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November 99 |
Jes
Them Good Ol' Boys
A
couple links to tide you over until we rustle us up some real
updates:www.cootersplace.com
- Trusted mechanic, wise Congressman. www.sit.wisc.edu/~kljense3/MrTvs.html
- Mr. T takin' on all comers courtesy LeAnne (one day I'll have to
post such a tussle here at The Station - has he taken on Bruce Lee
yet? Chewbacca? The Pope?). www.time.gov - Yes, the time. |
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| 12
November 99 |
It is Like a Finger Pointing Away to the Moon...
Still lookin' for an
online-type locale to purchase the suhweeet Bruce Lee action
Toshi Station featured in one of our URP October updates? Look
no further, young grasshopper:Toy
Syndicate.com ("Online Action Figure Superstore") stocks the same 8" Medicom Bruce Lee figure seen
on these very pages. He runs $15 bucks +shipping - looks like they have all three
ninja-styles to choose from. They also stock a 12" version that'll set you back $70
and a very cool $187 talking Lee by Diamaru (anyone seen or heard this bad mama jama?
Worth the big bucks?).
Etoys
has an 8" Bruce made by
Sideshow for $10 +shipping - slick facial expressions but very average articulation
(though he does sport a nifty base). Comes in two flavors (shirts vs. skins).
KBToys.com also offers the same etoys Sideshow figure
for a cool $8 +shipping, as well as a 12" figure
by Creation for $18.00 - looks to have decent articulation but a terrible head sculpt
(steer clear).
Finally, you can order directly
from the Medicom website, should you happen to
be fluent in Japanese. Better still, just click blindly on a couple items, give 'em your
credit card number, and wait for your surprise to arrive in the mail. Opening that package
will be better'n x-mas, I tell ya. |
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| 10
November 99 |
Your Station for Fanboy Vacations
Took a Toshi Station Vacation back at the end of October. Yet another
thrilling MotorCity ComicCon, bubba. Met Biggs. Scope it out
right here. I Want to Believe
How about that crazy
X-File season premiere, eh? Purt-near had it all: blood oceans a raging, Mulder a
mind-readin', Scully a Believin', governments a conspirin' -- lack of Krycek was the
episode's only downside...
On that note, Ryan K. sent in
this glorious Jedi Scully picture some time ago (click to enlarge):
Missing Link
Tidied up the Anchorhead links section a bit - out with the old and all like
that. |
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| 03
November 99 |
We Got Some Work to Do Now...
Replaced the Halloween
"Blair Wookiee" entrance with some Scoobified imagery. Moved the old front pages to the
Archive
section (where you can scope out all the previous versions).
Parlez-vous
Francias?
Any of you Station
patrons read French? I'd be mighty curious to know how accurate the Alta Vista translator was when it came to
deciphering this French
website that mentioned our Sebeetle advertiser (translators
kindly email us here). Here is what the Babel
Fish had to say:
"Wars star in ladybird! Unquestionably, the race is one of the strong moments of
the very last episode (which is in fact the first, do not forget it) of Wars Star. Fakings
with gogo, racing cars suprasonic and feelings at will. Marketing even made of it a play
(famous derived products) to enable you to take part in the race. One did not have any
less to see some caricaturists entering the dance. If the sites which disparage parody
film or it are already legion, the famous race seemed untouchable hitherto. Toshistation
upsets gives it while launching a page dedicated to the slightly revisited race, nearer to
us to some extent since the racing car used is famous known Coccinelle of all. Without
counting that Toshistation does not stop with this only advertizing, thus throw a glance
with the links which are in bottom of the page."
Looks pretty accurate to me... Except for the "ladybird" bit. |
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| 02
November 99 |
Aviation Station
According to the The Avian Science and Conservation Centre
of McGill University there are about ten pairs of Peregrine Falcons living in New York
City, five pair in Chicago, and two in Milwaukee. I can  confirm at least
one pair in the Motor City. I had heard they were around, livin' in a kitty litter box a
couple floors above my office (on the 31st floor of the Book Tower in downtown Detroit),
but hadn't actually laid eyes on one until today. The female was coolin' her heels on the
fire escape around lunchtime today. Good stuff, bub. The photos (taken through a dirty
window with a cheap camera on a rainy day) don't do justice to the sense of power that
these birds exude. A compact bullet of muscles, feathers, and claws perched a mere four
feet from the window.Check
the pictures: Staring into your soul, looking melancholy, apprehension
(with just a hint of gaiete de coeur), tearing out Jon
Baker's throat. |
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| 01
November 99 |
Tosche Takes on Toshi
So there I was rappin'
with Alan Dean Foster the other day... Yes, Alan "Star Wars Novelization Ghost
Writer" Foster (as his close friends call him) wrote in to the Station to clear up
the Tosche v Toshi spelling debate. The man comes through with quite the persuasive
argument. Read in the freshly updated TvT page.Hey, who among us didn't love Splinter of the Mind's Eye?
Archived
URP's
Tossed the October
material into the URP Archive page. |
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