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08/13/2007: You have never heard of Weird Ball figures and thus you do not care.

Sort of like less refined and more obscure Garbage Pail Kids, the Mel Apple company’s Weird Ball series consisted of glossy, wacky trading cards with a definitive gross slant. Whereas GPK cards were mostly a free-for-all, Weird Ball seemed to fashion itself as some kind of parody sports set, with the nutty characters all being based on different kinds of athletes. Course, they took a few liberties. You were just as likely to find ninjas and bloody army dudes as baseball players.

I thought the line to be an immense failure at least in terms of sales, but it must’ve done okay considering the fact that there were a couple of different toys spun from the card series. In fact, if you look beyond the larger and now prohibitively pricey Weird Ball action figures, you’ll find another set of playthings that could’ve given our old pink pals from M.U.S.C.L.E. a run for their money.

If the cards were an attempt to cash in on GPK’s success, Weird Ball Mini Collectums were most definitely a vie to swipe some of the tiny toy pie from the M.U.S.C.L.E. collection, which debuted just a year earlier than these in 1985.

Even the package jokes about the figures’ poor quality, but while they indeed fall short of M.U.S.C.L.E. in terms of the materials used, but I’m not so sure that they lack heart. Considering that you got twelve of these dudes for about the price of four M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, it wasn’t such a bum deal at all.

I feel almost guilty saying this, and maybe it’s just because the things are so fresh and new to me, but these Weird Ball figures seem almost as good as M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. Aside from the insane level of detail, they’re just great characters. Everything from some kind of zombie sheriff to another guy who looks like a Madball with legs is represented, and I’m now totally convinced that I need to spend the evening carving them a miniature dollhouse out of soap and coconut shells.

When I think back, I have really vague recollections of other M.U.S.C.L.E. knockoff lines. We’d usually find them at pharmacies or lower end toy stores, and even if they weren’t official, I loved ‘em to death. Think I would’ve loved these to death, too. There’s just something about action figures small enough to pocket in your cheek like a hamster on a grape.

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I never had M.U.S.C.L.E. as a kid but I did have (and still own) a few Monster Wrestlers.

They just announced it today, but Ivysaur will be a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. He has to share the limelight however. The character is “Pokemon Trainer” and he switches between Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard. It’s going to be insane.

â€œThere’s just something about action figures small enough to pocket in your cheek like a hamster on a grape.â€

This statement confuses the hell out of me, but for some unknown reasonâ€¦ it calls to meâ€¦

Any who, I had never heard of these buggers before and now I want them all, especially that Karate guy whoâ€™s right leg looks like some horribly deformed penis.

In looking at the Karate guy I am not convinced that is his leg Darth. It looks like his feet are on the ground below him. Perhaps Matt can clarify for us what exactly that is supposed to be!?!?

In looking closer I see it is a leg and arm on the ground. For the love of Christmas and all things holy though please tell me what in the sam hill is going on with his foot!!!

I actually made a sculpture like that guy last year. Heâ€™s sculpted in perspective, as if he was a painting. Itâ€™s like heâ€™s kicking towards you, so his foot appears larger, but heâ€™s not reallyâ€¦ and I think that those are worms coming out of itâ€¦

Yeah, I mentioned that in the last thread, Brett. I just wish they’d use an actual trainer/coordinator instead of a no-name

I had somthing similar to these things when I was growing up as well…always fun to play with and destroy

Im going to have to say my favorite is the pirate-looking dude, which kind of looks like he has a ninja star in his leg

Ha, as a member of the Little Rubber Guys board,
I have heard of weird ball figures, however I still don’t care.

I wonder if it’s a boy thing to shove small toys in your pocket. Sure there’s exceptions to every rule, but my son does that and my sisters and I never did. He would love these things and love that he could carry them everywhere he goes and have an entire scenario take place with them in a 1/2 hour car ride.

this is the closest i’ve ever been to the top! wahoo! yeah, these things remind me of something i’d see in a grocery store check out line. i probably would’ve loved them too…

I wasn’t trying to steal Brett’s thunder, just draw attention to my annoyance. Which, incidentally, indirectly called Matt an idiot.

I never really got into the M.U.S.C.L.E lines. My little sister had the tendency to eat anything even vaguely chewable, and that including little pink action figures.

I, too, noticed the one in the lower left that I’d like to call the “Dongle Goblin.” Freaky as hell, as it looks like there is something coming out of the “spout” at the end.

