Toy Fair 2018: McFarlane Toys’ Star Trek, Stranger Things, And Walking Dead Preview Is A Love Letter To Fans McFarlane Toys showed off their arsenal of incoming, hyper-detailed, well-accessorized action figures for their Star Trek, Stranger Things, and The Walking Dead licenses today at New York Toy Fair. Perhaps most hotly anticipated...
Toy Fair 2018: Indie and Trendsetter Toys Dominate Day Two The second day of Toy Fair NY brought new roll-outs from fan-favorite indie toy companies. Far smaller than goliaths Mattel and Hasbro, indie companies often get their start on crowdsourcing platforms like Kickstarter and serve niche and/or marginalized demographics. One of the...
Toy Fair 2018: DC Collectibles Debuts New Statues, Figures, and Bombshells DC Collectibles is in top form at this year’s New York Toy Fair. Though their display of incoming action figures and prop replicas is impressive, the emphasis seems to be on statues. By crafting PVC (vinyl) statues in a number of scales, DC Collectibles offers a...
Legion of Leia Podcast S2, Ep 1: Flip the Script’s Ally Iseman and Meredith Riley Stewart Hey everyone! The Legion of Leia podcast is back! We’ve been gone all through the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, and oh boy, do we have things to say. This week my co-host Anastasia Washington and I welcome Ally Iseman and Meredith Riley Stewart...
RWBY V5 Ch. 12: ‘The Vault of the Spring Maiden’ This episode held quite the reveal. Vernal is not, nor ever was the Spring Maiden. Because her name was a red herring. It’s Raven. But before we move to the end of this episode, I think it’s important to look at the beginning. Oscar smacks Lionheart around a bit, and Hazel...
RWBY V5Ch.11: ‘The More the Merrier’ ‘Women’s Trauma = Men’s Character Development’ Trope: The Episode (Me Ranting) Super quick recap of Chapter 11: The kids and Qrow (and Ozpin, who’s possessing a little boy) are led into an ambush. (Because Ozpin and Qrow haven’t a tactical thought between them)...
Jill Lepore Is Wrong About Barbie And Bratz Going by it’s title, it seems Jill Lepore’s recent article in The New Yorker, “When Barbie Went to War with Bratz,” is about the years-long legal battle between Mattel and MGA Entertainment over Bratz dolls. It’s an important legal battle in toy history: Carter Bryant...
Fate/Grand Order is celebrating 2 Million Downloads with new campaign. Fate/Grand Order is the latest mobile game from the multimedia Fate franchise developed and produced by Type-Moon. To celebrate two million downloads, they announced a six-part campaign consisting of daily login bonuses, Summon Tickets, Craft Essence, and a Mystic Code based on...
RWBY V5 Ch.10: ‘True Colors’…Part II of II Disclaimer: This episode was split up into two parts for my own sanity and for your viewing pleasure. If you are interested in reading Part I of this episode, please click here. Now let us move forward… Blake and Ilia Are Actually Child Soldiers While Blake is momentarily out of...
RWBY V5 CH.10: ‘True Colors’…Part I of II Q&A: Ruby Edition Just to get this out of the way, I teared up a little watching this episode. It provided a dose of anti-cynicism I desperately needed going into the final turn of the holidays. Blake (voiced by Arryn Zech) is facing off with Ilia (voiced by Cherami Lee Kuhn), but...
