Val’s Toy Chest- Black Siren Redeemed, Arrow Getting There

April 19, 2019 Valentine Chhann Other Topics 0

Three years ago I wrote a scathing opinion piece which I only published on our online blog about how Arrow was dead because they had killed off Dinah Laurel Lance aka the Black Canary on the show. I quit Arrow that week and swore never to watch it again. That didn’t stick, because they eventually brought Katie Cassidy back as Laurel for several episodes as a guest star during season 5 where she portrayed several different versions of the character. This included the Black Siren character that was originally introduced on the Flash as the Earth 2 Laurel Lance. This Black Siren looked like Canary and even had her metahuman Sonic Scream but was portrayed as a villainess. She would become a series regular again starting with season 6. As of this week’s episode, Dinah Laurel Lance of Earth 2 has officially renounced her criminal ways and become the Black Canary, though we have only so far seen her as such in the flashforwards they are using this season. While Arrow has annoyed me many times over the years, I am cautiously optimistic about these last 14 episodes that will end the series run since season 8 is the final season. Anyway, for the first time in years, I am excited for Arrow again.

New toys this week include:

Toy Story action figures should be arriving any day now. This should be a fun line and ties in with the upcoming film.

Marvel Legends- a Falcon and Winter Soldier 2 pack that was originally a Target exclusive as well as a Pepper Potts, Mandarin, and Tony Stark set that was an Amazon exclusive should be here by the end of the week or early next week. We also have a small restock on the popular Infinity Gauntlet that Hasbro released last year to tie in with Infinity War.

A small WWE restock on basic series 82 which includes the current Champ Champ Becky Lynch amongst other WWE superstars.

Funko Endgame POPs are here. We still have a few of the EE exclusive figures with the trading cards but those are down to a handful of characters. For the characters that we had whose trading card versions are sold out we do have the standard versions in stock.

That’s it for me this week! See you next time!