Articles for September, 2018

In Stores Now from @CollectDST: Superman, Deadpool and Nightmare Before Christmas! – Action Figure Insider

In Stores Now from @CollectDST: Superman, Deadpool and Nightmare Before Christmas!
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is turning 25 this year, and Diamond Select Toys is celebrating with a new line of cloth-costumed, fully poseable action figures! Measuring approximately 10 inches tall, each figure features real fabric ...

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In Stores Now from @CollectDST: Superman, Deadpool and Nightmare Before Christmas!
This week is a big one for comic and specialty shops, as they welcome some very important guests into their stores! From Diamond Select Toys, 1000-issue superstar Superman gets his first comic-based Gallery PVC diorama, box office champ Deadpool returns in an all-new Gallery piece, and the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas celebrates their...
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Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography
These breathtaking images have been selected as the best of the best when it comes to destination wedding photography around the world. The shots were taken in a variety of stunning locations, from the tops of mountains to sites overlooking lakes, and ...
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Israel threatens attack on Iranian assets installed in Iraq

Israel threatens attack on Iranian assets installed in IraqIsrael has threatened to attack any Iranian military assets in Iraq as it has done in Syria, following reports Tehran has moved ballistic missiles closer to the Jewish state. Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's defence minister, signalled on Monday it would “contend” with Iranian provocations wherever they are found. "We are certainly monitoring everything that is happening in Syria, and regarding Iranian threats we are not limiting ourselves just to Syrian territory. This also needs to be clear," Mr Lieberman told a conference in Jerusalem. Asked if this included Iraq, he responded: "I am saying that we will contend with any Iranian threat, and it doesn't matter from where it comes ... Israel's freed.” Tehran has transferred dozens of short-range ballistic missiles to Shia proxies in Iraq over the last few months, according to a Reuters report published over the weekend. Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran Credit: Anadolu Agency  The Zelzal, Fateh-110 and Zolfaqar missiles in question have ranges of 400 miles, putting Tel Aviv within striking distance if the weapons were deployed in southern or western Iraq. The Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has bases in both those areas. “It seems Iran has been turning Iraq into its forward missile base,” one Western source said. Israel is technically at war with Iraq, but the two countries have not openly traded blows for decades. Israel has however conducted hundreds of air strikes against arms transfers and deployments by Iran and its Lebanese ally, the Shia Hizbollah militia, fearing the threat across its border. Israeli officials will also be watching political developments in Baghdad with concern. Lebanese soldiers inspect remains of a surface to air missile that landed in the southern Lebanon after being fired by Iranian forces from Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan Credit: AFP After months of wrangling, two blocs on Monday claimed to hold the majority of seats in parliament and therefore the right to name a prime minister. The bloc of incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has the support of the US, while the bloc of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Badr Organisation militia leader Hadi al-Amiri is backed by Iran. Badr is part of the state apparatus and answers to Iraq’s prime minister, but Mr Amiri and other members of the group’s leadership frequently meet and consult with Qassem Soleimani, Quds Force commander. A Maliki-Amiri coalition would likely lead Iraq to greater hostilities with Israel. The Kurds, a minority in Iraq, have yet to pick a side but could end up kingmakers. Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Isil, has been trying to convince the various Kurdish parties to fall in line behind Mr Abadi.   Phillip Smyth, Soref fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told the Telegraph the Israelis “won’t want to see another Iranian-controlled government spring up.” “I'd also bet this would worry them more if that also means there's the possibility of continued and more advanced weapons transfers,” he said. Richard Baffa, senior defense researcher at the Rand Corporation, warned that escalating tensions between Israeli and Iranian forces have demonstrably increased the risk of a new, large-scale regional conflict. “Tehran's continued provocations and violations of Israel's stated red lines are fueling an escalatory spiral that has the potential to rapidly spin out of control,” he wrote.


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Arrest warrant issued for man in murder of wife, Amber Alert for 2 missing sons
An Amber Alert was issued for Jonathan and Victor Coronado Nunez, ages 5 and 8, on Saturday.
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IKEA apologizes after customer reports caterpillar in his food
(Reuters) - IKEA has issued an apology to a customer in the Indian city of Hyderabad after he reported finding a caterpillar in his food at the store and posted a photograph of it on Twitter. Abeed Mohammad posted the picture on Twitter on Friday and ...
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10 fascinating facts about the Labor Day holiday
The first Monday in September is celebrated nationally as Labor Day. So how did we get the holiday and why is no one quite sure who created it?
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The Scotch Trooper: Taking Star Wars action figures and whisky on a galactic booze cruise – Fantha Tracks
Fantha TracksThe Scotch Trooper: Taking Star Wars action figures and whisky on a galactic booze cruiseFantha TracksThe formula was straight forward, although hardly as simple as it seemed: he would artfully pose action figures from the George Lucas spa...
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Syria strike kills 8 pro-regime fighters: monitor
An air strike near a US base in southeastern Syria has killed at least eight pro-government fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Monday. Four Syrians, one Iranian national and three other non-Syrian fighters were killed in the st...
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I Wish More Figures Had Goofy Action Features Like This Solo Toy – Gizmodo
I Wish More Figures Had Goofy Action Features Like This Solo Toy  Gizmodo

As the merchandising behemoth that is action figures has grown over the years, the market has split into two groups—the kids-focused smaller figures that trade ...

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