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08/18/2007: BOOGAZ.

Narrowly managing to fend off the pen-and-pad-clad masses as I entered Toys 'R' Us with my newfound fame, I dodged the vile paparazzi hanging near the back-to-school section and made my way to the clearance racks.

Sadly, clearance racks aren't what they used to be. When I was a kid, I'd get things like the Wheeled Warriors accessory sets — each with two rubbery "Monster Minds" brains — for eight cents a pop. Whereas "clearance" used to roughly equate to "please get this shit out of our store," now it's just a clever way of saying, "this is on sale." It's a bit of a crapshoot, but sometimes, you win out:

These toys are so not my style, but I have to admit a certain appreciation for Boogaz, a gross-out toyline made by Moose Enterprises. Moose apparently has like twenty-thousand tons of sticky/slimy toy material, as this is no less than their eighteenth attempt to market toys that make use of such materials in the past few years.

The disgusting concept: Kids purchase plastic noses (or large picking fingers, which are pricier) that are stuffed with copious amounts of ooze, and at least one official Boogaz figure. There are 24 figures in all to collect, and some are rarer than others. Borrowing liberally from the Monster In My Pocket series, the figures are assigned point values to help us understand which are "common," "rare" or "glowing ultra rare." My kingdom for a "glowing ultra rare" Boogaz figure.

The fun's in the mystery. When you buy a nose, there's no telling which figure might be inside. The package also states that one out of every six noses has two figures lurking among the hidden ooze. Moving past the off-putting notion that this is a toy collection dedicated to snot, I kinda like the cut of its jib. Hope I pick a winner…

Damn. While "Sir Picks Alot" is worth a respectable nine points, he's still a common figure, delivering nowhere near the level of glory of, say, the forty point "Skummy Mummy."

Once you get the loose slime off (harder than it sounds), the figures serve as strangely-shaped Wacky Wall Walkers — you can splat 'em against the nearest wall, and if the gods decide to take pity on you, they'll do their little gooey vertical catwalk much to the delight of dimwits and house cats everywhere.

The slime itself counts as a toy, and to really push the idea that it's snot, it's really watery slime. Much different from normal toy slime fare. There's really no way to get it all back in the nose container once you yank it out, and I eventually had to give up and wash my hands clean. I don't like it when toys create a need for me to wash myself, but since I'm getting to pull rubbery medieval knights out of noses, I'm gonna give this one a pass.

This is probably a minority opinion, but I like Boogaz toys. Gonna marry 'em.

Happy SNT.

Hey Matt, long time reader of the site but one of those guys that didn't really post too much. One of the greatest sites on the internet today, by far.

Even the boogercop is picking his nose. I don't know how I could have missed out on this.

Careful with that, Matt. My cousin had one of those and theres still green in the carpet. Also, congrats on your new found fame!

What's everyone up to tonight? We're having a party for my roommate's birthday at my place, woo.

Kind of reminds me of that line of mini figures that were in the trash bags that you dissolve with water.

I spent today doing some BS extra project for work, which allowed my mind to wander- and I've realized I'm getting a little too overeager for Halloween WAY too early. Shouldn't really be a problem, but it's still gonna be another 2.5 months of waiting, and I'll inevitably burn out just before the holiday.

I work next to a Yankee Candle and they already have a window display up, and all the other stores are just getting started. I got a Lillian Vernon catalog the other day and could easily pick out about $150 worth of decorations I need to have. This is killing me.

OK so I am watching Beerfest at the moment and it is moderately funny. What are the rest of you up to at this moment?

Great Matt, now another wonderful, yet crappy item for me to buy. I don't know if you secretly work for THE WEIRD AND OBSCURE TOY FACTORY, but you keep on finding these cool, crazy, strange toys. And I have to buy them, cause I like weird and strange junk. Now if I can get my wife to let me have a HUGE BOOGER FILLED toy in the house, life would be sweet….any suggestions?

I love the article, my nephew has one of those things but I don't recall what figure he has. i have never seen the fingers…I'll have to check out Toys R Us tomorrow afternoon.

These toys are so my style. I wish they were plastic instead of wall walker style, though. I'd want to display/keep/make them fight for my favor.

Oops. Forgot to close the italics. And my name is Eddie, but Eddoe sounds pretty good, too, I guess.

Eddie, I'm not sure why, but your initial post with the italics and misspelling of your name had me laughing pretty hard. I guess it's due to the fact that I am sitting at the computer with nothing better to do, drinking beers while my roommate is passed out on the couch. Viva Saturday night!

I'm looking forward to a night of Sims 2, but I thought I'd check in here to see what was going on first. I'm bummed I missed the post from yesterday. At least now when I'm talking about the site I visit all the time I can say, "X-Entertainment. You know, from the Ghoulies IV box?" It won't help, but I can at least say it.

So, serious question: Will the "Ghoulies IV blurb" make it on the resume?
Webmaster, Nickelodeon employee, TOY FARE writer, and *half-cough, half-talking* GHOULIES IV DVD quotee.

