Wheeler - Captain Planet

Wheeler was the American member of the Planeteers and spoke with a New York accent. He had the power of fire and was the second element in order to call Captain Planet. The action figure did a great job of capturing the likeness of the cartoon character. Wheeler has reddish hair and wears a leather coat, a Planetters t-shirt, gray pants, and sneakers. Molded onto his right had his his fire ring.

The only accessory that Wheeler originally came with was a role-playing fire ring for a child to wear. He also has one built in action feature. If you pull the lever on his back his chest sparks giving the illusion that he's using his ring's powers.

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I was in a car accident last night that probably totaled my truck. I was coming back from the office where we film many of the SEO Toy Review videos and a guy made a left hand turn right in front of me. So I'm kind of bummed out that I'm probably going to have to buy a new vehicle and all the hassle that goes along with this right around this time of year. The good news, both myself and the other driver are fine and will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving in a few days.

Duke Nukem - Captain Planet

Duke Nukem was always my favorite eco-villain from Captain Planet. He looked cool, had super powers, and shared his name with a first-person-shooter. This mutant thrives on radiation and toxic sludge.  Duke rocks an awesome red mohawk and some cool rocky skin. I also really like the fact that he only has three fingers.

This figure's "skin" is made of some really nice glow-in-the-dark plastic. He charges up really well and glows great. I bought Duke Nukem at a yard sale as a kid... but I don't know what happened to him. I recently picked up this one at a toy show (NJCC).

It's a Toy Show

Sorry I missed a post yesterday. I was out with friends hunting toys yesterday. When I got home I meant to take a nap, but I slept all the way through until it was time to hit the flea market this morning. I didn't end up buying any toys this morning, but that's okay because I  bought a ton of stuff on Saturday.

Nick, Mike, Rose, Tony, and I all rode to Richland, New Jersey to It's a Toy Show, hosted by It's a Toy Store. I had never been there before, but I don't plan on ever missing one now that I've been.

The store itself is an entire house with every room filled with display cases of vintage toys. They had everything, and it was all in great shape. Inside and out the place was decorated with Pop Culture items. I like this Panthor they had in the front yard. Not sure if this is a repaint, I'm unaware of any official MOTU products of this size.

So the store hosted a toy show, which was kind of like a giant yard sale and picnic. First of all the vendors didn't have to pay to set up, they just drive up with their tables and products. They set up in the lawn and sold their stuff. The store employees were grilling on the deck and the hot dogs and burgers were free. Optimus Prime was the one costumer I saw.

Like I said, I bought a ton of stuff. Today I'm only focusing on the cheap stuff. At the end of the day a guy that myself and Nick both bought several items from offered me a large box of mostly Power of the Force 2 Star Wars figures for $5. I couldn't leave it. I love PotF2. Here are the items from the box that kind of excited me. Mostly army builders. I have plans to give the very yellowed Wampa a custom paint job. I love to army build. I have to check on a few figures. The wolfman, Hammerhead, and Lando may already be in my collection.

Here are a few more figures from the box that I'm going to throw in the box of action figures I have at school for my middle schoolers to experiment with stop motion animation with.

These last couple of figures from the box are going to be displayed on the self in my office at school. I have a bunch of little nick-knacks and figures already.

The kid (Willy Du Wit) and dog (Commander Dogstar) from Bucky O'Hare cost me a buck a piece. I bought Billy the Blue Ranger for $2. His karate chop action still works. The kid in the maroon shirt is Kevin from the 90's Land of the Lost line and the kid in the white shirt is Bill from Bill and Ted. I paid a dollar a piece for Kevin and Bill. I'm super happy about paying $2 for a Secret Wars Turbo Cycle. It's only missing the little red light that attaches to the back of the cycle.

I also picked up Captain Planet and the Tick, two true blue super heroes for a dollar a piece. I have fond memories of watching both character's cartoon shows.

