Star Wars Black Series Sabine Wren Review

Sabine Wren

Welcome to our review of the Star Wars Black Series Sabine Wren Action Figure.

Now if you follow the Star Wars Rebels cartoon, you know that this look is actually dated. Sabine Wren customizes her armor... and hair... as she goes. Each new mark signifies a major battle or campaign. In essence she's keeping score on her armor - just like Clone Captain Rex did - but in a less morbid manner  (Rex kept a tally of the dead on his armor).

The current incarnation of the Lothal Rebel's ace saboteur and demolitions expert currently sports a silver to violet mane of hair (She had blue to green hair in Season 2), and a much more colorful set of armor. This is her Star Wars Rebels Season 1 incarnation.

Also she now wields the infamous Darksaber - the sword wielded by the late commander of the Mandalorian Death Watch, Pre Vizsla - who wielded the Dark Saber till Darth Maul decided to decapitate him. Darth Maul would wield the Darksaber till he decided to leave it in the Nightsister's lair on Dathomir where it would work it's way back into a Mandalorian's hand.

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Star Wars Black Series Ahsoka Tano Review

Star Wars Black Series Ahsoka Tano

Presenting the failed Jedi Ahsoka Tano from the Star Wars Black Series 6" toyline.

We're not really fans of Star Wars Rebels since they tend to make fun of the Empire and have no respect for canon.

But we do love the fact that they are trying to tie up a loose end left from the very very lovely Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon series: The fate of Anakin Skywalker's failed padawan, Ahsoka "Snips" Tano.

The Clone Wars definitely ended with her fate hanging. We expected her to die at the end of the Clone Wars since Anakin Skywalker did not have a Padawan learner at the start of Episode III.

But no, she's back and still kicking. It's actually a bit incredulous that the Jedi would let a trained Padawan on the verge of knighthood just quit - taking all her skills with her. Isn't that more or less how Sith are born?

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So long Princess: Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), October 21, 1956 - December 27, 2016

Our beloved Princess Leia Organa-Solo, Carrie Frances Fisher, has become one with the Force. She drowned in the moonlight, strangled by her own bra.

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia),  October 21, 1956 -  December 27, 2016

"Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not." - Grand Master Yoda.

SND-01 Primo Vitalis Optimus Prime Upgrade Kit Review

Primo Vitalis Optimus Prime

Welcome to our SND-01 Primo Vitalis Optimus Prime Upgrade Kit Review!

First of all Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Please do also check out our Primo Vitalis Upgrade Kit Assembly Guide by clicking here.

To the uninitiated, this particular "look" of having a split chest and shoulder pads was conceptualized by IDW Comics for their Transformers Title.

We've since seen this design incarnated into the Legends Class Transformers Generations Optimus Prime, and; into Toyworld's Orion.

Neither Hasbro or Takara have come up with an official IDW Split-Chest Optimus Prime, but we're sure it's just a matter of time. Til then we have Shigeru Ningyo Do (SND) to thank for their Primo Vitalis Upgrade kit for the Transformers Combiner Wars Optimus Prime.

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Have a little Hope this Christmas!

This Christmas may Hope fill your lives! Merry Christmas from the Dark Lord Dungeon! :D

"It's not an 'S'. On my world it means hope."💙🚀✨ I always thought Kara was more like a blue lantern than a red one, so I made my own version! The beauty of cosplay is being able to create what your imagination can conjure. (📸:@gilphotography) Ring by @evilevnphotography #supergirl #bluelantern #kara #karazorel #krypton #kryptonian #super #superhero #superman #greenlantern #greenlanterncorps #justiceleague #dc #dccomics #dccosplay #cosplay #cosplayer #girlofsteel #maidofmight

A photo posted by ✨💖Jessica: Maid Of Might 💖✨ (@maidofmight) on Dec 23, 2016 at 3:05pm PST

Machine Robo Series 06 Blackbird Robo Snoop Gobot Review

Blackbird Robo AKA the Renegade Swoop

Welcome to a review of Machine Robo Series 06 Blackbird Robo - AKA the Gobot Swoop - from Action Toys.

