As my most recent posts have shown, I am on a bit of an 80's and 90's nostalgia kick, mostly in the realms of toys, comics and hobbies. One of the major toy lines from the 1980's was Masters of the Universe from Mattel, featuring the mighty He-Man and his arch-nemesis Skeletor. While at the local flea market a few weeks ago, I came across a few booths selling some vintage 1980's MOTU items and I couldn't resist picking a few of them up.

While looking through a booth mostly dedicated to 80's an...
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I'm not exactly sure when and where I first heard about 8-bit Zombie, but I do know that I won't forget my first purchase. Back in May of this year, I was again turned on to the 8-bit Zombie brand, and immediately headed to Facebook to "Like" their page and to keep abreast of what was looking to be another great Summer release. Teasers for the release were coming out fairly often, and thankfully, the forest fires in Colorado avoided the 8-bit Zombie HQ, allowing for an on-time release on Satu...
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Lately I have been spending more of my free time with various random builds in my Minecraft server. I love Minecraft, as it feels like a huge version of LEGOs in a virtual environment and brings back childhood memories of crazy builds. (Plus a few nightmares of stepping on pieces with my bare feet.) The LEGO Minecraft kit has been available since June of 2012, but it sells out almost instantly whenever it is available. I couldn't even find one of the kits when I was at Legoland California in ...
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