Create-A-Character Contest Deadline Coming Up

Just a reminder–as much to myself as anyone else–but all entries for Mattel’s MOTUC Create-a-Character contest must be postmarked by December 31. You can find the rules here, and the entry form here. So, have you entered yet?

What’s Going On? No, seriously–what is going on here?

UPDATE: Some Poesters feel very strongly that the original video, complete with credits, be given its due. Very well. My college roommate Jim passed this on to me. Evidently when you go to the Black Brewing Company’s website and are prompted to confirm that you’re over 21 (you may need to disable Adblock to see [...]

Odds ‘n Ends > Lego News, Po-rtal-tato, JLU

There’s been a lot of Lego news this week. First off is Lego’s new girl-oriented brand. I’ve seen some knee-jerk reactions from geeks that the sets are too girly and that it’s wrong to characterize Star Wars/Indiana Jones sets as solely boy-oriented. I agree with the latter statement, but after reading the article,  I don’t [...]

Sponsor News > BBTS has Arkham City, Transformers, Star Wars, Marvel & More

Items that I find particularly interesting/cool are in blockquotes. –PG ————- NEW PREORDERS ————- BATMAN:  ARKHAM CITY SERIES 02 – SET, SINGLES DC Direct has just announced a new wave of figures from the hit video game.  This assortment includes Batman in Detective Mode, Catwoman, Hush, the Riddler and Jervis Tetch (the Mad Hatter), and [...]

Happy Wind Raider Day!

[Here's the link to the all-in-one page.] With Demo-Man delayed, I think we can all agree the real reason everyone’s hitting Mattycollector today will be for the Wind Raider. I’ll be interested to see how quickly it sells out. Personally I don’t find the Wind Raider to be all that interesting a vehicle–I’d much rather [...]

Christmas Action Movies > Die Hard 2

So yeah…after some thought, the whole “Poe Ghostal Unpegged” thing seemed like an unnecessary split. Instead, I’m just going to start writing about whatever I want right here on PGPoA. It’s my site and I just can’t write about only toys now. There will still be plenty of toy-related writing, but also stuff like this. [...]

Ask Mattel > Answers for December 14, 2011

Gargamel asks: Will we see a Movie Masters line for the Tim Burton Batman films in the near future? There are no plans for now, but it’s a good idea that we’ll consider. Rich asks: Wow, that Legion 12-pack sold really well! And quickly! I know that you’ve barely planned 2012, and 2013 is a [...]