Bludge: I'm glad you got a laugh out of it.
I looked up Boogaz on google and this commercial came up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8vak8OSLZI
It's pretty awesome. In the sidebar on youtube there's "Boogaz episode one" by some kid, too.

In general, I'm not a fan of toys that make a mess… because washing your hands is never fun. Though, Boogaz slime will go great with Orange Crush and Grape Juice carpet stains. It'll be like a tapestry of mistakes.

Those look gross. Yeah, I know what you mean about the clearance racks not being what they use to. Its fun to find KB Toys that are still in business though because you never know what you'll find there. I found classic Mortal Kombat figures one time and I don't know why they had them.

I'm just checking in, I just finnished watching ahem…the babysitters club…on family channel. Yeah, I'm not too proud of myself, but it was interesting to see a young Rachael Lee Cook, and the girl that played Gina on Full House. Some of the other girls look familar but I couldn't place them.

And now because I am an old pregnant lady I'm off to bed. Tomorrow were going into the good ol' US of A to go to a fair, and I am sooo going to get me some butterfly fries!

Dr. Acula,
Your remake, "It'll be like a tapestry of mistakes" made me laugh. I think it's because "Tapestry of Mistakes" sounds like the name of some undiscovered alt band.

As for Beerfest…I liked it. I'll agree that it was Moderately funny. It's definately a movie I could relate to, being in a frat and all (even though I'm not a drinker)

As for this Boogaz thing…Moose puts out lots of crap like that. There was that Mighty Beanz thing a few years ago, and this seems to be a much grosser rehash of it.

I remember Mighty Beanz…It was popular for about…a year or so. I worked at KB so those things were really popular. Aftger the first series they had to thing of other Rare Beanz. The first series was famous for having the Mighty Moose bean (a bean with the Moose logo's face on it) that was only limited to 1000. Never did see it myself.

And my latest blog entry…I forced myself to watch High School Musical 2 to blog it in real time. Don't know why I did it, but I'd say it's a good read.

You know, as much fun as I had with toy slime as a kid, I HATED the smell. It took something away from the joy of covering Man-at-Arms in slime in Hordak's Slime Pit.

Bludge: I have a vague recollection of MOTU slime being the smelliest of all. I didn't really mind the smell, but it was pretty powerful. I don't think the others were as bad — RGB's Ecto-Plazm definitely wasn't.

OK, Matt is lurking about. Not to beat a dead horse, but MUST KNOW BEST DEAL MATT!!

I remember always wanting some of this slime-like stuff but my parents NEVER let me have any. Grr…..However, in fifth grade science class, we MADE slime. I don't remember the details, but it involved Borax and food coloring.

Wow, the owner of that nose has uncontrollable Boogaz and runaway acne. Kinda like the stock teenager character on the Simpsons: "Here's your taco. Oops, I dropped it in the fryer. Ow…OOO-OWW." Favorite unnamed character on the show.

Since Ariel wants to know, I'm working on turning Abra into Kadabra. What did you want again, Norbert? I've got access to honey and honey trees now.

Did anyone watch "Feasting on Asphault" tonite on Food Network? They did something new with Kool-Aid that I've never seen before and would be an interesting food item for Matt to make.

It was called a Koolickle. It's cherry Kool-Aid, sugar and pickle juice mixed together. They then let the pickles marinate in it until they turn red. Yech to me, but they seemed nonplus about it (didn't hate it, didn't like it).

Hello everyone, happy SNT! Congratulations on the DVD blurb, Matt! X-Entertainment is now a staple of popular culture. I think it's just a matter of time until Matt gets an offer to make an X-E TV show. "I'm Matt, and welcome to X-E TV!" I can imagine it now. As for the boogaz entry, slime is pretty funny, but I'm not a huge fan of it. My brother got to make slime in physio class a few years ago. Today I caught part 2 of the recent "always a ranger" team-up, and while I thought the portrayal of Alpha 6 was a bit off the mark, I appreciate the fact that they reached so far back for the sake of older fans.

Hells yeah, Cameron T.! In my classroom I have my third graders make all sorts of slime and slime-like substances towards the end of the year. We do it then because I hit that point where I'm sick of sticking to the curriculum and don't feel like grading homework papers anymore. That's when we make Monster Snot and Frog Phlegm (so-called by the book I got the recipes out of).
Ahhhhh…teaching in mid-June, where everyone has just gotten to the point where they are merely going through the motions.

I fractured my kneecap last week, and cant walk, so I went to T@rget and rode around in one of them scooter carts/chairs. I felt powerful!! I got to honk at old people in my way, and cleared my throat and cast mean glances at those who dared walk in my path.

If I wasn't immediately sold on them, I am after seeing that commercial.
I hope that their being on a clearance rack doesn't mean that they'll be hard to find.

They were on phony clearance — just on sale. I'll dig up the receipt…can't remember exactly how much.

LOL at being quoted on the Ghoulies IV box…you were probably one of the only people online that ever wrote about it, let alone made positive quotable comments about it, so it's not that surprising when you think about it…

I know that comment's about your previous entry, but I just saw it now and there's no point in posting in a less-active page. It'd be…like buying yesterday's bread.

