{"id":1028,"date":"2005-03-02T07:31:45","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T12:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2011-01-23T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T22:47:09","slug":"movie-maniacsnow-playingcult-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2005\/03\/movie-maniacsnow-playingcult-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Maniacs\/Now Playing\/Cult Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here's a question for our readers: are McFarlane's Movie Maniacs<\/strong>, SOTA's Now Playing<\/strong>, and NECA's Cult Classics<\/strong> all in the same basic scale?<\/p>\n

If I recall correctly, even the various Movie Maniacs aren't necessarily in scale with one another, but I believe they're all around 7\"-8\", yes?<\/p>\n

To offer your input, just leave a reply at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n

Here's something weird Shocka pointed out to me: you know the new ML Dr. Octopus<\/a> figure? Did you know they actually called him \"Doc Ock\" on the packaging? Weird. Swap one letter with one space and you've got an X-rated package.<\/p>\n

And did anyone read my provocative PoA<\/a> on the toy industry? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?<\/p>\n

In other news, I watched Robocop<\/a><\/i> for the nth time today. I think it's one of the few '80s action movies that still holds up - which is rather surprising, given it's also a science fiction flick, and those tend to get dated after a decade or two. I love so many things about that film - Robocop's design, Kurtwood Smith's unequivocally evil villain, ED-209's quivering toe, seeing that guy who got crushed by the helicopter on ER<\/i> get melted by toxic waste and then splattered on a car windshield, and the final scene, which always makes me cackle with glee. The last four lines alone are worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n

I was really into Robocop as a kid. My father, saint that he is, used two VCRs to make a kid-friendly copy of the movie, so I was able to enjoy that until an edited version came on network television. I was also a big fan of Kenner's 1988 Robocop toyline<\/a>, one of the earliest high-profile toylines to be based on an R-rated film (though they rushed out a mediocre cartoon series to cover their behinds). Kenner's line was great, but it only sold moderately well, I believe. In the '90s the license went to a company called Toy Island, who put out a line of so-so toys based primarily on the short-lived Robocop television series.<\/p>\n

Robocop finally got his toyetic due in 2004, when he was added<\/a> to McFarlane's Movie Maniacs line. I hope to get a review of that figure up sometime soon (where I'll rehash everything I just wrote).<\/p>\n

Comic Hellboy Update<\/strong>: No news from Mezco. Forum<\/a> natives becoming restless. Open rebellion<\/a> imminent.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>