tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73553529992188250292024-03-14T02:05:44.159-07:00Mr Smiths Plastic HideawayAnecdotes-Collectibles-Art-Media-BirdsMr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.comBlogger557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-7352851594221063002020-04-07T09:57:00.000-07:002020-04-07T09:57:06.179-07:00Toysday: Cybonic Plague When a particularly aggressive form of Cybonic Plague hit Cybertron
Autobots...
Decepticons...
Even Primes of old...
Stopped fighting to remind everyone
MASK UP FOR PROTECTION
SOUNDWAVE PPE SUPERIOR... LASERBEAK, EJECT-OPERATION, DISINFECT
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-71315418357308176942020-03-03T16:28:00.002-08:002020-03-03T16:28:46.925-08:00Toysday: A Tale of Two Seekers Really only one- we have gotten two excellent Starscreams, both Voyagers, one a Cybertronian Tetrajet ...
and the other an earthmode F-15 Eagle
Both look very G1, have excellent posability, and playability. I think the eathrise Starscream edges out the Siege by a little for me.Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-65220913665744284402020-02-25T17:35:00.001-08:002020-02-25T17:35:17.502-08:00Toysday: Siege Reigns, and EarthRises to meet it... I first saw Earthrise in the form of micromasters, which I am not real focused on. They were at my Littleton south Target. but I stopped at two more Targets that day, and Edgewater's Target bore Strange Fruit...Cheddar-Orange and black as night. I "Grappled" with the decision, but bought him.
And then... Bone Dry. The Micromasters, andMr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-12655566198536575112020-01-28T12:24:00.002-08:002020-01-28T12:24:29.875-08:00Toysday: Inglourious Metal Basterds Whoever is designing this series for Toyworld is OFF the HOOK...- Almost no kibble, almost nothing wasted and nigh masterpiece level complexity in the size of a voyager or small deluxe.
These are Studio Series Scale, and movie-verse style. I pictured Bulldog here before but I wanted to get a few more angles, to truly appreciate his Deco, and his Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-793792943302131562020-01-21T15:12:00.000-08:002020-01-21T15:12:12.759-08:00Toysday: Three Times the Post
A Triple Threat!
Thrilling 30th Blitzwing has teamed up with Siege WFC Astrotrain!
Can they be stopped? If so, by Whom???
Hopefully we get a new Blitzwing in Earthrise. I really dig this Astrotrain
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-60227826110097829692020-01-14T13:18:00.000-08:002020-01-14T13:18:13.435-08:00Rumor Has It There was a whisper in the trees...
Passed from one to another...
until the whole flock was calling about it...
More toys to come- watch this space...
Enough being Shellfish with my time...Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-14254387038323999912019-12-25T07:27:00.002-08:002019-12-25T07:27:29.151-08:00Merry Christmas 2019However you celebrate and whoever you celebrate with...
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-45550390943459565882019-10-25T12:22:00.000-07:002019-10-25T12:22:37.118-07:00Where in the world is Mr Smith? In fall of 1926, Ken was born. In 1943, a the age of 17, he entered the united states navy. He was serving aboard the USS Luce when she was hit and sunk off the coast of Okinawa carrying over 1/3 of her complement with her.
Ken treaded water for 8 hours in an oil slick, to repel sharks. He carried shrapnel with him for the rest of his life.
&Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-17133321514543202922019-08-20T15:21:00.001-07:002019-08-20T15:21:53.036-07:00Toysday: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Shelves Part 3 So I am surprised that this post was more than a year in the making...
The FansProjassic Epoch, characterized by CHUG scaled Neo-G1 figures which shared transformation characteristics with the original G1 Dinobots. They Also in most cases came equipped with "Battlemaster-Style" weapons- smaller bots who would become instruments of destruction
&Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-33077716025006947762019-08-15T17:41:00.002-07:002019-08-15T17:41:45.334-07:00Thoysday: Orthia Originally called Elita Infin1te, the final form of the Elita 1 combiner is the Five Female Autobots
Elita 1
Moonracer
Novastar or Firestar
Greenlight
Lancer
But where did the name come from? Orthia appears to come from Artemis Orthia, an aspect of the Greek goddess of the hunt.
Artemis, like most Greek Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-6409011174524356442019-08-06T14:26:00.003-07:002019-08-06T14:26:52.027-07:00Toysday: Selections from the Collections. As expected, I still have shelves to mess with, but this time I didn't let it stop me. SO as promised...
Shelves and lights by IKEA
Photography by MY PHONE
Minecraft figs by JAZWARES
SkyLynx is Magna Inventa by MMC
Old Time Alt Modes by MMC and Others
Optimus Prime in many modes
Dinobots by FansProject and Hasbro
And more yet to Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-15375193867753516882019-07-30T12:08:00.000-07:002019-07-30T12:08:40.752-07:00Toysday: A Little off "Track" But trying to get some traction...
So first off, Apologies to Big Tone, this was supposed to be Shelf pics, but the weekend didn't turn out quite that way. Hope this is a good replacement for now, and next week will be better
This week has kind of Hounded me.
