Star Wars Power of the Force Action Figures

Another week, another Star Wars Power of the Force action figure for my incredible three years old son! One figure he kept asking me to have was Lando Carlissian. Ever since unlocking this character in Lego Star Wars and seeing him in Empire Strike Back and especially Return of the Jedi, my son wanted a Lando figure. Well now its done.

Flea Market Hunting & Toys R Us: Star Wars

With the beautiful weather outside, we decided to make a quick stop at the flea market. For only $10 we got a very cool Star Wars Battlefront II Droid pack which contains seven droid figures including a very cool Super Battle Droid that we've been searching for months. The girl was selling it in the original box, and in perfect condition. We also found Qui-Gon Jinn figure from The Phantom Menace.

On our way back, we stopped at Toys R Us. Sadly they had problems with the cashier so we could only pay with cash. But we did get a Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker figure.

Sectaurs + Thundercats

Among the action figures that my cousin gave to my son, there was numerous Sectaurs and one Thundercat.

Released in 1985 by Coleco, Sectaurs Warriors of Symbion was a very cool action figure line, with each ones came with an insect companion and comic book. Some of these insect were big enough so that the Sectaur could actually ride them, like a puppet. The prince and hero of the good guys was called Dargon. For me what struck me the most from the Sectaurs were the TV commercials, which I rank among the best ever. It actually featured a story and a cliffhanger so that you had to watch the next one a few weeks later.

One of my brother's favorite action figures collection as a kid was the Thundercats. He had lots of them. Produced by the legendary Rankin/Bass Productions, Thundercats had one of the coolest TV show at the time. In 1985, the TV show and first action figures were released by LJN. Now my son just ended up with a superbly well preserved Lion-O figure. I do plan on watching the animated series with my son in a near future.

Vintage Star Wars

Not too long ago, a cousin of mine send me a message that while moving his parents had found a box with some action figures! Immediately thinking about my son I told him that we would take it all. Last weekend, my son and I went downtown to meet with my cousin and another treasure was all ours!

I'd say that Star Wars is a priority in my house. We basically, eat, sleep Star Wars. Play action figures, read Star Wars books, play Star Wars games on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, colouring and drawing Star Wars characters, wear Star Wars clothes... I could go on. So my son and I were both extremely happy to get some vintage Star Wars action figures and accessories!

My cousin gave us a Tauntaun, Stormtrooper's Patrol Dewback, AT-ST that still works, the extremely cool Darth Vader figure case and action figures of Leia, Hoth Luke and HammerHead. These are all vintages, so with the help of some crazy glue that are now almost like brand new! Thank you Daphney!

Star Wars

With the extremely hot and especially humid temperature here in the usually cold north of Canada, we went shopping for an air conditioner. First thing my son asked when we entered the store was if there was some toys in here. I told him that if he was nice (like he always is) we will go see.

Not surprisingly his choice ended up being a Star Wars action figure, this time Count Dooku from the Clone Wars TV series. Isaac loves the bad guy, and Dooku is one of the coolest. He comes with a hologram, his twisted sword and a retractable hand that shots electricity. Needless to say that this is now his favorite Star Wars figure.

Twelve inches fun: Spider-Man

Spider-Man was probably the very first superhero that my son got into. Peter Parker's alter ego has everything for a kid to love. A cool look, costume, attitude and some of the most interesting and colorful villains in any comics.

My son is shown here with a 14" Spider-Man figure I got when the third film came out. Sure he wasn't even born back then but now its all is. Spider-Man 3 is probably the film I've seen the most with my son. Also in there is an 10" Carnage figure from the Famous Covers collection released in the 1990s I think. I got this from Ebay for very cheap a couple of months ago. Now we need more big sized Spider-Man figures...

Montreal ToyCon: Batman

My son Isaac loves Batman, with Spider-Man he is probably his favorite superhero. We already own the Batcave/Wayne Manor, Batmobile, Batcycle and most of the characters of the Batman universe but two were missing.

Ever since he saw the Batman & Robin film from Joel Schumacker, he's been asking me to find a figure of Poison Ivy and Batgirl. Well lucky enough we find both of them at the ToyCon, sealed and in perfect condition for only $5 each. We immediately got them and it made his day, but they didn't stay sealed for long!

Montreal ToyCon: Star Wars

For sometime now my son has been a Star Wars fan. But I have to admit that ever since he's been playing the Lego Star Wars game on the Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo Wii, he has graduated from a young Padawan to a Jedi. He's a total Star Wars geek... at three years old, amazing!

So at the Montreal ToyCon he wanted to get some Star Wars action figures and we did. We ended up getting 10 figures, mostly between $1 to $3 but General Grevious was an expensive $12 but Isaac was dying to own him so we got him. Darth Maul and Leia in "bikini" from Return of the Jedi was the other two he kept asking me... yeah he loves Leia!

We also got Leia with her Boushh bounty hunter suit brand new and sealed and Isaac was crazy since her recognized her from the Lego video game.

We also got the Stormtrooper's reptilian they are using in A New Hope. This new updated version looks way cooler then the one I owned as a kid.

That same night we watch Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope again, back to back. I have the coolest son in the galaxy!

Montreal ToyCon

Yesterday was our fourth time at the Montreal ToyCon. My son and I had a lot of fun and bought some very cool new action figures. Today I've decided to post the pictures I took of Isaac with various costumed characters in attendance. Whenever he saw one walking around, he asked me to have his picture taken with... but we did missed out a few like Batman and Batgirl.

Isaac with Jedi master Plo Koon who was there while we waited in line to get in.

Isaac with a Clone Trooper.

Isaac with Spider-Man.

Isaac with a Biker Scout soldier.

Isaac with another Clone Trooper and an original Stormtrooper (one of his favorite).

Isaac with an Imperial "snow" Trooper and bounty hunter Dengar.

Montreal ToyCon

We survived the Spring 2010 Montreal ToyCon! This was our fourth time and probably the coolest of them all. We arrived 15 minutes before the door opened so we got a good selection of what we wanted. In the next days I'll go through all of the action figures we got there and the awesome "cosplay" (fans in costumes) we met. But for now, here's Isaac with a quick look at what we got!