"With infinite complacence people went to and fro over the earth about their little affairs, serene in the assurance of their dominion over this small spinning fragment of solar driftwood, which by chance or design man has inherited out of the dark mystery of Time and Space. Yet across an immense ethereal gulf, minds that to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle, intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes and slowly and surely drew their plans against us......."

Easily one of the ten best tree action figures

Both endearing and enduring, the Aurora classic monster model kits refuse to die!

It's almost Halloween, and while I don't have as many monster toys to review as you might think, I've still got plenty of ephemera. Come on in for a pic heavy look back at a lunchbox from our youth.

Trigore is ugly and weird and charming in his way.

"Where are we going? Life, the timeless, mysterious gift, is still evolving. What wonders - or terrors - might evolution hold in store for us in the next ten thousand years? In a million? In six million? Perhaps the answer lies in this old house in this old and misty valley..."
..in this action figure...

"A war between worlds had long been dreaded. Throughout recent history, Man, convinced that life on other planets would be as anxious and belligerent as life on his own, has gravely predicted that some dreadful form of combat would inevitably take place between our world and that of someone else.

And Man was right."

For better or worse, my Kong crusade continues...

Love at first sight!

Familiarity breeds love.....

"Here comes double trouble!"

One cycle ends and, sadly, another continues....

A transitional toy for me.

One of these things is not like the others.
Actually, two of these things are not like the others.
Aw hell, they're all different!

A giant sized PINK King Kong!