Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Ben 10 Alien Squad

Finally worked through my box of these buggers.
Still missing 4 painted and 16 green.
They are very common in the UK.
Let me know if you have any.


Also missing 3 of these translucent figures.
I scanned some eBay UK lots and found this image.
 These three were not released in the US.

1. Amp-fibian (blue)
2. Humungousaur (green)
3. Rath (orange)


Finally, I made this nifty checklist for the Sumo Slammers.
I am missing only the version of Cannonbolt without the weird ponytail.


Saturday, October 17, 2015

Grimm Dudes Chapter 2

Tech Deck / X-Concepts 2003
I have Grimm Dudes Chapter 1
I would love to finally get Chapter 2 with these six figures. 
Do not need packages or fingerboards.



Thursday, October 8, 2015

Tech Deck Dudes and Zoods

Looking to buy or trade for Tech Deck Dudes and their companion pets called Zoods.

Can be reasonably worn with corroded magnets.  
Do not want the fingerboads at all.  
Lots to trade.

checklist 2001-2002

Zoods Series 1-3

Creatures 2002

Thursday, June 11, 2015

TP Wheels Series 3

The Trash Pack Wheels were a 2013 Trash Pack spin-off.  
Series 1 was a Set of 83.  Series 2 was a set of 88.
I just found out that the UK got a Series 3, set of 93!
Series 3 was not released in the US, Canada, or even the Trash Pack home of Australia.
They apparently went straight to Pound Town or some other UK discount store. 
I can never expect to track down the whole set, but I would like to have a few.  

The factions this time are:
Cruddy Construction
Dirty Dinos
Junk Zombies
Stinky Sports
Trash Toys
World of Wheels

Sounds epic!  
Moose, please send these to the USA!


Sunday, May 31, 2015

Mad Wheelz

Mad Wheels came out in 2003 and were made by Mana-Tee.  
They are the size of Trash Pack Wheels and are very similar in style.  
Series 1 had 12 vehicles, as did a Series 2.  I assume Series 2 is harder to find. 
I would love to get all 24 with or without packaging. 





Series 1
 
Fast Foods
Cheesie Rider
Greased Lightening
Early Bird Special
Pizza Shredder

Road Warriors
Howdy Hauler
Jolly Dodger
Knight Rider
Tee Pee Cruiser

Spare Parts
Brain Drain
Boogie Burner
Motor Mouth
Eye Soar

Series 2

Monster Motors
Dragula
Goon Buggy
Mum-Vee
Wolfswagon

Road Kills
Gritty Kitty
Nut Cracker
Shell Shock
Smell on Wheels

Sports Nuts
Grand Slam
Kixx 66
Slam Junk
Slap Shot

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Monsuno

I'm primarily looking for someone in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany, or elsewhere who has access to the Monsuno toyline marketed by Giochi Preziosi. 

Jakks Pacific, based in the USA, holds the master rights to the toyline. In the US, in 2012, they issued about 70 figures (counting figures from playsets not in the regular numbering system).  In 2013, you probably saw them at deep clearance somewhere in the US.  The single packs even came to Dollar Tree briefly in late 2014.

The toyline was marketed with the ridiculous "100+ to collect" gimmick.  As far as I can tell, they gave us #1-65 plus #100, giving the impression that they intended to fill in #66-99 in time.  Anyway, this never happened.

I did some research and found that the line continued in Japan with #66+ with a partnership with Bandai. 

Then I found out that about 30 new figures exist, with a new numbering system (and some new sculpts, not just variants) with a partnership between Jakks an Giochi Preziosi for Europe.  People from Greece, Italy, and Bulgaria currently have these on eBay. Some of these were even released in Jakks packaging (as if they were originally intended for a US market) and the GP stickers were added afterwards.

These are the ones I am looking for (since the Bandai ones end up at an unrealistic price-point for me).  I can pay $5 US per new figure (plus card and core) at the very most.  Of course, I can offer lots more in trade-value.  I don't need any packaging at all.  Hopefully someone can help out.  I suspect that the price in these regions still retailed at less than the equivalent of 1 USD per figure.  Possibly they are even current in some discount stores in these regions.

Here are some pictures of the Giochi Preziosi stock, as you can see, there are many pack varieties (1-pack with no core, 1-pack with core, 2-pack, 3-pack, and 6-packs).














Thursday, April 30, 2015

Creepsters

Produced in 2004 by Playing Mantis (the makers of Johnny Lightning). Set of 12.
There are also 12 white/gray variants and one playset with an additional variant.
I would love to just have the set of 12.
Out-of-package is fine, as long as they are in great condition. 


The  checklist: