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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I’m hunkering down for the impending NYC HURRICANEPOCALYPSE and fashioning crude weapons to defend against the inevitable hordes of looters and mutants, so I don’t have much time for introductions today. Here are this week’s notable links from around the InterWebs… – I’m a big fan of Hunter S. Thompson’s early novel The Rum Diary, [...]

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Something I wondered this week: What went through the mailman’s head when he realized he was bringing me a lightsaber? I’ll never know the answer to that question, but if you’re wondering what was going through my head when it arrived, you’re in luck. I wrote about it. It’s always nice when the daily delivery [...]

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