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Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 3
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Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 2
Head back to yesterday's post for part one! EPSON MFP image
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Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 1
Back when I first got into comics in 1993, Drake's Cakes, maker of dessert snack cakes like Devil Dogs and Yodels, included one of four 16-page Marvel mini-comics (these little…
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Heroes of Cybertron Hotlink custom toy
More fun with obscure Transformers characters! From the very first episode, More Than Meets The Eye, pt. 1, comes Hotlink! He's from the same scene as Sunstorm, whom I've talked…
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Heroes of Cybertron Bitstream custom toy
Fun with obscure Transformers characters! From the very first episode, More Than Meets The Eye, pt. 1, comes Bitstream! He's from the same scene as Sunstorm, whom I've talked about…
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TMNT Fugitoid custom toy
Fugitoid - The fugitive android - Acutally pre-dates the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird wrote and drew a bunch of short Fugitoid stories that either never…
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TMNT Dirtbag Custom Toy
Dirtbag is a mutant mole, who is also a miner. I've always felt like that’s a little on-the-nose, even for the early-1990s Ninja Turtles toy line. But, such is the…
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Transformers Gold Armor Bumblebee ReAction Figure
Sometimes, there's just not a lot to say about a toy, y'know? It's Bumblebee, but he's covered in gold paint for some reason? I'm pretty sure this guy came out…
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The Real Ghostbusters 2 Custom Toys
Oh hey, it's like the repaints of Real Ghostbusters toys that I did from the first movie, but instead they're now in the grey coveralls that they wore in the…
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Transformers Cyberchrome Megatron ReAction Figure
How many Megatrons can Super7 release? Cyberchrome Megatron, like Cyberchrome Optimus Prime, was a Target-exclusive repaint. These store-exclusive repaints are becoming more and more common amongst toylines. Basically, Target and…
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TMNT Scumbug custom toy
He's an exterminator that got turned into a mutant cockroach! Scumbug is... gross. The original toy was definitely the inspiration for his animated appearance: But in the Teenage Mutant Ninja…
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The Real Ghostbusters “Citizen Ghost” Custom Toys
Custom Spectral Ghostbusters as seen in the episode, “Citizen Ghost,” which explains why the Ghostbusters went from the uniform tan jumpsuits to the multicolored ones. Inspired by this. From this……
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The Return of Atomic Monsoon!?
Announced this past weekend over on Phoenix Fan Fusion’s Programming Schedule: Andy and Stephanie, hosts of the podcast Atomic Monsoon, reunite for an epic comeback to record a new episode…
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ZapCon 2022
I spent yesterday, April 30, 2022, at ZapCon, Arizona’s arcade & pinball convention. All the local arcades and independent machine owners bring their machines together at the Mesa Convention Center.…
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TMNT Mondo Gecko custom toy
Image from TMNTToys.com Mondo Gecko is the "Rip-Roarin', Skateboardin' Reptile." And that's it. That's his personality. He's a late 80s/early 90s surfer dude that got mutated into a gecko, and…