Shared from: Pleasant Family Shopping: March 1, 1962 - The First Kmart Opens

Pleasant Family Shopping runs a great blog about the shopping experiences of yesteryear. Check out the recent article about the 50th anniversary of K-Mart:

Pleasant Family Shopping: March 1, 1962 - The First Kmart Opens: Today marks a key milestone in retailing history – the 50th anniversary of the opening of the first Kmart store, in Garden City, Michigan, p...

From Concept to Screen Tron Legacy Siren Gem

As I finalize my application process to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, this old Facebook update seems all the more fitting.

February 4, 2011 at 8:19am

"From concept to finalized product, this is the sort of thing I like. I can only hope some of my toy concepts see realization some day in the future." (This is not to imply I designed this costume, but I hope some of my designs someday go from the drawing board to finished design like the concept below. Kudos to the artists who made Gem possible)

(Tron Legacy is property of Disney, the image is used here for entertainment and educational purposes)

Lady Muscle

Here is the start of the transfer of my Facebook musings from before my Blog started:

The following was originally posted on my Facebook page on January 31, 2011 at 9:13am

Not all figures are for kids. Inspired by the series that spawned the MUSCLE-Man craze of the early 80's, Here is a re-envisioning as basically "MUSCLE Lady". To satisfy my cool Anime toy desire from missing Ohayocon, I nabbed this exquisite piece off HobbyLinkJapan.

Lady Robin at HobbyLinkJapan

G.I. Joe at HasbroToyShop.com | G.I. JOE WAVE 10 12-PACK Product Details

One of the current two cases in rotation right now, this case contains an excellent balance of Renegades figures, 30th Anniversary reincarnations of classics, and the new Zombie Viper.


G.I. Joe at HasbroToyShop.com | G.I. JOE WAVE 10 12-PACK Product Details