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Wingnut Begins

Wingnut never showed up in the Mirage comics, and yet Archie's TMNT Adventures #8 was still not his first appearance. When created by Ryan Brown, Wingnut was just a Batman pastiche (with no Screwloose to be his Robin). He wore … Continue reading →

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TMNT Pizzaface addendum

As mentioned in today's review, here is the sole appearance Pizzaface had in any outside sources: <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #164 Soon Forget: Playmates Mirage TMNT Mods are asleep, post Creatures Rustin's Spoils of the … Continue reading →

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TMNT: Armaggon addendum

As we've said before, when Playmates opted to license the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for toys, they swiftly recognized that having only four characters would not a good toyline make, so they solicited more ideas from Mirage. That's how we … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Classic Krang

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Playmates' TMNT Krang. With NECA nipping at their heels, Playmates introduced the TMNT Classics line, an attempt to … Continue reading →

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The evolution of Panda Khan

In the late '70s, Dave Garcia was in an art class, and made an oil painting of a panda. He promised it to his girlfriend, Monica Sharp, but it ended up being bought at the school art show, so he … Continue reading →

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Doom Arachnotron addendum

As in today's review, here's the not-Krang alien brain from Invaders from Mars: You can see how it influenced the vintage Spider Mastermind and, by extension, the Arachnotrons. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Best of Bethesda Mystery Minis - Doom Demon … Continue reading →

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #235

Here's another "flashback" spoils to late 2020/early 2021, where I tried to kickstart using all the lockdown time productively only to fall back in to the constant and bottomless pit of personal, social and global despair. A couple years on, … Continue reading →

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Our pick for winner of the weekend?

NECA's "what if Bebop and Rocksteady had appeared in the 1990 movie" figures: They have the look of vintage '90s animatronics, and fit the Henson style perfectly. Such an idea! <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 Movie) … Continue reading →

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(via) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Even 12' Home Depot Skeletons like to play dress-up BotCon final reveal: Motormaster Transformers: Windblade #3 review Godzilla vs. The Transformers If Hasbro wants to repaint that Oxcartimus Prime

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #234

I set aside a couple of boxes of preorders and deliveries at the end of October and just tripped over them, so thank you Samhain for that belated trick resulting in this timely treat! <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Minimate Mini-Review … Continue reading →

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