just the basics: Sergeant Bananas

Sergeant Bananas The Guerilla Good Guy! Released in 1991 When I look at this figure, I can almost sense my father’s eyes rolling. I never had this guy as a kid and God do I wish I had. It is everything that is both great, and kind of lame, about the toy line as […]

Ninja Turtles: Punishment

Wake up!!!! Oroku Ryu jolted upright out of bed. Chills ran down his spine as his eyes struggled to focus on his surroundings. Slowly, outlines of furniture became visible as he tried to calm his nerves. Cold sweat beaded around the back of his neck as he tried to control his breathing. At home, […]

Ninja Turtles: A Day in the Life

The story before the story… Sometime around the year 1990, Hamato Yoshi was a high ranking member of the Foot clan in Japan. Yoshi was an unrivaled warrior, yet a compassionate man, known for possessing great wisdom beyond his years. On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, he was honored by his masters with […]

Happy Friday the 13th

Well, it’s that time of year again, another Friday the 13th is upon us and the internet is aglow with Jason gifs and the obligatory article defending Jason X. Today is not a holiday by any stretch of the imagination. No matter what your horror-aficionado friends tell you, there is no ticker tape parade for […]

Power/Rangers: a review

The words “grim” and “gritty” get thrown around a lot nowadays. Really, we kind of have Batman Begins to thank for it. Before the reboot of the Batman films, back in 2005, the series was almost an extension of the Adam West TV series of the 1960’s. The fights had no real tension, character development […]

everyone collects something

Hello. My name is Josh O’Rourke…and I am a toy collector. On the surface, this statement doesn’t sound like much. Everyone has a collection of something. It is the one avenue of the human experience where size truly does not matter. You could collect coins from foreign nations, stamps from a bygone era, or perhaps […]