Category Archives: cancelled toys

Soon Forget: Green Lantern the Animated Series

Posted on May 23, 2025 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is Mattel's Green Lantern: the Animated Series. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Rustin's Spoils of the Week #54 DC Universe … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Posted on April 19, 2025 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Stan Winston Creatures' Four Horsemen. In the early 2000s, developer 3DO began on a videogame based around the … Continue reading →

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Curse you, Toyman!

Posted on April 13, 2025 by OAFE

Guys, we told you: Walmart is fine, but you want to aim for the things that are overpriced, not the things that are correct. (via) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - March '14 Kingdom Come action figure poster … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Posted on April 3, 2025 by OAFE

Today is the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, so today let's take a look at the figures we didn't get. In 2003, Diamond Select Toys released a series of three Holy Grail figures, featuring Arthur, Sir … Continue reading →

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Longbox Heroes 2

Posted on March 26, 2025 by OAFE

It's been a long time since there's been a Kickstarter for toys, but this set, retro-stle figures of classic '90s comic characters (and one newer entry), is a great way to return. The Longbox Heroes Collection is back! This new … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Coldstone, Gabriel, and Macbeth

Posted on March 16, 2025 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is NECA's Gargoyles line. There's been no announcement about the future of this line, but we were last promised … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Transformers Animated Primal

Posted on February 25, 2025 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is a potential Transformers Collectors' Club set. "Transformers: Unanimated" wasn't the only Animated-related set Fun Publications tried to work … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: GI Joe Alpine Trooper

Posted on January 31, 2025 by OAFE

In today's review, yo said Alpine really lucked out by being released in 1985 and therefore getting to feature prominently in the cartoon. But in some alternate world, that didn't happen. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>The Top 10 toys of … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: "Transformers Prime" Gears

Posted on January 7, 2025 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hasbro's Transformers Prime Gears. When Prime Ratchet was released, his instructions showed a much different head than the … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Wendy's DC Heroes

Posted on December 29, 2024 by OAFE

We've finished posting our reviews of the six Wendy's Kid's Meal DC Heroes sets, but that's not the end of things. Matt Kaufenberg and Joe Allard did a lot of design work before getting to the final approvals. From Set … Continue reading →

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