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06-01-2020, 10:01 PM
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#621
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
Colin Farrell. Although it would have been interesting to see Firth's take on Bullseye.
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06-01-2020, 11:22 PM
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#622
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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Originally Posted by DanM
Colin Farrell. Although it would have been interesting to see Firth's take on Bullseye.
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Hahaha!! Bullseyes, makith man.
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06-02-2020, 03:50 PM
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#623
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-02-2020, 03:50 PM
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#624
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-03-2020, 02:25 PM
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#625
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-03-2020, 02:25 PM
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#626
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-04-2020, 03:51 PM
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#627
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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Disney Infinity 3.0- Disney Classics: Alice
Rating of worst to best of the a the Pixar movies continued; see review 205-2, 219-2, 231-2, 240-2, 264-2, 270-2, 285-2, 292-2, 297-2, 303-2, 313-2, 320-2, 325-2, 333-2, 341-2, 347-2, 360-2 & 374-2 for the previous instalments:
2. Toy Story 2
It is interesting how some movies can have a lasting effect on a person. I’ve heard that after watching Jaws some people refused to go in the ocean, or after seeing Indiana Jones that some people decided to become archaeologists or even after seeing Fight Club, some middle aged teenage boys from the suburbs thought they were really hard done by. For me, that movie was Toy Story 2. Not nearly as cool, but life is funny that way. I was 20 years old when Toy Story 2 was released in theaters and had already been “collecting” toys for 4 year by that point. I was mainly focused on Star Wars, but started to pick up the odd other toy (McFarlane, Lego and Small Soldiers to name a few) that caught my fancy. And while I’m not 100% sure that I would have stopped collecting if I didn’t see it, It certainly didn’t make me want to stop, even 21 years later.
Now I can’t recall the build up to Toy Story 2, but I do remember being floored after seeing it. Sure toy collecting was a thing, but it was never really the subject of a feature film; I mean, normally the toys are based on the movie, not the basis of the movie. And while Al, the evil toy collector, was not shown in a particularly positive light, I did feel a certain affinity to his excitement after he found Woody at the yard sale. All us toy collectors know the feeling of finding something special that you have been looking for a long time. Outside of that, I still find the overall story quite fun and endearing and still think it holds up as one of Pixar’s best.
Pros: I have very little attachment to the live action Alice in Wonderland movie, but will again recommend people checking out the sequel Alice: Through the Looking Glass as it was pretty fun. That said, I think they did an AMAZING job on this Infinity Alice sculpt as it blends both the live action character and the cartoony look that Infinity was known for.
Cons: While I love the sculpt, I’m not sure that it is descript enough to really suggest that this is Alice from Alice In Wonderland fame. Maybe more like a Disney-bounding or a Cosplay situation.
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06-08-2020, 01:05 PM
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#628
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-08-2020, 01:05 PM
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#629
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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06-09-2020, 06:09 PM
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#630
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!
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Disney Toy Box- Star Wars: C3P-O & R2-D2
Rating of worst to best of the Star Wars movies continued; see reviews 215-2, 218-2, 221-2, 241-2, 245-2, 247-2, 266-2, 272-2, 293-2, 299-2, 321-2, 327-2, 348-2, 352-2, 354-2 & 375-2 for the previous instalments:
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The Ugly- For The Last Jedi, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, but I will start with some not so obvious things that I thought were bad, Firstly was how they used BB-8. The inclusion of droids in the Star Wars universe is typically a good thing and I loved BB-8 in The Force Awakens, but they just went a bit too far in TLJ. I was annoyed with his multiple arm/stop the leak schtick in Poe’s X-Wing, somewhat perturbed by his coin shooting action on Canto Bight and finally done after he quite literally took the controls of the AT-ST to save Rose and Finn. I know it was played for humor, but it just got to be far too silly for my tastes.
And on the topic of humor, I thought Poe’s opening telephone/mom joke with Hux was a terrible way to start the movie. I feel that a movie like Star Wars should be free of modern vernacular that we would use in our daily lives and it took me out of the story right from the jump. I’m not saying that this would have saved the movie, but certainly would have been a better start.
Lastly and probably not surprisingly, the “Leia Poppins” scene could go down as the most ridiculous looking Star Wars scene in all 11 movies…and that is including when Luke milked that thing. It is important to note that the actual reason why it happened is reasonable: Leia unconsciously using the force to save herself, but something about how it was shot just looked hilariously bad.
Pros: Hard to find a pair in current pop culture who is more iconic than C3P-O and R2-D2 and I am glad that Toy Box opted to release these two guys together. It’s difficult to tell which movie era these guys are designed from, but given 3P-O has all the same colour appendages, I would gather either ROTJ or ROTS; but I could be wrong as my knowledge of droid colouration is a bit rusty. In any case this is a fantastic set and a must for any fan as it would be a perfect addition to any work or home office as they both look great in the Infinity style. Outside of that C3P-O has an insane amount of articulation and can make some pretty surprising poses; probably more than any other 3P-O figure that I have ever had, and definitely more than Anthoney Daniels himself.
Cons: Even though I like these two, I feel that Disney is asking a bit too much. I realize that it’s a pair, but Artoo is not much more than a basic figure and there are no other accessories included. It's still a decent value, but still irksome.
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