Category Archives: Playmates

Soon Forget: Mighty Mutanimals

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figures today are Fun Publications' proposed TMNT box set. And now, some more OAFEry:Dem bones, dem dry bones Flippin' through Previews … Continue reading

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Wanted: Larry Burns action figure

Just realized we need the Larry Burns toy for Figuretoon use. Here's a digital mock up of why: And now, some more OAFEry:Sadgasm Homer addendum New Robosapiens Flippin' through Previews - September '13 My Toy Shrine That settles things

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I seem to recognize your face - Robert Picardo

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of pieces pointing out odd action figures of unlikely actors. People known more as character actors than action stars, and thus unlikely candidates for plastic representation. Our honoree … Continue reading

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Soon Forget: the Tomb Raider/TMNT connection

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figures today are Playmates' Casey Jones and Raphael. These figures, shown off at SDCC 2003, would have been paired together in … Continue reading

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Popular toys of the last 145 years

Recognizing that a trip to the hospital is never a fun thing, Sheffield Children's Hospital decided to make things a little better by commissioning photographer Andy Brown to decorate the emergency room. And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #166

Well! Well, well, well! Better late than never, they so, and so say we here at OAFE. SDCC 2015 may have just wrapped up last week but I've yet to review all the exclusives I got at SDCC 2014! So... … Continue reading

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SDCC 2015 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Toys and Action Figures

Playmates hosted a panel for their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys, and it was kind of awful. And now, some more OAFEry:Teenage Mutant Ninja Deadpool Star Trek: The (Stop-)Motion Picture Rustin's Spoils of the Week #126 Flippin' Through Previews - … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #165

Oh man, I'm so behind on Spoils - some of these things were bought back in February! I've compressed several hauls worth of stuff here just in a vain attempt to catch back up to where I'm at now (and … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #164

Work - am I right guys? Thanks for you everlovin' blue-eyed patience with the variable time constraints on getting this column up! Here's kind of a fun one as I continue to get caught up on my deep backlog. Today … Continue reading

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Baxter Stockman addendum

In today's review of Baxter Stockman, yo questioned how the original 1980s cartoon writers decided to turn the character into a mutant insect. That may indeed be, as he said, "a mystery for the ages," but we do know a … Continue reading

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