I like Hasbro's code names better than the actual character names, except Rey doesn't look like Tracey Gold to me. Or is that the Praetorian? 

Some people complained about that scene.

It was the least thing wrong with INTO DARKNESS.

Star Trek Discovery's first episode was not especially good.  It wasn't terrible, but I'm not paying to watch the rest of the series. (spoilers)

Good:
Doug Jones's character.

The effects seemed decent enough.

Bad:
Klingons...if you want to call them that. Why not just make them CGI crabs and be done with it.

Sonequa Martin Green's character seems to be making dumber choices than her Walking Dead character.
Michelle Yeoh calls her first officer NUMBER ONE. It felt forced.

Starting with a brink of war footing on what amounts to a new Trek timeline (?) lacks weight. Everything is unfamiliar looking, it doesn't seem like I should care. It would be like if they started ENTERPRISE with its season 3.

The scenes from upcoming episodes should really make fans wonder if CBS didn't just shut-down the Axanar fan project just to rip it off. It makes me wonder, and I'm not even that familiar with that fan film besides having watched the prelude.

Whatever:
They filmed with lens flare fun. I personally found the show's style hard to watch at times, but I guess it has style?
Why would Sarek raise an orphaned human girl?
Why does she seem to have stolen Worf's backstory? (Replace orphaned by Romluans with Klingons, raised by humans with Vulcans.)

I went to a Mom2Mom sale (audience laughs)...at a nearby rec center because they mentioned Star Wars toys. I paid a buck entry fee and yeah, found some stuff.

First Order TIE missing pilot and missiles for $5 and a FO snowspeeder (missing the launcher's stand base) with the snowtrooper  (no gun or pauldron) for $3.

And some $1 loose figures that aren't FA, so they cannot be mentioned here. 

Prices aren't that high for most vintage loose figures (there's some big exceptions). This is in part because many GI JOE collectors have moved on to modern style, some even selling off their vintage collections. It's similar to how Star Wars collecting became in some aspects.

Which Slaughter? There were 4 in the vintage line.
Triple T Driver, the cartoon look more or less.
Mail-In (the wrestling look...though not as pudgy as the real Sarge. Was offered for years via pack-in forms, but some price guides will act like he was a 1985-1986 only)
Warthog driver (a more tactical look, with removable hat)
Slaughter's Marauders (the only vintage single carded version of him released domestically. A repaint of the wrestling version. Made of more brittle plastic because it was made in Brazil and not China like most figures.)

And there was a large non-poseable wresting figure that was a mail-away only, made in the style of LJN's big rubber figures.

Got a TIE STRIKER at Meijer for $12. Last one. Is it worth it? Dare I open it? Just leave it in the box and hope it will be worth its original retail in a few years? 

The Jedha Revolt sets are under $8. Jyn eadu and Imperial Comptroller er...uh....whatever are $2.30 something.

I used to have a lot of them.

APC was good, but lacked a tow hook. That was when there was towed weapons in the line.

In regards to getting vintage vehicles, these things weren't meant to last, so certain problems to look out for.

Original HISS tanks will usually have loose guns. The tabs that click the elevating cannons into place are ridiculously thin and the plastic gets brittle. You might be better off getting a later 2000's release of that vehicle (I don't think they ever really fixed that issue, though).

The red parts on the COBRA STUN get brittle with age. This is one the worst vehicles in that regard. If you get one with the engine covers snapped on, do not remove them!

Finding a Wolverine with an unbroken tow cable can be hard.

THE WHALE's fan assembly pieces are fragile, too.

Len Wein, co-creator of Swamp Thing and Wolverine.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/len-wein-co-creator-of-wolverine-and-editor-of-watchme-1803098383