One of the greatest things about toy collecting is the thrill of the hunt. Part of what I enjoy about collecting vintage toys is searching for those items that I have always wanted to own, but never originally had the chance. Of course, finding that one vintage toy at a price that is too good to be true is always a great feeling. I recently purchased a batch of loose figures from the line Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. And get this; it was all for .99 cents and 4.50 for shipping. How could anyone pass a deal like that up?

So let’s …

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Out of all the DC weeklies announced thus far, Batman Eternal has been the one to receive and earn the most attention for a lot of reasons. With a collaborative effort between some of the finest Batman related writers working at DC such as Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, John Layman, Ray Fawkes, Tim Seeley and artists such as Jason Fabok, Dustin Nguyen and Guillem March,…

Many readers, myself included nothing less than excellence from this incredible line up of creators in-charge of it. Does the series which promises to encompass the entire Batman universe, including some lesser used characters and …

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The month of April may have started out for the fools, but the month can only end with the hack ‘n slash style of the evil master of swords: Blade! Not the vampire Blade from Marvel comics, but the very cool Blade from the Masters of the Universe Classics line! He was the only release for the Club Eternia subscription this month so without wasting any more time, let’s check out the first MOTUC release from the 1987 Masters of the Universe motion picture.

Blade comes standard on a regular MOTUC card that we have seen for many years now with …

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The year was 1985 and cartoons had never been better. An entire lineup of animated awesomeness was available for young boys and girls to enjoy. There was a little something for everyone. All kinds of stories could be told on Saturday morning and eventually in weekday syndication. There was one show though that came along with all the glamour and glitter, fashion and fame that kids weren’t even aware they needed in their life.

Jem and the Holograms came out at a time when music videos and high fashion were being given a lot of exposure. Hasbro, Marvel Productions, and Sunbow …

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The following is RATED M for MATURE; maybe even NC-17; Reader MATURITY is Advised!!!

The following is NOT a review. The following is a fun pictorial that will make you laugh, make you cry, leave you disturbed or offended—but I just can’t help myself! Why? When you spend hours looking at the small screen of a Play Station Vita with an HD picture, living though a lot of talking and enjoying yourself to the fullest in a game that fully rivals or exceeds Final Fantasy in the Role Playing genre, you just have to share it with others—except, it’ll be MY …

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Catastrophe, it is in the eye of the beholder.  Prevention is the key, I use the term prevention, loosely.  The key that may lock our doorway to any outside world other than our own.  This door can lead to much misconception.  Which inevitably, brings one to the endless circle of things I have previously discussed and brought to point in my last few reviews.  However we see ourselves, living these messy, complicated and obsessed lives, our frail attempts at controlling them.  We figure out that our safety and securities are often displayed thru a fish bowl for the world to see.  …

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Ready for an all new Vintage Toy of the Month? I know it has been awhile since our last outing into the world of all that is good and vintage, but this latest vintage toy should more than make up for that. If you’ve been following the toy chatter around here than you have probably looked over the recent article about the all new Modulok that came out from the Masters of the Universe Classics Line. Well, thanks to the kind and gracious Paladin (NERDSociety’s editor-in-chief) I was sent a really cool vintage Modulok from the Masters of the Universe toy …

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NERDSociety: Hello! I can’t thank you enough for agreeing to be interviewed for NERDSociety. Could you start off by giving us the name you go by?

Steampunk Cylon: Folks online may know me as Steampunk Cylon but my actual name is John D’Antonio.

NS: First off, you just got back from Katsucon. Share with us about what that event is and how was it? (Check out some photos of one of his recent costumes at the con: an Umbrella Agent) 

SC: Katsucon is an anime convention held in the D.C. area once a year and is usually the first anime convention …

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January is the month that Masters of the Universe Classics fans wait for in utter excitement. Technically there are a few months out of the year that MOTUC fans nerd out over (SDCC I’m looking at you) but January is always the start to a new subscription year; where all the figures we’ve seen images of from the year before finally start shipping out monthly. This month was double the trouble for He-Man and his friends. Two Bad finally saw his release as a subscription only figure for the MOTUC sub. Let’s look!

For a bulky figure, Mattel certainly found a …

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A whole New Year is upon us and before the 2014 Masters of the Universe Classics subscription kicks in, I thought it would be fun to take a look at a 2013 release: Sea Hawk! This heroic Etherian Pirate has long been on many a fan’s wish lists, and in 2013 Mattel made those wishes come true. Released as the special subscriber only figure from the Filmation mini sub, Sea Hawk somehow made it over to my well manicured hands. (Thank you eBay.) Let’s look!

Before we get into the fun details of the figure, I thought it would be important …

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