I found an excellent Birthday present waiting for me in my mailbox today. Thank you Laura H. of Boo Bobby! Now the official DI Treasures mascot toy has himself a girlfriend, not to mention a sweet baby Mutant Turtle! These guys are an awesome birthday present and they really brightened my day.
By the way dear readers, if you haven't started following Laura over at Boo Bobby then now is the time to do so! You will not be disappointed. Check out Boo Bobby today right HERE!
Such a cute Playmobil couple, and they're all Christmasy too. I should really come up with names for them. Does anyone out there in Internet Land have any suggestions?
This cute little turtle guy is the pre-mutated form of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They came inside special barrels of TMNT Retromutagen Ooze, and they glow in the dark! I like to imagine this one's Michelangelo. Little Mikey here is a welcome edition to my slime patrol and he will be well cared for.
Thank you so much for this amazing festive Birthday present Laura! Your kindness and generosity are much appreciated. Merry Christmas Sister! God bless you and your family!
If you've been following the blog religiously then you may have caught a glimpse of the SLIMEUNION. As a party favor of sorts I decided to give away some Barrels-O-Slime to commemorate the moment. Here are our winners!
First Prize Eric of Toyrrific! Second Prize John of The Clawful Punch! I meant for there to be a third prize, but there were only two entrants! Either not many people saw the post or there is a general aversion to slime, or perhaps both?
Congratulations to our winners! Contact me at mason.john.allen@gmail.com and let me know what slime you want and where I should send the stuff. Remember, as our first prize winner, Eric gets first picks. Also, if you're reading this and you wish you had entered, then I may extend the give away a bit so we can have a third prize winner. Good luck!
So, if you've been following along with the D.I. Treasures Halloween Blogathon, then you may remember the arrival of Joe Eyeball and his 2 traveling companions. They were a thoughtful gift graciously sent by Eric of Toyriffic! As you know, I promised a heart touching SLIMUNION, with glow-in-the-dark action to boot. Of course I totally procrastinated and I can't believe Halloween is only 1 day away! Well, I'm sad to report that the glow-in-the-dark part of this whole reunion has been put on hiatus. I have been putting it off in hopes to get it right, but I just don't have the right equipment to pull it off, but the SLIMUNION must go on! I am hoping to have what I need by Creepsmas, so be on the look out then for the SLUMUNION II (Glowy Glow Edition). Until then, I bring you the Broad Daylight SLIMUNION party of Muck Man and Joe Eyeball!
A very generous co-worker gave me this eyeball machine as a Halloween present!
Since Joe arrived a few weeks ago I noticed a little detail that I hadn't before. There's an eyeball at the end of his tail, HA!
(From left to right): Slimer, Blobby, LEGO ghost costume, Pumpkin PEZ, Screwloose, Bat PEZ, Muck Man, Witch PEZ, Joe Eyeball, Biting Bulldog Buddy, Jack-O-Lantern PEZ, "Mummy", Gak Alien, Grimm Reaper, Ghost Pirate
Several of the party guests that attended the SLIMUNION have some glow-in-the-dark feature including all the new PEZ dispensers, the Playmobil monsters, and the LEGO ghost costume.
This may be the most disgustingly cute thing I've ever seen in my life!
BBB was NOT happy about his paws getting slimy! Screwloose totally lost it! He felt like he was trapped on some fly paper.
It ain't Gak, but it's close enough!
Awwwwww, BFFs!
There you have it! Muck Man and Joe Eyeball are finally reunited!
And now, for the promised Slimeaway prizes! The rules to winning are simple:
First, enter to win by commenting below! Tell us about your best/worst slime related memory and tell us what kind of slime you want and what you plan to do with it.
There are 3 prizes, the glow-in-the-dark green, glow-in-the-dark red, and tar coloredBarrels-O-Slime!
The First Place Winner gets to choose which barrel they want out of the 3.
The Second Place Winner gets to choose between the 2 remaining barrels.
And The Third Place Winner gets the last Barrel-O-Slime!
That's all for tonight folks! I hope you enjoyed this humble SLIMUNION party. Have fun commenting and good luck!
A very nice likeness of Joe himself by Eric Stettmeier!
Recently, Eric of Toyriffic, just out of the goodness of his heart, sent me his extra Joe Eyeball and "2 traveling companions" to boot!!! (Check out his blog, it's top notch!) Well, they've arrived, and they're itchin' for some SLIME TIME!!
