I dug this out and thought it would make for a fitting Pic of the Day today, the last day to help get enough pre-orders for the Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull. Yes, this is me, right around March 1985 according to the developer’s date on the back. Contrary to my recent post, it [...]
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Pic of the Day > Poe, circa March 1985
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The 85 Films Martin Scorsese Says You Should See as Your Film School Education
Via Fast Company. I don’t necessarily agree with a lot of this list but hey, they asked Marty’s for his and not me … for some reason I can’t quite figure out why … After all, I have a IMDB listing too. Tweet This Post
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update that wall without the paint
You may have heard of these things that you stick to the wall in your kids’ rooms. Many use them for a little dash of decoration, color, and character without getting any paint on you or the kids. Wall graphics: they’re everywhere! In the beginning I thought nursery graphics might be a fad, I thought [...]
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Marvel Heroics
I’m a sucker for items on clearance. Normally, a clear head will prevail. Mark something down though and I can’t resist. Similar to the tale I told on Episode 37 of the Action Figure Blues Podcast, I picked up a couple of the Marvel Heroics capsules at the same drug store. At 50 cents, I [...]
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Ranger Rick Celebrates 50 Years with New App, Magazine
National Wildlife Federation (NWF), publisher of Ranger Rick children’s magazine, is releasing a new magazine and related app for a younger age group. Ranger Rick Jr. will feature specially designed content for children ages 4 to 7. The magazine is designed for beginning readers and is packed with intriguing animal facts and photography. A new [...]
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If You Run of Out Things to Do in Vegas: The Chuck Jones Experience
Inside Circus Circus … If you’re coming from Texas, turn right at Albuquerque – then go North and make another left. From Pismo Beach, yea, turn left … or should be tuoin left. The online store is at chuckjonesshop.com. Tweet This Post
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My Little Pony Wedding Castle {Video Demo and Review}
Best for: Ages 3 and up The My Little Pony Wedding Castle by Hasbro made it on this year’s ToyXplosion 20 list! The My Little Pony TV show is hot, hot, hot on The Hub and the toys are flying off the shelves. My Little Pony Wedding Castle Description The My Little Pony Wedding CastleRead More
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Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie Yes, this is real. This is the...
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Yes, this is real. This is the world we live in now. One where some dude with a camera can film himself yelling at his TV set while he plays old games and years later become a movie star because of it. Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
“Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie” is a passion project by independent filmmakers James Rolfe and Kevin Finn, based on the popular web series. The film is being produced outside the studio system, entirely funded by fan donations. Principle photography took place in Spring of 2012, in the Los Angeles area, with Jason Brewer as the DP. Additional filming is taking place on the East Coast. Editing is in its early stages.
The film is inspired by the famous Atari video game burial of 1982. Atari produced a game based on the biggest blockbuster movie of that year, E.T., and rushed it to meet the deadline for the Christmas shopping season. It was a commercial failure and millions of unsold game cartridges were buried in a desert landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Coincidentally, it’s not too far from Roswell, the landing site of a different kind of E.T.
This looks terrible, but in a sort of ironic good way. I especially like the part when the old dude yells “Where’s my fuckin’ arm!?” Shit’s deep, yo.
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Transformers 4 - Michael Bay Talks Wahlberg, Shia, and The New Movie Timelines
TMZ had a little chit chat with Michael Bay about the new Transformers movie that he's just announced will include Mark Wahlberg in a leading role. Mr. Bay also lets us know a couple of small tidbits about the move taking place 4 years after the Dark of the Moon events and that the film will be released on July 4, 2014 as opposed to the previously reported date of June 27th, 2014. Bay also talks Shia Lebouf's unhappy departure from the last film. Discounting the actors comments as a response to how hard it is to do the job and that he thinks he's a great guy. Watch the whole TMZ clip now.
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LeapPad2 by LeapFrog {Video Demo and Review}
For ages 3 to 9 The LeapPad 2 by LeapFrog made it on this year’s ToyXplosion 20 list! The LeapPad is back and better than ever. What’s different with the new LeapPad? It has more features both parents and kids will love. LeapPad 2 by LeapFrog The number one kids’ tablet is back and hasRead More
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Toys R Us to open early on Thanksgiving
Toys R Us is joining the slew of stores that will open increasingly early this Thanksgiving.
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The Little Gym Partners with Nickelodeon To Host Official Dora the Explorer Birthday Parties
Parents seeking a birthday adventure for their children soon will be able to grab their backpacks and head to The Little Gym. Nickelodeon and The Little Gym International have announced a partnership that will bring Dora the Explorer-themed birthday parties to the more than 210 The Little Gym locations in the United States. The Little [...]
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S.H.Figuarts-Zect Trooper
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Victoria’s Secret Evangelion Suit The 2012...
