftermarket on ebay for pretty cheap. I think I spent maybe five dollars with shipping included. Originally, this toy had only a few of its stickers, which were in bad shape, and it was missing it's rip-cord. I ended up downloading the scanned decals on He-Man.org, scanning in my salvaged stickers from my toy, combining the two and using photoshop to clean up the decals. I tried to get the stickers as close as I could to the original decals that were supplied with the toy. I printed them off on a sticker sheet and laminated the decals with a sealing tape. Later on, I got a rip-cord from DFW Vintage toys to complete this bad boy! This is a very simple Masters of the Universe vehicle, but the design and play value are fantastic. When I got the rip-cord, I sat and played with this thing over, and over, and over. It really is fun! The only complaint that I have is that I didn't have a friend over to wheel the toy back to me. Instead, I had to walk across the room to get it...

If you have a Road Ripper that you are trying to refurbish, you can download the original file here to print your own sticker sheets. Just a warning, I do retain a small bit of copyright on this sticker sheet due to the photoshop work that I did to "clean" the decals. The rest (and almost all) of the copyright goes to Mattel who is the sole copyright holder of the original Road Ripper decal design. Please do not print off my decals to sell on ebay. If I see this happening I will report you to ebay. This is for anyone and everyone who has a Road Ripper that they would like to clean up. These decals are not absolutely perfect and therefore not official. The color may be a little off and the trim lines may not be exact, but I tried to get it as close as I could to the original. Enjoy.

I purchased a table for the Dallas Comic Con in May. I look forward to seeing all of the familiar faces and hopefully some new people stopping by to chat with us. 

I have posted some new shirt designs in my Cafepress store. Head over to my Cafepress store and get a shirt or a couple! 

I have all Xenex the Bug Man comic books available for print on demand. You can see that listing here on my store's tab for comic books. 

Just to let you know all know, I am taking commissions. If you would like to commission me for original artwork, head over to the commissions tab in store to see how. 

If you have not heard about the Podcast called, "Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff", then it's time I let you know! Jeff and I are on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action figure!) Seems simple enough. We pick out a toy line to discuss in each show. We share our childhood memories, our favorite five, and talk about the one toy in the line that got away. Jeff talks about how he cherished his toys and I talk about how they ended up in the garden! The other two shows are The pilot episode, where Jeff and Josh Taylor break down the Pilot Episode in TV series, and The Loosely Based Podcast where Brynna and Jeff compare the book to the movie adaptation! The shows are great! If you are interested in what we got, go to Marvindogmedia.com  and give us a listen. You can subscribe to the shows on itunes and get up to date info on upcoming shows on facebook:

Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff on facebook
The Loosely Based Podcast on facebook
The Pilot Episode on facebook

If you like what we have, be sure to tell your friends! We need your word of mouth to help us keep making shows! And, be sure to give Jeff a hug. He's feeling a bit grumpy.

Taylor and Jeff: Action Figure Buddies for Life!

Action Figure Friday- MOTU- Roton!

I'm going classic today with a true classic in the vintage Masters of the Universe toy line. Today, I bring you the mighty evil sawing vehicle, Roton! Let me just start off by saying this, I loved this toy. At one point I had two of these vehicles. I'm not exactly sure why, but I did. For me, I could put just about any sized action figure in this thing and it would work in my play scenarios. I remember that I could fit about four to fives G.I.Joes in there to saw their way into a Cobra camp, or vice versa. Now, let me also say this, my Dad hated this toy because it made this awful clicking noise every time it moved forwards or backwards on its hidden wheel. Did I mention how much I loved playing with this thing? I remember times when I would try and push this toy across the carpeted floor right next to my Dad's orange lounge chair while he watched his shows. Some times, I would put one hand in each of the two Rotons and walk-push them across the floor right next to his chair, again, while he watched his stories. I also remember him taking the toy/toys away till his show was over. Seriously, if you did not see that one coming, you don't know the annoying power of this noise maker. It's really loud. This is the only version of this toy made. There was a model of this vehicle made that had a face shield attached to it. I've personally never seen one of these models in person and I don't think I ever will. Now, I doubt that Mattel will ever make this in the Classics toy line due to the "under" success of the Wind Raider that they put to market about a year ago. But, If they were to make this thing in the Classics scale, I would totally be on board to buy one for my collection. Hell, I might even buy two, for old time's sake. 

I purchased a table for the Dallas Comic Con in May. I look forward to seeing all of the familiar faces and hopefully some new people stopping by to chat with us. 

I have posted some new shirt designs in my Cafepress store. Head over to my Cafepress store and get a shirt or a couple! 

I have all Xenex the Bug Man comic books available for print on demand. You can see that listing here on my store's tab for comic books. 

