Shocker Toys

May 2008

This is a list of archived entries published in May 2008.

Poe’s Point > DCUC and retail distribution

05.29.2008 | 9 comments

Mattel hasn’t always had the best track record when it comes to action figure lines in recent years–at least, not when it comes to keeping collectors happy. Their 2002 Masters of the Universe revamp died out as collectors gave up trying to find that one Evil-lyn amongst the racks upon racks of Spin Blade He-Man. [...]

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Odds ‘n Ends > Slow as Ass Edition

05.27.2008 | 16 comments

ODD: Before you ask, yes, my webhost is having problems again. Fingers crossed that everything is resolved in the next few days. Apparently there’s some troublesome file server, and I think I speak for everyone in my cluster when I suggest that once all the data has been offloaded from that server, it should be [...]

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Mousers in the house(…rs…)

05.23.2008 | 4 comments

NECA has finally officially admitted that a Mouser 3-pack will be their San Diego Comic Con exclusive. Not many details yet other than the announcement itself and a couple pics.
NECA was kind enough to send along a ginormous hi-res photo of the Mousers, which I’ve posted below, watermark-free, for your enjoyment. (Click on the photo [...]

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Flippin’ Through ToyFare #131

05.22.2008 | 12 comments

Again, all apologies for the scattershot posts this week. Between how busy I’ve been at work and my webhost’s endless problems with a file server on my cluster (causing significant slowdown problems here on PGPoA), it’s been hard to get through an update. But now I’m back and rarin’ to go, the site speed seems [...]

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Odds ‘N Ends > Authentic Edition

05.20.2008 | 6 comments

ODD: Where did all the comments go? I leave for a few days and the comments dry up like Aquaman in the desert. Come back! I promise I’ll be interesting!
END: Good news for fans of NECA’s Ninja Turtles line. First, it appears the line is selling quite well. That’s great news; perhaps NECA will be [...]

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A case of mistaken identity

05.19.2008 | 0 comments

“Hey! Stop it! I’m not who you think I am! Come on guys. Ouch! That hurts! Will you just listen to me? Oh–look! Someone has a camera! Hi mom!”
All apologies for the lack of updates, but I have a good excuse–work has been very busy since I got back from Los Angeles last week. I’ve [...]

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Marcus Fenix

05.17.2008 | 3 comments

I’m back, baby!
Spent last week hopping about the country–first to Houston for a wedding, then to Los Angeles to make preparations for my own nuptials. But now I’m back in Boston just in time for the Celtics to have to go to Game 7…again.
When I got back, I made my usual toy rounds and picked [...]

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Not exactly Moe Howard, but…

05.16.2008 | 3 comments


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Taters of the Lost Ark

05.15.2008 | 1 comment | Posted by PrfktTear

Hi! Power Pal PrfktTear here. While I am the resident Transformers Guru, I’m also nuts about a certain little spud. With Transformers news in a lull since BotCon ‘08, and over a month to go until the first Transformers: Animated toys hit shelves, I have a distant cousin, Mr. Potato head. Okay, he’s got nothing [...]

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Alas, poor Frank!

05.14.2008 | 3 comments | Posted by Red Kryptonite

I knew him, Donnie; a fellow of infinite death, of most excellent prophecy; he hath warned me of the end of the world a thousand times; and now, how creepy in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here is that eye that I have shot out in the future. Where be your [...]

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