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Category Archives: SOTA
Soon Forget: RJ MacReady
This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is PCS' MacReady. This 7" scale figure of MacReady from The Thing was announced by a company then called … Continue reading
Soon Forget: An American Werewolf in London
NECA wasn't the first company to make an An American Werewolf in London London Werewolf, just the first to release one. This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our … Continue reading
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
Soon Forget: Micronauts Evolution
This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figures today are SOTA Toys' Micronauts. In 2005, the toy company SOTA, best known for their 6" Street Fighter toyline (still … Continue reading
SDCC 2012 Panels - Behind the Plastic
Every year Dan "Julius Marx" Pickett hosts a panel titled "Behind the Plastic" featuring a veritable "who's who" of Action Figure makers which it makes it one of my most anticipated panels of the Con. By this point, everyone has … Continue reading
Posted in DC Direct, DST, Kickstarter, Mattel, Playmates, SDCC, SOTA, ToyBiz
Tagged SDCC 2012
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From creating toys to creating makeup
Did you watch the first season of SciFi Channel's Face Off? It's a reality show in which movie makeup artists compete for a prize package including a year's supply of makeup and an opportunity to work on a real film … Continue reading
Posted in news, SOTA, videos
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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #41
This is pretty significant week for yours truly. Not only is it Thanksgiving, I am moving back to California. My job moved me to Chicago last summer but that company is gone now and thus, so am I. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Disney, Playmobil, Rustin's Spoils of the Week, SOTA
Tagged Care Bears, GitD, WoW
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The Blues Brothers addendum
In today's review, yo mentioned that there was a fictional origin for the Blues Brothers. Here, straight from the liner notes of their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, is their story:
April Fools
In today's Gouken review, we mentioned that we'd posted a similar April Fools' joke a few years ago. Here, preserved for posterity, is that joke: And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review #145 - Sentinel & First Appearance Ryu Rustin's Spoils … Continue reading
News item: Changes at SOTA
The Co-founder of SOTA Toys announces the appointment of the new CEO and VP Lake Balboa, CA - Today, John Schouweiler, the co-founder, owner, and CFO of SOTA Toys, announced the appointment of Guang Yang as the new CEO and … Continue reading
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