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And the winner of Panthor is…

February 13th, 2011

    The winner of the Panthor contest is Michael Giaritelli (no forum nickname was given). Thanks for playing, Michael!! Stay tuned as there will …

Toy Packaging

December 7th, 2009

Found a fun little item over at Amazon this morning. Despite the title of the blog, it wasn’t a toy. In Amazon’s music download store they have an abundance of music that is free to download. I’m having fun checking that page each day as you …

Sinestro Corps Question

July 25th, 2009

Last night at work I was going on about the new DCUC figures shown at Comic Con yesterday and the subject turned to Blackest Night and the various color Corps and the emotions that power the respective rings.  I went back to work and as I was fiddling …

SDComics’ 2009 SDCC Preview Night Photos

July 23rd, 2009

 Mike "SDcomics" Walker (Editor Emeritus of SDCC!) has kindly shared his Preview Night photos with us.  Here are links to temporary galleries in the forum until we get the photos loaded into the AFi Galleries…   Preview Night   …

DC Universe Classics Fan Vote #2 is LIVE!

July 8th, 2009

The 2009 Mattel / Toyfare Magazine DC Universe Classics Fans’ Choice Vote is now live!  Click the image below to go cast your vote now!  Then head over to to the forums to discuss the voting..  (Thanks to forum member xrmc20 for pointing out that the vote …

16 May 1990

May 15th, 2009

 May 16, 1990.  That’s the day the world lost a very unique individual — Jim Henson. 

Toys That Make You Say “Wha…?”: Episode II

April 24th, 2009

  Episode II: Temblor

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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… 

Some things are best not explained . . .

March 10th, 2009

…and sometimes a picture is all it takes.

Toys That Make You Go “Wha…?”: Episode I

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  

How do you count your collection?

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 …

May 1st – Indy toys have arrived!

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)

Something you don’t see everyday. . .

April 23rd, 2008

The Cost of Collecting

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. 

“EARTHQUAKE!!!”

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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