~ Welcome to RTMemo
~ Featured This Issue
        - Spider-Man Movie Figures, Series Two
        - Spider-Man Movie Review
        - Reader Report: Wizard World East
        - New Links Sections
~ News Highlights
~ From the Buzz
~ From the ShopCenter/MarketBuzz
~ From Art.com
~ Toy Link of the Week
~ Non-Toy Link of the Week

------ Welcome to RTMemo ------

Please indulge us in a bit more Spider-Man this week... he's still in our systems, but we promise to start droning on about Attack of the Clones at some point, really.

------ Featured This Issue ------

Spotlight: Spider-Man Movie Figures, Series Two
The RTM Spotlight keeps the Spidey celebration swinging with a look at the second series of Spider-Man Movie action figures from Toy Biz: two new Spideys, a new Green Goblin, Peter Parker, and Mary Jane Watson (both dress colors):
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/s2smmovie.shtml

RTMisc: Spider-Man Movie Review
RTMisc regularly resists reviewing things which cannot be collected, but since you can collect ticket stubs, Rob raves about Spider-Man's stunning start on the silver screen, sans spoilers:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/rtmisc/sm_movie.shtml

Reader Report: Wizard World East
RTM reader Jim P attended the Wizard East convention over the weekend and shared these pictures of new DC Direct action figures and pictures of Muppets Series 2 figures. He also found out a bit of news about DC Direct:
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1857.shtml
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1858.shtml

New Links Sections:
We added three new pages of links last week...
Mage Knight:
http://www.toymania.com/links/mageknight.shtml
HeroClix:
http://www.toymania.com/links/heroclix.shtml
And of course, Spider-Man:
http://www.toymania.com/links/spiderman.shtml

------ News Highlights ------

Tokyo Toy Fair
The annual Tokyo Toy Fair was last week, and KidRobot.com was there, taking pictures where allowed and taking notes when pictures were forbidden:
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1856.shtml

Classic Star Trek Mini-Mates
Art Asylum has unveiled pictures and information about the first six Mini-Mates figures from the original Star Trek series:
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1855.shtml

HeroClix Adventure Packs
WizKids is making "adventure packs" of accessories for the HeroClix game, with playmats and pieces for both indoor and outdoor adventures:
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1848.shtml
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1847.shtml

Thunderbirds to Air this Summer
TechTV will be showing the Thunderbirds this Summer:
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/1853.shtml

------ From the Buzz ------

Flash! reviews the new 12-inch Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein figures:
http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/messages/86597.shtml

SpyMagician muses about using multiples of the same character on a team in HeroClix:
http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/messages/86645.shtml

TTVS theorizes future X-Men Evolution action figures:
http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/messages/86584.shtml

SoundMan polls about upcoming (potential) Movie Maniacs figures:
http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/messages/86515.shtml

(The posts on the Buzz last only a few days, so if you are reading this more than two or three days after this issue of RTMemo was sent out, the posts will likely be gone.)

------ From the ShopCenter/MarketBuzz ------

AlphaTrion is looking for a Wal-Mart exclusive World of Batman Bruce Wayne:
http://www.toymania.com/marketbuzz/messages/7683.shtml

MicroJoe has Japanese Soul of Chogokin and Gaogaigar for sale or trade:
http://www.toymania.com/marketbuzz/messages/7690.shtml

------ From Art.com ------

Art.com has several Bruce Campbell posters and prints available. Too bad they don't have a life-size door poster:
http://www.toymania.com/links/art-bruce.shtml

------ Toy Link of the Week ------

Figure Club
Have you seen Fight Club? Have you ever bought a Star Wars action figure? See what happens when the two worlds collide, in this film which won an award at the Star Wars Fan Film Awards:
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/figure_club

(Thanks to EGM for posting this link to the Buzz last week!)

------ Non-Toy Link of the Week ------

Collapse
One of Yahoo!s newer games, and a real time drain. No, wait, that sounds bad. Let's just say it's addicting and fun and leave it at that. What is it like? Imagine Tetris in reverse:
http://games.yahoo.com/games/collapse.html

Text Twist
As long as we are infecting you with Collapse, we should tell you about Text Twist, too. Just as addicting, except that Text Twist actually requires thinking. Here's a hint - guess the six-letter word as soon as possible to be able to continue to the next level:
http://games.yahoo.com/games/texttwist.html

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