Category Archives: Palisades

Rustin's Spoils of the Week #83

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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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #73

Two big things happened this week - my friend and colleague took me to a collector store in his home town and Toys R Us slapped me in the face with a load of new arrivals. The collector store was … Continue reading

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SDCC 2011 - Preview Night

Comic-Con (you know which one) kicked off tonight in a blaze of ... stuff And now, some more OAFEry:ATFC '12 - Day 3: NECA Rustin's Spoils of the Week #91 Thor Minimate Mini-Review #2 - Asgardian Guard & Civilian Thor … Continue reading

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A killer scratch-built Muppet Theatre Stage playset custom

We've talked before about the heartbreaking loss of all the cool stuff Palisades had planned for their Muppets line. Well, prepare to feel the pain again, because today we have another wretched example. And now, some more OAFEry:Optimus Prime will … Continue reading

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Lights, camera, ACTION (figures)!

Today yo reviewed the George Lucas in Stormtrooper Disguise figure, and mentioned that he's just one of several directors who have their own action figures. And now, some more OAFEry:ATFC '12 - Day 3: Diamond Flippin' through Previews - July … Continue reading

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Caption this!

This Figuretoon needs a joke. Write the best one, and you can see your words immortalized in whatever the digital equivalent of "print" is! And now, some more OAFEry:DIE, articulation! Rustin's Spoils of the Week #45 Rustin's Spoils of the … Continue reading

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Dear NECA: make Sesame Street toys

Recently, yo go re and I had the same idea at the same time: that NECA should make Sesame Street toys. For no good reason, here's a bit of our discussion on the subject.

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Happy 40th birthday, Sesame Street!

Yes, dear readers, that's right - it was 40 years ago today that Big Bird first stepped onto Sesame Street, which means it's entirely likely there are kids watching the show today whose grandparents remember its premiere. In 1969, no … Continue reading

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The Great Muppets Send-Off

It's lasted for a couple of years now and and like all good things, it must come to an end. Its come time to send off one of the greatest action figure lines ever made - The Muppets.

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Invader Zim blues

I absolutely adore Invader Zim, the off-the-wall Jhonen Vasquez cartoon that was cut painfully short by an insane Nickelodeon, who clearly had no idea what they were asking when they got the man behind Johnny the Homocidal Maniac and Squee! … Continue reading

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