Con Recap: Buck 2014
GeekMom Sophie describes this con as two days and three nights of fun, which included some of the most interesting panels she’s ever seen.
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Age of Extinction Toy Round-Up: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Let’s take a look at how the current crop of Transformers: Age of Extinction figures stack up.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction Toys “Roll Out” To A Store Near You
When a new Transformers movie comes out, there’s one thing in my household that gets critiqued more than the movie itself…the toy line.
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Print & Play: Hasbro Announces Partnership with 3D Systems
Today, one of the biggest names in toys, the Pawtucket, RI-based Hasbro, announced a new partnership with 3D Systems, one of the few companies in the business of selling 3D printers to consumers and businesses.
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Magic: The Gathering Is Coming to the Big Screen!
I’m giggling so hard I’m giddy! Okay, enough of the super-fan. Magic: The Gathering, property of Hasbro and iconic trading card game, is now slotted to be a Twentieth Century Fox film franchise. Wizards of the Coast recently made the official press release, and fans all over the world are already anxious to see what happens next.
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Kickstarter Funded Terrible Things Game Being Forced to Change Name
A Kickstarter-funded card game gets a cease and desist over the title of their game. Can “things” be worked out?
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Saying “Neigh” to Equestria Girls
Which is all to say that, despite GeekMom Kelly’s charming review of the recent release My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, I am going to suggest that parents steer clear of this franchise. In a country where women are increasingly primary wage earners for their families, I say: Give girls the skills they need to get stable, lucrative jobs. America, put that Equestria Girl back on its pink shelf! Instead, I offer this short selection of fun, empowering, alternative gifts for little girls.
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Transformers, Connecting the Generations
There are plenty of card and board games that have endured for generations — many of them that arguably didn’t deserve to. But, because of the evolution of the technology behind toys, relatively few classics have made it through the years to appeal to today’s kids as much as they did to their parents when they were kids — at least, not without fundamental changes to the way they work.
And then there are Transformers.
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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction Returns With Small Siege Weapons
The third volume of Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction focuses on siege weapons from the Dark Ages. Your living room floor or cubicle will soon be under attack from catapults, crossbows and other easy-to-build models, crafted from items found in most junk drawers.
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Help Design a New Transformer
Ever dreamed of creating your own Transformer?
Continue ReadingHasbro Introduces Construct-Bots: Transformers With Interchangeable Parts!
Transformers’ missing element? The ability to customize them to fit your own imagination. And now Hasbro is taking care of that with the advent of Construct-Bots, set to be revealed tomorrow at the UK Toy Fair.
Continue ReadingHasbro Reveals Plans For An Easy Bake Oven For Boys
In case you missed it last week, the Internets blew up at Hasbro when they responded poorly to McKenna Pope’s petition. McKenna, and about 40,000 other people, would like to see a version of the Easy Bake oven that appeals …
Continue ReadingReview: Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
Steven Sansweet’s new book, Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection, is a massive, incredibly complete look at the plastic Star Wars armies (2,500-plus figures between 1978 and early 2012) that Kenner and Hasbro have unleashed upon the toy world.
Continue ReadingTactile Digital Play, Part 1: Sifteo Cubes and Hasbro Zapped Toys
As much as I love my iPad apps and computer games, I still have a preference for something physical. A few new products help blur the line between digital and analog.
Continue ReadingKaijudo: Evo Fury Spoiler Card
Introducing Evo Fury
Starting Tuesday, November 13, you will be able to Kaiju-boost your already awesome creatures to new heights in battle and show your opponents a new way to duel. Your game will never be the same after you unleash …
Continue ReadingBop It! Smash: Lightning-Quick Reflexes Not Included
That weird dumbbell-shaped gizmo is the latest incarnation of Hasbro’s popular Bop It! toy. The older models had various things to bop, twirl, pull, and tweak — all set to various sound effects and a voice shouting instructions at you. …
Continue ReadingA Different Way to Play Battleship (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Hasbro has been pulling out all the stops on the movie tie-in side of Battleship: new versions of the board game, both analog and electronic, featuring the alien opponents; a first-person-shooter videogame coming that reminds me of Halo; an update …
Continue ReadingA Different Way to Play Battleship
Hasbro has been pulling out all the stops on the movie tie-in side of Battleship: new versions of the board game, both analog and electronic, featuring the alien opponents; a first-person-shooter videogame coming that reminds me of Halo; an update …
Continue ReadingTransformers Prime Toys Roll Out
Hasbro provided a few samples of the Transformers Prime line for me to try out, so here’s a closer look at Bumblebee and Cliffjumper from the Deluxe line, Optimus Prime from the Voyager Class line, and then two of the …
Continue ReadingThe Game Night Invitation I Wish I Could Write
You’re invited to game night! When: Friday March ______, 7 PM to 11 PM If I meant for this to say 7PM to Just Before Dawn, it would say so. It says 11PM. Thus 10:30 is not an appropriate time …
Continue ReadingBoard Game Review: The Game of Life Zapped Edition
Overview: It’s time to embark on that great journey known as Real Life. Will you go to college or straight into a career? Want to have lots of kids or even more schooling? Hasbro’s new “Zapped” edition of The Game …
Continue ReadingLessons Learned From Risk Legacy, Part 2
So, last week I shared some thoughts about sequels and expansions inspired by Risk Legacy, the idea that they exist because of our human tendency to want more of the same. We want change without too much change: rewards without …
Continue ReadingLessons Learned From Risk Legacy, Part 1
A couple months ago, I was sent a copy of Risk Legacy, Hasbro’s new spin on the classic board game of global dominance. I was never a huge fan of Risk. I remember getting a copy, maybe for a birthday, …
Continue ReadingFuturama Monopoly: Bite My Shiny Metal A@#
Monopoly. You either play it now and then (usually on a rainy day, at a cottage, or when the power’s gone out), or you hate it. Actually, there are people that love it too — at least they have a …
Continue Reading12 Days of Geekmas 2011 Wrap-Up
With the holiday season drawing to a close, we at GeekDad wanted to take a moment to recognize all of those that made the 12 Days of Geekmas, our own homegrown holiday, such a success this year. Thanks of course …
Continue ReadingTransformers Kre-O: A Review and Two Promotions
I was pleased to have received a sampling of Hasbro’s latest addition to the building-brick genre: KRE-O Transformers. We received a Bumblebee 75-piece set and Kreon minifigure in mid-October, both of which my youngest son immediately helped himself. This set …
Continue ReadingNew Captain America Toys Hit the Shelves
With Independence Day squarely in the rear view mirror, it’s fitting that Captain America: The First Avenger is releasing this weekend. And to tie-in with the movie, Hasbro has a supply depot full of toys to keep kids, both young …
Continue ReadingBattleship Galaxies: Not Your Father’s Battleship
Overview: Battleship gets a massive overhaul in Battleship Galaxies: it’s an epic space battle between the Intergalactic Space Navy and the invading Wretcheridians. There’s almost nothing in common with the original seek-and-find Battleship game and is more like a tactical …
Continue ReadingDomo Arigato, Mr. Roboto – Transformers: Headmasters, The Japanese Collection Now Available
That’s right! If you were a big fan of the first generation (G1) animated series and were curious about what happened after the end in the States, well here is your chance. The Transformers: Headmasters is the first part of the …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to our Transformers: Beast Wars Winners
Congratulations to our Transformers: Beast Wars – The Complete Series Collector’s Edition winners! John L. – Pittsburgh, PA. Mary S. – Toronto, OH. Dennis T. – Paola, KS. Your Beast Wars are on their way via a mail truck that …
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