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Whaaaaaaat? Two action figure entries in a row?
It MUST be Tuesday!

I've got three things to talk about. And, more than likely, I'll spend a ridiculous amount of time doing it. And it's even more likely that I'll ramble off-topic about something else. So...

First:
My Sauron figure arrived in the mail today.
Apparently, I hit a wrong button while ordering it and got Next Day shipping instead of regular shipping. It's only three dollars extra, but that means that altogether I spent ten dollars on shipping and tax. Sheesh.
But man, oh man, it's worth it!
I've had it all of three hours and my dogs already hate it. The voice (because it says stuff) drives them up the wall. So, I chase them around with it.
And they like being chased like this, really. So I'm not being cruel to them or anything.
His armor is so detailed it boggles my mind. There's not a centimeter on this thing that The designs that line his armor are everywhere! Even in the places that they knew were going to be hidden by other stuff.
But there are two complaints I have: The least burdensome being the cape. It's such a cop-out, half-assed piece of ridiculousness... It's attached to both arms at the biceps, too, by elastic bands. It doesn't get it the way or anything; it just looks REALLY stupid. However, it took me all of five minutes to get it off and find a way to attach it around the neck; so now it looks pretty frickin' awesome.
The other problem (and it's kinda important) is that his shoulder-pads and "skirt" fuck up the posability of the arms and legs. And there's no way around this.

But overall, this figure is 100% pure bad ass.

And I don't really dig the Lord of The Rings toy line that much. I'll admit, they're pretty detailed and most of them look almost exactly like the actors, but for whatever reason I've just never been impressed enough to buy the majority of the line. The only other figure I have is a Treebeard. And other than the two I have, the only figure I want is the shield-surfing Legolas (not the regular Legolas, either; just the shield-surfing one, 'cause that was my all-time favorite part of both movies).

But, hey, it's Sauron.
You'll probably get it regardless of anything I say. If you're into this sort of thing, anyway...

Second:
How goddamn hard is it to find the Marvel Legends series 3 figures?! I swear, for the past month and a half I've gone at least once a week to six different stores (three Toys R Us', two KB's, and a Wal-Mart) and I haven't seen even one of the new ones. And I'll tell you right now: Screw Wolverine, screw Magneto, and screw Ghost Rider. All I need is a Thor. If I can just find a Thor, I'll be happy. Don't get me wrong, I want the other three figures because I'm a big fan of the characters. But, damnit, I really want to complete my Avengers!
And I'm not going to spend twenty dollars on each seperate figure at a comic convention (no, seriously.. I've seen it happen).
And I also hate buying stuff of E-bay. I've been ripped off a couple times, so I'm pretty jaded with that whole process.

Anyway, when I went today, I made sure not to bathe or change my clothes. So I was all smelly. Then I deliberately stood next to people.
It was really cool when I was standing in line at Best Buy. See, the person at the front was buying a bunch of electronic equipment. This adds an extra ten minutes to each purchase, because she gets warranties and rebates and all kinds of other printable stuff. On top of this, she was having problems with her credit cards, then she got into a big conversation with the guy about how to use her warranties and rebates, then she got in a fight with the guy for some reason I didn't catch. And it took a while to get her on her way.
All I wanted to do was pay for my Def Leppard cd and get out of there.

Yeah, Def Leppard. It was just a weird impulse buy that I still can't explain.

I dunno...
I just really wanted to hear Rock of Ages...

Third:
At Wal-Mart, I saw the new line of He-Man spin-off toys. They now have Samurai He-Man and (something along the lines of ) Battle Smash He-Man.

Oh, God, I know where this is going...

And it really needs to stop right now.
There's just no need for a Battle Smash He-Man. None. There's really very little difference between it and Sound Armor He-Man or Jungle Action He-Man.
It's just going to get out of hand. Next there's probably going to be Space Smasher He-Man or Aqua Death He-Man... and then that's going to lead to Punk Rock Power He-Man or Break Dance Battle Armor He-Man, where he's going to have a mohawk and a couple robotic limbs and maybe an eye patch and most assuredly a laser gun... Needless to say, it's just going to be really stupid and we're all going to remember why we abandoned He-Man in the first place.

Then again, Space Smasher He-Man does sound pretty cool...
But that's just me.

That's all for me. Boy, if you thought I was nerd with my last entry... whew! I think I leveled up to some sort of Ultra Nerd in the ten minutes it took me to write all that. But if you refer to me as Space Smasher Nerd-Man, I will love you forever. Sheesh. I really need to get out more.

And my parting thoughts:
ROCK OF A-GES!
ROCK OF A-GES!
STILL A-RO-LLIN'!
KEEP A -RO-LLIN'!
ROCK OF A-GES!
ROCK OF A-GES!
STILL A-ROLLIN'!
ROCK AND RO-LLIN'!