{"id":227,"date":"2015-04-27T20:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T20:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2015-04-27T20:36:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T20:36:54","slug":"the-best-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"The BEST Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-228\" src=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a> Batman toys are normally what I run to. I went specifically to a GREAT comic store in LA called Meltdown. Boy is that an awesome place. Right on Sunset across from the Guitar Center, and it&#8217;s big. Really big. Big enough that it&#8217;s not just comics. It&#8217;s not even just comics and toys. It&#8217;s comics, toys, games, events, and maybe best of all, classic toys and action figures displayed behind glass, but still for sale. This was where I picked up the Batman from the Son of Batman animated movie. Is it the best toy ever? Is it even as cool as the Old West Batman it&#8217;s next to in the picture? No. But I wanted a toy, so I bought it. And for a while, I was really excited. Who knew what I would learn just a week or two later?<a href=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230\" src=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a>So yeah. This guy. I&#8217;m not even a big Hulk fan. But I was visiting with some friends and their year old baby. He was restless so someone suggested the &#8220;kids section&#8221; of Barnes and Noble.<\/p>\n<p>Am I the ONLY PERSON ON EARTH that didn&#8217;t know B&amp;N has the BEST toy section EVER!?! Awesome action figures, tons of games, and it&#8217;s not just the quality; it&#8217;s the straight dope quantity of quality!!<\/p>\n<p>There was a Batman figure, but oddly I didn&#8217;t like it very much. Then I saw Hulk. And I bought him. And I love him. And I can&#8217;t wait to go back!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-227\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/?p=227&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/dylanmaddalena.com\/?p=227\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batman toys are normally what I run to. 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