My NJCC Purchases

I bought some fun stuff at the New Jersey Collectors Convention this weekend. Some of these items will get a more in-depth post some day. Next time I need to take a list of vehicle parts and figure accessories with me so I can buy stuff I need to complete my GI Joe collection.

First up is a carded sample of Ma-Ti and Kwame, two of the Planeteers from Captain Planet. I always enjoyed the cartoon show. I had one of the bad guys as a kid, but none of the heroes. I had a friend down the street who had a few of the Planeteers. I couldn't pass this up, it's just a fun 90's piece.

 Next I picked up a Kenner Aliens Power Loader. The fight scene between Ripley in the loader and the Queen Alien is a classic. I have quite a few of the Kenner Aliens toys, including a carded and loose Ripley and a boxed Power Loader. This loose Loader and Ripley was cheap and I've wanted to be able to display them with the Queen for a while now. The Power Loader is missing the missile and one of the pincher hands is broken, but I think will display fine.

I found this loose, but complete vintage Prince Adam figure. I've said it many times here on Action Figure Adventures that I love the "unmasked" figures. Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, and Prince Adam were all figure I wanted as a kid. I played with my childhood Adam constantly as a kid. Eventually I sold him when I got rid of my MOTU collection to focus on GI Joe and Star Wars. I have been slowly rebuilding my vintage collection and until now had an Adam without his vest and belt.

Here's Blackstar, the main character from another 80's toy line that was turned into a cartoon show by Filmation. This is the same animation studio behind the original He-Man & the Masters of the Universe.

I don't own very many Princess of Power figures (dolls) but I have a handful. My Bow figure is in great shape, but missing all his accessories. I was able to pick up a loose bow with his armor and cape to give to the nice figure in my collection. The figure I picked up yesterday isn't horrible, but the gold is rubbed of his glove and boots a bit. Now I still need to find his bow and quiver.

I missed Tytus and chose to skip buying Megator when he was released. Then when he was available for $10 at Big Lots I couldn't find one. So for double the Big Lots price, but half the Matty Collector price I picked up a boxed Megator.

I've posted before about Toyfinity's Mordles mini-figures, based on the originals from the Rocks & Bugs & Things toy line. I picked up another Mordle this time in black, but I was really excited to get an over sized glow-in-the-dark Mordle. I like the fact that his feet have swivel cut articulation. These are simple toys, but a lot of fun.They area great tribute to an retro toy.

 

Winter Fever Toy Show - Mt Laurel, NJ

So, yesterday I met up with a couple of my friends at the Winter Fever Toy Show. The show was held at a community college and as spread out between two rooms and a couple of hallways. I planned to stop at a flea market on the way, but they weren't open (I guess because of the snow yesterday). So I headed straight to the toy show. I paid the early buyers fee since I got there earlier than I intended to do so. I walked around and scoped out the place. Later on I met up with my friends Rose, Tony, Nick, and Mike.

The show had a lot of dealers including Robert Bruce, the pop culture expert from Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men show. The toys ranged from old metal tanks and trains to modern action figures. I saw quite a few carded vintage Star Wars figures, but not much in the way of carded vintage GI Joes.

I was totally blown away by the sight of this complete Eternia Playset. The box of course was beat, but it was still cool to see. I thought about buying the GI Joe placemat at the bottom of the table, but didn't. When I came back later it had sold.

Rose bought a carded McCoy figure from the Star Trek Movie line. Tony got a cool Buck Rodgers Pop-up books. Mike bought two GI Joe Collector's Club subscription figures and Nick got a carded GI Joe Renegades 3-Pack from back in the day. They each bought other stuff, but this isn't their blog.

I'll be posting some of my other purchases through out the week, but here are a few of the random toys I picked up. Hoggish Greedly the pig man bad guy from Captain Planet in the tan military suit. A 90's Toy Biz Nightcrawler figure. Frankenstein's Monster from the Real Ghostbusters. Bizarro from the animated DC Justice League cartoon. Michelangelo from the 2000's TMNT line and a Robotech figure.