Monthly Archives: December 2006

OAFEnet Update for Thursday, December 28

On the third day of Christmas, OAFEnet gave to me/ the OAFEnet Email Update, duh. You can go find your own French Hens. Or Freedom Hens, maybe. Ah, the month is nearly over, and our goal of covering the entirety … Continue reading

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This week in comicshops - 12/28

Find out what toy-related items you can get at your local comicshop this Thursday.

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Is Christmas Still Real For You?

So hey, it turns out I still believe in Santa Claus. Go figure.

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Movie Colossus Marvel Legend

Daniel Cudmore, who played Colossus in both X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, has posted a picture of an ML-style X3 Colossus. Considering that Hasbro has been putting X3 figures in their early ML lines, this looks legit. … Continue reading

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A blog-premiere review: Superhero Squad Captain America & Hawkeye

The first of Hasbro's Marvel toys have started to sneak out early in a few locations, and so far everything looks good. There's been no huge drop-off in quality. Of course, we haven't seen anything but repackaged Spider-Man movie figures … Continue reading

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, December 21

Did you hear the news? The OAFEnet Email Update was just named Time Magazine's Man of the Year! It's been another absolutely huge week at OAFEnet - another seven days, another seven reviews. Remember, all through December, we're breaking out … Continue reading

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Captain Marvel addendum, part 2

When Captain Marvel debuted, he was a pretty standard hero: secret identity, supervillains, all that. He had a mildly interesting character arc, in that he came to Earth as a conqueror but was won over by humanity (like Silver Surfer); … Continue reading

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Captain Marvel addendum, part 1

As mentioned in our new Captain Marvel review, Marv was created and published solely to secure Marvel Comics' trademark on the name "Captain Marvel." Neither Fawcett nor DC Comics had published a book called Captain Marvel for several years, so … Continue reading

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Spawn...for kidz!

Michael Crawford's recently reviewed the new "animated" Spawn line. While I guess you could call Michael Crawford "competition", I don't really have a problem with him and I enjoy his reviews. However, I have to point out how ridiculous the … Continue reading

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New from Repro Labels

The folks over at Reprolabels.com have updated with several new designs, including a brand new category: retro-styled stickers for the new Transformers Classics. You love the Classics Starscream, but want him to have just a little more G1 flavor? Now … Continue reading

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