I also love hamsters, and the image of one with a grape in its mouth…seems so cute.

I have no memory of these guys at all but they do look like worthy challengers to the MUSCLE throne.

Series No. 1 no less. What a lucky guy you are. And the figure in the left-middle of the photo is kind of proclaiming your luck with his finger triumphantly pointed in the air.

I am a little young to remember either Wierd Balls or MUSCLE figures. Ironically enough, I would probably enjoy these more now than I would’ve when I was younger.

Terror Claws: No, but I am gonna go back into the now-dead thread and add mine, because the story is just too good.

Darth Poop + Cricket = That was my first thought as well- it sure look like that giant THING is coming from his groin area…

Yo, Matt, if you get the chance, check your email for some educational goodness.

mrjayberry you’re on littlerubberguys too? I used to be, way back in the day. Actually, I think I was just on there once, asking about little rubber ninja (plug the site :P). Still, liked the place… actually I think I might be remembering the yahoo group more than the site. Still, liked both.

Anyways, these got me thinking about the Italian Exogini N.I.N.J.A. Damn I always wanted some of those!

“Odd Ball” would have been a better-sounding name, but it must have already been copyrighted by something else.

Oi. Another Wii Update. I actually have had it freeze up coming back from the Internet channel.

Hi Tim! Welcome

I’m way excited for Smash Brothers Brawl too. That’s going to be some fun times, there.
I like that they’re called Collectums. It seems colloquial and folksy.

I love the hamster/grape analogy.

I’ve never heard of these figures before, but I never would’ve given them a second glance. I mean, they are pretty cool with their molded detailing, but… the fact that they are paintless, and the color of pencil erasers - well, that irks me. I’ve always been irked by non-painted figures.

Dunno why.

I remember owning viking/medieval knight M.U.S.C.L.E.-ish toys (or my sister did, and therefore, I owned them too). Actually, I managed to go through most of my childhood without seeing a single M.U.S.C.L.E. figurine. First, it was knockoffs. Eventually, I saw the real deal.

i’ll probably be sorry for asking, but that guy in the lower left corner - what the hell is that dangling between his legs?!

I don’t know if this if from the same company, but I recall a toy line called Weird Balls that were actually balls. Yes, I know you probably think I’m thinkin of MadBalls, but these were made to rival that of MadBalls. I can’t remember what the name of the figure I received, but it was made from the same material as a madball and the graphic on the package indeed said “Weird Balls!”

Also, the cards Matt mentioned about depicting baseball but looking like Garbage Pail Kids, I recall a card series that were stickers and they depicted monsters playing baseball. I believe they were called “Awesome All-Stars” or something to that extent. Man, why do I have such clear vivid memories of some childhood moments but others I only have fragments?

Andrew yes, if you like Oreos, definitely try em. Soft and delicious. I think they even have the golden ones, but that could just be wishful thinking.

Ok guys. Darth, Cricket, Matt.. Ok, I can somewhat see the foot on that random fellow, but I’m still not understanding what that little nub is. It’s even more obvious in the top photo.

i wish nabisco would bring back oreo brownies, those things were amazing…. yawn, i’m so tired… i hate work OH so much.

I wish Boo Berry was easier to find. I’m tired of fighting Wal Mart crowds just for a box of blue deliciousness.

Andrew, I’m not sure if you’re an Oreo addict or anything, but have you tried the No Bake Oreo dessert? It’s fantastic! Best Oreo treat I’ve had.

fistpittingnork: i am an oreo addict. i’ll eat absolutely anything oreo………haha.. i haven’t tried the no bake oreo dessert.. i’ll have to, asap.

I LOVED the M.U.S.C.L.E lines, and these guys would have fit in just fine next to them.

Yes, you must. Honestly I’m not a huge Oreo fan, chocolate just isn’t my favorite, but the no bake oreo dessert is one of the best pre/partial made desserts I’ve ever had.

That was a quick reply, you really must be bored at work. I am too, though. I’m tired, yet restless, as I’m super pumped about the Alice Cooper show tonight. All I want to do right now is pump my fist in the air to “I’m Eighteen”.

i cant believe you’re going to see Alice Cooper tonight. your so incredibly lucky… sigh… so so so so so lucky! and yes, i’m SUPER-MEGA bored.. ugh.

“I wish Boo Berry was easier to find. I’m tired of fighting Wal Mart crowds just for a box of blue deliciousness.”

