{"id":320,"date":"2010-11-13T17:13:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=320"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:56:32","slug":"backyard-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/backyard-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Backyard Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there, toy fans, check this out!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" align=right frameborder=\"0\" height=\"380px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/470951940\/backyard-legends-the-prince-of-crystal\/widget\/card.html\" width=\"220px\"><\/iframe>Someone is trying to raise money through Kickstarter to fund <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/470951940\/backyard-legends-the-prince-of-crystal\" target=ks>a line of '80s inspired toys<\/a>. You know, it's similar to what the various Transformers fan\/creators do (like Fansporject or Perfect Effect), but focused on the obscure heroes of the 1980s who never got any attention during the recent nostalgia boom.<\/p>\n<p>Their first project is Crystar - or, more accurately, it's \"not\" Crystar. It's \"the Prince of Crystal,\" which is totally different. If this goes well, their second release will be \"the Prince of Magma,\" his arch-enemy.<\/p>\n<p>So if you have a few bucks to spare and want to help out a small creator, or even if you're just curious about how this whole thing works, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/470951940\/backyard-legends-the-prince-of-crystal\" target=ks>head over to Kickstarter<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Mephisto plays musical chairs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/mephisto-plays-musical-chairs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mephisto plays musical chairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Geoffrey! What is best in life!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/05\/geoffrey-what-is-best-in-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Geoffrey! What is best in life!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there, toy fans, check this out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,24],"tags":[445],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kickstarter","category-news","tag-crystar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9212,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/9212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}