Monday, May 12, 2014

The Walking Dead TV Series 5 Maggie Action Figure


Maggie is the eldest daughter of Hershel's daughters and it is apparent she is not your typical girl from the farm. Beautiful and headstrong, her qualities quickly attracted Glenn's attention and he wasted no time making his feelings known in this new unpredictably dangerous world. They proved that even in a zombie apocalypse, love can flourish. This action-figure comes with approximately 22 points of articulation, knife with hip sheath, assault rifle and pistol.

This is an amazing figure. It comes from McFarlane's The Walking dead series 5. The details in the clothes are great.Here is a nice Maggie figure to go with Glenn, as well as the Riot Gear Zombie from series 4. This head sculpt looks like a fairly decent likeness of Lauren Cohan. This figure comes with a knife with hip sheath (that also fits into the jaw of the Riot Gear Zombie figure from series 4), an assault rifle and a pistol that can be holstered. I like that this figure is covered in blood, as most of the human figures from the last 4 series have been fairly clean looking. A clean variant version of this figure would be nice as well, but I still like the look of this figure all bloodied.

The Walking Dead TV Series 4 Carl Grimes Action Figure


AMC's The Walking Dead television series is now the most watched drama in basic cable history. Shattering records along the way with the release of each new season. Season 3 finds Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors continuing to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous and McFarlane Toys is sitting shotgun for the ride with its forth series of AMC's The Walking Dead action figures. Each highly articulated human figure features the exact likeness of the actor by using a 3D scanning process and come with multiple accessories. And just like with the first three series of figures, each zombie included features an amazing attention to detail and unique play-action for maximum fun. The son of Rick and Lori Grimes, Carl has gone from being a reserved, fearful child to becoming a true battle-hardened Walker dispatcher. As the youngest original Atlanta survivor, Carl has been forced to grow up brutally fast with little to no room for childhood amenities. Accessories for this figure includes 22 points of articulation, a hunting knife with sheath, prison medical bag, prison keys and a removable sheriff's hat given to him by his father, Rick.

Carl Grimes, not one of my favorite characters on the show , but he gets a very good treatment of the figure in the series 4. Now that his father Rick stuffed his sheriff hat , little Carl can now wear. The hat fits great and looks great, not awkward like removable caps may look like a lot of numbers . There are not too many great accessories for this figure ( I would have liked the gun with silencer fortune he used in most episodes of season 3, but good) , it comes with keys prison (the same prison keys come in 2 parts Dixon brother just released under the series 4) a bag of medical supplies and a small knife. I can understand McFarlane be reluctant to make a figurine of a young boy came with machine guns and pistols. The figure itself looks great, the sculpture of the head has a great resemblance to Chandler Riggs plays Carl Grimes, if his hair should be a little longer. The map is blistered to figure is almost identical to the 3 Series to prison as a backdrop , the only difference I see is that there's just more blood splashed on top.

The Walking Dead TV Series 5 Glenn Action Figure


With his uncanny ability to move in and out of perilous situations, Glenn has become Rick's "go-to-town" expert. Throughout the apocalypse Glenn has proven himself a vital cog to the survival of the original Atlanta group. Through his bravery and selflessness, Glenn has also caught the eye of the Hershel's daughter, Maggie. This action-figure comes with approximately 22 points of articulation, handgun with leg holster, knife with hip sheath, broken bloody pipe and alternate head with bloodied face.

This is an amazing figure. It comes from McFarlane's The Walking dead series 5. The details in the clothes are great. And this is an awesome figure. The head sculpt captures a pretty decent likeness of actor Steven Yeun who plays Glenn Rhee.I like that this figure comes with an alternate bloodied head as seen in the season 3 episode "When the Dead Come Knocking". He also comes with a bloody pipe, pistol with holster, and a knife with hip sheath. And his riot gear vest.This is one of my favorite figures from series 5


The Walking Dead TV Daryl Dixon 10" Deluxe Action Figure



This Daryl Dixon Deluxe 10-Inch Action Figure from the TV series The Walking Dead features an exact likeness of the actor, taken from a full 3-D scan of Norman Reedus! Dixon is portrayed in his iconic angel wings stitched biker vest and includes a removable poncho, hunting knife, and crossbow. Note: The poncho accessory comes in the packaging but is not visible until the packaging is opened. Fan-favorite Daryl Dixon, from AMC's hit television series The Walking Dead, is a lone wolf survivalist who has proven time and again to be a vital sentinel for Rick Grimes and his group in an unpredictable and perilous apocalyptic world.