To the uninitiated, Machine Robo was a series of transformable toys released like Matchboxes in 1982 (34 years ago) by Popy, a division of Bandai. Some of the simply designated Machine Robos were actually even Mecha.

American Toy Maker Tonka loved the idea, licensed it from Bandai, but made them all sentient robots, gave them better names rather than just simple designations, and divided them into "Good-guy" and "Bad-guy" categories - or Guardians and Renegades. The Challenge of the Gobots would rise to give the Transformers a run for their money when the cartoon aired 65 episodes starting in 1984.

Machine Robo meanwhile would have its own 47 episode cartoon released on Tokyo TV from 1986 to 1987 called Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos (Released as Revenge of the Gobots in the US).

Hasbro eventually won the war though and purchased Tonka and the rights to the Gobots. Unfortunately, as Tonka has only leased the rights to the images of Machine Robo to Tonka, Hasbro owns an empty concept.

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Wonder Woman versus Wolverine - Alternate Ending

Bat-in-the-Sun finally released the alternate ending to the very controversial - and having watched it again this morning, quite violent and slightly disturbing - face off between Wonder Woman and Wolverine. Highlights include

• Still not quite the ending we envisioned. Seriously we're no real fan of the Wolverine, but a volcano would not kill him. It would hurt the hell out of him, but since lava would just burn him and not incinerate him, he should be able to swim out. However, it lava would not result in the ending that Bat-in-the-Sun gave him either.
• Expanded Xavier's Mansion sequence featuring Gambit, Rogue, Jean Grey, Morph and Deadpool. 

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SND-01 Primo Vitalis Optimus Prime Upgrade Kit Assembly Guide

SND-01 Primo Vitalis Optimus Prime Upgrade

Welcome to an assembly guide for the SND-01 Primo Vitalis Combiner Wars Optimus Prime upgrade kit.

We had the chance to discuss the SND-01 with several other Transformers collectors and the consensus seems to be universal that this is without a doubt one of the best upgrade kits ever to be released in the market.

However a lot of collectors are overwhelmed by the a) Suggestion that the Primo Vitalis is less of an upgrade kit and more of a kit that creates a new toy, and; b) Idea that doing so means that you have to deal with the "exploding" joints of the Combiner Wars Optimus Prime.

Both ideas are true. Unlike car upgrades, most Transformers upgrades can be reversed or removed. While the SND-01 Primo Vitalis can be reversed, it would require a hell of a lot of work. And a quick trip to YouTube to watch some people bully through the instruction manual will show just how explosive the hip joints of the Combiner Wars Optimus Prime can be.

Hopefully this assembly guide will help.

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Asia Carfi Cosplay

We've recently fallen in love with the work of Asia Carfi - a Cosplayer from Rome, Italy.(but born in Springfield, USA). Her works include quite dark characters such as the Suicide Squad's Enchantress that you see here, the Scarlet Witch, Wednesday Addams, Xena the Warrior Princess, and Violet of the Incredibles:

A photo posted by Asia Carfì (@asiacarfi) on Oct 3, 2016 at 5:26am PDT

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Gotham City Sirens movie confirmed.

Harley Quinn

Gotham City Sirens the movie is now confirmed and Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn under the direction of David Ayers. 

A lot of people are actually surprised that David Ayers is returning to direct for DC following all his complaints about internal-manipulations that led to the successful but critically mangled Suicide Squad (Which stands at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes as of today - 1 whole point below Batman v Superman), but did make a whopping US$745 in the box office. 

Tomb Raider reboot writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet has signed on to write the Girl-Power Spin-off for DC. 

Hopefully we can expect a new Catwoman who isn't Halle Berry.

No release date has been set, but the project is said to be on the fast-track.

Transformers Mini-Con Assault Team: Centuritron Quick Review

Transformers Mini-Con Assault Team:Centuritron 

Welcome to a quick review of the Transformers Mini-Con Assault Team: Centurion.

To be perfectly honest, when Hasbro released the Mini-Con Assault team, we assumed that, yes while they could be combined to form Centuritron, they could be used as building blocks to build even bigger Transformers.

Looking back, yeah that was a bit naive, but they were practically unstoppable in the comic books because they could combine.

