Secret Agent Robots

Waaaay back in the 80's my brother and I each got an "Alphabot" toy in the lead-up to Christmas.  They were letters that could transform into robots.  My parents couldn't find either a Z for me or an A for my brother Alexander, so they got us an N (which I guess looks like a sideways Z) and a B (which is the next closest letter to A).  I never really knew what the purpose of them was, but I loved them.  Eventually those original two were either lost or sold at a garage sale (against my will), but I never forgot about them.  While doing some research on them last year, I discovered that line had been rereleased in Italy!  This time the figures came out in blind-bagged packaging and actually had more than one series.  The first series was Alphabots Force 2, followed by Alphabots: Mission in the Dark and Alphabots: Mission Galaxy.  Alphabots: Mission in the Dark had glow-in-the-dark elements, while Mission Galaxy had transparent parts.  I found these right at the end of Alphabots Force 2, so I was only able to get the letter "I" from that line, but I did complete the sets of Mission in the Dark and Mission Galaxy.

Implantor (Alphabots Force 2), Illuminor (Mission in the Dark), and Infinitor (Mission Galaxy)

The Savage Mondo Blitzers Spotlights

Top cap off my spotlights of the Savage Mondo Blitzers line, I wanted to list them all (from beginning-to-end) in one post so they're easier for everyone to find down the road.

Concrete Breakfast Gang

The Butt Kickers

The Chunk Blowers

But Wait, There's More!

Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in!  I had finally completed my Savage Mondo Blitzers collection, then I go and discover that there are repaints and unreleased figures out there!  Gah! But, that also means that there's more Savage Mondo Blitzers to add to my collection.  Yah!

There were actually 40 Savage Mondo Blitzers released, but eight of the figures in this pic never saw mass production.  The Crazy Eights set rounded out the 40.

Some of the Savage Mondo Blitzers card backs had cut-out ramps and obstacles that you could use with your figures, while others showed off two teams that were never released.  Or where they? 

Load 'Em Up And Watch 'Em Fly! (Crazy Eights Part 2)

Man, I've gotten behind with these!  The first half of my Savage Mondo Blitzers Crazy Eights spotlight was done back in January, and I'm just getting to part 2 here in March.  There are other toy lines I want to talk about, and I've been waiting to finish the Mondo Blitzers to get to them.  There's newer stuff that I like that harkens back to my love of Mondo Blitzers, and I can't get to them until the Mondo Blitzers are done.  So...

CRAZY EIGHTS

The Crazy Eights seem to have two themes going on in their team.  There's the brutes (General Mayhem, Jack Hammer, Destruction Worker, and Fist Fight) who seem to be your standard manly-man sluggers, and the suburbans (Lawn Disorder, Shishke Bob, Armed & Dangerous, and Chow Hound) who could have easily crawled out of any sewer in any typical neighbourhood.  I don't think that was deliberate when Kenner was planning the teams, it's just something I noticed.

AMAMOTM - February

Well, I waited till the last minute to do this one, didn't I?  February was a hectic month for me, and I didn't get a chance to visit some new dollar stores like I wanted to.  I was still able to get some stuff for the second instalment of Army Men And Monsters Of The Month, but I'll have to take things in a different and unexpected direction this time.

Deep Fried Whale

Everyone once in a while a figure comes along that you can't pass up.  In my case it happens fairly regularly.  But sometimes a figure comes along that I really can't pass up.  This time, it was:

AMAMOTM - January

Okay, so far two out of three of my posts this year have been rants about figure swappers.  Let's take a break from all that!  This time I want to cover something completely unique and original:

Little green army men!