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#0104: Pride Rock
They say the lion is calling DadSay uhm a lionAs the lions go, they areWe say uhhmm a lionLionIt's VictoriousLionThe lion and the leopardThe above may not seem awe-inspiring by any stretch of the...
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#0105: Cave-Beast Bebop and his Bodacious Brontosaurus
Toronto Raptors, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Raptors, something something, Toronto Raptors.Allow me to be as transparent as the shirt Christian Cage used to wear in the late 90s: the only reason I'm...
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#0106: Insaniac
Ahh, Small Soldiers.This thrilling family blockbuster hit theatres in 1998, and it was a rollicking good time from start to finish. Tommy Lee Jones as the gung-ho villain. Phil Hartman being his usual...
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You can take your #NotMyAriel garbage and shove it down your gills
Is it possible to be disappointed, yet completely unsurprised all at once?That’s the general feeling among rational people in the wake of the fallout following Disney’s announcement that Halle Bailey...
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Tales
"So you're called Ninetails, huh?""Yeah, but you've been spelling my name wrong. It's actually Ninetales.""What are you talking about? You've clearly got nine tails! Why wouldn't it be spelled that...
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#107: Sky Escape Joker
It's that time again! Thanks to the efforts of Joaquin Phoenix and that guy from the Hangover (Mr. Chow), the whole world is abuzz over that loveable old psychopath, the Joker.The response has been...
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Cowabunga
Brand loyalty is quite the fascinating science unto itself. Elusive, spectacular and hard to quantify, once a brand has properly hooked its claws into a demographic, purchase becomes a practical...
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#108: Happy Meal Plush Toys
You didn't think I would miss out on Toy Eulogy's ninth birthday, did you?If you did, I certainly wouldn't blame you, because if my research holds up, I have actually only remembered to address this...
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All my money are belong to Nintendo
In case you were curious how my amiibocollection is going some five years later, let's just say that my overzealous spending habits...have not become any more measured in 2020.Also pictured:...
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In support of Black creators
I was going to make a toy-related post today for the first time in months.I have a few days off, and I'm pretty ahead of schedule on my freelance gigs. I relished in the luxury of free time, and wanted...
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#0109: Metalhead
If you enjoy this post, make sure to check out my recent list of awesome content from Black creators!Ninja Turtles lore can be a little bit complex at times.Usually, you're pretty safe to assume who's...
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#0110: Blaster T-1000
Not too long ago, I showed off a pair of Terminator toys that were made to tie-in with the genre-defining summer blockbuster of the same name. Among other things, I claimed that they were among the...
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#0111: Dragon Ball Battle Figures
If I may go on a personal tangent (and of course I may, it's my fucking blog), 2020 has been a great year for anime. Lots of solid premieres, plenty of compelling cliffhangers, and most significantly,...
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#0112: Short Stack
Ten. Fucking. Years.Back in January of 2011, a bright eyed, whimsical youth elected to clear out some space in his closet by methodically disposing of his childhood belongings. He began, as one...
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A little too Raph
One of the caveats to clearing out my childhood toys is that there is a sub-category designed for petulant manchildren such as myself, that I somehow feel completely guiltless in acquiring on rare...
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#0113: Spoink & Groink
Nearly a decade ago, I opined on the glory that was Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. The misadventures of Ickis, Oblina and Krumm taught us lessons in peer pressure, the merits of hard work, and how if you have...
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Well, shit
Sometimes in life, your sense of duty outweighs your desire to actually undertake said duty.To wit, on this day I had no particular desire to update this blog, as I'm not currently in possession of any...
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#0114: Moby Lick
Sometimes, very strange, very specific things lodge themselves in your memory — ingrained and inseparable as a flesh bud from the man named DIO.For me, one of those is an exchange between my parents on...
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#0115: Technodrome
When you are an innocent child, toys will generally come and go into your life with regularity. They're provided by your loving carers so often, you see, that their individual value is diminished...
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#0116: Toby
A cursory glance through the INAKA archives would reveal that I have only successfully celebrated this blog's birthday a grand total of three times. I could trot out a myriad of excuses, were I so...
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#0117: T.K. (Koosh)
Yet another year, yet another missed birthday — and more than a year-long wait between posts, to boot! What can I say, I'm a busy busy boy in 2024, constantly at work typing away at websites more...
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#0118: Frantic Ants
In the sad, strange world of little Anthony, the mid-90s yielded a bumper crop of excessive board games. Over the years, I (and by proxy you, the faithful reader) have been blessed with such luminaries...
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#0119: McDonald's Christmas Taz
Ho ho ho, peons! It's the Crimbo season here at Toy Eulogy, and we're sharing the merriment by bringing you something big, jolly, and red. Don't let the NSFW description fool you, it's merely a plush...
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