I had the pleasure and privilege this last week to take my first vacation in over 5 years. We decided to treat the kiddos to a special (and much more expensive than any we’ve ever taken) vacation, and took them to Universal Orlando. My wife and I were both fully vaccinated, and we took all […]
Review Build: Hogwarts Express (ICONX)
Wow. I’ve had this model for some time now, sent to me by Fascinations to review, and just now got to it. And it’s gorgeous, and big, and shiny. I regret waiting so long to build it, but at the time I got it, I had also just gotten the Books-A-Million Hogwarts Express exclusive. I […]
#TT: Disney Parks Trio
Man, I really was paranoid about spamming my Facebook timeline with these posts back in the day. For this one, I combined three builds into a single post, all exclusive models from Disney Parks. I also compared them to other models in a followup post, from which I’ve included some pictures. Also, going back to […]
BAM! Exclusive Hogwarts Express?
Say what? My inside source shared a few details about this new exclusive Harry Potter model that’s going to be coming to Books-A-Million this fall (October-ish? Also, possibly appearing at Second and Charles, part of the Books-A-Million family). I was a bit surprised, because it seemed like my local BAM was clearing out their Metal […]
Wild West Changes: Another Train and Design Revisions
It looks like Metal Earth is not done with the Wild West category of models, and they’re also really getting into trains. Not that I mind, of course! These train designs just keep getting better and better. I’m not really sure what the difference is between a 4-4-0 locomotive and a 2-6-0 locomotive, but I […]
Coming Soon: ICONX Hogwarts Express
Holy canoli! I’m excited about this one. The trains are some of the best looking results, and they’ve been getting better and better. And now, we finally get an ICONX Train. And it’s three sheets. And from Harry Potter. And…. it has a chain on the back? I’m really curious about the inclusion of the […]
3 New Disney Parks Models
It seems like the new Metal Earth models at Disney Parks come in waves. This time we have one completely new model, the Nautilus, and two updated models, the Monorail and Train. What’s nice is that the two updated models are not just old models with added color, but they appear to have some design […]