This Month In ToyFare: Issue 130
Time for another look at ToyFare! I bet all three of you could hardly wait. Crack open your issue, we’re going for a metaphorical ride!
Cover: What a great picture of Harrison Ford… wait a minute!? That’s a TOY! Seriously, Sideshow knows how to make a kickass doll… I mean action figure… I mean action doll… I give up.
Page 4 - Inside the Monkeyhouse: Hah!
Page 7 - Quick Hits: Congrats to Esbat and Darth Frodo for the Quick Hits!
Page 8 - Fairest ToyFare Letter: I’ll be honest, I too was and still am intimidated by Zach Oat in person. Perhaps it’s the sideburns, but I think it might be something else. I’ve got a team of robot hamsters investigating it at this very moment. They deliver results, but let’s just say their methods are a bit… invasive.
Pages 16 and 17 - Incoming: Fin Fang Foom is just too damn fun to say. Also, I have to say that I detested Dragon Riders of Pern, but I doubt it’s for the same reasons Fing Fang Foom has a problem with it.
Page 18 - Incoming (con.): Hey, cool DC characters in stiff neutral poses, it must be DC Direct! I really like Ice as a character, but that outfit is hideous. She only needs the addition of shoulder pads to be a model of female fashions that should never return.
Page 20 - Incoming (con.): That Titanium Man is awesome, here’s to hoping he’ll be in the inevitable sequel to the upcoming Iron Man. That movie has made millions on fanboy anticipation alone.
Page 22 - Incoming (con.): I wonder how awesome/horrible a Mego-styled Borg would look.
Ad opposite Page 22: This marks the third full page Hasbro ad in a row in this issue, and one ad out of six full page ads from them in this issue. Holy crap, Toyfare is almost funded entirely by Hasbro and the Sandinistas now.
Page 24 - Incoming (con.): Yep, at least five of the Heroes figures almost all look like crap. Sorry Mezco! I love your South Park figures!
Page 28 - Incoming (con.): Wow, the Dr. Girlfriend and The Monarch look hideous while Killface looks great.
Pages 30 through 31 - Incoming (con.): OMG WTF!? TEH TRANSFORMERS R 4 KIDS?! INTERNET RAGE!!!!!111
Page 33 - Incoming (con.): DC Universe Classics is flipping awesome. I wish I had money to buy these along with my G.I. Joes and my Clone Troopers. I haven’t bought any. By the way, my Clone collecting has now been narrowed down to just multiples of the Phase One trooper in the hopes of someday filling an AT-TE with them someday. ANYWAY, Mattel still hasn’t announced or made my most wanted figures yet. Come on, where’s Dr. Fate, Powergirl, or Captain Marvel?
Page 37 - Incoming (con.): I want that Trouble Bubble so bad I can almost taste it. Unfortunately, it tastes like onions and feet.
Page 38 - Incoming (con.): Holy crap, when did Barbie Superhero figures look this good? I might have to buy the Supergirl for my fiancee. And keep it safe on my nightstand for her. Yeah, that’s it.
Page 42 - Incoming (con.): Plug Alert! You can read a high quality article about Madballs right here.
Pages 46 through 50 - Iron Men In Tights: I love this kind of stuff, even if it really isn’t toy related. Gotta love Iron Wiener! Dog, that is! And that Rocketman thing is hilarious, captions and all. “You Need Your Lube, Boy!” wins this month’s Speech Bubble Based Joke of the issue. Congrats anonymous ToyFare staffer!
Pages 54 through 56 - Race Against Sanity!: Again this isn’t really toy related, but gotta love the craziness of the original Speed Racer cartoons.
Pages 60 through 71 - The Jones Collector: Wow, what a lot of great Indiana Jones action in my face. I think I need to buy that Sideshow Indiana Jones. Sure it might cost a lot of money, but I think I can say that my life would not be complete without a twelve inch Indiana Jones. I like the time line on the bottom of pages 62 and 63, it saves me from having to watch the horrendous TV show.
Page 66: Can we be done with Mighty Muggs yet? Please?
Page 70: Oh man, I have to beg to differ on the best Indiana Jones game choice. There’s no way Emperor’s Tomb even touches Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
Pages 72 through 74 - House of Lords: I think I’ve made my Power Lords opinions quite clear.
Pages 84 and 85 - Top 10 Hottest Action Figures: Sweet chickens in heat! I believe this is the first time I’ve actually owned the number one figure in the top ten hottest. Boy, I feel like the most special boy in the world. I find it funny that Rock N Roll is about the only Joe that I haven’t seen in stores (aside from the entire wave that has the Vipers in it).
Page 96 - ‘ToyFare’ at Toy Fair: You know what’s jarring? Seeing a human body underneath Zach’s head. I’ve seen his action figure body so much in ToyFare that I have to give pause when I see him without it. I actually thought at first that it was his head pasted on someone else’s body and that’s why I’m basically unemployable.
By the way, if you haven’t seen them you can read Poe Ghostal’s thoughts on the issue here.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I remember the days where I had all 10 of the 10 Hottest Toys for 3 months in a row. Ahhh, no job and no school and no life seems almost cool now that I am very far away from those depressing times.
And I have all but the Catwoman Movie and Comic DC Barbies. So I’m gonna have to buy these better ones. Heres to odd stares in the pink aisles again!
April 29th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Why would you want “Phase 1″ clones to fill a “Phase 2″ vehicle?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Yo, I think you are forgetting that they are in AOTC, which has the Phase One armor. They were dropped off by the modified gunships. Basically it’s a two phase vehicle.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
And yet the only figure specifically associated with it has the non-godawful helmet…
April 30th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
The reason why there’s a specific troop type is that with the second phase they had a lot more individualized troopers. In phase one, any yellow pilot clone could do.
And when you say “non-godawful” I think my meant to say “non-superfantasticawesome”.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
no, I’m quite sure I didn’t. Die, stupid scoop-nose helmet!