Studio Series – Bumblebee (VW)
Posted in2018 - Studio Series

Studio Series – Bumblebee (VW)

The latest Transformers Movie, Bumblebee, takes things back more to the original roots of Transformers.  It features G1 versions of a lot of the characters and the main character, Bumblebee, takes the form of a Volkswagen Beetle like he had in the original 80s cartoon.  The movie isn't getting it's own toyline but is instead being looped in with the Studio Series line.  The first figure from the new films is Bumblebee himself though in many cases, Dropkick from the followup wave is also showing up with him. The new Bee reminds me a lot of Studio Series Jazz in…
Review – Marvel Legends – First Ten Years – Infinity War (Dr. Strange, Thanos, Iron Man Mark L)
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Review – Marvel Legends – First Ten Years – Infinity War (Dr. Strange, Thanos, Iron Man Mark L)

It seems a little weird that the latest film Infinity War is included in the First Ten Years line of Marvel Legends, but I guess it is part of the legacy.  I guess it's more strange to me because it includes a complete version of a Build a Figure that's currently on the pegs still and an Iron Man that's part of that same Build a Figure Wave.  In terms of figure reuse, this set is essentially 100% reuse of past releases, and it's one of the more expensive sets, which pretty much makes it the worst offender of the…
Comics – Batman Hush, The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke
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Comics – Batman Hush, The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke

I am a fan of comics, I like the idea of comics, I like super heroes. I don’t actually read all that many comics.  The ongoing monthly cost is more than I care to bother with and I hate the whole multispan multi book story arch aspects (multibook Crossovers, not bultibook within a series).  It also feels like there is too much long tail and too much filler to really "get into" anything these days.  I really love collections and Graphic Novels.  They tend to highlight the best aspects and they tend to be self constrained consolidated stories.  The only…
Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam Powered Stories
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Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam Powered Stories

I  remember hearing about this book a while back.  I forget if it was on the Team Fortress blog or just somewhere in the Steam Forums.  I then promptly forgot about it.  As convenient as shopping online is, I like the serendipity of a store.  Unfortunately, there aren’t many book stores in the area and I tend to forget about books I wanted if I am not reminded of them. I was browsing through Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago and found this and remembered about it.  I decided to wait on it though since I get coupons for…
Review – Transformers – The Last Knight – Cogman
Posted in2017 - The Last Knight

Review – Transformers – The Last Knight – Cogman

I'm not going to lie, I barely remember anything about The Last Knight.  I had some vague hope it was going to be better going into it, but it wasn't.  I don't really know how but somehow the Michael Bay Transformers movies just got worse and worse with each release.  I vaguely remember something with knights in the beginning and then they go to the ruins of Chicago or something then there was something with Anthony Hopkins and Hot Rod in England.  Beyond that, the whole thing exists as some sort of weird repressed memory or something. Still, I like…