Author Archives: Poe Ghostal

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen two-pack review

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Poe Ghostal

It's been a week since Into the Spider-Verse opened, and while we won't be getting into spoilers today, I think we can all agree the film is fantastic. However, when it comes to toys, things are rather lacking. And now, … Continue reading →

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Castle Grayskullman addendum: interview with creator Daniel Benedict

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Poe Ghostal

In preparation for today's Castle Grayskullman review, I conducted a brief interview with CGM creator Daniel Benedict. And now, some more OAFEry:The gift everybody wants Flippin' through Previews - January '14 ATFC '14 - Day 2: Mattel Madballs Blind Bags … Continue reading →

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Poe Ghostal's "Top 10" votes

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Poe Ghostal

All month we've been naming the best toys of the past 10 years. And now we're going to show you how everybody voted. Here are Poe's rankings:

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Boromir says...

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Poe Ghostal

Tomorrow is sale day on Matty Collector. To which we say, "good luck": And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #90 Mattel rips off a fan design Minimate Mini-Review #312 - Legolas & Gimli SDCC 2011 - Preview … Continue reading →

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Conflicts of interest in reviewing

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Poe Ghostal

There's an article on Forbes today that's about the controversial Mass Effect 3 ending and the state of videogame reviewing. It's an interesting read, even if you're not a gamer, because it raises a lot of interesting questions about the … Continue reading →

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Robocop addendum

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Poe Ghostal

In honor of today's review of the new NECA Robocop, here's a picture of the man himself taking down a Terminator: That is all. And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' Through Previews - June '11 Flippin' through Previews - December '13 … Continue reading →

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MOTUC Shadow Beast addendum

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Poe Ghostal

In today's review of the MotU Classics Shadow Beast, I raised the question of how this figure could so obviously be based on the old Filmation designs, when those are reportedly off-limits for the characters. Here's what Mattel had to … Continue reading →

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Duke Nukem addendum

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Poe Ghostal

Around 1993 or so, my dad finally bought a new computer to replace our family's aging IBM Compatible. While I had played a few computer games on that machine, almost all of them were adventure games like King's Quest, Police … Continue reading →

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Roboto's shoulders are on backwards

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Poe Ghostal

Mattel QC has done it again. I'm still trying to decide how much I care about this, but over on He-Man.org fans have discovered that Roboto's shoulders appear to be backwards, much like the first-release He-Man. It looks like the … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Moss Man

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Poe Ghostal

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. In today's review of MOTU Classics Moss Man, I briefly alluded to the Four Horsemen's plans for the Mo2K Moss Man, but … Continue reading →

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