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Back to the Future: Super7 Resurrects Kenner’s Lost Alien Action Figures
Well over thirty years ago a small company in Cincinnati hatched a plan to sell a line of 4″ action figures based on characters made popular by a horror film. Sadly, the plan was abandoned well before the product was brought to market. Sadly I say, because the parties involved were (and still are) two […]
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The 1965 George Barris Batmobile at 2012 San Diego Comic Con
My very first memory of television dates back sometime to around 1973-74 and I’m sure belongs either to Flip Wilson or the original 1960’s Batman series. So it’s no small matter that nearly 40 years later I’d have the opportunity to meet face to face with the original 1965 George Barris Batmobile. Call this machine […]
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Five Things I Learned at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con
My Third Year at San Diego Comic Con has officially bitten the dust. Bruised, battered, scarred… but definitely smiling. And just like everyone else I hauled quite a bit of stuff home with me. Toys, posters, shwag… check. But more importantly I left San Diego this year with new perspectives on the whole con experience […]