Well I’ve never seen a Rite-Aid (locally) I could remember, so to verify, a zip code search of Oklahoma City turns up 0 results within a 100 mile radius. So Wal Mart is still the place for me, it seems.

Andrew yes, I’m so excited. I saw him back in September and this is probably going to be the same show (it IS the same opening local band) and I paid almost twice as much for tickets this time to get close to the front, but I don’t care!

What other monsters should have cereal? Creature from the Black Cherry Lagoon? Pinhead’s Ceno-Bites? Freddy’s Breakfast on Elm Street?

Okay, if you’ll notice, the 3 legged dude is monkey-ish. I’m pretty sure the thing in the middle is his other hand. He’s got it on the ground to support himself during his kick.

Hmmm… Not necessarily a monster, but I would love a bug themed cereal. Perhaps a “Giant Ants Attack!” cereal. I could eat strawberry (red ants) and chocolate (black ants) cereal. Even though it was black and white.

Because it is showing the 9th Pokemon movie and I was defintely scoping that last night on Amazon o_O

I can’t tell if it is or isn’t. I’m at work and our network control center has flash, java, etc.. ads and banners disabled, so all I see is “Access Denied”.

As far as I can tell, that thing dangling between karate dude’s legs is part of his belt. Or, it could be, well, you know…

Did anyone notice the sign on the bottom left corner of the packaging? “Dissatisfaction guaranteed!” That’s some awesome truth in advertising!

Okay, yeah, after a little investigation I have concluded that it is based on your browsing history and their subsequent recommendations.

No way they would shill Pokemon and Final Fantasy that much to a random person on the net.

i wish i was seeing alice cooper tonight. - i’m going to see DAUGHTERS and COALESCE tomorrow night though, so that sorta makes up for it..

I think it might possibly be, Kneg. I get a lot of MST3K and related showing up, so there’s some kind of connection.

Fistpittingnork: I saw Alice Cooper a couple of years ago. It was a great show! He still does the “Welcome to my nightmare” theatrics on stage, even cutting off his own head.

Haha, I searched google for “HM Slaves other than Birabel” and only got one response. X-E

Kneg: I think the sidebar ads must be linked to your browsing history, because I can’t think of any other reason I’d be getting Lane Bryant ads on X-E :/

Bill hell yes he does, I was hoping he’d do that when I saw him last September and he did! I love that skit.

His theatrics are top notch, for 60ish years old this guy STILL rocks out like he’s in his 20s. Extremely active on stage for 2 hours, the guy is incredible!

Plus his hot daughter performs on stage, too! I’m 5 rows up extreme center stage, so hopefully I’ll catch some fake money during Billion Dollar Babies or a baby head or something.

My parents saw Alice Cooper last Friday at our state fair. My mom sat next to the speaker and her ears were ringing the next day.

fistpittingnork — True Story…The man and I went to the inaugural game for the Phoenix Coyotes (because we both love hockey and I love all of the blood) and we had AWESOME seats 4 rows back from the glass just off center ice. Anyway, we were waiting for the festivites to start and my husband tells me to look behind me because Alice Cooper has his knee in my back. Turn around and there he is! Minutes later the GM of the team brings his kid down to meet AC so we sort of got to meet the GM as well. That night we tuned into Sport Center to see if we made it on TV and they cut our heads off but AC made it. Oh well, at least I had better seats!

We see him quite a bit here since he owns Cooper Town and is there after many of the sporting events downtown so that is cool. Plus he is always golfing so my husband runs into him on a course every once in a while.

Wait.. Bludge is right, I think. If that guy is doing karate then odds are he’s wearing a “Gi” which are obviously held closed by a belt.

Knowing that, can we still pretend it’s something else? For the sake of the 14 year old in all of us, of course.

Anyway, that’s awesome! You know I’ve known people who have met him and they all say he is an extremely nice, down to earth guy. I bet it’d be great to roam the greens BS’ing the day away with him, and I’m not even a golfer!

Yes, well, you’ve got a good idea. I’ll need your help getting it done, but I’m sure you’re up for the challenge. Slide her my phone number and tell her I’m the dorky kid who caused a scene (she was watching out of the 2nd/3rd story window) with the security guards outside their bus last September after the Tulsa show. Thanks.

Hmmm… anyone know of any websites where we can find info on these little Weirdball dudes?

