Vintage Toy Ads > Robo-Force
Man, did I love these toys as a kid. Maxx Steele and Hun-Dred were my favorites, but there were lots of other great ones. I wrote an article about these for ToyFare way back in issue #132.
January 2011
This is a list of posts published in January 2011.
Bastards of the Universe > “The Journey Begins!”
The Bastards set out to Eternos City…or at least the road outside the city, to get the Gem of 187 from the Golden Pharaoh. I of course had to look up the geography of Eternia, but I just assume the countryside is littered with monsters, and the corpses of monsters that crossed paths with He-Man [...]
Toy Aisle Trolls > Tyr-ed Up
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. Here’s a little number found [...]
Happy Vikor Day!
CROM! ‘Tis Mattycollector Day! Here is the link to the All-In-One page. Also on sale: Courtroom Peter Venkman Evil-lyn reissue Grayskull display stands Oh, and the Eternian Palace Guards. Best of luck to everyone…
AFI has MOTU, DC, Ghostbusters previews
Keep an eye on ActionFigureInsider, because it looks like they’re going to have some pretty nice previews up soon. Retro-Action Jon Stewart (More like Afro-Action!) Courtroom Peter Venkman Preternia He-Man Panthor (who’s not even out until April) Bow Bow 2 Speaking of Bow, if you had your druthers, what would you have made his “real [...]
Pic of the Day
DC Universe Creeper by Clarkent78
Ask Mattel > Mid-January Answers (UPDATE: Roundup added)
1.) AmericanHyena asks: If you gave Romat-Ru unique alien hands, why did Tomar-Re, who is the same species, get human hands? Because that is how he looked in the reference material provided. There have been many artists over the years who have interpreted DC characters. DCUC is the Mattel/Four Horsemen interpretation. 2.) Mosh asks: What [...]
Pic of the Day
MVC 3 by Popcornboy20
Bastards of the Universe > “Battle Plan”
I needed to print a map of Eternia for this one, and the first good one I found? Here, of course! I thought Eternia was way bigger than the map made it seem, though. I suppose the Eternia in my head, the home of the Bastards, is bigger and includes Crystalium, Third Earth, the Savage [...]
Conan O’Brien’s “Flaming C” – the Action Figure
A few weeks ago, Conan O’Brien got together with Bruce Timm to create the superhero “The Flaming C.” Timm & company followed it up by replacing Superman in a scene of Young Justice with the Flaming C.