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Tag Archives: toys
Weekly Reader: Vol 3 Issue 41
It’s time once again for news and views that you can peruse. It’s time for another Weekly Reader! If you have anything you’d like to share, head over to the comments and drop a link! A moment that changed me: … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Reader
Tagged education, Patrick Stewart, QAnon, Star Trek, toys, Work
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Weekly Reader: Vol 2 Issue 23
It’s time once more for all the news and views that you can peruse! It’s another Weekly Reader! As always, if you want to be part of the action, drop a link or three in the comments! The more knowledge, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Reader
Tagged Abortion, American History, Animals, birth control, child abuse, comic book movies, Contraception, DC, Exploitation, Gender, Grand Nagus, Grand Nagus Trump, Immigration, LGBTQ, Mattel, parenting, Racism, reproductive health, reproductive rights, spanking, the environment, toys, war on agency, worker's rights
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It’s Final
Found via the Allspark: Hasbro Closes Acquisition of Saban Properties’ Power Rangers and other Entertainment Assets. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced it has closed the previously announced acquisition of Saban Properties’ Power Rangers and other Entertainment Assets. The transaction … Continue reading
So This Happened
Hasbro has purchased the Power Rangers. This is not a joke. This is real and really happening. This isn’t the first time that the Power Rangers have changed hands. About a decade ago, Disney owned the property but Saban eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Random Nerd Shit, Transformers
Tagged Hasbro, Nerd Pop Culture, Power Rangers, toy collecting, toys, Transformers
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Two Small Fries and a Plush To Go
When I was a kid in the 1980s, this time of year meant several things: it meant school was in full swing. It meant that Halloween was over and done. It meant we would have to deal with the carb … Continue reading
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Holidays
Tagged 1980s, Burger King, Christmas, fast food, Happy Meals, Hardees, Holidays, McDonald's, Nostalgia, plush animals, toy collecting, toys
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Make Hasbro Think Again
You have to feel bad for Hasbro: Transformers: The Last Knight didn’t do as well as expected at the box office, the company’s profits as well as its stock have taken a hit due in no small part to the Toys … Continue reading
Sometimes a Plush Bear is Just a Plush Bear
I found this on Patheos pagan, called When Your Kid’s Stuffie Gets Soul What do you Do? and it’s quite the read. Now, if dissecting this sort of article isn’t your thing, then don’t click past the jump. Everyone else? Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Cartoon Logic, Religion
Tagged And today in WTF, Are you effing kidding me?, Are you serious?, childhood, if this is a joke I'm not laughing, Is this some kind of joke?, neopaganism, parenting, polemic takedowns, This Is A Thing That Exists, toys, what is this I don't even, WTF
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HasConned
Prime and I just got some news from our friend, DA this morning and it isn’t good. Now, supposedly, the limits on the show exclusives were two a day. About that… That’s been changed. The limits are now two per show. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Bitter Truths, Bullshit, Random Nerd Shit
Tagged Are you effing kidding me?, Are you that effing stupid?!, Assblow, Conventions, Geek, Hasbro, HASCON, HasConned, how to be tone deaf in one easy step, Nerd Pop Culture, Random Nerd Shit, shooting oneself in the foot with a high powered rifle, toy collecting, toys, what is this I don't even, what the hell even is this show
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Here Is a Thing
It looks like Ken is getting a bit of a redesign or two. On Tuesday, Barbie expanded its ‘Fashionistas’ line with 15 new Ken dolls, featuring three body types ― “slim,” “broad” and “original” ― as well as seven skin tones, … Continue reading
Posted in And Now For Something Completely Different, Cartoon Logic, LGBTQ, Sex And Gender Acceptance
Tagged Are you effing kidding me?, Ken, LGBTQ, Mattel, SAGA, stupidity, This is why we can't have nice things, toy collecting, toys, You Can't Make This Shit Up, You have got to be kidding me
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HASCON Update and Various Thoughts
Late Monday night (or very early Tuesday morning), we got a HASCON Update. I wasn’t able to put together any thoughts about it until now, since I’ve been out of town for the past couple of days. (Stupid Toronto Blue Jays…!!) … Continue reading
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