  • Figure features the exact likeness of the actor, Norman Reedus
  • Figure is portrayed in his iconic angel wings stitched biker vest
  • Figures includes removable poncho, hunting knife and crossbow
  • Figure is 10" scale


McFarlane Toys The Walking Dead TV Deluxe Box Set (Daryl Dixon with Chopper)


 McFarlane Toys’ deluxe box set features Daryl Dixon with his iconic chopper motorcycle. The figure's exact likeness is created using a full 3D scan of the actor himself, Norman Reedus!

Fan-favorite Daryl Dixon, from AMC's hit television series The Walking Dead, is a lone wolf survivalist who has proven time and again to be a vital sentinel for Rick Grimes and his group in an unpredictable and perilous apocalyptic world. McFarlane Toys' deluxe box set features Daryl Dixon with his iconic chopper motorcycle. The figure's exact likeness is created using a full 3D scan of the actor himself, Norman Reedus! This brand new sculpt portrays Daryl in his angel wings stitched biker vest and includes approximately 20 points of articulation, hunting knife and new crossbow. Daryl's transportation of choice in this apocalyptic world is his brother Merle's black chopper motorcycle. The first vehicle produced for The Walking Dead action figure line, this iconic chopper includes the lightning-bolt insignia on the tank, skull decal and saddlebags.

The Walking Dead: Compendium Two


Chapter Two: Miles Behind Us " picks up with Rick , Lori , Carl and environment seeking refuge Having abandoned the immediate rescue - the group continues now only security This section is most notable for the introduction of Tyreese , a natural .. leader who forged a strong alliance with Rick . stills group thinks they can wait until the zombie problem if they simply can not find an isolated and secure location. gated community seems just perfect and the group is delighted by the prospect of some normalcy . But all is not as it seems, and "The Walking Dead" establishes that no one is safe. chapter Two destroyed what little innocence is left in our group because they face their first real loss as a new unit . it is well drawn, well-orchestrated and genuinely poignant that the group comes to understand that security is an illusion. While Chapter was an effective plot set up , it sets the tone danger . excellent


The Walking Dead: Compendium One


When I heard that AMC was going to produce a television series based on the zombie epic "The Walking Dead" I was both interested and happy. A bona fide classic in the tradition of the Dead , "The Walking Dead" graphic novels are brutal and surprising - not really what I want to represent a television show basic cable ( the first season is scheduled for 6 episodes we'll see if it goes beyond ) . But AMC has produced fantastic and prestigious shows like " Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" , so I'm happy enough to see what they do with it . Add Frank Darabont of "The Shawshank Redemption" fame as the creative force behind the show, and we just might be a winner! In anticipation , I returned by past volumes of "The Walking Dead" to rediscover the pleasures that this series has to offer. Compendium collects the first eight chapters listed below - great value , but a book MASSIVE !

Chapter One: . Days Gone By "is the jumping off point - and, indeed , sets things in a fairly typical manner After participating in a shootout , cop Rick awakes from an isolated , but not alone coma in a local hospital. apparently , in the time it came out , something has changed in the world and now the dead walk . the chapter introduces Rick and many other principles as he tries to understand what is happening as it passes through the state to locate his family. in suburban Atlanta , Rick is reunited with his wife Lori , son Carl , and police partner Shane with a group of other survivors. at this point , hope is still alive and people are just waiting to be saved and restored order. Whereas the establishment was very familiar, the chapter highlight involves a real human betrayal that redefines the state of mind of all participants. much characters are introduced to define the basis for the rest of the story . good, with a strong final emotional charge , it is a worthy introduction that gets our group of survivors on the road.


Friday, March 21, 2014

The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us

The Walking Dead Vol.2 by Robert Kirkman - puts us miles behind all issues 7-12 in a collection . The first six numbers introduce the reader to the main character of Rick Grimes and his discovery of a world turned upside down and backwards as the legions of undead walk and roam the streets, fields and the channels . The rest of this first volume contains Rick with his wife and son and a motley group of other survivors in search of a safe place. I liked the way Kirkman used the backdrop of a world of the undead to tell a story of survival and how extreme situations can have surprising and lasting effects on those who remain.

In miles behind us, the story of Robert Kirkman Charlie Adlard a new artist . Adlard 's style has a similar to the previous artist Tony Moore look, but more of a rough line finished look. When the pages and panels Moore smoother and more cinematic feel to them, Adlard to actually fit the mood and feel of the story Kirkman writing. I love the work of Moore and gory detail he put into the first numbers , but Adlard just seems to resonate with abit more about survival and doing what it takes to survive . There are some scenes in miles behind us where it is difficult to differentiate between survivors and zombies. I love this technique in the way it shows that zombies and survivors can much more in common after all in regard to the title of the story .

