Yearly Archives: 2012

Matrimonial Minimates

Posted on January 27, 2012 by OAFE

So, Luke Porter, friend of the site, is quite the Minimate customizer. And when one of his friends was getting married, said friend turned to Luke to make the coolest wedding placeholders ever: That's great, man, but where's the picture … Continue reading →

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OAFEnet Email Update for Thursday, January 26

Posted on January 26, 2012 by OAFE

Read the OAFEnet Email Update on your North Korean cellphone.

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #48

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Rustin Parr

I functionally can not stop myself from obsessing over Legos in both thought and purchase. Fortunately, though, I've managed to keep some degree of level head and accumulate more than a fair share of Figures over the past few weeks … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Michael Keaton

Posted on January 24, 2012 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Kenner's Batman Forever Batman. Obviously there were Batman Forever toys, but none like this. When Kenner began work … Continue reading →

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This week in comicshops - 01/25

Posted on January 23, 2012 by OAFE

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

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Da Vinci's Flying Machine addendum - GameStop

Posted on January 22, 2012 by yo go re

In today's review of the Assassin's Creed 2 Flying Machine, I said that there were two GameStops in my mall, one right above the other. That sounds like typical hyperbole, right? Like joking about how there's a Starbucks next door … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #37 - Havok & Polaris

Posted on January 21, 2012 by yo go re

#37 - Havok/Polaris <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - March '15 X-Men Legends Multiple Man addendum "X-Men: the Movie" Wolverine vs. Sabretooth review Minimate Mini-Review #21 - Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver Rustin's Spoils of the Week #124

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GI Joe: Re-Stallion-ation

Posted on January 20, 2012 by OAFE

Somebody made a Transformers 3/Friendship is Magic mashup, so it's only fair we get a GI Joe: Retaliation version, as well: <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>That time that "Yo Adrian" almost met "Yo Joe!" In defense of Zartan's Swamp Skier … Continue reading →

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OAFEnet Email Update for Thursday, January 19

Posted on January 19, 2012 by OAFE

The OAFEnet Email Update chooses to fight the power. We get a lot of questions about whether or not "Figure (X)" is worth buying. This week we tried to answer some of those.

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Why we support the fight against SOPA and PIPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by yo go re

To begin with, read this article about a hip-hop website that got taken down by the government for completely fraudulent reasons, and the headache they had to go through to get reinstated. And then this one, which shows why GoDaddy … Continue reading →

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