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Posted on April 15, 2012 by Poe Ghostal

Tomorrow is sale day on Matty Collector. To which we say, "good luck": <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - May '15 The secret of the sword Retro Con Optimus Prime Rustin's Spoils of the Week #194 The Santa … 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. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>GI Joe retro packaging Flippin' through Previews - October '12 NECA's making … 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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MotU Classics: The Map of Etheria

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Poe Ghostal

Just like last year's Club Eternia saw subscribers get a free map, so too does this year's. Along with Preternian Disguise He-Man, we get a map of the planet Etheria: Etheria Beautiful Planet of Despondos After the Overlords of Trolla … 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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MotU Classics: the Map of Eternia

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Poe Ghostal

Included in the shipping box with Wun-Dar (and Evil-Lyn, since they came together) for those who subscribed to the full year of "Club Eternia" was a free bonus item, a poster featuring a map of Eternia: Eternia Ancient Planet of … 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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Who is Preternia Disguise He-Man?

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Poe Ghostal

No doubt a lot of casual MOTU fans are wondering where the heck the recently announced "Preternia Disguise He-Man" comes from. The answer is the vintage minicomic "The Powers of Grayskull - The Legend Begins" (inked by Bruce "DC Animated … Continue reading →

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