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The Dark Knight Rises toys by Mattel

Batman Toy

The news hasn’t been very good about Dark Knight Rises. Unfortunately, none of it relates to the quality of the movie rather the stupid and irrational actions of one disturbed individual.  This one act has stolen some of the magic of going to the movies and has forever tainted the film.  While there is no way to lighten things after the tragedy, the thing that keeps me from falling in too depressive mode is watching my boys play.  The reason I bring this up is that we had the opportunity to try out some of Mattel new line of The Dark Knight Rises toys. Here is what we got to try: QuickTek Missile Armor Batman QuickTek Venom Menace Bane Figure The QuickTek Line allows for Batman or Bane to quickly upgrade into specialized assault armor.  While we only got to try out Missile Armor Batman there are a number of different various of armor with their own special attributes, each one with at least one special function such as shooting missiles. Batman Mask This … [Read more...]

Dragons of Babel Book Review

dragons of Babel DH

By Eddy I have read enough Fantasy novels lately to start getting sick of them.  I know all the hardcore nerds ( I can say this, I am one of them) are gasping with shock, but I had enough of underdog kid/small person going on long and perilous journey to save the world from Evil incarnate.  Whenever this happens I tend to drift into other genres such as action/thriller or horror books, but after reading the back cover of Michael Swanwick’s The Dragons of Babel, I decided to put everything down and start reading immediately. Thank God I did.  This is by no means your typical fantasy book.  Remove all thoughts of your preconceived notions of places such as Avalon, Faerie and Babel.  Swanwick’s novel twists and darkens this places we usually connect with beautiful and shinny faces.  He creates a world that is a clash between our modern industrial society with the legendary places of fairytales. The result is a land that is capable of awe inspiring beauty in one location … [Read more...]