While most people know April O’Neil as the yellow jumpsuit-clad news reporter from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, she actually started out as…Continue Reading
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Mail Call: Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger
They’re all starting to come together. This is exciting.
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Monday Musings: The Toxicity of Social Media, or: Make the Internet Fun Again
This is kind of a long one kids, so strap in. The pandemic of 2020 has brought me a lot of reflection and re-evaluation. As…Continue Reading
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Leatherhead custom repaint
There’s nothing really wrong with the original Leatherhead toy, I just thought that for a gator from the Florida swamp, he didn’t seem murky enough.…Continue Reading
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Rocksteady Custom Toy
While I kinda love the original Bebop action figure, the 1988 Rocksteady toy has, for a long time, disappointed me. His legs make him feel…Continue Reading
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Friendly Fridays: Val Hochberg’s Kick Girl
My pal Val Hochberg (Hey, we had her on Atomic Monsoon once!) does the excellent online comic, Mystery Babylon. In 2015, she redesigned the lead…Continue Reading
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Mail Call: Lord Drakkon
In another reality where Tommy Oliver never fully escaped the influence of the evil space witch, Rita Repulsa, the evil Green Ranger became at threat…Continue Reading
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Legion of Doom Tag Team Custom Toys
The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal, who took their name from the Mad Max films, were also known as the Legion of Doom (that name…Continue Reading
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Robot Heroes Action Master Thundercracker Custom Toy
Thundercracker was one of the first Transformers toys released in 1984. He was a blue-and-silver redeco of the more popular Starscream, and along with the…Continue Reading
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Heroes of Cybertron: Generations Acid Storm
After Sunstorm proved to be a successfully popular “new” character, Transformers-owning toy company Hasbro kept going with naming the background Decepticon Jets, following up the…Continue Reading