Its not uncommon to find examples of genetic engineering within the realm of parumplasticus populus [Latin: little plastic people]. In fact, the re-purposing of action figure DNA happens frequently within a species. What’s not as common is to see unrelated species share the same genetics. Rarer still is to find that elusive action figure line that is bred almost entirely from foreign DNA. Some within the scientific community call this kitbashing. And Kenner’s 1991 line of figures from the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves took this practice to new heights.

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Sometime back I posted a blog entitled The Bazooka Wormhole. I defined the phenomenon this way:

a) A geek obsession that results in countless lost hours exhausting every aspect of trivia related to the niche subject.
b) A compulsive preoccupation, at times against your will, with the minutiae of a particular topic within geek culture.

Urban Dictionary published my little term thus immortalizing it for all time. Anywho, after my first mock blog about Metron’s collection of chairs I pretty much got sucked down a 6″ scale chair wormhole and posted a second blog showcasing more cosmic settees. God forbid, I stop there. Whether or not you are still (or ever have been) entertained by photos of Metron with everything but his Mobius chair, here are some more entries…

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So a while ago on one of those rare days I get the nerve to enter the Mattel forums I stumbled on a thread entitled Attention Customizers And JLU Fans. On page 9 forum member Ed Case posted some pics of his Sgt. Rock custom. Now, I’m a big fan of many of you amazing customizers. This one just jumped out at me because: 1) Sgt Rock was at the top of my list of JLU character wants and 2) Ed did a really nice job. Some PMs were exchanged and finally Ed caved to my threats and agreed to make another Sarge for ol’ CantinaDanny’s collection.

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SpyMagician here!  Reporting from the great white north!  Read on for coverage of
a really cool Fan Event at Metropolis Comics in the Greater Vancouver, BC area!

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