Alas they cannot and all we have is this tiny Mini-con made out of three even smaller Mini-cons - though actually they aren't Mini-Cons, they're Ammonites - a race of omnicombinational beings that have the power to combine with other Ammonites. Now imagine 70Billion of them coming to attack you.

Sadly they all exploded.

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Darth Vader Commercial from Portugal

Without a doubt, this is one of THE Best Star Wars Commercials ever. This is from Portugal and we absolutely LOVE the costume! How the cape swishes, how it fits the actor perfectly! One of the most terrifying cosplays of Vader we've ever seen!

Wonder Woman versus Wolverine

YouTube Video geniuses Bat in the Sun, recently released their latest Super-Power Beatdown episode featuring Wonder Woman versus the rabid Wolverine.

AND it was an AWESOME battle of godly propotions!

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Two different Spider-Man Homecoming Trailers

We found two different and very awesome trailers released for the Spider-Man Homecoming movie!

Here's the one from Sony:

And here's the one from Zero Media:

In essence:

• Tony Stark is an ass
• Peter Parker got a taste of herodom and wants more - but it rejected by Tony Stark for a position in the Avengers
• Yep that's Mary Jane
• Peter wants to save the world but has homework. "But you ARE a kid!" syndrome.
• LLLOOOOVVVEEE the Vulture armor!
• They just topped Spider-Man 2's train rescue.

Marvel Legends Secret War Captain America Quick Review

Because overthrowing foreign government requires new threads

Welcome to a quick review of the Marvel Legends Secret War Captain America from their Abomination BAF series.

This is the uniform that Captain America wore when he was recruited by Nick Fury - along with Wolverine, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Black Widow and Daisy "Quake" Johnson - off on a mission to overthrow Latveria's then rightful ruler, Prime Minister Lucia von Bardas.

Unfortunately Nick Fury wiped their memories of the mission following their attack on Latveria - which pisses off the heroes later when they find out.

Because of this private war, Nick Fury would lose his post as the head of SHIELD. Secret War was a five issue comic book series that ran from 2004-2005, written by Brian Michael Bendis and brought to life by Artist Gabriele Dell'Otto)

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Defenders filming underway

The filming of the much-awaited Netflix show Defenders is underway and the internet has recently received a few behind-the scenes still photos of Daredevil (Charlie Cox) and Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter).

Is it just us or is Jessica Jones wearing the same clothes from last season?

Donald Trump is Batman

Time magazine has revealed that the Billionaire playboy (jerk) Donald Trump is secretly Batman - or the devil.

Mind Blown!

And of course, this was just a matter of time. 

Top 5 fan-favorite female GI Joe characters

Who is the fairest of them all?

Welcome to the results of a Facebook Fan page poll "Which is your favorite female character?"

Again this is from the GI joe Rec Room Facebook page - do join us there - where Ed asked that particular question.

It wasn't very specific so right off the bat, COBRA women were thrown into the survey. After a while it got quite educational as the some of the members voted for women who were neither: Such as the Oktober Guard's Leytenánt Daina L. Janack, and the civilian Candy Appel.

Surprisingly none of the newer GI Joe women made it into the list, and nobody voted for the Female Cobra officers - who we believe are really, really hot.

Here are the top five results:

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Peter Vaughan passes away

Peter Vaughan who played Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones passed away today at age 93. RIP pic.twitter.com/iDdlvxm1TR

— Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) December 6, 2016

We will always remember him as the kind father of Anthony Hopkins in the movie The Remains of the Day (1993).

May he rest in peace.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Superion with a KO Crossfire Upgrade

So you don't think I have a killer instinct huh!

Welcome to a review of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Superion Autobot set with a Knock-Off (KO) Crossfire Upgrade.

Before the release of the Transformers Combiner Wars Superion, this was pretty much the paragon of Superions, and the one you absolutely had to have in your collection. This was also repackaged in a Transformers Universe box.

We've had him in the Dungeon for quite some time but it was only recently that we came across a cheap KO version of the Fansproject Crossfire upgrade.

No Superion did not make an appearance in the movie, and he does come with those "Powercore" attachments that do absolutely nothing.

