We're doing something a little
different with today’s unboxing as it's not mine. That's because my
older brother was intrigued enough by my first month of Your Toy Box
that he decided to try it out for himself. Unlike mine, I can't
report on which categories he choose for his subscription though I
know he picked out more stuff than I did.
Before we move on to the items, I
forgot to mention in my last toy box post that I initially learned of
this service from a youtube cat by the name of Johnny Tellez. Guy's
an absolute hoot thanks to his boundless enthusiasm. If you ever feel
like viewing some unboxings of various subscriptions I highly
recommend his antics.
Also on the cool guy front is the head
honcho of Your Toy Box, Trevor Taylor. E-mailed him last week to
change a few preferences and mentioned my blog coveridge. Within an
hour he'd done the changes, read the entry, and even answered a few
questions from the blog itself, now that's service!
Let's kick things off with Star Wars.
It's not very obvious in the photo but my bro ended up with two SW
items. The first is Luke in his pilot get-up from the 90's Kenner
line. Didn't have the heart to tell him that I've probably got a
boxed version of this buried in the storage room, but what he doesn't
know can't disappoint him. Much cooler is the translucent blue Darth
Maul figure. It really says something about Mr. Maul that even when
you make him look like a candy sculpture, he's still a bad ass.
One of the brand new items were these
Marvel Bonka Zonks. They're kinda like a weighted dreidel or if
you're old enough to remember, spinfighters only without a launcher.
For my brother's part I don't think he found these terribly
interesting since he's aiming for stuff that's more display quality.
I think they're pretty damn fun though.
There's a rather strange Bart Simpson
figure. It's obvious he's in laughing position but it's weird, like
he's having an involuntary poop laugh. On the plus side, he's pretty
easy to display.
And for the “where did that come
from?” item we've got this Harry Potter million dollar bill. I saw
another unboxing where someone had something similar but it was
Jurassic Park themed. Best I can figure is these must come from the
Universal Studios park.
Now for the three heavyweights. First
up is a Star Trek TNG figure of Captain Picard in his Dixon Hill
persona. Owned a lot of TNG figures back in the day, a few of em are
still in a tote downstairs which is why I decided against adding trek
to my subscription, but never had this one. If you don't understand
the figure, Dixon Hill was an old Noir style detective series that
Picard liked to play on the holodeck. It even popped up in First
Contact when he goes all tommy gun commando on some borg.
To the left is a go-bot. I freely
admit to having almost zero knowledge of Go-bots or their ways. That
being said, this one is still very cool and in great shape for
something as old as me. It must work out.
On the right is a nice & spiffy
Mr. Sinister figure. Oddly enough I've got massive love for this guy
dispute only ever reading like one comic with him. It's just
something about the look and the name, you just know he's total
dickweed. Quick question: Is he left-handed? Ya know, to go with that
whole sinister thing.
So how did this box stack up?
Personally I don't think it was a good as mine but at the same
time,my brother picked some categories that I have no interest in, so
it gets a little subjective. With things like the Dickson Hill figure
of hologram Darth Maul, it still made for a fun treat. He was planing
on canceling his subscription which you shouldn't see as a
condemnation of the box because my brother ordering something like
this was way out of character to begin with. Thing is, I don't think
he remembered to cancel in time which means the next unboxing will be
a showdown. Brother against brother in the battle for the best toys.
In the meantime I've got a few extra things lined up for
CosmicSparky's upcoming second birthday. Stay Tuned.
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