When I was ten years old, my brother would make my mom take us to a local baseball card/comic shop called The Dragon's Den. He was there solely to accrue his holdings in cardboard totems to athletic greats, but I was a willing participant in these trips because I was able to explore the rest of the store- and its the comic collection. Those were truly blissful days. On the wall of The Dragon's Den, seemingly 100 ft. away from my hands hung a poster encased in a gorgeous frame. Every time we went to the shop, I would ask the clerk "How much for the poster?" "Same as last time, $150." Damn, I'll never have enough money to buy that thing. I would make sure my mom overheard the exchange, hoping she would eventually have an epiphany that yes, she should buy this thing for me, and end my Sisyphean struggle. That day never happened, but the point was never to own the poster but that something so simple could represent so much value to me. Tom Jung painted something that would be ingrained in the minds of millions around the world. The poster was a symbol, the real prize was the film itself.
4.29.2014
Tangent66: S7AR WARS
When I was ten years old, my brother would make my mom take us to a local baseball card/comic shop called The Dragon's Den. He was there solely to accrue his holdings in cardboard totems to athletic greats, but I was a willing participant in these trips because I was able to explore the rest of the store- and its the comic collection. Those were truly blissful days. On the wall of The Dragon's Den, seemingly 100 ft. away from my hands hung a poster encased in a gorgeous frame. Every time we went to the shop, I would ask the clerk "How much for the poster?" "Same as last time, $150." Damn, I'll never have enough money to buy that thing. I would make sure my mom overheard the exchange, hoping she would eventually have an epiphany that yes, she should buy this thing for me, and end my Sisyphean struggle. That day never happened, but the point was never to own the poster but that something so simple could represent so much value to me. Tom Jung painted something that would be ingrained in the minds of millions around the world. The poster was a symbol, the real prize was the film itself.
4.22.2014
Inside the box with Ichabod presents:
S.H. MonsterArts Battra from Tamashii Nations/Bluefin
Every body's favorite death Moth!
4.15.2014
Inside the box with Ichabod presents:
Super Robot Chogokin Shin Getter Robo from Tamashii Nations/Bluefin
I couldn't even fit this entire thing in frame.
4.01.2014
BEHOLD, EP57A. AND THESE SHALL BE YOUR WAHLBERGS. THIS TIME, IT'S NO JOKE.
PREORDER66 - EP57A "REORDER66"
i.e. Okay! Tangent Time!
Recorded 03.19.2014
The five stages of EP57: Rage. Regret. Reschedule. Rerecord. Rebirth. REORDER66, START. Not ones to be defeated by terrible circumstances, the 66ers return for a second crack at a game-changing episode...but mostly just deliver bad Wahlberg impersonations. What?!...No! A new direction - this time, it's no joke.
EP57 IS LIVE! ALL IS NOT LOST!
PREORDER66 - EP57 "MARKED"
i.e. What?! No!!!
Recorded 03.06.2014
After EP56, PREORDER66 had to change. The new direction begins here. This is EP57.
3.27.2014
MACROSS STORY TIME - JETLIAR
I woke up yesterday to the news that MACROSS, my favorite animated franchise, is launching a new television series. No details have been revealed at this point, but just knowing new material is in the works ignited a fire in me that I haven't felt in a long time. Or perhaps that triple espresso this morning was a bad idea. Regardless, I'm pumped and wanting to channel that energy into the very first Macross Story Time article on this site. Get comfortable, my friends, because we're going way back. Back to when this whole thing started. Back to when I was lied to as a child.
3.25.2014
Inside the box with Ichabod presents:
S.H.MonsterArts AvP Alien Warrior from Bluefin/Tamashii Nations!
Unlike Space, everyone can hear you scream online....
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