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Post by Patty on Jan 11, 2010 11:07:38 GMT -8
Got a new job! Well, it's a three month internship, but it's something at least. Just thought I'd share the good news. Michael Absolutely fabulous news.
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Post by Patty on Jan 10, 2010 15:38:04 GMT -8
Bookmarking this.
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Post by Patty on Jan 10, 2010 15:36:12 GMT -8
*Hugs Patty, and hopes she doesn't mind* Of course I don't mind. I'm slowly coming back from the dead. As I said over at SA earlier today, I don't want to lose any more pieces of me. ANd that includes hugs from you.
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Post by Patty on Oct 4, 2009 20:13:42 GMT -8
This place has turned into a ghost town lately. If you're still here, and you still want to be here, just ... say something, okay? I'd hate to think that our once-vibrant community is dying out ... I'm still here, but things are... complicated, here at home. Not something I am willing to discuss at the moment.
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Post by Patty on Jun 17, 2009 11:17:00 GMT -8
Randomness for the sake of randomness...
I love when separate bits of my life come together.
Over on LiveJournal, I run a community called The Blog Stoker's DRACULA Project [BlogDracula], which presents the epistolary novel in "real time"... as in posting Jonathan Harker's, Mina Murray's, Dr. Seward's journals and diaries on the day they appear in the book.
On the homefront, Michael and I just finished watching the DOCTOR WHO Seventh Doctor story "The Curse of Fenric", which is set in the seaside town where Stoker's book has Dracula coming ashore after the wreck of the Demeter.
I've no clue how I missed that line from the Vicar, the Reverend Mister Wainwright, through the many times I've viewed this story. It's sychronicitously delicious, at least to me.
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Post by Patty on Jun 12, 2009 16:17:31 GMT -8
Probably of most interest to Mario.... This week saw our receipt of the newest release in the FACTION PARADOX audio series from Magic Bullet Productions. FP#5 - OZYMANDIAS features Gabriel Woolf, Wanda Opalinska, Jane Lesley, Tracy Russell, Robert Lock, Jet Tattersall, David Bickerstaff and Edward De Souza. Other titles in this audio series can be found at www.mikescomics.com/CD1H.html. We are happy to take your special orders and want lists! Thank you, as always, for your support. ---Michael & Patty Mike's Comics Worcester, Massachusetts, USA www.mikescomics.com
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Post by Patty on May 1, 2009 13:44:31 GMT -8
We are still taking orders for the newest DOCTOR WHO Region 1 releases on DVD; these titles are street-dated for May 5th and are ready to ship. * DOCTOR WHO - BATTLEFIELD, starring Sylvester McCoy as The Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Jean Marsh as Morgaine. * DOCTOR WHO - THE E-SPACE TRILOGY, starring Tom Baker as The Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana, and Matthew Waterhouse as Adric. More titles like this can be found at www.mikescomics.com/DVD1.html.
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Post by Patty on Mar 7, 2009 8:47:10 GMT -8
Word is that the DVD will be a 3 hour director's cut. One of the reasons why I'm not going to see this on the big screen. If you can believe it, I'm already getting pre-orders for the director's cut DVD, as of 8PM last night. Should I be grimly amused?
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Post by Patty on Mar 7, 2009 8:42:11 GMT -8
So last week I broke down and got a Facebook page. Reconnected with some people I haven't talked to in years. Anyone remember Aman Chadburry from the WEF? Still talk to him at all in any of the diaspora? Turns out he's friends with a guy I went all the way through elementary school-High school with. I still keep in touch with Aman. Added you on Facebook, by the bye. Trust me, I will not pelt you with sheep, offer you flowers for your Green Patch, or sic vampires upon you. I ignore most of the Facebook apps. I mostly use Facebook for messaging and for updating pages related to my business. Please add the Mike's Comics page and the Blake's 7: The Audio Adventures page.
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Post by Patty on Mar 6, 2009 13:47:55 GMT -8
I can actually imagine Adrian Veidt green-lighting this as a cartoon in the Watchmen universe. Even without sound, that's brilliant.
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Post by Patty on Mar 6, 2009 13:45:10 GMT -8
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Post by Patty on Mar 4, 2009 6:02:59 GMT -8
For the first time in 15 years, I am tempted to break my boycott on movie theaters to go to see WATCHMEN.
I shan't, of course, because I don't even have matinee money at the moment.
But I want to.
I await your reviews and commentary, forumites.
