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10/1/2010Bootleg Tuesday - September "28th"

My friends, I have some excellent news: BOOTLEGS ARE BACK!!! And I don't just mean because our late feature has finally surfaced this week -- I mean because bootlegs are actually showing up in US stores again, likely to take advantage of the approaching holiday season. Check out my latest find in this week's installment of...

Bootleg Tuesday - September "28th"

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9/27/2010Friday Breakage - September "24th"

What's that, you say? Today is Monday, not Friday? Well, to that I say... just shut up and enjoy these nifty links already! Yeah, we missed this feature at last week's close (everyone send TAO lots of hugssss and maybe monetary donations so he'll have no excuse to stay away), but we're here now and I've got some entertaining links for you. Enjoy them, gosh darnit!

Friday Breakage - September "24th"

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9/22/2010Bootleg Tuesday - September 21st

And it's time once again for our weekly look at knockoff toys from around the world! Well, their international nature isn't a priority for the column, but it just so happens that this latest bootleg item (like last week's) came to me from the UK. It's not a place I think of when bootlegs come to mind, but there you are! Maybe someday we'll even have knockoff Daleks featured in an installment of...

Bootleg Tuesday - September 21st

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9/18/2010Review - WWE Series 5 - Melina

It's rare that I buy wrestling figures. I don't watch WWE much these days, and the $15 that Mattel charges for the more articulated figures is enough to keep me from snagging one on impulse. However, the lower prices, powerful sculpts, and increased articulation of the female figures in the basic line have me perpetually looking forward to Mattel's diva releases -- and Melina is the latest addition to my collection. Keep reading to find out if she's a worthy purchase... or if she's best left sidelined on the pegs of your local toy retailer.

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9/14/2010Bootleg Tuesday - September 14th

Hey there, Articulated Discoursees! I've handed the reins over to TAO for the last couple of weeks, but I'm back this week and fired up to share yet another knockoff selection with you -- this one all the way from the UK. Believe me when I tell you that there is pure awesomeness to follow in this week's...

Bootleg Tuesday - September 14th

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9/9/2010Spotlight on Todd McFarlane [BCC 2010]

While Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man, I still associate the character with Todd McFarlane more than anyone else. As a kid, Lee and Ditko were just names to me: aside from the newspaper strips that never seemed to go anywhere, McFarlane was the one drawing the first Spider-Man comics I remember reading. Venom was my favorite anti-hero as a kid (I admittedly associate him more with Mark Bagley, but still), and the only reason Hobgoblin means anything to me is the awesome drawings of his possessed form in Spider-Man (1990) #6-7. The same probably goes for the Lizard in the preceding issues, too.

So for me, one of the highlights of the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con was Todd McFarlane's panel.

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9/5/2010Cosplay Collection - Part 4 [BCC 2010]

Yep, we're still going. Click through to check out our fourth cosplayer gallery from the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con! Those of you who joined us last time can proceed without fear -- this post is free of hairy male transvestites in superheroine costumes.

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9/1/2010Cosplay Collection - Part 3 [BCC 2010]

And rolling right along, here's the third cosplayer gallery from the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con! Click through to check out more of the costumes seen at the August 28-29 convention, along with a few blasts from the past.

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8/31/2010Toy Haul - DC Direct To You [BCC 2010]

After a fairly decent Saturday haul at the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con -- and having seen pretty much all there was to offer -- I wasn't expecting to find much in the way of deals on the final day. Sure, last-day/minute markdowns are to be expected, but would they be good enough to tempt me to buy figures I didn't really want? Click through to find out!

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8/31/2010Cosplay Collection - Part 2 [BCC 2010]

The 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con may be over, but that doesn't mean that we're finished with it! Expect more coverage and costume galleries in the coming days, starting right now with this second batch of cosplayer photos from Day 1.

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8/29/2010Toy Haul - Collecting Conditions for the Dark Ages [BCC 2010]

After spending waaaaaaay too much money at the San Diego Comic-Con last month (there are figures I still haven't mentioned here), I set a strict goal for myself upon arriving at the Baltimore Comic-Con. It wasn't a budgetary goal proper, mind you, but a condition of any action figure purchases I was to make...

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8/29/2010Cosplay Collection - Part 1 [BCC 2010]

Thus begins our Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 coverage! We'll have more substantial pieces for you in the following days, but we'll kick things off with an appetizer that you'll undoubtedly enjoy: a cosplayer gallery. Click through to check out some of the awesome costumed comic fans in attendance!

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8/27/2010Articulated Discussion @ the Baltimore Comic-Con!

Lukewarm off the heels of our San Diego Comic-Con coverage (which may continue even at this late date; we really took a lot of photos there!), Articulated Discussion will be hitting the Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend, August 28-29. We've got our own ideas about what to feature -- among other things, you can expect general impressions and more cosplayer photos -- but we'd like to know if there's anything in particular you want from our coverage. After all, Articulated Discussion isn't just a name. We want to hear from you!

Articulated Discussion @ the Baltimore Comic-Con!

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8/25/2010Bootleg Tuesday - August "24th"

Yep, it's time once again for our weekly look at bootleg toys... and it's not as late as it could be, so hey, progress! Click through to check out some knockoffs that are totally jawesome.

Bootleg Tuesday - August 24th

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8/19/2010Bootleg Tuesday - August "17th"

Late again, but that's a bit fitting for a column about bootleg toys, isn't it? On the other hand, considering that some bootleg toys arrive before the official versions hit retail shelves, perhaps it's not. Ah well, it's all about perceptions and appearances! And whether late or timely, a bootleg is still a bootleg.

Or something.

Bootleg Tuesday - August "17th"

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