Comics: Looking forward to Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight (comics trailer)

I stumbled across this while browsing in Facebook. I dream we could do something like this for Polyhedron Comics.

I've seen better book trailers, but this is good enough to get me to look forward to looking through this and maybe buying it. Too bad I couldn't go to the launch this Saturday, as we at Polyhedron will be working on CADRE: Firstborn Sons on that day.

RPG tales: Encounter at El Dorado

Our heroes (from left to right) Vicar Bo the cleric, Batguy Bob the Black (African?) elven fighter, and  Bolbah, the half-orc fighter, were tasked by the mayor of the small town of El Dorado to be the temporary sheriff and deputies. ViBo was the sheriff, while Batguy Bob and Bolbah were the deputies. The caveat to their new posts is that they are to avoid contact with Carl Grissom and his gang.

While hanging out at El Dorado's only tavern-inn (where almost all of our adventures seem to begin), we heard a scream from the upper floors. Our heroes rushed up the stairs and found a girl running from an upstairs room, followed by an angry half-naked man who was shouting, "Come back here, wench!" The man was Junior Grissom, son of Grissom Gang leader Carl Grissom. Thinking himself as some kind of privileged noble, he demanded that the girl be given to him.

Toy Recon: 2011 Skystriker and GI Joe-compatible toys

I'm thankful to my friend Darlene who gave me a Motorola V8 with a usable cam. Makes these toy recon trips easier.

I was going through the toy section of Landmark Dept. Store, looking for GI Joes or Transformers or anything that could be of interest. I found this on a high shelf:

After the fiasco that is GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, I would have thought that retailers would be a little paranoid in getting GI Joe merchandise. Well, they are, because they are really limiting what they are getting to sell. But I have to ask, why did they get a big ticket item (Php2,200+) like the Skystriker? I mean, sure, it is iconic and collectors my age might get them. But after presumably suffering loss and remaindering the rest of their RoC stock, would they gamble on a big vehicle? Why not Pursuit of Cobra figures? Why not smaller vehicles? I may want one of those things but lack of money and, more importantly, lack of space keeps me from getting this.


But I did find other things of interest. GI Joe collectors are always on the lookout for toys that would be compatible with 3.75 inch figures like GI Joes. Mostly they are the military set toys made by Chap Mei (Soldier Force V) and Power Team Elite. Toys R Us's True Heroes line also looked good to me, though I've yet to procure one of their "Little Bird" helicopter gunships. That said, I was surprised to find this:

'Exorcist' director William Friedkin should read comics

I came across this article this morning, and it made me sad and angry at the state our world is in.

Yahoo News: 'Exorcist' director slams trend for comic book stories

Perhaps Friedkin wants more intellectual movies made, and more people to appreciate them. But seriously, I fail to see how his movie Killer Joe, the story of "a drug dealer who hires a cop moonlighting as an assassin to murder his mother to collect on an insurance policy that will pay off his debts, and sells his sister as a sexual retainer" as "adult." Okay, I'll grant that it is "adult" in the same sense that pornographic films are

Whenever I'm stressed, GI Joe is there!

It's been a grueling last several days for me here at work. I've been working on a project that seems to keep me at my desk for what feels like forever. Suffice to say, I'm stressed out. Good thing my GI Joes are close at hand. I've been thinking of building an urban strike team from my current roster of figures. Here's the beginning of that team:

From left to right: Resolute Duke, Pursuit of Cobra (City Strike) Low Light, Pursuit of Cobra (City Strike) Beachhead, 25th A Shockblast and 25th A Mutt and Junkyard.

Yeah, nothing like an urban strike squad assaulting my desk to chase the stress away.

Star Wars Day

To all the Star Wars fans and geeks out there, happy Star Wars Day! May the fourth be with you.

Toy Review: TransFormers Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz (2011)

Last February, my dearest girlfriend Rita gave me a Transformers Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz for my birthday. It turned out to be one of my most beloved toys ever, not only because it was given to me by my beloved, but also because it is so well-made I would dare say that it fulfilled the Transformers G1 desires that I had when I was a kid.
 

Jazz: "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"

Car Mode

I like the paint job of this figure. It is reminiscent of the G1 Jazz yet also have that modern feel to it. The red and blue stripes, the number 4, the translucent headlights, all beautifully made. And unlike the Transformers Universe Prowl whose paint application feels like it is still wet and sticky to the touch, Jazz's paint job is smooth and clean. On the down side, I was a little disappointed that Jazz isn't a Porsche in this incarnation. I've read somewhere that he is half Porsche (the back part) and half Pontiac Solstice (front part) from the movie. I suppose there is some sort of licensing thing going on, but the end result is nice enough.