Category Archives: Mattel

Happy Thanksgiving from the Barbie Pond

Locals in NW DC will of course be familiar with the Barbie Pond on Ave. Q, which is currently showing a painstakingly accurate re-creation of the First Thanksgiving: (via) And now, some more OAFEry:Toy Shop Barbie meets Beast Wars A … Continue reading

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Animals often use specific displays to ward off rivals

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How you know when you're "dadding" right

That's the way to do it! And now, some more OAFEry:Bad toy texts Rustin's Spoils of the Week #75 Soon Forget: The Mummy Minimates Soon Forget: Darkstalkers Dmitri Serial killer Barbie

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They pretend you can beat him by going outside

And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review #363 - Marvel NOW! Cyclops & Marvel NOW! Rogue Rustin's Spoils of the Week #82 Minimate Mini-Review #332 - Jet-Pack Spider-Man & Squirrel Girl Working SHIELD Helicarrier "Captain America: Civil War" Comic Series: Iron … Continue reading

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The REAL Castle Grayskullman

And now, some more OAFEry:MotU Classics: Heads of Eternia accessory pack exclusive review Mattel's distribution woes Soon Forget: Moss Man Seventh Kingdom Cat Warriors addendum More toys shilling for Honda

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Hot Wheels Character Cars Aang and Appa reviews

It's been a long time since we've reviewed any Character Cars, huh? I almost wondered if they'd stopped making them. But geeze, what a great way to come back! Nickelodeon had its first Character Cars all the way back in … Continue reading

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Soon Forget: MotU Classics Ra-Jar

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Ra-Jar. Back when Mattel was hosting its Create-a-Character contest for the Masters of the Universe Classics line, … Continue reading

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The only joke we're playing today

And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #78 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #76 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #213 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #221 Soon Forget: the Gobbledy Gooker

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Soon Forget: MotU vs. DC

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. If you remember back when Mattel had the DC license, you may also recall they did a series of DC Universe vs. … Continue reading

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He-Man, but Terry Crews plays all the roles

And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' through Previews - July '16 Eternia Minis: Sorceress & Evil-Lyn reviews The origin of Trapjaw Eternia Minis: Trap-Jaw exclusive reviews ATFC '14 - Day 2: Mattel

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