{"id":6928,"date":"2025-07-22T22:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:29:54","slug":"another-round-of-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6928","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER ROUND OF HOLIDAYS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6340 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Reading A Book\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-245x300.jpg 245w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-837x1024.jpg 837w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-768x940.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-1256x1536.jpg 1256w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/scottreadingbook-1674x2048.jpg 1674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0About a year ago, exactly July 24th, 2024, I posted a blahg called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHAT PRICE HOLIDAYS?<\/a> It was all about my week of holidays I took in July and I thought I would visit that theme because I&#8217;m just coming off another week of holidays.\u00a0 Let me just say this past week&#8217;s holidays were better than the week I took off last October.\u00a0 My Mother&#8217;s house burned at that time and I&#8217;m still dealing with the ramifications of that.\u00a0 You can read more about that ordeal in the blahg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWICE IN A LIFETIME&#8230;IS TOO MUCH<\/a>.\u00a0 Some interesting things happened for me last week so I&#8217;ll jump into it with a bang.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Okay, so this didn&#8217;t happen during my holidays but it was the bang that started everything off.\u00a0 Two weeks ago on July 14th I fell. Here&#8217;s what I posted about that on my Facebook:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div id=\"_r_i2_\" class=\"x1l90r2v x1iorvi4 x1g0dm76 xpdmqnj\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>Here&#8217;s a cautionary tale for you.<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>Yesterday, I fell out of the shower and went ass over tea-kettle onto the floor. Still don&#8217;t know how it happened. I slipped somehow and went out the back side onto my backside.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>We have a clawfoot tub with an oval shower surround so there&#8217;s shower curtains on both sides. Our tub goes across diagonally so there&#8217;s very little space behind the tub and up to the wall. You can look at the two photos below. Sometimes one of our cats likes to crap back there and we have to climb over into the space and clean it up. Yesterday, the shower curtain slowed me down but I fell into that small space on the other side of the tub with the shower curtain between me and the inevitable cat crap left by our cat. I was in lots of pain and screaming and yelling for Jeanette. She was asleep in another part of the house and couldn&#8217;t hear me.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>I managed to wriggle out behind the back of the tub; all the while screaming my head off. I got out to the front side where my metal clothes hamper was sitting and started banging on that and eventually Jeanette heard that and came to my rescue. She helped me up and then helped clean the cat litter off me so I could get dressed and go to the hospital. I thought my neck was going to snap off and felt every bump on the way to Picton. Two rounds of X-rays in Picton and then sent to Belleville for a cat scan. Nothing broken but if they&#8217;d done a cat crap scan they might have found some on my side or back.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>I had to wear a neck brace all day but 8 hours later, I was back at home without the brace. Advil and Blue Ice gel and I&#8217;m back to work today but my neck is still really sore. I can&#8217;t watch any tennis matches for a while.<\/em><\/h4>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><em>What&#8217;s the lesson here? I don&#8217;t know. Don&#8217;t shower alone? I&#8217;m not going to admit getting old and needing grab bars. It was a fluke. I showered this morning and was fine but very cautious. I could have imagined what would have happened if I couldn&#8217;t get out from behind the tub and the paramedics had to come. I know they&#8217;d have taken pictures and posted it on their secret online site where they talk about what stupid humans get up to.<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Here are the photos I posted:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/behindthebathtu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6984\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/behindthebathtu.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the bathtub\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/behindthebathtu.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/behindthebathtu-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bathtub2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6983\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bathtub2.jpg\" alt=\"The Bathtub\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bathtub2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bathtub2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/scottsneckbrace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6982\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/scottsneckbrace.jpg\" alt=\"Scott in neck brace\" width=\"492\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/scottsneckbrace.jpg 448w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/scottsneckbrace-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">The injury plagued me during the week before my holidays and during my week off.\u00a0 Oh yes, apparently, according to my wife&#8217;s Aunt Sandra, a retired nurse, they put the neck brace on backwards at the hospital&#8230;at least that&#8217;s what she said when she saw the above photo.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Another thing that started before my holidays but continued during my holidays was the disassembly of our old upright piano.