Beyond My Geeky Life

 Mattel has put out a new series of Masters of the Universe toys called the Origin collection. They are taking the classics figure, adding more articulation and some slight cosmetic changes, but making sure they have the basic aesthetics of the original figures.  It is a great collections. Leave it up to a fan to go and really makes something awesome with the collection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fHmubBPJnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDYMRueM4k Those are unofficial commercials for the new line done in the style of toys commercials from the 80s. That is just awesome. With modern technology fans really can do so much in the way of being creative. With all the toxicness I see on youtube from so many, it is really pleasant to see something like this. It is celebrating and having fun with a fandom in away that should be enjoyable to everyone. No attacking going there. I want more of that. 

Last night I misbehaved and allowed myself to participate in an auction the Gnarly Toybox (You should check out this shop as the guy who owns is really cool) was doing via Facebook. In his first set of items he had a vintage Darth Vader costume from Ben Cooper Inc. I had been wanting to add one of these to my collection for some time, as I remember from my youth as well as it being Star Wars and decided to spoil myself. I won the auction and got a good deal in the end. The picture above are not the one I won, the box is in a lot better shape. After I won I kept watching to see what else they had and how much everything was going for. The vintage Star Wars figures did real well and went for about the prices you'd expect. They were obviously still in demand. Most of them I already have, so I was not too interested, even the ones I didn't have are not that hard to find. There was nothing hard to come by for vintage figures. He also put out some of the 90's Power of the Force f