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An Update on Articulated Discussion

This is the long-missing TAO speaking! It has been some time since you've seen anything new on Articulated Discussion or heard from me. A lot goes on in life, and sometimes our toys have to fall to the wayside. It was becoming too much work and not enough reward to maintain the site, and instead of easing off steadily as I should have, I collapsed under the pressure and vanished.

I suspect there will never be new content posted on Articulated Discussion. It was a good run while it lasted, but the model of a site which does everything was unsustainable. I just wanted to return and make the top post on the main page a useful one. Articulated Discussion will stay online in its current state indefinitely. From search traffic alone the site brings in a suprising amount of traffic, and after checking recently, it turns out we've broken 2 million lifetime pageviews. I hope it remains a good place to find reviews and entertainment for the random internet wanderer for years to come. 

If you just stumbled upon the site for the first time, then you missed out on something great in its heyday, but take the time to go through the 1000s of posts we have and I'm sure you'll find something to enjoy. 

Articulated Discussion is Moving!

After much cursing and sessions in the fetal position, we finally got the ball rolling and are transferring all our posts to our own slice of Wordpress because the current blog engine is a mess. It's a painfully slow process transferring them all manually (we have no choice!) but that's what's gotta be done

We are still posting lots of new content on the new site! That link is http://ad-actionfigures.com, tell your neighbors, tell your friends, tell your congressman!

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Review - Legendary Comic Book Heroes - B.A.F. Pitt

[Clark is back with a review of one of the biggest, meanest, most hardcore toys you can buy today (or at least piece together one body part at a time) -Nightmare]

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Frontline Customs - Interview with PFC Rupert Valero



There is no keeping this customizer down! Throw him into freezing darkness, a blazing firefight, hostile territory where 3-foot spiders team-up with sabretoothed mice to try and eat his face every night and still he keeps on ticking. Let's take a trip with Rupert Valero to the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan and see what kind of custom action figures this harsh country can inspire.

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The Greatest Story Ever Told - MOTU Edition



Here's a treat for you guys and gals, and you have Clark to thank for sending me a link to this most interesting of eBay toy auctions that isn't under the "Everything Else" category. Also within, finally a post by me that isn't totally making fun of MOTU! (har har, what lie)

If you are easily offended by painted red lines and flesh-colored plastic, turn away now!

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One Shots #87

Aaaahhhhh, Thanksgiving Day, the time of year when your friends gather round a dead bird with their hated relatives and pretend to be too busy having fun to give you a call (it can't just be my friends, right?...). Join us for another edition of One Shots as I take advantage of this holiday and TAO's extended absence to post holiday-themed dirty pictures and whatever the hell else we want!

 

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One Shots #86

Robin needs help but Batman gets cold feet, letting the villain continue his dastardly deeds! Tune-in for tonight's edition of One Shots!


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Comment Feature Removal

As you may know, ever since we've been blighted, comments have tended to disappear mysteriously. So, I've turned comments off because it sucks to post things only to have them erased for no good reason. If you know any horrific voo-doo rituals that can help us track down whoever is responsible for our malady, so we may beat them with a sack full of rusty man-eating ebola-covered cleavers, feel free to send them my way at:

drnightmare@articulateddiscussion.com

For every eldritch spell you recommend, I will plant a tree in your name. A gum-drop tree! Thank you.

Interview with Churi-Churo: Sculptor of Totally Hot Toys

I have to say, posting stuff on our beloved little site here in its current state of delapidation is a lot like piloting a battered starship, there are cables and wires sparking everywhere, lots of blinking lights and buttons that don't seem to do anything, and every so often something explodes or is sucked out the airlock never to be seen again. In spite of all this, I still have a duty to post stuff I promised I would before everything went haywire, such as this interview with fellow customizer Rafael Velazquez, AKA: Churi-Churo.

 

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Weird Accessories - The Chicken Stick

Rifle through your bucket of toy accesories and I'm sure you'll find some long lost freaky items. Tonight's oddity was gotten in a trade instead of purchased, but that doesn't make it any less finger-lickin' weird.

[Nightmare's Note: Hi gang! I have no idea what's happened to TAO (I think he's off getting an education and bettering himself, PFFFT! BWAHAHAHA!), so Mitra willing, I'll try to post some stuff on here while the new site is being built.]



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Temporarily Closed for Repairs

Hey folks. This is the last post I want to make, but I'm afraid there's little else to do at this point. We're going to be holding any new content for a while, as we figure out how to fix and improve the site, without losing any of our current content. I've been unable to give the site the attention it needs recently, and between the spam problems and a current inability to post anything other than text, this seems to be a losing battle. So we're going to go away for a little while, and come back with something new, improved, and best of all, functional. You just have to be patient for a little while longer, and know that I truly appreciate all the support and loyalty you guys have shown so far!

As Douglas Adams would say, "don't panic", because this isn't the last you'll hear of TAO, Wes, DrNightmare, and the rest of the gang.

Mint Condition on AD - #40

John and I agree that this is probably the best Mint Condition has ever looked here on Articulated Discussion. Don't miss this fantastic 40th edition! 

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Regularly Scheduled Posting

Things are finally settling down in the hectic life of TAO, and the site will be returning to our old regular posting schedule on Monday! Be sure to thank Wes and DrNightmare for taking care of things while I've been gone, and thanks for sticking around through our brief hiatus. I'm glad to be coming back!

Mint Condition on AD - #39

Some things will never be complete, and today's comic offers just a little bit of sadness with all the funny, because of a toy line that may never be complete. 

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Review - DC Direct Justice League Series 1 - Cheetah

You know someone is completely insane when they think a great idea for a super-villain costume is to kill a cheetah, gut it, and wear it's skin, not only like a jacket, but sewn directly into their own flesh.

Why must the crazy ones be so beautiful?

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