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Wicked Wants

This week’s assignment for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers is an idea submitted by Tommy over at Tophat Sasquatch… — When you hit up the toy store, thrift store, flea market, or comic shop, what are some of the things you’re actively hunting?

As you all know my wife and I are quite fond of lists. In honor of Halloween, my list will only include items that are at least vaguely related to this holiday of holidays, otherwise we might be here all day. We might still be here all day. I hope you all enjoy!

Halloweeny List O' Haunted Wants

Candy

Vintage One-eyed Monster PEZ Dispenser

Any Vintage Halloween PEZ Dispensers

Vintage Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) Candy Head

Clothing

T-shirts with cereal, food, and candy branding 

Moon Boots (for my Napoleon Dynamite costume)

Curly Wig (Also for my Napoleon Dynamite costume)

Napoleon Dynamite style glasses

Furniture and Housewares

Vintage Black Kit-Kat clock (or any color really, but I prefer black)

German Owl Clock

Any vintage or cool Owl décor

Vintage Halloween Themed Tablecloth

Vintage Halloween Decorations

Animal Head Mounts and other cool taxidermy

A Real Mummy Hand

Reconstructed Animal Skeletons
A real monkey skull

Mounted and framed bugs (butterflies, spiders, beetles, etc.)

Books and comics and trading cards

Original Tales From the Crypt Comics

Any Halloween related MAD Magazines

Goosebump Books (I'll spare you a list of the ones I don't have, the ones I do have are tucked away somewhere)

Garbage Pail Kids cards and figures

Creepy Pogs, I had these one Pogs that had severed body parts on them, but I've lost all my Pogs. I think they were Jots brand, but I'm not sure. I want those again so bad!

Video Games

Splatter House II for SEGA Genesis

Any scary game from any system

I always keep an eye out for a steal on an arcade machine, full size or mini

TOYS

Original Kenner The Real Ghostbusters Toy Line

Slimer's Pizza and other accessories

Any figures and accessories from this line

LEGO

Any sets and figures from the Monster Fighters theme

Any sets and figures from the Wolfpack Castle theme

Any skeleton figures

Any vintage Pirates figures and sets

Any Harry Potter Figures or sets

Custom Zombie Figures

Any LOTR figures and sets

Any Dino themed figures and sets

Any robot, alien, and space figures and sets

Any figures and sets from Pharaoh's Quest or Andventurers Themes

Spooky figures from any of the Minifigures series. I don't have with a spooky or potentially spooky theme:

Zombie

Vampire

Witch

Robot

Werewolf

Lady Robot

Scarecrow

Island Warrior

Evil Mech

Yeti

Female Scientist

Welder

Saxophone Player

Crash Test Dummy

Mime

Pharaoh

Explorer

Gorilla Suit Guy

Mummy

Space Villain

The Monster (Frankenstein)

Egyptian Queen

Cave Woman

Lumberjack

Butcher

Genie

Surgeon

Ocean King (Merman)

Jungle Boy (Tarzan)

The Thespian

Alien Villainess

Business Man

Fortune Teller

Sad Clown

Mr. Gold

Playmobil

Any figure and sets from the Ghost Pirates Theme

Ghost Figures

Skeleton Figures

From the new Mystery Packs:

Witch Figure

Original Specials Executioner

Jail Bird

Vampiress

Pirate Captain (with skull)

All Alien Figures

Original Beetlejuice toys

Anything from this line

Bendos

Any spooky figures, including aliens and robots, and accessories from this short lived toy line

AC from Bendos line holding a MOTU He-Man battle axe.

MOTU

Scareglow

Accessories for Moss Man and Grizzlor

Pretty much any He-Man baddy

Sectaurs Warriors of Symbion
I never owned anything from this line, but I would love to get my hands on some figures. As you know, I love bugs, so these are perfect!

Supernaturals
Another toy line I knew nothing about as a kid, but now I want 'em!

Army Ants
I actually had some of these back in the day, but they're all lost. Again, bugs.

The Inhumanoids toy line
I don't know how I never knew about the Inhumannoids cartoon show when I was younger. I would have loved it. The toys are just scary as all heck!

Mutant League toy line
This show cracked me up as a kid. In the intro you watch in horror as football players mutate into hideous monsters. The main character's flesh melts off his bones and he becomes Bones Justice. From then on they didn't play normal football, oh no, it was now the Mutant League! Tearing off limbs, or even decapitating your opponent was no longer considered a penalty, in fact it was encouraged. The show didn't last very long, I wonder why?

Mighty Max

The cool boy version of Polly Pockets! These were some awesome toys and my brother and I had some sets as kids. Of course, like most of my childhood toys, they're all gone and I want them back again!

Original Aurora Universal Monsters Models

All of them!

In general I look for monster, skeleton, alien, and robot figures of any kind.

That's all I can think of right now. I'm always on the look out for a lot of cool junk, so if there are any sweet Halloween related things I missed then please let me know in the comments below!

Also, if you have some of the above listed items and are willing to part with them or trade or something, then please contact me @ mason.john.allen@gmail.com

And if you have one of said items, but just can't part with it, then that's okay, I still wanna hear about it!


I'm not the only one searching for awesome stuff to add to the pile. Go check out these other amazing wish lists:

Garage Sale of Awesome-Check out the competitive sport known as Video Game Collecting. I can relate!

