ReAction reaction
“So what about the ReAction aesthetic do you appreciate?” A friend asked me this after seeing that I picked up the TMNT ReAction figures, and it got me thinking...what IS…
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The awesome power of mother nature; Monsoon season 2021
The above photos are taken from around my neighborhood. The huge rainstorms known as monsoons happen every year in the southwest, but rarely are they as destructive in such a…
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Mail Call: Modular Armor Iron Man Marvel Legends Action Figure
Warning up front: This figure is VERY shiny, and I couldn't figure out how to capture that with my iPhone camera. I'm not a professional photographer, so... sorry? I pre-ordered…
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10 Games that Molded me as a Gamer
There was a thing going around Twitter asking for the 5 games that “molded” you as a gamer. Well, I’m too loquacious for 280 characters, and I’m bad at limiting…
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Mail Call: TMNT Collected Book volume 3
Back at the height of Turtlemania, Mirage studios published some collections of the earlier black-and-white TMNT comics, so new readers could get caught up without having to hunt down back…
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“Do You Know About Underwear?”
So I was walking through Target yesterday, just headed up that main aisle that connects the front entrance back through the clothing to the turn towards electronics. You know the…
TMNT ReAction figures
I’ll do a more in-depth post about these guys later, but I managed to find a set of all 4 TMNT ReAction figures by Super7 at Target, this morning. So…
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Marvel Retro 3.75” Electro
It’s my birthday week, so kind friends are buying me gifts. One of my friends and I have a tradition where we get each other something close to what the…
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X-Men: Children of the Atom Birthday “Kumite”
Up front: This entire post is a bit of a humble brag. But it's my blog, and what is a personal blog if not something of a vanity project? I've…
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The Complete Insanity of Sega Master System Video Game Box Art
Back before they were just putting Sonic into various Mario games on Nintendo consoles, SEGA (short for SErvice GAmes) used to make video game consoles of their own -- I…
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Titanic Showdown
Back in 2016, when I was working at Samurai Comics, very occasionally there'd be slow periods. I looked over and saw that we were selling these two figural banks, and…
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Mortal Kombat 2021 Experience/Review I Guess?
After two years of waititng, Marvel's Black Widow finally comes out this weekend, and I'm definitely going to go see it. But post-vaccination, I've already made it out to see…
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McFarlane Webbing Panels
I picked up the Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane Complete Collection Trade Paperback over this past weekend, and there’s a lot of fun things to be found in it. I know…
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Cheap Date
The following was a social media post inspired by actual events that happened in 2014: "You're a cheap date," she said, grabbing the check before he had a chance to…
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Monday Musings: No More Daily Updates?
So, it's been a year since I started this daily update thing. It was a way to give me something to do each day during the pandemic either between work…