Finally got my wife to play disc golf with me today, and she liked it! She did really well, too, proper form and decent distance. I had an ex-girlfriend that I tried so many times to get to play, but she wouldn't stop throwing like a ballerina and would always get freaked out about having to chase a disc when she threw it in the water. Hooray for marrying the right girl.

i totally should've participated in the snt it would've been better than the night i ended up having

I couldn't think of anything worthwhile to say. All I had was "happy snt" and "I never did like that nose picking Double Dare obstacle" so…not exactly Hemingway material.

Hurrah reformatting computers! Doesn't it just give you that squeaky-clean, anything-is-possible feeling when you start out a new year with a freshly formatted hard drive?

Well, in my case it's freshly formatted plus the 80+ gigs of crap I transferred to the other computer for safe keeping. Which might actually defeat the purpose of reformatting in the first place. Problematic.

Nothing like taking something kids do for free everyday and making some money on it.

And that you have Turtle Power in the summer jukebox is too cool. BEST. JUKEBOX. EVER.

Also, I just turned on the news and apparently it's the apocalypse here. Now I feel kind of stupid for not knowing. At least I practiced proper flood safety by not driving anywhere. Once again, sloth saves the day.

I hate toys like these. I usually don't say hate but I hate gross-out toys. I don't understand how kids can have fun with these.
Hrm…I didn't know I could have strong feelings about nose slime.

Well that's the grossest thing I've seen today so far. Anything that messy and gross shouldn't be a "toy".

I thought it was funny, but you need to ignore the nerdiosity at the beginning of the clip, and the nerd fight in the comments.

Okay, wow, that last post was riddled with spelling errors and, you know what, it's Sphere Shot, not Sphere Kick.

Apparently, I was drunk this morning. 4pm, you say? That's when I woke up today. Yeah.

I missed out on the boogies. happy (late) SNT. I spent last night at my ten year reunion. Probably one of the funniest nights I had in forever. I only went to this school freshman year, so I wasn't truly an alumni, but I was amazed at the amount of people who I knew and recognized. Especially considering the graduation class was 750. Has anyone else here gone/soon to go to theirs?

Wow, sux I missed out on Matt's BIG moment. Totally cool though. I was shocked. Anyhoo…..yeah..sory no big comment on the BOOGAZ thing. Just saying Hi.

I think this is the deadest SNT I've seen in a while. I actually was out having a life for once…imagine that.

Oof! I tied two on last night. I think I should take it easy on the old liver for a few weeks. Sounds like Kneg did the same.

Sorry I was late to the party, but I got off early last night, due to early work this morning. Good thing I DID work early. It started raining as I was riding home from work, picked up an hour after I got in, and hasn't let up since.

This is off-topic, but I saw the first fall decorations and Halloween candy of the season at the grocery store where I work. This makes me happy. Finally, the dog days of summer are ending, and autumn (and Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!) are just around the corner.

It seems like for once all the stars aligned and most of the regulars were all out at once…I too had a bit of a crazy night, both Friday and Saturday, but man was it much needed. I second Bill's idea on giving the liver a break, though….

My roomates moved out a few days ago and took the phone/interent account with them. 2 days without internet is like torture. I really use the web much more than I watch TV…Anyhoo, I'm back online baby!

I REFUSE to allow my liver time to breathe. I have tomorrow off, so I am taking this opportunity to abuse myself on a Sunday night. It seems so summer vacation! I hope everyone's night is enjoyable! Happy SunNT.

KB: Was supposed to have my 10-year reunion this summer, and I actually got a MySpace message from some poor old classmate trying to organize it, but no dice. Seriously, my graduating class was less than 100 (it was a small class anyway, but over 20 kids failed the same English class), and we didn't even get a yearbook. There wasn't enough interest for a staff to even form! Pretty sad. Ah well. I still see all of the people that I like anyway.

Well, if you look up X-Entertainment on Youtube because you have absolutely nothing better to do, you may actually simulate an acid trip.

And it really is quite strange that most of us seemed to be doing something else last night. Personally, I was seeing the band Chilliwack.

Sorry I couldn't add to the SNT last night- I was actually asleep for once. (After I got use of the computer again.) I was up all night Friday, but it's too bad I wasn't trying to be.

Thank you, IHAQ, for being the latest person on the internet to mention the BSC movie. I think I'm getting the hint that I should probably dig out my tape and watch it one of these days.

Off-topic: Is anyone here familiar/heard of a show called "Macabre Theatre" that is currently playing on the America One Network midnights on Saturday around here? It hosted by an Elvira-type chick named Ivonna Cadaver who basically introduces old horror movies and makes jokes.
I found a compilation of clips on Youtube.

How many said Boogaz like Dr. Johnny Fever the day WKRP changed format?
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BOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAAZZ!

My favorite toy slime is the 25� vending machine kind. The classics never die out!