Victoria’s Secret Evangelion Suit
The 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show took place last Wednesday in NYC where model Jordan Dunn rocked an outfit that looked a lot like Rei Ayanami’s plugsuit from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It looks like Justin Bieber approves. So do we.
Catch the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show when it airs in the U.S. on CBS on December 4 at 10:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 p.m. CDT. We’ll be watching strictly for professional, journalistic purposes.
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‘Subterrane’ at Stranger Factory: Online Inquiry Period Begins Today!
‘Subterrane’ opened at Stranger Factory on November 9, and the gallery will begin accepting online purchase inquiries today (November 12) at noon PST. Visit the preview link for purchasing instructions and to view the available pieces. All inquiries must be … Continue reading →![]()
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Ficon's Miss G White and Black
Sales began for two new Ficon dolls, Miss G in White and Black. Both are LE20 and retail price is $630. They include the outfit with dress, shoes, bag, jewelry and Chewin wig. It's not surprising that Black is already sold out but I think both are just gorgeous.
The following photographs are from Ficon's gallery and are by Alexandra Forbes.
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The following photographs are from Ficon's gallery and are by Alexandra Forbes.
See more at the Ficon website.
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Toy Aisle Trolls > Sad Love
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@poeghostal.com. Submitted by: DH “Found this at my [...]
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New Lazer Tag App Feature Titled Winter Domination
For those of you who love Nerf’s Lazer Tag App and products, I have an exciting fun new feature to tell you about when you update your app. It’s called Winter Domination and you can earn in-app weapon upgrades for free. · Winter Domination brings an icy cool touch to the game, and will last throughRead More
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Integrity Toys' Norma Desmond as Hollywood Royalty
Giselle as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard? The fashion is drop dead gorgeous. The face? Where is Norma? I doubt that many would buy a doll that looked like this:
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IMO Gloria Swanson wasn't exactly the best looking actress of her day and you can't portray talent in a doll so picking Giselle was as good a decision as any. Just don't expect visitors to your collection to say "Wow, you have a Gloria Swanson doll!"
W Club members were offered the opportunity to pre-order this doll from dealers a few days ago and from many reports, she is nearly or completely sold out.
For me, the beauty in this doll is the fashion. It represents one aspect of the era of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Gloria Swanson is known best for being a great star during the silent movie era. She continued to act into her later years and died at the age of 84 in 1983.
So now you know more than you wanted to about Norma Desmond.
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From Wikipedia:
Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California.
The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent movie star who draws him into her fantasy world where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen with Erich von Stroheim as Max Von Mayerling, her butler and ex-husband. Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb play supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson.
Praised by many critics when first released, Sunset Boulevard was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won three. It is widely accepted as a classic, often cited as one of the greatest films of American cinema. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, Sunset Boulevard was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked number twelve on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century, and in 2007 it was 16th on their 10th Anniversary list.
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W Club members were offered the opportunity to pre-order this doll from dealers a few days ago and from many reports, she is nearly or completely sold out.
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| Item # 14034 Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard Commemorative Collectible Doll Limited Edition of 500 Dolls Suggested Retail Price: $119.00 USD Estimated Date of Arrival: Week of November 19, 2012 |
For me, the beauty in this doll is the fashion. It represents one aspect of the era of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Gloria Swanson is known best for being a great star during the silent movie era. She continued to act into her later years and died at the age of 84 in 1983.
So now you know more than you wanted to about Norma Desmond.
From Wikipedia:
Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California.
The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent movie star who draws him into her fantasy world where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen with Erich von Stroheim as Max Von Mayerling, her butler and ex-husband. Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb play supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson.
Praised by many critics when first released, Sunset Boulevard was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won three. It is widely accepted as a classic, often cited as one of the greatest films of American cinema. Deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, Sunset Boulevard was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked number twelve on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century, and in 2007 it was 16th on their 10th Anniversary list.
Wasn't there a Sunset Blvd. backdrop produced for one of Integrity Toy's Gene Marshall conventions?
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This new Azusa Miura is Brilliant
The Idolmaster girls keep coming with yet another offering from Megahouse, this time in the form of Azusa Miura's "Brilliant Stage Princess Melody version". It's very, very pink, to say the least. I feel like it's a bit difficult to make a call on this one. While I'm a fairly large Idolmaster fan, at least as large as one can be without procuring the actual games, I've always found many of their figures a bit lacking, to say the least.
I'm not sure what it is, but something always seems a bit off, and the same holds true here, as well. Perhaps Megahouse just isn't the best producer to handle such a franchise? Whatever the case may be, Azusa here is a bit of a toss-up. Of the two options for hairstyles, I certainly prefer the longer one, and I'm hoping that means her 1960s-era flight attendant's cap is removable as well.
Her outfit is certainly interesting, providing quite the clash of colors and patterns. I do like her skirt and tights, though! It's hard to say whether or not this one strictly seems worth picking up, but you'll have until March to decide if you want to pay the ¥8,500 price of admission.
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