Diamond Select
Battle Beasts to return on April 12, 2012?
I was perusing the Battle Beasts News and discovered something I’d completely missed: a countdown timer for Battle Beasts from Diamond Select. (Or supposedly from Diamond Select–BBN says Diamond posted it, but I couldn’t find the original link.) It appears to be set for April 12, 2012. What will happen on that day? BBN speculates that [...]
Pic of the Day > munsters herman by PaulNomad
Pic of the Day > Diamond Select Universal Monsters – The Mummy [Exclusive] by Ed Speir IV
Odds ‘n Ends > October 19, 2011
Today’s Odds ‘n Ends is sponsored by the letter Ω, who surprisingly had a PayPal account. The Spawn Message Board was taken down last Friday. Rustin Parr of OAFE has written an excellent obituary here. His comment that the Spawn Board was the birthplace of the online toy collecting community is only mildly hyperbolic–I certainly got [...]
Pic of the Day > Infected by 3rd-Rate Photography
Pic of the Day > Colonel America by 3rd-Rate Photography
Pic of the Day > Colonel America by 3rd-Rate Photography
Review > Captain America & Red Skull (Marvel Select, Diamond Select)
I enjoyed the hell out of Captain America: The First Avenger. There seems to be a general consensus among geeks that Thor was a better movie, but I found Thor a bit mediocre–I walked out of the theater and forgot all about it. Captain America was a fun, funny period adventure. In a lot of [...]
Odds ‘n Ends > August 24, 2011
Here’s the first comment I’ve seen from Mattel on the DCUC subscription results: “The final tally was around 60-62% (I’ll need to ask the DC team for an exact number). We are literally reviewing the numbers to see if their is anyway to go forward now that we are under 100%. It may take another [...]