The world has been on the Warpath
But I haveMr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-20344281296203692852019-07-23T15:13:00.000-07:002019-07-23T15:13:17.431-07:00Toysday: Something Strange In the Neighborhood...
Who we gonna call???
Actual Ghosts Afraid of =0
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-47551111528432050572019-07-19T09:38:00.000-07:002019-07-19T14:54:46.572-07:00Friday Funnies: Unknown Etymologies Been a while since I have laid down a Friday Funnies post- a friends Facebook post got me started on this- these are origins of some words you may not know- Thanks, Harold Blulite for getting me going.
Bamboozled- Verb- To Confuse or con someone into buying asian plants from the grass family
Discombobulated- Adjective- To be confused and puzzled about the fact that Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-15252358318000879782019-07-16T14:02:00.002-07:002019-07-16T14:02:50.731-07:00Toysday: Beholde hys Infinyte Wrathe I've made a few posts about Jetfire- The Robotech figure that almost filled the spot, The Thrilling 30th version...
But here is the one that lays them all to rest... probably: WFC Siege Commander class Jetfire
Next to Siege Starscream
Next to thrilling 30 Jetfire with his decepticon faction symbol displayed- he has a Symbol flip gimmick
With Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-29239380125450571012019-07-09T14:25:00.000-07:002019-07-09T14:25:01.485-07:00Toysday: Emergency CommuniqueAnd here are my First responders
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-13225182230104096862019-07-02T10:39:00.001-07:002019-07-02T10:39:43.932-07:00Toysday: New Springer Dawning Don't get me wrong here- I still love generations Springer- he's a great representation
But for a G1 aesthetic...
The new one has laid "siege" to me. Covered with his WFC paint damage and the marks of a long conflict. Armed with weapons that combine and recombine into deadlier configurations, he's going to guard my shelves because "He's got Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-64900676925328790602019-06-26T10:36:00.001-07:002019-06-26T10:38:13.696-07:00Toysday(late): Unboxing more BoxesMore Beastbox friends came in; One thing I really, really like about this line is I keep finding little extra things that I did not notice before
Dio is taller
Delta is longer. .
And here is IceQube
Elephinx
Behemoth
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-60988230260318135792019-05-28T15:22:00.000-07:002019-05-28T15:22:19.207-07:00Toysday: Little Boxes A couple of months ago I saw something that crossed a couple of my interests together in a fascinating way.
I found a parrot transformer, of sorts. He's not perfect- lots of folks get the feet wrong on parrots, which should be zygodactyl- Two toes in front, two in back- Parrots and woodpeckers are the only birds to have this adaptation. What he does have, Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-87246503529394874512019-05-07T09:57:00.001-07:002019-05-07T09:57:36.768-07:00Toysday: The lost Tuesdays So I keep remembering to make my Tuesday post... on Wednesday- sometimes on Thursday. And then I think... Well just do it next week.
So here are some pics and a hope to getting back on the stick.
Four dangerous decepticons...
And two wreckers. They need more decepticons
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-70490752810955463952019-03-05T13:04:00.001-08:002019-03-05T13:04:23.622-08:00Toysday: Another Superion Christmas Can it really be four years since I posted this? Apparently it can be. A good, Hasbro Superion
And then we heard about the Upsized KO from Ju Jiang.
Cool Figure- Hefty Pricetag. $175 + depending. Not in my budget at the time.
But fortune favors the Shawn sometimes- TFSource Black-Friday-ed this sucker, and he was within my budget
&Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-16564247932372202632019-02-05T13:55:00.002-08:002019-02-05T13:55:44.972-08:00Toysday: New Guard I'm in the process of redefining some figures on my shelves. Some things that were not billed as Masterpiece, such as MMC Stray fit better there than Among Classics scale. So while I was futzing around... I ended up taking down my '86 movie cast to review them
They come from Hasbro, Fanstoys, Mastermind, and Open Play- In each case though, their Aesthetic Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-57733740872725690572019-01-15T14:29:00.000-08:002019-01-15T14:29:08.002-08:00Toysday: Trapped Behind the Lines Way out in the no-Bot's land between Iacon City and Kaon there is a little scrap of land. Just a nondescript spire of minor strategic value...More two sides looking for an excuse to shred metal and shed energon...
Sideswipe, Hound and Lionizer were dug in, just trying to avoid becoming a footnote in the war's history, or less, when Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-90871131095208052002018-12-24T10:55:00.001-08:002018-12-24T10:55:18.860-08:00Holiday Season 2018To you and yours, however you celebrate and whoever you celebrate with- The best to you and a happy new year
I wish you time with loved ones and good meaningful conversation; I wish you peace and prosperity in the coming year.
Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355352999218825029.post-76556753236469521182018-11-27T11:09:00.000-08:002018-11-27T11:09:23.056-08:00Toysday: Roll the Bones I love Dice; nothing unnatural about it- The feel of them, the sound of them rolling draws me back to my first table RPGs back in high school and calls me back to a thousand battles won and lost, hundreds of kingdoms saved and a population of heroes and villains spanning years of realtime as well as millennia of game time
I have some really, really Mr Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127713072800672635noreply@blogger.com0