The Pee-wee Herman Quiz

Score: 82% (9 out of 11)

After Brittany Murphy and Andrew Koenig, I just couldn’t believe it. Corey Haim has been found unconscious at his mother’s house, as reported by Times Online:

The Eighties teen heart-throb Corey Haim has died, aged 38.

The Lost Boys star passed away at 2.15am this morning at the Providence St Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.

While the LA Coroner’s Office is yet to determine the Canadian actor’s cause of death, authorities reportedly suspect an accidental prescription drug overdose .

The actor is believed to have collapsed at his mother’s house at around 1am.

I would remember him in movies such as Silver Bullet and The Lost Boys. May he rest in peace.

Corey Haim
1971 – 2010

Hell yeah!

There’s been a major update, in my video games collection, lately. As I was browsing through the flea market, I stopped by a video games store to see if I could get some games at cheap prices. I’ve bought Geist for GameCube. Then I came across this:

Super *freaking* Mario RPG!
This really made my day. I was looking for Super Mario RPG since years. Of course, I saw several copies for sales in specialized stores, but they prices were always from $70 to $90. I almost fell on my ass, when I saw it at $45. They must be kidding me, I was thinking. But there was no joke; they really asked for this price. At this moment, I heard a voice in my head saying “BUY IT”. Buy it, because you’ll never see it at that price for the rest of your life. Then, this is were most of my flea market money went. I only played this game once in my life, I remember renting it at a local video club and I thought it was a 3-D Mario game. Being a kid, I somehow found this game deceiving. I didn’t understand the concept of RPGs and my lack of knowledge for the English language would have probably made that game more complicated that it was to me. Little I know that this game would turn up to be one of the most-looked SNES cartridges. I guess that’s both the elements of rarity and RPG, which makes me want this game so bad. Well, I’m glad to have finally found it. Now, I’ll have to check for Final Fantasy III and Secret of Mana. By the way, for those of you wondering, the game works very fine. Finally, this will be all for today. End of line.

This time I’ve built the Shovel Buggy from the Classic Space series.

Booklet’s model.

My version.

I didn’t have most of the required grey pieces; instead, I used black and blue blocks to compensate. Well, I think it’s also great that way. That would be all for today. End of line.

Do you remember when Nintendo introduced the Game Boy’s Play It Loud line? It was the beginning of a new era. We had the opportunity to choose colors other than dull grey. Personally, my parents never wanted me to have a Game Boy. In fact, they were against most gaming systems. I think that is the reason why I’ve started collecting gaming consoles. Thanks a lot, mom and dad! Well, back to the Play It Loud series. When I was in 4th grade, a kid in the classroom next to mine brought his Game Boy to school. He had the Play It Loud clear case edition. He made a real hit, because every kids in school wanted to how a clear-cased Game Boy. For the obvious reason that you could see how a Game Boy looked from the inside. Transparency was so cool at the time and it was the first and last time that I’ve seen a clear-cased Game Boy in person. A few years ago, my dad got me a red Game Boy, from the flea market. Well, it’s not clear-cased as I wished to have, but it’s a good start. Maybe, I should try to get all the colors from the series. Who knows?

Concerning the Play It Loud line, I’m looking for an ad that once appeared in Nintendo Power. In this ad, they were comparing the colors of the handhelds to food condiments such as ketchup, relish and mustard. I’m sure it has been featuring in the January 1995’s issue. If some of you have this magazine, it would be nice to look for me if it’s the right ad. I would like to see it again. Thank you. End of line.

My big sister had the whole set, except from Ken. My mom never wanted us to have male dolls. Finally, I’ve been waiting until I was 12 years old to get a Ken doll and each time I see one for a cheap price, at the flea market, I feel the need to buy it. End of line.