I was a Street Fighter II loyalist as a kid. No other arcade fighting game could possibly interest me until one day I watched a kid playing a game in an arcade that was called Mortal Kombat. It looked much gorier than Street Fighter II and it seemed to play a lot faster as well, …
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I've mentioned before of my love of Final Fantasy and have already covered some of the toys from FF VII but today I thought I'd take a look at some figures that are a little bit different. It's the 'Square Minimum Collection'! The idea of this line is that they would …
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The good thing about being a '90s kid was that there was always an abundance of discarded '80s toys lying around in cardboard boxes at car boot sales and antique fairs when I was growing up. Awesome stuff that was just begging to be discovered, usually at a very reasonable price. After recently watching …
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I don't hate the Star Wars prequels. I don't think they're particularly good films, but they're still fun enough that I can sit and enjoy them in spite of the ropey dialogue, the abundance of frame cluttering CGI and the walking "fuck you" to the many fans that grew up with the original trilogy- the …
Some of you might remember that I covered weird flavoured sticks of rock ages ago. My Auntie sent me more which have been kicking about for a while, so I thought I ought to finally get around to abusing my taste buds and giving 'em a go. And there was quite a selection to try! …
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I love Firefly and I think it could easily be my favourite TV series to date. It's got everything I find appealing in a science fiction show- likeable characters with good progression, the right amount of humour, a 'believable' universe, and thrilling, suspenseful adventures. It's also dripping with that worn-in kind of charm that Star …
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Whenever I see a cassette tape, I am instantly transported back to my childhood. To me, cassette tapes will always be more synonymous with the many happy hours sat playing computer games instead of listening to music. I grew up a little too late for me to feel the warm, glowing blanket of nostalgia that …
Okay, so it's Sunday, not Saturday. But I started this post on Saturday but felt too ill to finish it, so I'm finishing it today. It's still Star Wars Saturdays though! I mentioned in my Christmas haul post the other day that I planned on doing a Star Wars Saturdays looking at some Galactic …
I haven't given Christmas any attention on here this year as I've just been so damn busy visiting family in England and stuff. I don't think I gave it much attention last year either which feels like a personal failure as it's definitely one of my favourite times of the year. Regardless of my failings, …
Most people I know seem glad that they lived through their childhood at the time that they did. Star Wars has been a part of many peoples childhoods, and even today it is still a huge part of many kids lives throughout the world. I've spoken to people who were kids back in the seventies …
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The Forgotten Starship 