1990 Laser Viper (v1) Series Nine From The File Card: Bio: Laser weapons are only effective at relatively short ranges because of the amount of energy lost through atmospheric dissipation. Therefore, a LASER-VIPER’s primary function on the battlefield is “target illumination” for H.E.A.T. VIPERS and AERO-VIPERS. The Laser-Viper places his beam on the target, then squeezes off a heat-seeking, anti-tank missile or guided bomb that “rides” the beam to destroy the target. “Don’t underestimate the Laser-Vipers. You might get the […]
1985 Torch (v1) Series Four Torch is a figure I didn’t have as a child. I found him in a Flea Market for $5. From The File Card: File Name: Tom Winken Birthplace: Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia Bio: Subject was remanded to Borstal* at age fourteen. Escaped and went to sea in the Merchant Marine where he learned the use of the cutting torch. Later rode with the Melbourne Maulers M.C.** Torch is an illiterate, unrepentant thug whose […]
1991 Sci-Fi (v2) Series Ten This second version of Sci-Fi (v2) was released in 1991 and discontinued in 1992. A pretty decent update of an unusual figure from the 1986 line, this version of the former Laser Trooper turned “Directed Energy Expert” is dressed in midnight black with a high tech loadout. It is hinted in his file card that he is a bit obsessed with his work. From The File Card: File Name: Fine, Seymour P. SN. 793-2919-8F29* Primary […]
Between Two Fires April 26, 2026 Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman stayed with me longer than I expected. It’s an odyssey in the truest sense. Part horror, part something that almost leans into science fiction—not in machinery or futurism, but in scale. The setting is bleak in a way that doesn’t feel exaggerated. A medieval landscape hollowed out by plague, haunted by demons, and stripped of any real sense of safety. It’s not just that the world is dangerous—it […]
You with the Sad Eyes April 17, 2026 Christina Applegate’s You with the Sad Eyes is a memoir that splits itself between vulnerability and frustration, honesty and repetition. It’s a book that, at times, feels like a raw confession—and at others, like a loop the author hasn’t quite stepped out of. A large portion of the narrative is devoted to her experience in an abusive relationship. Applegate writes candidly about trying, over and over again, to fix a man she […]
Not a Speck of Light April 12, 2026 Most of the stories in the collection “Not a Spec of Light“, by Laird Barron are, frankly, boring. There are a couple of standouts. “Don’t Make Me Assume My Ultimate Form” was the one that held my attention—the conversation between the Danny Doll and the character with the brain tumor had a strange, unsettling edge that actually worked. “An American Remake of a Japanese Ghost Story” is probably the most clever piece […]
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell April 12, 2026 The second book I got from Brian Stevenson, after the collection of stories A Collapse of Horses. I was really hoping for more stories in the same vein as A Collapse of Horses (hoping really for another story to blow me away like the story “Click” from this collection.) Unfortunately, this was not the case. I could say this particular collection is weaker than Horses. The strongest story in the collection […]
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