Kirkman introduced in this volume quite abit of new characters for the group Rick heads as they leave the campground in the Atlanta suburbs. They lost three of their numbers in the previous volume. Two of them for the predations of vampires who stumbled into their campsite and another for stress and jealousy that weighed on the mind of one of their own . Miles behind brings us into two groups of survivors. One is a father , daughter and the boyfriend of the girl. Tyrese is an interesting character from the start and notes problems with the girl and her boyfriend are gradually distributed to help bring new conflicts in group dynamics . The other group is a farmer and his children and neighbors of the road. The introduction of Herschel and his family helps to show how everyone does not react the same way to the crisis of the undead. To say that the reaction of Herschel and temporary solution to how to handle the crisis undead is a bad idea all around is an understatement. Actions Hershel aid leads to the biggest event sequence in this volume and how extensive its ramifications are . While new characters are introduced some of the people in the group fall by the wayside as Rick looking for a safe place to stay becomes increasingly dangerous and people are lost and / or nearly lost along the way .

I agree with the assertion that the Walking Dead is really not all about zombies and gore ( it helps that he has them in abundance) , but its on the effects of extreme events and situations on personality, the psyche and the behavior of those who try to survive . From Dale ( oldest) throughout Crl ( a younger ) , survivors are assigned into their bones with all that has happened. Sometimes , the result makes each individual stronger and sometimes it just leads to conflict and highlights the vile nature of man as an individual.

Miles behind us just continues to impress me in the way Kirkman took the theme of the Apocalypse zombie and run with it. This is a testament to his writing and imagination that I consider the series The Walking Dead equal to nothing Romero did. I think fans of zombies and apocalyptic stories is good praise

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 : Days Gone Bye


From Publishers Weekly

Taking a well-worn genre—flesh-eating zombies overrun the world and the unlucky surviving humans must deal with the gruesome aftermath—and approaching it from a purely character-driven point of view propels this series into the spotlight from out of nowhere. This collection of the first six issues of the ongoing series opens with police officer Rick Grimes awakening from a gunshot-induced coma. From here, he's immediately dragged into a world where dangerous revenants are shambling amok without any sort of an explanation. From the moment Grimes comes to, it's a harrowing battle to avoid hordes of decomposing zombies and a hope-against-all-odds search for his missing family. Grimes makes his way to Atlanta, the nearest large city where there may be other living people, and events take several unexpected turns upon his arrival, as he meets up with a rural encampment of survivors. Of course, as in recent hit movies 28 Days Later... and Dawn of the Dead, the last humans may turn out to be as much a danger as the zombies. Forceful scripting that gives the book a strong grounding in reality, crisp b&w artwork, a shocking final sequence and brisk, gory proceedings elevate this book from the trash heap of pedestrian horror comics. +... Read more 

