Hot Toys just announced one of the coolest Tron: Legacy toys to date. The Sam Flynn Lightcycle figure. Maybe it’s just me, but the photo of the toy above looks crazy realistic. In June I reported about the light projected toys from the movie and I thought those were pretty cool or at least sci-fi based, but having a toy that looks this good without any tech tricks is just as impressive. Read more »
So this week Tom DeFalco has returned to one of his old creations with Thunderstrike, and for me this is a return to some of the older more innocent style comics. Well, as much as one can perceive from a first issue. It’s nice to see Kevin Masterson again even if he has turned into the ultimate brat, and also nice to see an Asgardian title that isn’t all ‘Woe is me, Asgard has fallen’. I’m not saying this is the pinnacle of comic story-telling, far from it, but it is enjoyable, and a welcome return for a character missed by many. Speaking of returns however, Dynamite have continued their Read more »
Have you ever found yourself wishing that the events in Quentin Tarantino‘s Pulp Fiction were presented in a “normal” sequence? I suppose that we’ve all wondered at one point or another how the movie would turn out if this were done. While I don’t obsess about it, I think that would be pretty cool – I cannot deny that when it first came out, I had to watch the movie at least twice to make sense of it. The order of the events just screwed me up the first time – but that is part of the beauty of it all, isn’t it? Read more »
Email has become an indispensable tool in the life of many and has revolutionised the way we communicate with the whole world and their three nephews. But did you know that the @ first appeared in 1885 already and that Yahoo Mail still the most used email platform is? With AOL Phoenix Mail and Facebook’s announced communications platform set to possible revolutionise email, the guys over at The Blog Herald and Infographiclabs sat down and analysed the history and functionality of email, wall while having a look at some interesting daily numbers and spam stats. The result was another awesome infographic. Check out the complete infographic at The Blog Herald. Read more »
That guy is definitely NOT Tony Stark – far from it – but he was “born” around the same time that Tony Stark debuted. Comic book fans will know that Iron Man first came out in March of 1963 in Tales of Suspense #39, but not many may know about Hardiman, which General Electric created in the 60s. Read more »
Video gamers are usually among the biggest beneficiaries of Black Friday. Every year, the post-Thanksgiving gamer is able to pick up hot new titles and terrific hardware bundles — as long as you’re willing to get up at ungodly hours and wait in the cold in a parking lot. But it’s a small price to pay! Here’s a guide to the best deals available this year. Be aware that some of these sales are “door busters,” which means they’re available in limited quantities in stores, and will be subject to first-come, first-serve. If you’re one of the two gamers left on the planet who don’t own a Nintendo Wii, Best Read more »
Growing up in the United Kingdom, I was used to the idea of a weekly comic as a child. In fact, even when I realised all I was reading (bar 2000AD of course) was reprints, I still found the concept of the US comics shipping monthly a curious one at best. Maybe that’s why I liked the crossover events so much, as hopefully never a week would go by without a new instalment to what story I was following. Assuming everything ships on time that is. So, with the success so far of the televised version of the Walking Dead, it only makes sense that Image intend to release The Read more »
Black Friday is just two days away (Friday November 26) and with that day there will be many stores offering cheap deals on a variety of items. For our geeky followers we’ve compiled a list of techie items that you might enjoy. Televisions: Walmart is offering an Emerson 32-inch LCD HDTV for just $199.99, not bad if you don’t need an overly big screen. If you do want a big screen, Sears will offer the Samsung 720p plasma 50-inch for just $699.99. For the best deal, check out the Vizio 55-inch TruLED LCD TV at CostCo for the really low $1499. If you don’t mind an “off-brand” TV you can Read more »
For one reason or another, some people have come to think of museums as stuffy boring places. This doesn’t have to be the case, as some of you may very well know. At 826DC, they know how to make learning F-U-N. It’s actually a non-profit org that offers a host of services for students 6-18, and one of their funner more fun offerings is the Museum of Unnatural History. Forget those school trips which you were forced to go on – this is one museum that everyone will want to visit! Read more »
I like the juxtaposition that occurs when someone takes a movie full of action scenes and characters we know and love and then they dumb it down into adorable caricatures and that’s exactly what’s happened with the Star Wars mouse collection by Anna and Naomi at the House Of Mouse. Here are some close up pictures of each available Star Wars Mouse: Read more »
