Raving Toy Maniac

As a Gears of War Fan, I was excited to finally pick up one of the new Erector Sets which are TRU Exclusives. I had not see a lot of reviews on these sets so I was a little skeptical, but since I have a $10 GC, I grabbed the cheapest set TRU had, the Centaur.

The complexity of putting this set together is a little more than 8+ on the box. My 10 year son who is extremely fast at building Legos, would have had a tough time with this set. I'd probably say 12+ but parents always love finishing projects right?

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It ends on the 30th. Had I known about it more than a day ahead of it ending, I'd post it in the news.

They were little plastic teddy bears on a keyring with a light up nose and short fuzzy fur. They came in a range of colours, were scented with a fruit flavour and could be fed by a little plastic bottle. They could say things like "I love you" and cried when hungry.

"Lovable Bears" came out in 1998 and were made by a company called "Giochi Preziosi" I think. I believe their full name was "Electrical Talking Lovable Bears". When they were first released there was a short-lived craze for them and they sold about 1 million units.

Lovable Bear: http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?target=SeeMedium&ObjectID=%7B32415B64-76F8-78B1-A5E6-2BC599B7E7FA%7D&SearchString=10438149%20OR%20%22Electronic%20talking%20'Lovable%20Bear'%20children's%20toy%22&source=Search&viewby=images

The "Love2Love Bears" came out in around 2007 and were released by a company called "Vivid Imaginations" I think.

Love2Love Bear: http://toyology.typepad.com/play_a_while/2008/02/loveable-bears.html

Both bears were initially avaliable from places such as "Amazon", "Toys R Us", "Argos" and "The Entertainer".

My goodness, what a disaster those are.

The sculpts are actually quit good, I think, but they look like they were painted with a fingertip. Also, what on Earth is going on with the arrangement of the articulation? Ball shoulders with elbows that can only bend in toward the body? Whuh...?

Shame.

-JJJ

Hello all

I just picked up these action figures and I am really stumped as to what they are. I haven't collected in years and I am kind of in the dark about most stuff.

I couldn't post in classifieds but I have some ultra rare mutant league football characters for sale on ebay. Not trying to spam or get more money for these I'd just like them to go to someone who will cherish them! Thanks guys!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271045913949

So I've got these two small figures, and I'm completely clueless what they go to. A poster over at LRG forums said they went to a line called "Hot Wheels Monster Jam" vehicles. The problem is, there are like 20 different "Monster Jam" lines of hot wheels toys out there, so I've never been able to find an actual reference to know if he's right or not.

These are the two guys in question:

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/cloudraker19/Vacation2011273.jpg

Can anyone help me out with a reference link, or even an image of what the vehicles looked like? Thanks guys!!

-victoryleo19

I heard that they were but couldn't find any confirmation on it. Has anybody else heard this? If it's true, that would be so awesome!

The 9th annual Canadian Action Figure Expo will be November 11th, 2012 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel - 600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill, Ontario. http://www.actionfigureexpo.com/

The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest releases from today such as Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Masters of the Universe (vintage and modern), Super Heroes (Marvel Universe/Legends, DC Universe etc), Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles.

Like AFX on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Action-Figure-Expo/109900426921 and follow AFX on Twitter https://twitter.com/ActionFigureXpo for the latest news on this event.

just a fyi, the mattel toy clubs have the new IE Club mirror master figure for cheaper then the online price. you save on shipping first of all, then they have them on sale. there is toyguru telling everyone to buy the subscription and look what happens. mattel is killing their own line.