When Impel first released the megaton nuke of a card set known as Marvel Universe (Series 1) in 1990, they must’ve known that a cash cow was born because the company quickly scooped up several other major franchises for card series—all using the same general layout/designs as with MU. And while knowing is half the […]
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10 Pop Culture Characters Who Eat Bugs
Last week I wrote a piece on an eye-opening experience I had eating crackers made with cricket flour which led me to discover that “entomophagy,” the eating of bugs, is a growing trend here in the United States. This list will prove that “entotarians” are nothing new—especially when it comes to film and TV… even […]
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LLOYD THE ROCK’N UNICORN (#01) If My Little Pony, G.I. Joe and Masters of the Universe all took part in some sort of sordid Saturday morning orgy, I’d imagine that Lloyd the Rock’N Unicorn would be the result 9 months later. I can only imagine that realizing the hilarious potential of such a twisted sex […]
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G.I. Joe played a major role as one of my favorite toy lines as a kid. I was a big fan of the cartoon and the comic book series. With Transformers, on the other hand, I really enjoyed the show and comics, but the toys irritated me somewhat… they never scaled very well with certain […]
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Touted as the “ULTIMATE homage to 80’s action movies” Heavy Weapon: Precursor to War has set a pretty high bar for itself. After all, we’re talking about paying tribute to everything from Rambo (First Blood Part II), Commando, Cobra, Bloodsport, Iron Eagle, Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action… even 80s action movies that were themselves […]
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ROBOT CHICKEN Season 6 DVD [Review]
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After six seasons you’d think that crazy antics of Robot Chicken’s parade of fools would be growing tiresome, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. From multiple parodies of pop culture nostalgia to the occasional stab at political satire, it’s clear that Zeb Wells and the writers of Robot Chicken are as sharp-witted as […]
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Grab your smores, strap on your Captain America underoos and join us this Fourth of July as we count down the Top 5 cartoons that raised the bar in adolescent patriotism. While patriotic U.S. citizens everywhere are preparing to celebrate their independence in this fine country by blowing small chunks of it up, we thought […]
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I was looking for a great way to cap off this week and thanks to Brian over at Cool and Collected (great site, btw) I found exactly what I needed… custom made action figures of famous movie icons NEVER actually released before! I should stress that while these figures are all very real, they’re not […]
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Tom Whalen has become somewhat of an internet art celebrity over the past years thanks to a signature style that somehow manages to take pop culture icons and put a new spin on them. A fellow strange kid at heart, Whalen’s path has allowed him the ability to play with some of his childhood favorites– […]