C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S. After two days of
heated play, champions were crowned at the annual North America School SCRABBLE Championship! Nathanael Campos, a 7th-grader from Ridgefield, CT, Walden Giezentanner, an 8th-grader from Webster Groves, MO, and Ruth Li, a 12th-grader from Toronto, Canada won the high-stakes competition hosted at the Planet Word Museum in Washington D.C yesterday.
Training Simulations: Hasbro has Crowned the North American School Scrabble Champ
E.V.A.: Day Two in Chicago at C2E2…Heroes, Villains and Everything In Between!
Day two at C2E2 and as I speculated attendance
was almost tripled and the cosplayer were out in full force. The official announcement was made that Saturday was completely sold out. If I didn’t know it was sold out I would have figured it out when I found the main parking lot was completely filled.
E.V.A.: Day One of C2E2 the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo
Hello Chicago! For the first time in about 8 years
we have returned to C2E2 the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. Day one is usually the easiest day of any convention. Personally, I like to roam the show floor to get an idea of what companies are there and to check out the layout.
Equipment: Hasbro Marvel Legends Enters Spider-verse with Across the Spiderverse Figures
Hasbro entered the Spider-verse, revealing the
full wave of Marvel Legends figures based on the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse! These figures include Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, The Spot, Spider-Punk, Peter B. Parker, Jessica Drew and a mega deluxe figure in Cyborg Spider-Woman, which is almost 8 inches tall! All figures will be available on shelves April 10th.
Equipment: Mando Mania Reveals New Black Series, Vintage Collection Figures and a Green Lightsaber (UPDATED)
As part of Mando Mania, Hasbro unveiled
several new items for fans and collectors of all ages including a new Lightsaber Forge Yoda Electronic Green Lightsaber, a Vintage Collection Tusken Raiders multipack and Black Series Pyke Soldier figure! All items are inspired by Star Wars The Book of Boba Fett and available this year. The figures will be available for pre-order today, 3/29 at 1pm ET and the Lightsaber available at stores this Summer.
Vids: The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series – Own the Iconic Series for the First Time Ever on Digital & DVD June 20th
For the first time ever, all episodes from
Adult Swim’s award-winning original adult animated series are brought together in one set with The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series. Get ready to experience thrilling action-packed adventure along with acute family disfunction and binge all 82 episodes from the seven season run along with all the previously released special features. The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series will be available to purchase Digitally and on DVD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on June 20, 2023.
The series features the voice talents of James Urbaniak as Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture, Christopher McCulloch as Hank, Michael Sinterniklaas as Dean Venture, Patrick Warburton as Brock Samson, and Paul Boocock as Dr. Venture’s deceased father, Dr. Jonas. The series was created by Chris McCulloch and Doc Hammer for Adult Swim’s late night programming block. The Venture Bros. originally premiered on August 7, 2004, and ran for 7 seasons winning numerous awards including Best Animated TV Series Award at Cineme 2003, the Chicago International Animated Film Festival.
E.V.A.: Hasbro Announces a Convention Exclusive Star Wars Black Series Darth Vader Figure
This year’s Star Wars Celebration in London, UK
is approaching at lightspeed and Hasbro is gearing up to make a galactic splash at the convention once again! Running from April 7th to the 10th and fans are in for a great time. I know I am going to regret not making it to London this year. Everyone’s favorite toy brand, Hasbro is planning some big things for their fans.
Soundwaves: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4–Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music by Tyler Bates, Joel J. Ricard
Lakeshore Records is set to release
John Wick: Chapter 4—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally March 24 with an original score by Tyler Bates (John Wick, Guardians of the Galaxy), and Joel J. Richard (John Wick, The Andromeda Strain). Bates and Richard, their scores an integral part of the success of the first three installments of John Wick, return with another masterclass in high intensity compositions that feature an array of instruments – including treated piano, mandolin, acoustic & electric guitar, bass, harmonica orchestra, synths, and found object percussion. Bates also produced songs performed by Lola Colette with Nick and Sam Wilkerson of the punk band White Reaper on drums and bass respectively, as well as tracks with In This Moment and Manon Hollander. In addition, the track written and produced by Bates with vocals by Avant pop phenomenon and cast member Rina Sawayama, “Eye For An Eye,” is available digitally today, March 22. The Lionsgate film directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins and Ian McShane is in theaters and IMAX March 24.


