Popeye is one of the most enduring pop-culture icons of the past hundred years, as recognizable as Bugs Bunny, Mickey...
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There's a very popular criticism that pops up pretty much everywhere in regards to visiting something one once enjoyed as...
Retro may be killing our culture. Reactionary? Perhaps. But we live in a time where innovation is costly and progress...
They don't always do it right the first time. The earliest action figure iterations of many comic book characters have fallen short...
When it comes to action figures, there are certain characters toy companies just can't seem to make enough of. Look at Deadpool. No...
From the beginning, G.I. Joe has been a toyline with characters packing major HEAT. That's High Explosive Anti-Tank, meaning stuff...
Sometimes bad things happen to good toys. Photo courtesy BoyWonder It's horrific, I know, but Morbius here is a prime...
Mrs. Averagemom stood and stretched, pinwheeling her arms to work out the nerveburn. She just finished a 1000 word blog...
Whenever I see images of a new toy line, my reactions are always gut-level and primal. A deep, primordial...
It was the summer of 1988. Steve Winwood (apparently) was at the top of the charts. The theaters were being...
I recently took a look at the oddball members of Cobra released in 1987, but that barely scratched the surface...
I think I've reached a patience plateau. I'm willing to wait for things, because waiting for things you want is...
There are certain constants in life. They are the people and places, ideas and objects that provide tone and texture to what...
Inevitably, in a toy line with as many characters as G.I. Joe, there comes a time when, instead of constantly...
Batman just had his 75th birthday last year, and it's a testament to the character that not only is he...
