Odds ‘n Ends > MOTUC Sales, Box O Zombies, Toy Hunters

Mattel says that the sales of the Wind Raider were “okay,” but evidently not enough to merit a vehicle in 2012 (though they’re not ruling it out for 2013). Like many others, I’m mystified as to why a sellout of a few hours days translates to “okay.” Apparently, if people aren’t fighting the WSOD for [...]

5 Questions With > October Toys

As you know, October Toys was the kind sponsor of our Halloween contest a few months back. After much hounding (i.e., a few emails), I was able to get them to discuss such diverse topics as the history of their company, zombies, and shamwow. Codename: October Toys Specialty: Toymakers Base of Operations: www.octobertoys.com History: Formed [...]

Odds ‘n Ends > Jason Goes to Hell

ODD: We’re swinging into high here at PGPoA with the Halloween fun. I realize the whole zombie motif may be a bit 2006, but it was the first idea I thought of. The good thing is we get it out of the way now and I’ll have to come up with something else next year.

Attack of the Living Dead

Note: A slightly different version of this article was originally published on Biggerboat in October 2006. A couple years ago, during the huge zombie fad of the mid-’00s, Mezco Toyz produced a short-lived figure line called Attack of the Living Dead. The figures are a combination of today’s advanced action figure design and those old [...]