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February 27th, 2012
Two years ago, almost to the day, I wrote a piece for Men of Action in which I gave, in no uncertain terms, my opinion of Diamond Select Toys’s handling of their three sci-fi action figure lines: Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Stargate. Unfortunately, I can’t say much has changed for any of those DST properties, but geek culture has.
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February 22nd, 2012
He-Man and I have had a rocky relationship.
Wait. Can we go back? I just… Crap. OK.
In a past post, I asked you to decide which of The Big Three is the all-time biggest non-licensed action figure property; G.I. Joe, Transformers, or Masters of the Universe. Opinion was typically divided, but no one disputed those three properties are, indeed, The Big Three. Joe, BotsnCons, and He-Man have been part of geek culture since the early 80s and, in one form or another, are as powerful and influential as ever.
In one form or another…hmmm…
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September 15th, 2011
Dear George,
When’s it going to stop?
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September 7th, 2011
…does the new Thudercats line, and especially the new cartoon, have anyone else missing these guys…
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August 25th, 2011
“Does Prime die…?”
I’ve wanted to do this for a while; take a fresh look at classic nerd movies with the perspectives of time and everything following them.
We’re going to start with a bit of a hybrid. It’s not only a seminal movie for thirtysomething toy geeks, it’s also one of the lynchpins in the mythos of one of the greatest of action figure brands. The year was 1986. The occasion was my best friend’s 12th birthday. We went to Movieland on Central Avenue in Yonkers, New York and saw…
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August 20th, 2011
Norman Bates
Michael Myers
Jason Vorhees
Freddy Krueger
Alice Hudson
No…?
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August 11th, 2011
In my last post, I told you all why I’ve subscribed to Club Infinite Earths. Since then, I’ve seen a lot of conversation about the club here, and elsewhere, and I feel like there’s a crippling amount of cross-talk and misinformation coloring perceptions on all sides of the issue. So, here are two letters I hope will make things plain to all concerned.
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August 9th, 2011
The future.
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May 12th, 2011
…I think I’ve watched/listened to this about 50 times this week. I realize that means there’s something wrong with me but, in the event you haven’t seen it once yet, I thought I’d give you the opportunity. Fair warning, a few of the lyrics are …
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May 2nd, 2011
The following is based entirely on the Masters of the Universe Classics bios and is organized according to the facts contained therein, as well as logical conjecture. It will continue to grow and evolve as more MOTUC toys are released. I’ll answer any questions you have in the comments section. Or, you can contact me directly, or follow me, on Twitter. -JJJ
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January 26th, 2011
I’m in Toys R Us yesterday. Woman and her kid, let’s say he’s seven, dawdle ahead of me. "Oh, are these the action figures?" The mother peeks as though there might be consequences. "Let’s look here." Not wanting to trail them through the collectors’ aisle, I swing round to Transformers/Star Wars. Woman and child round at the far end and the kid sees something he wants. "No. You’re not getting that. No guns." Mom slips into a familiar declaration. "We don’t have guns in OUR house."
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November 2nd, 2010
Dear Matty, You win. Conditionally. I realized I allowed your continued ineptitude …
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September 15th, 2010
Dear Matty, It is because we’re such good friends I feel I can tell you the truth. You are a drug dealer. We are your addicts.
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September 9th, 2010
Remember what that’s from? Probably not. I’m in Walmart yesterday and, though they didn’t have what I went in there for, they did have the 2010 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 4" Lord Zedd figure (and Star Trek: Voyager Season 1 for 20 bucks, but that item doesn’t figure in the story). I went to what looked like the shortest line to pay… …and the adventure began.
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September 5th, 2010
Let’s get this out of the way right now. It’s not a call for amnesty. It’s not advocacy of killing those opposed to (illegal) immigration. Just stop it.
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