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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #155

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Rustin Parr

Staaaar Waaaaars, nothing but Staaaaaar Waaaaaaars!!! My drought of writing-time came paired with the holiday season, which only exacerbated the situation since there was such a deluge of new toys released AND of various sales, to boot. In particular, Toys … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #154

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Rustin Parr

Okay, kids, as you may or may not know I travel a lot for the ol' day job and what that costs me in free time (for things like writing this column) it rewards me in opportunities for toy shopping … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #67

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rustin Parr

Just in time for my need to conserve funds for Comic-Con Toys R Us goes and gets in a bunch of new Minimates and cuts the MIB3 prices in half - what's a man to do but buy buy BUY!? … Continue reading →

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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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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #46

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rustin Parr

Welcome to 2012, kiddies. Behold the toys! <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #60 Star Wars snowmen SNL's Star Wars commercial hits close to home

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Geek Speak: the Death Tax

Posted on June 3, 2011 by OAFE

No, we're not talking about what rich a-holes call the "death tax"; this is something more specifically about toys. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Lego Batman Minifigures: Orca review Action Force: Sgt. Slaughter review An old-school wrestling ring birthday cake Lego … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #19

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Rustin Parr

Traveling for work this week, hence the stellar hotel-bathroom backdrops. While it sucks to be away from home it at least affords the opportunity to hunt on some new ground, and indeed that has paid off in spades. Not only … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #13

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Rustin Parr

Whew. Finally a slow week after a couple blitzkriegs on the ol' wallet. This one brings us some three quarters of the Toys R US Thor Minimates, the completion of PotC:OST 6 inch series 1, a touch of the Lego … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #12

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Rustin Parr

This was one of those unintentional haul weekends. Doing the rounds on Saturday rendered only the marked down 4" Tron Legacy figures. Sunday, on a whim and in a desire to "get out of the house," I went out to … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #9

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Rustin Parr

Jakks' new PotC figures rolled out in Toys R Us this week so the nightmare begins anew. With two figure packed at one per case, this one is going to be particularly hard. It'll be interesting to see the production … Continue reading →

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