{"id":10,"date":"2008-03-26T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2010-03-21T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T17:14:02","slug":"fun-with-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See what you can accomplish with too much time and far too many action figures?\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes I frighten myself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Justice League #1 reenactment with action figures\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onceuponageek.com\/images\/justice-league-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Justice League #1 reenactment with action figures\" width=\"524\" height=\"592\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For you nutso comic-collector completists&#8230;. the following is for comparison purposes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Justice League #1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onceuponageek.com\/images\/jli.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Justice League #1\" width=\"250\" height=\"389\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Justice League #1 reenactment with action figures\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onceuponageek.com\/images\/justice-league-1_small.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Justice League #1 reenactment with action figures\" width=\"250\" height=\"282\" align=\"top\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-10\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-10\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-10\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/fun-with-toys\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what you can accomplish with too much time and far too many action figures?\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes I frighten myself&#8230; 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Admittedly, this figure is more muscle-bound than Kyle truly is.\u00a0 Y'know what?\u00a0 It doesn't matter, this figure just looks awesome!\u00a0 The previous Kyle figures have been very disappointing.\u00a0 Click here to see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Green Lantern Kyle Rayner DC Direct Action Figure","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/greenlanter_rayner_fig1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2032,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/05\/green-arrow-action-figures\/","url_meta":{"origin":10,"position":1},"title":"Green Arrow Action Figures","date":"October 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently participated in a team-up between my Firestorm blog and a friend's Green Arrow blog.\u00a0 That inspired me to dig out the various Green Arrow action figures I own.\u00a0 There are TONS of Green Arrow action figures out there.\u00a0 Click here to see how many come up on Google\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ga_hth.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":182,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/22\/blue-devil-action-figure-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":10,"position":2},"title":"Blue Devil Action Figure Announced!","date":"October 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Dude, I'm totally jazzed!\u00a0 It's just been announced that DC Direct will be producing a Blue Devil action figure!\u00a0 That's right, because I demanded it!\u00a0 Yup, just me.\u00a0 I can't imagine anyone else besides me has been clamoring for this.\u00a0 Blue Devil just so happens to be one of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Blue Devil action figure","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/22\/shag%e2%80%99s-comicatorium-aka-shag%e2%80%99s-sanctum-sanctorum\/","url_meta":{"origin":10,"position":3},"title":"Shag\u2019s Comicatorium (a.k.a. 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