Happy (Real) Star Wars Day!

For the last few years Star Wars day arose on May 4th, because everyone likes to act like a comedian and say, “May the 4th be with you.” I make it no secret that I absolutely hate “May the 4th be with you” for a couple of reasons. For one, it’s a stupid pun. [...]

LEGO Builds Largest Scale Model in History

Lego has been teasing a reveal in Times Square that will go down today. We knew it was to promote the new Lego Star Wars cartoon The Yoda Chronicles which premiers on Cartoon Network on Wednesday, May 29th at 8pm. But what could they be hiding?

Times Square box hiding Lego’s secret

The answer [...]

The Fleet Grows with X-Wing Miniatures Expansions Wave 3!

Fantasy Flight Games has announced their next wave of expansions for X-Wing Miniatures and it’s four brand new ships to the game. The TIE Bomber and B-Wing were expected and the Imperial Shuttle was a definite maybe, but the HWK-290 was a little unexpected. These expansion ships are due the “3rd Quarter of 2013″, [...]

G.I. Joe Con 2013: A Dealer Booth Adventure

The 2013 International G.I. Joe Convention sure had one thing going for it… Lot’s of sweet ass stuff to buy! I took pictures of some of the bizarre, ultra rare, and just plain cool stuff I saw available at the dealer booths to share with you all. (Click on the images to supersize them.)

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Homemade Star Wars Stuff (Sorta Sponsored Post)

Coolest pillowcase ever.

My girlfriend is a professional costume designer, so occasionally she surprises me with some cool homemade item that’s geek related. I’ve got three to show off today. The above image is of a pillowcase she made for me out of some fabric you can currently find at your favorite big box [...]

Massive Star Wars Dioramas Built out of Lego

Today, I have a companion piece to the earlier post about a Hoth diorama. Building dioramas out of toys is time-consuming if you want to do it right. Now imagine building it all from a smaller unit. The previous article focused on the battle on the snow, but this one focuses a bit more on [...]

Man Builds Battle of Hoth in His Living Room

The images here pretty much speak for themselves, but in case your brain can’t process all that awesome at once I’ll step you through it. This dude decided to recreate the Battle of Hoth in his living room (140 sq. ft.) and boy… did he pull it off.

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Top 5 Companies at Toy Fair 2013

This is Chris with my take on what looks cool for toys coming up in 2013. I’m sure Vincent will have much different opinions. This is only my take and a light look at some of what’s ahead for the year in toys.

#5 MEZCO

Mezco’s offerings were small but they had one killer item [...]

Toy Hunt: Lego Clearance Bonanza

While traveling to my parents’ house for a visit I decided to break up the three hour long drive by stopping at a Target. While inside I found some decent non-toy deals. It wasn’t until I got back to my car did I realize that my lock had been getting janky and [...]

Star Wars Posters and Lens Flares….

I love the movie poster work of Drew Struzan who has made posters for some of the greatest films in the universe. His work has spanned many popular geek movies including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Big Trouble in Little China, and Blade Runner. He has a distinctive style that captures the [...]