This statement is getting harder and harder for me to continue to state. I’m usually really good and looking at some new figures or toys coming out and saying, “that’s pretty cool” and move on. But then I came across this one and it immediately took me back to my childhood.

Scooby Doo, Where Are You? ran for only 2 years, but went on in various versions, updates, live action films, and way more than any this 5-year-old kid could have imagined back in 1970 when he was first watching them. Being a buddy young horror fan, Scooby Doo was the show for kids like me. While I do find it pretty interesting that while the joke out there that this TV show let kids know that the only real monsters out there were humans, it honestly did help this little kid understand that what we see in the movies where just that . . . a guy in a mask. No matter how scared and real they looked, Fred, Daphine, and the gang always uncovered the mystery to find the ghost, monster, creature, or whatever, was just a guy.

But back to this damn thing. I’ve seen figures or toys of Scooby and the gang before, but I think it was the whole playset thing, which included some of the more famous villains from the show, as well as the gang and the Mystery Machine that really got me. Kudos to Mezco for not only coming up with this idea, but going overboard with all the little details, like the extra parts that comes with the set. Such as the hero sandwich, map, box of Scooby Snacks, sausage link, magnifying glass, and much more. So yeah, it retails around $180, I gotta say that the little kid inside me is pretty damn excited just looking at this. I haven’t ordered it yet, and honestly hope not to (because I DON’T collect toys), but that little kid may get control at some point while I’m at the computer. We’ll see how wins that battle.