Man, glad I wasn't the only one that missed out on the SNT. My man-bitch bogarted my computer to chat with his ex.

What are those bumps on the nose? Beads of sweat? Zits? It sort of makes it look like a flesh-colored strawberry.

My ten-year reunion is this year as well. Haven't decided yet if I'll go. Reunions, I've always thought from watching sitcoms, were created for the sole purpose of making you feel better about yourself and your life choices (i.e., look at my classmates who got knocked up early, got fat, went nowhere, flip burgers, have had 18 divorces, etc.). Unfortunately, I went to a magnet school so everyone who shows up will be doctors, lawyers, professors, and that ilk. That would do *nothing* for my self-esteem so I figure…why bother?

Plus, I figure if I haven't talked to these people in ten years, what makes me think I'm going to want to talk to them again in ten minutes?

I kind of went to my 10 year class reunion. It was a multi-event weekend thing and one of the events was at the main bar in town. I happened to stop in there with a few friends. So I wasnt really there for the reunion.

It was like a car accident, you dont want to look, but you have to. Fortunately I was reaping the awesome benefits of one of those post-breakup weight loss things that just naturally happens. By naturally I mean you are too upset to eat, but dont mind drinking all the time…

It was just weird. All the snotty girls were married, pregnant and rubbing their bellies. Their husbands were wasted and singing karaoke. All the same little groups scattered about. I bailed after about an hour.

Man, my 10-year reunion wouldn't be until 2011, if there is one. I think there were about 80 students in my graduating class and I never really cared for most of them. So I probably wouldn't go, unless I get rich before then and can show it off. XD

I wonder how the come about of Myspace will change reunions. Everybody I cared to talk about I can find on Myspace and I already know what they're doing, where they've been, yaddy yadda… My 10-year will be in 2010, so we'll see.

That's a good point, fistpittingnork. I've contacted a few people on Myspace and ended up not really saying much to them anyway. They're just so different from me, so I don't really have anything to say to them.

My reunion will be in 2009, and I'm going to be there with bells on. A life well-lived is the best revenge, right? Not that I want revenge on anyone I knew in high school. Right.

My ten-year reunion is in 2013, so I've still got time. The funny thing is, there's no one I really want to see again from my senior class. Sure, I've run into a few people over the past four years, but it wasn't like as I was reunited with some lost friend. Actually, my best friend my senior year was this junior who I sat next to in physiology class. Good guy, really knew what he wanted to do with his life. He was bi-polar, but last I heard, they were either taking him off his medication or switching to some less potent form. Apparently, he had been doing really well. He had wanted to join the Navy and be a technician working on aircraft carriers. I haven't seen him since I graduated, so I don't know if he ever made it.

I may have already posted this but if not:
I didn't go to my 10 year reunion last month. But I did watch GROSSE POINTE BLANK…

To add on to what has already been said: MySpace has totally killed the reunion. Everybody I want to see (but mostly those I don't) are on their or already contacted me. I actually approved 4 OLD friend requests today. I felt bad since they contacted me, etc. but ultimately, who cares?? It's all pretty pointless.

Also, I am not one for the "so, you were mean to me and now you are fat" school. All the stories are about the same (got a job, maybe college, probably a baby by now). Snooze-fest.

I went to my 10 year last year. I had a really good time but it was amazing to see how people have aged. I had made no attempt to keep in contact since graduation so it was the first time in 10 years to see everyone. It was almost like going back to school the day after a chemical plant disaster.

I think the best part about the reunion was seeing the people I hadn't seen and had no intention of contacting. I went with three people that I had kept in contact with and the four of us agreed it was worth going. Essentially everybody started drinking the moment they walked in the door and from there is was pure nonsense.

Hmm…My ten year reunion (assuming we have one) would be in 2011. I don't plan on going. The few people I wanted to keep up with from those years I have done so via facebook.

Cameron, you may! Have you watched the demo vids for MP3? Oh god it looks so awesome!

Cameron, stop rubbing it in. I am actually leaving the house tomorrow to get my car inspected, buy some VC points, and a Pokedex. Fresh air?!?!? NOOOOOO!

If you check the post history, you will see that I was clearly in Saturday night. I was not actually drunk, cause straight-edge and stuff

Bill, you should know better.

Oh, and gues who got a Manaphy! Frickin' sweet. Big shout out to Ash Ketchum over at Shrine. No that's really his name.

You know, I would probably try to eat that stuff if I was a kid. I remember my mom telling me that Nickelodeon's Gak was NOT edible. What can I say, I liked to make money from the neighborhood kids by eating weird stuff.

Ah, a nice quiet evening (err, late night) at home watching My Bloody Valentine. Does it get any better than this? Oh yeah, I guess it does.

I will definitely be downloading a copy of Super Metroid tomorrow. It is one of the rare Metroid sequels I have yet to actually play. I am somewhat reluctant to do so however as my Wii as been infected with the "green pixel" problem. I didn't notice it until I bought Resident Evil 4 a couple of months ago.

