Toys and Stuff

Friday, July 17, 2026

The Idea File: Flintstones Doodles

I have some more Flintstones stuff I'd like to post but am not quite ready. There's a set which has all of the components photographed but I still need to set it up and take a video. That said, it's also 111°F outside where I need to set it up! Yeah, it might not happen for a week or two.

Anywho, I have some doodles I made based on the opening credits and other scenes from the cartoon, hoping these would be an inspiration for a future project. I s'pose I was bored when I did these, but will post them anyway to keep the Flintstones flow going.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 70 Set #83504 (2004)-#93504 (2004) US 82nd Airborne Division (Normandy 1944) Pt 2 Pose 2

The three figures included in this set are nothing spectacular, but the photos are all of the figures that were in the set box.

FOV U.S. Pose 2

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 69 Set #83504 (2004)-#93504 (2004) US 82nd Airborne Division (Normandy 1944) Pt 1 Packaging and Contents

Here's a set in which I have no photos of the #83504 box - just a picture from one of the flyers. However, I did buy set #93504 recently and am able to post photos of that box along with all the contents.

This is an unusual set in a couple of respects. It only contains three figures because it's loaded with accessories - not too out of the ordinary. What makes it unusual is that FOV included a couple of tarps which came with their vehicles and which usually aren't seen in figure sets. As well, instead of including the normal ruined wall sections - as in every other figure set - three bases from their individual 'personality' figures are provided: SSgt Rizzo, PFC Cooper, and PFC Reynolds. Each one of those figures were sold separately and were blogged here back in 2018.