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7/2/2009Review Commentator Contest Winner - June

Another month down, and another toy being given away. This time it's the GI Joe Hall of Heroes Firefly, and one lucky reader has a brand new one in the mail on the way already. If you don't know how to enter to win a brand new toy of your own, then you can stop by this post right here, and you'll know to leave your comments on eligible reviews for an entry into each month's contest. If you're lucky enough to have commented on the toy being given away, and then you're randomly selected as the winner, then a new toy just like this one will be on the way to you next time. Read on to see who the lucky winner was this month!

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7/1/2009Guest Review - Legendary Comic Book Heroes - The Darkness

[TAO: It seems like it's DrNightmare's week already, and here's yet another new review from him. This time he's taking a look at the Legendary Comic Book Heroes figure released a couple years ago, The Darkness. With an creepy name like that, DrNightmare's sure to like him, right? Read on to find out!]
 
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7/1/2009Questions for the GI Joe Q&A

AD will be starting the GI Joe Q&A sessions in a couple weeks, and before sending in my questions, I wanted to make sure that I heard from everyone. So if you have a GI Joe related inquiry, leave a comment and that question might be answered by the GI Joe team right here in a couple weeks.
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6/30/2009Bootleg Tuesday - June 30th

It's back to severely deformed human action figures this week, and boy are there some losers on display. It's all DC Comics this time around, so I just hope the folks over there don't take inspiration from toys, because you're about to see something that would be too horrific for EC Comics. Courtesy of The Undiscovered Playthings bootleg action figure blog comes another edition of:

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6/30/2009A Woman's Thoughts on Female Action Figures

[TAO: It seems female action figures are designed by men for men, but does this bring on unfair stereotypes and body expectations? Well, let's find out in this brand new article by DrNightmare that offers a woman's opinion (he said it, not me) on female action figures, and then quickly devolves into something altogether more revealing. Read on to see beautiful female toys being mocked in:]

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6/30/2009Double Vision - The Mightiest Pitch

[TAO: In a timely and touching piece of work, DrNightmare honors the life of pitchman Billy Mays with this somewhat somber edition of:]

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6/29/2009Review - Fantastic Four - Doombot

[TAO: Even though we've been barraged by robot reviews for an entire week, DrNightmare decided to offer up one more. This time it's a ToyBiz Fantastic Four Doombot, and though it might be hard to find one of these, it might just be worth the hunt. Read on for a full review!]
 
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6/29/2009June Commentator Contest Reminder

I'm still giving away a brand new toy every month, and there's still only one requirement, that you leave a comment on the review of the toy being given away! Of course that's not revealed until the contest is over, so to be safe you should leave a comment on every review written by yours truly each and every month. To help you out a little bit, below is a link to every review I've written this month, each of them potentially the contest winning review, so leave your comments by midnight eastern time tomorrow night (June 30th)!

Mr. Terrific, Commander Steel, Snake Eyes, Hawkgirl, Vigilante, Firefly, Iron Man, Giganta, Countdown, Bumblebee, Masterpiece Optimus Prime, and finally ROTF Optimus Prime. Good luck and thanks for reading!

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6/29/2009Sunday Comics - June 29th

We can't seem to shake all the Transformers even though their time in the spotlight has officially ended. Read on for a healthy helping of Transformers related comics, plus a never before seen shot at toy collectors around the world! All this in another slightly late edition of:

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6/28/2009Points on Joints - Part 7 (Pivots and Phantom Joints)

[TAO: It's back to the regular scheduling for DrNightmare's legendary article series on action figure articulation in this, the penultimate edition! To see pivot joints in action, and ...what the hell just happened to the banner? I guess there are phantom joints too, whatever those are. Read on to find out for yourself ...if you dare.]

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6/28/2009The Transformation is Finished

You may have noticed things are looking back to normal around here, because our Transformers Week crossover with battlegrip.com has come to a close. After 32 posts in 7 days (that's over 4.5 posts per day), including a full 7-day article series, 3 movie reviews, 10 Transformers toy reviews, 2 guest reviews at battlegrip.com, a free toy (winner announced soon!), and ton of Transformers-related special features, things are finally going to be returning to normal, and I can take a little break from this hectic schedule.

In case you missed something, here's a link to all Transformers Week content. I hope you enjoyed all the Transformers fun this week, I certainly have.

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6/27/2009Review - Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class - Optimus Prime

There is no character in the world of toys quite like Optimus Prime, and though this one may look a little different than the one we all know and love, this Revenge of the Fallen design is currently plastered all over store shelves across the country. Does this leader class Optimus Prime by Hasbro stand up to the hype, or is he just a mess? Read on to see for yourself!
 
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