Author Archives: Poe Ghostal

My Toy Shrine

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Poe Ghostal

I have often mentioned my "Shrine," a cabinet holding a sort of "vertical slice" representation of the entire history of my toy collecting, from He-Man and Transformers up to the present day, but I thought perhaps you would like to … Continue reading →

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Twisted Xmas 2: A Twistmas Carol

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

Poe sez: yo suggested yesterday that McFarlane Toys create a second series of Twisted Xmas toys, this time based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Given that it's a ghost story featuring supernatural creatures, graveyards, corpses, and Victorian-era values ripe … Continue reading →

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Reindeer Rudy rough

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

Yesterday, we reviewed McFarlane Toys' Twisted Christmas Reindeer Rudy. The figure had a distinct look, with its wide, gaping jaw, and yo wondered whether a normal head would have looked better. Well, thanks to sculptor Alex Heinke, who did the … Continue reading →

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

Poe scribbles: I've wanted the Creature from the Black Lagoon from the Toy Island line of Marvel Legends-style Universal Monsters ever since reading a (bad) review. But since my only options for getting one seemed to be paying $100 for … Continue reading →

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Poe - Legendary Comic Book Heroes

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

Poe says: My ideal action figure line would feature 6", well-sculpted, highly-articulated characters from all sorts of genres: robots, spacemen, aliens, cowboys, superheroes, cops, spies, wizards, trolls, mobsters, soldiers, and so forth. But here's the thing: none of them would … Continue reading →

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Target Minimates

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

In today's new review of the Classic Spider-Man Minimates box set, yo mentioned that you could get all but one of the figures in that set by buying two-packs at Target. Jigga-huh? See, Target is getting an exclusive series of … Continue reading →

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Gears of War

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Poe Ghostal

Like many gamers, I first encountered the first-person shooter genre with Doom. As an adolescent who grew up playing Predator in the backyard, I was immediately mesmerized by its blend of science fiction, monsters, and blowing the crap out of … Continue reading →

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A horror-related question

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Poe Ghostal

I just have to say - do Jason, Freddy and Leatherface really sell as well as they seem to, judging from the way toy companies go after the license? They've had toys from McFarlane and NECA, and even had several … Continue reading →

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Evil Dead: Regeneration

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Poe Ghostal

I became a fan of the Evil Dead films around age 15, when the films were so obscure my parents had to buy used tapes from a Canadian video store to get me them for Christmas. By the time I … Continue reading →

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Living Dead

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Poe Ghostal

In 1968, a relatively unknown filmmaker named George Romero made a little film called Night of the Living Dead. Though relatively low-budget, it became one of the earliest cult films and spawned an entire sub-genre of horror movies that continue … Continue reading →

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