🐯 Welcome to the Jungle: The Official Den of Johnny (Tiger) Tai

For our anniversary in 2026, Desi sent me some money to get something for myself. At first, naturally, my brain went straight toward action figures. Four Horsemen had an in-stock sale going on, 5K Toys had a few big expensive figures I'd been eyeing, and believe me, there was no shortage of shit I could have spent that money on. 2026 has been a pretty lean year for me financially, and I've been seriously cutting back on figure purchases. But, I didn't want Desi's anniversary gift to just get swallowed up by the rest of my collection- just another figure added to a collection of over 1000. I've already got over a hundred figures sitting here waiting to be unboxed and reviewed. If I bought another handful of figures, five years from now I'd probably be standing there looking at my shelves going, "Okay, was that Ogre my anniversary gift, or was it the troll? Wait... maybe it was the horse and knight. Fuck, I don't remember." Nope. I wanted something t...

Every once in a while I buy something knowing full well it probably isn't going to be used for its intended purpose. The 2012 TMNT Shellraiser is one of those purchases. I picked this one up second-hand from Poshmark at the same time I bought my Cerberus figure and the Schleich Hellhound. It was only twelve bucks, but it was also missing pretty much everything that made it a "complete" toy. No original packaging, missing accessories, missing attachments... basically just the vehicle itself, and it then it's missing the lid to the top hatch. (It sucks to be a blind shopper and can't look at photos of what you're trying to buy!) Because of that, I can't really give this an honest review in the traditional sense. It wouldn't be fair to judge a toy when I'm missing a good chunk of what originally came with it. Instead, I figured I'd show it off, talk about what it is, and, more importantly, what I decided to turn it into. Image:  This image shows t...