If no one knows what I am referring to when I say the "green pixel" problem (which I truly hope you don't), then just google "green pixel wii" and you'll understand my predicament. A lot of sites recommend at least renting Resident Evil 4 to test your Wii as the problem is hard to spot sometimes, but shows easily during the first few minutes of that game. Basically you should test your system now, as the problem will only get worse, and at least now it is under warranty.

Damn. Who would have thought my launch day Xbox 360 would still be kicking (no RRoD, knock on wood) and my Wii would have issues.

I'd actually like to go to my 10-year, but I'm starting to think there won't be one. That surprises me because we had a really industrious core group and I figured SOMEONE would put a reunion together. I'm more interested in seeing people than talking to them. I've actually had a hard time finding a lot people I went to school with, which probably has something to do with being female and so many of my female friends have changed their names. While the revolution of Classmates/MySpace/Facebook has and will continue to detract from reunions, I wish it wouldn't. Actually getting all of these people together in one room every five to ten years isn't too much to ask. For better or worse, we all shared the same awkward years with each other. Remember that Baz Luhrmann song that said something like, "The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young"? That's how I feel. But then, I'm a very sentimental person.

I only have up to Super Metroid, but I have played my nephews' copies of Fusion, Zero Mission, and Prime. I need to eventually get a DS so I can play Pinball. But I do own a Virtual Boy, and Samus makes a cameo in Galactic Pinball. Too bad the VB tanked so quickly, I heard that FaceBall 2000 was being considered for it. That would've ruled like nobody's business.

Matt - You've answered this before elsewhere, but I can't find it. If we want to donate something to X-E for possible review or just for the hell of it, where would we send it?

Just messin' with ya, anyway, Bill. Your proposed night did sound kinda fun, I wish I had gone out and done something.

Mission accomplished. 3/3 Objectives achieved. I want to level pokes, but I think I'm gonna go snag Super Metroid right this instant.

What fall like weather? It's still damn hot here. "Fall" doesn't happen until late November here most of the time… (TX)..

There's been massive flooding here…again. Oh, and my fiance got laid off today.

It is pretty nice to think that in two to three weeks sweater weather will be here. It is also nice to know I will not be in S. Florida so I can finally rake leaves again. Never thought I would be excited to rake leaves.

A bunch of us were outside at a party Saturday night and it really, really felt like October. I said "Damn, it feels like Halloween!" and everyone wished they had sweaters. This was the shortest, shittiest summer ever.

This summer feels like it will never end for me! It's going to be in the 90s again this weekend, and me without an air conditioner still…
I have knit three sweaters in the past six months. It would be nice to be able to wear them. I fully expect 60 degrees to be the high on September 1st, with a 95% chance of pumpkins.

In the 90s? pshhh… Try a high of 103 tomorrow. So friggin hot all of a sudden for some reason…

Oh, yes. Loving the weather. It's saving me a ton in A/C bills too.
Jessica- your patience for knitting is something I am jealous of. I learned how to last year and never made it past half an afghan and a scarf.

I like colder weather, but this summer has been ridiculous. Usually we get about two months of 'holy crap it's hot' weather, but all we got this year was three days. Pfft. Oh well, we've already moved in to Halloween weather, which has me all excited. I wonder if I can convince anyone to watch horror movies with me. My only friend that likes them too is in Ontario (I live in BC). Stupid non-horror-loving friends/family.

kb - Your patience amazes me - I have no patience for scarves, and an afghan would take FOR-EV-ER. How did you do it? Sweaters, socks, hats, and fingerless gloves make up most of my projects and they are far more interesting than just knitting squares and rectangles, and thus require less patience. Try it!

Shaunfu - I live in Pittsburgh and am comprised mainly of cold-climate-person genes. I find the 70s somewhat pleasant, the 80s barely tolerable, and the 90s downright torturous. If I were you, I would probably be dead, as my bones would melt.

See, Texas has been weird this year. It rained all summer long. Only in the last two weeks (just in time for Marching band!) has it gotten damn hot.

But really, it will likely be hot all through august. It is not uncommon for it to be 70 in November down here…Still, I'm hoping the "cool" summer trend continues, because it rocked.

I'm ready for fall weather, but NOT for the winter that comes after it. I just hate driving in snow.

It's a steamy 89 degrees here right now, but this past weekend was totally sweatshirt weather. It was cold and rainy, perfect for a couch, a blanket and a movie.

The big sudden storms, as the other Okie X-E'ers know, laid a really big tragedy on the Kiowa tribe. Our chairman's wife, daughter, and granddaughter were killed over the weekend when their van was swept off a bridge. He was driving ahead and stopped to try to flag them down, but because of the storm, didn't see or pay attention, and he saw the van get swept away. He's highly respected, and the news has shocked all of us. The Gallery will probably be closed the day of the funeral, so Ma and I can attend. On top of everything else, this counts as half of the reported deaths in the state due to the flooding. These storms took everyone by surprise, even the meteorologists. Just be careful out there, guys.

You can sure tell fall is on its way here. Used to have every fan in the house going now at night I'm looking for that extra blanket. It hits under 10 now in the evenings (Celcius) and high teens to very low 20's on the nicest of days….