\u00a0 My wife wanted it gone and it was too heavy to remove in one piece.\u00a0 We watched some videos about taking it apart and thought we could handle it.\u00a0 I rely again on Facebook but this time it&#8217;s what my wife posted to her Facebook on July 8th:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><em><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Next project is reorganizing the dining room. Getting rid of a big desk and moving my cedar chest on to someone else who would care for it is part of the plan. Before that happens though we need to say good bye to the piano. It\u2019s actually our oldest daughter\u2019s piano and she was the only one who ever learned. It\u2019s lived with us for about 23 years or so and moved with us once. If memory serves me right, I believe it originally came out of CML Snyder Elementary School and was lovingly restored by a friend of ours who did that back in the day. (Rick Moynes, you did an awesome job!) It was a beautiful piece of furniture. Unfortunately, today you can\u2019t give them away and we are unable to move it out of our house so we are taking it apart. We are working on getting the right tools to loosen the strings so we can continue taking it apart carefully. If anyone would like pieces to repurpose or create some kind of sculpture\/ art work, let me know!<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Here are the photos Jeanette posted:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6985\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano1.jpg\" alt=\"Piano 1\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6986\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano2.jpg\" alt=\"Piano 2\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6987\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano3.jpg\" alt=\"Piano 3\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6988\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano4.jpg\" alt=\"Piano 4\" width=\"495\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6989\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano5.jpg\" alt=\"Piano 5\" width=\"492\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/piano5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">We managed to order the correct tool from Amazon to remove the strings:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51RHj0-t2QL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51RHj0-t2QL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Of course, we needed to find an adapter that would allow this tool to fit into a socket wrench and our drill.\u00a0 That came from Canadian Tire and we began to remove some of the strings before my holidays began.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll get back to the topic of the disassembly later as it fits into my holidays timeline.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0I always take a week of holidays in July with the first weekend being our annual visit to the Transformers or TF Con in Mississauga.\u00a0 In the blahg, <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHAT PRICE HOLIDAYS?<\/a> I talked about our 2024 visit.\u00a0 This year was a lot of fun as well.\u00a0 One of the big highlights of the convention is always visiting the Dealer Room.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a quick video of me in the Dealer Room on Saturday morning July 12th:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 450px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6928-1\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/TFCon2025.MP4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/TFCon2025.MP4\">http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/TFCon2025.MP4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I know, I&#8217;m officially a geek. Last year I was looking for the Dracula Transformer and I found it.\u00a0 The only thing I had in mind to find this year was a Funko Pop of Cyclonus: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61ldTO5PNIL._AC_SL1300_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61ldTO5PNIL._AC_SL1300_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"608\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Cyclonus is a character I really like.\u00a0 Unfortunately no one had this Funko Pop.\u00a0 So I settled instead for a Scorponok figure from the Beast Wars line:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i5.walmartimages.com\/asr\/1d81a3dc-5d46-4dd9-bbaf-7c2cf4cf13f7.7dd3cbaf9d11845c2d5fbba8f2ec17a6.jpeg?odnHeight=612&amp;odnWidth=612&amp;odnBg=FFFFFF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i5.walmartimages.com\/asr\/1d81a3dc-5d46-4dd9-bbaf-7c2cf4cf13f7.7dd3cbaf9d11845c2d5fbba8f2ec17a6.jpeg?odnHeight=612&amp;odnWidth=612&amp;odnBg=FFFFFF\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">There wasn&#8217;t much else I was looking for but I happened to stumble, or rather someone else did, on a Micronauts Battle Cruiser.\u00a0 Last year, in 2024, I bought my first Battle Cruiser at the 2024 TF Con.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what it looks like on my shelf:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/microbattlecruiser-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/microbattlecruiser-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">This year, I was browsing over a vendor&#8217;s booth in the corner at TF Con and I saw him trip over a box on the floor.\u00a0 To my surprise, it was another Micronauts Battle Cruiser but in a box.\u00a0 It looked nearly complete and had the french instruction sheet but that wasn&#8217;t a show stopper.\u00a0 I asked if it was for sale and he was surprised because it was a Transformers convention after all and who goes to buy Micronauts?\u00a0 I do!\u00a0 He gladly stated it was for sale at $50.\u00a0 I think I paid $30 or $35 last year for a near 75 percent complete version not in box.