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Crisis of Wasted Potential

The toy license Todd McFarlane has: The toy license Todd McFarlane thinks he has: (via) And now, some more OAFEry:Soon Forget: DC Multiverse Black Canary Flippin' Through Previews - August '07 DC Direct Batman "Hush" Huntress addendum Batroc the Leaper … Continue reading

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DC Bombshells Mystery Minis - Mera review

And now, some more OAFEry:Rick and Morty Mystery Minis - Pickle Rick review Horizon Zero Dawn Mystery Minis - Corruptor review Stranger Things Mystery Minis - Demogorgon review Horror Classics Mystery Minis - An American Werewolf in London review Heroes … Continue reading

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Soon Forget: Flashpoint Aquaman

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Flashpoint Aquaman. In the Flashpoint story, Aquaman was returned to Atlantis when he was a teenager, so … Continue reading

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Imaginext DC Blind Bagged Figures Series 2

The first series of DC Imaginext Blinds Bags was a big surprise but was, and has been, notoriously difficult to find, even after a re-release a year or two ago! So it was a great relief to find this second … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #219

And now we partake in the second Mattelocaust in order rush through a handful of 2019 purchases from that once great toy manufacturer. I enjoyed the Aquaman movie far more than I imagined but by the time I'd seen it, … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #217

I don't really want to call this a "Mattelocaust," as that incorporates a very loaded word with a generally pretty specific connotation, and while we love to gripe about Mattel's inadequacies... that seems a rotten comparison to make. However, I … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #215

Had me a big week - let's check out the Spoils! And now, some more OAFEry:Vitruvian HACKS: Ghost Light (Glow in the Dark) accessory set First trailer for The Lego Movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen two-pack … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #213

Man, I had a pretty fortuitous weekend! I went out and hit a couple Walmarts, Five Belows, Walgreens and Gamestops - and came home happy, only to find my set of Super 7 Masters of the Universe Classics figures waiting … Continue reading

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Mattel's stupid SDCC 2018 plan

Mattel has always been the #1 name in bad decisions, especially when it comes to their convention exclusives. But this year, they really seem to have reached new heights of idiocy. Or is that depths? Here are the official instructions … Continue reading

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A Lego Batcave worthy of Bruce Wayne

And now, some more OAFEry:Marvel Legends addendum: dat (female) body! Rustin's Spoils of the Week #119 The many names of Micron Rustin's Spoils of the Week #27 Minimate Mini-Review #336 - Gotham Series 4 Box Set

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