Thirtyish Year Old Boy-For Daniel, thrift shoppin' is where it's at! I hear that noise!

Whatever I Think Of-Jamie likes to hunt for books, clothes, and Halloween costumes. I'm right there with ya sister!

Nerd Cantina-Matt likes his Joes MOC, and his Star Wars loose.

Nerd Nook-Rich Goes for nostalgia with Super Powers, MOTU, and Thundercats, oh my!

Nerd Out With Me-Fellow AFOL longs for the ultimate Monster Fighters set, 10228 Haunted House. I want that too!!!

Goodwill Haunting 4 Geeks- The Goodwill Geek lists out his awesome coveted toys and longs for some old role playing stuff. Don't we all?

Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool- Kal says,"There is only one thing I want and you all know who it is. – The Oscar Goldman action figure from the Six Million Dollar Man line WITH exploding briefcase." Oh, heck yes!

Retro Toy Safarai-Mego Superman needs his outfit and Gizmo wants to relive his glory days in a 1984 pink Barbie Corvette. Ahhhh, yeah!



Thanks for reading and happy Halloween Hunting Season!

List O' Pet Peeves

Let’s all take a deep breath this week and let off a little steam. This week’s assignment for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers is… — Pet peeves.

I really like this weeks assignment. It reminds me of something I read in MAD magazine once. Well, if there's something my honey and I like, it's a good list, and I have a butt load of pet peeves, so here goes nothin'! This will be my longest post ever!

When items are WAAAY overpriced at the D.I.

When someone calls LEGO bricks "Legos".

When my wife makes me drop whatever I'm doing and kill a spider for her. 

When my daughter pulls my arm hairs.

(I'm gonna catch a lot of flak for this one.) When people talk about The Big Bang Theory like it's so funny and amazing. It isn't and it's not! Watch the IT crowd! Moss is hilarious! Sheldon is NOT FUNNY!!!

When people say "BAZINGA"!

When Netflix only has one season of a great show. Come on, you only have season one of Samurai Jack!? Why Netflix? WHY!?

Wet farts.

When someone asks me my name and they think I answered "Macy" or "Jason".

When great cartoons, like Adventure Time and Regular show, have toys that are made by jazwares. JAZWARES!? WHY!? Worst toy company ever!

LEGO copycat brands.

Impossible to open packaging.

When you can't hear someone and they say "you never listen to me!"

Line cutters.

Overly stringent cut-off times for the McDonald's breakfast menu.

When I find a long hair in my food.

When someone starts smoking right next to me.

When I'm trick-or-treating and someone says,"What are you supposed to be?"

When I'm trick-or-treating and someone says,"Aren't you too old for this?"

When I tell someone I'm going to Comic Con and they ask,"What is Comic Con?"

When I'm buying toys and the cashier asks who they're for and I tell them they're for myself and then they look a me as though to say,"Oh...weirdo."

When I tell people that I blog and they don't know what a blog is.

When old folks complain about how much better things were in "the good old days".

How things aren't as good as they were in the good old days.

When people think anything that is animated is "just kid's stuff".

When you almost beat a video game, die, and then have to start from the very beginning. RAGE QUIT!

When someone becomes way overly competitive when playing video games/sports/board games.

When people get way too carried away with a list.

When people hide corny jokes within their lists.

People that think anything fiction is a waste of time and that only non-fiction books are worth reading.

When someone says,"Video games will rot your brain out!"

When someone says,"TV will rot your brain out!"

When someone says,"Candy will rot your teeth out!"

When someone says,"You shouldn't eat meat, it's bad for you!"

When someone says,"I was a total nerd in high school!" and they totally weren't.

Being labeled.

When people are sarcastic

When someone is overly sensitive.

When I get called into work on my day off.

When I get called into work early.

Road rage.

Sticky floors.

A messy house.

Bad hair days.

Chaffing.

Mowing the lawn.

When you wake up and your arm's asleep.

When your foot falls asleep.

When someone reads over my shoulder aloud.

Facebook poke wars.

When someone almost immediately after meeting me calls me "shy".

Someone laughing at their own jokes.

When popcorn gets stuck in your teeth.

When my teeth get stuck together and I can't open my mouth because I bit down on a Jolly Rancher really hard for about 10 seconds.

When it hurts to laugh and people keep making you laugh.

Trying to hold in a laugh.

When my fingernails get to long.

Carpal tunnel from typing and video games.

When I can't find lost items.

When someone says,"I hate to say I told you so."

When baby keeps me up all night.

When the barber messes up my haircut.

When I pour a bowl of cereal and then find there's no milk.

When the word "there" and "their" are used incorrectly.

Clip show episodes.

When a cricket is loose in my room.

The Head On commercial.

The peanut butter jelly time Lunchables commercial.

The way Jar Jar Binks talks!

Everything about Scrappy Doo!

Pitfalls in Animal Crossing.

When old people try to use hip slang.

Getting Rick Rolled on Youtube.

Loosing action figure accessories.

LAG!

The Annoying Orange cartoon series.


"10 minutes of ____" videos on youtube.

Okay, I'm gonna stop there. Man, I'm easily annoyed. I guess I'm not the only one though!


Brian of Cool and Collected lays down some of his pet peeves of TV watching.

Check out some pet peeves regarding unreturned shopping carts, movie trailers, and restaurant drink selection at Cavalcade of Awesome!