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a couple of photos of this year&#8217;s Battle Cruiser purchase:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6939\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Cruiser 1\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6940\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Cruiser 2\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BC2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Unfortunately, the motor or the remote in last year&#8217;s version didn&#8217;t work.\u00a0 More about that later.\u00a0 I was also surprised to learn from the vendor that he had some other Micronauts vehicles and would bring them in the next day.\u00a0 Score!\u00a0 Again, more about that later.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0The next day, before making it to the vendor with Micronauts, I managed to spy a Plastic Man in box at a guy in the far opposite corner of the other vendor I came back to see.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a big fan of Plastic Man and at $20, and again, in the original box, I felt I couldn&#8217;t pass him up. Here&#8217;s what he looks like:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/egoAAOSweUti9nOz\/s-l1600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/egoAAOSweUti9nOz\/s-l1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Plastic Man is from 2016.\u00a0 He&#8217;s going to go on a shelf with my San Diego Comic Con Plastic Man figure and my Plastic Man Funko Pop.\u00a0 Here are pictures of first, the San Diego Comic Con figure, and then the Funko Pop:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/generated\/Mattel\/DCUC\/Plastic_Man\/R6273_PlasticMan01__scaled_600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/generated\/Mattel\/DCUC\/Plastic_Man\/R6273_PlasticMan01__scaled_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"574\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71D89ZHSggL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71D89ZHSggL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Of course there is a Funko Soda Plastic Man and the Chase of the Soda that I don&#8217;t own but plan to purchase at some point.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what they look like.\u00a0 The Chase is pictured in the bottom right.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61gkU7wQCrL._AC_SL1200_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61gkU7wQCrL._AC_SL1200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0I finally made it to the other corner vendor who had promised me more Micronauts vehicles.\u00a0 He didn&#8217;t disappoint.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what he had:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6941\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra\" width=\"472\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gc1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6942\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra\" width=\"483\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">As you can see by the instruction sheet in each photo, the top vehicle is the Galactic Cruiser and the bottom one is the Hydra.\u00a0 Now, I didn&#8217;t own the Galactic Cruiser but I already had a Hydra at home.\u00a0 Here is a picture of it on my Micronauts shelf:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6943\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra2-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Hydra 2\" width=\"479\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra2-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hydra2.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">My other Hydra is more complete with the rear missile set but the chance to purchase another one with the instruction sheet was very tempting.\u00a0 The vendor wanted $25 a piece but said I could have the pair for $40.\u00a0 That was not a difficult decision.\u00a0 $40 for the pair and both with instruction sheets?\u00a0 It was a great deal I couldn&#8217;t pass up.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t have the original boxes but they&#8217;re still valuable to be in my collection.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Back to the Battle Cruiser.\u00a0 As I said, my one from 2024 did not have a functioning motor.\u00a0 When I tested this year&#8217;s acquisition, I found the motor didn&#8217;t work in this one either.\u00a0 I purchased new batteries but that didn&#8217;t solve the problem.\u00a0 I decided to take the motor housing apart.\u00a0 Nothing was broken inside that I could tell.\u00a0 I tried to turn the gears by hand to see if they were stuck from age and non-use.\u00a0 That did the trick.\u00a0 It started working perfectly.\u00a0 I tried the same trick on the 2024 Battle Cruiser and it worked it again.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a short video of me operating this year&#8217;s purchase:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 450px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6928-2\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/BattleCruiser.MP4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/BattleCruiser.MP4\">http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/videofiles\/BattleCruiser.MP4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Now, I just need to find a few figures to sit in the Battle Cruiser as well as the Galactic Cruiser and Hydra.\u00a0 Oh, and I&#8217;ll need a new shelf to display everything.\u00a0 That&#8217;s part of some remodelling we want to do this year.\u00a0 More on that later.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0My daughter Abbie and I had a great time at TF Con as usual.\u00a0 We watched some panels, tried out for the script reading (but neither of us was chosen) and had a great time at the Transformers trivia game show;\u00a0 even if we didn&#8217;t win.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a photo of Abbie and I during the game show (we&#8217;re on the left):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tfconabbieandscott2025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6937\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tfconabbieandscott2025-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Abbie and Scott at TF Con 2025\" width=\"454\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tfconabbieandscott2025-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tfconabbieandscott2025-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tfconabbieandscott2025.