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Monthly Archives: November 2002
OAFE Update for Thursday, November 28
I hope you like robots, because that's what we've got for you. I'm filling in for Poe once again, because while he's got a family who loves him and wants him to be happy on Thanksgiving, I was hatched. At … Continue reading
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Trapjaw addendum
In today's review of Trapjaw, I said his color was based on the old minicomics. For those of you who haven't held onto every piece of garbage you've acquired since childhood, we offer proof. And now, some more OAFEry:Soon Forget: … Continue reading
OAFE Update for Thursday, November 21
Anyone here read Tony Millionaire's "Sock Monkey?" Remember how the little Drinky Crow would tip back a little brown bottle and "glug glug glug" all his troubles away until his eyes became two little X's? Yeah, well, Poe won't be … Continue reading
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McFarlane bids adieu to Toy Fair
Once again, McFarlane Toys has bucked the industry trend. As announced in a news article on their site last Friday, McFarlane will not be attending Toy Fair 2003. They give two reasons: first, that Toy Fair has become "a public … Continue reading
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Toy Karma
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Z-"art"-an
To go along with today's Scarlett vs. Zartan review, here's some of the concept art for the Dreadnok leader: That's taken from 1985's GI Joe Fact and Yearbook, from Ventura Books. As a bonus, here's his original box art: And … Continue reading
The secret of the sword
It occurred to me that ToyFare's Faker may have the wrong sword. If I recall correctly, the original Faker had Skeletor's sword. As any diehard He-Fan can tell you, the original Skeletor and He-Man figures each came with a sort … Continue reading
Blue with evil
I ordered the ToyFare exclusive Faker yesterday. For those of you who don't recall, Faker is He-Man's "evil twin." Mattel has thrown collectors complaining about the lack of villains a bone with this exclusive, which is essentially a repaint (except … Continue reading
Amazing movie becomes a spectacular two-dvd set
After 40 years in print and 20 years of development, Spider-Man finally crawled onto movie screens. The film was a swinging success, and Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment has packaged the summer's biggest hit with a tangled web of extras. Raised … Continue reading
Action figure dogma
In this month's ToyFare (#65), film maker and comic shop mogul Kevin Smith announced his plans to create a line of "inaction figures" based on the characters in his View Askew films (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay and … Continue reading →