When I first started doing this whole “geek girl on the internet” thing, Joe Moscone and I met since he was in charge of the Hasbro boys line for Hunter PR and I was covering a lot of Star Wars and Marvel toys at the time. Joe not only became a colleague but a friend and remains a friend even after he left Hunter to work elsewhere.

One of the reaons I’ve always adored Joe so much is because of his big heart. Every year, Joe raises money for Receptions For Research: The Greg Olsen Foundation and every year, he gives it his all.

This year, Joe’s added a little something to the mix — he’s collected a lot of toys over the years because of his work at Hunter and he’s putting those toys up on eBay with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. If you’re a collector, or just want to help, you’re going to watch to check it out.

I put the letter Joe sent me after the break. If I’m being honest, I’ll just say this: go help however you can because Joe’s great people and because cancer sucks.

Go Grabowskis!

With a little over a month remaining in our fundraising campaign, I’m thrilled to have achieved 75% of my personal goal. Thank you!

From your monetary donations and helping to spread the word of my efforts on social media to connecting me with individuals wanting to provide gift certificates and product for upcoming charity raffles and auctions—you’ve been absolutely amazing! The team at Receptions For Research: The Greg Olsen Foundation is able to perform their magical work because of the support that each and every one of you deliver. We’re making a difference!

If you have not yet donated to my campaign, please consider doing so. It’s easy. Just visit my page here: http://bit.ly/1KabqX9. Of course, if you’d rather support my campaign by helping to spread the word, I appreciate that immensely as well. Take to your social media channels and share my fundraising page link!

You can also share this link to my charity eBay auctions, where Caitlin Elgin and I are fundraising by selling some awesome exclusive toys and collectibles: http://ebay.to/1H72gry. (Of course, 100% of proceeds from these auctions go to Receptions For Research!)

Lastly, for those of you in the NYC/NJ area, please mark your calendar for our annual Cans For Cancer event on Friday night, June 19^th in Jersey City. The fantastic folks at Lucky 7 Tavern and Brooklyn Brewery are helping us once again by donating 100% of the proceeds of all Brooklyn cans sold this night to the New Jersey Grabowskis fundraising campaign.

Every dollar counts, so I’ll continue to chase the money! Thank you for your continued support.

With love,

@joemoscone77

#KickCancer #ReceptionsForResearch #Grabowskis #ChaseTheMoney

 

Having read that EE just donated $100,000 worth of toys to Toys for Tots, I need to add another reason to my list ;-)

Please take a moment to read the press release after the break. EE did good and I want to share the love.

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The LEGO ideas female scientist minifigure-iffic research scientist set is finally available for order. If you’ve been following, you know just how cool this is.

The Mary Sue has the story. I found a product link, so I share.

Product Page: $19.99

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I know you saw that commercial for Transformers: Age Of Extinction during the Super Bowl, but I got a nifty little email right after it about the Transformers First Edition Optimus Prime Action Figure from Hasbro exclusively through Amazon.com’s Transformers Headquarters shop.

Before you drop money over at eBay. It’s available now at the Hasbro Toy Shop for $49.99

Here’s the full exclusives page if you want to see what’s still available.

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Bif Bang Pow has created a small, portable version of the TARDIS.

Okay, okay, it’s a tin tote (aka lunchbox), but considering I like to use these as a purse, I really hope it’s bigger on the inside.

Either way, I’m diggin’ it for sure.

Product Page $13

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Well, now a lot more people are likely to join in the knowledge and I think it’s great ;-)

NECA has announced the new Machete 7-Inch Action Figure and I got a pic.

Looks pretty awesome if you ask me.

It’s available for pre-order at Entertainment Earth. I’d suggest you might want to pre-order if you want it. My guess is the first run is gonna go fast.

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Entertainment Earth has picked up a very cool black and white variant of the Universal Monsters Wolfman Figure.

This limited edition is estimated for arrival in October and priced at $19.99.

So if you want it, I’d suggest you get you pre-order in for the Universal Monsters Black and White Wolfman Figure Exclusive at Entertainment Earth

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If nothing else, it lets me show off the stuff I’m currently drooling over at Entertainment Earth ;-)

Femme Fatales Tarot Statue

Wonder Woman Series 2 Ame Comi Statue

Batman Mad Love Action Figures Collectors Set

World of Warcraft Series 6 Forsaken Queen Figure

First of all, we added the new Serenity Little Damn Heroes Jayne Animated Maquette

(which I bought at SDCC and jumped around like a total girl over and have a pic of, even if we don’t have one on the site yet.)

<------See? ;-) Isn’t he Shiny? Number 2 thing — I’ve been asked about mmy collection and I keep meaning to take pics but I keep forgetting. Plus a lot of it is tucked away. But this should make you laugh at me. One of my prized possessions? My Thundarr the Barbarian action figures!

