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	<description>Jason Geyer has been part of the online toy world for over 10 years, having founded some of the very first toy sites on the web including Raving Toy Maniac, ToyOtter, and now Action Figure Insider. He is also a former toy designer who is now a marketing genius. If he does say so himself. And he does.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Always Darkest Just Before Dawn</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/16/its-always-darkest-just-before-dawn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/16/its-always-darkest-just-before-dawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
So the new Batman movie opens tomorrow: The Dark Knight.
And to herald this event, here are a few choice looks back at this incredible franchise. 
Hey, who IS doing the new theme song, anyway?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOwcnh_HSZg



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKiG_9C5T8E



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22SA2xuLSM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH4Pz-cNRbU

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaDZIrxh-0

&#160; 

That last one is dedicated to our dear departed Peter Fries! We miss you, buddy! 
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		<title>The Bittersweet Taste of Fame</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/05/the-bittersweet-tastes-of-fame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/05/the-bittersweet-tastes-of-fame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a very good artist.
I mean, I&#8217;m OK as far as it goes. I can get the job done or at least figure out what needs to be done. But when it comes to guys like Matt Cauley or Kerry Gammill or Dave Hudnut (all guys I know and worked with) there&#8217;s just no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I miss the 80s, Pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/04/i-miss-the-80s-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/07/04/i-miss-the-80s-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy 4th of July, all!
This holiday always makes me think of being a kid back in the 1980s, hanging out with my friends for backyard grilling, then going to another house for more grilling, then another house for even more grilling&#8230;.you get the picture. Since I moved away from home in 1990 I&#8217;ve rarely been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Fat Yellow Frog</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/06/09/big-fat-yellow-frog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/06/09/big-fat-yellow-frog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I post about more unseen Star Wars stuff, I thought I&#8217;d do a bit of follow-up to some that I&#8217;ve already shown. One of our biggest heartbreaks in designing stuff for Phantom Menace promotions was getting all the way to prototype on a big Jabba the Hutt beanbag, but having it rejected for cost/size [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What have I done?</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/06/08/what-have-i-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/06/08/what-have-i-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So I started this year vowing to cut back on the toy buying. In fact, I had quit buying almost all together, thanks in part to it being so hard to find Mattel&#8217;s latest offerings and the fact that Hasbro has delayed the next batch of Marvel Legends for so long. In any case I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rap-O Clap-O! Crazy Cuts!</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/05/27/rap-o-clap-o-crazy-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/05/27/rap-o-clap-o-crazy-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I miss the 80s. Sure, it was a weird time, but it was also a really fun time. And pre-internet, the early days of cable TV held so many hidden riches, not the least of which was MTV actually airing music videos all day long. I&#8217;m not sure what kids today watch in the afternoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting Yourself Into a Corner</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/15/painting-yourself-into-a-corner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/15/painting-yourself-into-a-corner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/?p=67</guid>
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Today&#8217;s toys have risen in quality in leaps and bounds over the toys of my youth. The sculpting is better, the molding is better, the packaging&#8230;can be better at times, and the articulation is in a whole other league. And for the most part, the painting is better. Well, sometimes, that is. For companies like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our 3rd Anniversary Begins!</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/14/our-3rd-anniversary-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/14/our-3rd-anniversary-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Wow. It&#8217;s been three whole years since I agreed to help out my friend Daniel Pickett set up a new site. And all I originally intended to do was just help design some stuff and then return to not updating ToyOtter.com. Ever since leaving RTM, I had decided to never run a big toy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monkeys Rock!</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/02/monkeys-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/04/02/monkeys-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I&#8217;ve been away from the blog for awhile. Work has been kicking my ass, big time.
Lots to blog about, lots more unseen concepts to see, and lots to talk about concerning upcoming toy news that we can&#8217;t speak of just yet.
In the meantime, I&#8217;m not sure anything I could write about can possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rejected! Star Wars Follow-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/02/14/a-rejected-star-wars-follow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/ottertorials/2008/02/14/a-rejected-star-wars-follow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ToyOtter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. I had no idea that this blog post of crazy Star Wars concepts would get picked up so fast and spread around the web. So welcome, new readers! Go check out the post on Mister Dog, you won&#8217;t regret it! And stick around next week for Toy Fair; we&#8217;ll have big pictures of lots [...]]]></description>
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