DocDragon: Doesn’t seem to be a heck of a lot about them online, for whatever reason.

Alice Cooper: Well, I’m a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers began visiting here in the late 16th century.

Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. In fact , it’s pronounced “mill-e-wah-que” which is Algonquin for “the good land.”

Muppet Baby- the “I was not aware of that” may be the greatest line of that movie.

It was 104 degrees here in Birmingham, AL today, tying the record for consecutive days with triple digit heat since 1980.

I don’t care if it makes me out for the 13yr old I really am (at heart), the greatest line is Cream of Sumyungguy.

A gun rack… a gun rack. I don’t even own *a* gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do…. with a gun rack?

Ok, I know im late to the game on this, but when I was little, I had a crapload of Muscle toys. But recently I started finding them in my old boxes and stuff, Like I found a guy that is made out of the nine planets in our solar system and stuff like that. But here is the thing, They are a multitude of different colors. The planet guy is purple and I have some that are Red and Green. I seem to recall that Muscles were only in that fleshy pink color. So are the ones I have an official toy? or are the knockoffs?

Also, because I know people LOVE double posters (Im very sorry). I found out that they are casting for Jurassic Park 4 now. The plot is about the government who has trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes.

This can either be extremely bad…….Or extremely awesome, if you close your eyes and pretend your watching a Dino Riders movie or something.

Those are way cool. I wish someone would produce a new line of small rubber action figures (other than digimon or yu-gi-oh, I don’t like the look of the figures for some reason). Something funny and or weird, maybe in partnership with Topps.

Though with my luck, they wouldn’t be available here in New Mexico, life the damn Hollywood Zombies trading cards. Yes, I know I can probably get them online, but just once in a fucking while I would like to just walk into a goddamn store, give someone some money, and walk out with an actual physical product!!!

Hmmm. Obviously this is a deep seated issue for me. Maybe I’m the only one experiencing the phenomena of the game/book/DVD/toy etc. I want never being among the top 5 products in a given category that are all stores carry now thanks to electronic inventory control and ordering. Time to go think calming thoughts…

I agree, Braindumper. I have dreams where I am in a store that has everything in stock. Quite the fantasy.

Jester, those multi-color M.U.S.C.L.E. figures are legit! I had a ton of them, and they all fought with each other (and the flesh-colored ones) in the official wrestling ring all the time.

I dunno- if the try to make a ’straight’ Jurassic Park movie, I don’t think it will be a huge draw…but if they go insanely over the top with it, then they might be on to something.

If it’s over-the-top as in a full-on Broadway musical complete with costumes and chorus lines, I may have to watch it… in a train wreck sort of way.

Havent posted a comment in a while so i figured I would drop one. I found an action figure in my basement that looks like voltron… only he is really tall and has 6 arms. I have no clue who or what it is. Any ideas?

Although Wayne’s World is my favorite of the two WWs, I do think the best line out of either would have to be:

Bjergen Kjergen: “I am sorry to hear of your illness, but since you’ve sacrificed your health for knowledge of my country, I find you very attractive and I hope to make love to you in the near future.”

Wayne: “Shwjergen!… OK… All right… Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Or something similar, I may be off on a word or two, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, oh well..

Sorry for doubles here, but FYI, this Halo 3 Mountain Dew sucks in my opinion. Tastes like Code Red and Live Wire mixed into 1 can, both of which I really don’t care for. Baja Blast is the only off-standard Dew I really like.

Hmmm. No “Best Deal” story from Matt yet in the other thread. To the computer, Matt!

Matt - I’m with Terror Claws, chief. I want to hear your story. And I want to make sure you have read how I’ve got 144 packs of Ghoul-Aid Scary Blackberry sitting in my bedroom right now. And I also want to let you know that I just got my shipment of an additional 72 packs, bringing my grand total to 216 deliciously blackberryish packets of Kool-Aid Halloween goodness. And I want to know how many times I have to mention this before you hunt me down and murder me.

I know this is off-topic, but I thought I’d mention this: there is a Kool-Aid museum in Hastings, Nebraska, kind of like the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. I mention this because Matt has done so many classic Kool-Aid flavor reviews. The link on my name goes to RoadsideAmerica.com’s review of the museum.

Now, let me strain my meager brain here….
Dairugger XV was vehicle Voltron (of the Near Universe).
Beast King Go-Lion was Lion Voltron (of the Far Universe).
And that makes the six armed one the rare Gladiator Voltron (of the Middle Universe), aka Electric God Albegas, the only show that didn’t have a translation by World Events, but had it’s toys at least brought over.

