The pickings have been a bit slim lately, so instead of showing you all the amazing stuff I bought, I’m bringing you another post on the amazing stuff that I left behind. As you’ll see, there were various reasons, but none of these earned the right to come back to Chez West.
Poor Serpentera has no tail! I never had the chance to own Lord Zedd’s personal zord, mainly because it wasn’t to scale, was pretty crappy, and wasn’t worth the money. I’d totally buy it at thrift store prices, though! The problem with Serpentera is that it’s probably the most useless thing in Power Rangers canon. It was this huge behemoth of a zord, but it always ran out of power before doing anything. It wasn’t until my recent binge-watch of the source footage from Dairanger that I realized the footage kinda hampered what could be done. In the original show, Serpentera is essentially a harbinger of the end of the world. When it feels a disturbance in the balance between good and evil, it arrives to end it all. After all, it believes that good and evil must both survive at all times. So, it would show up, shit would blow up, and the Rangers would restore the balance in time to make it go away. Anyway, this one had no tail, so no dice.
Mexican train?! Oh my Jesus! I thought they were just after our jobs. Now THIS?! What the hell is that? How do we protect our women?! Don’t worry, folks. I’m not a real racist. I just play one on the internet. Some of my closest friends know some Mexicans…
The remnants of so many fallen bands. I feel like Harmonix should come out with Rock Band: Behind the Music, as a sequel to Rock Band, but it’d be more like GTA as you have to adjust to life as a has been.
Last weekend, Special Forces and I went to a shitty yard sale that claimed it would have 80s and 90s toys. What it did have was a bunch of old beat up Hot Wheels, and a bunch of “Black Americana”. They didn’t have any of those figurines of Mamie eating watermelon, but this was almost as bad. I just had to take this pic, as you’d never believe me without it. The weirdest part to me is that it looks like someone painted Gavin McLeod (Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, for you young bucks) purple. Black Joe doesn’t even have black features. He just looks like a crappy Dick Tracy villain.
Good ol’ My Pet Monster. Normally, this guy wouldn’t have registered on my radar. That all changed, however, when The Surfing Pizza wrote this recent post about the orange handcuffs that came with this guy. Seeing as how we live in the same vicinity, I wouldn’t be surprised if the cuffs he got were supposed to be with this guy. Anyway, the cuffs are the main draw, so without those, he was gonna have to get used to sitting on that shelf.
Well, that’s all for today. Tune in next time, when I’ll show you some recent stuff that I actually bought!
Whoa, go back and get that Monster. He’s a strong seller on eBay, just check out these recent sold prices: http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=my+pet+monster&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc
Yeah, I realized it after I left, but it was too late. Went back the next day and he was gone. I really missed the boat on that one…
Black Gavin McLeod!!!! So perfect.
No joke: My wife’s entire family LOVES to play double fifteen dominoes, and Mexican Train is the only way they play. I had never heard of it until they brought me in, now it’s one of my favorite games too. All kinds of crazy customizable rules.