Have a Marvelous Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve Caroling

Santa Claus isn't the only one delivering Christmas presents

Happy Holidays

Have a Fantastic Holiday

Santa enlists a little help for his naughty list

Countdown to Christmas 12/25/12 - Toys for the Holiday

Merry Christmas everyone! Lets see what Santa left me under the tree.

Awesome!! I'll take the Hulk, Spidey and that carry case better be full of every figure shown and listed.

Countdown to Christmas 12/24/12 - Toys for the Holidays!

Even though I want everything is this ad, there are a couple items that jump out at me.

"The maniacal Mangler actually eats your favorite superhero and spits him out - flat!" What?! Is this from an actual comic, or just some crazy toy? 

Why does the Wonder Woman action figure look like Conan in drag? 

Countdown to Christmas 12/23/12 - Toys for the Holidays

Is there an App for that?

This is the best 1981 had to offer in handheld electronic game play. 

Countdown to Christmas 12/22/12 - Toys for the Holidays

It's a galaxy of goodies for the DC Comics fan in your life.

Those kick-ass flashlights would make perfect stocking stuffers! 

Countdown to Christmas 12/21/12 - Toys for the Holidays!

Now you too can explore the streets of New York City. Visit famous landmarks like The Baxter Building, Daily Bugle, The Avengers Mansion with the amazing Marvel World Play Set!

The stylish AM radio wrist watches, Mego Marvel Action Figures, and web-shooters would make excellent stockings stuffers.

Dear Santa - UForce Game Controller for Nintendo

I want this!

Well not really, just find it odd and way before its time.

Forget the Kinect, here is the original hands free game controller.

The U-Force from Nintendo!

U-Force "creates a power field" to make you the controller. I read that to mean force field - how kick ass is that!

I never saw one these other than in this ad.

My biggest question - Did it work?

Dear Santa - Metal Gear for Nintendo

I want this!

And 1988 Santa brought it! 

I remember getting Metal Gear and playing it all the time. Collecting all the gear, completing all the missions.

Now that I think about it, this would have made a great GI Joe game.

Dear Santa - X-Men action figures from Toy Biz

I want this!

If this was 1991, these X-Men action figures would be at the top of my Christmas wishlist.

Action feature - sort of similar to what DC's Super Powers Collection had in the 80's.

I got my first one from Kay-Bee Toy at Antioch North Mall in Kansas City, MO. When I called to ask what figures they had, the clerk pronounced it Mag-NET-o. I always thought of it as Mag-NEET-o.

Poor Magneto. His "action feature" was little magnets in his hands. Not much action-y about that.

I loved that the lightening bolt on Storms chest, and Cyclops' visor lit up.
- Colossus came with a barbell weight thing that he tossed
- Archangel had wing with removed tips
- Wolverine had retractable claws
- Apocalypse had little leg extenders that made him taller
- Nightcrawler had the posable-ish tail
I don't remember what Juggernaut's lame action feature was

Dear Santa - the Amazing Energized Spider-Man

I want this!

I remember seeing this Spider-Man ad all the time. 

I never really understood what the toy actually did.

How he was "energized"?
Was he stuck in that pose?
Was the spider-copter included with figure?

Dear Santa - Uncanny X-Men video game for Nintendo

I want this!

On second thought, you can keep it.

Uncanny Action.

More like Uncannily Unplayable! 

From the moment I saw this ad, I wanted this game. I'm not sure if it was the Marc Silvestri-ish like art work, the mohawk on Storm or that I was so into the X-Men at this time. I just knew that this game was going to be awesome.

Boy, was I extremely disappointed.

I couldn't play this game at all. The top down view was horrible. You weren't able to see the characters clearly. The levels were difficult and made no sense.