Fave WW line: “Excuse me… I’d like to get by now…” Or the whole scene where Garth smashes that robotic hand thingy.

Oklahomans (or those that may have passed through: Has anyone been to “Pops” yet on Route 66 in Arcadia, OK? 400+ different sodas (over 50 types of cream soda, 43 different root beers).

I’m dying to check it out, but I’ve heard the wait is insane, which is to be expected considering it’s so new they’re yet to even have their official grand opening.

Thank you! That’s my favorite line of the second movie too! I went to see it in the theater and I think I was the only one who laughed at that line. I have way too many moments like that.

I went to the Pops website. That place looks really neat. I want to plan a trip just to go there, even though it’s a long way to OK from VA just for some soda.

I was going to conclude my Amazon piece with the info that it does indeed use cookies from your browser, but it is much more important to agree with Kingklash that what you are referring to is in most likelihood Gladiator Voltron.

I only had the Red dude. But I have Vehicle Voltron and multiple versions of Lion Force, of course

I want to go to Pops just because they have a soda there called “Cricket”. It comes in a diet version as well but since I don’t do diets or diet versions I will just ignore that one. Wonder what flavor they modeled after me? Predictions?

Just found out I am some Hippie drink. It is a blend of green tea and kola nut. Apparently it is going to cure the world. DAMN IT! I guess I am going to have to rethink my end of days party and start working on a rebirth of healthy man party instead. Anyone wanna come?

Lipton makes this Green Tea that in its regular form tastes more sugary than Mountain Dew, but in its Diet form tastes mildly sweetened and like the ambrosia of the gods.

I feel bad about drinking so much of it, not because it’s unhealthy (there’s hardly anything in it) but because my mom loves it too and I make it a point to drink it out from under her.

Pops seems like it might be a fun place for an X-E meetup if that ever came about. Nice and centralized and sodarific. Although I’m not seeing Blue Nehi anywhere on the menu.

Sorry for the double post but it looks like GoToMyPC was a crap investment for my home PC while away. I keep getting “http 403 not authorized.” Oh well.

He will be at a county fair near here on Friday night. I’m trying to convince my husband that it’s worth the drive.

Bill, it was a damn good show. Basically a repeat of what I saw in September, but instead of a guillotine, he was hung. A nice surprise, although the biggest surprise was actually replacing the guillotine! I’m surprised they did that. I got tons of great pics and might even make a stupid little Myspace blog about it later on this evening when I get home. My name is always (unless specified otherwise) linked to my profile so if you want to see the pics feel free to check it out sometime.

MaryJane, I’m not sure how far of a drive it is, but I just saw him less than a year ago and I paid $120 to see him last night, drove almost 2 hours away to get there, and didn’t get home and in bed until after 1 AM when my alarm goes off at 6…. no regrets here! Even the slightest of AC fans should check out his show.

Um…looks like $9 to get into the fair if I get there after 2pm; free parking; about a 70 mile drive. After hearing what you’ve been through, I feel kinda guilty that we probably wont go. I want to though!

Wow, no guillotine, huh? That must be a contingency plan for the roadies. It’s nice to see that he can kill himself in different ways. Look forward to seeing the blog!

On the related topic of the thread, I must have been a real snot of a kid because I remember snubbing my nose at Collectums because they were not M.U.S.C.L.E. guys. It’s not like I should have cared. I only acquired M.U.S.C.L.E. guys from discards on playgrounds and doctor office waiting rooms.

Ok, well looking through my camera I discovered I actually took 97 pics last night. I picked out a few of my favorites and uploaded them into my photobucket album.

Hey, got a bit of a technical question for everybody. I’m on my cousin’s computer right now because for the past week when I try to access the message boards I automatically go to a page that says I’m not authorized or some jazz. It’s one of those Error 403 type pages. I think it says something along the lines of: You are not authorized, and then something about how the credentials I entered are not correct (what credentials?) This only happens on my home computer.

If anyone can think of why this is and what I can do about it, could you please e-mail me at: dswood77@gmail.com or click on my name below and contact me through my MySpace. If you post it here, I don’t know when I’ll get to look at it again since I obviously can’t access it. I only have this problem on my home computer. Otherwise I can access all the other pages of this site. But, if I’m on someone else’s computer I have no problem. Help me, folks..I’m missing my daily fix of X-E chat!

