Toy Review: Art Asylum Star Trek 3-Pack

With all the attention classic Trek is getting with the release of the new movie, I decided to beef-up my Star Trek display with figures from the Original Series. The only figures I really want are Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, so it was great when I browsed eBay and discovered that they were available in this convenient 3-pack from 2003.

Toy Tribute: Han in Stormtrooper Gear Froot Loops Mailaway

The Star Wars action figure line is a collecting juggernaut these days. We have thousands of post-vintage Star Wars figures today, so it's a little difficult to get too excited about any new wave. Of course it wasn't always like this. In the early 90's, Star Wars toy collecting was pretty much restricted to Action Masters (die-cast figurines) and Bendies. But in 1995, we got our first new Star Wars action figures in 10 years with the release of Power of the Force 2 from Kenner. The figures were overly muscular, the face sculpts were iffy at best, and the lightsabers were insanely huge... but we didn't mind that much. Star Wars was back, and we gobbled them up like hotcakes.

Custom Glyos Card

The legendary Marty (TheGodBeast) is teaming up with Onell Design to create three custom Glyos alien heads. (Glyos is a small-production toy line featuring little articulated space creatures. I think of them as kind of a cross between Micronauts and urban vinyls.) Marty contacted me about creating a card design, and I was happy to oblige!

Toy Review: McQuarrie Boba Fett

I'm not a big fan of Boba Fett, but I acknowledge his awesomeness. When this McQuarrie Concept Fett came out a few years ago, I wanted to pick him up but tragically, I never managed to find him on the shelves. Luckily, my friend Matt (who is a Boba fanatic) managed to score one for me. So, my thanks go to Matt, and let's see how this baby holds up under scrutiny.

Past Dork Dimension Designs

Since the Dork Dimension has gone through a few design revisions, I thought I'd archive past Dork Dimension designs. I like to keep screenshots of past graphics and website designs so that I have a full history of the design process.

Retro Toy Review: Pizzaface (Playmates TMNT line)

Ever since I delved into the Toxic Crusaders toyline, I've been fascinated with Playmates action figures from the early 90's. They're so colorful and imaginative that they seem to personify everything that makes a toy fun. Action figures these days have a tendency to look like miniature statues, which is great if you're looking for a precise rendition of a character, but it's not so great if you're looking for fun toys.

Movie Review: Star Trek (2009)

If you've been reading this blog you've probably realized that I'm a huge Star Trek fan. But since I heard this new movie would be a bit of a departure from the Trek norm, I took some time before I saw it to define what I consider to be "great Star Trek". The best I could come up with is that "great Star Trek" features likable and respectable characters using cool technology in a thought-provoking situation. (By "thought-provoking" I specifically mean that either the story is a metaphorical commentary for some aspect of society, or it explores new and interesting scientific theories.)

Footage of Shatner in the new Star Trek movie?!

245trioxinator is back with more big news about the upcoming Star Trek movie and... William Shatner?! Take it away, dude!

Toy Review: Star Trek Enterprise by Playmates, UPDATED with Photoshopped Pics!

It's less than a week before Star Trek is released in the theaters! I'm ecstatic about the movie... even though the Playmates toyline has been atrocious for the most part. Despite that, I simply had to get an Enterprise from the new movie, so I snatched up this ship from Playmates. Is this an improvement over the other toys from the Star Trek line, or does it continue Playmates' mediocrity?

Movie Review: X-Men Origins Wolverine

Being a DC kid, I was never a huge fan of Wolverine. That's not to say that I disliked the character; I do acknowledge the coolness of Wolverine with his awesome costume and sweet powers. However, that's pretty much all I know about Wolverine... his character development is buried in hundreds of comics that I never read. So it was with a relatively blank slate that I walked in the theater to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

May Poll: Favorite Cherry Soda, and Star Trek Duel to the Death results

I love cherry soda. And yet, I hate real cherries. There's something about that fake cherry syrup that they put in cherry soda that's just awesome. So this month's poll asks which is your go-to cherry soda. (I'm grouping diet with the full-blown soda of the same name, so if you like Diet Cherry Coke, you can just choose Cherry Coke.) If you have a favorite that isn't listed, please comment below. And if you hate cherry soda (for some weird reason), there's a choice for you, too.