Hosive

i have a column about comic books but i also wanted one exclusively on collecting(mostly toys). so i thought of the collector…the supervillian identity of the comic book guy on the simpsons….this is a nerdy homage to him, collecting and indirectly to matt groening.

i read somewhere that its part of human nature to collect. so a question to ask, that is strangely revealing, is what is it that we collect?……handbags, music, stamps, coins, shoes, clothes, memories, gadgets, junk, plastic bags to reuse, rocks…

i had been collecting some futurama toys…and some kid robot simpsons toys. then kid robot made futurama toys….i picked up 2 to check them out.

i made a promise to theresa that i would only buy 2 more futurama kid robot figures for a total of 4. well below the 12 available figures out there. i promised. i have kept my promise. in fact, i have not purchased any more futurama kid robot figures at all.

this is the story of how my life works.

theresa’s uncle who works for futurama decides to buy me a whole case of figures. just for fun. no joke. when we arrived in la, he surprised me with it. to theresa’s dismay.

i just shrugged. this is how my life works.

when i went on my graphic novels fast, someone sent me a graphic novel in the mail just because.

on the side of the box, you can see the available characters including 2 chase figures.

the case has a whopping 16 figures in it. it is as big as my daughter. at least when she was in la. in the blog universe, we are still in la and it is still the early fall. i am way behind on my blogging.

the figures are in blind box batch….meaning you don’t know what you will get. what we know is that we we have doubles. theresa’s uncle wants the doubles for his kids(who can say no to that request???). and we get to keep the ones we don’t have already. we take turns opening the boxes……

and this is some of our booty….not bad. aunt su is the big winner, coming up with a lot of rare and special characters.

ironically, i am two figures short of the whole collection. and of course, i have two more figures i am allowed to buy.

but before you run off with the magical ending…the two figures i need are amongst the rarest of the rare. and it looks like kid robot has finished making these figures. sold out.

but that’s ok….these figures were an unexpected gift. and a lot of fun to share with theresa’s family. they were into the blind box, magic thing!

btw, there is some foreshadowing in this photo. foreshadowing is part of this column.

the downside is the waste it takes for westerners to have fun. its an al qaeda motivational shot. speaking of which….they are expected to make a splash in the next 6-7 months. strange that this was not front page news with the ny times.

my boy michael huang of  animediet.net fame snagged me my san diego comic con toynami futurama exclusive this past weekend…apparently, he was the first in line as you can see by the exclusive numbering.

first in line is how we like to roll. will pick up when we head west in the fall right before another visit with the boys.

more geek goodness on the way!

though bsg the series wrapped up this past spring, there are still stories to be told….missing pieces that the writers want to go back and play with. so up first is the premise of the new battlestar movie! followed by a sneak peek scene. enjoy!

the best part is that we only have wait until the fall…easy time for long suffering bsg fans who have endured year long waits in between seasons!

and good news, everyone! futurama got renewed for 26 more episodes on comedy central though we will have to wait a bit longer until mid-2010 for them. that’s okay, too as futurama fans are even more longsuffering having our show cancelled six years ago(!) only to be saved via reruns and the recent movies.

i love animation especially smart animation.