Crown Royal Blackberry Canadian Whiskey is delicious . . . so they say. I wouldn’t know. Normally, my mother-in-law is pretty good at snagging us a bottle or two of the limited edition seasonal releases. Not so last autumn, however. That stuff sold out before we even knew it was ...
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Been wanting to do this one for ages, but I couldn’t find the action figure. But I finally did, and who better to team up with a beer called Bishop’s Finger than everyone’s favourite Artificial Person himself, Bishop, from Aliens, who accidentally nicked his finger when playing The Knife Game ...
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Last week I took on a little project. I was set to attend the Steelers/Packers game with my good friend Steve Rensi, and since it was the game before Halloween, costumes were encouraged. I came up with an idea ideally suited to our collecting.
I picked up a couple Star Wars Halloween masks, with the intent of making them spectacular. The first task was to mask off what I didn't want painted...
Next up was a coat of primer. I also sprayed on multiple coats of clear on the inside of the 3PO mask, since it was pretty flimsy.
Followed that up with some glorious Steeler gold as the final finish on the 3PO and the base color of the Chewie.
At this point the 3PO was essentially done except for the Steeler logo. I knew I couldn't accomplish that by painting it by hand, so I ended up printing the logo on a vinyl sticker. Same thing with the Green Bay 'G'. But the Chewie mask required a ton more work. I spent nearly 4 days painting the green over the yellow to suggest fur. But all that work paid off!
We had a blast tailgating, and even ended up on the Football Night In America broadcast (if you squint really hard)...
Even though the game went terribly (Rensi disagrees), it was a blast repping Star Wars for the festivities.
Mad Squirrel’s Buzzkill DDH New England IPA is a 6.5% ABV brew that I only bought because I had the perfect action figure to team it up with for the photo shoot. Everything else about it gives me what is known in A Galaxy Far, Far Away as “A Bad ...
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I figured it's a good time to look at my upcoming Droids Customs schedule, having recently finished the Dengar that I'm very happy with. As it stands now, I have bubbles and figures in-hand for three more characters:
- Klaatu Skiff
- Nein Nunb
- Death Star Droid
I'm not ...
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There’s this corny old song where a little ant goes through the jungle, trying to take down a “rubber tree plant” (as opposed to those rubber tree animals, I guess?), ’cause he’s got HIIIIIIIGH HOPES! He’s got hiiiiiiigh hopes! He’s got high! Apple pie! In the skyyyyyyy hopes! It’s supposed ...
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Despite having used several dragons in these articles over the years, I still have some unused dragon-based figures that could’ve gone with this one. MOTU Classics Draego-Man, for example, or either version of TransMetal II Beast Wars Megatron, or Combiner Wars Hun-Grrr or Sinnertwin. But I chose the blurrg, for ...
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, me and my cousin, Greedo, here . . .
We was hitchhikin’ down a long and lonesome hyperspace route.
All of a sudden, there shined a shiny Chaos-Bringer . . .
In the middle . . . of the spacelane.
And ...
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When it comes to Vintage Star Wars bootlegs, there's nothing quite like Brazil's Model Trem. These cast lead action figures are totally insane.
Heavy as a rock and undeniably more toxic than anything else ever released, they're unique in their composition and their construction, with their limbs being attached by screws.
I learned about these so long ago my purchase predates Gmail, and probably predates CreatureCantina.com. It may even predate the RebelScum forums, though that thing is so impossible to navigate these days my searches might just not have returned the correct result. Anyway, it was a long time ago. When I purchased mine it wasn't common knowledge they were sold in boxes, so I only got a loose figure (for like $60 shipped from Brazil, if memory serves). When the first photos of the boxes were shared, I was modestly disappointed.
And for 2 decades I pretty much accepted that I'd never own a complete Model Trem. Far fewer boxes than figures survived, thus who would ever decide to sell an empty box?
Turns out Jeff's Collectable Empire would! Last week I scored this on eBay:
It was something I wasn't even looking for, but something I've always wanted. And now it's mine! As a bonus, it even included the original baggie for 3PO.
I was the lone bidder, and I'm very happy with the price. I don't know that I'll ever actually put my figure inside the box, but it's a great companion piece for display. It's great to know even these days I can stumble across rare yet affordable Vintage pieces I still need.
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