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Crisis of Wasted Potential

The toy license Todd McFarlane has: The toy license Todd McFarlane thinks he has: (via) And now, some more OAFEry:DC Bombshells Mystery Minis - Poison Ivy review I seem to recognize your face - The Mystery Men Rustin's Spoils of … Continue reading

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DC Bombshells Mystery Minis - Mera review

And now, some more OAFEry:Soon Forget: Horror Classics Mystery Minis Series 3 Retro Videogame Mystery Minis - Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man Flippin' through Previews - October '11 Walking Dead Mystery Minis: Carol Peletier review Captain Action addendum

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Soon Forget: Flashpoint Aquaman

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Flashpoint Aquaman. In the Flashpoint story, Aquaman was returned to Atlantis when he was a teenager, so … Continue reading

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Imaginext DC Blind Bagged Figures Series 2

The first series of DC Imaginext Blinds Bags was a big surprise but was, and has been, notoriously difficult to find, even after a re-release a year or two ago! So it was a great relief to find this second … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #219

And now we partake in the second Mattelocaust in order rush through a handful of 2019 purchases from that once great toy manufacturer. I enjoyed the Aquaman movie far more than I imagined but by the time I'd seen it, … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #217

I don't really want to call this a "Mattelocaust," as that incorporates a very loaded word with a generally pretty specific connotation, and while we love to gripe about Mattel's inadequacies... that seems a rotten comparison to make. However, I … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #215

Had me a big week - let's check out the Spoils! And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' through Previews - November '11 "Spider-Man: Far From Home" Comic Series: Doppelganger Spider-Man review C2E2 2017 Coming soon: Funko Fridays! I'm the baaaaaaaadddd guuuuuyyyy

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #213

Man, I had a pretty fortuitous weekend! I went out and hit a couple Walmarts, Five Belows, Walgreens and Gamestops - and came home happy, only to find my set of Super 7 Masters of the Universe Classics figures waiting … Continue reading

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Mattel's stupid SDCC 2018 plan

Mattel has always been the #1 name in bad decisions, especially when it comes to their convention exclusives. But this year, they really seem to have reached new heights of idiocy. Or is that depths? Here are the official instructions … Continue reading

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A Lego Batcave worthy of Bruce Wayne

And now, some more OAFEry:You'd better kiss your mama at the bus stop... Lego Batman Minifigures: Lobster-Lovin' Batman review Multiverse DKR Joker addendum Supervillain primary debate, part 2 Flippin' through Previews - March '15

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