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Toy Fair 2010 in photos
TweetSo we wandered around Toy Fair for a bit yesterday, but missed most of the big presentations. Lego had a very early morning event showing off TOY STORY 3 Legos; we missed Hasbro’s entirely, but...
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SDCC12: Watchtower Wednesday
Tweet. Well, the capuchin monkeys at Stately Beat Manor remembered who I was, so I didn’t have to run that gauntlet again. (Stately Beat Manor is situated on an island in the Hudson, near Croton....
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SDCC12: Watchtower Thursday: The Rest of the Story
Tweet. Food! Parties! Fun! The North County Times (North San Diego County) lists possibilities. Meanwhile, U-T San Diego (hook ‘em horns!) showcases their coverage here. They also tell the story of...
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Lego Batman Review: Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape!
TweetAs an early Christmas present for my cousins, who live far away in the south, ugh, I decided to give their mum a break and buy them some Lego Batman. They’re both 7, which means they’re old enough...
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Resurgent TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES among Toy of the Year winners
Tweet While we sort through our 600+ photos from Toy Fair, here’s the Toy of the Year winners, which includes both Lego’s girl-centric Friends line and Playmates’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line,...
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Review: All The Iron Man 3 Lego Sets
TweetSeen Iron Man 3 but want more? Looking to replay the best scenes over and over again? Or at the very least, do you want to put Pepper Potts into War Machine’s suit of armour and stick Tony Stark’s...
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Marvel show off screenshots from Lego Marvel Super Heroes
TweetAfter two games spent with Batman and chums, this year sees Lego turn their attention to Marvel’s roster of heroes. Coming later this year, Lego Marvel Super Heroes will feature all kinds of...
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Lego at SDCC – Green Arrow, Spider-Woman…
TweetA quick, important update before San Diego begins later this week. Superman analogue Brian Truitt over at USA Today has published the announcement regarding Lego’s plans for the convention....
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SDCC13: Watchtower: Road Trip!
TweetHenry “Hemi” Barajas gave you the particulars on the DC/KIA Justice League Sorento custom design, but there are many more Comic-Con car events happening! But before we leave DC, here are some more...
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SDCC’13: Lego Time! Batman Lego, Star Wars Lego, Hobbit Lego…
TweetLego have been making quite the splash at SDCC so far, as you may have seen from some of the various photos people have been taken. There’s a scale version of Hobbiton on-site, along with lifesize...
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DesignerCon Tells a Toy Story All Its Own
By David NievesEven though Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world, ten years ago, you’d be remiss to find comic conventions, toy shows, or most other forms of pop culture gatherings. The...
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Community director Rob Schrab to helm The Lego Movie Sequel
Announced today via press release, Rob Schrab will be making his feature film directorial debut on the much-anticipated sequel to last year’s smash hit The Lego Movie. The new film will be written by...
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What?!? When!?!: Your Updated Comics Cinema Calendar, March 2015 Edition —...
This icy force both foul and fair has a frozen heart worth mining. Well, I had hoped to wait until May before updating my movie calendar, but then Bob Iger had to go and hold an annual shareholder’s...
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Walking the Game Beat: Lego Crisis, New Daredevil Duds in Heroes, and the...
Happy Mortal Kombat Week everyone! No, it’s not 1993 but a brand new Mortal Kombat game is out this week and the early reviews are predominantly positive. We’ll have some totally irreverent impressions...
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What?!? When!?!: Your Updated Comics Cinema Calendar, FCBD 2015 Edition
Yes, you get a medal for completing the marathon. Oh man… I’ve got stuff to report on C2E2, Free Comic Book Day is fast approaching, and, of course, Age of Ultron is hitting theaters this Thursday…...
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What?!? When!?!: Your Updated Comics Cinema Calendar, June 2015 Edition
We’re halfway through both the actual calendar, and the Summer blockbuster season (which started in May). Even though it feels like a Friday night at the video store circa 1990, there have been some...
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SDCC ’15: DC Comics Meets Lego Arts
Moderator Victor Lucas and Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya By Nick Eskey “Lego” is the toy that let’s allows kids and adult to build from premade manuals, or to create out of their imaginations. Complete...
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After that, it was down to the DC exhibition! First stop, Graphitti’s booth, to check out the new special editions! Then I walked over to the big display… lots of movie props and costumes! After that,...
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Toy Fair 2016: Lego Star Wars, Marvel Civil War and Ghostbusters sets revealed
Ah Toy Fair, a riot of plastic, wood, metal, resin and MAGIC! As usual, The Beat pounded the halls of the JAvits Center and beyodnd to bring you only the FRESHEST toys and playthings. The day started...
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Civil War Comes to Lego Today
With Marvel Studios Civil War just around the corner, Lego Marvel’s Avengers game released their own versions of the characters we’ll see in the film. This add on content is free for fans who own the...
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