- My friend Popeonabomb was at Wondercon yesterday, and he took some pics for me – primarily of MOTUC and the Golden Age Batman & Joker. You can check ’em out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/poeghostal/sets/72157626418374964/
- I’ve been reading the G.I. Joe: Special Missions trade paperbacks from IDW. The concept, as described, really appealed to me–Joes performing “realistic” military missions. I’m enjoying the heck out of them, and between that and the incredible awesome reveals at JoeCon this weekend, I’m now actively resisting getting into G.I. Joe collecting. Which is kind of amazing, because G.I. Joe has been around forever and I never had the slightest interest in it (I was a He-Man/Transformers/TMNT kid). But Hasbro seems to be going balls-out with stuff like this and especially this. We’ll see whether I can hold out.
- Some news bits from Wondercon: according to Scott Neitlich, Leech will have no other head, his jaw is not articulated, and Hordak’s armor will be vac-metallized (i.e., chrome).
- As you know, I’ve often discussed expanding the scope of this website to encompass more geek-related, but not necessarily toy-related, topics. I just as frequently have shot the idea down, deciding that keeping a laserlike focus on toys is the best way to keep the site popular. However, I’ve found I do need some sort of outlet for my non-toy geekishness, and to that end I’ve decided to create a spinoff website that will allow me to write about non-toy stuff. All I need is a title…Poe Ghostal’s…Pop…something? I don’t know. As such, I’m holding a contest! Post your suggestions below. If I decide I like any of them enough to use as the site’s title, that person will win a special Sword of Ages variant–purple hilt, black blade! Enter as many times as you want.
Mario
How about Poe's Pop Points?
Tom-Tom
For the love of God, don't use Poe's Positions. I'd like to be able to view the site at work….
FakeEyes22
Poe Ghostal: Unpegged
misterbigbo
Poe Ghostal's Pop Ponder Palace
Poe Ghostal's Pop Ponderosa
Poe Pop
Bigbot
Poe Ghostal's Points of Entertainment
goon3423
Just Poe's. Keep it simple. Or lemme see… Poe Ghostals points of pop culture, Poe's Corner, Poe Corners, Poe's Position, Poe boy-blues…thats all I can think of this second.
Damien
Like the idea of a non-toy site, Poe.
Here's some ideas;
Poe Ghostal's
–Pop Trends
–Pop Perception
–Pop Ponderings
–Pop Proclamations
–Social Stigma
–Manic Meditations
In any event, good luck coming up with something you like. Look forward to the new site.
And hey, be very careful about collecting Joes. They're awesome toys and I think you'll just love them. But that's the problem. I told myself I'd only collect the 25A or Modern-Era updates of figures I had as a kid.
Now I have WAY more figures than that and no end in sight. You get hooked, fast and hard.
Snarf! Snarf!
"Pensamientos of Poe"
It keeps the PoP and it has a foreign word which is roughly translated to Poe's thoughts…
VENENOR
Poe Ghostal's Points of Geekdom
Poe Ghostal's Points on Pop Culture
Poe Ghostal's Pop Culture Portal
Poe Ghostal's Pop Shop
Poe Ghostal's Page of Pop
Poe Ghostal's Scrolls of Pop
Poe Ghostal's Pop Chamber
Poe Ghostal: Pop Ponderer
Poe Ghostal: Pop Plunderer
Poe Ghostal: Pop Philosopher
FakeEyes22
PGPG – Poe Ghostal's Pop Geekery
clark
@ misterbigbo:
Sorry that you're in such a Joe wasteland. Around here Target, Walmart, and TRU stock Joes. What's more is that you never know which store is going to get the new products first. They almost seem to be on a rotating basis. TRU got the first wave of POC before the others. However wave 3 showed up at Target long before either other store got them. Now a Walmart near me got the latest drop (with Shadow Tracker and Low Light) several weeks ago, and I haven't seen them anywhere else yet.
Scott
Just reverse this site's title:
Poe Ghostal's Articulated Points
Mecha-Shiva
Less muscle detail and a yellow batsign then we're golden!
Pop!goes the Ghostal
or just plain
Pop!Ghostal
ero
Damn it do I never get tired of seeing that golden age Batman shot. Finally I have a Batman for my Brave and the Bold shelf! And I don't even care that the bat symbol isn't the right one for it. That head sculpt is just perfect.
Get on the Joe train, Poe! We need more Hasbro rep'd here! 🙂
Poe Ghostal's Points of Pontification?
Nik
Poe Ghostal's Pop Bonanza
Poe Ghostal's Penchant for Poppiness
Poe Ghostal's Pretty Poppy Palace
Poe Ghostal's Geeky Points
Poe Ghostal's Plastic-less Passion
I'm tired.
misterbigbo
You should have very little trouble resisting the urge to collect Joes, seeing as they'll be sold in hardly any brick and mortar stores. As far as I can tell, Target is the only retailer within miles of me that even stocks them. They do look very nice, though.
Mysterious Stranger
Poe Ghostal's Pop Closet
or
Poe Ghostal's Pop Culture Closet
RageTreb
I too used to have zero interest in Joes, but recently something clicked inside me and now I can't get enough of them and have been buying the toys. Is there something in the air? 😛
Justin
Wow, it's like you read my mind. I've sometimes used my own blog format to cover non toy events, but often sensed that the readers really didn't want that. I've dropped that idea recently, but have often looked for an outlet for that sort of discussion.
Not sure I have the time nor energy to create a whole spin off site for it, but it's always interesting to see other people thinking the same things.
Crazy
I had read somewhere else that Hordak's armor would get a more metallic paint than what was shown, but I hadn't heard the chromed bit.