Just to let you know all know, I am taking commissions. If you would like to commission me for original artwork, head over to the commissions tab in store to see how. 

If you have not heard about the Podcast called, "Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff", then it's time I let you know! Jeff and I are on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action figure!) Seems simple enough. We pick out a toy line to discuss in each show. We share our childhood memories, our favorite five, and talk about the one toy in the line that got away. Jeff talks about how he cherished his toys and I talk about how they ended up in the garden! The other two shows are The pilot episode, where Jeff and Josh Taylor break down the Pilot Episode in TV series, and The Loosely Based Podcast where Brynna and Jeff compare the book to the movie adaptation! The shows are great! If you are interested in what we got, go to Marvindogmedia.com  and give us a listen. You can subscribe to the shows on itunes and get up to date info on upcoming shows on facebook:
Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff on facebook
The Loosely Based Podcast on facebook
The Pilot Episode on facebook

Give us a like! And, if you like what we have, be sure to tell your friends! We need your word of mouth to help us keep making shows! And, be sure to give Jeff a hug. 

Taylor and Jeff: Action Figure Buddies for Life!

Action Figure Friday- Playmate's Kirk and Shuttlecraft Galileo

I'll go ahead and say it, I do not collect a lot of Star Trek toys. I really don't. I have maybe three action figures from the playmates line and one vehicle. The Shuttlecraft Galileo and Kirk are the one figure and one vehicle that make up half of that collection. I normally wouldn't go out of the way to talk about a Star Trek toy from Playmates except for this toy combo. And, seeing as this is my second time to own this set, I believe that there is something special about it that definitely warrants a viewing. So, let's take a look at it. 

This set not only has classic Kirk, but has Kirk in his away team sweater. This is the only time you will get this version of Captain Kirk in the Playmates Star Trek toy line. If you can find the away team Spock that is just like this action figure instead in blue and with a new head sculpt, you are set for a shuttlecraft crew.  Like most of the Playmates Star Trek action figures, this version of Kirk has standard articulation. He didn't come with any accessories, unless you count the shuttlecraft. But we are not really here to talk about the Kirk action figure as much as we are here to talk about the Shuttlecraft Galileo itself. This is a truly wonderful toy! I had this vehicle back when it hit shelfs in the late 90's. I sold it in a garage sell and regretted it for years. I ended up getting another as a birthday gift many years later. Ever since I got this toy back in my hands, I have refused to give it up. Again, it is that cool.

If you look at the scale of Kirk to the shuttle, you can see that the scale is way off. This shuttle has no electronic sound or lights like the other shuttles in the line. So, what makes this thing so good? It is the design. Plain, simple, concise is what this toy is. It has playable options that are hidden behind doors and uses all available space within the toy to seat two characters. It has a two part opening back bay door. It has two opening maintenance doors to repair the nacelles. It has a phaser door to reveal the weapons bank, a two part opening pilot door, moveable chairs, an opening nose door to the cockpit and a detachable spring loaded firing canon! All of that is included in a toy that is really no longer than 12 inches; and... and it comes with a Captain Kirk action figure! 

Apart from all of the moving parts, this toy has a nice sculpt to it. If you open all of the doors on this thing and look inside, you will notice a lot of cabin detail inside. I also like the sticker decals that are added to this toy. It is not overkill, but enough to decorate this ship and make it special. I am having a hard time finding any fault with this toy. If you are in the market to get the shuttlecraft, there are a few on the amazon market place to buy. Here is a listing for it: 

Classic 30th anniversary Star Trek Galileo shuttlecraft with exclusive Kirk figure

Just to let you know all know, I am taking commissions. If you would like to commission me for original artwork, head over to the commissions tab in store to see how. 

The long awaited issue 4 of Xenex the Bug Man is now up for order. It's a great looking comic book! Head on over to the Bug Man site and see what I'm talking about!

If you have not heard about the Podcast called, "Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff", then it's time I let you know! Jeff and I are on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action figure!) Seems simple enough. We pick out a toy line to discuss in each show. We share our childhood memories, our favorite five, and talk about the one toy in the line that got away. Jeff talks about how he cherished his toys and I talk about how they ended up in the garden! The other two shows are The pilot episode, where Jeff and Josh Taylor break down the Pilot Episode in TV series, and The Loosely Based Podcast where Brynna and Jeff compare the book to the movie adaptation! The shows are great! If you are interested in what we got, go to Marvindogmedia.com  and give us a listen. You can subscribe to the shows on itunes and get up to date info on upcoming shows on facebook:
Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff on facebook
The Loosely Based Podcast on facebook
The Pilot Episode on facebook

Give us a like! And, if you like what we have, be sure to tell your friends! We need your word of mouth to help us keep making shows!