The sad part was looking outside last night and it being dark (not just dusk) and when I glanced at the time it wasn't even 9pm yet….

kingklash, my sympathies to you and your tribe. It would certainly be a devastating even to witness as a husband and father.

Wow Kingklash, I am so sorry to here about that. I hope everyone else from Oklahoma is doing ok.

Compared to what some other places got/are getting, the Sooner State kinda got off easy. We are going to the Wake service tonight, at least. It's for all three. Not to sound gruesome, but I expect a big turnout. As I said, the Chairman's well-respected. Meanwhile, my 12-year-old nephew's friend just lost his dad from a long sickness, and he wants to go to the funeral in the morning. That one is here in town, and the same time as the other in another town, and he wants both his Granma (Ma) and his Mom (Army/firefighter Sis) to go with him. So, I'll be here holding down the store. Thanx for the prayers and support.

Milhouse: "Hey Bart! Lisa's skateboarding with some [i]cooool[/i] kids… And she looks like Blossom!"

i find it funny that i've started seeing some advertisements for winter clothing. who are they kidding? it's like 100+ degrees outside, last year i don't even remember it getting cold until like january

That link Something Funny posted is amazing. I just blew 2 hours perusing that site's stock and I feel like a kid again.

It always makes me nervous when we dont hear from Matt for a few days. Hope everything is ok. I bet he's just too bombarded by paparazzi and teenage girls after his Ghoulies IV blurb!

The best time to buy winter clothing is AFTER winter, when it deep-discounted on sale. I got a kick-ass trench coat that way.

The best time to buy winter clothing is AFTER winter, when it deep-discounted on sale.

You must be referring to January when they have to start clearing space for all the swimwear. :/ I hate stores for that.

I encourage EVERYONE to peruse the link that Something Funny posted earlier and the Gripp was raving about: I found a Toxic Crusaders poster book (35 cents!), some painter's caps, some weird old Star Trek books, some random Dark Horse comics, a G.I. Joe 35th anniversary poster from 1999, some sealed 8-track tapes, and lots of other weird stuff. Good way to kill your lunch hour…

That website from Something Fun reminds me of a catologue my mom used to get in the mail all the time.

Well, I bought the Goulies IV DVD just because they gave Matt his moment of glory. This is the only movie I have ever purchased for the purpose to have and not view.

I don't know how many of you are still keeping up on the Smash Bros Brawl front, but yesterday they confirmed that Diddy Kong will be one of the fighters!

Kickass, and they even confirmed that he'll use the Rocketbarrell Boost & Peanut Gun from DK64.

And here I thought my weird obsession with toy slime could never benefit anyone but myself.

They can put in Diddy Kong all they want, until I see Hikari in it instead of a doofus, I will not be happy.

So I was at Toys R Us the other day getting started on my Christmas shopping and I saw the nose. Not only did I see the big Boogaz nose but I saw the Pick n Flick finger and the 2 packs of common characters that you can purchase sans slime. I was reaching for them with the intent to purchase and was stopped in my tracks by the purchase price of $7.99 for the nose and $8.99 for the finger. WTF??? Unless these slimey bastards go on sale I am just going to have to be content with dreaming of a Snotty Claus figure. And just so you know Matt I would have sent him to you to use in the advent calendar as a zombie Santa or something. Alas you will just have to live with the old "It was the thought that counts" BS line. Sorry.

I would ordinarily be super sorry for the double post but it appears as though this thread is all but dead now…so…I am sorry but not as sorry!

Have any of you killed time over at www.perpetualkid.com yet? I love this site. I actually ordered the small washer and dryer set off the site Something Funny put up earlier. The sad thing is I paid more in shipping than for the toy.

Ugh… The weather has been killer for 2 weeks here in NC. Boogaz would bake on the sidewalk here.

Just got done watching the 80s slasher flick "Terror Train" with Jamie Lee Curtis and David Coppperfield (yes, that David Copperfield) on Fox Movie Channel. Not half bad, and that Groucho mask the killer wore in the beginning was more freaky than anything by either Jason, Leatherface, or Michael Myers. They'll replay it again tonite around 11:00 central.

I think someone should be checking up on Matt to make sure the hoards of DVD cover groupies are allowing him sufficient access to his computer. In Halloween related info, it looks like Wildstorm is going to be putting out a Freddy vs Jason vs Ash comic. I remember hearing about this as a potential movie years ago, so it could be interesting.

In breaking news, Paramount has hired Stephen Sommers to direct the GI Joe movie - based on the Marvel comic and cartoon series. Sounds like they got the perfect guy for an action movie.

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Super Metroid and I'm having a blast. Still awaiting MP3!

American Gladiators?!?! Someone stole my Gladiator name, "Electrosal". They gave it to dish washing detergent.

JLAJRC, Terror Train is one of my favorite slasher flicks! Kinda pissed I missed it.

jjwspider, they've been throwing Ash into all kinds of comic crossovers (as Kneg had to endure semi-recently through our old haunt of a comic shop) but that sounds pretty cool. Still pissed I missed out on the Evil Dead vs. Marvel Zombies issue.

