Archive for the 'Prototypes' Category

2009 — A Year In Refute, Too (Mea Culpa)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

First off, this should have been posted on SATURDAY (because of the rich heritage of cool Star Wars action figure and toy commercials) but AT&T decided to have a day of digital schizophrenia (i.e. home connection went up and down and all-around). After writing a brief and not-too-kind rundown of toys from The Clone Wars action [...]

Shirtlifters of the World Unite

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

First off, who in the world thought I would ever be sharing press pages with the supremely fabulous Donatella Versace? Well, I am, and here’s why… Taken from the October 2009 issue of Out magazine (with love to Michael and Lawrence) as written by Mark Simpson: Adam May is not attending Comic-Con this year. “I’ve [...]

I Can Have Both

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The Ballad of Stormy Sevenspire… "Stormy Sevenspire was a Jedi archaeologist ("picker") who survived Order 66 through sheer miscommunication and went to ground when Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi sent out their order to do so from the Jedi  Temple on Coruscant. Using archaeology, instinct, and unfettered skill, he lives to find other Jedi who heeded [...]

The Father Who Must Be Killed

Friday, August 7th, 2009

MOCK UP, NOT ACTUAL PRODUCT (YET) Hasbro showed off this "Funeral Pyre" Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker at this year’s Comic-Con, and talked to collectors about how it would best be marketed, etc. This was #1 in my Top Ten Dead People We Want. Well, I have a very simple suggestion, but it would take [...]