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Walking Dead Season 4

The fourth season begins several months after The Governor's failed attack on the prison, where life has become relatively peaceful for the enlarged group of survivors. Following Rick's renouncement of leadership, a council is formed consisting of Hershel, Glenn, Sasha, Daryl, and Carol, who is secretly teaching the group's children survival skills and the use of weapons. Michonne continues to hunt for The Governor. This peace is disrupted when a deadly influenza virus ravages the population, killing a number of survivors and causing a walker outbreak. The survivors then learn that someone has been feeding rats to the walkers swarming the outer fence, and shortly afterward, two sick survivors (Karen and her friend David) are found stabbed in the head and their corpses burned. The virus persists, and the infected are quarantined, including Glenn, Sasha, and a child named Lizzie Samuels. Hershel decides to care for the infected in the quarantined cell block while Daryl, Michonne, Tyreese, and former army medic Bob Stookey leave to scavenge medicine from a veterinary college. Rick soon deduces that Carol was the murderer, and after a short supply run he banishes her from the group. Quarantined survivors killed by the flu become walkers, who eventually overrun the quarantined area, and outside, hordes walkers attracted by the rats breach the outer fence, but Hershel, Maggie, Rick and Carl manage to contain the situation until the scavenging team returns with the medicine.
Meanwhile, The Governor is revealed to be alive. He and two henchmen (Martinez and Shumpert) camped out after the failed prison attack, but the two abandon him when he demonstrates signs of apathy. Finding himself alone, he burns down Woodbury and wanders aimlessly until he meets the Chambler family, consisting of sisters Lilly and Tara, their terminally ill father David, and Lilly's daughter Meghan, who reminds The Governor of his dead daughter, Penny. He adopts a false identity and commits numerous good deeds for the family in an effort to atone for his past, and the family eventually warms up to him. After David's death, the Chambler family insists upon accompanying The Governor on his journey to find a safe haven. They encounter Martinez, The Governor's sole remaining henchman, who is now leading a group of other survivors. In a private conversation, Martinez proposes sharing leadership with him, but The Governor refuses and impulsively kills him. The Governor quickly becomes leader of the new group and, when a walker nearly kills Meghan, he concludes that the prison is the only safe place for his new family.
After leaving Lilly and Meghan at a river encampment, The Governor rallies his new army and takes Michonne and Hershel hostage. They arrive at the prison with vehicles (including a tank), and The Governor negotiates with Rick, who proposes they peacefully coexist. The Governor refuses and decapitates Hershel with Michonne's katana, provoking a firefight between the two camps. Lilly arrives carrying Meghan's corpse; the girl died after being attacked by a walker. The Governor shoots Meghan in the head and orders the tank to run down the fences, allowing walkers to overrun the area. The Governor's army is eventually annihilated, but the surviving prison inhabitants are scattered. Rick confronts and fights The Governor, who nearly kills him, but Michonne saves Rick by running The Governor through with her katana and leaves him for dead. Rick reunites with Carl, and the two search for Judith, only to find her empty and bloody baby carrier. The two then flee from the prison. Lilly finds the dying Governor and shoots him in the head.

Walking Dead Season 3

The third season begins several months after the group escaped the farm, and Lori is in the final days of her pregnancy. The group stumbles upon an overrun prison and sets about converting it into their new home. While securing the prison, a walker bites Hershel in the ankle and Rick is forced to amputate it to prevent further infection. They soon find several surviving inmates who have been trapped in the cafeteria. While Rick, Daryl and T-Dog help clear a separate cell block for the inmates to live in, most of the prisoners are killed. Rick's group helps the surviving prisoners —Axel and Oscar — clear a separate cellblock, but they eventually join Rick's group. A walker breakout later splits everyone up. T-Dog is bitten in the struggle and sacrifices himself to save Carol, while Lori goes into labor and insists that Maggie perform an emergency Caesarean section to save the baby. The operation kills Lori, and Carl is forced to shoot her to prevent reanimation. After several days of mourning, Carl and Rick name the baby Judith.
Meanwhile, Michonne and Andrea are taken to the town of Woodbury, a heavily fortified haven. They meet The Governor, the town's leader, and learn that Merle Dixon — Daryl's older brother — has taken refuge there as well. Michonne is immediately suspicious of The Governor and the settlement and decides to leave, but Andrea refuses to go with her. Merle is ordered to hunt down Michonne but only manages to wound her. He subsequently captures Maggie and Glenn while they are out scavenging. Michonne, who witnesses the abduction, eventually arrives at the prison and then guides Rick, Daryl, and Oscar back to Woodbury on a rescue mission. The team saves the couple, but Oscar is killed and Daryl is captured. Michonne stays briefly and attempts to slay The Governor; only she kills his undead daughter Penny (whom The Governor had kept chained in a back room in his apartment) and stabs him in the eye with a shard of broken glass during a scuffle. In the aftermath, The Governor calls an assembly and publicly accuses Merle of treason, reuniting him with Daryl in front of the angry mob and ordering them to fight each other. Rick and Maggie come back and rescue them, but after regrouping outside of town, Daryl decides to leave with Merle, as Rick won't allow Merle to join their group.
Back at the prison, Carl meets another band of survivors — led by Tyreese and his sister Sasha — and shelters them. Rick returns, but while he is speaking to the newcomers, Lori appears to him in an hallucination, launching him into a rage and ordering Tyreese's group to leave. They eventually find sanctuary in Woodbury. The Governor and a small team attack the prison the next day, killing Axel and breaching the outer fence before retreating. Merle and Daryl, having decided to rejoin Rick's group, return and help him fight off attacking walkers. Rick and Carl, with Michonne in tow, return to the Grimes' hometown to gather weapons. There, Rick finds Morgan again and learns Duane was killed by his reanimated mother, whom Morgan couldn't bring himself to kill after she turned. Instead of joining Rick, Morgan chooses to stay behind.
Andrea arranges a meeting between Rick and The Governor, who promises to end all hostilities in exchange for having Michonne handed over to him. Secretly, however, he plans to slaughter the prison group anyway. Andrea discovers the plot and attempts to escape to the prison, but The Governor captures her. Rick tells Merle about the deal and agrees to do the "dirty work" of kidnapping Michonne and handing her over. En route to the prison, Merle and Michonne talk, and Merle has a change of heart and releases her. He goes on to foil The Governor's planned ambush and is killed. Daryl then finds Merle reanimated as a walker and is forced to kill him.
The Governor orders Milton to kill Andrea, and when his former advisor refuses, The Governor fatally stabs Milton and locks him in a room with Andrea, so that he will kill her after he turns. The Governor then leads an assault on the prison, but Rick's group stages an ambush and repels the attack. When the frightened Woodbury soldiers suggest leaving the prison alone, The Governor guns most of them down. Rick, Daryl, and Michonne find Karen — the massacre's sole survivor — while on their way to Woodbury to finish off The Governor; Karen convinces Tyreese and Sasha to allow them in when they arrive. They then find Andrea alive but suffering from a bite from the zombified Milton. Andrea uses Rick's revolver to commit suicide with Michonne by her side. The season ends with Rick's group returning to the prison along with the remaining Woodbury survivors, whilst The Governor's whereabouts remain unknown.

