A place for all things geek... ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars (classic and legacy characters), role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. However, any topic is really fair game. Don't forget to share your thoughts by adding comments!
By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...Here is a great idea THE IRREPRESSIBLE GENA found and sent to me… Action figures as hooks! From Real Simple: Use action figures (that aren’t seeing action anymore) as Herculean hooks. Position the arms of each toy straight out in front and apply a two-part epoxy (available at home-improvement stores) over the arms, the shoulders, […]
They’ve finally managed to produce a Kyle Rayner Green Lantern action figure that doesn’t suck. Check it out. Admittedly, this figure is more muscle-bound than Kyle truly is. Y’know what? It doesn’t matter, this figure just looks awesome! The previous Kyle figures have been very disappointing. Click here to see a few of the previous […]
Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line has a new Blue Devil action figure coming our way this spring! Check it out below. This figure is part of DC Universe Classics wave 13 and will be available this spring or summer at Wal-Mart. If you’re a long time reader of ONCE UPON A GEEK, then you know […]
I recently participated in a team-up between my Firestorm blog and a friend’s Green Arrow blog. That inspired me to dig out the various Green Arrow action figures I own. There are TONS of Green Arrow action figures out there. Click here to see how many come up on Google Images if you don’t believe […]
In case you missed it yesterday, there was an awesome crossover between fourteen different blogs celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kenner’s Super Powers Collection. In fact, it was so well received that other blogs joined in! Check these sites out: Michael over at The Legion Omnicom jumped in with both feet and did his own […]
*** UPDATED WITH MORE LINKS *** CELEBRATING DOCTOR FATE (AND NEARLY BLUE DEVIL) IN THE SUPER POWERS COLLECTION! Fourteen different blogs have combined forces today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kenner’s Super Powers Collection! While we’ll be looking at Doctor Fate here (as well as the proposed Blue Devil figures), every other blog in […]
I got my Blue Devil DC Direct action figure a couple weeks ago, but this is the first chance I’ve had to write about it. The figure looks great! Below you’ve got a picture of the Blue Devil packaging. This figure is part of the History of the DC Universe series of figures, all based […]
I picked up some new action figures recently. From the DC Direct Justice League International line, I picked up Black Canary and Ice. I’ve got Fire on order, but she’s not due for a while. This will help me fill out my DC Direct JLA collection of figures. I’m one of the few people that […]
I just got some new Doctor Who Classic action figures! This time out it was a set of four Cybermen that were just released. Each Cyberman came with a “Collect and Build” piece to create a fifth figure, the classic Cyber Controller. I took a picture to show them off, but it didn’t come out […]
New action figures for the Doctor Who Classic line have been announced! These figures are awesome, but sadly they are only going to be available in the United States as a San Diego Comic Con exclusive. There will be some available for purchase online around the same time, but I expect they will sell out […]
