Open Your Toys

We have had a record-breaking lack of news for the last couple of shows. Even in light of some big cons, there just really hasn’t been that much out there. So how the hell are we still at 3+ hours? Because we love this shit. I mean, LOVE IT! Even though the show has gone […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 126: Why the Hell are These So Long… appeared first on Open Your To...

When a storm was approaching Houston, a place where I have friends not too far away, I thought, “How bad could it be?” Then came the pictures and videos. Literally post-apocalyptic kind of stuff. Similar to Katrina, but what seemed to be in wide open spaces, like interstates. Now Irma is on her way. We […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 125: In Harms Way… appeared f...

So this is a little bit of an experiment. I am writing this first part just before we head out to view the great total eclipse of 2017. There are so many expectations. We have been planning this for months. It’s our first full-on family trip with wife, daughter, father-in-law, and cousin in-tow, headed to […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 124: Expectations vs. Reality… a...

In this episode, we learn that I got laid off last month. Now while for a lot of reasons, this isn’t the worst thing that could happen. However, it still is a little hit to my ego and starts a whole concern about money thing. It’s slowed the toy buying thing, but not completely. I […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 123: I try so hard… appeared first on Open Your Toy...

Well, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we should be back to a more regular schedule after this episode. The bad news is that’s because I was laid off last week. Yup, after ten years with my company we simply didn’t have enough work to sustain my […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 122: Insane in the Membrane… appeared first on Op...

Here we go, hurry up, hurry up, let’s go, let’s go. It’s summer time and it’s time to hurry. There is lotsa stuff going on so not a lot of time to muse. I’ve brought it up before, but I think I need to harp on this. Empathy, please learn it, love it, live it! […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 121: Andale, andale, arriba, arriba… appeared first on...

Please remember to be thankful for the things that people do for you. From the small things like packing your lunch or serving you a burger, to much larger things like preserving your freedoms. It is Memorial Day after all. A day to remember those brave women and men who have fought and died so […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 120: Be Thankful… appeared first on Open Your Toy...

Sometimes there’s a confluence of events that dictates the worst possible outcome. Welcome to our Toy Fair episode. Just under two months in the making, this should be our masterpiece. However, it is far from it. It is a cobbled together, multi-hour, mess of an episode, but it is ours and we love it. I […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 119: The Perfect Storm… appeared fi...

Have you ever felt under pressure? Of course you have. We all have. It’s how you deal with it that matters. A lot of people fold. Some people mutter their way through it. Far fewer people shine. Who do you want to be? Sometimes it’s as simple as just making a decision. If you’re constitution […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 118: Under Pressure… appeared firs...

It’s been so long since we recorded this show, I can literally not remember what we talked about. However, I own that and I’m actually not too worried about it. Life happens and there are things that are so much more important. Things like health and happiness. These are things people take for granted until […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 117: Own it… appeared fi...

For some of us the future seems dim, for some of us it seems brighter than ever. For some this is the start of a new era, for some this is a start of a Brave New World. No matter where you fall, just understand everything is cyclical. Our world has a way of correcting […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 116: Darkest before the dawn… appeared first on Open Your Toys .

No, that title is not a long chain of typos. It’s actually the name of that song people hum at midnight on New Year’s. Basically it translates to "for the sake of old times". The page I lifted this information from puts it succinctly when it states, it represents "a time when people come together […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 115: For Auld Lang Syne...

Why do I do this every year? I mean EVERY year. That’s not an exaggeration. Every year Mrs. McFavorite and I say next year will be different. Next year we WILL be done with Christmas stuff by now. Yeah, we literally just started. Now luckily I’m done with presents at least for Lil’ Miss and […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 114: Procrastination… appeare...

Yeah there’s only two of us, big whoop, wanna fight about it? Nah, I didn’t think so. Neither did we. We just want to talk toys and talk toys we do. And we talk about our childhoods, ex-girlfriends, movies we’ve seen and even politics. Okay, I really don’t remember everything we talked about and no […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 113: Ranting, Ranting...

It’s a historical night, for good or bad. We are really close to knowing whether a misogynistic racist or a lying political insider will be the next most powerful person in the free world. I’m human, I take sides, however I always have empathy for the other side. I know how it feels to be […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 112: Empathy, Sympathy… appeared firs...

One of my favorite shows just put out a special episode where they used the term “the cool table” to describe an inner circle. Crazy thing is most of them started on other shows, but they didn’t feel like part of those cool tables. I’m sure all of us have felt what it’s like to […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 111: The Cool Table… appeared...

I was listening to NPR the other day and they had an author on there that wrote a book called All That Man Is. Before the interviewer even had the chance to lob the softball of a question about the title, I knew he was being clever and it had a dual meaning. It has […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 110: The Shit Show… appeared first on Open Your Toys .

So you say you’re looking for the perfect episode? Well I mentioned it briefly in the past, but I think we do have a pretty amazing solution. Even on longer episodes like this we are done with all of the toy news by two hours. So if that is your thing, boom, listen to the […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 109: Looking for the perfect episode… appeared first on Open...

Have you ever lied? I think that is like asking have you ever breathed. Can anyone honestly say they have never lied or even say they haven’t lied in the last month? There’s lotsa different lies people tell. The nice ones like how somebody looks in something, cover ups that ensure we or the ones […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 108: Misrepresenting the truth&#8230...

If you didn’t know, I’m the "technical one" on the show. I always have been. Anytime something has gone wrong I try to figure out what happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again. In almost 90 episodes with Mrs. McFavorite I had a relatively good track record with only a couple lost shows/segments and […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 107: Humble P...

Last time we talked about doing shit. Well no matter how much stuff you can get done it doesn’t compare to working with a team. However, that team only works if everyone pulls their weight. There’s nothing worse than when you depend on people and they drop the ball. At least when it’s just you, […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 106: Together Everyone Achieves...

It is definitely that time of year. There is just crazy amounts of stuff going on, work, the show, cons, Lil’ Miss McFavorite, wife and life. I gotta say, I am killing it. However, it still seems like I’m not getting anything done. Do you know how good it feels to get things done? It’s […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 105: Busy, busy, busy… appeared first on...

Yeah, I know. It’s almost comical at this point. At least Mrs. McFavorite gets a kick out of it. Almost three and a half hours again. Unfortunately we lost the original 104, it was only 2 hours, I swear. It might be the for best as I was a little salty that night. So this […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 104: Back at it again with the long shows… appeared first on Open...

Nothing stays the same. Now it’s time for change. As long time listeners are most likely aware, I’m not the biggest rock enthusiast. I have even made statements to the fact that I don’t necessarily enjoy electric guitars. This is definitely an oversimplification and generalization, but it serves a point. However, there are some groups […] The post Open Your Toys Cast &#8211...

We need your input. If you’re a long time listener, you know my propensity for worrying about long shows. If you’re a recent listener you know we have been doing REALLY long shows. I’m talking 3+ hours. This show in particular is probably our longest ever. I’m a big podcast listener and when I come […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 102: Enough is enough...