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Basically the name of a Transformer appeared on a screen and we had to take turns giving clues to each other or pass.\u00a0 I think we did okay.\u00a0 The final part was like wheel of fortune where they give you a clue and then they start to reveal letters and members of both teams can buzz in with the answer.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we weren&#8217;t great at that.\u00a0 Still, fun time had for our 7th or 8th year of attending. My wife Jeanette was also with us.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Remember when I started off this blahg talking about the fall I had from my claw-foot tub?\u00a0 Well, I left out a part of that story.\u00a0 When I fell, I took the shower curtain down with me and broke the wrap around shower curtain rod.\u00a0 Of course, the one we had is no longer manufactured so I had to order a new one from Amazon.\u00a0 It was waiting on our deck outside our back door when we got back from TF Con.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71tR+ZNeDVL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71tR+ZNeDVL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">This is what it is supposed to look like when it&#8217;s installed:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81mDQzdIa2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81mDQzdIa2L._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">The piece at the left end that goes straight up into the ceiling was of course a different size and the rod at the front by the shower head goes straight ahead and our layout needs a rod that goes up into the ceiling.\u00a0 We managed to salvage a piece from our old shower curtain rod to use on the front to run it to the ceiling.\u00a0 We had to drill a new hole for the large rod at the back but we finally got it.\u00a0 We also had to buy a new shower head and a third shower curtain as the new rod is much bigger than the previous one.\u00a0 All this was done on the Tuesday of my holidays.\u00a0 Monday had been spent running my mother to two different Doctor appointments so that doesn&#8217;t count.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0On Wednesday we went shopping in Kingston.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t find anything.\u00a0 We decided to race back to Belleville for the 3pm showing of &#8220;Superman.&#8221;\u00a0 We had wanted to go to the movies on Monday but it just didn&#8217;t fit into our busy schedule for that day.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what I posted to Facebook:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/superman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6990\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/superman.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanette and I see Superman\" width=\"493\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/superman.jpg 526w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/superman-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><em><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Saw Superman yesterday. I liked it. A friend of mine was right when he said it was an homage to 1970s Superman comics. I grew up on those so I understood what was going on. It\u2019s not another origin story but you do get Martha and Jonathan Kent but they were a little too hillbilly for my liking. Oh well, after you\u2019ve had Kevin Costner play Jonathan and the even greater Glenn Ford, it\u2019s hard to top those. I\u2019m a big fan of Metamorpho The Element Man so that was a bonus to see that character in the film. Check it out for yourself. That\u2019s the only way you\u2019re going to find out if you\u2019ll like it<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">My friend Stephen Dafoe said &#8220;<span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">I really enjoyed the film. It was like running to the corner store with a quarter to grab a Giant-Sized Superman Comic<\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0 If you remember the Giant-Sized Comics for 25 cents then you truly were a child of the 1970s.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0Thursday, we went travelling again.\u00a0 When we were driving through Toronto on the way to or from TF Con, I had seen a poster for an upcoming production of &#8220;The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.&#8221; at the Shaw Festival at Niagara on the Lake.\u00a0 We decided to get tickets for Thursday July 17th and we booked a motel in Niagara Falls that was only 15 minutes away.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s some more geeky shots of me at the play:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6946\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scott in front of Wardrobe dispay\" width=\"443\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6945\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott goes into the Wardrobe\" width=\"467\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LWandW2.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">The bottom photo is of me trying to enter the Wardrobe they had on display in the lobby.\u00a0 Apparently it was not a real entrance to Narnia.\u00a0 The play was great and fun and I&#8217;m glad we went.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 On the way home from Niagara on the Lake we decided to make a stop at Jerry&#8217;s Toys in Vaughan. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jerrystoys.ca\/cdn\/shop\/files\/IMG_4978.heic?v=1750877830&amp;width=750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jerrystoys.ca\/cdn\/shop\/files\/IMG_4978.heic?v=1750877830&amp;width=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Jerry&#8217;s Toys is like a Tardis from Doctor Who.\u00a0 It&#8217;s small on the outside but it&#8217;s huge on the inside.