And a Little Extra-Crispy Extra Collateral Damage

An update to my Prior post , these addtional items are in the collateral damage file

• Winters Tale and Django Unchained at Target
• Exclusive Minecraft Horse pack with Hostile Mobs from Target (and those were fortunately the only hostile mobs I encountered there)
• From Walmart- The Hangover Trilogy(all three movies) Anchorman 2, Red Dawn- I tried for Super 8 but the one copy I found was sliding free in the case and would have been a scratched up mess 

Black Friday 2014

     I did this last year, so I'm going to make a tradition of it. My post thanksgiving report

     So first, bear with my while I bore you by crowing about my dinner. This year was my first year cooking the turkey- Sam backstopped me and gave assistance, but I did the heavy lifting, chose seasonings, and kept "abreast" of it cooking. I guaranteed it would come out of the oven warmer than it started because...physics. What I could not guarantee is that it would come out edible, or non-toxic.

     But it came out tender, moist, and Deeelicious. And as of this writing, apparently non-toxic(despite what my sister the vegetarian might think); I had some, Sam had some, Tango had some. It was accompanied by carrot and cranberry salad, Pillsbury biscuits (from the cardboard tube!) (which Sid got some of)pumpkin pie (Tango and Wallace got some), and martinellis sparkling apple cider. The one error was in my preparation of the gravy packet that came with the turkey- I heated it in a pan, but what I should have done was toss it in the kitchen wastebasket and possibly set fire to it. No worries, I will remember that for next year as a serving suggestion. It was a mellow evening, and Sam and I watched Godzilla

     Now on to the categorized Swag

SURGICAL STRIKE: all from bestbuy.com, and shipped today, leaving me far from the madding crowds

• Arrow, Season 2, $9.99
• Supernatural, Season 9, $9.99
• Longmire Season 1, $9.99
• Longmire Season 2, $9.99
• R.I.P.D. $5.99
• Pacific Rim $5.99

COLLATERAL DAMAGE:
Red and Red2 at Target, $5 apiece

COINCIDENTAL ARRIVALS: showed up weds- pics to come

• MMC Azalea from BBTS
• Toyworld Hardbone also from BBTS\

Of note: 11/27/14 was Tangos third bird-day(based upon best calculations to his hatching date)- my baby continues to get smarter and sometimes brattier

Thanksgiving 2014

     Last year I wrote as a League assignment but the League is a dream that is no more, and I have not found any blogging challenge to replace it yet. So here is my 2014 list

     I'm thankful I am back in the groove of blogging again; thankful for Tango and Wallace, my collections, my apartment, my job, my car. I'm thankful, oddly, for IKEA, and the furniture of theirs I like. I'm thankful for the online merchants I can use when the stores don't stock my new toys, like Bigbad, TFSource and HTS. They help me treat my plastic addiction

     I'm thankful for my decent relationship with my ex, her birds (Sid and Aldo). I'm thankful for great entertainment such as the Marvel Studios movies, the DC TV shows, and Agents of Shield(Because Coulson lives). I'm Thankful for authors like Louis L'Amour, Tony Hillerman, and Terry Pratchett, like Jim Butcher and Scott Sigler, for stories you can pick up and read over and over.

     I'm Thankful I am alive in this most interesting of times. I am Thankful for my family, my friends, and even a stranger who will share a moment or two of conversation or a dark unspoken fear. And I am Thankful, so very thankful for everyone who stops by and reads a post of mine because this is where I tell the universe:

I WAS HERE, I HAD A UNIQUE VOICE, AND I MATTERED

Dr Wu and the Cybertronian Arms Race

     Ok first- this will not just be Dr Wu- there are several really good Arms Suppliers to the transformers toys- what this post is about is buying toys for your toys: buying collectibles to enhance your other collectibles.

    I Could (but won't) Meticulously track my purchasing history on these items. I know that the very first transformer add-on I bought was to reach out and get my generations Kup an IDW comics accurate head

this is the non-smoking head- I found that the transformation
Broke the Cy-gar on the other head, so it was fixed and put away

     I purchased a Cartoon Accurate gun for Transformers Prime Powerizer Optimus Prime, based upon the gun that came with FE Optimus

Prime characters generally have their weapons built into their
arms so this covers his hand

Rainstorm for Generations Springer

     And BLADES! Blades galore of many shapes and sizes

UFO blades for Optimus Prime ROTF or DOTM leader

     Cybertronian War Axe by Corbot V(modeled by Toyworlds "Orion")

the Sky-Breaker- Dr Wu's ode to the Star Saber of TF Prime

This wonderful piece comes in a variety of colors
from silver metallic to far more exotic
Primes first action with this weapon in the Anime was to
cleave a mountain in half

Heavy Gear- the Forge of Solus Prime and a big gun for TF Prime UltraMagnus

love the way the forge caught the light

Courageous- Guns and blades for TF Prime FE Arcee

usually with Arcee it is either blades or guns,
not both at the same time

SXS A-03 add-ons for Generations Blitzwing- Head, gun, missiles, and shoulder fixer-uppers

Cavalier- the Sword from Age of Extinction

and yep, I bought it for MP10 Optimus Prime and he looks great with it