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Toy Maniac Star Wars Caption Contest
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(February 04, 2011)
It case you have been living under a rock, half the country is covered in snow. Well your Toy Maniac is also trapped in the snow. In his boredom, he decided to open a few action figures and take a couple of pictures.
ToyFare Remembered
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(January 28, 2011)
Earlier this week Mania reported that Wizard World and ToyFare Magazines would no longer be with us (see article). A sad day for comic geeks and toy maniacs everywhere as two of the industry’s best magazines will be gone.
5 Natalie Portman Figures We Need
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(January 21, 2011)
This week is pretty genre light here at Mania. This means a dud like The Green Hornet (see Rob Vaux’s review) will probably take this week’s box office. The new dud set to be released this week is No Strings Attached starring none other than genre favo
5 Star Wars Play Sets We Need
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(January 14, 2011)
Toy Fair is right around the corner in New York City next month. The industry will launch its next wave of toys in their grand fashion. Many have private showings with power point presentations. Others have an invite only booth where you can see all that t
10 Most Wanted Toys for 2011
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(January 07, 2011)
Toy Fair is just a few weeks away and already we can guess what will make its debut there. Summer block busters such as Captain America and Thor will be big front runners in the action figure category. There will undoubtedly be new Transformers toys as wel
Top 10 Geek Toys of 2010
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(December 31, 2010)
It has been a long year for the Toy Maniac. Already next year is beginning to shape up as Toy Fair is right around the corner. Like the last three years the Toy Maniac will be on hand to bring you all the best from Hasbro, Lego, Mattel, Mezco and so forth.
Top 6 Star Wars Christmas Figurines
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(December 24, 2010)
Life Day is upon us. If you don’t know what that means then you are truly blessed. Happy Holidays everyone from your Toy Maniac here at Mania. I thought I would round out this holiday season with my Top 6 Star Wars Figurines.
Top 8 Tron Toys
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(December 17, 2010)
Tron Legacy is finally upon us. It seems like only yesterday that we were sitting in Hall H at Comic Con and saw the new Tron trailer. There was an awe that came over the crowd the likes of which we haven’t seen since. The movie is finally here and Mania
Top 10 Hallmark Geek Ornaments
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(December 10, 2010)
Last week we dealt with the 7 Unorthodox Christmas Action Figure Decorations (see column). In the week that has passed we’ve put up the tree here and dived into our massive collection of holiday ornaments.
7 Unorthodox Christmas Action Figure Decorations
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(December 04, 2010)
Many families have that odd Holiday Decoration either on the tree or sitting around the house. It could be a family heirloom, a gift made by crazy Aunt Jenny, or just something that one day appeared. Being Mania’s resident Toy Maniac my Christmas tree is
Toy Maniac: Black Friday Time Travelers Shopping Bag
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(November 26, 2010)
Every year there is that must have toy. Whether it is a Furby, an Elmo or Turbo-Man parents will go to any length for that special moment this holiday season. We here at Mania decided to raise the bar on how far we would go to get our all important holiday
COD: Black OPS: Nazi Zombies Kino Der Toten
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(November 19, 2010)
“Der Riese always wins” a friend of mine once said to me. I laughed at him the first time I heard that. What did I know after all I was just a noob. He was right. Der Riese always wins. The horde of Nazi Zombies just keeps coming and coming. Like a biz
10 Awesome Alien Action Figures
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(November 12, 2010)
After watching just the trailer for Skyline (the poster in the background of my header image) I got the impression that we weren’t really going to see some toys for this film. There wasn’t a lot hype or merchandising behind this alien invasion epic. Th
Top 5 Toys You Have to Buy in November
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(November 05, 2010)
It is that time of year again when people are building their wish lists. November is packed full of goodies for the holiday shopping season. If you are like us, here at Mania, you have already packed your wish lists with tons of stuff.
Top 8 Halloween Michael Myers Figures
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(October 29, 2010)
He keeps coming back, Michael Myers. Year after year, whether it is a Rob Zombie film or whoever, they keep turning these out films so Michael Myers will always be with us. Thankfully for the die hard fan, there are a slew of action figures to pick from.
First Look: Undead Nightmare Red Dead Redemption
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(October 22, 2010)
It’s that time of year again when the dead rise and run amuck through our city streets. The burned out buildings and broken dreams of a zombie wasteland make a great backdrop for any zombie game. Though, we’ll be the first to admit that the setting is
Toy Maniac: 10 Worst Halloween Costumes
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(October 15, 2010)
As Halloween approaches, thoughts of what to be this year cross our minds mixed with what we have already been. While we were scratching our brains we started to think about all the terrible costumes that we have encountered.
10 Terrific Toy Commercials
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(October 08, 2010)
Really good, awe inspiring, toy commercials have become a thing of the past. Today they are loaded with quick cuts, special effects, and lack any real charm. This also goes hand in hand with the product too. We here at Mania love our toys. We also have fon
Toy Maniac: Top 6 Halloween Toy Excuses
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(October 01, 2010)
The time is once again upon us; for it is October, the greatest month of the year. Horror movies will run rampant on both the big and little screens. Already we have begun scheming on what on our costumes will be.
8 Crappiest TV Toys of All-Time
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(September 24, 2010)
Action figures are a crazy commodity when it comes to television programs. Shows such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, and He-Man embraced their action figure counterparts while wrapping their mythos in both mediums.
Top 10 Star Wars Clone Wars Toys
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(September 17, 2010)
The all-new season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiers on Cartoon Network on Friday, September 17th. Since we here at Mania love Star Wars and our Star Wars toys, a list of Top 10 Star Wars Clone Wars Toys is pretty much a no brainer. If we missed anythi
8 Movies That Still Need Toys
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(September 10, 2010)
It is time again to call out the toy makers and demand some new action figures. Retro action figures, that is, from movies that never got them. Here at Mania, action figures are a way of life.
5 Must Own Joker Figures
by Robert T. Trate, Critic
(September 03, 2010)
He is the clown prince of crime. He is the only member of Batman’s rogue gallery who truly is Batman’s equal. Yet, year after year, the Joker gets his own figures and they are pale in comparison to the Bat’s.
Top 10 Toys of the Summer of 2010
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(August 27, 2010)
The summer is officially over for your Toy Maniac. I know that Labor Day is a few days away yet the summer movies are done and now we can turn our attention to the fall. It started off great with plenty of Iron Man 2 toys and some new Star Wars figures her
10 New Must Own Star Wars Figures
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist
(August 20, 2010)
I’ll wrap up my week long Star Wars coverage (see Star Tours and Blu-ray pieces here on Mania) with my “10 Must Own New Star Wars Figures”. Clearly there will never be an end to the Star Wars phenomenon or an end to Star Wars action figures.
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