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Show and Tell > An Amazing Find

September 24, 2012 | Poe

There’s a mall near me that has one of the old-school little toy junk shops you used to find everywhere, but seem increasingly rare these days. I stop there every couple of weeks. It has an impressive assortment of action figures, from carded Playmates Dick Tracy toys to loose Kenner Ghostbusters and TMNT to a 12″ Mr. T. But recently I made a rather incredible discovery. (more…)

Pic of the Day > ntitled by geekyvixen

September 24, 2012 | Poe

Power-Con News & Discussion Thread [UPDATED 9/23 8pm]

September 22, 2012 | Poe

Power-Con is in full swing, and already some huge, huge news has been dropped: Castle Grayskull is coming. (more…)

Interview > Phil Reed’s “Transforming Collections”

September 21, 2012 | Poe

As reported earlier here, PGPoA Power Pal and all-around gentleman Phil Reed of Battlegrip.com is running a Kickstarter project for a book on third-party Transformers, Transforming Collections. The deadline for the project’s latest stretch goal is September 30. We sat down with Phil (by which I mean I sent him a few questions via email) to find out more about the project. (more…)

Sightings > The Saga of Glimmer

September 21, 2012 | Poe

I hadn’t been following Diary of a Dorkette until recently, but this heartwarming tale of her search for her childhood Glimmer figure is worth a read to anyone who had a particular beloved toy as a child.

Sightings > Play Arts Kai Has Dark Knights that Rise, Return

September 21, 2012 | Poe

When did the toy world get to busy that I’m completely out of the loop half the time? Anyway, Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line, which up to know has generally featured videogame-based characters, is expanding into movies and comics, evidently – specifically, The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight Returns.

Oddly enough, the live-action-based Rises figure looks pretty good, but I’m not so sure the PAK aesthetic works for the Dark Knight Returns. And while the pinhead made sense for the Arkham videogame figures, since Bats does have a pinhead in those games, it looks wrong on the DKR figure.

Thanks to Toyark via Battlegrip for the tip.

Pic of the Day > Primal Rage Blizzard by (Talyn)

September 21, 2012 | Poe

Pic of the Day > Pizzaface and Private Pizza by Infinite Hollywood

September 20, 2012 | Poe