Martin Smith
@transmithim
The opposite of whatever a bon vivant is. First person in Britain to eat a Toblerone. Officially the third best Visionaries fan. Probably joking but who knows.
Super7 Visionaries in the flesh (well, plastic) at SDCC and they've got real holograms! And look really good! The odds against this were astronomical. (photo nicked from @toyark.bsky.social )
Finally taken a punt at making custom spines for my Switch games, as the unbroken sea of red was getting unbearable. I’d previously thought they were too thin to make work but… maybe not? I could do with bodging thinner logos though. (These tests printer on cheap printer paper and cut with scissors)
Sorting thru my Magic cards has inevitably led me back to my beloved VS System cards, which I think I might thin down to just one of each card (as I’ve only played ~3 games in 20+ years so don’t need multiple decks worth of cards). Is it just me or do the regular ones look nicer than the foils?
Happy “Lego released a modern update of a fan-favourite Castle set only as a gift with purchase” week to all the scalpers out there.
Now I’m not some kind of fancy big city riverologist or anything but I’m correct in thinking brooks aren’t supposed to just stop like this, right? @theriverstrust.bsky.social?
“The printed t-shirt business is over, finished! We need to find a new platform for our insipid, try-hard madlib nonsense.” “Boss, I’ve got it: socks.” “Along the sides?” “No, on the sole, the hardest worn bit of clothing anyone wears.” “Genius.”
Why does the Daphne head on that Scooby Doo Transformer look like Rung?
All the more annoying for the fact ITVX's live streams/channels aren't working. And their support which is apparently working til 10pm are out of office. And I'm sure that ticket number they've given me will be really helpful.
Starmer's Britain all over. "Hey, you've got parental controls turned off, but here's a warning that what you're trying to watch might not be suitable for kids anyway."
On the off chance anyone’s ever wondered how a Kabaya Metals Hero is put together, here’s a view of one after a blast from a heat gun. Interesting material they’ve used. Solid at room temperature but essentially a rubber band when heated up, so incredibly pliant.
I don't understand why Capcom is remaking Resident Evil Code Veronica, it already had a perfect special edition on the PS2.
They’re all good! (Well, I haven’t bothered with the He-Man one). I really hope they do the rest of the main T-Cats.
I don’t know why, but I just kinda assumed CB Cebulski (aka Akira Yoshida) wasn’t on social media. I’d have been doing this long ago if I’d known.
Or maybe Transmetal Tarantulas. Not easy to get all the modes of a TF laid out nicely in these composites, but when you nail it, it's great.
Right, massive load of toy photography I did the other week now all finally edited and uploaded. Apart from the Visionaries ones for the Prysmos Wiki, which I probably need to redo so you can actually see the holograms. My favourite is probably this composite of Transmetal Rattrap.
I think we're well past the statute of limitations on spoilers for this; it is quite funny how Marvel has kept up the pretence of Taskmaster being part of Thunderbolts* by photoshopping like on photo of her into promo material with the rest of the team. Yet they immediately spoiled the * bit.
Rewatching season 1 of X-Men 97 and just noticed that in the opening titles for the penultimate episode, the fleeing humans have been made over as Prime Sentinels.
Roy Lichtenstein Jr’s justification for just taking other artist’s work and slapping his name on it.
I have bought, direct from Japan, perhaps the greatest, perhaps the stupidest thing possible: Dogtanian chopsticks. (And Dogtanian chopstick cases).
How strange that Royal Mail’s parcel collection FAQs doesn’t have one for “you didn’t bother collecting my parcel for two successive booked days and haven’t bothered to say why”. And they even delivered post to my house this morning! Which is pretty rare in itself now.
@peachsaliva.bsky.social I think I’ve identified the mystery game you’ve been teasing!