I have discovered today, courtesy of my namesake beverage, that there is a SodaPop out here in Scottsdale, AZ. It is not far from me so I may just have to drive on over and see my hippie green tea/soda combo drink for myself.

Also, on a thread related topic…my favorite M.U.S.C.L.E. was the hand with the mouth on one finger. No clue what is name is/was but I LOVED THAT ONE and I am a girl so that must mean I am a very cool girl! Go ahead, you can cheer for me! I will happily accept your praise on this day.

Oh, for the love of all that is tasty and covered with chili, there are no Wienerschnitzels in Oklahoma! Why wasn’t I told? Why wasn’t I warned? How dare you call yourself civilization, Oklahoma, when you lack even the basic necessities such as triple chili combos? Damn you, Oklahoma, you treacherous and beguiling geographic entity! You have revealed yourself to be nothing but a hollow and empty shell plastered over a yawning, joyless abyss of chililessness, a desolate wasteland where the bastardized copy of a copy that is the Sonic cheese coney is the best one can hope for.

Jedoc haha yeah we had atleast 1 until a couple of years ago. Now it’s a Starbucks. Go figure.

I thought the place was pretty good, cheap too. I’m not sure why it happened, but I do remember this one getting broken into and the ONLY thing the crooks took off with was every single red plastic serving tray in the building.

Well,speaking of MUSCLE,I am ashamed to report Borders no longer carries the Ultimate Muscle manga series. I’ll have to mail order the ones I still need.

I went to OK a few times. All I really remember was Whataburger. That is a great place. I stole a Whataburger ashtray just cause I liked the logo. And I was 15 and had never taken a puff.

I like to crush Hardee’s ashtrays. It isn’t some big anti-smoking statement or anything. I just like the idea of destroying something that doesn’t really matter. Win/Win.

I never knew Whataburger wasn’t national. It’s a place I haven’t eaten at literally more than twice ever, it was good though, I really like their ketchup.

Maybe it’s because they’re flesh colored, but these remind me of penises. All I can visualize is penises… Or maybe I’m just a whore.

You like The Ataris and Tenacious D, you cannot be a whore. That is logistically impossible.

fistpittingnork: Really? I think that makes this entire thing slightly more tragic. But I suppose I really have no room to complain. There’s like half a dozen awesome little bar and grills (bars and grillsen?) within a few blocks of my apartment. Not to mention having my own kitchen again. I imagine I’ll survive. And now maybe I won’t end up getting an artificial heart at age thirty.

Jedoc: I am not sure I see a problem with an artificial heart. If you are lucky they might screw up in the operating room and accidentally give you the bionic heart that was meant for some government super hero and you will forever be known as Codename: Jedoc. I haven’t work out all of the details yet but I am sure it would be awesome.

Otherwise you can just take the route of drinking Cricket Cola and living forever in good health. I am trying to embrace my namesake soda and am pretty sure (92.83%) I will be taking a side trip this weekend to get a bottle from the SodaPop shop. I am intrigued

I’m sure you already had plans of doing so, but you’ll definitely have to report back on your soda experience.

Bill glad you enjoyed, just with 97 pictures I didn’t feel like digging through them all and writing a blog about it.

Jedoc Oh there’s plenty of other places in Norman to clog your arteries, so keep that chin up!

These soda peeps need to send me money for free advertising as well as for stealing my name!

While I am on the topic of peeps…we are again missing Mystie so I am holding out hope for that elusive Darth Vader make over. I am picturing him in a loverly shade of mint green or perhaps a baby blue with some pink pokey dots.

The best deal I’ve witnessed from Matt that I would personally love to run into, was scoring that sweet strawberry milk syrup bank, complete with a ribbon!

He made out like a bandit that day. Sure, I could buy one online for $15 or so, but that makes for an extremely boring story.

We’ve discussed repeatedly how I called that Syrup bank during a “What do you want from X-E” survey, Nork

Wow, I just drank a Orange Crush soda from 2001. It tasted a little metallic, so that’s when i looked at the expiration date. I wonder what kind of trip I am going to on later today?
I take comfort in knowing that Matt has probably drank much older sodas.

“We’ve discussed repeatedly how I called that Syrup bank during a “What do you want from X-E” survey, Nork”

Ok, so I just got another classic Air Force email here at work. I wish you guys could see some of this crap that’s sent out.

