Rainbow Brite Returns, for Some Reason
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Nerdy ladies, consider yourselves informed — Rainbow Brite is returning with a new look. I got the news from Jezebel, who disgustedly claim the line has been Bratzified. Now, I’m usually first in line to call girls toys from the ’80s whores, but I don’t see it. They’re taller, but the original Rainbow Brite looked like a midget with encephalitis. She was horrible, and this is an improvement. And other than removing the sleeves, they’re just as clothed as they were originally. Point is, no one tell Jezebel about ’80s April O’Neil, okay?
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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.