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Five Random Action Figures, Part 26!

Get set for another edition of Five Random Action Figures!

Admission: I’m trying to hurry through these so I can get to the next milestone edition, which is when I’ll allow myself to splurge on toys that aren’t already hiding in my office bins. Can’t wait to finally buy that old Serpentor figure with the Sparkle Crest toothpaste cape. I’ll only have to do this fourteen more times. Faaaaack.

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Congo (1995)

My love for All Things Congo is already on record, and it’s thanks largely to the movie’s villains: A horde of snarling, battle-damaged grey gorillas. (Well, “villains” may be too strong a word. They were just doing what grey gorillas did.)

Due to Kenner’s penchant for making longshot bets about which movies would capture the hearts of children, Congo miraculously scored an action figure line, featuring such wish list toppers as Peter Elliot and Kahega. Really, if anyone bought Congo toys, it was for the line’s three grey gorillas.

I already showed you Mangler on a previous edition of Five Random Action Figures, who joined Blastface — another steak-faced simian — on the front line. When all else failed, the apes called in Bonecrusher, a “deluxe” figure that came with giant occult accessories plus a smaller monkey to boss around!

Really digging that battle staff. If you’ve never seen Congo, I’ll go ahead and confirm that none of the grey gorillas were seen using weapons, let alone meticulously carved weapons which presumably had the power to raise the dead when paired with the right assemblage of spooky vowel sounds. Read More…

Batman, 1989! Love that Joker!

Last week was an endless storm of nonsense that kept me almost totally away from Dino Drac, so it feels good to be back! It’d feel even better if I didn’t spend the last six hours trying to fix my computer. It’s still not quite there, so I’ll make this quick…

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Hooray, The Purple Stuff Podcast returns with its 23rd episode! This week, me and Jay from The Sexy Armpit celebrate Batman… but specifically Batman 1989. The one with Bob the Goon.

That movie was a major, major event for us both, and on the heels of Batman v Superman, it seemed like the right time to pore over our many memories of the movie, the toys, the cereal, and even that time Joker appeared at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

This one clocks in at around 75 minutes, thereby guaranteeing that you’ll be completely sick of bats by the time you finish listening to it. Check it out by clicking that giant ugly play button, down below!

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…or you can directly download this week’s show by right-clicking here.

Reminder: The Purple Stuff Podcast can also be found on iTunes, Stitcher and Podbean.

Thanks as always for listening! The last two shows were some of our biggest… can Batman keep up the momentum? Read More…

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. (Warning: Spoilers!)

WARNING: This post contains HEAVY spoilers about 10 Cloverfield Lane. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, stop reading. Trust me, you should see it as cleanly as possible. (I’ll warn you again before the real spoilers start!)

10 Cloverfield Lane surpassed my expectations. I know that doesn’t sound like very strong praise, but remember this: I’ve spent practically every waking moment of the past two months obsessing over every detail of this film.

I’ve gone through every trailer and TV spot frame-by-frame. I’ve devoured the ARG. I’ve read the screenplay for The Cellar, which was later (heavily) rewritten into the script to 10 Cloverfield Lane. I even succumbed to spoiler reports. All that, and it still managed to surpass my expectations.

Hell, I’d say it even shattered them.

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Me and Jay saw it on Thursday night. When it was over, we just kind of sat there in stunned silence, overwhelmed to the point of immobility.

It’s no big surprise that he was so affected: Jay hadn’t followed the cryptic online marketing, let alone read the smallest of spoilers. For someone like me, who went in with complete knowledge about everything that was gonna happen, I thought for sure that I’d have to grade the film on a sliding scale. Uh, no. It was just that good.

This is as far as I can go without spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the movie yet, stop reading here! Read More…

Dino Drac’s March Funpack is HERE!

If you dig what I do here on Dinosaur Dracula, the best way to make sure that I keep at it is by subscribing to Dino Drac’s monthly Funpacks. If you’re new to the game, you picked the right month. March’s Funpack is killer!

Be warned, though — there aren’t many to go around this month, so if you want in, don’t delay!

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There are more than a dozen items in this month’s Funpack, featuring all sorts of vintage ’80s and ’90s goodies. It’s one of my favorites yet. Read on for the full scoop! Read More…