The reason for this is because this is  redeco of the Takara Superion Maximus who appeared in the Transformers Energon cartoon. He and his brother, Dauntles Maximus were one of the four combiners chosen to guard the Super Energon at the core of Cybertron.

Transformers the Last Knight Teaser Trailer

Transformers the Last Knight has finally released a trailer that is not just filled with explosions. Sadly the trailer is quite confusing and is open to a lot of speculation and guess-works. Highlights include:

• Optimus Prime flying off into space alone turned out to be a pretty dumb idea.
• A dystopian future Earth?
• Unicron?
• Nemesis Prime?
• The Autobots (Bumblebee) versus some kind of Walker (Drone?)
• Bumblebee versus Optimus Prime/Nemesis Prime - as if he stood a chance.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Teaser Trailer Number 2

Marvel just released another trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and it is AWESOME!!!

Highlights include:

• The Guardians are battling Shuma Gorath!!!! (Well we hope it's Shuma Gorath) Some of them will battle him from the inside. If that is Shuma Gorath, then we have a link to Dr Strange.
• Baby Groot is both adorable and scary as hell!
• Mantis (Pom Klementieff, Oldboy, Hacker's Game)! With no cleavage whatsoever.
• A major space-battle. 

James Gordon and Leslie Thompkins are getting married!

US Weekly just tweeted that James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Leslie Thompkins (Morena Baccarin) from Fox TV's Gotham are engaged in real life!

Exclusive: #Gotham costars Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin are officially engaged! https://t.co/J9IH85DL07 pic.twitter.com/TwGFP63Gjd

— Us Weekly (@usweekly) November 29, 2016

This would be Ben McKenzie's (The OC) first marriage, and Morena Baccarin's (Firefly, Deadpool) second (She married film producer and director Austin Chick in 2011 and divorced him in 2016. They have one child, Julius). The couple recently celebrated the birth of their first child: Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan.

The two have been together since 2015

Deadpool could not be reached for comment.

Suffice to say he won't be happy.

Emmy Nominated actor Ron Glass - Shepherd Book from Firefly and Serenity - dies at 71

Shepherd Book - Ron Glass - July 10, 1945 – November 25, 2016

Ron Glass, the actor we've come to love for portraying Shepherd Derrial Book from the Firefly TV-series and Serenity, died last November 25  at the age of 71.

Glass, a theater actor, turned to TV and films i 1972 and is best known for his role as the pseudo-Christian preacher and for his role as Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–82) for which he received an Emmy nomination.

There's an outtake from the 2005 Serenity movie that was never used where Shepherd Book delivers a prayer for the dead called the "Haven Prayer". It seems fitting to use it here.

"Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged. 

Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all. 

Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest." 

Marvel's New Mutants Storyboard teaser released

Welcome to a news report from comingsoon.net about Marvel's New Mutants! To the uninitiated, yes, these are the junior X-Men - most of which would eventually become full fledged X-Men, two of whom would become Avengers.

Comingsoon.net reports that both Marvel and 20th Century Fox have yet to officially announce the existence of the New Mutants film, but it reportedly will be directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in our Stars), and will be written by Bon, Knate Lee (Jackass), Scotte Neustadter (The Fault in our Stars, 500 Days of Summer) and Michael H Weber (The Fault in our Stars, 500 Days of Summer).

So. The Fault in our Stars meets Jackass. Personally that doesn't sound promising.


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DC TV Teamup: Flash, Arrow, Supergirl & The Legends of Tomorrow

DC and the CW just released the trailer for the Heroes v Aliens: The Dominators, that brings together the Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and the Legends of Tomorrow all into one massive team-up worthy of the Justice League!/

Highlights include:

• Looks like it starts in Central City
• The Dominators stick to their comic book plot of wiping out everyone on Earth before we become a scourge.
• Heatwave is proudly a bad-guy among-st the heroes
• Looks like it's Barry fault again
• The Flash in a leadership role (?)
• Arrow's back-up crew is here too
• Deathstroke!
• Best Team-up EVER!!!!

Alien: Covenant 2017 teaser poster and release date

The Aliens Facebook page released this teaser poster for the upcoming 2017 Alien:Covenant movie and we have to say that this is one THE MOST horrifying and simple posters ever made. Classic.

