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Topic	A Geektivus For The Rest Of Us
Zeus 05/29/18 9:04:30 PM #493:	Geekmasters: Now in 4D! In other news, visited the Newbury Comics in White Plains. Had seen a sign for the store while vacationing in Maine a few years ago, but never wound up stopping at the mall and had no idea it was actually a chain (or quasi-chain, the clerk said that it's not really a chain but apparently it's got 29 stores so... that sounds like a chain). Prices in there were lousy. Almost picked up NECA's machine gun Mohawk Gremlin on clearance for $20, but didn't like some of the paint-work. Not sure I'll see it in a retailer again so I might just roll the dice on Amazon at some point (which I don't like doing because they could have minor paint defects -- and, more generally, it reminds that I kinda regret for not picking up the Daffy Mogwai when I saw it in a store at the Stamford mall. It's the only one I'm missing from the Gremlins 2 Mogwai lineup and the aftermarket prices are about four times higher than the MSRP plus the Mogwai are more likely to have defects). I did see a bunch of stuff I don't really see at other retailers. They had the Super7 blind-bagged He-Man MUSCLE figures, which in retrospect I probably should have just grabbed. They had a Wonder Woman Nendoroid on display, which I didn't realize was out. Then they had one blind-boxed One Punch Man figures but it was like $4/box for an unpainted MUSCLE-styled figure which felt like it'd be a waste. (Plus at some point I really need to figure out what I can use for shelving for mini-figures since I have a lot at this point between Mystery Minis, Skylanders, Disney Infinity (which are larger and have obnoxious over-sized bases), etc.) Oh, plus for a store with comics in the name, it didn't seem to devote that much floor space to actual comics. Kinda expected for something in a mall, though. The Wave Master posted... Untitled Geek Topic for Summer 2019. Kek. The Wave Master posted... Roseanne was cancelled... again... after Roseanne tweeted some racist nonsense. People really shouldn't drink and tweet. She was issued a warning earlier this year about her tweets, but hatred can't be suppressed by threats of unemployment. Silly Disney. Like I said in the topic dedicated to the event, ABC had full access to Roseanne's Twitter feed before greenlighting the reboot. They knew her history of making controversial remarks on social media. They jumped into that bed with their eyes wide open.... so why the fuck are they dropping her now for doing exactly the kind of stuff she's been doing for years? This is more on ABC than it is on Roseanne, because it was always just a matter of time before she made headlines over a tweet. Entity13 posted... Yeah, Roseanne being brought back in the first place was the only (minor) srprise in the whole thing. Then they tried to make her a satirical talking head for the hardcore Conservative mindset, because, as we all know, that has never backfired and led those same people they're making fun of to actually relate or believe what they're seeing/hearing. idk, NPR made her out to sound far more moderate-- just a frustrated blue-collar white working family. Have you watched much of the show? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:902209988] in A Geektivu... [t:76102111]...</cite> <quote>Geekmasters: Now in 4D! In other news, visited the Newbury Comics in White Plains. Had seen a sign for the store while vacationing in Maine a few years ago, but never wound up stopping at the mall and had no idea it was actually a chain (or quasi-chain, the clerk said that it's not really a chain but apparently it's got 29 stores so... that sounds like a chain). Prices in there were lousy. Almost picked up NECA's machine gun Mohawk Gremlin on clearance for $20, but didn't like some of the paint-work. Not sure I'll see it in a retailer again so I might just roll the dice on Amazon at some point (which I don't like doing because they could have minor paint defects -- and, more generally, it reminds that I kinda regret for not picking up the Daffy Mogwai when I saw it in a store at the Stamford mall. It's the only one I'm missing from the Gremlins 2 Mogwai lineup and the aftermarket prices are about four times higher than the MSRP plus the Mogwai are more likely to have defects). I did see a bunch of stuff I don't really see at other retailers. They had the Super7 blind-bagged He-Man MUSCLE figures, which in retrospect I probably should have just grabbed. They had a Wonder Woman Nendoroid on display, which I didn't realize was out. Then they had one blind-boxed One Punch Man figures but it was like $4/box for an unpainted MUSCLE-styled figure which felt like it'd be a waste. (Plus at some point I really need to figure out what I can use for shelving for mini-figures since I have a lot at this point between Mystery Minis, Skylanders, Disney Infinity (which are larger and have obnoxious over-sized bases), etc.) Oh, plus for a store with comics in the name, it didn't seem to devote that much floor space to actual comics. Kinda expected for something in a mall, though. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Untitled Geek Topic for Summer 2019.</quote> Kek. <cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>Roseanne was cancelled... again... after Roseanne tweeted some racist nonsense. People really shouldn't drink and tweet. She was issued a warning earlier this year about her tweets, but hatred can't be suppressed by threats of unemployment. Silly Disney.</quote> Like I said in the topic dedicated to the event, ABC had full access to Roseanne's Twitter feed before greenlighting the reboot. They knew her history of making controversial remarks on social media. They jumped into that bed with their eyes wide open.... so why the fuck are they dropping her now for doing exactly the kind of stuff she's been doing for years? This is more on ABC than it is on Roseanne, because it was always just a matter of time before she made headlines over a tweet. <cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>Yeah, Roseanne being brought back in the first place was the only (minor) srprise in the whole thing. Then they tried to make her a satirical talking head for the hardcore Conservative mindset, because, as we all know, that has never backfired and led those same people they're making fun of to actually relate or believe what they're seeing/hearing.</quote> idk, NPR made her out to sound far more moderate-- just a frustrated blue-collar white working family. Have you watched much of the show? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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