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Can you believe it's been 20 years since the Jurassic Park movie first hit theaters? The cutting edge stuff they were doing in that movie can be done on a home computer today. Still a fun movie regardless. Of course, just lik...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
Back in the late '70s and '80s there was an industry wide shift in figure scale as companies moved away from large 'dolls' and smaller action figures dominated. Even so, there were some ambitious figures that just had to be b...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
Troops of Doom, a web comic featuring G.I. Joe and Star War figures battling for Lego technology, recently celebrated its fifth birthday. The comic was launched in 2008 and now, five years later, has had 523 comic strips (or ...
| Scarecroodle |
Hasbro's Kre-O Battleship line may have sunk and the Transformers had a rough start, but continues to back their homegrown building block line. This year the focus seems to be on saturation as they push four lines simult...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
Hasbro's G.I. Joe showcase seemed to focus mostly on its movie offerings, both in its 3.75-inch core format and the larger kid-friendly toys. However, there seemed to be a lot of non-movie figures on display including some ki...
| Scarecroodle |
It seems that a lot of us here like G.I. Joe and Hot Toys. The first Hot Toys release from G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Snake Eyes, looks to have captured our attention quite well. What Hot Toys is hoping is that it has done enough...
| Andres Cerrato |
Immediately at the announcement of Hot Toys Snake Eyes, my attention went straight to what else can be made. Don't get me wrong, the 1/6 Snake Eyes is nothing short of amazing, but there's other people I want along the way. I...
| Andres Cerrato |
G.I.Joe Retaliation is a troubled movie. Earlier in 2012 the movie was ready full salvo for its June 29 release with a major add campaign, toys showing up in stores, and licensed merchandise everywhere. Then Paramount dr...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
MENSA (yeah, that MENSA) has been holding their Toys Bracket Challenge since since mid-October and we've now come down to the finals! It's the action figure juggernaut known as the Transformers battling it out against th...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
Unless you've been living in an ice cave on planet Hoth for the past week you know Disney has been making some pretty big headlines. There's the 2015 date for The Avengers 2, the surprise purchase of Lucasfilm Ltd., and their...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |
Just last week, Disney announced seemingly out of nowhere that they were buying up Lucasfilm for US$4 billion. And now, according to sources that talked to MTV Geek, the Mouse's attention may be turning to another company: Ha...
| Brian Szabelski |
In today's world it's kinda easy to look at the G.I. Joe arch nemesis Cobra as a rather silly excuse for a terrorist organization. What with their ranks filled with so many oddball misfits it's a little hard to take them seri...
| Jeremy Emerje Crocker |