Whoa…weird. I JUST finished reading "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a 'B' Movie Actor" By Bruce Campbell!! It was a great read. Lots of cool insider knowledge…although not enough about 'Army of Darkness' in my opinion.

Went to Garden Ridge to look at their Halloween decorations last night and there it was… they have already started putting out their Christmas decorations!

I'm gonna feel really dumb, but where is the proof that this site is read by Warren G?

Muppet Baby - I read that a few years ago, or at least parts of it. My husband and I saw him when Man with the Screaming Brain screened here at one of the small local theaters, and he was hilarious.

Found this on YouTube, while funny on it's own…. it features the X-E favorite.. Shamrock Shake.. thought that was note-worthy.

Tonight at 10pm eastern, Halloween will on AMC. After that they are jumping to Halloween 4 and 5. This is a good excuse to skip the bar scene tonight.

Just got done watching the 80s slasher flick "Terror Train" with Jamie Lee Curtis and David Coppperfield (yes, that David Copperfield) on Fox Movie Channel.

Or you can watch the killer mutant turtles flick (that's what they looked like to me, at least) "Humanoids from the Deep" on IFC tonite at 11:00 pm central.

I saw Underdog last night. It was cute, but like many of my age, I'd rather have the original cartoon I couldn't wait to see after school. I didn't expect a lot, after seeing how Disney treated Inspector Gadget.

ColonelCatsup: The Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness series ran five issues and was well worth the pick up. Somehow, nothing is as interesting as seeing a Zombie Capt. America debating the morality of his "hunger".

I am trying to get rage against the machine tickets for tonight…so if anybody has any extras, let me know!

I guess I should say…if the two other people in Wisconsin have any extras, let me know!

Anyone else wondering when Matt is going to give us a new entry so we can stop picking his Boogaz to death!??! Oh wait, he did say he wanted to marry 'em so perhaps they have been on their Honeymoon all this week! Se Lamour!

On another note I picked up the Essential Cyndi Lauper CD today and I am loving it. I also picked up 2 Linkin Park CD's but by far I am loving my 80's music more. I think I might get some Banarama and Go-Go's next!

I heard that Linkin Park cds sound better after you pop them in the microwave for about 10 seconds. Like a Krispy Kreme. Seriously though, who the fuck decided that Linkin Park was a good band deserving of any popularity at all?

For all those at home watching Halloween on AMC here is some little known facts:
-The character of Lori Stode is named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend
-Micheal's middle name is Audery
-Micheal's mask is really William Shatner's mask from the movie devil's Rain
-When they are watching TV later on and the voice says, "Lock your doors, bolt your windows.." is from John Carpenters film The Fog.
-The dorky kid is Jason Bateman from Arrested Development and Teen Wolf 2

Hahaha, Gripp. Tell it like it IS! Also, I'm going to double post most likely, because I've to go check something in the archives, but I just want to say HOLY SHIT, The Colonel posted. I am shocked.

Norbert, I've got your Cherubi if you still want it. You can just give me a junk for it. I still need to pay foward that Manaphy deal.

Actually I made up the fact Jason Bateman was in Halloween. I think that was a urban legend that was in my head.

Hey, speaking of Halloween (the movie), what does eveyone think about the new Rob Zombie remake that's coming out? Personally, I'm pretty excited but there are a lot of things that I can see from the preview that bug me. Kid Michael especially bugs me - he looks like one of those really annoying bratty kids. The long hair on both that one and the adult Mike are kinda off-putting too.

But it's all good, because they've kept the sheet-with-sunglasses scene. Love it. *big grin*

I expect nothing less than perfection. Zombie has proved in his earlier films he's dead on with picking up movie themes (shown in his 70's "exploitation" films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects). I respect him a lot for those movies and I know he won't fuck it up. I'm going opening night

I probably won't see Halloween in theatres, but I'm a little wary of the movie because it's going to "explain" how Michael got so F'ed up. For me, part of the allure of Michael's character is that he is pure evil. There is no explanation needed. He's just…evil..

Yeah, I like the whole 'he was just evil' thing too. I think I'll think of this new movie as an alternate universe kind of thing. Of course, movies 4-6 exist in a different universe from H20 and Resurrection anyway, so there is a precedent of alternate Halloweens. To be honest, I like to pretend H20 and Resurrection don't exist anyway.

Cameron T. I totally agree. But if Cotter will tip his hat to Rob Zombie then I will give it a fair shake.

I'm glad the Colonel made me watch Halloween now. At least I'll have some basis for comparison. He was shocked that I hadn't seen any of them, so in return for me seeing Halloween he had to watch Advent Children.

-When they are watching TV later on and the voice says, "Lock your doors, bolt your windows.." is from John Carpenters film The Fog.

Worldofbong: You are completely right. I think John Carpenter liked that tag line and used it for the trailer to The Fog in 1980. Either that or they edited in a couple years later to advertise for the movie when Halloween was re-released back into theaters.

