JLU Dr. Midnite action figure

For all the superhero movies that we're inundated with these days, I'd absolutely LOVE to see a 1940s period piece Justice Society of America movie. The 'Batman' of the team would of course be Dr. Midnite. A brilliant surgeon with the ability to...see in the dark.

Ok, so the Golden Age wasn't exactly a golden age of ideas, but still, this guy is awesome and if you disagree he'll punch you in the face in the middle of the night and you won't have seen it coming.

I found this Dr. Midnite JLU action figure at the flea market at the same time I found Yz, and I also got the good doctor for fifty cents.

Say, you willing to take fifty cents for that Thunderbolt?

I found the Thunderbolt Yz at the flea market a couple weeks ago, buried in a kid's random pile of action figures. Unfortunately Johnny Thunderbolt was nowhere to be found. But hey, I got his Thunderbolt for fifty cents, so I won't complain!

Back during the Golden Age, Johnny Thunder would summon up his Thunderbolt by saying the magic word 'Cei-U', and the shtick was that he didn't realize he was saying a magic word when he did so. He would just say something like 'Say, you need to stop attacking the city, mister supervillain!' and Yz would appear and thwart whatever villainous drama that was occurring at the time.

Yz is one of the last unique JLU figures of the retail line, and was released in a multi-figure set that was probably a Target exclusive or something like that. He is cast in clear plastic, but painted with a pink fade. It's a neat effect, and Yz is a unique and cool Golden Age character to have in JLU form.

Say, you wouldn't know where I can find a fifty cent Johnny Thunder action figure, would 'ya?

LEGO MOC Justice Society of America

I was thinking about The Spectre today, probably because of the new James Bond movie, and it dawned on me that I probably had (between all the LEGO and bootlego pieces I have lying around) enough bits and bobs to make an honest to goodness Spectre minifigure.

I returned home from work (because those are the thoughts I have when I am bored at work) and busted out my stash...and as it turns out I was right!

I've posted about my MOC Jay Garrick Flash and my Sandman minfigures before. As for Spectre, I pieced him together from a bootlego Green Arrow hood, a bootlego Loki cape, a LEGO ghost torso and arms, random white legs, a LEGO Toy Story army man's green hands, a random LEGO green crotch, and a LEGO Ninjago skull.

I love The Spectre, and can't believe it took me this long to piece a LEGO version together!

Enter Lego Sandman :: A Random Toy Pic

This here is a custom Lego JSA founding member Wesley Dodds - aka the original Golden Age Sandman - that I just put together tonight. Lego savvy readers will note the gas-mask is not Lego! The gas-mask actually came from a Kre-O Cityville Invasion blind bagged figure (Hazmat Henry). I found the Kre-O figures on clearance at Target last night, and today realized I had all the rest of the parts needed to make a pretty swell Sandman minifigure! AW YEAH JSA!