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Comic Book Dreams

27. October 2008

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Pádraig Ó Méalóid spotted news from Todd Klein recently – you may remember that during his recent (and very fine, if I do say so myself) interview with Todd Pádraig raised the subject of the limited edition prints that Todd had created in collaboration first with Alan Moore then Neil Gaiman, respectively the Alphabets of Desire [...]

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Top toys for Christmas 2008

15. October 2008

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Yes, I know and I apologise for bringing up Christmas yet again when we haven’t even had Halloween and Bonfire Night yet, but the Toy Retailer’s Association has announced their annual top twelve toys for Christmas list, usually an indicator of the kid’s toys most likely to be fought over by desperate parents in December [...]

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The Two Doctors

8. September 2008

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David Tennant. Tom Baker. Both Doctors together, the hip, cool new Doc and the classic Doc who pretty much encapsulated what many fans think of as the Doctor. Sadly only in action figure form – sorry, this isn’t an exclusive scoop on a special episode of Doctor Who featuring two Doctors (although I so wish [...]

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Anime eyes

13. August 2008

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News on Japan features these special contact lenses designed to make you look more like an Anime/manga character, ideal for cosplayers. And since you can have them made to your prescription they are perfect for short-sighted cosplayers too! Vampire and zombie fans have been able to have prescription horror lenses for a few years now [...]

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Halo Stig

21. July 2008

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Looking at the forthcoming Halo Master Chief mask, I couldn’t help but wonder – do you think the programmers modelled the Master Chief on Top Gear’s Stig? Some say he eats only titanium wheel nuts and underneath his helmet is an endless series of other helmets… I think the world needs some Stig action figures, [...]

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Tarty Black Canary Barbie

17. July 2008

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“Barbie has always been on the tarty side and this is taking it too far. A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible – it’s filth,” Christian Voice – at least, that’s what they said according to the Sun, but I generally take what’s in a tabloid with [...]

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Bertie

4. July 2008

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How utterly cool are these Ashley Wood-designed Bertie figures? Compare these very detailed finished versions with (what look to be wooden?) early designs on Ash’s own blog from last year.

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Ask Russell

3. July 2008

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Following their ‘ask the Shat’ feature with Bill Shatner the BBC website is lining up a similar interview with the mighty Russell T Davies – and like the Shat interview the public are being invited to send in their own questions to be considered. So as we look towards the grand finale of the current [...]

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“Spud gun to ‘chips’…”

17. March 2008

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Since it is Saint Patrick’s Day: (Steve Dillons ‘Emerald Isle’ cover for 2000 AD Prog 727 where Mega City One’s iron lawman meets the rather more laid back Judge Joyce; one thing the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has been brilliant at over the decades is taking the mickey out of home islands national stereotypes, with Emerald Isle, [...]

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Taters of the Lost Ark

21. February 2008

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Normally when it comes to movie merchandise we like to see highly detailed creations, be they statues of the characters or movie props. But when the Mr Potato Head toy was first adapted (remember the Imperial Spudtrooper??) we thought to heck with all that, this is very silly but great fun! Obviously a lot of [...]

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Primeval action figures

8. February 2008

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I’ve been quite enjoying the second season of ITV’s Primeval, which seems to have kicked things up a notch since the first season – the inclusion of background story arcs involving the present having been altered and the scientists questioning the morality of the government maintaining secrecy over the temporal incursions even though members of [...]

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Bad Taste Bears

7. February 2008

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My colleague Lee has been busy adding The Bad Taste Bears to our website; I especially love this Alex one riffing on Kubrick’s classic A Clockwork Orange imagery, just the bear to have with you when you go to the Milk Bar: (if you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise… [...]

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Torchwood time!

16. January 2008

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It seems like the SF world is going into a Torchwood tizzy right now. Obviously we’re all pretty excited about the second season of Torchwood which starts tonight at 9pm, now promoted to terrestrial channel BBC2 from the digital BBC3. We’re super-stoked about Captain Jack – the brilliant John Barrowman – we love John Barrowman, [...]

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How to spot a Cylon

5. December 2007

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Adam Levermore-Rich, who designed the exceptionally cool Blue Sun Travel posters, beautiful images, some with a lovely retro-style, for tourist destinations in the universe of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, has turned his attention to another top-notch science fiction series, Battlestar Galactica, with his How To Spot a Cylon poster. The Blue Sun posters were really [...]

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Doctor Who Micro Universe

4. December 2007

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No, that isn’t the title of a new episode of Doctor Who but the start of a new range of merchandise which looks terrific fun. The Micro Universe will be a range of ships from Doctor Who complete with a tiny figure – this is much smaller than the main action figures we all know [...]

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