Marvel – Geek Girl Diva

Netflix really needs to make this their new Daredevil promo

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 13 May 2015 14:29:42 +0000

Daredevil+Chumbawumba = Exactly what you think it is. Enjoy.

This Female Thor thing was a thing waayyyy before you even realized.

Geek Girl Diva — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:41:00 +0000

My friend Adam Frazier posted this picture on his FB with a note about the new female Thor news.

“Marvel Comics announced a huge change to one of its iconic heroes, Thor, on Tuesday’s episode of “The View.” The hammer-wielding god of thunder will now be a woman in the comic series. You know who’s SUPER-EXCITED about this news!? This girl…

Perfect.

And, because I had to, I went looking to see if I could find this helmet on Amazon. No luck, but I found some awesome stuff.

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I got to unbox the Hot Toys Iron Patriot Sixth Scale Figure from Sideshow and, man, is it pretty.

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:03:00 +0000

Amazingly, the folks at Sideshow Collectibles seem to be amused by my completely home made unboxing posts and my amateur photography, because they sent me another bit of shiny and, in the case of the Hot Toys Iron Patriot Sixth Scale Figure, shiny is definitely the word.

The Iron Patriot is part of their Diecast Movie Masterpiece Series, it lights up and it’s insanely detailed. Armor plates flip up and/or out. It’s crazy articulated and it’s heavy!

It also comes with all sorts of cool accessories.

The GeekBoy helped me out on this one. We seem to have found a system where he handles the figure and I take the pictures (that sounds way more dirty than intended) because he’s less clumsy than I am. Honestly, these figures are so cool that I worry I’m going to break something when I try to pop off the head or pose them. Not because they’re delicate, but because I’m….accident prone.

So, I took the pictures (hush, we’re not going to discuss my skills or the fact that I leave stuff in the background) and I’m posting them after the break with a few comments.

But here’s the main review – This figure kicks ass. Period. It’s pretty, it’s shiny and it’s 100% worth the money. It really is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.

If you have a love for Iron Patriot and you can afford it, I’d say get it for sure. If only to be able to put it together and light it up and then just sit in the dark and stare at it in a totally non creepy way.

Picture time!

The packaging on the outside.

The inner packaging, which looks cool as well.

See all the stuff? Two face plates, all sorts of additional hands and extra weapons.

Strike a pose.

You can’t tell, but pretty much every piece of armor has a seam and a separate plate. It’s crazy.

Oh yeah, the base and the batteries.

Teeeeny battieries.

I just wanted a lit up helmet picture.

Eyes, chest ARC reactor, palm repulser and base all lit up

Rhodey says hi.

Thanks again to Sideshow for giving me this opportunity. They’ve been so cool to work with and I can’t say enough good things about everyone on the team.

Please head over there and take a look at this figure to get more information. If nothing else, they have WAY better pictures. ;-)

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I got to check out Sideshow’s Wolverine Sixth Scale Figure. I have thoughts.

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 21 May 2014 17:22:00 +0000

A little while ago, Sideshow Collectibles sent me their DC Comics Catwoman and I pretty much lost my mind with happy.

I also did my first action figure unboxing and had a delightful time taking bad pictures and squeeing over details. But, as cheesy as I thought I was, the folks at Sideshow seemed to like it because they sent me something else.

Their Wolverine Sixth Scale Figure from The Wolverine.

I’m going to admit that I squeed. I promptly undressed him. I put him in fun poses. We (The GeekBoy and I because I need help with some of this stuff) laughed a lot when we took off his head to take off his tie and his head went rolling. (We’re so pro). And I took some (shaky/blurry/sometimes okay) pictures.

But here’s the main thing, bad photography aside. This figure blew my mind. The details are just unreal.

In my effort to get him down to his iconic undershirt and pants…

…we had to take off his overcoat, his suit jacket, his tie, and a black shirt — all of which had the teeniest buttons. Details like having to take his head off and then flip up his collar to get a tie off are just…awesome. Hilarious at my house, but I can’t tell you how many times I just sat there…staring at how intricate this was.

In the end, we got him posed up and got the adamatium claws on him (Oh yeah, he comes with, like, a gazillion hands: fists, relaxed, bone claws, adamantium claws)

and posed him on the mantel. He’s chillin’ there pretty happily.

I think my favorite picture is the one where the sunlight is reflecting off his claws.

If you want to see awesome pictures and, more importantly, get yourself this epic figure, you can get him now from Sideshow for $224.99, which I think is an amazing price for this level of craftsmanship.

Enjoy my hilariously bad photography after the break.

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Oh hai Agent Coulson Pop! Vinyl figure. Wanna come to my house and play?

Geek Girl Diva — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:12:00 +0000

This is me alerting you. You can buy it here. Pre-order it. Trust me. I used to work there. They’ll order based on demand, so if you wait, you may be waiting a long time ;-)

Thanks to Pamela Shaw for the tip.

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Wolverine: A Film By Woody Allen

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:22:00 +0000

This just tickled the heck out of my little Jewish girl’s heart. But it’s funny even if you’re not one of us ;-)

::chanting:: One of us! One of us!