\u00a0 It advertises itself as toys and collectibles but 99 percent of the store are Funkos.\u00a0 Just check out this picture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/insidejerrys.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6947\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/insidejerrys.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Jerry's Toys\" width=\"495\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/insidejerrys.jpg 598w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/insidejerrys-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">That&#8217;s just the front half of the store.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a whole back section as well.\u00a0 I last visited there in March when I was on the lookout for a Jean LaFoote Funko Pop.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51voWehf0VL.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51voWehf0VL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I already had a Cap&#8217;N Crunch Funko as well as a Crunchberry Beast:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-36-CapN-Crunch-with-sword.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-36-CapN-Crunch-with-sword.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardboardconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-Funko-San-Diego-Comic-Con-Exclusives-Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-15-Cap%E2%80%99n-Crunch-Crunchberry-Beast.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cardboardconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-Funko-San-Diego-Comic-Con-Exclusives-Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-15-Cap%E2%80%99n-Crunch-Crunchberry-Beast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I was on the hunt for that Jean LaFoote.\u00a0 I had seen LaFoote at a fleamarket in Pickering a few years back but it was very expensive.\u00a0 I also saw him the figure at this year&#8217;s Toronto ComicCon but the vendor wanted $75 and the vendor wasn&#8217;t very nice when I tried to engage with him about some other pops which he didn&#8217;t have.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a story for another time.\u00a0 The good news was that Jerry&#8217;s Toys had LaFoote for $50.\u00a0 I purchased it along with a few other Funko Pops that interested me.\u00a0 What I didn&#8217;t realize until I got home that time was that my Cap&#8217;N Crunch was out of sequence.\u00a0 Mine was a different issue with a sword.\u00a0 Mine was number 36 but the Crunchberry Beast was #15 and LaFoote was #16.\u00a0 On researching it further, I found out that first Cap&#8217;N Crunch was #14 and had been a Target exclusive:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-14-Capn-Crunch-Target-Exclusive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-14-Capn-Crunch-Target-Exclusive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">If I want to be a completist, there is a Cozmic Cap&#8217;n Crunch Glow-in-the-Dark Funko Pop and a Cap&#8217;N Crunch 10&#8243; Super-Sized Pop that I don&#8217;t own:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-20-Cozmic-Capn-Crunch-Glow-in-the-Dark-FunkoShop-Exclusive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-20-Cozmic-Capn-Crunch-Glow-in-the-Dark-FunkoShop-Exclusive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-Figures-95-CapN-Crunch-10-Super-Sized-FunkoShop-Exclusive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Funko-Pop-Ad-Icons-Figures-95-CapN-Crunch-10-Super-Sized-FunkoShop-Exclusive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0So, back to the current story, we stopped in at Jerry&#8217;s Toys on the way back from Niagara on the Lake and I picked up #14.\u00a0 I also purchased a dozen Funko Sodas.\u00a0 These are smaller figures in aluminum soda cans.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no real soda inside.\u00a0 There are chase variants of the Funko Sodas but I didn&#8217;t purchase any chases.\u00a0 I was looking for some interesting cartoon characters and I had seen in some of the Jerry&#8217;s Toys videos from TikTok that he had some in stock.\u00a0 I had only started looking into the Sodas after I purchased a couple at the Cornwall and Area Pop Event I had attended back in April.\u00a0 Back then, I had picked up Super Chicken and Klondike Kat:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61z+EVXgJ2L.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61z+EVXgJ2L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/jG0AAOSwh-ZhURSi\/s-l1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/jG0AAOSwh-ZhURSi\/s-l1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I eventually purchased the Savoie-Faire Soda to go along with Klondie Kat.\u00a0 Savoir-Faire is the nemesis to Klondike Kat in the cartoons.\u00a0 The image below shows the figure I bought and at the bottom right is an image of the chase version.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QdMzcvKDL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QdMzcvKDL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I have a few other Soda figures.\u00a0 I have a Captain Carter chase figure and a Marty McFly with guitar.\u00a0 My daughter Abbie also purchased me a Dick Dastardly Soda figure when she was at a recent convention in Niagara Falls.\u00a0 The photo below shows the Dick Dastardly figure in front of his Funko Pop version.\u00a0 Below that is the Super Chicken Soda beside his Funko Pop version.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6949\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda.jpg\" alt=\"Dick Dastardly Soda\" width=\"493\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda.jpg 807w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda-753x1024.jpg 753w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ddsoda-768x1045.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">So that left me a Muttley Soda to find to go with my Muttley Pop figure.\u00a0 Luckily, Muttley was one of the dozen Sodas I purchased.