SAN DIEGO — Indiana Jones was on hand at Comic-Con International in brick form. Toymaker LEGO showcased the adventurer both as a giant LEGO figure, and in displays from the latest line featuring the character.
– Matt Price
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SAN DIEGO — LEGO has a display of several toys from their “Batman” line. Showing off the capabilities of the building toys are a 4-ft tall Batman and Robin, built from LEGOs. There are LEGO versions of Batman’s “Tumbler” Batmobile, the Batplane and Joker’s truck, among others.
– Matt Price
Kevin Stark and Lenny Brumley of the Toy & Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley talk about the Incredible Hulk. Be sure to visit the Toy and Action Figure Museum, 111 S. Chickasaw St., this weekend for some Hulk-related events.
WHAM-O recently announced that an online poll by “The Toy Guy” found the Frisbee and Hula Hoop to be the best toys of all-time.
The Toy Guy, Chris Byrne, conducted the poll during the month of February. He asked voters to choose their favorites from a list that included Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Slinky, Barbie, Yo-Yo, Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head and a handful of other classic toys.
“The online poll results show the timeless appeal of outdoor fun that has been the defining spirit of all of WHAM-O’s toys and sporting goods over the past 60 years,” said Chris Guirlinger, vice president of marketing at WHAM-O in a release. “Hula Hoop and the Frisbee are two leaders in WHAM-O’s legendary brand family that have become an integral part of the fabric of American society, right alongside baseball and apple pie.”
Byrne said the results show the need for classic toys even in today’s marketplace.
“It’s no surprise that these toys would win our poll. No matter how much technology dominates contemporary play, there’s still room for classic play,” said Byrne in a release. “This is the play that remains a fundamental part of our culture and creates experiences and memories that last a lifetime.”
The poll results come as WHAM-O celebrates its 60th Anniversary.
– Matt Price
A quick shout-out to my brother Chris, who has posted several pictures, and the first review that I have seen, of the new DC Universe Classics action figure line over at fwoosh:
Overall impressions: A great start of things to come. You can see from this first wave the potential that exists within this line. Mattel’s plan is to produce 5 waves per year for the next 5 years and then possibly more from there if they renew their contract with DC. Mattel has addressed a couple of the issues I had with the DC Superheroes line. The neck articulation is spot on and all the joints have great range of motion. 
Collecting all the figures in the wave allows fans to build their own Metamorpho figure. Future plans for the DC Classics line include a “Gorilla Grodd” series featuring figures of Superman and Firestorm, and a “Solomon Grundy” line with Hal Jordan and Sinestro.
– Matt Price
Posting was light from me on Friday, and I apologize, but I was out in the state working on a story about some folks in Carney, Oklahoma that ran in today’s paper.
Carney is a little town that was hit hard by the ice storm. Driving through, it looked like a tornado had come through and just missed all the houses.
Some folks found lodging in other cities where the power had already returned, but a lot of Carney residents stayed right where they are to take care of their town and the people in it.
The hot-spot — literally, since they have a generator working — is the Carney Fire Department. Some people sleep there and many stop by throughout the day for a hot meal. They were making chili while I was there.
With reports that power might not return to Carney until after Christmas, I took note of what they had done to make life bearable inside the station. The kitchen was pumping out food. Cell phone chargers snaked out of every available outlet.
And, standing next to the TV, was one of these:
Because the outage be damned, those kids were going to play some Guitar Hero.
– Greg Elwell
Heather Warlick writes for the Oklahoman about the opening of the Military display for the Toy & Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley.
Today, on Pearl Harbor Day, the museum will open free to the public to unveil a new room dedicated to the heroes of World War II.
“We’ve always had a military section in the museum, but we have a lot of veterans come through and we really wanted to honor them with the display,” curator Kevin Stark told the Oklahoman.
Find more about the museum at www.actionfiguremuseum.com.
- Matt Price
