Perseus & Pegasus
May 14, 2010 by Engineernerd
Filed under Featured, Other Film, Toy Reviews
Long before “CG” became virtually synonymous with special effects, film makers used a number of tricks and effects to create elements not possible to bring to life on camera. Men in large...
MTV-7 Mini-Rig
September 23, 2009 by Engineernerd
Filed under Star Wars, Toy Reviews
I was looking at the list of reviews on the website the other day and noticed I was really lacking in a few different areas. When I look over at my display shelves, I can see a an area for vintage figures,...
A Grand Army of One (or Two)
September 15, 2009 by Engineernerd
Filed under Musings
I was re-arranging my Emperor’s Arrival display theother day and realized I had a small army of Stormtroopers in it. A glance to another shelf a group of six Sandtroopers had detained a landspeeder...
Vintage Indiana Jones
July 3, 2009 by Engineernerd
Filed under Indiana Jones, Toy Reviews
One of my favorite things to ask people is, “What’s your favorite movie?” I’ve even asked it when interviewing folks. I use it to understand folk’s sense of...
Vintage Cairo Swordsman
July 3, 2009 by Engineernerd
Filed under Indiana Jones, Toy Reviews
Today’s review continues with our recent Indiana Jones Retro Reviews. We’ve already took a look at Indy and Belloq.The focus for this is review is the Cairo Swordsman. Indy was chased...
Vintage Large Size Boba Fett
June 28, 2009 by Engineernerd
Filed under Star Wars, Toy Reviews
You have to be impressed with what the marketing folks in the late seventies did with Boba Fett. He was a character that none of us knew anything about, yet we all thought he was the baddest dude in...