It's actually too late to run if he's that's close

Alien: Covenant will hit the silver screen on May 19, 2017

The Mother of Dragons Emilia Clarke joins the Star Wars Universe

Emilia Clarke Joins Star Wars

We're really excited to help spread the news that Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke AKA Daenerys Targaryen - The Unburnt; Queen of the Andals, Queen of Meereen, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons - has just joined the Star Wars Universe. 

The 30 year old actress  will be joining the still untitled 2018 Han Solo Solo movie which will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Game of Thrones, will join the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie. Clarke joins Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo) and Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian) in the highly anticipated film.

For more details, do visit StarWars.com 

Assassins Creed Altair Ibn-La'Ahad

Welcome to a quick review of the McFarlane Assassins Creed Altair Ibn-La'Ahad action figure.

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Lucky Bonez (Bad Kitty Cosplay) now has a Youtube Channel

Welcome to a little news bit about one of our favorite Cosplayers, Bad Kitty Cosplay - Black Cat, who now goes by the name Lucky Bonez - which may or may be her real name - who now has her own shiny new YouTube Channel!

Her first video has her answering 20 questions about herself. Highlights include:

• SHE LOVES HALO!!!! Which makes us love her even more.
• She loves horror movies, which.... is a acquired taste, sorry.
• She's been Cosplaying for around 8-10 years
• Her favorite Cosplay character is not Black Cat (HUH!!!!????) It's Domino. Though she wishes she could Cosplay as a HALO Arbiter
• She would eat Bacon and Eggs
• She's in love with Steve Buscemi (And well she should be, the guy's a hero) 
• She finds Salvador Dali "Trippy" - so do we.

If you want to ask her any questions, ask them on

• Twitter - @Badluck_Kitty - use the Hashtag #AskLucky_Bonez when asking a question
• Facebook - BadKittyCosplay
• Instagram: - @LuckyBonez

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Marvel pokes fun at BvS - Uncanny X-Men Annual # 1

Hot off their high over the success of Dr Strange, Marvel took a swipe at DC's Batman vs Superman in their Uncanny X-Men Annual # 1. The second part of the annual showcases Domino who is assaulting a compound and comes across two guards talking about their latest kill:

Domino doesn't care about Martha. Uncanny X-Men Annual # 1

And that's what Domino thinks of that story.

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Jedi Knight Sarrissa Jeng Quick Review

Welcome to a quick review of Jedi Knight Sarrissa Jeng from the Battle of Geonosis: Jedi Knights 4-pack

Jedi Knight Sarrissa Jeng

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Suicide Squad Extended DVD Offer: Harley Quinn's Tattoo Guide

Apparently there is an official Harley Quinn Tattoo Guide that was just released along with the Extended Cut DVD of Suicide Squad.

Despite the misgivings we may have with the film, Suicide Squad at the end of the day is a visual treat.

And one of the definite treats was Harley Quinn.

According to Batman-news.com,  if you purchase the extended version of Suicide Squad via VUDU, you get access to extra content via their IOS application - which includes a tattoo guide for Harley Quinn.

The tattoo guide is a must see for tattoo enthusiasts and cosplayers who love Margot Robbie's version of Harley Quinn.

Download Suicide Squad's Extended Cut DVD via VUDU here.

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Man-at-Arms

Never think while you're hungry. 

Welcome to a review of our He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Modern Edition Man-At-Arms.

We've always loved Man-At-Arms: Strong father figure, keeper of some of the deepest secrets of Castle Grayskull (Including the fact that Teela may be his biological daughter with the Sorceress' - at least that's how the 2002 cartoon put it - could. She could also be Fisto's. In 1983 he just adopted her from the Sorceress); weapon-smith, and; leader of the Palace Guard.

The original Man-At-Arms did not have a bushy mustache - we still remember having that figure as a child and wondering why he looked different in the cartoon - it turns out that Filmation added the mustache as an after-thought to make him look older.

Still he was someone we wanted to grow up to be. Actually more than He-Man.

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Hugh Jackman - Logan Poster Revealed

A photo posted by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) on Nov 15, 2016 at 2:17pm PST

Hugh Jackman posted one of the first posters of Logan. The poster also provides one of the first looks of Sienna Novikov as X-23.

