Category Archives: commentary

New Reviews!! + thoughts on Marvel

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Shocka

Reading a couple of our Marvel Legends reviews got me to thinking... I'm generally a fan of comics (or "graphic novels"), with favourites including Sin City, Johnny the Homocidal Maniac/Squee, The Dark Knight Returns and anything else by Frank Miller.

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Movie Maniacs/Now Playing/Cult Classics

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Poe Ghostal

Here's a question for our readers: are McFarlane's Movie Maniacs, SOTA's Now Playing, and NECA's Cult Classics all in the same basic scale? If I recall correctly, even the various Movie Maniacs aren't necessarily in scale with one another, but … Continue reading →

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ATFC - Nightmares of Lovecraft

Posted on February 20, 2005 by OAFE

I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft, so I've been eagerly awaiting SOTA's Nightmares of Lovecraft line, which they announced last year at the SDCC. The line is based on the written works of Lovecraft, rather than a film or … Continue reading →

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ATFC - Palisades (+ Frank the Bunny)

Posted on February 19, 2005 by Poe Ghostal

Welcome to Day 3 of our Armchair Toy Fair Coverage™. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #101 Soon Forget: Palisades Sesame Street Bert Flippin' through Previews - November '15 Evil plastic Kermit Fraggle Rock scale comparison

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ATFC thoughts

Posted on February 19, 2005 by Shocka

Now, Poe's been sniping at me to try and get me to talk about Toy Fair, and I don't have huge amounts to say - I have other things to do and sights to see, but I'm in good spirits … Continue reading →

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ATFC - Hellboy and Goon: denied!

Posted on February 18, 2005 by Poe Ghostal

It seems Mezco has placed a no-pictures policy on their two most anticipated lines, Hellboy and the Goon. Their official explanation, by way of an online board rep, is "various different reasons [we're] not going to get into." <i>And now, … Continue reading →

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Our Toy Fair coverage begins today…

Posted on February 17, 2005 by Poe Ghostal

That is to say, our coverage of other websites' Toy Fair coverage begins today. Yes, while other websites run around a big building in New York, clogging their arteries with criminally-overpriced hot dogs, dealing with coy toy manufacturers and bumping … Continue reading →

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Movie Maniacs 6: "Predator 2" addendum

Posted on May 23, 2003 by Poe Ghostal

At this point, I must give credit where it is due: it was my father who assiduously spent hours viewing R-rated movies, with two VCRs at the ready, dubbing a copy for me while cutting out the really violent or … Continue reading →

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Action figure dogma

Posted on November 19, 2002 by Poe Ghostal

In this month's ToyFare (#65), film maker and comic shop mogul Kevin Smith announced his plans to create a line of "inaction figures" based on the characters in his View Askew films (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay and … Continue reading →

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Toy Karma

Posted on November 17, 2002 by yo go re

I believe in karma. Toy karma.

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