Happy Birthday to John Ostrander (who, besides the works mentioned below, made some pretty important contributions to Firestorm).

New JSA IN THE 90s PODCAST is now available! @newearth2.bsky.social and Shag cover the 1991 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA miniseries. In issue #3, Green Lantern battles a living constellation to save Gotham, while Solomon Grundy attacks!
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I do have posts in the feed, but nothing recent.

The Memoirs of Nicodemus Legend: Birth of a Legend When I first started blogging 20 years ago, it was almost entirely a coincidence that I did so concurrent with the then-10th anniversary of ...

April 18th marks the anniversary of the first episode of "Legend" in 1995. I celebrated its 30th anniversary in detail last year. For those who missed it, here's my review of the first episode. Others are available via the Archive links (by date) or the "Legend" label on the blog.

Generations Selects Galvatron (2021) For Transformers fans, especially those from the original era, the assertion that Galvatron was a new character introduced in The Transformers: The Movie has to come with a caveat. After all, Galvatron is merely an upgraded body and new identity for Megatron...

This month, I'm taking a look at Generations Selects Galvatron, released in 2021.

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New ONCE UPON A GEEK PODCAST now available! Our 1980s BLUE DEVIL comic coverage continues! Shag & @diabolu.bsky.social find their joy as Dan Cassidy’s first date with Sharon goes sideways thanks to Bolt vs. the Trickster! From BLUE DEVIL #7 from 1984! #ouag36
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I can safely say I watched every one of the shows mentioned on these two ads at one time or another (except for Going Bananas. No memory of that at ALL!).

ToysRUs storefront in Cerritos, California

Today I’ve entered my first stand-alone ToysRUs since 2018. Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos, CA

Shamelessly stolen from the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Facebook page. Seems to be a message a lot of us need these days.

It also hits home that the found episodes feature literally half of her entire run on the show….

Thrilled to be at #CarolinaTheatreDurham for the 1926 classic #TheGeneral from comedy genius #BusterKeaton for #RetroSilents at the #RetroFilmSeries. We're long time fans and wore our shirts and a pork pie hat from the International @busterkeaton.bsky.social Society annual festival. 🎬🎥🎞️🍿

Glacialord/The Glacialbots (2013) As more and more collectors of Transformers and other transforming robot toys enter into adulthood, a vibrant third-party market has arisen ...

Here's my take on the whole thing: blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com/2017/03/glac...

Retro-Future: Glacialord Tusker

Just learned that the central component of the third-party (not-)Transformer combiner Glacialord is *currently* available at BBTS for just $9! For context, I wrote about it in 2017, having *then* gotten it for a steep discount. They first came out in 2013.
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(old post) 40th Anniversary of First Moon Landing

It blows my mind that we're sending people to the moon again (not an April Fool's joke!) with the Artemis II launch expected later today. Just a fly-by, to be sure, but still something that's not happened before within my own lifetime.

Transformers Beast Wars Predacon Collection | 7 Action Figures - Hasbro Pulse The Transformers Beast Wars Predacon Collection includes a set of 7 action figures that each convert from robot to beast mode.

So, hey, in case you missed any of the Transformers Beast Wars characters that came out a few years ago (many of which could be found for discounts a year later), you have another chance! Just pay full price for all of them at once!

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The hologram cards you could get with this set were especially cool. Sadly, although I now have a complete set of the regular cards (thanks to eBay) all the hologram cards I had back in the day remain in the home where I grew up (where my brother now has custody of them).

Always a good reminder. #misterrogers

On this past week's episode of @lateralcast.com, learn the secret of the small character boxes seen on the end credits of old Hanna-Barbera cartoons! I'd always wondered about this!

New episode of WHO'S WHO REVIEW! Rob & Shag use the randomizer with the original WHO'S WHO series & take a fresh look at classic entries! Including Dr Destiny, Glorious Godfrey, Golden Age Green Lantern, Deathstroke, Vigilante & more! Plus YOUR feedback!
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Because it's apparently been too long... here is my semi-regular rant about how much I hate that FedEx requires a signature in order to deliver an item, but won't contact me in advance to work out a time when I might actually be home to accept delivery. PEOPLE WORK DURING THE DAYTIME ON WEEKDAYS!

Missing Link Arcee art from included trading card

Continuing my effort to feature toys of characters who first appeared in the 1986 The Transformers: The Movie, I'm having a look at the "animation colors" version of Missing Link Arcee.

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This is the way.

Thanks for the reminder. Added to the queue!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

"Full Stop (After 'The End')" By James Goss and Miles of Magic | A Miles of Magic Poetry Video YouTube video by Miles of Magic

Honored to play the part of the 7th Doctor in this video (my part, at least, recorded during Gallifrey One)

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I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing your struggles.

Gallifrey One 2027 tickets have just gone up for purchase! There WILL be a Family Feud event one way or the other, thanks to those of you who helped with the survey (see below, for those who still wish to do so if you haven't already). I'll know whether it's official or not closer to the event.

Image demonstrating suggestion from Trump ally to change the columns in front of the White House from Ionic to Corinthian.

Cue the "Two Corinthians" jokes...

New JSA IN THE 90s PODCAST now available! @jjkarlst.bsky.social & Shag present a spotlight on HIPPOLYTA as the JSA’s WONDER WOMAN! We discuss Polly in the 1940s as the Golden Age Wonder Woman – with a focus on WONDER WOMAN #130-133 (1998) by John Byrne!
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