Yearly Archives: 2003

OAFE Update for Thursday, May 1

We're trying to keep Shocka from doing any more updates. RAH-lee we are. A very light offering this week, 'cause we've been busy. First of all, the new reviews. Kind of a theme this week.

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OAFE Update for Thursday, April 24

Hello faithful readers!! It's another week passing us by, and I hope everyone's Easter was BEAST!!

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets review

Harry Potter, in book form, gives lie to the terrible misconception that children need to be talked down to by their entertainment. The books are lengthy, complex and tightly interwoven pieces of fiction that get even more intricate with every … Continue reading

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OAFE Update for Thursday, April 17

Thursday Thursday THURSDAY! Okay, that's not so cool when it isn't screaming "Sunday," but you get the drift.

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OAFE Update for Thursday, April 10

Howdy howdy howdy, everybody. Did you enjoy Shocka's email last week? If so, we may press him into doing more of them. You could be subjected to his lunacy every week!

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Soon Forget: MAC's X-Files

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Today we look back at Moore Action Collectibles' ill-fated attempt at The X-Files. And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' through Previews - December … Continue reading

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OAFE Update for Thursday, April 3

Greetings and salutations, my jolly crackers!! Tis me, Shocka, making my OAFE e-mail update debut with this fine summer day! Yes, it's been a fine ole' day in the institution, and they say soon enough I'll be ready to go … Continue reading

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OAFE Email Update for Thursday, March 27

Seven more days, down the tube. Have you spent them well?

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Soon Forget: McFarlane's Hellraiser

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is the Movie Maniacs Pinhead. Yes, there really was going to be such a thing. A prototype was glimpsed … Continue reading

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OAFE Update for Thursday, March 20

So, we find ourselves locked in a war that never should have been. Rather than editorialize, we at OAFE will say only that we hope for a swift resolution with a minimal loss of innocent lives.

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