Pixelcade

Just a little update!

Where to start…How about I won 3rd place in a raffle at www.ultrasabers.com by purchasing a saber I was going to get anyway (Yoda-da man) if you don’t find that funny, clearly you were not alive when episode 2 commercials were on TV… But I now. have this big amount of basic sabers (cool hilts) but no lithium batteries (4 AAA) and I couldn’t pick colors but they varied them up! No sound but I mute all my sabers anyway so I can have them on.

Posters are almost all framed, but yet again, I got the wrong size for my Land Before Time original poster. I have to get it custom done. There are no frames remotely close to it on Amazon, and the store I bought from wanted $250 just to SHIP a custom frame like that… so um no.

I connected with a long-lost friend today, and it’s nice to catch up and see how our lives split off and all the things we’ve done and been through. For a person like me who doesn’t talk to many people, we’ve had quite the conversations down memory lane! I’m thrilled to be able to talk to this person again.

OH! I almost forgot a 3d printed and professional printed model I commissioned in May arrived today!!! I have to put the pieces together as 3d printed items have to come in peg/square parts so they don’t crack when shipped. I’ve had that problem with a couple but fixing is typically very easy to do depending on the break.

My custom one-of-a-kind Tank Girl model arrived from my favorite and almost exclusive artist on Etsy. I had him make her battle-damaged, dirty, and bruised, and stuff like that. For those of you who don’t know who Tank Girl is… you’re too young. Consider it a reverse Water World where it’s not dirt that’s valuable, it’s fresh water. See his work below! I thought the cigarette was lost, but I found it in the bubble wrap that held the head and bunny ears. So while not on these pics, I got it on, but it left some small black paint smears on her face; it easily passes off as dirt.

Well, that’s all I have to update I made some new characters in Diablo IV towards the end of the season, which I completed like 3 weeks in. They need to make them more challenging. Despite cool armor and mounts, it would be nice to get some new ghosts for when you die. But I’m blathering now, so as you can tell, I’m outta words.

November 14, 2025 by .:Claw Machine:. 0

Figures from Etsy artists!

So I’ve acquired many-a-models from Etsy artists. I’ve not narrowed down to 2 artists I’ll use exclusiverly. I had ordered a Inarius model in like April it just came jacked up to all hell. I spent about 3 days fixing it. The wings look horrible but nothing I can do about that unless I get some contour putty and find the exact gold he used…

BUT! and it’s a BIG BUTT! That guy got shut down, and I got a huge full including shipping and tariff refund! So I can’t really complain. Inarius looks outstanding next to one of my favorite artists, who did Lilith for me. Take a peek! They take up a full shelf! That’s Trevor Belmont from Castlevania 3 (NES), My fav. Castlevania game. I mean, Symphony of the Night is amazing too, but I don’t really consider it a CV game due to the fact that there’s no Belmonts.

November 6, 2025 by .:Loot Crate:. 0

Game & Watch Stands!

I know a lot of Loot Crate has been revolving around G & W, well, I’m hell bent on moving and acquiring pieces for my collection and quality items for auctions. Anyway, I found some of the single-game stands from an order I did last year they were in with my USB-C accessories for my Macs. I just got done spending 45 minutes peeling all the paper backing off them. The Mega Man shelf is now in my game room. Along with first runs of classic known to all and played by few board games!

Future posts will revolve around my Board Game Collection. For now, stay tuned for the new layout of shelf 2 of G&W. I still have other stands coming from the same vendor. For the vertical ones that pop open, the cases for those are pretty slick. They fit in like a cartridge in a ColecoVision 🙂

October 21, 2025 by .:Loot Crate:. 0

Loot Crate!

Just some things I’ve been collecting for a while! Quarter Arcades Mini Arcade Cabinets = the New Game & Watch. Speaking of G & W, my shelf overflowith with goodness. I have to move my Megaman / Blue Bomber shelf to the game room/dining room. I have some more G & W stands coming in from Australia as I can’t seem to find a vendor here that does even half the quality and affordability that this vendor does. So enjoy the photos!

October 18, 2025 by .:Loot Crate:. 1

250 Years of Tradition – U.S. Army Medical Corps

Having had the privilege to serve as a trained Combat Medic in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, I’m a proud member of a 250-year-old tradition. Founded in 1775, the “surgeons” (what the medical corps was called) have been taking care of soldiers on the battlefield and off.

I attended the same school on the same base as many decades of medics before me have. I enjoyed my training and took it very, very seriously. I left a dream job to join about 4-5 years after the events of 9/11. Seeing coffins draped in the American Flag kick-started my personal transformation from civilian to soldier to a medic.

I collect WWII items from the medical field. I find that conflict to be the most fascinating to me as warfare was changing, and we were still sending our medics to war with no weapons per the Geneva Convention. These men fought the war with sulfa powder and bandages.

One fact I’d like to put out there is that during WWII, the Combat Medic still didn’t train in combat ops. However when the Ranger Battalion and Airborne Battalions were formed, the Medic evolved and had to train right alongside the men who would “Lead the way (5th Ranger Battalion that soon became the motto of the U.S. Army Rangers on D-Day)

So I thought I would share my collection with the world. Some are reproductions. Mostly the Rations and Bandage boxes, but there are some authentic items in there. The collection is probably 80/20% real vs. reproduction.

Please enjoy my collection and take a moment to be thankful for these men and women from our founding until right this very moment put the lives of their charges first above all.

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October 15, 2025 by .:Random:.
1980's Gamer!
A child of the 80's and 90's here to remember the good old days. A careless whisperer...with a REBEL YELL!!!

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