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May 15th, 2009
May 16, 1990. That’s the day the world lost a very unique individual — Jim Henson.
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April 24th, 2009
Episode II: Temblor
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March 17th, 2009
Since "Danny Boy" is such a popular tune on this day I thought I’d share one of the most moving renditions I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing…
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March 10th, 2009
…and sometimes a picture is all it takes.
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March 4th, 2009
About nine months ago I ran across one of the most bizarre toy finds I’ve ever run across. I picked up a couple of sets just to blog about them but I was never really able to get a handle on what to write other than to just show them off and ask "isn’t this weird?" so I’ve kept putting off writing about them. Until now… You see, couple of weeks back I found an old CD that had C+C Music Factory’s "Things That Make You Go Hmmm…" on it and after a couple of listens it struck me… So with apologies to C+C Music Factory and Arsenio Hall, I present the first installment of… Episode I: Wind-Up Sushi
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August 6th, 2008
Back in March over at Star Wars site Galactic Hunter Adam Pawlus set out to get some sort of near-definitive count of how many "different" Star Wars action figures had been released by Kenner/Hasbro since 1978 (you can read his results/method of counting …
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May 1st, 2008
Well, May 1st has FINALLY arrived and my excitement comes from being able to "officially" buy the new Indiana Jones toys (Jonathan Coulton’s idea sounds good, but I’m gonna need a wife first, but I digress…). I hit the local Wal-Mart at midnight and scored one of every basic and deluxe 3 3/4" figure for the launch (I passed on the vehicles ’cause that would’ve added another $40 and I just couldn’t bring myself to do that this morning…) Here’s my collection so far… (I apologize for the sloppy photography)
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April 23rd, 2008
I’ve been collecting action figures for a long time now and everytime there’s a price increase I wince. Like many of you, I get comfortable with the pricing on the lines I collect and it’s not easy to make an adjustment to new pricing, but I think we’re all going to be in for a lot of price jumps for the remainder of the year.
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April 18th, 2008
Okay, so it wasn’t all that noticable where I am but there is just somethng freaky about having the floor move beneath your chair. Got to say that was the strangest "coffee-break" I’ve taken at work in a long time, everyone was just looking at each other going "is …
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April 15th, 2008
Well, it’s just a little over two weeks until the official release of Hasbro’s new Indiana Jones toys and I’m chomping at the bit. See, I’ve been waiting nearly 25 years for these just because I missed out on them the first …
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