Callsign Jestre
Tales of a Wanderer
Gobots Psycho
I’ve been getting into the Transformers lately, and have purchased a couple of the Hasbro figures in various sizes to see what I like. I’ve also been listening to a few of the TF podcasts trying to find an active, interesting show and while listening to the WTF@TFW podcast I heard them talking about the Gobots line.
The Gobots are apparently an older, transforming vehicle-to-robot line/show(?) and one of the podcast hosts (@Vangelus [ed. actually @Gogdog on second listen]) described his having received a Gobots Psycho recently. It sounded interesting, and as the concept is similar I thought I’d get one to look at as well.
Super Gobots Psycho in Robot Mode
Hopefully it will arrive this week. If nice, I’ve got my eye on another in the line.
Sir Gecko
When I was really hot and heavy into keeping herps I was keeping mostly hots, so I didn’t spend a lot of time with the lighter side of things. Now that I’ve survived that phase I find myself taking time to enjoy some of the calmer things in life. So, although I’ve seen hundreds of these guys at the shows over the years, I never really stopped to admire them.
Well that has changed, and after adopting one several weeks ago I am happy to say that they are a delight to own. So without further ado, I introduce to you Mr. Gordon “The Leopard” Gecko (Eublepharis macularius):
Gordon Gecko - Working Name
I know, I know… some of you may be saying “Man, you’ve watched Wall Street too many times” and you may be right, especially since I just watched the second one and enjoyed it. But hey, until another, better name comes along this one will do.
And I gotta tell ya, Mr. Gecko is an eating machine. Since I picked him up from the local pet shop he has been an eating machine and I am glad to see that his tail is starting to fatten up a bit. I belive that means we are on the right track. Certainly any faults in his care are mine, but thanks to the amazingly helpful folks on GeckoForums.net those faults are kept to a minimum.
Tail Plumping Up
Welcome Mr and Mrs Hisser
When I decided a couple years ago that it was time to overcome my arachnophobia, I bought the biggest, hairiest tarantula I could find. After keeping her, and many of her relatives for the past several years, I believe I am now well over that hump (unless they surprise me).
So now it is time to get over my fear of roaches. These things are great feeders for not only the abovementioned Tarantuals, but also for the various lizards around the Petroom(s). To that end, I placed an ad on Craigslist and was soon rewarded with a response from a local breeder. I am now pleased to introduce the loving couple (G. portentosa):
The Happy Hissers
And just to prove I have begun my therapy:
Roach in Hand Worth Three in ?
N.B. Sorry for the blurry pic, hard to hold the camera and Mr. Hisser
Childhood Memories: Part 2 – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Okay, since the other was looking a bit lonely (even though I have yet to receive it from J&S) I added this one to the order… combined shipping ya know.
Casper the Friendly Ghost #58, a file copy from Harvey Comics circa 1963.
Silver Age Casper # 58 (1963)
Childhood Memories
Because sometimes you just have to give in to those things which invoke childhood memories I picked this up on the ‘bay today. This issue seemed appropriate given the current amphibian kick I’m on. Hopefully it will end up in a frame from Sam.
Silver Age Casper #143
Show Me Your Vinyl – Now Open
Saw a recent post over on Vinyl Pulse which mentioned a new social network type site for (vinyl) toy collectors called Show Me Your Vinyl. The site, while still brand new and experiencing some growing pains, seems already to have attracted quite a few serious collectors and artists. They currently have member-created activity streams, forums, classified ads, photo galleries with other functionality in the works, including an iPhone interface (good stufff™).
Drop in and give it a try, and feel free to add jestre to your friends list.
See you there!
P.S. for the ops: If I can have but one request, please use mod_rewrite to remove the index.php from the URLs 
Vinylmation: Orange / Red Gears
1 year ago
by Jestre
in Vinylmation
Was snooping on Ebay the other day and found several more Disney vinylmation characters based on a gears theme. Ordered a couple of them and they arrived within a few days. These are nice too and make items number 3 and 4 in the vinylmation collection.
Red Gears vinylmation
Orange Gears vinylmation
Series: Urban # 3
Artist: Dan Howard
Vinylmation #2: Clock Tower
1 year ago
by Jestre
in Vinylmation
While I was at the Disney store purchasing the previously mentioned vinylmation figure I actually bought a second so that it could be given to me for Christmas. Well, that event occurred and I now know that it is the Clock Tower figure by Eric Caszatt. This figure too is part of the Have a Laugh series.
Gotta love these things!
Clock Tower by Eric Caszatt
Vinylmation #1: Swimsuit Goofy
1 year ago
by Jestre
in Vinylmation
Saw these on Ebay several months ago and while we were out Christmas shopping I decided to see if the local Disney store had them in stock. They now do, so I picked up a couple to see what they were like.
These are nice, solid vinyl figures. Some of the series come in boxes with display panels so you can actually see the figure your are purchasing, but other series come blindboxed. This figure is from the Have-a-Laugh! series of 12 figures. It comes in a nice secure box and the figure inside is secured in a foil pouch to doubly ensure that you do not know which one you are getting.
After making my way through all of the packaging, I was awarded with my first vinylmation figure, a Swimsuit Goofy:
Swimsuit Goofy vinylmation
More are likely on the way
Monsters from Japan
Took advantage of a sale at Super 7 to finally pick up my first Deathra figure. I’ve been looking at these for awhile at various sites, but since it was on sale I figured it was time to purchase one. I also ordered the little Pocket Zagoran, which I hope they still have stock on. More information on all these little beasties can be found at skullbrain.org (though the forum is read only as membership registration seems b0rked).
Deathra
Zagoran
Update (24 December 2010): 20 days later, and 12 dollars in postage for USPS Priority shipping and the figures still have not arrived. Not exactly happy with this situation.
