Category Archives: McFarlane

Rustin's Spoils of the Week #94

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Rustin Parr

Buckle your sweet bippies in, kiddos. We have about seven or eight weeks' worth of junk to get caught up on due to my rather hectic schedule of late. So, please, friends and readers - join me, won't you, as … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #84

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rustin Parr

It seems like every January I vow that I will open all of my Matty Collector junk as it comes in, and yet I still accumulate piles of untouched white boxes. Well, this year I'm attempting the same vow (though … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #83

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Rustin Parr

All right readers, allow me to level with you. For the past two or three months I've fallen victim to the same disenfranchisement as many other "Online Toy Personalities" have suffered during 2012. Who would want to write and photograph … Continue reading →

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Bark at the Moon

Posted on October 26, 2012 by OAFE

As we mentioned, Bark at the Moon Ozzy is not really designed to look like the cover of the album: See how different they look?

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John Carpenter's "The Thing" 1982 toy commercial

Posted on August 24, 2012 by OAFE

Remember back in 1982, when The Thing got a full toyline? Wait, you don't? How could you have forgotten, they had a tv commercial and everything! Reminds us of this. And now, some more OAFEry:GI Joe Movie Watch: Hasbro Reassures … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #65

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Rustin Parr

A couple weeks back I had the pleasure of spending some time in the greater Boston area. Not only did this mean the chance for some choice hunting across new-to-me grounds, but the ability to do so in a Pack … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #61

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Rustin Parr

My employer was kind enough to return me, for a week, to my beloved yester-home of Chicago. Whence there I, of course, made short business of re-acclimating myself to m'old hunting grounds. Unto me fell some reasonable luck and unto … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #58

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Rustin Parr

This week, we open with a quote. Taken from The Fry Chronicles, master wordsmith, humorist and all-around swell chap Stephen Fry sums up his "sugar dependency" with words quite apropos to my own thoughts on obsessive collecting: "The fact of … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #55

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Rustin Parr

As is oft the case at conventions, the materialism gets the better of me and I buy too much. Wonder Con 2012 was no different as I had to spread my haul across two weeks worth of Spoils (and even … Continue reading →

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ATFC '12 - Day 5: everyone else

Posted on February 15, 2012 by OAFE

Here's McFarlane: And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' Through Previews - April '07 Flippin' Through Previews - October '09 Flippin' through Previews - May '13 Flippin' through Previews - April '13 Flippin' Through Previews - November '10

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