The New York Geekcast » Toys http://www.nygeekcast.com We do dorkdom Big Apple style. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bite-size #7: New York Comic Con 2010 http://www.nygeekcast.com/2010/10/bite-size-7-new-york-comic-con-2010/ http://www.nygeekcast.com/2010/10/bite-size-7-new-york-comic-con-2010/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:30:37 +0000 Nelson http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=1540

"Cheer Up!"

"Cheer Up!"


Ah, New York Comic Con, how we love and hate thee, let us count the ways. In this half episode we discuss our recent journey into the heart of geek; stinky and sweaty though it may be.

Guests: Chris Murphy, Erin Natal, Dan Pinto

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Show Notes:

Comics we bought:

The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke
The Man with the Getaway Face by Darwyn Cooke
The Unwritten
Air
Vatican Hustle by Greg Houston
Elephant Man by Greg Houston
Nedroid
Don’t Look Horror Anthology
Criminal by Ed Brubaker
The Perhapnauts
Yaxin the Faun
Mouseguard, Winter: 1152
Iron West by Doug Tennapel
Atomic Robo Collection 1
The Invisibles
Queen and Country
Mysterious the Unfathomable
Locke & Key
Four Letter Worlds

Video Games we saw:

Michael Jackson Experience
Marvel Vs. Capcom
Okamiden
Captain America: SuperSoldier
Mega Man Universe
Red Dead Redemption: Undead nightmare

Animation whose panel we attended:

Secret of Kells


P.S. 10 geek points to whoever can tell me who the action figure in the photo is.

The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke
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Last episode we talked about 3-d imagery on the big screen, but what about actual physical 3-d…such as the awesome Cubebot from the David Weeks Studio!

Cubebot is a wooden robot that can fold into a cube or unfold into just about any pose you can imagine. It’s inspired by Japanese shinto kumi-ki puzzles and has joints that use little rubber bands giving him remarkable flexibility.

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It’s a really fun combination of a puzzle toy and an action figure…much like The Transformers. It’s almost like this guy is a primitive ancestor
of the Transformers.

With a little work I could see this toy used for some sweet stop motion animation and I’m itching to try that myself (or with buddies….ahem…cough cough….David.)

I’m betting this is going to be a hot sell for the upcoming holiday season as well so get em’ soon!

cubebot_standing

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SUPER DISGUISE MUSTACHES FTW!

Ya know when I think of the Bronte Sisters I always think METAL!

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"GIVE ME BACK MY IPHONE!!!"

 

In this very low-key episode, the Geeks hang out at Andrew Roberts’ abode, review “Drag Me to Hell” by Sam Raimi just in time for Halloween, talk about Big Apple Comic Con ‘09, and more. Also featuring our interview with Joe Madureira, comic book writer/artist and creative director on the new “Darksiders” game for PS3!

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Show Notes:

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