Tag Archives: X-Men

Psylocke addendum: Lady Mandarin

Posted on May 13, 2024 by OAFE

In today's review of the Wolverine 50th Anniversary Wolverine and Psylocke two-pack, yo wondered whether Betsy's "Lady Mandarin" costume was originally going to have a full mask. Despite that being a blind guess, he was 100% correct! Jim Lee's first … Continue reading →

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Lego X-Men intro

Posted on April 23, 2024 by OAFE

And now, some more OAFEry:Marvel Legends addendum: dat (big) body! Rustin's Spoils of the Week #81 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #107 Minimate Mini-Review #21 - Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver "Secret Wars: E is for Extinction" #1 variant

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It's over 10,000 again (again)!

Posted on March 18, 2024 by yo go re

For the third time, my camera has reached "IMG_9999" and rolled over to new numbers, starting with this photo: And now, some more OAFEry:Transformers BotBots Nomaste review Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 3 Deadpool's Maximum Reactions GI Joe and … Continue reading →

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How to best display your extra Marvel Legends heads

Posted on February 21, 2024 by OAFE

And now, some more OAFEry:Supervillain primary debate, part 3 Minimate Mini-Review #110 - Xavier & Shaw What do you do with 25 X-Men? Minimate Mini-Review #387 - Cyclops & Havok Minimate Mini-Review #170 - Marvel Minimates TRU Series 14

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Protecting a Third-Earth that hates and fears them

Posted on February 7, 2024 by OAFE

Dynamite Entertainment has a new Thundercats comic debuting this week. And as the Dynamite do, there are a bunch of variant covers available, including this one by Jae Lee: Like the original, it's actually a set of five covers: the … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the 2009 Marvel Legends Concept Case

Posted on February 5, 2024 by OAFE

We keep talking about these figures, so let's make a list of them all. And mark them off when they finally get made. First, the winners of the fan vote: Deadpool Valkyrie Black Widow And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review … Continue reading →

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Behind the Laughter

Posted on January 5, 2024 by OAFE

Recently, friend of the site googum went digging through his musty garage well-maintained archives and pulled out this old Twisted ToyFare Theatre strip, because why should we realistically have to wait 95 years for an abandoned copyright to expire? If … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Witch addendum: Multiverse of Madness Series 2

Posted on October 16, 2023 by OAFE

Despite what yo implied in today's Scarlet Witch review, it's not necessarily spoilers for her role in the movie that kept us from getting a toy for so long. Perhaps instead, they were planning a second series of movie figures, … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: "Missile Fighters" Cable

Posted on August 13, 2023 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is a ToyBiz Cable. Reader Nance asked about this recently in relation to another set of unreleased X-Men: "Wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Re-creating Uncanny X-Men #275

Posted on July 26, 2023 by OAFE

In honor of today's Retro Collection Wolverine review, here's the comic that inspired him and both "Strike Force" box sets: And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #35 Flippin' through Previews - April '12 Marvel Legends Spiral addendum … Continue reading →

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