Tag Archives: LotR

Supervillain primary debate, part 2

Posted on March 30, 2012 by OAFE

Continued from here. This time, social issues are the topic of the day. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Happy Batman Day Soon Forget: Hot Toys Eyeball Man Rustin's Spoils of the Week #5 '80s Childhood Royal Rumble Rustin's Spoils of the … Continue reading →

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Supervillain primary debate

Posted on March 14, 2012 by OAFE

Those of us in the US are stuck in the middle of primary election season, and it's getting really tedious. So here's something to take your mind off things: it's a debate between a bunch of black-hearted bastards with stupid, … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #46

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rustin Parr

Welcome to 2012, kiddies. Behold the toys! <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Episode 9 spoilers The Sound of Music Awakens Minimate Mini-Review #286 - Mallrats Rustin's Spoils of the Week #4 C2E2 2017

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #39

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Rustin Parr

I'm getting ready to move, but that didn't stop my purchasing, sadly. In all honestly this was about two or three weeks worth of stuff but it is now time to just unload fully on your poor folks. Read ye … Continue reading →

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Lights, camera, ACTION (figures)!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by OAFE

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. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Minimate Mini-Review #315 - Aragorn & Uruk-hai Berserker Even Sith Lords … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: LotR Minimates Series 3

Posted on August 28, 2010 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Series 3 of Art Asylum's Lord of the Rings Minimates. Series 3 was shown off at Toy Fair … Continue reading →

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What if another company made LotR figures?

Posted on August 23, 2006 by OAFE

In honor of the long-awaited release of NECA's Balrog, we reviewed ToyBiz's Balrog Battle Gandalf, and now we're having a bit of fun. See, I maintain that the LotR line is the best movie-based toy series since Star Wars, and … Continue reading →

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Squashing the rumors about NECA's Balrog

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Shocka

Thousands of people are eagerly awaiting NECA's 1/6th scale Balrog - a massive action figure, possibly the biggest ever 1:12 action figure ever created, in scale with the other Lord of the Rings figures by ToyBiz. <i>And now, some more … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition review

Posted on December 22, 2002 by yo go re

Whenever Hollywood produces a film based on a book, it never seems to take long for someone to snidely point out that the book was better than the movie. Books can take a more leisurely pace to tell their tale, … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Towers

Posted on November 4, 2002 by Poe Ghostal

I came across my first TTT figures today - a Gondorian Ranger and an Easterling at Sam Goody. I have to say I was not impressed. The Gondorian Ranger is a fairly boring figure, and I never had any interest … Continue reading →

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