Buffy Animated Series

My similarly Buffy-obsessed cousin directed me to a promo episode of what would have been the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Animated Series. I am a huge fan of Animated Series' when appropriate (such as the Batman, Superman and Justice League Animated Series, and the first Clone Wars cartoon), and after watching this spot I think an Animated Buffy series would be awesome.

Watch it, then go sign the petition to get it picked up and produced.

PS,
"You sound like a poodle."

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More Sigma 6

Apparently Rite-Aid has Sigma 6 figures on sale (or possibly clearance). I picked up a couple more last night: Inferno, Temple Tracker Spirit Iron-Knife, and Airglide Kamakura.

Sure, the firefighter guy doesn't really interest me, but they were only $6.50. Plus, I just arranged to trade him for a figure I quite want - Shaouri Crossbow Storm Shadow - so it was money well spent.

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Ninjas are awesome

The better deal: $7 each on sale at Rite-Aid.
The cooler figure: $10.50 from eBay - Ninja Flames Kamakura.
Will be hitting more Rite-Aid's tomorrow in hopes of finding other good figures.

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Me Am Superman!

You no am Superman! Me am Superman! Me am World's Greatest Hero!

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DCUC Wave 4 pics

UPDATE! Wave 4 has been sighted at Meijer's in the Midwest. Yay! Can't wait until I find them around here.

Poe Ghostal got in the first post with pictures of the packaged figures from DCUC wave 4, and darn they look great. Unfortunately, the picture of unmasked Terry as Batman Beyond convinced me I need to find a way to get a hold of that KB Toys exclusive figure.

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The Return of Supergirl

The DC Comic universe has a long and convoluted history. A few major Crisis' have occurred which have really screwed with the timelines. Doing things like merging different versions of characters into one, or completely erasing others. After one such Crisis it was declared by DC that Superman was the ONLY survivor of Krypton. Not sure what that did to Kandor but it meant that there could no longer be a Supergirl. So she died. Then somebody introduced a new Supergirl character, but since she couldn't be from Krypton she couldn't be Superman's cousin, and she wasn't even an alien, so things got really weird (and don't even mention Power Girl's origin retcon mess). Eventually DC stopped taking stupid pills and thanks to Jeph Loeb we got the real Supergirl back. And I finally have the elusive DCSH variant of said character. Presenting Supergirl, Kara Zor-El (as opposed to Kara Zor-L, Power Girl, from Earth-2. See, DC's all screwed up.)

Superman and Family

I also finally got around to taking some pictures of my DCSH/DCUC collection. Of course, figures I took a picture of the Super-figures the night before Kara showed up. Steel, Superman Red (obviously), Superman, Superman Blue (again, obviously), and Supergirl, aka Linda Danvers. Just pretend Kara's in that picture too.

Batman's Family

As someone once pointed out in the comics, for a man who tries so hard to be a loner, he sure has collected a large family. Or something to that effect.

Batman and Robin III, Tim Drake

Batman, Robin III, and Nightwing Dick Grayson (formerly Robin I).

Now with Batgirl III, Cassandra Cain

And now the whole extended family (as far as we have, oh how we need Spoiler and Huntress).
Catwoman, Batwoman (from another line), and Azreal.

Villains

Misc villains, Sinestro and Black Manta, nemesis' to Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Aquaman.

Batman related villains.
Etrigan, the Demon, Deathstroke, Penguin, Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, Catwoman, Clayface, Two-Face, Slade Wilson (Deathstroke). I meant to have Grundy be in this picture, but I had already shelved him and so it slipped my mind.

Superman villains.
Mongul, Lobo, Darkseid, Gorilla Grodd, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Solomon Grundy, Doomsday.

Shelf Display

And this is how they're currently displayed, villains on one shelf, heroes on another. I would have Catwoman with Batman if there was room, I'm going to have to move the Ed McGuinness Justice League figures here soon. And that's before I realized I had missed some heroes - Green Lantern, Firestorm and Supermans Red and Blue. I had been so proud they all fit on that shelf.

Villains

Heroes

As noted, this one has more than just DCSH/DCUC, it also has several DC Direct figures - the first two rows (and Batman Beyond) are from the Superman/Batman and JLA Classified lines, as depicted by Ed McGuinness, the others are just misc figures.

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Evanescence: Field of Innocence

I just learned that Evanescence material previous to Fallen can be downloaded, legally, and free of charge. See the Evanescence Reference Perfect Rip page for more info. This is a great resource as there are very few physical CDs of this music, and they all fetch high prices on eBay. If Evanescence were to re-release their earlier songs I would be first in line to buy them. But for now, I have the digital version.

Anyway, I love Fallen, and I LOVE The Open Door. And yet compared to Origin, Solitude EP and Sound Asleep EP, they're garbage. Okay, not really, they're very enjoyable. But I find the older stuff much more filled with emotion. Don't get me wrong, these are a bit more of a depressing emotion, but I cannot deny that these have had a much bigger impact on my soul than their later albums.

So, Field of Innocence (12MB), track 7, Origin.

I still remember the world
From the eyes of a child
Slowly those feelings
Were clouded by what I know now

Where has my heart gone
An uneven trade for the real world
Oh I... I want to go back to
Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all

I still remember the sun
Always warm on my back
Somehow it seems colder now

Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
Oh I... I want to go back to
Believing in everything

[Latin hymn:]
Iesu, Rex admirabilis
Et triumphator nobilis,
Dulcedo ineffabilis,
Totus desiderabilis.

Where has my heart gone
An uneven trade for the real world
Oh I... I want to go back to
Believing in everything
Oh, Where

Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
Oh I... I want to go back to
Believing in everything

I still remember.

Lyrics from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/evanescence/fieldofinnocence.html

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