SPOCK IS MISSING!

Our lead story, Eclectorama Celebrity, Vacationing Spock is Missing.
Spock in route to New York City has come up missing. Spock's New York host was quoted as saying "He must have come while I was at work, please return Spock".


Authorities believe Spock is heading back to his last stop, Ontario Canada. Brian of Plaid Stallions, seen here in a file photo, has stated that he will not rest until Spock is tracked down. The Royal Canadian Mounties are standing by to assist in the search.


At home, those closest to Spock are keeping a silent vigil in hopes that he returns to his trip shortly. A representative from Eclectorama added "Rest assured, fans of Spockcation, that Spock will be returned to his initial itinerary as soon as possible. We have high hopes that this is just a minor set back and Spock is safe."

More news will be made available as it comes in.

Comic Pack Beachhead

Beachhead is hands down my favorite Joe. Not because of the comic or cartoon, I just dig this dude's getup. I like Beachhead so much that not only did I pick up the comic pack that this one came in, but the regular single carded figure, the 12 inch figure, the Hall of Heroes single pack, and a recast of the original figure... Plus I still have my original from the 80's!

This version of Beachhead is probably the closest to the original, more so than the single pack. I think the only thing missing is the back pack, that was fixed in the Hall of Heroes single pack. He came with a comic (that was actually a pretty fun read) and Dataframe, who used to be called Mainframe, plus all the weapons, gear, and file cards.



Dataframe came with the biggest freaking laptop you have ever seen, I don't think you could call it a laptop. He needs to get an iPhone or something, seriously. Oh and the funniest thing was he had little card board floppy discs, do kids even know what these are anymore? You can check out more here, I was more excited to get another Beachhead I didn't bother shooting Dataframe.

I had planned to have Squee help me shoot pictures of Beachhead here, but she was busy doing Basset things, she promised to return to help improve my photography, and maybe even do a photo shoot with Beachhead and a few others.



Anyway, Yo Joe!

G.I. JOE: 17
COBRA: 12

Some-Thing else!

I probably will not spend much time hunting down all the Marvel Universe Figures from Hasbro, mainly because of price. I will try to find some of the characters that I dig, sort of like I did for Marvel Legends.

To date I have Spidey, Captain America, Iron Man (Modern, Stealth, and Classic), Silver Surfer and now the ever loving, blue-eyed Thing!



How could I pass on the Thing, we share so many traits: I'm orange, big, and have a way of pissing people off, and I get angry a lot. Okay maybe that last one was more Hulk than Thing... Oh I might have to get a Hulk to fight my Thing, I'll make sure to make a note of that.

That reminds me! I often wonder about other collectors, do you feel the need to complete the Fantastic Four when you buy any one member of the team? I used to have to get all four, then I started just buying the Thing, but I have a feeling if I ever picked up a second member from this line, I would all of a sudden feel the urge to complete the team again.

Some New Classic Iron!

Classic Iron Man, now in 3.75 inch scale!

I have been waiting forever for some Classic Iron Man, well seems that way. This guy is awesome! What's not awesome is the price these are going for, I remember when the larger Marvel Legends were going for around eight bucks, and I thought that was high, I long for those days now.



So here's the specifics: Classic Iron Man from Hasbro's Marvel Universe Collection

Sold: Everywhere, generally awesome, price not so awesome

In scale (pretty much) with: GI Joe (look out Cobra), Star Wars (look out Empire), Indiana Jones (look out Crystal Skull Guys), Star Trek (look out Romulans) and DC Universe (look out Joker, there's another rich dude gunning for ya)!

Spocklection Update - Playmates ST:TMP Spock

I realized that while preparing for the release of the new movie I had a few gaps in my Spocklection, so I found myself trolling ebay for a Star Trek the Motion Picture (ST:TMP) Spock . I never picked one up in the stores back in the 90's, and while I've been picking up select Art Asylum / Diamond Select Toys figures, the older Playmates stuff still has a certain charm that I dig.



As luck would have it I found one on the cheap, which now that the new movie hit the Spock selection has tripled in listings, so I snipped him, well I was actually the only person bidding on him so I don't think it counts.



I'll always have a soft spot for ST:TMP, while it wasn't all that it could be, and for some one of the worst Star Trek pictures, 1970's me was happy to see this movie on the big screen and while staying up late working on projects in college ST:TMP was in permanent rotation on my VHS. So while it wasn't the "Star Wars" of the 70's it still is a great movie in it's own right, any movie that can bring the crew of the Big E back together is number one in my book!

So, that is it for this week's update to the Spocklection, hope you enjoyed it. Hopefully I can find a few more Spocks before the years out to add and feature. I'll leave you with a group salute, not the entire collection, but a few of my others are included for scale, plus that fellow in the back, the Mego one is my original Spock from when I was a little Trekkie. More on him later, Live Long and Prosper.