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Swapsaturday at Everett McClay VFW Post 1296, Bloomington (23 Nov 2019)

Swapsaturday (23 Nov 2019) Read More Minnesota Toy Posse If you’re looking for a small toy convention or meet/trade toy collectors, check out the Minnesota Toy Posse shows (organized by Dave Wheeler and Mark Seekamp). We attended the MN Toy Posse Summerville Swap at Event Horizon in Minneapolis earlier today (Sunday ...

The November Minnesota Toy Posse show (named Swapsaturday) just took place at the Everett McClay VFW Post 1296 in Bloomington, Minnesota. These local shows are organized and hosted by organized and hosted by Dave Wheeler and Mark Seekamp, primarily via Facebook.

I haven’t attended their show for a while, and decided to drop in on Saturday. The local show keeps getting bigger and bigger (this month had over 100 tables), and it’s evident by the constantly full parking lot (we had to park at the nearby Cub Foods and walked over). That’s just one minor complaint about this show… they really need to book a bigger place or find a place with a larger parking area to accommodate for all their fans.

As usual, it’s free entry, and their dealers had a variety of toys, comics, and nerd-related items. Some prices were really cheap, while some were really high, which is normal for various dealers with different collections.

Transformers and Marvel’s Legends were the two commonly seen toys, but I was happy to see someone who sold exclusively Street Fighter toys.

Personally speaking, I was only really looking for Gundams (figures, not model kits) and didn’t really see anyone selling them. Saw a Mazinger Z statue, but they wanted over $180, which is a little out of my price range.

Overall, we it was still a good toy hunt for us. Found a few things we didn’t know we need, but couldn’t turn it down because the prices were really good.

This might be a last show for me for a while, as driving to Bloomington is a bit of a hike for us. Maybe we’ll attend again in the Summer or make it an annual thing.

Swapsaturday at Everett McClay VFW Post 1296, Bloomington (23 Nov 2019)

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Morrissey: Funko Pop, California Son, and Deadly Class

Read More Funko Walmart's exclusive is a King Joffrey mini figure by Funko, while Target is offering a free "Beautiful Death Photo Book" with their exclusive. I hate to say it, but it would seem Best Buy …

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Funko, the pop culture manufacturer responsible for a billion vinyl figures and bobbleheads, have recently unveiled a Morrissey Funko Pop Figure, as part of their line of Pop! Rocks figures, at the London Toy Fair. The figure will be available in stores around July 2019.

Of course, like many of you, I own a few Funko items, mostly buying for some characters that I collect. I’m definitely buy one or two of the Morrissey Funko figure to add to my collection. Knowing Funko’s track record, I can tell you that they probably will release variant version of the Morrissey Funko figure... and I’ll buy them all! Can’t wait for the all-black version.

Note: The figure is pending approval from the license holder.

From Funko via @OriginalFunko:

London Toy Fair Reveals: Morrissey!
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Read More Morrissey I know a lot of fans are really angry about the recent Morrissey show cancellation at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles, California. Some fans are really upset, but I’m going to have to defend Morrissey on this one. .…

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This is somewhat old news, but Morrissey is working on an all-covers album called California Son (produced by Joe Chiccarelli and will be released by BMG), according to the official morrisseycentral.com.

These are the songs listed on their website:

Morning Starship (Jobriath)

Don't Interrupt The Sorrow (Joni Mitchell)

Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan)

Suffer The Little Children (Buffy Sainte Marie)

Days Of Decision (Phil Ochs)

It's Over (Roy Orbison)

Wedding Bell Blues (Laura Nyro)

Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets (Dionne Warwick)

Lady Willpower (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)

When You Close Your Eyes (Carly Simon)

Lenny's Tune (Tim Hardin)

Some Say I Got Devil (Melanie)

Read More Deadly Class Originally meant to air in 2019, SyFy released their pilot episode of Deadly Class early on their website (December 20). The show is based on the 2014 Image Comics book the same name by Rick Remender and Wesley Craig. .…

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Are you guys watching Deadly Class on SyFy? The comic book-based television show was meant for 2019, but we got a preview of the pilot in December 2018.

Anyway, in a party scene in episode 2, gangster Willie comes over to main protagonist, Marcus, after seeing him with headphones. After asking about the “wack” music, Marcus said the song is by The Smiths.

