Junior Seau 1-19-1969 to 5-2-2012

Beyond the creative writing portion of one of my High School English classes, I don’t think I’ve ever written an obituary; not about to start now. But I feel that I would be remiss if I didn’t comment on the suicide of one of my favorite players from …

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I don’t think that it’s any secret that I LOVE Lego and Mini-Figures that are compatible with Lego. After all I’ve been showcasing my Character Building Doctor Who figures for quite some time. I’ve even been buying up single packs of the recent Mega …

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Let it be widely known here and now that I, William Matthew Noetling, HATE April Fool’s Day. My hatred comes from working over at Pojo.com for several years and inevitably on 4-1 there would be some pre-teens or tweens who think that they’re god’s gif…

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March Madness is in full swing, the Final Four is this weekend, and I could care less. Heck I’m more interested to see if Tiger can win the Masters this weekend. I’m also focusing all my fan vibes on rooting the Kings to a playoff spot. Why don’t I …

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Time I’ve now effectively lost never to get back: 3 hours 10 minutes.
At least I closed out the big four with a perfect record. Not that they were all that difficult to pick.

That’s not so bad. Other than the opening sequence and the Cirque Du Solei…

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Yeah, I’m not doing so hot. 7 out of 20 so far, with the big four to go.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER: Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
I chose Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
I chose Benice Be…

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Hugo has won both Cinematography and Art Direction. I picked the latter, missed the former. For those scoring at home batting .500.

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84th Annual Academy Awards
My last minute picks are Double Starred. It’s starting RIGHT NOW.

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
**Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor…

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I have company over, it would be RUDE to live blog during the game.

So it’s cancelled. I know you’re all disappointed.

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For the third or fourth straight year I will be live-blogging my view of the Superbowl from my wonderful PAID-OFF Tempur-Pedic bed in front of my 46″ Plasma, watching in HD this year.

Grub will be a CPK Frozen Pizza, Frozen TGI Fridays Mozzarella St…

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I will admit it, I have the Doctor Who bug again. Doesn’t everyone get a bug up their butt about something every now and then? Plus it feels good to write something. Anything.

I recently decided to vary my Classic Doctor Who viewing, mostly because…

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Was it a mere two weeks ago that I posted about finding Doctor Who Toys cheap? This afternoon I decided on a whim to go to Yoga class by myself and on the way back, feeling VERY refreshed and relaxed I stopped into the same Comic Book Store DreamWorld…

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It’s not even February and the brand spanking new Topps Baseball Card Set is out. What’s even better is that I actually got to purchase a few packs on “opening day!” I can’t even remember the last time that happened. Gone are the days when I could a…

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As you know I’ve been skipping around the various Doctor’s incarnations lately, reviewing one of the 5th Doctor tales and promising more. Well, that I can deliver. Here’s what’s coming up on Doctor Who Review:

2nd Doctor Final Story – The War Games
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You never know when you’re going to find something really cool. Today on the way back from my daughter’s Yoga class I decided to stop at Dreamworld Comics where I was immediately drawn to a huge bucket of loose toys. I started digging and soon notice…

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I’ll admit it, I can’t keep a schedule at all. Not only that, but I’m jumping around all over the place with this series, much like the show and the Doctor himself. So I think it’s entirely appropriate that because I’m not watching these shows in any…

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I’m feeling rather nostalgic today since it’s my 41st Birthday. Something I was just pondering – why don’t card companies make Hologram cards anymore? I really enjoyed those in the 90′s and I haven’t seen a full hologram card in forever, and they we…

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The Budget Collector wishes you a happy and healthy New Year, Feliz Nuevo Ano (sorry, I dunno how to do the tilde) and a wonderful 2012.The one promise that I will make is that I WILL post more in 2012 than I did in 2011. Obviously I’m not into this b…

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No not those kind of Angels – the Christmasy kind. Last year my lovely wife Redstitch came up with a nifty crafty project that we gave to some friends and family. This year we decided to do a bigger batch and put them on Etsy. Who knows, maybe they’…

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I’m guessing there will be an airbrushed card in Topps 2012 Series 1. This is the best news that Angels fans could get today – signing BOTH Pujols and CJ Wilson, creating a log-jam at 1b that you LOVE to have. The Halos aren’t done either, I would ex…

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Remember those new Character Building Figures that I reviewed a couple of weeks ago? Yeah I found ‘em in a Las Vegas Target over the holiday weekend. Picked me up one of the two soldiers, the uncommon version. I could feel the gun through the bag.Ni…

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Mini-Fig collecting is certainly a more niche field these days, but in contrast to the past, there’s quite a few more lines available now than there ever have been. Lately I have been fascinated with the little guys, I suppose Lego’s blind packaged fi…

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I know it’s been quite a while since I began the “Doctor Who Review” and I realize now that I made a mistake in not starting at the beginning. So I’ve gone back and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.Airing a mere one day after the assassination of J…

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I know it’s been quite a while since I began the “Doctor Who Review” and I realize now that I made a mistake in not starting at the beginning. So I’ve gone back and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.Airing a mere one day after the assassination of J…

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After getting the Character Building Mini Tardis set in the mail I suddenly had a deep-seeded need to get more Lego and Lego-style mini-figures, so when I saw that Target had a sale on the Transformers Kre-O line of building sets I finally pulled the t…

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Created using Comic Life, iPhone 3G & Mac Mini.Click to embiggen.

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Created using Comic Life, iPhone 3G & Mac Mini.Click to embiggen.

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Building the TardisI think that just about everyone who was born after 1965 has had something or other to do with Lego, either watching their kids play with it, or more than likely, playing with Lego themselves. I wish I could count myself as a first-…

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I’ve just put up 100 lots on eBay – click here:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/wmnoe/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

VIRTUALLY Every single starts at 99 cents, with a BIN of TWO BUCKS and FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING.

And remember, if you send me the password “WildWi…

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viaSuperpunchI THINK this is the interview I was referring to yesterday in my piece on the Macho Man. I spent last night watching several old matches and promos, and man, will he be missed.Nope:THIS is the interview I was thinking about:Oh wow, here’s…

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It’s no secret that I love Professional Wrestling. It’s also no secret that I hate it as well. It is the very dichotomy that IS professional wrestling that makes me love it and hate it. The limits that the performers blow by in their never ending qu…

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I’ve got 60 Singles listed right now, virtually ALL of them start at 99 cents with free shipping.Give me the password “DylanDog” in a note if you win one of my cards and I’ll throw in FREE Allen & Ginter minis.Here’s the listing:http://shop.ebay.com/wm…

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It’s finally here, seems like the MLB off-season is longer than the other three sports (“seems? I know not seems”). The day when every team still has a shot at the playoffs. Ah, the sweet smell of spring and daytime baseball. Wish you were here.

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Hey guys/gals whatevers, I put up one of my rarest collectible pieces on eBay, a one-of-a-kind T-Shirt/Iron On Prototype Design of Leonardo of the TMNT. It was given to me by Kevin Eastman himself for winning a trivia contest at the 1989 San Diego Com…

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Hello readers, I know, I know, I don’t blog nearly enough. This is true.Today I beseech you to join my Head-to-Head FUN Fantasy Baseball League. See, I SUCK at Fantasy Baseball and I want to change that, so I’m doing a fun league this season. We alr…

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