For some reason the flea market closest to our home is a good resource for Batmobiles. If you remember, my first flea market find was a 89 Toy Biz Batmobile. A few months ago I came across a still packaged Batmobile from the classic Batman: The Animated Series, that ran from the early to mid nineties.

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After a extended absence (got dreadfully sick, then had some work related things I needed to focus on) my dreadfully ramble/picture heavy blogging continues!

For today’s Toy Tuesday I wanted to take a look at a toy that Jack got me over 20 years ago that started my love for all San Diego related sports. That toy is the 1988 Starting Lineup Tony Gwynn figure by Kenner

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Lego was a integral part of my development as a kid as I think it was for most kids. Not only did Lego teach you how to read and follow directions, but at the same time it taught you how to be creative and think outside the box.

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Hopefully everyone had a great Holiday season, and if you traveled it was safe and easy (Unlike my poor Colleen who’s travel luck reached new lows). I got some awesome Christmas gifts and I’ll show them to you now.

First up Colleen got me a exact replica of a PKE Meter from my favorite franchise of all time Ghostbusters. It was released on Dec. 1rst on Mattycollector.com, and has working lights and everything. Being something that I have wanted since I was 3 it lived up to my expectations. I love it!

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Hopefully everyone had a Merry Christmas! I’ve been taking a bit of a internet vacation (mainly due to many hours at the Apple Store). I do have some posts cooking, especially about my awesome Christmas Gift haul. So stay tuned!

For Video Wednesday I chose a classic SNL sketch featuring Eddie Murphy, Enjoy!

Today we’re going to look at the U.S.S. Enterprise replica from Playmates 2009 Star Trek line.

This ship was the only thing worth purchasing from this toyline. The figures were pretty terrible and weren’t worth the price. They weren’t even worth the heavily discounted prices when whole aisles of the toys were left unsold. The ship was too expensive though to consider buying. Even when it was discounted to 20 bucks I couldn’t pull the trigger. When I was at Tj Maxx picking up some Gi Joes  and they had the Enterprise for 10 bucks, I couldn’t resist.

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For today’s monday battle ground we’re going to take a look at two of the most popular comic book characters. Now this “vs.” isn’t really about who would beat who in a fight. It’s more about who is the better character. For me this is a easy choice, and that choice is Batman. When Batman is written well his story is one of the most engaging and popular. Just look at the success of the Batman film franchise compared to the Superman films. Superman is too much of a boy scout and Batman can get the job done no matter what the cost.

Where do you side Batman or Superman?

Since I was a little kid Swap Meets and Flea Markets were some of my favorite places in the world. Only there could you find some of the best stuff from years past for next to nothing. Growing up in San Diego I had a great swap meet called Kobey’s. It’s still there today at the San Diego Sports Arena. I haven’t been in years but I’m sure it’s still just as awesome. Today I luckily live near a pretty nice flea market at the NC State Fairgrounds. I try to go once a week, and once a week I’ll blog about my finds.

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