Open Your Toys

Hey gang. Well we’re on our last episode before our two year anniversary and wouldn’t you know technical difficulties are running rampant. I just listened to 30 minutes and wanted to shoot myself. We’ll be trying to solve the issue with the skips by the next show. Mainly because we’re too lazy, can someone tell […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 040: The...

It feels amazing to finally be back in the swing. I’m sure you haven’t noticed, but it has been 3, yes, THREE months since we last did a regular show. That also means that we’ve only been putting out one show a month, but oh what shows they have been. They are easily three of […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 039: Back to the grill again, the grill again… appeared first...

So it’s about 5 in the morning and I’m wide awake. At some point between Comic-Con and Celebration my sleep schedule got all screwed up. But at least I have learned something about myself. I am much more productive late at night than early in the morning. You probably had already guessed that since it […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 038: Celebrate good times, come on…...

Well as usual here’s a convention wrap up way too late to do anybody any good. Yet, we still stress and grind, editing shows, photos and the worst of them all, videos. FUCK! It’s not difficult, but it’s time consuming or should I say cycle consuming. It doesn’t take too much of my time, but […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 037 (Part 1 and 2): SDCC 2010! appeared first on Open...

This is a day late and a dollar short. Well, more like a week late and hundreds of dollars short(er). That’s right, I have finally somewhat caught up from yet another amazing Botcon. That’s three years running. Thought for sure I wouldn’t be going next year. But guess what, Botcon 2011 will be back in […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 036: BOTCON 2010! appear...

First off, sorry for the short delay. We were hoping to have this bi-weekly schedule on lock, but shit happens. The cast itself took a couple days (can’t imagine why at over two and a half hours long?). Editing didn’t go quite as planned either, but c’est la vie. So Botcon, I mean BOTCON! I […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 035: I’m so excited and I jus...

We’ll I guess after you go for more than a month without doing something that makes you feel so good, then you do it twice in two weeks, it can definitely seem like just yesterday. Man, it feels good. I’ve gotta admit, I’ve been slacking. I’ve been drinking more than usual, eating more than usual, […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 034: WOW, it seems like just yesterday&#...

If you have no idea what the reference is, it just means you’re young and I’m old. I’ve been feeling old lately because it seems like there is never enough time. I can remember even 5 years ago, being bored trying to find stuff to do, let alone when I was a kid. As kid […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 033: We’re back like Kotter bitches. appeared first...

You’ll never guess where this is being written. I’m actually writing this during a color belt testing. In between patterns, combos and breaks there is a lot of downtime as judges jot down observations. I’m here to support my fellow students and more so because I’m fiending. On St. Paddy’s day I rolled my foot, […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 032...

Can you smell it in the air? The scent of anticipation? The odor of excitement? The stink of unshowered masses? I can remember back just a couple years ago when I really wished I could go to some of the bigger conventions. Fortunately in the last two years the Mrs. and I have been able […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 031: It’s almost Con Season… appeared first on...

Do all caps and an exclamation mark do justice to how excited I am about Toy Fair 2010 ? Not even close. With all of the leaks, with all of the stolen Chinese toys, they still seem to absolutely amaze me. There’s usually at least a few pure unadulterated "WOW!" moments. Then there are known […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 030: TOY FAIR 2010! appeared first on O...

Hey toy fans! Mr. Slicky here, happy as a clam. How happy is clam anyway? Well it really doesn’t matter, I’m still sitting here with a big stupid grin on my face. Yes, I have been drinking, but it has much more to do with all the news from Toy Fair 2010. However, don’t get […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 029: Man, it is a great time to be a collector! appea...

Wow, finally. I thought the holidays were never going to end. We have officially started to take down our Christmas decorations. We were not being lazy for once, we actually had a good reason. Last Saturday was the triumphant return of "Homie Christmas". Started as a way to just get friends together for a Christmas […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 028 (Part 3): Happy...

As I sit here sober on a Sunday night, which hasn’t happened in a very long time, I’m excited, which also hasn’t happened in very long time. Okay, I’m actually very easily excitable and it happens quite often. What I really mean is excited about the coming year. I’ve never been one of those people […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 028 (Part 2): Ha...

In the immortal words of Clark W. Griswald, "Hallelujah…Holy shit…Where’s the Tylenol?". Has it already been a year? A decade? Really? Seems like just yesterday we had started our own podcast and were ranting on almost every other subject except for toys. Just like last year we have had somewhat of a sabbatical this last […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Epis...

I am sitting here so uncomfortably stuffed it’s not even funny. My only reprieve from the discomfort is knowing that we won’t be standing in a line out in the cold waiting for a store to open, fighting the hordes of deal hungry soccer moms or standing in yet another line for hours just to […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 027: BLACK FRIDAY 2009 appeared first on Op...

Hey there toy fans. It’s Thanksgiving and this should have been up a few days ago. Oh well, there is another cast being posted almost immediately after this one. If you can’t guess, this is just a continuation of the last cast. Basically that means I’m not going to be creative with this shit. That’s […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 026 (Part 2): It’s b...

Hey toy fans, welcome back. Damn it feels good to be casting again. It had been one crazy summer. We blinked and fall is almost over. The stores are in full-on holiday mode. I even heard Christmas music doing a toy run during a blizzard the other day. The end of the year always reminds […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 026 (Part 1): It’s beginning to look a lot like Chri...

That’s right, the much anticipated, by me at least, conclusion to our one year anniversary show is now officially part of Internet history. More so for the fact that it is finally up as opposed to any actual measurable value, except for possibly fun. That’s right, fun, isn’t that what it is all about? We […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 025 (Part 2): One Mut...

A few shows back I had an issue with actually putting profanity in my post title. Not this time, not even close. I can’t believe it has been year. It hasn’t always been drinks and smiles. As I type Mrs. McFavorite and I are having a disagreement about how to split up this week’s show. […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 025 (Part 1): One Mutha Fucking Year! app...

As you found out from our last show, this is an official two-parter baby. Talk so nice, we’re making you have to listen twice (or at least at two different times). We round out the show with our regular segments: Store Report, Online, What We Got, our favorite, Listener Feedback and Questions and of course […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 024 (Part 2): That’s a whole lo...

That’s right; we’re back with another two-parter. We talked so damn much that we once again broke it up into two long ass shows. It’s okay though, because our next episode is our one year anniversary. Not the Mrs. and I, but us and you. Can you believe it, a year of mediocre toy news […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 024 (Part 1): That’s a whole lotta q...

At long last, part 2 of our Joecon wrap up is here. This time it’s all about the toys. What’s hittin’ stores and online and of course, what we got. We also get to hear from two of our favorite listeners. That’s two entries for the 1st Annual Swag-Away (coining that shit right there). Not […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 023 (Part 2): Tangents, tangents...

Timely as usual, a month later we present our 2009 G.I. Joe Collectors Convention (or Joecon) wrap up. What is truly amazing is we manage to spend as much time talking about this very low key convention as we did SDCC. That’s right, get ready for another onslaught of stories, explanations and rampant tangents spread […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 023 (Part 1): Tangent...

Now that we are done with all the frivolity of recapping SDCC itself, it’s back to business. Part two of the Comic-Con wrap up is all the regular segments you have come to know and love (at least hopefully): Store Report, Online, What We Got, Listener Feedback and Grab Bag. Can you believe this second […] The post Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 022 (Part 2): Mutha Fudgin’ San Dieg...