Justice League Dark - Official Trailer

IGN just released the complete official trailer for Justice League Dark. Highlights include:

• It's rated R!!!! Yay!
• Doesn't seem to be anything more than a cleaned up version of previous trailers
• Justice League is confirmed as:
• Wonder Woman
• Superman
• Aquaman
• Flash
• Martian Manhunter
• Hawkman
• Batman
• Green Lantern - John Stewart
• The Spirit of the House did give itself a nice body
• Great magic effects
• Batman's secret is revealed: He has a butler
• No release date. BOOOOOO!!!!!

Shame or Glory - A Game of Thrones Commercial

Presenting Shame or Glory - A Game of Thrones Commercial. This is a must watch commercial - as in finish the whole 3.07 minutes, believe us, it's worth it. Highlights include:

• The Mountain - Hafthor Julius Bjornsson - is one SCCAAARRRY.... Mountain.... of a man. But he's also incredibly funny in a gentle giant form of way.
• Septa Unella - Hannah Waddingham - is indeed incredibly beautiful! It's a wonder how that beauty can be hidden by her character's robes. Holy Mother Earth indeed

But the scary part is that, til the end, it never occurred to us why exactly Septa Unella was harassing the poor shopper about. Through 80% of the commercial we were struggling to guess what he did wrong. And that actually reflects just how blind we were to certain purchases which we do everyday that seem so simple and banal, but actually have a huge impact on the environment.

Sad.

Ghost in the Shell "Shelling" sequence bootleg from IGN

UPDATE: Hot off the heels of the 1st official Ghost in the Shell trailer is this bootleg video from IGN revealing the shelling sequence of the Major. It remains quite true to the original opening sequence of The Ghost in the Shell - with less focus on her breasts - and a dash of Westworld.

Ghost in the Shell First Official Full Length Trailer

Major Motoko Kusanagi, all natural

Here we go! The first official full length trailer of Ghost in the Shell. This is the trailer posted by Comicbook.com and not by Paramount, as this one includes a greeting from Scarlett Johansson. Here are some of the highlights:

• Heavy CGI. Motoko KUsanagi's cybernetic body looks CGI - as if Paramount learned nothing from Green Lantern. Even when she's cracked open, she looks heavily CGIed
• That is a beautifully fracked up city. We are in love with the giant holographic advertisements. They definitely brought the city from the anime to life - so why is she white?
• Heavy Matrix level CGI
• Girl-on-girl action. YAY!!!!
• The movie definitely suffers from the inescapable fact that Scarlett Johansson is not Asian. This is probably why she sticks to referring to herself by her rank, rather than her name. 
• We love the creepy robotic geishas. 
• "Everything they told you, was a lie.... They did not save your life, they stole it."

Star Wars Sabine Wren - Quick Review

This is a quick-review for the Star Wars Rebels Sabine Wren

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Official Trailer

Presenting the first official trailer for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. To the uninitiated, EuropaCorp USA was kind enough to provide this synopsis with the trailer:

"Rooted in the classic graphic novel series, Valerian and Laureline- visionary writer/director Luc Besson advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga.

Comics versus Hollywood

Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe. 

Under directive from their Commander (Clive Owen), Valerian and Laureline embark on a mission to the breathtaking intergalactic city of Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis comprised of thousands of different species from all four corners of the universe. Alpha’s seventeen million inhabitants have converged over time- uniting their talents, technology and resources for the betterment of all. Unfortunately, not everyone on Alpha shares in these same objectives; in fact, unseen forces are at work, placing our race in great danger."

Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, John Goodman, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu.

Highlights include:

• The opening reminded us a lot of the 5th Element - quickly followed by a reminder that this is the work of Director Luc Besson who made the 5th Element and Lucy. 
• It's a very "trippy" video which also reminded us a lot of some of the trailers for Suicide Squad
• Super-hero landing
• Cara Delevinge is hot as hell
• Hey Unkar Plutt from Episode VII is here
• Mass Effect armor
• This should be an extremely interesting or extremely boring movie. We expect a polarized audience.

