{"id":111,"date":"2008-07-18T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2008-07-13T22:31:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T02:31:31","slug":"the-softer-side-of-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/18\/the-softer-side-of-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Softer Side of DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since I&#8217;ve already had a couple action figure posts this week, I thought this might make a fun one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/plush.jpg\" alt=\"Plush JLA\" width=\"450\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are plushes I got from the\u00a0WB store back when they were still open.\u00a0 Man I miss that store.\u00a0 They had the coolest merchandise.\u00a0 In fact, you can find two other\u00a0items I got from\u00a0the WB store posted on\u00a0my buddy Rob&#8217;s blog, <a title=\"The Aquaman Shrine\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/\">The Aquaman Shrine<\/a>.\u00a0 The items are a <a title=\"JLA winter coat\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/jla-wb-store-jacket-1997.html\">JLA winter coat<\/a> and a <a title=\"DCU animated picture frame\" href=\"http:\/\/aquamanshrine.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/wb-picture-frame-1997.html\">DCU animated picture frame<\/a>.\u00a0 While you&#8217;re there, poke around his site.\u00a0 It&#8217;s really impressive (even if you aren&#8217;t an Aquaman fan).<\/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-111\" class=\"share-twitter 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Figures","date":"November 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to everyone that stopped by during AQUAMAN WEEK here at Once Upon a Geek.\u00a0 Based upon comments and number of hits, it seemed to be of interest to lots of folks.\u00a0 I'm glad to hear that. Today is an addendum to AQUAMAN WEEK.\u00a0 Below you will find a picture\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"My Aquaman Figure Collection","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aqua_figs.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/20\/comic-book-t-shirt-gallery-the-dc-shirts\/","url_meta":{"origin":111,"position":1},"title":"Comic Book T-shirt Gallery &#8211; The DC Shirts","date":"August 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday I featured quite a few comic book related t-shirts from my closet.\u00a0 Today I'm finishing up the tour of my wardrobe by showing off my DC comics shirts.\u00a0 Please feel free to share any of your favorite t-shirts you own either by commenting or via e-mail! A great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;apparel&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Superman Ringer Shirt","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/shirt_supes1.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":199,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/20\/aquaman-sovereign-of-the-seven-seas-in-moving-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":111,"position":2},"title":"Aquaman: Sovereign of the Seven Seas in Moving Pictures","date":"November 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"AQUAMAN WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! Today we're featuring Aquaman's exploits on television! First up is a scene from the original Aquaman cartoon (1967\/1968).\u00a0 You gotta love seeing Aquaman, Aqualad, and Mera all riding giant seahorses!\u00a0 Plus Black Manta, Tusky the walrus, and Ted Knight doing the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":125,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/06\/new-aquaman-figure-coming-from-mattel\/","url_meta":{"origin":111,"position":3},"title":"New Aquaman Figure Coming from Mattel","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Dude ... 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CURRENT STATUS Before we get into it, you should probably know that Aquaman is currently dead.\u00a0 Yup, he's sleeping with the fishes, literally and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Aquaman in camo","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aqua_camo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":99,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/01\/aquaman-tv-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":111,"position":5},"title":"Aquaman TV Show","date":"July 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"For all you \"Aquaman\" haters out there,\u00a0a special request from me...\u00a0 Please resist your natural instinct\u00a0to simply skip reading this post.\u00a0 The TV show was surprisingly good.\u00a0 After reading this post, who knows... you might find yourself willing to give it a try.\u00a0 C'mon, live a little! 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