Yearly Archives: 2007

Link exchange

We've been getting a lot of email, lately, from people asking for a link exchange - you know, we list them on our site, they list us on theirs. Seems only fair, right? Not hardly.

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DCSH Brainiac addendum

Today's DC Superheroes Series 4 Brainiac review told how, like Lex Luthor, the character was redesigned for Kenner's Super Powers line, but the design was also put into the comics, in 1983's Action Comics #544. During the pitch process for … Continue reading →

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, March 15

The OAFEnet Email Update welcomes our new robot overlords. We stumbled onto a bit of a theme, this week: two normal people, two armored people, two complete robots. Funny the way things work out.

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Transformers Tuesday: The War Within

For this week's Transformers Tuesday, yo reviewed the Titanium series Cybertron Heroes Jetfire. The War Within comics had great pre-Earth designs for the Transformers, and we're slowly building a whole collection. What's available so far? <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Transformers: … Continue reading →

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This week in comicshops - 03/14

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

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, March 8

The OAFEnet Email Update will take you to the candyshop, but it will not let you lick the lollipop.

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Transformers Tuesday: The Seekers

In today's Transformers Tuesday review, Legends of Cybertron Sunstorm, we said that the character was originally a repaint of the G1 Seeker mold. Now, diehard fans will know that the Seekers were all those Decepticons who turned into jets: Starscream, … Continue reading →

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This week in comicshops - 03/07

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

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Flippin' Through Previews - March '07

It's time once again to thumb through the toy section of this month's Previews, and see what goodies we can uncover. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #170 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen two-pack … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Fantastic Four Trapster

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is ToyBiz's Trapster. Originally known as Paste-Pot Pete, Trapster was created in 1962 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby … Continue reading →

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