Check out the Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Social media sites here:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

Hey have you ever seen Cara Delevinge rap? And yes we agree that she's hooked up with hotter girls than both of them combined. 

Pacific Rim: Maelstrom

A photo posted by BOYEGA (@jboyega_) on Nov 9, 2016 at 10:14am PST

Jon Boyega (Star Wars Episode VII, Attack the Block) released this photo of the script (?) of Pacific Rim 2, on the first day of shooting.

Presenting: Pacific Rim: Maelstrom

Given what a Maelstrom is, it sounds like the breach will be re-opened with force.

John Boyega will be playing the son of the Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) in the movie.

Top 12 GI Joes fans would use in real life.

Outback, Beachhead and Lowlight storm the beach

Presenting the top 12 GI Joes that fans would use in real life. 

This is actually the results of a poll posted by Ed in the GI Joe Rec Room Facebook page. He asked "If you had a 3 man team to infiltrate Cobra Island who would you pick?" 

It was a good question because it fell down to the bare minimum in terms of military fire-teams. Which three would you indeed assemble and send - quite possibly - to their deaths (Someone actually suggested the Fire-team of Windmill, Skidmark and Sneek Peek because he did not expect to see them come back alive - to be fair, we think Skidmark would make it). 

Anyway we decided to tally the data and here are the results - the top 12 GI Joes that fans would pick if they had to send a three-man fire-team to infiltrate Cobra island

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The Ghost in the Shell, first action scene trailer

So apparently Paramount pictures released a new 13 second trailer for their upcoming controversially white-washed movie "Ghost in the Shell" And either most of nerd-dom has dismissed it as a failure already, or it barely registered and they need to work on their marketing.

Highlights include:

• Predator meets the Matrix
• Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) appearing for the first time in her cyber-punk full body prosthesis - and kicking ass.
• Scarlett Johansson's 32-DDs are unavoidable.
• Would be really better if Motoko was Asian.

Marvel Legends Barbara "Bobbi" Morse AKA Mockingbird

Bobbi Morse - Mockingbird

Presenting Barbara "Bobbi" Morse AKA the Mockingbird from the Marvel Legends Onslaught BAF toyline.

To be perfectly honest we miss Adrianne Palicki and her portrayal of Mockingbird in the Marvel: Agents of Shield TV series. We sincerely hope that she returns or reprises the role elsewhere.

To the uninitiated who only know her as the ex-Mrs. Hawkeye, Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Morse (Yes, she has a Doctorate in Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology - and she also went to the SHIELD Spy school), was originally created as a love-interest for Ka-Zar back in 1971 by writer Len Wein and artist
Neal Adams (She also wasn't originally a blonde).

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Mass Effect Andromeda: Official Cinematic Trailer

Bioware just released the cinematic trailer for the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda, video game. You remember Bioware? They're the guys who fracked with us and gave us Mass Effect 3 - yeah that game where you die in the end no matter what.

Did you know that there was a fan who was so pissed with the ending, he sued Bioware - and only withdrew his suit due to the release of an extended cut of the ending (Where you still die).

Anyway, highlights of what could be a horrible mistake include:

• First glimpse of the Hyperion. While the new ship in the series is the Tempest, it does make sense that there would be a mother ship (?) in the exploration of a new galaxy.
• Both Tatooine and Hoth Like environments
• A Glimpse of the new bad-guy
• Lots of stunning environments and new things to kill. 

Mass Effect Andromeda will be released in the Q1 of 2017

Till then, click here to join the Andromeda Initiative.

Maid of Might Cospay

We are really falling in love with the Cosplay work from Maid of Might Cosplay. Her real name is Jessica and she describes herself as a cosplayer, comic collector (With over 8,000 comics in her collection) & all around dork.

A photo posted by ✨💖Jessica: Maid Of Might 💖✨ (@maidofmight) on Nov 4, 2016 at 3:32pm PDT

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Hoshino - A Star Wars Fan FIlm

I know a guy

Presenting: Hoshino, a Star Wars Fan film from Director Stephen Vitale, and writen/produced by Eric Carrasco. It stars the very beautiful Youtube star Anna Akana (You might remember her from the movie Ant-Man) as blind Jedi Master Ko Hoshino. The 7.02 minute YouTube video is soooo good, it almost brought a tear to our eyes when Master Hoshino finally ignites her blade at the end of the film.