\u00a0 The three pictures below are the Sodas I purchased this time around from Jerry&#8217;s Toys:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6950\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3.jpg 1997w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3-300x100.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3-1024x340.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3-768x255.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas3-1536x511.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6951\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1.jpg 2015w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1-300x109.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1-1024x370.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1-768x278.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas1-1536x556.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6952\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2.jpg 2014w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2-300x94.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2-1024x320.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2-768x240.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sodas2-1536x480.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Notice the Muttley in the first picture.\u00a0 Of all of these Sodas, I also own the Funko Pop versions of Rosie, Underdog, Cap&#8217;N Crunch, Jean LaFoote, Ricochet Rabbit, Mr. Owl, and Peter Potamus.\u00a0 Someday I&#8217;d like to own the Chase versions of all of these figures.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0The last part of my summer holiday story brings us back to the disassembly of our old upright piano.\u00a0 This past weekend we got back to it on the Saturday we finally removed the rest of the 240 pegs that held the strings.\u00a0 That left us just with the metal harps on the front and back.\u00a0 The back version was held on by several screws and they were very difficult to remove.\u00a0 I had to soak the bottom ones with penetrating oil overnight and then had to use brute strength, a hammer, a screwdriver, and locking pliers to eventually get them free. Here&#8217;s a photo of me on the floor, behind the piano trying to remove the screws:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piano1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6991\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piano1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Scott behind the piano\" width=\"458\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piano1-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piano1-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Here&#8217;s a photo of the front cast-iron harp after all the strings were removed:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6953\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone.jpg\" alt=\"Stringless Piano\" width=\"494\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stringsgone-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">The gold\/brass coloured item is solid cast iron.\u00a0 There was a twin of it on the backside o<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">f the piano.\u00a0 The rear version weighed about 250 pounds and the front version was around 300.\u00a0 Jeanette and I managed to get them both out of the house but a neighbour&#8217;s friend helped us take the heavier version out to the road. Here are two photos of the rear harp and then the front harp:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rearharp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6993\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rearharp.jpg\" alt=\"Rear Harp\" width=\"495\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rearharp.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rearharp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frontharp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6992\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frontharp.jpg\" alt=\"Front Harp\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frontharp.jpg 600w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frontharp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">If anyone wants free scrap iron, drop by Demorestville and pick it up.\u00a0 There&#8217;s some nice wood leftover from the piano that I might try to re-purpose.\u00a0 I still have the shell of the piano left to take apart but it&#8217;s out of the house and on our deck:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6956\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Piano Shell\" width=\"489\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/painoshell.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Hey, if you&#8217;re stopping by for the cast iron, please take the shell along, too.\u00a0 Otherwise it&#8217;s going to be a saw, chain saw, and sledge hammer and crowbar to break it down.\u00a0 My elbows and arms are still hurting me. At least with the piano out, we can get onto a dining room refresh and possibly a new shelf to house Funkos and my Micronauts&#8230;.if my wife lets me.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0 \u00a0After all that, it was time to go back to work.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll take another set of holidays probably in October.\u00a0 Who knows what adventures we&#8217;ll have then.\u00a0 Hopefully no disassembly or some assembly required!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0About a year ago, exactly July 24th, 2024, I posted a blahg called\u00a0WHAT PRICE HOLIDAYS? It was all about my week of holidays I took in July and I thought I would visit that theme because I&#8217;m just coming off another week of holidays.\u00a0 Let me just say this past week&#8217;s holidays were better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[293,324,327,101,325,3,31,326,289,208],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6928"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6928"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6996,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6928\/revisions\/6996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}