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As you can imagine, the big news regarding Disney’s purchase of LucasFilm — and therefore, the Star Wars franchise — falls right into the middle of the whole “professional geek” thing I have going these days. I’ve shared some of my feelings about the deal online (in short: I think it’s going to be a [...]

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The second half of my report on Hasbro’s Toy Fair kickoff event is now up on Newsarama. In it, I describe more of the fun stuff coming up from the team responsible for the Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and Transformers toys — including a special Jar Jar Binks figure that might actually be worth owning [...]

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Toy Fair kicked off this week, but I got an early start on the show Saturday, courtesy of Hasbro’s annual Fan Media Day. I wrote up two reports on the event for Newsarama, with one focusing on the company’s upcoming Marvel toys — which includes toys based on the “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Avengers” [...]

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Let’s be honest — if you’re in a movie produced by a very hands-on George Lucas, you’re going to be asked about Star Wars. And that’s exactly what I talked to “Red Tails” actors Elijah Kelly, Tristan Wilds, and Ne-Yo about when I attended the press junket for the new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen. [...]

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I had to skip out on Monday’s regular dose of links due to an abundance of professional deadlines all converging on the same day, but I’m making up for it today with a great Friday Wrap-Up. So, without any more stalling on my side, here are this week’s links: – Submitted without comment, here’s a [...]

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And there you have it, folks: another week in the rearview mirror. Not much to say about it right now, but keep an eye on the site here for some info about my New York Comic Con plans, which solidified this week and will have me at the show and serving an interesting role. (No, [...]

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