Odds ‘n Ends > Horatio Caine edition

ODD: That’s right, Poe’s guiltiest pleasure of all, CSI Miami, is back, baby! Since I watched pretty much every episode on A&E last summer, I’ve only had new episodes to slake my thirst, and what with the writer’s strike I’ve been deprived of the pithy statements of Horatio Caine for months. But as we all know, “Here in Miami, we…never…close.” (cue Roger Daltrey scream)

Last night’s episode was a pretty straightforward criminal-of-the-week affair, with no ties to the ongoing plot about Caine’s son and the son’s probably-evil mother (Elizabeth Berkley), but the episode had clearly been duded up to celebrate the show’s return. I was particularly fond of Caine’s strut/montage during the cold open, set to rock music that resolved on the same chord as the “Won’t Get Fooled Again” intro.

Eventually, I hope to tie my love of this show to toys…

END: The Iron Man movie figures were officially released this weekend, and I scored a Mark 03 IM and an Iron Monger (OK, my fianceé scored the Monger). Pete of Fanwank scored the “Repulsor Red Prototype” Target exclusive and the Mark 01 Prototype figures as well, so look for an unusually-formatted review of those tonight (to make up for the lack of a post yesterday).

ODD: I’m going to be on vacation Thursday and Friday this week, but fear not–you’ll still be getting your weekdaily dose of PGPoA. Look for a little something by the aforementioned Pete on Thursday, and on Friday, I’ve got another new figure comic, this one possibly ongoing.

END: The second wave of DC Universe Classics still hasn’t shipped from the online retailers. In fact, they haven’t been seen anywhere other than Target. Here’s my theory: Target did their own shipping from China on this wave, whereas everyone else, from Toys ‘R Us to the online retailers, are waiting for Mattel to distribute the figures themselves–and Mattel’s stuff hasn’t gotten to their distribution centers yet.

When asked, ToyGuru responded that the second wave would be out at the beginning of March. Technically that was true, but now I’m wondering if that was based only on the projected date that Target would have the figures out. As for why Mattel’s shipments are taking so long–it could be there was a delay due to all the bad weather China had last month; or, just maybe, Mattel decided to try and squeeze in the modern Red Tornado variant from DCUC1 into the case mix (which would be fantastic, but I doubt that’s what happened).