It’s Take Your Action Figure to Work Day

#AFWD

Every day seems to be a holiday here in the United States. National Bacon Eating Day. Talk Like a Pirate Day. Fit Your Fist In Your Mouth Day. It just never seems to end. Usually I pay no attention to these crazy made-up holidays. But March 4 is a fantabulous day. One that should actually be a Federal Holiday if you ask me. Yes indeed, it’s the 3rd Annual Take Your Action Figure to Work Day! …

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Playmobil Scores the Perfect Gift for All Hockey Fans Young and Old

Pac-Man and Donkey Kong may go down in history as two of the greatest arcade classics ever. And yes, I sacrificed many a quarter to those machines in my younger days. But the absolute greatest of all time? That’s easy. It’s hockey. You know, that awesome little bubble hockey game where you have a few players on each side, attached to poles. You clumsily move the players back and forth and can spin them around while …

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The Sphero App-Enabled BB-8 is Most Definitely the Droid I’m Looking For

Marbles the Brain Store

Forget Tosche Station. Don’t worry about any power converters. Uh uh. R2 units may’ve been all the rage a few decades ago for sure, but these days the Astromech on everyone’s lips is BB-8. Confused? Well, probably not if you’re a huge Star Wars geek like I am! But if you’re not, it’s okay, I forgive you. Anyways, I’m talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In case you’ve been living in a cave on Tattoine the …

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Help Me Choose the Right Star Wars Path!

#StarWars #chooselightside

I have a mission. And I need your help. Today I received a cryptic package from the Force-Friendly Folks over at Hasbro. It was a mysterious tube with one red end and another black. Both ends referred to different factions from the upcoming sure-to-be-a-monster-hit movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. There’s the Resistance or the First Order. Upon opening the package, I was given two motivational-type posters and some very simple instructions: Choose Your Path. Apparently there’s going …

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Did You Know They Make Frozen Legos?

Do you want to build a snowman? Well, yes, now you can anytime of the year, thanks to Lego! Except now, well, now Lego is giving fans the cold shoulder. I don’t know how I missed this before but you can now buy Frozen Legos. Okay, okay. Just funning with ya there. (Although you really can buy those awesome Lego ice cube trays on Amazon!). There really are Legos based on Disney’s monster hit Frozen. …

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