Okay. Stop laughing ;P

Single, Geek, Broke? @geeksdreamgirl is doing 25% off dating services at www.geeksdreamgirl.com – Use code JULY4. She’s got some good stuff over there. ::nodnod::

I know I’ve been talking BPAL, so here’s the link. ::grin::

If you missed the lovely and talented @zerbetron‘s tweet, she tried out for American Idol last night and is headed back tonight. Check out the vid. She’s pretty dang good!

Top 5 Firefly-inspired songs over on GeekSix.

This handsome man popped in my head, so I share his music with ya ;-)

Awesome Music! I Kissed A Girl – Power Metal Version and I found Sounds of Fear and Walkin’ Like Brando by the Hyperions on Yahoo Music. If you like psychobilly/rockabilly, you should like ’em ;-)

Podcasts, you say?

@entearth did 2 for today. They’re thisaway. Or find them here: Entertainment Earth Toy of the Week Podcast: July 2, 2009 Edition

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Entertainment Earth Podcast: July 2, 2009 Edition
“New movies, new Joe toys, Battlestar Galactica Minimates vehicles, Beverly Hills Cop toys, and the return of the Fugitoid. And the Party Wagon. Truly, a wonderful week.”

The geeks at the Borked Cast just posted Week 3 and I do love pimpin’ them ;-)

Seattle Geekly has a new podcast up. Always a good thing.

Aside from that, I’m looking forward to a quiet weekend, some down time and a little relaxation.

Kisses all around!

You may want to reconsider that.

If you already know what a Geek Girl is, feel free to skip through the next paragraph and directly onto the “Marketing Suggestions“. If not, let me ‘splain.

The Geek Girl, for those of you who may not know the term, is the 20something to 40something female with a love of technology, pop culture, music, toys and (likely) social media. Additionally, the Geek Girl is very prone to mixing her love of the aforementioned hobbies and sharing them with other Geeks of the female and male persuasion.

“Marketing Suggestions”

If you don’t currently court the Geek Girl demographic, you may want to consider asking telling your marketing team to get on it. For the following reasons:

1. Geek Girls generally have a large social network and, if they find items they like, they will talk about them. The term “squee” is defined as “the sound of delight made by a Geek Girl when she is particularly pleased by something shiny, pretty, artitic or techy.”

   Side note: If you achieve the “squee”, your sale is practically guaranteed.

2. Geek Girls usually have discretionary income and are happy to spend it.
3. Geek Girls do not shop only for themselves. They can be married, single, mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters, co-workers and more. If you unlock the full potential of the Geek Girl shopper, you will very likely earn a repeat customer who can also become a fantastic referral resource.
4. Geek Girls will oftentimes ask for suggestions on what, where and whether to buy, thereby offering your product additional coverage.
5. And, finally, Geek Girls are, oftentimes, in some way engaging with Geek Guys. Which (if you extrapolate) opens up your marketing stream exponentially.

So, in a nutshell, if you’re not actively marketing to the Geek Girl demographic, then you’re losing income daily.

You may want to look into that. ;-)

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Not only did I get out to the movies, but we saw the first showing for half price, got free popcorn, avoided anything that looked like a line and had awesome seats.

There are benefits to not seeing a movie opening weekend ;-)

That said — wow.

In all honesty, I was a bit nervous about this one. I grew up watching Star Trek. I spent the years of my early childhood sprawled out on the (shag) carpet, chin cupped in my hands and little feet waving, and eyes wide.

So, when I heard they were making another movie, and then I heard J.J. Abrams was helming it, I felt that little tyke inside me get a bit nervous that she was going to have a bit of her childhood misused again.

I am happy to report that she spent much of the movie stuffing her face with popcorn and Twizzlers and pointing out cool stuff that she remembered from the original series.

All in all, I was very happy with the movie. It looked amazing. I loved the updated gadgets. The acting was really strong (which is always a plus for a Star Trek movie, let’s be honest) and it did a great job of feeding the existing Trek fans while nurturing new ones.

Of course, I have a plan to take my mom next weekend (maybe a double feature with Terminator: Salvation) and I don’t doubt I’ll have a delightful time nitpicking a bit at that time.

For now, I’m just going to enjoy my geek glee and leave it at that. ;-)

I warn you ahead of time. There’s language, so don’t click if you’re offended ;-)

And if you’re fan enough to like this, then you’re likely gonna dig the Stargate goodies at Entertainment Earth.

Including this pretty.

::grin:: No, I’m not posting MacGruber vids.

As always, don’t forget to check out the Hyde and Geek blog for more toy goodness!

Posted by: Scott of hydeandgeek.com