OTW Blog & LEGO M.A.S.K.
Goblin Tales [Amazon | B&N | Lulu] picked up reviews at SciFiChick (“This must-read collection…”) and Romantic Times (“…a fabulous introduction to Hines’ writing, his world of goblins, and his world of Libriomancy all in one — who can pass up a 3-fer?”)
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A month or so back, I was invited to write a guest blog post for the Organization for Transformative Works. Here’s a sneak peek:
I’ve seen the whole spectrum of opinions, from “Fanfiction is the Devil’s Prose!” to “Fanfiction is so much better than that commercial dreck.” I don’t buy either view. Fanfiction is fanfiction. Some is brilliant. Some is abysmal. Fanfic authors sometimes get criticized for not writing commercially, but that makes as little sense as criticizing a fantasy author for not writing fortune cookies. For most of us, we write what we love, and we do it because we love it.
Full post is here.
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Finally, does anyone else remember M.A.S.K., an 80s cartoon and toy line about vehicles and buildings with hidden weapons, concealed mini-vehicles, and also lots of masks? Orion Pax (the same individual who built a transforming Optimus Prime from LEGO) has been working on LEGO M.A.S.K., including a working version of Boulder Hill, the good guys’ HQ.
We had these toys! I remember playing with this set. This blows my mind. Click here or the thumbnails for the full photo set.
Jason
March 30, 2011 @ 10:25 am
I not only remember M.A.S.K. I loved it! They had cool vehicles that transformed into various things, masks that had different powers and abilities, and a robot sidekick that became a Vespa! What more could you want out of a cartoon?
Sean
March 30, 2011 @ 6:49 pm
Mask, where illusion is the ultimate weapon…yeah i had the motorcycle one it was cool. That was back when toys were still cool and we actually played with them, a cardboard box was cut up and turned into a base and it was fun. our girls nowadays have everything and are always bored…..
Sean
Jim C. Hines
March 30, 2011 @ 6:58 pm
I don’t remember the Vespa, but we had a decent number of the toys, and of course we watched the short-lived
commercialscartoon!Jim C. Hines
March 30, 2011 @ 7:00 pm
My kids are a bit toy-spoiled too. And not to be that Dad, but our toys were SO MUCH COOLER!
Except maybe for the LEGO sets … they’ve put out some sweet new models. Fortunately, I get to play with them too 🙂