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TMNT General Traag custom toy
Image from The Toys Time Forgot General Traag is the leader of Krang's army of Stone Warriors (or "Rock Soldiers") from Dimension X. He's got a pretty straightforward design in…
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Transformers Astro Magnum Custom Toy
Shockwave is unique amongst Transformers characters, because, unlike most of his shape-changing robotic bretheren, he didn't start life as a toy licensed from Takara. He was initially Astro Magnum, a…
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TMNT Sgt. Bananas custom toy
Seargeant Bananas is a master of -- you guessed it -- GORILLA warfare. *rimshot* I don't think he's ever actually appeared in any Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fiction. He was…
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Transformers Robot Heroes Delta Magnus Custom Toy
As part of Takara's Diaclone line, this guy was known as Powered Convoy. I've talked about Powered Convoy, right? I swear I've mentioned Powered Convoy once or twice. Come on,…
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Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers): Where to Start
Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, formerly known as Ms. Marvel, first debuted in 1968 as a supporting cast member for Marvel Comics' original Captain Marvel, alias Mar-vell. But…
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GamePro Magazine 1992 Cover Review
Back in the day when people still read magazines, GamePro magazine was my gaming magazine of choice. Sure I had a handful of issues of Nintendo Power, Electronic Gaming Monthly,…
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TMNT Baxter Stockman custom toy
One of the coolest things about the 1988 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line is just how creative they got. There's mutants of tons of animals -- Turtles, of course,…
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lightning Collecton Goldar custom toy
The Gametop Exclusive release of Goldar from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lightning Collection line is a rad six-inch, super-articulated figure. But the "gold" plastic he was cast in was…
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TMNT Ray Fillet custom toy
Ray Fillet, or Man Ray, as he's known in the Archie Comics series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, is, as you've probably guessed from his name alone, a mutant manta…
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Robot Heroes Red Mirage Custom Toy
Before Hasbro licensed all the toys from Takara, many of the vehicular characters were originally toys from the toy line Diaclone, and Mirage was no exception. Both Mirage's original Diaclone…
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Friendly Fridays: BLACK Teaser by Dané Shobe
A while back, I interviewed my friend Dané Shobe about his upcoming Power Rangers fan film, BLACK, on an episode of OTHER STRANGENESS -- That discussion also got into the…
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The Return of Atomic Monsoon panel
Recorded at Phoenix Fan Fusion, May 29, 2022. We’re working on getting this added to the old feed, but I figured that it should at least have a home here…
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TMNT Walkabout custom toy
I know literally nothing about Walkabout, except that he's a mutant kangaroo from the 1991 wave of TMNT figures. I got one, and painted him up to better match the…
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Atomic Monsoon Indy Cards
At the Return of Atomic Monsoon panel at Phoenix Fan Fusion 2022, we’re giving out two event-exclusive Raw Deal Indy Cards! They were printed in extremely limited quantities, so swing…
