Man, Byron was right: April really is the cruelest month.
What with Star Wars Celebration, numerous birthdays, the start of the NHL
Playoffs, the winding down of the Spring semester, and this year, Avengers: Endgame to end not only the
month, but the current cycle of the MCU. In honor of that last piece, let’s
take a look at Marvel Legends Thanos,
in his comic book, and thus best, appearance.
Child Sized Coffin
Death Metal & Toys
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Grave Considerations: Star Wars Celebration 2019
Last week, my wife and I had the incredible experience and
massive pleasure of attending the official Star Wars convention, Celebration,
held in sweet home Chicago. The five day festival honors and . . . celebrates .
. . all things Star Wars.
What a great time.
The last couple of years have been real rough to be part of
a fandom, almost regardless of which fandom it is. Star Wars has had its share
of bitching, as has Marvel; sports seem like they’ve been horribly toxic for
many years already; the gaming world has always been full of jagoffs. Things
really have felt bleak at times; but not Celebration. Star Wars Celebration was
a joyful event that focused on all things positive and Star Wars, even though
that is redundant. The atmosphere was amazing and universally positive and
welcoming, proving that Star Wars really is for everyone. I personally have
felt real nerves before both Celebration and last months’ C2E2 specifically
because I’m not interested in the full diapered tantrums of haters and the ignorant,
and am just hopeful that those people won’t attend conventions devoted to
things that they clearly hate, but who can tell, really. The world is full of
all kinds of people, even those who would attend an event just to be negative
about it. For some reason.
Star Wars: The Black Series C-3PO
Franchise mainstay C-3PO does not make for the most exciting
or impressive entry in the Black Series
line, but is a necessary one. It was this view that kept him out of the Coffin
collection for such a long time, only being welcomed a few weeks ago. The
Walgreens exclusive version is the Original Trilogy 3PO, with the silver leg,
not the general release from The Force
Awakens, with the red arm.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Marvel Legends: Thor
In preparation for the Marvel Comics event “War of the
Realms,” let’s have a look at Legends Thor,
as she appears in Jason Aaron’s spectacular Thor
run dating from 2014 until just last year. Spoilers ahead, for those who
don’t know who this Thors’ secret identity is, so proceed with caution.
FansProject Intimidator: Down Force
Apparently, Down Force is the second member of the
Intimidator group to be released, not Last Chance, to correct a previous
mistake. No matter; regardless of release order, Down Force is the FansProject
stand-in for Dragstrip, the loveable psychotic six-wheeled race car member of
the Stunticons.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Star Wars: The Black Series Padme Amidala
Taking a minute before we leave for our second day at Star
Wars Celebration 2019 to take a look at one of the most recent Wave of Black Series figures, Padme Amidala as
she appears in Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
It has been stated at some point in the not too distant past that the line
would take time in 2019 to focus on the Prequels, since this year marks twenty
years since The Phantom Menace was
released. (I think we will talk about The Phantom Menace in the not too
distant future here as well, just not right now. –mr)
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Ju-Jiang Jet Commander JJ-02B: Jet Harrier
Jet Harrier, or “Harrier,” as he will be known hereafter, is
the second member of the “Third Party”/upsized KO Combiner Wars Aerialbot team, known as Slingshot or “Quickslinger”
in Hasbro parlance, and the first of the limb figures of the set. Roughly Masterpiece size, Harrier is the same
height as MP Sideswipe.