Author Archives: Poe Ghostal

OAFEnet Email Update for Thursday, October 24

Yeeeeeaaaaahhh... it's the OAFEnet Email Update.

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Fortnite: Skye & Ollie addendum

In today's review, yo said, "Let's hope Hasbro has plans to make a tall fight stand at some point." I may not follow Fortnite, but I do enjoy a good display stand, so this caught my attention. The good news … Continue reading

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The Piraka Rap (Extended)

And now, some more OAFEry:Popular toys of the last 145 years LGBT stands for "Lego Group Bionicle Toys" Bionicle Skeletons If you don't acknowledge the problem, you can never change Masks of Power - Take 2!

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Keep those masks on tight

And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #135.2 Marvel Legends Scarlet Spider review Revisiting the 2009 Marvel Legends Concept Case SDCC 2011 - Hasbro: Marvel Flippin' through Previews - February '12

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen two-pack review

It's been a week since Into the Spider-Verse opened, and while we won't be getting into spoilers today, I think we can all agree the film is fantastic. However, when it comes to toys, things are rather lacking. And now, … Continue reading

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Soon Forget: Mad Max vehicles

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our selection today is N2 Toys' Mad Max: The Road Warrior vehicles. Before being shamed into changing their name due to their … Continue reading

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Castle Grayskullman addendum: interview with creator Daniel Benedict

In preparation for today's Castle Grayskullman review, I conducted a brief interview with CGM creator Daniel Benedict. And now, some more OAFEry:Masters of the Mythic Legions Universe Up in Smoke Flippin' through Previews - August '12 Children of the '90s … Continue reading

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Poe Ghostal's "Top 10" votes

All month we've been naming the best toys of the past 10 years. And now we're going to show you how everybody voted. Here are Poe's rankings:

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Boromir says...

Tomorrow is sale day on Matty Collector. To which we say, "good luck": And now, some more OAFEry:A Tale of Two Towers Minimate Mini-Review #224 - "I Love This Town" box set Trapjaw addendum The MotU/TMNT crossover that never was … Continue reading

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Conflicts of interest in reviewing

There's an article on Forbes today that's about the controversial Mass Effect 3 ending and the state of videogame reviewing. It's an interesting read, even if you're not a gamer, because it raises a lot of interesting questions about the … Continue reading

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