John Doctor Kent

The quest for the next Pop! was a long one.
Maybe they would never find it.
But they sure tried a lot of ways

Poster for the movie Stand By Me

WHAT I'M REWATCHING
STAND BY ME (1986)

we live in a time of weaponized nostalgia for so many things.
A movie like this could easily slip into a hated category-but I watch it,reminded of playing in an abandoned grain factor as a yut,running across active train tracks w people now gone from my life

Poster for the DS9 documentary

What I'm Watching
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
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I didn't watch DS9-i had run out of steam for Trek during TNG-but I learned a lot about it through the toys.

Good documentary.

Poster for the movie Hauntedween

What I'm Watching
HAUNTEDWEEN (1991)
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The beauty of a movie is that anyone can make one.
I'm always interested in seeing how people communicate information through words and images.
This one had some pretty crazy choices, but being super low budget and vintage, not for everyone

Poster for the movie Bustin Loose

What I'm Watching
BUSTIN' LOOSE (1981)
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Another movie with weird tone- watch Richard battle some hooded fellows! Learn life lessons with abused kids! Find love in unlikely places!

This is the kind of movie that's been lost* in Hollywood going "all blockbuster, all the time"
*unpromoted/buried

Poster for the new Fantastic Four movie

What I'm Watching
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
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Enjoyable. Closest they have come to the right casting. Interested in where things are going

What I'm Watching
THE OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK
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I don't know if this was supposed to be a comedy or an epic western or what.
It was going to be impossible to live up to BLACK DYNAMITE so I'm glad he made the movie he wanted to

Mordles riding atop Optimal Optimus Primal in his tank mode.

Close-up of the cockpit where a mordle sits

Another angle of the front of the tank mode.

Full overhead view of Optimal Optimus Primals' tank mode, riddled with Mordles.

Mordles going on a road trip!

#MordleMonday #Mordles #RocksAndBugsAndThings #Toyfinity #BeastWars #Maximals #OptimalOptimusPrimal #ToyPhotography @toyfinity.bsky.social

Lost in Space movie licensing booklet

THE FEATURE FILM BRAND page of the LIS licensing book

ANIMATED SERIES BRAND for Lost In Space. Obviously this never happened

Damn the Robot looks cool animated! From the LOST IN SPACE movie licensing booklet

Had to dig for a classic catalog - and came across one of my favorite pieces of paperwork: the Licensing Fair booklet for the LOST IN SPACE movie.

Get on board! Long John Silver's did(?)! Animated Series coming soon! The Robot looks cool animated.

A rare peek into the plans that never were

Took me a couple days - this work?

I had to look up Audie Murphy, but the answer is no on that one

How much further to go?

Poster for the movie the Outsiders

WHAT I'M REWATCHING:
THE OUTSIDERS (1983)

I had a buddy who was of Italian descent when I was young,so I must've seen this & THE WANDERERS like fifty times at his house.

There's a reason people keep writing stories about how trivial it is that we kill each other for being "different". Great film

(pretend I wrote out the Marvin Berry convo but about these bags)

It must be tough to run a company that does licensing.
You're at Licensing Fair trying to decide what to put on your paper bags next year - and what do you pick?
The cute sitcom with the kids?
Looney Tunes again?
Thundarr? Snorks?

A vintage Star Wars Episode 1 Jar-Jar figure, showing an original price sticker of 2.99 at EB Games marked down to .50

A vintage Star Wars Episode I figure of Darth Maul, showing a price tag of 7.99 at Ames

A tale of two Star Wars figures

Ignoring that EB Games was clearing out Jar-Jar for .50 at some point in the past, you'd be paying over DOUBLE per figure at regular price if your only local store was an Ames.

Also hilarious to see how these things keep over the years. Cardboard ain't forever!

Dirt old Shirley Temple commemorative plates

The ephemera of generations is interesting to sift through.

What study did they do - what research was conducted - to lead to commemorative PLATES for everything?

Their current online value would say the destination for these once desired collectibles is a dumpster.

Microman Demon Pink, an unreal tough to get limited to 200 pieces from damn year 30 years ago now - finally reacquired after a sale back in 2001

I can't say that I enjoy these forever quests for unbelievably rare items, but I am also not bothered by them.

Time flows in multiple directions. I am both a young man getting this figure loose from Buyee and me now spending five times the amount getting it carded.
The universe decides when/how

Maxx Zero standing on a windowsil in the sunlight.

Maxx Zero looking into the morning sun

Maxx Zero pointing his laser pistol.

Maxx Zero about to heroically shank a fool.

Good morning! Its gonna be a hot one today! Here's the last release of Maxx Zero before the lisence went from Toyfinity to Nacelle toys! Glad I could grab one of these!

#RoboForce #Toyfinity #Glyos #GoodMorning #ToyPhotography @toyfinity.bsky.social

Kenner Aliens Vs Predator ad (1994)

Green Mordles gathered around an empty container of cashews.

Mordle Monday!

These little snots just ate my cashews!

#MordleMonday #Mordles #RocksAndBugsAndThings #Toyfinity #ToyPhotography @toyfinity.bsky.social

Maybe you could get a really basic Transformer at the Five Below before. Not now. It's swords! Y'know, even one for G1 Optimus who is famous for his SWORD WEAPON

The test of what is going on with the economy: no more Five Below Transformers from Hasbro, but ROLE
PLAY SWORDS YESSSS

I only looked quick so anyone who has more info, feel free to jump in - but they only did S1 in region one. No S2.
The whole series was available in other regions but the ones I saw were $$$

No, I bought em on Amazon due to the DVD situation

Still from the Amazing Stories episode Mr Magic

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E8 MR MAGIC
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Stephen King, I feel like he used to have his main stories which were well thought out & detailed-then a short story like "what if a finger was giant and came out of your toilet"

An old magician who has lost his mojo finds magic cards.No good

Still from the Amazing Stories episode Fine Tuning

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E7 FINE TUNING
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Again, tone.
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE did DISTANT SIGNALS and I love that one.
Here,similar ideas but massively different execution.
Aliens love old human shows,come to Earth- but they are small and weird talking. Schmaltzy.

Poster for the movie Icebreaker

Poster for the Rifftrax version of Icebreaker

What I'm Watching
ICEBREAKER/RIFFTRAX version
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There was a time of derision towards action films where it was "it's DIE HARD on/in a...!"
Well,this is that on a mountain.
Badly miscast. Bruce Campbell doesn't save it. Can't imagine watching this without the Rifftrax,which still urgh

Still from the Amazing FALSWORTH episode of Amazing Stories

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E6 THE AMAZING FALSWORTH
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Gregory Hines makes a special appearance as a man tortured with one of Longshot's powers - touch telepathy. But when a murderer gets involved....

Anyway, liked this one. Straightforward suspense, no goofy comedy

Still from the Amazing Stories episode The Mission

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E5 THE MISSION
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I actually remember NBC calling out this episode as something special.
And for close to an hour,it's suspenseful and dramatic- then the ending. Lordy lord.
Won't spoil it here but it's the problem with the whole series - tone.

Still from the Amazing Stories episode Mummy Daddy

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E4 MUMMY DADDY
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Someone already replied to me on a previous post - this is probably the best episode of the first season.

Ever have mistaken identity with an actual mummy? Just watch this one. With Brion James!

What I'm Watching
AMAZING STORIES
S1E3 ALAMO JOBE
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more catch up...
This one is your basic HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM story. What's weird about AS is no punchlines. The show usually just fades out as I'm waiting for a gotcha moment.

Anyway, this one's a skip.