Hasbro Does What I Thought to Be Impossible
…and makes Star Wars figures even I don’t know. Seriously, Up until today, I knew every character?from the movies, the books, and the shit-ton of comics released over the last 30 years?Hasbro had ever made since the toys relaunched in 1995, until today, when fucking Brainiac, Wioslea, and Trinto Duaba showed the fuck up to ruin my nerd perfection. These guys are Hasbro’s first wave of 2009 Legacy figures, due to appear in January-ish, and if you know who the hell they are, explain in the comments, but don’t tell me. I’ll be sobbing in the corner, pausing only to drink straight from the bottle.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.