Yearly Archives: 2008

This week in comicshops - 01/23

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

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, January 17

Bucking the trend, the OAFEnet Email Update *cannot* fit in a manilla envelope.

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Retro-view: Soaron Sky Sentry

We all remember the "big" 1980s toylines, like Masters of the Universe or GI Joe, but there were dozens (if not hundreds) of other, smaller, lines that filled our toyboxes. Things that are more obscure today, things that perhaps you'd … Continue reading →

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This week in comicshops - 01/16

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

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, January 10

The magic's in the music and the music's in the OAFEnet Email Update. The weather is unseasonably warm this week, so we feel like singing. Since every one of us is screechingly tone-deaf, however, we'll have to settle for using … Continue reading →

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GI Joe Movie Watch: Rumors and Scuttlebutt

So it's been quite a while since our last GI Joe Movie Watch update, and this one is really only half a post. According to Variety, there's one new cast member and one guy "in talks." Of course, it's Variety, … Continue reading →

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This week in comicshops - 01/09

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

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Say, you look familiar

In yesterday's episode of the new Transformers Animated series, the Autobots ran into their first human opponent, the Robin Hood-esque villain Angry Archer. Well, his outfit and m.o. were based on Robin Hood - his face was based on Aaron … Continue reading →

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My Toy Shrine

I have often mentioned my "Shrine," a cabinet holding a sort of "vertical slice" representation of the entire history of my toy collecting, from He-Man and Transformers up to the present day, but I thought perhaps you would like to … Continue reading →

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OAFEnet Update for Thursday, January 3

The OAFEnet Email Update was the first baby born in the new year.

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