Biting Bulldog Buddy, Joe Eyeball, and Screwloose! I have a nice TMNT companion figure collection here!
Stay tuned for the future SLIMUNION post. It will be slimfully heart touching! Thank you Eric! You have made me and 2 horribly mutated garbage men very happy!
SLIME TIME With Muck Man and special guest, Slimer!
As promised, October 1st is SLIME TIME! The secret special guest is none other than Slimer, as you can clearly see. I picked up 2 more "flavors" of slime for more slimy fun! After all, what's Halloween without a little slime? So, without much further ado, let's check out the new slimes and slime these slimy guys up, shall we?
Slimer dons his slime cap.
Wow Mason, "Have they made any Star Wars toys?" LOL, I don't know why that came out as Star Wars, I meant X-Files. You know, for the black ink.
If you tuned in to the last Frugal Friday then you may remember my beautifully disgusting new Muck Man. Well, as you know, Much Man has some awesome ooze features. You know, because he's not nasty enough already.
So, the next best thing to finding Muck Man's companion figure, Joe Eyeball, would be getting my hands on some Retromutagen Ooze (sold separately, naturally). The sad thing is they don't exactly make the stuff anymore. It can be found on eBay, but it's a pricey collector's item, and it's also known to loss its viscosity over time. So what's a guy to do? I searched around the interweb a little and found you can make your own Retromutagen Ooze or Ectoplasim. Hmm, that could be a possibility if it came to that; but I'd much rather have something that's pre-made and ready to go.
Just when it seemed like all hope was lost or something, Eric, of Toyrific, informed me that Ooze type toys can often be found at dollar stores! So today, after work, I stopped by our local Dollar Tree and lo and behold they were fully stocked with BARREL-O-SLIME, and it's freaking glow-in-the-dark! YES! I was so stinking excited! I just couldn't believe they had slime, and 3 types no less! They had green, red, and a mystery color (the 3rd type was in a black container that was not at all transparent), maybe blue?
Just beautiful
A mighty fine barrel. The "CAUTION" all over is a nice touch. I plan on returning to buy the solid black barrel.
I decided green would be most fitting for now. When I finally got the slime home I found Muck Man was even more excited than I expected. I had luckily picked his favorite flavor-o-slime.
Wooooooooooooo!
Glow-in-the-dark, baby!
It really is no wonder we never had this as kids.
Easy there tiger!
He wanted to dig in right away, but I want to save The Slimening for the up and coming October Blogathon. The Slimening will commence on October the 1st. There will also be a surprise guest! I bet the suspense is just killing you!
I found this weird Bilbo Tarzan toy for 50 cents. He's Zindar, one of many cavemen from Playskool's 1987 Definitely Dinosaurs toy line. I had no idea Playskool made something like this. Strange, but cool!
Meet "Bubba"
Madball looking water toy. Bubba here squirts water out of the gap in his teeth. $1 for Bubba.
Ha-ha! Have at you!
Foot Clan soldier based on one of the original TMNT movies. He's kinda goofy looking. I really like him and he was only 50 cents!
Mommy?
I found a new friend for Blobby. It's none other than Muck Man from the vintage TMNT line! Now I just need to find some Retromutagen Ooze. How did I not have this ooze as a kid? You pour the ooze into the opening in his head and the ooze flows out his mouth and gut! AWESOME! I need to make a video of that!
I'm so confused here
Did I do this right? He looks...off.
I seem to find a lot of Transformers toys at the DI and I think I know why. They're cool and all, but MY GOSH, they're worse than Rubik's Cubes! They have like a million moving parts! I can never get them to transform fully. Now, my friend Landon, he's crazy about Transformers. He can also solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute. Coincidence? Bonecrusher and Mudflap here were just 50 cents a pop.
Lastly, I finally found a decent mug. Here we have the SR-71 Blackbird, the X-men's personal jet. Pretty cool and just 50 cents.
Cowabunga dude! Check out these awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures! They were all sealed up in a ziplock bag (along with a bunch of other crappy, throw-away toys that shall not be named). They were cheaper than an anchovy and pepperoni pizza!
From left to right:
Rat King
Leo, the sewer samurai
Leonardo
Triceraton
Rahzar