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Post by Patty on Mar 2, 2009 12:47:11 GMT -8
Two new audio releases from Big Finish: * DOCTOR WHO #118 - THE DESTROYER OF DELIGHTS, part of the "Key 2 Time" crossover series, starring Peter Davison as The Fifth Doctor and Ciara Janson as Amy, and featuring David Troughton as The Black Guardian. * DARK SHADOWS 2.6 - THE PATH OF FATE, starring Lara Parker and David Selby. As always, thank you for your support. ---Michael & Patty www.mikescomics.com
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Post by Patty on Feb 13, 2009 9:02:10 GMT -8
The next few weeks look to be banner weeks as far as receiving new DOCTOR WHO toys. www.mikescomics.com/TOYS2.html* This week, we received the River Song (Future) Sonic Screwdriver. All preorders have been filled, and we are still taking new orders. * We also received our first allotment of two other items... The Journal of Impossible Things and Captain Jack Harkness' Vortex Manipulator. We have started filling orders on these, but were allocated. We expect resupplies towards the end of next week. New orders for either or both of these items are still being taken. * Other items expected to arrive in the next few are the Gelth Build-A-Figure assortment, the Cyberman Build-A-Figure assortment, and the Time Squad 15-piece set. Please let us know if you would like any or all of these added to your standing orders. As always, many thanks for your support. ---Michael Salvo & Patty Cryan Mike's Comics www.mikescomics.com
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Post by Patty on Feb 3, 2009 12:47:07 GMT -8
A note from my partner: Doctor Who Action Figures - News & InformationWe've been nearly overwhelmed by the number of calls and e-mails we've received in the past few days about upcoming releases of Doctor Who action figures. As I've promised many of you, I'm posting to tell you what I've found out, and with some updated information, now that I finally have some. We've probably been solicited already for all the action figures we're going to get released for Doctor Who until at least June, 2009, and probably into July, 2009. We are still asking for some additional information about some solicited items, but we are told not to expect any additional offerings to be released before SDCC (San Diego Comic Con). Of course, this is subject to change, but we feel this is accurate based on current plans. We have ordered and expect to get all five different 2009 SDCC "Exclusives" when they are made available. We have agreed not to post pictures of these yet. Further, we have agreed not to post the retail price expected to be charged at SDCC, nor our own pricing on these items, until they are available for sale at SDCC, nor to disclose that information in advance of official release. The five items are: Sixth Doctor with ‘Real Time’ Blue coat Second Doctor with Telos Cyber Tombs Cyberman 2 Pack (color) Second Doctor with Telos Cyber Tombs Cyberman 2 Pack (black & white) First Doctor with Dalek Invasion Of Earth ‘Black’ Dalek 2 Pack (color) First Doctor with Dalek Invasion Of Earth ‘Black’ Dalek 2 Pack (black & white) We have also agreed for now not to list the 2009 SDCC Exclusives on our web site, though we are allowed to accumulate Advance Orders starting immediately...so long as we do not charge customers for these items until their release, which is how we normally operate. Within reason, we are not limiting quantities you can order, but there is a fixed total amount we'll be supplied. There is likely to be some amount of further information we're simply not allowed to disclose about these figures. While we invite questions at any time, we may need to respond in some cases that we are simply not allowed to comment...at the risk of losing not just these figures, but future releases as well. Trust me, we always want to tell you more, but we have to respect the rules! We expect also to be limited in selling these Exclusives only to the US and Canada. We definitely can't sell them into Great Britain, even to retailers. Those are simply the rules. However, we are working with our supplier to ask about other countries. If we can sell to other countries in special circumstances, we'll hope to know soon, but we expect it is more likely we'll have a list of recommended resellers in other countries, and we're working on getting that information...we'll likely either put this on our Links page, or will respond with specific recommendations in e-mail. But, please understand we may not have this particular list together until about 2/16 or 2/23. We will try to be competitive as always on price, and from what we've seen so far, we strongly recommend people to consider buying these figures in sets while they are available. We do not expect to be able to re-order, or add to our initial orders in the future...we've ordered a certain amount, and once they're gone, they're gone forever. And, demand at this point is already higher than I can remember for any figures so soon after solicitation, and we haven't even posted a listing on our main site yet! Back to other figures, I'm told not to expect a Series 4 set of 10 figures in a TARDIS box, as we had for the first three series...at least it's not in the plans yet for 2009. However, it's possible we'll start seeing new releases late in 2009, and I'm playing a hunch in saying there could still be some interesting releases in time for the Christmas holiday season for 2009...but, we got no specific indications from the US distributor this was happening. Finally, we are trying to re-stock a few recent sets, especially as many figures have completely sold out. In very limited numbers, we're trying to re-stock the Vespiform build-a-figure set, and a couple of other assortments that we may sell only as sets...we're trying to figure that out still. This may include a very tiny number of the first assortment of Classic Series figures...again, we're considering only taking orders for figures if they're bought as part of a set. While this hasn't been the way we've traditionally done things, we are also trying to find ways to keep our prices down in the face of rising wholesale prices and very sharp shipping cost increases, so we need be careful not to sell only the "chase figures" from assortments and nothing else. We'll update our site upon confirmation of those supplies, and when we're sure how we'll be selling them. Thanks, as always, for your support. ---Michael Salvo Mike's Comics www.mikescomics.com
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