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Licensed Contest of Champions

Posted on June 16, 2025 by OAFE

On October 29, 2014, Marvel Comics released the Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration comic, honoring the company's big anniversary. In addition to new and classic stories, there were a bunch of one-page gag entries under the collective heading "Celebrating the Best … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Marvel's Dire Wraith

Posted on October 10, 2017 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is ToyBiz's Dire Wraith. Today's Revolution box set featured IDW's version of the Dire Wraiths, but ToyBiz almost made … Continue reading →

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IDW leads the way to Hasbro's shared universe

Posted on June 1, 2016 by OAFE

IDW Publishing has announced that their upcoming Revolution five-parter will bring the worlds of GI Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, Rom and Action Man into one cohesive whole. While the storyline will change the status quo for the titles, it's not a … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: What (was) UNIT:E?

Posted on October 27, 2015 by OAFE

Remember when we told you about UNIT:E, the mystery project that Hasbro was working on? Well, we finally know more about it, but don't get your hopes up. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Transformers BotBots Heat Freak review Cobra Commander for … Continue reading →

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Rom: SpaceKnight addendum

Posted on August 17, 2015 by OAFE

As mentioned in today's review, here's Rom's pitch video from Toy Fair 1979: The same one was sent to Marvel, to get them on-board with the comic. Writer Bill Mantlo recalled in Comics Feature #17: [Jim Shooter] said, "Come on … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: ROM Spaceknight

Posted on November 22, 2013 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 ROM. For those of you who don't remember ROM, he was an electronic robot man created in … Continue reading →

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Whip It Out And Measure It

Posted on June 10, 2006 by OAFE

Today, a list of the biggest Marvel Legends* figures. Why the list? So we don't have to put it in a review. You'll see. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>C2E2 - DST Minimate Panel My Toy Shrine Spider-Man is headed to … Continue reading →

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