May 18

Raphael… Death?

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This is a Fanfic that I wrote back in the 1999.  Hope everyone enjoys.

Raphael…  Death?

Michaelangelo jumps down and looks up at a Pizza place.   This must be the place.   He thought to himself, as he looks around.   So, where is he?   Michaelangelo, pulls a long coat and hat over himself, covering his looks, as he stands outside.   The dark sky  covers the city like a blanket as the light reflecting from the city hides the millions of stars that could be out that night.   The full moon makes him think of the horror movie he just got done watching.

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May 17

Movie Review: Battleship

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As a child I can not count all the times I would play Battleship with my dad, a game in which you had to guess on where to hit the ship that the person you were against was using with little pegs marking where you missed or hit the ship.  They even came out with Electronic Battleship.  What fun the games were and remain some of my fond memories in my childhood. When I heard there was a movie called “Battleship” all I could think of was the game, but how could the game be in a movie?  Then I saw a brief interview on the TV with people from the film saying how they did keep the game in mind when making the movie, which had me even more confused with the film.  So when I got tickets to see the film, I was wondering if I should be excited or not, with friends warning us not to see it.  We took the chance to see our childhood game appear on the big screen.

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May 16

Cowabunga Corner News: Art-Toons

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Anyone who’s seen my collection in person would take note of how many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animation cels I own.  I’ve got stacks of them in a drawer, a handful hanging on my walls and even did a full episode on Cowabunga Corner about animation cels.  I love collecting and looking at different animation cels out there.  They are a big part of the history of TMNT, and sadly have become a dying art as more and more computers are used.  It’s hard to find anyone who works with animation cels these days.  Which makes these amazing pieces of history even more of a keepsake.

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May 15

Hazel Park’s Dairy Park

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When growing up as a child, there was a local treat that my mother would take me to, it was an ice cream shop shaped like a barn.  The small house next to it had these plastic animals in it that was fun to look at as we would sit at the picnic table eating our ice cream.  Not a far drive from where we lived, this was a treat we enjoyed on hot summer days.  They had shakes, malts, cones, banana splits and more, even hot food like hot dogs.  The Dairy Park is a place that people could go for some really good affordable food.

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May 14

Random Collection Piece #4

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Throughout the years of being a Ninja Turtle fan, my collection has been growing.  Every year I get something new that joins the collection.  Growing since 1989, I have over 500 Ninja Turtle toys out of package and over 300 in package, as well as books, animation cels, original comic art, scripts and so much more.  To cover all of this on Cowabunga Corner is not something I really think I can do.  Though I get a lot of questions about my collection, so I figured I could do random stories from time to time to share one item in my collection.

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May 11

Movie Review: The Avengers

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Even though life has been a tad bit chaotic lately, I still like to take the time to go watch a movie and relax. I watch previews and read up on certain movies during their production and judge whether or not that movie is perfect for turning off my brain and having a good time while watching. One such movie out right now is The Avengers. It’s already been out for a full week in the United States and it has been dominating any and all competition with good reason! Continue reading →

May 11

Why do I like TMNT?

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Ever since I became a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I have been asked, why do I like TMNT?  A question people seem most interested in, hoping that I have some strange answer that will bring it all to light.  Every fan has a different answer for this, as there’s so many different reasons to like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, be it their character designs, their weapons, their enemies, their personalities, their friends and so much more.  Though the real truth about this question is there is no real answer.  If I only liked one thing about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then most likely by now I would have moved into another fandom.  So in this write up I’m going to share the many things I like about the Turtles and why.

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May 10

Movie Review: Dark Shadows

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In 1966 a new kind of soap opera hit the TV, one about vampires, witches, ghost, and mystery.  This series followed a young lady named Victoria Winters, who moved to a house which was known throughout the town as being haunted.  The show was finding its footing for the first 200 episodes, as they gave us a few mystery storylines along with the normal soap drama.  Though when they introduced the vampire to the show, Dark Shadows found the road it was going with and became a hit as people would race home from school or work just to watch this half hour show of horror mystery.

Two of the people that were racing home for this was Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.  They enjoyed Dark Shadows and have decided to bring the story back as a full scale movie.  This is the first time in a long time that Dark Shadows will be seen on the screen.  With the lead cast of characters brought in, and twist to try and fit as much as they can into one movie, could Tim Burton pull off a film based on a TV series with a lot of fans and 1200 plus episodes?
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May 09

Review: Classic Color TMNT #1

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Since the first Ninja Turtle comic came out in originally in black and white back in 1984, there has been two different color versions of the comic released.  Well, now we can make that three, as today IDW is releasing the first issue of Mirage TMNT as a color comic.  Though let’s talk a little about each of the releases here starting with the first time the Mirage Turtles were ever colored.

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May 08

Review “Michigan Action Figure Expo” 2011

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On May 5th, 2012, I packed up handful of my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collection and traveled to Battle Creek, Michigan for the Michigan Action Figure Expo.  We got to our hotel on Saturday, and came in to start getting things set up for the event on Sunday.  After getting things in order, we headed back to our hotel to wake up early on the 6th, so that we could get the collection on display before the crowd showed up.

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