When nerdy teenager Dexter Douglas gets zapped by a faulty computer chip and endowed with the information overload of the Internet (this was before Wikipedia, mind you), he turned into Freakazoid, a blue-skinned, wild-haired bundle of energy who faced a dastardly rogue's gallery with traditional superpowers and grin-inducing wit and charm. With a bevy of lovable sidekicks, including no-nonsense butler Professor Jones and some-nonsense police Sgt. Mike Cosgrove, Freakazoid also defended the airwaves from boring after-school entertainment for two short but sweet seasons. Fifteen years later, Freakazoid! still maintains a devoted cult following, most recently rewarded by the release of the complete series on DVD over 2008 and 2009. This countdown of some of the best moments in the show's history is infinitely better than -- dare we say it? -- poo gas! More >>
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Back in 2008, Topless Robot looked at the 5 Greatest (and 5 Most Ridiculous) Colorforms Playsets. Today's Daily List drops the negative aspect of its predecessor to again focus on the cream of the Colorforms crop. From oddities that reveal the secret kinks of your favorite Hanna-Barbera characters to playtime's final frontier, here are 10 more of the greatest Colorforms playsets.More >>
Tags: Batman, Colorforms, Dungeons and Dragons, Gremlins, Muppets, Nic Cage, Retro Toys, Sesame Street, Smurfs, Star Trek
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Suggestions for a follow-up were numerous, varied and frankly a bit embarrassing, as many were bands I should have thought of myself. To correct this grievous wrong, here are nine bands that certainly should have made the original list. For the record, that original list included Dingoes Ate My Baby, Jeffster, Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld, Shallow Gravy, Billy and the Boingers, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the Weird Sisters, Spinal Tap, Wyld Stallyns, Dethklok and Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band, so these bands are not missing from this new list. They're in the old one. Surely there's some other awesome nerdy band besides these 20 that you can be appalled that I missed in the comments. More >>
Tags: Buckaroo Banzai, Comedy, G.I. Joe, Grand Theft Auto, Hitchhiker's Guide, Muppets, Scott Pilgrim, Star Wars
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And yet, many Americans -- not geeks of course, but the general public -- may have some mistaken beliefs about the big green guy. Often they're a result of licensed American products, like dubbed versions of the Japanese films or comics and cartoons, that tried to make Godzilla more "accessible" by turning him into a more traditional fire-breathing dragon.
Well, we here at Topless Robot are nothing if not pedantic about the most minor points regarding our geekish obsessions, so we're going to set the record straight. Here are nine common misconceptions people have about Godzilla. More >>
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Tags: Back to the Future, Battle Beasts, Devil May Cry, Diamond, Diamond Select, Knight Rider, Marvel, Mini-Mates, Monsters, Movie toys, Wonder Woman
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However, almost every single console since time immemorial (i.e., 1977) had had its own glaring problem, which frustrated nerds then just as much as the RRoD does today. Take an aggravating walk down down the Hall of Videogame Console Failures Past, won't you?More >>
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Ah, deleted scenes. Sometimes they should've been left in the original cut of the film, and sometimes they should be wiped from existence all together.
But then you have the deleted scenes that are neither good nor bad, that aren't great or horrible. But, if they were left in the film, they would've helped the final cut make a lot more sense. This is the case for many of the Star Trek films.
From unexplained crying fits to disappearing parts of someone's anatomy, the Star Trek film franchise is chocked full of little glitches and plot holes that might confuse the average viewer and infuriate the above-average fan boy. So, without further ado, here are six deleted scenes from the Star Trek films that would've made them a little less confusing.
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Yet just as video killed the radio star, it also decimated the Give-A-Show projector industry. After all, why would kids watch drawings of cartoon characters when they could catch the real thing anytime they liked? Seemingly overnight a 30-year toy industry staple became obsolete and largely forgotten. One person who still remembers is Jon B. Knutson, who has meticulously scanned hundreds of old sets from Kenner and Chad Valley through his Give-A-Show Blog and his YouTube page. For collectors who love this stuff, Knutson is doing invaluable work. Those of you who fondly remember sitting on your rec room floor making your own picture shows will find today's list of the 10 greatest slide projector character sets to be a welcome trip down memory lane. As for everyone else, here's a terrifying glimpse at what life was like before VCRs. More >>
Tags: Archie, DC, Doctor Who, Marvel, Misguided Nostalgia, Planet of the Apes, Retro Toys, Star Trek, Star Wars
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