Tag Archives: Indie Spotlight

Rustin's Spoils of the Week #104

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Rustin Parr

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: Indie Spotlight Cassie Hack

Posted on April 11, 2012 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Shocker Toys' Hack/Slash Cassie Hack. Cassie would have been part of the Indie Spotlight line, and was planned … Continue reading →

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Indie Spotlight update

Posted on December 11, 2011 by OAFE

Shocker Toys posted an update about Indie Spotlight Series 2 on their Facebook page: We would like to apologize to all the fans for the long wait and delays on our end. We are working as hard as we can … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #29

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Rustin Parr

SDCC haul? Yes please! Now, this is about a third of the non-exclusive haul. The second third will be up next week while the third... third got to stay in California in my parents' attic. And now, some more OAFEry:Batman … Continue reading →

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The Maxx in motion

Posted on November 29, 2009 by OAFE

In today's review of Shocker Toys' The Maxx figure, yo talked about how MTV ran a cartoon based on that book in the '90s. Sadly, for whatever reason, MTV has decided not to release the series on DVD yet, so … Continue reading →

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The problem with Shocker Toys' ShadowHawk

Posted on July 12, 2009 by OAFE

In today's review of the Indie Spotlight Series 1 ShadowHawk, we said that the costume design was all wrong, but that it wasn't worth making a list of all the inaccuracies. Well, apparently my time is worthless, because here's a … Continue reading →

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Look at what Shocker Toys has done now!

Posted on January 27, 2008 by OAFE

Okay, so when Shocker Toys announced announced their plans for an Indie Spotlight line, we compared them to vaporware - a comparison that seemed especially true when they started losing licenses to ToyBiz and showed off unimpressive prototypes. Well, if … Continue reading →

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ToyBiz: Indie Legends are a go?

Posted on January 9, 2007 by OAFE

Check out this image originally posted on 2000AD Online, the official Judge Dredd site: You notice it says "from ToyBiz" under there. Looks like Shocker Toys' "Indie Spotlight" has lost another license. And now, some more OAFEry:Soon Forget: Legendary Heroes … Continue reading →

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