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The new full length trailer is out for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Geek Girl Diva — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:01:00 +0000

I am officially insanely excited for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

YOU MUST WATCH.

Sooooooooo excited.

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Slumbercon means I get to geek out in my PJ’s. That’s kind of perfect for me.

Geek Girl Diva — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:36:00 +0000

If you know me at all, you know I already adore Stephanie Thorpe and Jennifer Landa.

But now they’ve gone too far. Now they have given me SlumberCon — a con I can attend in my PJ’s from my couch.

Now if they can only figure out how to get me the con exclusives direct to my house, I’ll be set.

Make sure you subscribe while you’re at it. Cause I hate to con alone. ::grin::

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A Firefly/Avengers Credits Mashup. Internet, I love you so.

Geek Girl Diva — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:25:00 +0000

I love the internet because I find things like this Avengers/Firefly mashup of awesome.

via @amy_geek and @dadalibrarian

My open letter to the @moviefone editor who approved the “Girl’s Guide To The Avengers”.

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:32:00 +0000

I know there are already posts and outrage about your article and I’m sure what I have to say might have been said, but I wanted to add my comments to this for a specific reason. I could take the time to be offended as a ~~woman~~ person. I mean, your “Girls Guide To The Avengers” was offensive and tacky. But I have a bigger problem with it and it’s what has my “panties in a twist” so to speak.

I’m pretty sure one of two things happened here:

1) You knew it was a troll-y piece of girl bashing fluff and posted it anyway. At which point it’s just link bait (you’ll note I’m not linking to you) and, as my friend Scott Weinberg commented, “yellow journalism”.

2) You read it and actually thought it was well written “satire” and ran it.

Either one of those things worries me more that the idea that Jessie Heyman wrote a piece of tripe that pretty much reinforces every bad stereotype about women there is. I mean, it makes women as a whole look like air headed fools and makes men look like insecure assholes who need a woman to “stroke” their egos because they want to go to a super hero movie.

That’s my issue.

The article shouldn’t have been approved, in my opinion.

Of course, my estrogen level pretty much means I’m an idiot, right? ;-)

Love,

GGD

Links of other woman who said stuff about this that was awesome and kick ass and empowering (feel free to send me yours ands I’ll add it)

Oh, Moviefone and your Girl’s Guide to The Avengers. Really? by Geek with Curves

Moviefone’s Girl’s Guide to the Avengers – Now With More Stereotypes! by The Discriminating Fangirl.

fangirls, satire, moviefone, and having a sense of humor by Erudite Chick

Nathan Fillion & Robert Downey Jr. In An Avengers Promo. ::melt::

Geek Girl Diva — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:55:00 +0000

I may be late to the party in posting this, but I don’t care. ::grin::

Reason #2875 why I love Joss Whedon. He has a pretty adorable and funny “six degrees”.

Oh and, if anyone knows if there are out takes of the day they filmed — I’d pay good money or sell body parts. Just sayin.

The Avengers Trailer Is Here. Booyah.

Geek Girl Diva — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:17:00 +0000

So it seems there’s been a lot of talk and reaction about the new trailer for The Avengers. Some good and some meh.

I dunno, I can leave it for other folks. Personally, I like to see Joss mixing a little Michael Bay explosioning into his trailer and script. It makes me think maybe someone can blow stuff up and STILL have a story in their movie.

Geek Boy’s Desk reveals hidden truths.

Geek Girl Diva — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:05:00 +0000

I love it. I ask a sassy question and I end up with a blog post idea!

This pic comes from the desk of Ericover at IGN. I’m mildly concerned that Eric may have a few anger issues to work out, but we’ll leave the armchair psych to someone who has an armchair.

Maybe I should make some kind of “Desk Pic of the Week” segment for Friday and ask people to submit pictures. ::grin:: Imagine the possibilities.

Pic via Eric Goldman at IGN, who decided to sass me and inspired me instead ;p

SDCC 2009 Exclusives Available for Pre-Order at Entertainment Earth!

Geek Girl Diva — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Not able to get to San Diego Comic Con? Entertainment Earth has a number of the SDCC Exclusives available for pre-order.

If you want them, I’d suggest ordering now. Because it’s all going to depend on how many are available after the show and early orders will have priority.

(click the thumbnails for item details)

Dark X-Men Beginning #1 SDCC 2009 Exclusive Comic

Dark Avengers Uncanny X-Men Utopia #1 Exclusive Comic

Transformers SDCC 2009 G1 Animated Megatron Bust

Dark Avengers SDCC 2009 Minimates Box Set #2

Ghostbusters SDCC 2009 Venkman and Stay Puft Mini-Figures

(I love this!)

Ghostbusters Angry Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Bank

Dawn SDCC 2009 Exclusive Red Skirt Statue

I’ll try and post more as I see them.Enjoy!

“NYTF: Wonder Woman statue based on Adam Hughes art. (Hawtsome.)”

Geek Girl Diva — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:45:00 +0000

This one is just too easy.

Adam Pawlus (our resident Toy Evangelist) just got back from NYTF and he’s Tweeting updated pics.

Tweets here: @entearth

Not much else. Babes and more babes should be enough for any fankid today.