Long story short, I work on a military base, I’m not in the military, but still I hear all these military terms and slogans every day.

A few minutes ago I get an email sent out to the base’s entire IT distrobution list titled “OPSEC Cookie Book”, OPSEC being Operation Security.

Anywho, this thing is an Adobe PDF file that’s 20 pages long and flip flops in between real cookie recipes and typical OPSEC this and thats, already it’s an odd combo. The awesome part about this cookie cook book is the names of some of the recipes.

SRS “Secret Reese’s Surprise”, somewhat clever name, and the last instruction ends with “Remove cups to cooling rack. Know your vacation when talkin’ ’bout your vacation”. Ok.

“Air Force Audit’s 100% Compliant Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies”. That one’s a little out there, but of course to complete this weird relationship between military policies and grandma’s recipes is “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance”… Fantastically noted.

“Safety’s Sensation Shimmering Shortbread Sandies (Superb)” which is obviously played off this stupid safety slogan or some crap referred to as “5 S+1″, I don’t know.

Getting a little forceful, the booklet ends with “Keep it Quiet Oatmeal Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies”. Seriously?

Very last sentence in this entire booklet: “Good passwords help protect our mission’s critical information”. Remember that, folks.

Sorry to swing out of the middle of nowhere with that, but seriously, if you guys could only see this… It’s “narrated” by a purple dragon named “SABER”. I really don’t understand where purple dragons come into sweet treat recipes or the air force, but whose to argue a dragon whose mission is “to include some delicious cookie recipes and add some OPSEC tips to ensure you have a recipe for a successful Air Force mission”?

Correction: “Know your location when talkin’ â€™bout your vacation”. We’re forced to believe we’re all terrorist targets (seriously) and always told to not discuss where we’re traveling on vacation in front of anybody. Which will explain that quoted safety tip.

Nork - Any chance on getting a copy of those recipes? I am an avid baker and I have several family members in or retired from the AF so I can appreciate the sentiments. Let me know if you can send them over and I will give you my email.

I know not of this Syrup bank but now am intrigued. I wonder if it holds up in comparison to my Heinz Ketchup Bottle phone?

I’m leaving work here in just a minute or two, I’ll look for the article with the syrup bottle in it and if nobody has found it by the time I get home and find it, I’ll link ya to it.

Off topic, but
I just received my “Slusho” t-shirt in the mail. For the ill-informed, “Slusho” is part of the 1-18-08 Cloverfield mystery movie that Matt was talking about a few weeks ago.
I found out that there are some MySpace pages that are in on it.
If you are interested- Find JJ Abrams mypace page, (I found it by finding the Slusho Myspace page first) then follow the links in his blog.
Just adding a little fuel to the fire…

WOW…who would have suspected that Matt would photograph that many penis related items in one trip!??! That bank is pretty sweet though. I just saw a Frankenberry Bobble Head Bank when I did a search for bottle banks but my stupid work won’t let me look at the site because it might contain “entertainment”! I will have to check it out when I get home.

Nork you can check my name for the addy to send me the Super Secret Recipe File from Uncle Sam. I am sure you can figure it out, if not let me know. Thanks!

since we are on the subject of older toys, does anyone remember the name of the toy that was a ball that would shake around violently? it looked like the Katamari ball?

Never actually played Katamari Damacy, flabslapper, but are you talking about the Bumble Ball? It’s got colored knobs on and is specially engineered to drive cats completely gonzo insane.

I got to see about half of Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, tonight. Too good for words. May and Manaphy (I can’t do hearts with less than symbols and 3s, what’s this shit? There is supposed to be 3 here). I know she releases it at the end, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to die when I finally get to see it

flabslapper: … Jedoc is absolutely correct. It was called a Bumble Ball. I remember my dog at the time (a very friendly Rottweiler) loved playing with that silly thing. Of course by “play with it” I mean he broke it in about fifteen minutes, but it was soooo worth it.

It was best to put it inside a paper sack and watch the bag vibrate around the floor and see the dog freak out trying to figure out just what the hell was inside.

cool! thanks everyone! I was watching something with just the Katamari ball rolling around (it was taken out and put into a movie) and my sister said, I remember that thing! But we couldn’t figure out what it was called. Squiggle Ball? Shakey Ball? Whacky Ball? Wiggle Ball? I couldn’t find anything about it!

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