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Alex Ross to Receive the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chicago’s Prestigious American Academy of Art
by JuliusMarx | May 10, 2012 at 6:09 am

Industry’s Leading Painted Comic Book Artist, Alex Ross, to Receive the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chicago’s Prestigious American Academy of Art Award pays tribute to Ross’s award-winning, 20-year career creating graphic novels, cover art, movie posters, video game art and dozens of other highly recognized projects. Ross to receive major honor and address 2012 [...]

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URGENT CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT – King of the Nerds: Casting Call
by JuliusMarx | May 10, 2012 at 5:50 am

- PLEASE SHARE AND FORWARD - YOU MAY KNOW THE PERFECT PERSON! NOW CASTING: Men and Woman, 18-30 years old who are Passionate & Competitive Modern Day NERDS and GEEKS Who Want to WIN BIG on the New TBS Show ‘King of the Nerds’ From the producers of MYTHBUSTERS, SURVIVOR and AMAZING RACE comes a new competition based show [...]

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Ranking 10 WWE Superstars and Their Rumblers Action Figures – Bleacher Report
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 1:32 am

Bleacher ReportRanking 10 WWE Superstars and Their Rumblers Action FiguresBleacher ReportIt has been a while since I have played with WWE action figures. Not because I am mature or too old or anything like that. I am a poor college student and the smal...

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Activision: Skylanders outsell Star Wars in action figure sales – The Verge
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 9:29 pm

VentureBeatActivision: Skylanders outsell Star Wars in action figure salesThe VergeAccording to Activision execs, that dwarfs Hasbro's Star Wars action figure line. "Based on our internal estimates, we believe that [Skylanders] toys sales in t...

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Droid Factory Coming To Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios
by JuliusMarx | May 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm

If you are anything like me you are a sucker for astromechs. A few years back Hasbro realized that there are lots of people like me and started making every possible astromech that appeared in the Star Wars Universe. Now they are taking that one step farther to accelerate the decimation of my wallet and [...]

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BBTS Sponsor News: Avengers, Batman, Transformers, Mattel, Imports & More
by JuliusMarx | May 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm

Hi – Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a ton of cool new preorders as well as more new arrivals. ————- NEW PREORDERS ————- DEFENDERWORXS TRANSFORMER ACCESSORIES DefenderWorx is licensed by Hasbro and makes all manner of accessories using Transformer branding. We have listings for three different styles of high-end sunglasses with Autobot [...]

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Tales from development hell – The Express Tribune
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 7:19 pm

The Express TribuneTales from development hellThe Express TribuneI get paid $400 an hour to suggest drones will be more effective if they launch bombs, Captain America action figures. By Nadir Hassan The writer is a freelance journalist based in Islama...

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Tanorexic Mom Now an Action Figure, Thanks to 3D Printing – BusinessWeek
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 4:47 pm

CBC.caTanorexic Mom Now an Action Figure, Thanks to 3D PrintingBusinessWeekaction-figure maker is gearing up to make hundreds of copies of its so-called “Tanorexic Action Figure,” which has an orange face and blonde hair and sells for $29.95. Photo...

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Patricia Krentcil, Tanorexic Mom, Gets Her Own Action Figure (VIDEO) – Huffington Post
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Christian PostPatricia Krentcil, Tanorexic Mom, Gets Her Own Action Figure (VIDEO)Huffington PostHerobuilders.com, which specializes in customized action figures, has just released a "Tanorexic Action Figure" based on the bronzed face of Kren...

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New Jersey tan mom gets action figure doll – KSLA-TV
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 7:02 am

Christian PostNew Jersey tan mom gets action figure dollKSLA-TVCOM will streamMore >> The New Jersey mom accused of bringing her 6-year-old daughter to a tanning salon earlier this month now has her own action figure doll. The doll called Tanorex...

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