The 2012 Kmart Hot Wheels Collector's Day Sucked

  Ok a few days ago I noticed a sign in Kmart for their quarterly Hot Wheels Collector's Day. It's an in store event that is geared towards Hot Wheels Collectors and offers the chance to get new castings and exclusive colors. Also there is a chance to get a mail away form for an exclusive car.
  Now on to why the first event of 2012 sucked. First off There were not a lot of cars there to look through. They usually have a huge amount of open cases of them laying around the toy department. There was only 1 different 2012 New Models street car available that I did not have. It was a 1968 BMW 2002. The event usually has a few new release models that you can choose from. Sadly since I only collect street cars there wasn't much I could want except for a Thrill Racers Volcano Dodge XP-09 which I also bought. What really annoyed me the most about this in store event was that there were no order forms for the exclusive 1955 Chevy Panel truck mail away. It was because of either 2 things. Thing 1 is I got there too late. Thing 2 could be that they never put them out. They did however had a 8.5x11 postcard of the artwork of the exclusive car which was free. This was a total let down. What a way to kick off 2012 Kmart.

Newgistics Sucks

  I actually found something worse than UPS Mail Innovations. It's called Newgistics. I recently bought a Mattel WWE Legends Andre The Giant from Matty Collector and they seemed to have downgraded their standard shipping method from UPS to Newgistics. And if you think that UPS Mail innovations tracking updates are bad. Wait until you see Newgistics tracking. You see these mail prepping services are horrendous and never deliver good tracking updates. It's like they don't care at all. I ordered this figure2last Thursday. As of February 7th 2012 the package has just departed from the shipping facility. I got the shipping notice on Friday. I am really annoyed at the laziness of Newgistics. Stay away from Newgistics.

Consequences of Wiping Old TV Shows

  When my Uncle comes to visit for Christmas he mentioned that he remembered an old game show called Queen For a Day. The show was like a reality/game show where women would tell their sad story and whoever got the most applause from the audience would win the show. I later went on the internet to check this show out, only to find out that most of the episodes were wiped. When old TV shows were wiped, the shows were erased on the tapes so they used again to tape a new show. This was one of the dumbest things to ever happen in the history of civilization.
  History had its great mishaps but this one unintentionally harmed future generations to come. I mean today's generation who hear stories and memories of old TV shows from their relatives, would like to see what the show was like to get a better grip on it. Seeing is believing as they say. Your imagination can only give a gist of what your relative remembers. Seeing the old TV show would help you understand the era and attitudes of the people of the past.
  I can understand why they wiped the old episodes. They were trying to be thrifty and help save on new tapes. If only they knew that the consequences would never be the same when they did wipe the old episodes. I have a theory that not all of the episodes that were ordered to be wiped have been wiped. In other words some TV Stations kept a complete library of the episodes of everything that they aired. NOTE THAT IS MY THEORY!
  In Retrospect wiping was the worst thing in the history of TV. Nowadays we learned from our mistakes and don't wipe things since there is a demand for TV shows on DVD and Blu-Ray now

The Fresh Beat Band: Music from the Hit TV Show Review

The album art.

  Today I am going to review another CD. It's something that I have never done a review of before. I will be reviewing The Fresh Beat Band: Music from the Hit TV Show. It is the soundtrack for the hit TV show on Nickelodeon called The Fresh Beat Band which is the only decent non animated show on their former Nick Jr block. I'm 22 years old and I have to admit this show is interesting.
  Where to begin. To start off the CD has 20 tracks. 19 of those songs are from the TV show itself. Track 20 is bonus track not from the TV show called Bubble Guppies. Why this was included is beyond me. This track is out of place on my behalf. That is the soundtrack's only flaw. The soundtrack opens with the show's theme song titled The Fresh Beat Band Theme and ends with Great Day which is the show's closing theme. All the songs are very catchy and upbeat. From an adult standpoint, the songs can be nauseous and can have a Gitmo torture playlist feeling to it. Even though I am not the shows target audience I was very impressed with the CD.This should have been released when the show came out. I don't know why there was a delay till now.
  The overall length of this soundtrack is 40:20. It goes pretty fast considering that the average length of the songs are 2 minutes.
Track Listing.