Willie: Yo. Who listens to a Walkman at a party?
You look a fool.
What’s this wack sh***?

Marcus: The Smiths

Willie: Sort of gay, isn’t it?

Passerby: Yep.

Marcus: By ‘gay’, you mean ‘brave’ and ‘honest’?

Willie: Whining over a guitar ain’t brave.

Marcus: It’s hard to be fearless about sadness.

Willie: ‘Fearless, sad’-- are you for real?

Marcus: Yeah, most people hide it, like it’s a weakness. Acting so f****** tough.

If you have access, you can watch it on Syfy.com

So far, I mostly love the 80s/90s music in the show (did you guys catch the Violent Femmes in the episode?)... but I didn’t love this episode. I’m still interested, so I’ll continue to watch.

Deadly Class Episode 2

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Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (17 Nov 2018)

Read More Sound+Vision Rock 'n' Roll in Minnesota, with his next appearance being THIS Saturday in Woodbury, at the Sound+Vision MN Pop Culture Collectibles Show.…

We attended the Sound+Vision Pop Culture Collectibles show at the Valley Creek Mall in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Saturday, November 17. The show is free and takes place three times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall).

I am only guessing, but about 25 dealers line up along the hallway of Woodbury’s only indoor mall, Valley Creek Mall, from one end to the other. There was great foot traffic, with some people going to the show intentionally and some people there by happenstance.

Dealers sold everything from comic books to music (vinyls were the most popular), toys, sports cards/memorabilia, original art, movies, etc. If you collect something, chances are you might find it at the show. Prices were reasonable, nothing more than what you would pay full price.

The best part of this show is that every hour there were prizes given out. We like free stuff, so were pretty excited to see some free promotional items like posters (Ant-Man and the Wasp, plus various others), pencils (Sorry to Bother You), upcoming movie passes (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), movie downloads (Incredibles 2), shot glasses (Atomic Blonde), T-Shirts (Skyscraper and a few others that were snatched up before I saw it)… plus many others that I’m forgetting or never saw.

The next Sound+Vision will take place on a Saturday in Spring 2019 from 9am to 3pm. Date to be announced on soundvisionmn.webs.com.

Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (17 Nov 2018)

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MN Toy Posse Summerville Swap at Event Horizon, Minneapolis (29 Jul 2018)

MN Toy Posse Summerville Swap Flyer Read More Minnesota Fan Fusion Minnesota Fan Fusion (previously known as Minnesota Fan Fest) is coming up on August 3-5, 2018. The event is, once again, held at the Rivercentre in downtown St. Paul. Everything is an upgrade ...

If you’re looking for a small toy convention or meet/trade toy collectors, check out the Minnesota Toy Posse shows (organized by Dave Wheeler and Mark Seekamp). We attended the MN Toy Posse Summerville Swap at Event Horizon in Minneapolis earlier today (Sunday, July 29), and it was a well-attended show, thanks to its free entry and local fanbase. As I’ve previously mentioned, I feel like these type of dealer shows should be free, like going to a yard sale or estate sale (unlike some other local shows like Blizzard World Minneapolis which charges an admission for entry).

Off hand, I heard it was cheap ($20) to get a table at the show. There were about 40 tables at the show, most of them in the main room, while about six sellers (I say sellers since it seems like some people had multiple tables to themselves) were in the two smaller adjacent rooms. Since it was cheap to get a table, they did pass on the savings on to the buyers. Prices were all really reasonable. For example, the harder to find Thanos (Walmart Exclusive) were sold between $25 or $30, which is only slightly above retail.

While some sellers were seasoned pros, most were just ordinary collectors who had excess/extra items they wanted to get rid of. A few times I had to hunt down the dealers (they were usually shopping at other tables) to give them money. Everyone was really nice and friendly.

The next big show I am attending will be MN Fan Fusion, taking place August 3-5, 2018. This is not a free show, it is about $20-$30, but what you get are some out of town guests and a much larger space (plus panels and other activities). If you’re looking for toys, based on my attendance last year, I can tell you that some dealers will have action figures there.

Note: Dave Wheeler, co-founder of Mind Wave Comics, will be a guest at MN Fan Fusion (as previously mentioned here).

MN Toy Posse Summerville Swap at Event Horizon, Minneapolis (29 Jul 2018)

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