Category: Toys
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SDCC Exclusives Part Deux
I should really read my toy magazines when I get them. Just saw in both Toyfare and Toy Shop magazines that Hasbro has an exclusive Stan Lee action figure. Â Oh will I never learn! I gots to get me one of those! On a more positive note I heard from someone that they picked up…
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Indy is Returning to Film and Comics
Indiana Jones for a new generation… Lucasfilm’s celebrated action/adventure hero, Indiana Jones, the forerunner of popular characters such as Lara Croft, will be making a triumphant return in 2008 with the yet-to-be-titled fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film series. Starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg, the film is slated for release in…
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SDCC Exclusives
Personally I hate exclusives. And I especially hate them when they are impossible to get. I am referring to the Star Trek Snoopy and Woodstock bobble heads from Funko. Which are only available at San Diego Comic Con [going on right now]. Â Being on the east coast I cannot easily or affordably head over and…
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Batwoman on My Desk
I got an opener figure today at Suncoast Video. And a discount to boot [the package was all smashed]. Wahoo! She was immediately ripped open, stuck on her stand and placed on a spot of honor on my desk at work. Figre description: Direct from the pages of DC’s Weekly Blockbuster comes Batwoman. Standing at…
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Spending the Day Knee Deep in Lego
I am working on a big [big for me] LEGO project. I have purchased the instructions for some really cool Star Trek sets from BaronSat. And these will be really cool once I get all the pieces and can start building. I spent all day saturday digging through my lego pieces and got maybe 50%…
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Actions Figures Are Alive and Well
I have been hearing that action figures are dead. That kids don’t play with them any more. All they want are video games and collectible card games. Well that’s just not true. Spend a day with a kid at Grandma’s house [no video games] and give him a figure or two to play with. Guess…
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Don’t Play With Your Food
Especially if it is the Edible Marvel Action Figures from Dynatech. These things appear to be a good idea when you first read about them…build an action figure with candy pieces. Play with it then eat it. Â Well, they did not make the candy hard enough so it melts in the package causing a gooey…