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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #104

Comic Con 2013 - a more wretched hive of toys and collectibles you'd be hard pressed to find. I did my best to "spend wisely" as money is an ever-decreasing excess of mine, but despite that intent I still loaded … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: DeviA.N.T.s

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hyperchild's DeviANTS line. Remember the DeviANTs? The large vinyl figures that debuted at Comic-Con International in 2003? There … Continue reading →

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SDCC 2013 - Day 5: Sunday 7/21

After little more than four hours of sleep it was time to finish packing up the multitude of purchases, load up the old Rustin-mobile and get down to the Convention Center before parking disappeared. Turns out I didn't need to … Continue reading →

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SDCC 2013 - Day 4: Saturday 7/20

What a morning - I walked in to see nothing but an "End of Line" sign at the Hasbro ticket distribution table. I was able to walk right up and get a ticket with absolutely zero wait! Before I left … Continue reading →

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SDCC 2013 - Day 3: Friday 7/19

Today I had an epiphany. It's nothing terrible ground-shaking but it was that simple precipice between saying something and meaning it. The toy exclusives have ruined Comic Con. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Hasbro being sued over SDCC exclusives

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SDCC 2013 - Day 2: Thursday 7/18

The first day, proper, of the Con began not dissimilar to the previous one. I'd misjudged my arrival time and between a late departure and a rockin' hunt for parking I made it to the Convention Center at about 9:00am … Continue reading →

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SDCC 2013 - Day 1: Wednesday 7/17

This was the roughest start to the Comic-Con International in San Diego I've yet to endure. The previous nine days I was working on the east the coast and only returned home Wednesday morning at 12:00am. Surprisingly, twelve hours was … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #103

Well, as you may have noticed I tend to buy a lot of stuff. I also have nothing but the best on intentions when it comes to reviewing it all, in fact Spoils of the Week was partly born out … Continue reading →

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San Diego Comic-Con 2013

July 17th - 21st, 2013

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JoeCon 2013 script reading

At JoeCon 2013 in Indianapolis, Mary McDonald-Lewis and Bill Ratner reprise their roles as Lady Jaye and Flint from the '80s GI Joe cartoon. Lady Jaye has something to tell Flint. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Soon Forget: GI Joe Battlefield … Continue reading →

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