It definitely left us wanting more, more, MORE!!!!

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The Powerful Pink [Power Rangers]

Well that's definitely not something you see everyday.

Check out this roundup of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as assembled by the - very happy - Chris Cantada that includes the likes of Alodia Gosiengfiao, Bianca King, Nicole Andersson, Bea Benedicto, Bubbles Paraiso, and Janice Hung. :

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Where to buy toys in Manila: Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas

Comic Odyssey: Robinson's Galleria

Where to buy Toys in Manila:Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas Avenue cor. EDSA, Quezon City.

While the Toy Mecca of Manila will, in our opinion, always be that wretched hive of scum and villainy called Greenhills (Seriously, it used to be a real hive of scum and villainy); time, circumstance and company sometimes prevent us or visitors from going to Greenhills - especially with the traffic.

So we've decided to start compiling alternate places where you or visitors to our country may find toys.

Presenting: Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas. Wikipedia defines the Robinsom's Galleria mall as: "...a 5-level shopping mall and a landmark along, EDSA and Ortigas Avenue with more than 400 shops, dining outlets, entertainment facilities and service centers. It is located within a mixed-use complex composed of two high-rise office towers namely the Galleria Corporate Center and the Robinsons-Equitable Tower, the Holiday Inn Manila and Crowne Plaza Manila, the Galleria Regency and the historic EDSA Shrine."

John Gokongwei purchased the land where Robinsons Galleria now stands from the government in 1987 following the miracle of People Power that led to the fall of the Marcos Dictatorship - yes it was a dictatorship, and he did not stand down to prevent bloodshed (God knows he's spilled enough already), he was ousted and ran with his tail between his legs He is no hero. The Catholic Church purchased the land at the very corner where now stands the EDSA shrine. The mall opened in 1990. 

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The Lego Batman Movie Trailer

Warner Brothers just released the latest trailer for The Lego Batman movie and it's soooo cute!

Will Arnett is the greatest Batman EVER!!!

Highlights include:

• Robin (Michael Sera) - not so adorable, kinda gross
• Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson) - as police commissioner
• Batman versus Superman - which kinda hurt the Joker's feelings.apparently Batman is not exclusive)
• Really, really, REALLY cool Batplane(?) Masterbuild

The Lego Batman movie is slated for release in February 2017.

The Lego Batman Movie

Marvel Legends BAF Abomination

Marvel Legends BAF Abomination

Presenting the Abomination from the Marvel Legends Build an Action Figure series of the same name. 

Emil Blonsky, or the Abomination, was created by Stan Lee ad Gil Kane in 1967 as an opponent for the Incredible Hulk.

Side note: Say what you want about the 2008 Incredible Hulk movie, we think Tim Roth was a wonderful Emil Blonsky.

The comic book Emil Blonsky however did not gain his powers via a gamma infused blood transfusion. Emil was a KGB agent sent to photograph equipment that was used in the creation of the Incredible Hulk. While doing this, he exposed himself to a large dose of Gamma radiation and transformed into the Abomination. 

He's been a foil for the Incredible Hulk and the other heroes of the Marvel Universe ever since - until the Red Hulk killed him

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Star Wars Kanan Jarrus in Storm Trooper Armor - Quick Review

This is a quick-review for the Star Wars Rebels Kanan Jarrus in Storm Trooper Armor.

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Wonder Woman November 2016 Trailer

The latest Wonder Woman Trailer is out! Highlights include

• She's a very good secretary - there's a bit of a homage to Christopher Reeve catching a bullet in the Superman movies
• War comes to Themyscira
• An Amazon dies (? - yeah most likely)
• Bullet blocking action
• DC adding a dash of comedy

UPDATE: DC also released the following posters: Courage, Wonder and Power..

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahn reclaims the character he created for the now destroyed Star Wars Expanded Universe with a new novel entitled Thrawn. 

Amazon has this to say about Zahn's new book on Mitth'raw'nuruodo: "In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn’s rise to power—uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history."

Thrawn will be officially released on April 11, 2017. Pre-order your copy here: