The Gobots are apparently an older, transforming vehicle-to-robot line/show(?) and one of the podcast hosts (@Vangelus [ed. actually @Gogdog on second listen]) described his having received a Gobots Psycho recently. It sounded interesting, and as the concept is similar I thought I’d get one to look at as well.

Super Gobots Psycho in Robot Mode

Hopefully it will arrive this week. If nice, I’ve got my eye on another in the line.

Well that has changed, and after adopting one several weeks ago I am happy to say that they are a delight to own. So without further ado, I introduce to you Mr. Gordon “The Leopard” Gecko (Eublepharis macularius):

Gordon Gecko - Working Name

I know, I know… some of you may be saying “Man, you’ve watched Wall Street too many times” and you may be right, especially since I just watched the second one and enjoyed it. But hey, until another, better name comes along this one will do.

And I gotta tell ya, Mr. Gecko is an eating machine. Since I picked him up from the local pet shop he has been an eating machine and I am glad to see that his tail is starting to fatten up a bit. I belive that means we are on the right track. Certainly any faults in his care are mine, but thanks to the amazingly helpful folks on GeckoForums.net those faults are kept to a minimum.

Tail Plumping Up

So now it is time to get over my fear of roaches. These things are great feeders for not only the abovementioned Tarantuals, but also for the various lizards around the Petroom(s). To that end, I placed an ad on Craigslist and was soon rewarded with a response from a local breeder. I am now pleased to introduce the loving couple (G. portentosa):

The Happy Hissers

And just to prove I have begun my therapy:

Roach in Hand Worth Three in ?

N.B. Sorry for the blurry pic, hard to hold the camera and Mr. Hisser

Casper the Friendly Ghost #58, a file copy from Harvey Comics circa 1963.

Silver Age Casper # 58 (1963)

Saw a recent post over on Vinyl Pulse which mentioned a new social network type site for (vinyl) toy collectors called Show Me Your Vinyl.  The site, while still brand new and experiencing some growing pains, seems already to have attracted quite a few serious collectors and artists. They currently have member-created activity streams, forums, classified ads, photo galleries with other functionality in the works, including an iPhone interface (good stufff™).

Drop in and give it a try, and feel free to add jestre to your friends list.

See you there!

P.S. for the ops: If I can have but one request, please use mod_rewrite to remove the index.php from the URLs

Red Gears vinylmation

Orange Gears vinylmation

Series: Urban # 3

Artist: Dan Howard

Gotta love these things!

Clock Tower by Eric Caszatt

These are nice, solid vinyl figures.  Some of the series come in boxes with display panels so you can actually see the figure your are purchasing, but other series come blindboxed.  This figure is from the Have-a-Laugh! series of 12 figures.  It comes in a nice secure box and the figure inside is secured in a foil pouch to doubly ensure that you do not know which one you are getting.

After making my way through all of the packaging, I was awarded with my first vinylmation figure, a Swimsuit Goofy:

Swimsuit Goofy vinylmation

More are likely on the way

Deathra

Zagoran

Update (24 December 2010): 20 days later, and 12 dollars in postage for USPS Priority shipping and the figures still have not arrived. Not exactly happy with this situation.