1. 1. Fresh Beat Band Theme
2. 2. Here We Go
3. 3. A Friend Like You
4. Just Like a Rockstar 
5. Reach For The Sky
6. I Can Do Anything
7. Bananas 
8. Music (Keeps Me Moovin')
9. Good Times
10. Loco Legs
11. Get Up and Go Go
12. Another Perfect Day
13. Shine
14. Stomp the House
15. Surprise Yourself
16. We're Unstoppable 
17. Friends Give Friends a Hand
18. Freeze Dance
19. Great Day
20. Sun, Beautiful Sun *(Bonus Track from The Bubble Guppies)

  Overall I give this a 9 out of 10 stars because of track number 20 not being on the TV show. You can buy the CD or download it from Amazon.com or other Big Box stores now. 

Mattel WWE Basic Series 5 The Hurricane Review

The Hurricane

  Today I received one of the most sought after Mattel WWE basic figures. No it's not the canceled Elite Jeff Hardy, Its The Hurricane!! The Hurricane is one of those special Mattel figures that only got one release due to him being released from the WWE after ECW was cancelled. It's bittersweet that this is The Hurricane's only release. I mean that chances of you finding one in a retail store are slim to none. Nonetheless here is my review of The Hurricane.
  The Hurricane stands at around 7 inches. The real Hurricane's height is 5 feet 10 inches. Now as you can see The Hurricane is in a green and black paint scheme with 3 H insignias. One on his chest and the other two are on his thighs. I was really blown away at this figure when i got him in the mail today. The detail is amazing down to his hair and mask/ or his face paint.His Superhero gimmick gives this figure the right touch. Not the Jerry Sandusky kind of touch. If you want Mattel's The Hurricane you will have to pay an exuberant amount of money for him mint or loose. I paid $15 for him from a wfigs.proboards.com member. That site is an excellent forum dedicated to wrestling figures.

I Hate It When Doctor's are Late for Your Appointment

  Today I had a dentist appointment for 11:00 AM. I didn't get started until 11:35. I like my dentist and can't complain. But what really annoys me is when doctors are late for your appointment. Why do they tend to run late? If they have an appointment for a certain time then they should be on schedule for your appointment. I was late for lunch today well kind of. When doctors run late it is a major inconvenience for their patients and probably themselves as well. What really gets on my nerves is that sometimes they don't apologize for them running a bit late. I have a solution. For every minute that the doctor is late, you should charge them $5 per minute for every minute they are late. I guarantee that they will never be late again.

Lego Technic 8110 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 Review

  One of my Christmas presents last year was the Lego Technic 8110 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400. This set is the largest Lego Technic set to date and is the most challenging Lego set I have ever done in my entire life. To give you an example of how challenging this set is, there are 5 instruction books for this set. Bag one takes up book 1-to midway book 3. That is just the chassis and that was a tough part to build. Now this set has a pneumatic crane that runs on a battery box that takes 6 AA batteries. Bag 2 is the orange cab. Bag 3 is the box. Lastly bag 4 is the crane and winch which is the second most challenging part of the model. I didn't start building this set until December 27th and didn't finish until January 23rd 2012. I took my time on it to make it last. I had to rebuild the chassis from the ground up due to a missed step.
  Now onto the review of the mechanism. I am still trying to learn the ropes on the crane operated. There is the backwards/forwards/off switch on the battery box and a red and a yellow switch that can be moved up/down/down/down/up/up/down/up for a combination of different settings for the crane There is also a red switch that controls the pneumatic mechanism that moves the crane up and down. On the crane are three levers that raise the claw arm up and down and open and release the claw. The winch is not motorized.
  I commend both Lego and Mercedes-Benz for partnering together to create this masterpiece. Please note that you need a lot of patience to build this set, It can get frustrating at times. An experienced Lego Builder can do it in a day but I chose to spread it out and take my time on it. I highly Recommend this set to the Lego enthusiast and anyone who likes a challenge.