Last night I attempted to watch Halloween for the first time straight through. Now, I've seen the entire movie, just at different starting points and times. However, after Michael walked into the room in his Charlie Brown ghost costume the long week caused me to collapse. maybe some other day.

i'm somewhat skeptical about the remake, i think zombie occasionally has good ideas here and there but so far hasn't produced a film that was completely solid the whole way through.

i'll def check it out opening weekend and i'm interested to see what he does, but i don't have my hopes up. i think he has a good movie in him somewhere though.

Now, if Zombie would remake "Season of the Witch," that could be something. The synthoids would be a hell of a lot more squishy, for one thing. I really want to hear a rock version of the Silver Shamrock jingle, either from the Z hisself, or even Dethklok.

67 more days till Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween.
67 more days till Halloween,
Silver Shamrock!

By the way I just beat Super Metroid. 6:31 and 71% items. Yeah, I know, not the best time, but it was my first time to ever play the game. I thought I did alright. I'll probably play it again after MP3.

I couldn't help but think that myself. I really liked how he looked in the original Halloween, because it was such a shock to see such a cute little boy holding an 8" machete covered in blood. This new kid looks like he deserves what's coming to him.

Glad you like the site

. I've been a bit lazy with updates but it's gonna get completely re-done pretty soon and a lot more is gonna happen from now until Halloween.

I was a Sega fanatic. Sonic 3 still takes the cake as one of the best games in my opinion.

Ah, so I was right. I knew it wasn't because you guys willingly forgot to partake in the one of the greatest games ever made

Oh, and guess what, I saw the green pixels of death in Mario 64. I'm going to rent RE4 tonight and get my Wii packaged up for delivery, I guess

No, I've been a Nintendo fan for life, but for some reason I never got into Metroid until I was in College (about 5 years ago). I've been looking for a cart of Super Metroid for about that long with no luck (Yeah, I could have bought one on ebay, but I've never bought anything on ebay and want to keep it that way).

After having played it, I'm glad I waited because I would have never made it very far as a kid (A combination of lack of patience and just plain not being very good at those kind of games).

My first few runs on Super M stayed in the 6-7 hour range, until I had the location of just about all the items, and little tricks along the way. From a magazine, I learned how to deal with the giant lobster boss of Meridia in short time. (creative use of Grapple Beam) Now, I can at least get Samus to lift her visor, and once in a great while, stand without her armor. I'm always getting a 95-96% on items. And, I always save the Super Jump bird and Wall Jump aliens on my way out during the mad dash to the ship at the end.

Knegative: Nah, not that young. I was in high school when it came out. Yeah, I was a die-hard Sega fan, but I also had a Super Nintendo. Hey… a great game is a great game… regardless of what system it is on. I wasn't going to miss Sonic 2 or Super Mario World.

For some reason I just never got around to playing it. I have it now (VC) and will dedicate some time to it in the near future.

I played it over and over as a kid, but I rented it, so I never owned it. I got Mario64 when I got SuperMetroid the other day and owning two games that I absolutely adore but never owned is just a joygasm.

Too bad it looks like I'll have to get my Wii fixed. It'll be alright, it's under warranty like you guys said.

Hi All. I finally got my hands on a Wii, so I would love to have some Wii's to send my Mii's to. The number is 8281 0146 8714 1648.

I have Marios Strikers if anyone else has it and wants to give it a go. It's pretty good, although the single player is kinda tough.

Kneg: Sorry to hear you are having the green pixel problem as well. For the last month or two I have basically learned to live with it as it isn't really that noticeable in most games. It did make RE4 unplayable though. I know I need to deal with it, but I've just been putting it off.

The funny thing is that a couple of months ago, when I first noticed it, I couldn't really find any information about the problem online. That really bothered me. I didn't want to be the only unlucky SOB out there with this happening. At least now I can see there are entire forum threads dedicated to the issue. I've done a bit of research on it, but did I read correctly that Nintendo's warranty lasts for one year from the date of purchase? I also read that you can extend the warranty for three months if/when you register it.

Considering I didn't get my Wii until April I feel pretty confident that mine should still be covered, but I am only going off of information that I read in the Nintendo forums. Have you read anything about it?

This is Nintendo we are talking about here. Even if you were out of warranty, they'd probably fix it just to make it good for you. Yes, the warranty is one year from DOP, and it extends for three months when you register the console.

Seriously, call them up, and they'll probably ship you a box, no questions asked.

I haven't filled out the form yet because my local blockbuster didn't have RE4, but it said they would send out a shipping label. I checked with them and my warranty is still good, so as soon as I track down RE4 I'll submit and get things rolling.

I read that it might be due to Connect24, and overheating because of it. I can't say for sure, though.

Oh, silly me, forgot to respond to Darth Galvatron. The number above is my DS Friend Code, but when I get my Wii back I'd be glad to add you and slap my number up here.

If you play Pokemon and want to see if I can help you out with anything feel free to add the above FC.

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