Category: toys

  • New Millennium Falcon coming to a Galaxy near you!

    In keeping with today’s Star Wars theme when you think of fantastic & iconic spaceships the Millennium Falcon should be the first one that pops into your mind, if not, hopefully it’s the second. The first time I saw this ship on the screen I wished I could climb onboard and travel the galaxy with…

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  • I was Howard Langston…at least for a few hours.

    If you understood the title of this post, you’re either an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan or fan of the movie Jingle All the Way.  How did I become like Howard looking for Turbo Man at the last minute? Funny you should ask. Last Monday December 23, my wife and I and the kids joined their cousins…

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  • 10 Days of Fandads is Coming!

    It is that time of year again for us here at Fandads to thank our friends for their support with the 3rd annual “10 Days of Fandads”. If you are new to our site and have never participated, check out a picture of last year’s goodies here with our model taunting you. “How do I…

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  • Star Trek KRE-O Toy Review and Giveaway.

    Recently we did a review of Iron Man toys that we received from Hasbro.  Now with the release of the new Star Trek movie.  Kre-O has released a few sets of their toys based on the upcoming movie.  We here at Fandads were given a few of these items to review and we will give…

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  • What’s Going on with The Fandad?

    Sometimes our everyday life grabs a hold of us and doesn’t let go.  This is the situation here with the Fandads.  While we are trying to keep the site updated and tease a few posts we are working on here and there, life comes around and kicks us in the behind and puts everything on…

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  • Sneak Peek

    Here’s a sneak pick of a post that we are working on.  

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  • It’s Coming!! Are you ready for it?

    For the past few days we’ve been hinting at something coming soon to Fandads and if you were around last year you might have an idea as to what it might be.  Just to keep it a secret for now, let’s say this year’s might be a little bigger and there will be different ways…

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  • Chicago Toy and Game Fair

    Last year Fandads went to the Chicago Toy & Game Fair and we had a blast. (Read about our visit here). This year the Fair is heading to the bigger Hall H at Navy Pier on November 17-18 and Fandads has family passes to giveaway to two lucky readers on our Facebook page and our…

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  • I’m on a Volt! I’m on a Volt!

    Last year thanks to Chevy and Klout I was able to test drive a Chevy Sonic for three days and write about my experiences with it here on Fandads.  Somehow I was lucky again, because this time Chevy and Klout gave me the opportunity to test drive a Chevy Volt.  Again, like last time, I…

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  • The 10 Days of Fandads

    Starting today we are starting the 10 Days of Fandads on our Facebook page.  Everyday we will post up a question or saying and the first person to answer or post a comment will get a prize. It’s as easy as that.  So head on over to our Facebook page, “like” it if you haven’t…

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