GeekFest Rants treats the geek community to entertainment podcasts and editorials that discuss nitty-gritty nuances of film, television, comics, toys, and cons covering scifi, fantasy, action, and horror genres. Did we mention the full-length film commentaries? New cast each week!
We are going to be awash with tributes to Leonard Nimoy in the coming days and weeks, and deservedly so. I recently commented to another Trek-loving friend that losing him would be like losing one of the family, and it is.
Despite major encouragement from my Dad, I didn't embrace Trek as a young kid. I was too immersed in the Star Wars universe, and it was a bit over my head when Dad was trying to introduce me. Once the Star Wars saga ended in 1983 (or so we thought) I came back around to Star Trek. I embraced the films and soon after, the Original Series, much to Dad's delight.
Today on GeekFest Rants we continue with our coverage of New York Toy Fair 2015. On this episode we focus on one of our Star Wars favorites, Hasbro. Will they hit it out of the park this years or will they strike out. Plus we'll look at the new-ish action figure company, ReAction with their new line up for 2015. Can they give Hasbro a run for their money at their action figure dominance? Find out today from Carlos and James.
It's that time of the year again, Toy Fair time. Join us as Carlos and James go over what new offerings we'll be seeing at toy stores in the future from the number one toy company, Lego. We'll inspect the usual favorites like Star Wars, Marvel, and DC lines. And we'll take a peek at new entries like Scooby-Doo and Jurassic World. It's good to be a kid again here at GeekFest Rants.
On this week's GeekFest Rants Carlos and Steve V. discuss the superhero TV and film adaptations that occurred (primarily) before the renaissance that began with Blade and X-Men, when cheap and cheesy adaptations were the norm (aside from the occasional Superman or Batman blockbuster). Pay attention kids! There was a time when super heroes did NOT rule the world.
It all began with the 12-Backs, the first 12 Star Wars action figures released in 1978. While the movie overtook our lives in the summer of 1977, the action figure line overtook our wallets a year later. Listen to Carlos and James as they give you a beginner's course on Star Wars vintage action figure collecting. How were these figures introduced to the market, what were the variants, where did we get them, what is a double-telescoping light saber? So, dig out you old figures for today's GeekFest Rants.
