Org picks terrible toys
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has released a list of the worst toys, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Barbie topped it. (Looking at the...
NYCC: Captain Action brings the pulps
There is a lot of pulpish activity going on surrounding Captain Action and Ed Catto.. We posted all relevant PR here, but the...
Legal Danger: Lead laws threaten children’s products
Evan Dorkin rounds up the potential dangers of too-literal readings of recent laws aimed at testing lead levels in children's toys:
Anyway -- said impact...
WizKids canned; HeroClix’s fate unknown
Here's a story that got lost in the server outage yesterday: Topps has announced they are shutting down their WizKids division, effective immediately. Topps...
Own your very own Owl Ship!
Do you want one of these? We know you do. The DC Direct scale model Owl Ship is the dragon's fewmet. We still regret...
One last time
We know everyone will be sad to see the election end, so here's one last tribute to the folks who made the last two...
And in lighter news…
Mets fans are gladdened by this news from the Onion: Struggling Mets Combine To Form Carlos Voltron:
Facing the Cubs in the midst of a...
Whatever this is, it’s cute
From here:
Charactics x Gargamel Zagoran Tank collaboration toy.Limited Edition. The and only one Zagoran included. Additional parts are helmet and lower body.
Once more into the breach, dear pals!
Bully rounds up the greatest ads of all time.
The Beat is showing her age, but it is fair to say that nothing entranced this...
