DI Treasures Halloween Mascot 2017

Last year's mascot was the Playmobil Stilt Ghost.  This year I am happy to introduce The Crazy Dancin' Mummy!  I found this little scamp at my local Family Dollar.

This year's Family Dollar Halloween solar dancers also include a Vampire, Witch, and Howlin' Werewolf.  That mummy dude is by far the best of the bunch, and just $1!

Isn't he just ADORABLE!

Nano MetalFigs: Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort

I was pleasantly surprised to see these Nano MetalFigs for just 97 cents a piece at Wally World!  Of course there were also Disney figs for 4 times that.

Now cute little Lord Voldemort terrorizes Tombstone Corners.  I love that the fig is 100% die cast metal.  They remind me of little pewter D&D figurines.  The paint job is decent too.  I will definitely be picking up more of these little guys.  

Has anyone else started collecting these?  Which ones are your favorites?

#drawlloween2017, #miniween2017, and #halloweenathon2017

Ever since the explosion of Instagram I have been a fan of this lazy man's blogging.  I tried using blogger from my phone, but it is just way too buggy.  Instagram easy, instant.  So if you wanna follow along with my on Instagram this season check out these hashtags:

 

#drawlloween2017

 

Drawlloween is back for 2017!  The rules are simple, follow along with the calendar and draw something that relates to the topic for the day.

 

 

 

#miniween2017

 

Miniween is also back again this year.  Do you suck at drawing, but you still like Halloween and have hoardes of mini figure toys?  Then Miniween is for you!  Follow along with the same calendar as Drawlloween.  The only difference is you take toy pics instead of drawing.  Hosted by the Mini Figure Militia.  Check out the Facebook group HERE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheMiniFigureMilitia/?fref=nf

 

 

 

#halloweenathon2017

 

And lastly I give you my catch all Halloween hashtag.  Anything remotely Halloween related gets this hashtag.  I find myself using this hastag all year.  Feel free to check out the posts under this tag, or even tag your own Halloween pics under it, it's all good!

 

Do you have any special hastags for the Halloween season?  Share them in the comments below!

Halloween City 2017 Highlights

 

I brought this pumpkin ghost home for just $1! Laura hates it.

Halloween 2017 Mixtape

I have been putting together "mixtapes" for a few years now.  Not in the traditional sense, rather I pick and pull songs from YouTube and create a playlist.  I was creating themed playlists for every month of the year, but I got burned out on that.  Now I just create Halloween (and Creepmas) playlists every year.  I hope you enjoy these spooky tunes while you wash your dishes on a dark and stormy night.  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Side A

1. Adventure Time - Stakes Intro

2. Minecraft - Halloween Mashup Pack 

3. Stranger Things 2 - Comic Con Trailer

4. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Phantom Song (Tom Phan)

5. Unsolved Mysteries - Opening Theme

Side B

1. The Misfits - Halloween

2. The Best of Retro Video Games - Pacman

3. The 'Burbs - Main Theme/End Credits

4. Silent Hill 2 - Ashes and Ghosts

5. Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen - Very, Very, Very Unbelievably Scary

"Hidden" Tracks

Over The Garden Wall - Patient is The Night
Over The Garden Wall - Finale 

Halloween 2017, Rising from the grave once more!

Well, it has been far too long and I had to go through and delete all the dirty spammer comments.  Halloween 2017 is quickly approaching!  It's my favorite time of the year and it is time to dust off the ol' blog and talk about Halloween.  No more letting Instagram be my easy blogging alternative.  At least for October and December, the Halloween and Creepmas season.

As a pre-Halloween post if you will, what is your favorite thing about Halloween?  Costumes, candy, movies, foliage, cooler weather, spectral anomalies?

UPDATE:

CHECK OUT http://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/ TO SEE HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Mighty Max Storms Dragon Island: Episode 16, Blood of The Dragon

In order to properly obsess over a playset you have to appreciate the cartoon/movie most toy lines are based on. 

Mighty Max is fairly unique, as the toy actually preceded the cartoon show. Check out the pre-cartoon TV spot for the Mighty Max Trapped in Skull Mountain set and it's pretty clear.

The funny thing is each set sounds like the title of an episode, so maybe they already planned on creating a cartoon, they just didn't want to wait to start pushing the toys before the cartoon was ready.  Max was animated in the Skull Mountain commercial.

Without further adieu, YouTube presents Blood of The Dragon:

Cheesy, yes, but I lived for this show when I was a kid!  It was pretty dark.  Drinking blood, even dragon's blood, would be unheard of in today's cartoons marketed to youngsters.  There is even an episode where a bloody crime scene is shown and Max is worried his friends may have been murder victims. Moving on to the cast:

Max - Rob Paulson!  Basically the human boy version of Raphael, and the same voice actor too.

Skullmaster - Tim Curry!  Seriously, there could not be a more perfect choice for Skullmaster.  He really delivers the death threat lines perfectly!

Felix - Maxes best friend. Voiced by Corey Burton, now the narrator of Future Worm.

Virgil - Tony Jay! Top notch casting for this show.  Tony has a great voice and he's perfect as Virgil.

Norman - Richard Moll. I don't believe he ever did any other voice acting, but he's great.  Norm is the muscle and has some nice one liners.

Overall, this episode doesn't translate perfectly to what is featured in the playset.  The Lizard Mutants in the playset look nothing like those in the TV episode.  The island itself is obviously way different. It is a nice adaption however and is close enough.  Next post I will take a closer look at the actual playset.

Did you ever watch Mighty Max?  Do you remember this episode?  Did you ever compare it to the playset?  Let me know what you think in the comments below!