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Twiki Owns the Robot World by mluschek
May 2010
This is a list of posts published in May 2010.
Sponsor News > New DCUC Pre-orders
DCUC Wave 15 has been revealed, and the preorders are popping up. Enchanted Toy Chest has the eight-figure set (with the normal Martian Manhunter head) for pre-order here, and the nine-figure set with the variant MM here. Entertainment Earth has individual pre-orders for Wave 15: Martian Manhunter Jemm (truly outrageous) Sinestro Corps Batman OMAC Starman [...]
Toy Aisle Trolls > De-Faced
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com. Also, please note: I’m deliberately [...]
He-Man vs. Octopor
Display from my desk at work. Dr. Mrs. Ghostal knitted the octopus.
Jazwares put their A-team on, uh, the A-Team
Jazwares announced their A-Team movie toys the other day, and the 3¾” line looks pretty good. I’ll say this–their product looks a lot better than what Playmates did for Terminator and Star Trek last year. If the new A-Team‘s a success, Jazwares may just have a hit on their hands. Of course, I think the [...]
Review > Copperhead (DC Universe Classics)
When it comes to DC Universe, I’m still a young Padawan, so unless a character has appeared in one of the vehicles of the DC Animated Universe or has a DCU Classics figure, chances are I’ve never heard of ‘em. I don’t feel too badly, though, since Mattel is rolling out some really obscure characters [...]
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Gundam Exia by Dre Merc
DCUC Wave 15 revealed
Mattel has posted pics of Wave 15 on their Facebook page, but since I a.) love you guys, and b.) assume you’re all as lazy as I am, I’ll reproduce them here. (Pics after the jump.)
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Wolverine by ziffyfluff
Happy Optikk Day!
Here’s a link to today’s all-in-one page. Remember, you should login to your account before the screen-of-death begins, so that you can skip that step during the ordering. Here’s what’s on sale: MOTUC Optikk MOTUC Tytus MOTUC Mer-Man Ghostbusters Walter Peck Movie Masters Two-Face Retro-Action Green Arrow Any guesses as to how long Optikk, Tytus [...]