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Hasbro sent along a few Iron Man 3 toys for my kids to check out, and none has gotten the attention from my son who turns 10 next week than the Iron Man 3 Assemblers Battle Vehicle. The “Assemblers” is a line of toys within the Iron Man 3 toy line featuring interchangeable parts. This…
My son has been playing with Hasbro’s Iron Man 3 Arc Strike Iron Man almost constantly since it arrived for review. The twist? Not the son it was intended for. Xavier turns 3 in just under 2 weeks. He has been playing with this 10″ figure so much the other kids have sort of just…
So there was the box, waiting to be opened. Hasbro had sent over some Iron Man 3 toys, and the kids couldn’t wait to get into them. As with any new toys, the kids fought over them. None more so than the Arc FX Mission Mask. Not yet having seen the movie, I can’t…
There was a lot of joy as I put Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot: The Complete Series in my player. This is one of the Japanese shows I watched growing up. There are a number of them in this genre, giant robot/monster, a guy in a big rubber suit, and while it may be…
Angry Birds and Star Wars get mashed together in the Angry Birds Star Wars Millennium Falcon Bounce Game. Here three birds as balls are used to take down Empirical Pigs (Marxist references not included) as they cover the iconic Star Wars ship. The game is slated for ages 8 and up according to the…
Angry Birds Star Wars AT-AT Attack Battle Game is fun, but I’m not sure how much of a game there actually is. There is no set way to set up the game and no specific scoring mechanism. In a way, this is actually a good thing. While it doesn’t really qualify as a game, as…
Superman: Unbound is the latest DC animated direct to video film to arrive, and in some ways it is the most surprising. It is rated “PG-13” and certainly earns it. You might be tempted to pick it up and let the kids watch it, but there might need to be some parental supervision and intervention….
Westworld was written and directed by Michael Crichton, relatively early in his career. Previously he had written books that were beginning to be adapted into films (such as The Andromeda Strain) and begun to dabble in filmmaking himself, adapting one of his own novels and directing it for television. Westworld was his first film written…
More casual comic fans will barely recognize The Inhumans, Marvel’s race of genetically altered humans that through the ages have kept to themselves and carried on the “tradition” of enhancing their DNA. Led by Black Bolt, they live in Attilan, a city that has throughout Marvel history, changed locations. At one point it was located…
Did Jurassic Park need to get remastered and rereleased in 3D? No. Is it worth it? Sort of. Let me crack into the case a little. We get a 3 disc offering, with the first disc being a Blu-ray of the 3D version of the film. Then we get a second Blu-ray disc featuring the…