I'm Officially Excited!

Okay I've been excited for months upon learning of a new Star Trek movie, but the trailer was the deal breaker. As a warning to my wife, be prepared for an onslaught of "Star Trek this and Star trek that" till the movie is released. Here's some stills from the trailer for the rest of you to enjoy.


Ooooh, they have Stormtroopers now!


A sweet shot of the Enterprise under construction


Hey look, Spock was born where Kirk fought the Gorn!


Leaving a Starbase? Ahead Warp Factor One, Mr. Sulu


Some Shuttlecraft escaping a battle


Oh My, Mr. Sulu in a fight with a... Klingon???
edit: turns out it was Romulan


The Millennium Falcon...err I mean Enterprise makes a daring escape!


The new face of Star Trek villainy

So what are you waiting for, check out the trailer here!

There she blows!

It's the great white whale...err... Star Ship Enterprise! So This has been making the rounds this week with the announcement of a trailer premiering in four days at the official movie site.

I don't hate it, but I'm not really falling head over heals for it either. I guess I need to see it in action on the big screen. I like the nod to the original motion picture, the saucer section looks really close to the Enterprise retrofit and the Enterprise A, so I could see how they could flow continuity wise. The nacelles seem a little bulky, especially after seeing the ship on the show Enterprise, and the secondary hull seems a little trim, but I think this will all grow on me. I have mixed feelings on the deflector dish, I loved the old school copper radar dish that continually broke of every model of the enterprise I have owned, and I like the original motion picture's treatment of the blue glow, streamlined version. This seems to be a nice cross of the two, but I don't know I sorta miss the copper one. Enough nerd talk.

On a secondary note, since I have family reading the blog, I noticed this little bit for a pre order of the new movie toys, a case of the new figures in 3 3/4 scale for the amazing price of 62.89 USD! Ten figures in all, delivered in April 2009, just before the movie! I'm just saying this would make a swell Christmas present or Birthday present! I do not mind waiting for April to open a present! Hint, hint. Here's the link in case you are curious.

Till next time, ahead warp factor one!

Harley Quinn

I had this post ready to go, at least the pictures a month or so ago, then I go check out Toyriffic, and he beats me to the punch, which is fine cause Eric and I always say we are long lost brothers. On more than one occasion we both have spoke about, taken pictures off, or mentioned in comments similar toys.

The thing that always gets me when talking toys with others across the country is the availability issue (one reason the great JLU Club was formed). Now Eric has more than likely had his Harley Quinn for quite some time, while here in Texas they just pretty much hit the shelves. He was talking about getting Green Lantern, I'm still looking for Aquaman. Why can't these things hit all at once? Was it like this when we were kids? As a kid I assumed that Mr. Spock Mego was everywhere, I remember walking in stores and seeing the World's Greatest Super Heroes in the same displays at the Toy Warehouse, TG&Y, and the Dime's Store. Pretty much when I got into the toy industry I assumed when we shipped product that all the stores got them around the same time.

So my main question is, should we have release dates like DVD's? I say every Tuesday new toys get put on the shelves, I mean why is Tuesday for DVDs and CDs, why not give fans another reason to hit the stores on Tuesday? I could see it now, Monday would drag waiting for new toys! The Tuesday comes and Whammo! New stuff falls from the skies! They could even run sections in the sales ads, New Toy Tuesday!



You know now that I look at this shot, I wonder if I can get the misses to dress as Harley next Halloween? Hummmmm.

Halloween 2008

Okay a little late, but here are a few pics from the first ever Eclectorama Halloween Party!


The Bone Yard, took up the corner of the back yard.


We had a Pumpkin Contest, but we only had three entries.


The witch busy casting spells, one of the cutouts we had around the yard, the rest were spooky trees.


Where are your buccaneers? He didn't get it either.


Lulu, or should I say a flying Monkey, was the life of the party. Her sister had a matching costume, but spent most of the party hiding.


Speaking of sisters, mine's a crazy cat lady.


A couple from the local checkers club? I didn't get it either... parents, what are you going to do?


Satan dropped by to eat some food and use the toilet, which reminds me does anyone no how to get red off a toilet seat?


The grave yard with fog.


The boy said he was a modern vampire, but the teeth wouldn't work so he settled for a zombie.


Captain Kirk, always popular with the ladies! Actually the second time in my life I dressed up as a crew member from the U.S.S. Enterprise... the first time I was about 7 years old, costume still fits!

First let me say...KHAAAAAAAAAAN!

And that's how the weekend ended! Man talk about being busy, a couple of freelance projects at night, catalog photo shoots durning the day, and the weekend with preparing for our first Halloween Party (more on that later). So the posts might be a little sparse for the next couple of weeks while I get everything under control.

Khan by EMCE, I was taking a little break Sunday night and what do I see on Doc Mego's site, Khan up for order. I've been watching the site in hopes he would get some, being as these were a Hastings and PlanetX exclusive. I missed the PlanetX pre order and the Hastings that I found in the next town said they were not ordering any. I was as excited as finding the JLU Hawkman in the store a while back. So, I put a couple in the cart and hit purchase, a trip to PayPal and BAM! I ended up with some other stuff from his site as well (isn't that how it always is), like my Flea Market Bats now has a pair of gloves coming, and I outfitted my original Mego Spock with some long lost equipment. I'm going to snap some pics when he gets his new stuff in the mail.

So what are you waiting for? Gets over there and gets you a Khan, support the good doctor!

As I get more free time I'll post about the GI Joe toy hauls I have amassed in the past few days, a visit from my best friend, and of course more on the party. Till then say it with Mego Kirk... KHAAAAAAAAN!