Last day to vote for Man-E-Faces’s colors

February 25, 2011 | Poe

Just a reminder–the poll about the colors for MOTUC Man-E-Faces ends today. Vote now!

The Four Horsemen and all four Roast Gooble hosts have stated they want the flesh-toned MEF. I voted for the middle ground, which should be classic Poe to those of you who know me personally. Anyway, barring a big last-minute surge, it looks the middle ground is going to win.

1,200 votes seems surprisingly low to me….far more action figures will be produced than there are people voting for it.

That said, we can always get the flesh-toned MEF in a DC vs. MOTU 2-pack with Two-Face–if those keep going. Given my inability to find on at any TRU anywhere, I’m not sure what the likelihood of that is.

Pic of the Day

February 25, 2011 | Poe

R7-A7

R7-A7 by Compulsive Collector

Power-Con: The He-Man and She-Ra Convention

February 24, 2011 | Poe

News from He-Man.org:

Power-Con*, the first annual MOTU and POP fan convention in the US, is coming!
Tentatively scheduled for fall of this year, Power-Con is working with He-Man.org to help provide the best fan experience possible.

Power-Con wants to know what you’d like to see at a MOTU and POP fan convention!
Please check out this thread on the Org forums where you can post your feedback.

We’ll be posting more information as it develops!

*This convention is not sponsored by, or affiliated with Mattel, Inc. or Classic Media, Inc.

OK. So I’m not 100% sold on the name, though I’m not sure what else to call it. He-Con? MastersCon? GrayskullCon? Any of those would have been a bit more indicative of the actual subject of the convention…actually I like He-Con.

…but anyway, it’s a minor point. If this convention takes place at a reasonable distance from me, I will do my best to go and cover the event.

Toy Aisle Trolls > Beetle Blues Beyond

February 24, 2011 | Poe

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.

Poester 3B makes us all sad with this:

3B writes:

Found this one last night at the Target near my job. Looks like they swapped Batman Beyond for a Happy Meal-type Blue Beetle figurine.

The package was almost flawless, so i assume he unglued it at home. This troll definitely took his time…

I’ve got a lot of TATs coming in, which slightly depresses me, so please come up with your own punishments for this worthless scum.

Pic of the Day

February 24, 2011 | Poe

Pre-Transformers Shockwave G1

Pre-Transformers Shockwave G1 by Isaac Cortés

Random acts of nerdery

February 23, 2011 | Poe

I’m currently taking classes to get my Master’s in library science, and one of the first things you have to do is pass a technology competency test. It includes putting together a very basic webpage on any topic. To get credit, the page has to include the following:

  • Page title
  • 2 section headings of different sizes
  • A paragraph of text
  • A bold or italic phrase
  • A list with at least 3 items
  • A link to an image that has been uploaded to your webspace
  • A hyperlink to a PDF file you have created and uploaded to your webspace
  • A hyperlink to another web page

I’m sure many of you can guess where this is going–here’s my page.

Toy Aisle Trolls > The Shave and the Trolled

February 23, 2011 | Poe

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.

Poester MB must live in a troll-heavy area, because he drops not one, but two douchetrocities on us:

Writes MB:

Found both of these at the same Wal-Mart in Greenville, SC. The only Kyle that I have seen and the plastic was cut with a box cutter in the shape of the sword. What makes it even better was that they also took the box cutter as the package for that was on the shelf on the other side of the aisle. I’m sure that the Brave and Bold one just had Superman pulled out of the hole at the top, which is exactly what I thought I would see when I first saw this set.

At least the Kyle remains intact in its package–even the BAF part is there. I’m wondering if this wasn’t just a case of a careless employee slashing the package as he opened the case of figures. I missed the fact they stole his sword. Terrible.  And odd. He really wanted just the sword that bad? AND he stole the box cutter he used to do it? Wow. I assume this guy will be be moving up from torturing pets and stealing toys to the FBI’s Most Wanted in a few years.

There’s no excuse for stealing the Superman figure–much less from a toy set aimed at five-year-olds. Unless said excuse is “I’m a total douchebag”–which doesn’t excuse the theft, but at least would be honest.

Pic of the Day

February 23, 2011 | Poe

ROM the Spaceknight Action Figure

ROM the Spaceknight Action Figure by Neato Coolville