Walking Dead Season 2

The second season begins with Rick and his group of survivors escaping the CDC. They decide Fort Benning will be their next destination. Along the way, they encounter a traffic jam of abandoned vehicles on Interstate 85. The group loots several vehicles but is forced to hide under them as a large herd of walkers approaches. A walker chases Carol's daughter, Sophia, out from her hiding spot and, with another walker, pursues her into the woods. Rick finds her but loses her again after drawing off the walkers. During the search for Sophia, a hunter named Otis accidentally shoots Carl. To get help for him, Otis leads Rick and Shane to a large, isolated farm owned by a veterinarian named Hershel Greene, then helps Shane look for medical supplies at the local high school. After getting them, Shane injures his leg and betrays Otis to the walkers so he can get away. The survivors then move to the farm while Carl recovers, trying to coexist with Hershel's family, but dangerous secrets and disagreements over leadership cause tensions to rise. Lori is revealed to be pregnant (she is not sure whether Rick or Shane is the father), and Glenn builds a romantic relationship with Maggie, Hershel's elder daughter. Glenn also discovers the barn is full of walkers, some whom are Hershel's family members and neighbors. After an angry Shane releases the walkers to be exterminated, Sophia emerges from the barn, as a walker, and Rick reluctantly shoots her.
Hershel disappears to grieve for his family. Rick and Glenn find him drinking at a local tavern, where they meet two other survivors (Dave and Tony). The situation rapidly turns sour, and Rick kills the two men in a gunfight. The dead men's group quickly finds and opens fire on Rick, Hershel, and Glenn at the bar. The noise attracts a large herd of walkers, and one of the attackers, Randall, is injured and left behind. Rick and the others take him back to the farm, where they realize Randall is likely to reveal the farm's location to his former group. As Rick and the others deliberate about what to do with Randall, a walker fatally wounds Dale, forcing Daryl to euthanize him. The group later conducts a search for Randall, whom Shane had secretly released and murdered in the woods. Daryl and Glenn find Randall — as a walker — and kill him. Daryl concludes that Randall died from a broken neck (rather than a walker's bite or scratch) and subsequently reanimated.
Meanwhile, Shane and Rick confront each other — the former having planned the fake search so he could murder Rick. Rick gets the upper hand and stabs Shane in the torso, killing him. Carl arrives just in time to see Shane reanimate as a walker and shoots him down. The gunshot attracts a large herd of other walkers, who quickly overrun the property. In the ensuing battle and escape, Jimmy and Patricia are devoured, and Andrea is left behind. Andrea survives on her own and is later rescued by a hooded woman accompanied by chained, armless walkers. The remaining survivors regroup but are forced to make camp when their vehicles run low on gasoline. After hearing of Randall's fate, Rick finally reveals what Jenner whispered to him at the CDC: every survivor is infected with the walker virus. The final scene shows the group questioning Rick's leadership later that night with a large prison looming in a pan out

Walking Dead Season 1

The series begins with sheriff's deputy[3] Rick Grimes' being wounded in a shootout with armed criminals. He awakens weeks later from a coma in an abandoned and badly damaged hospital. Upon leaving, Rick discovers a post-apocalyptic world overrun with zombies (or "walkers", as they are often referred to in-show). Rick also discovers his wife and son are missing, and he encounters two survivors — Morgan Jones and his son Duane — who explain the situation to him. Acting on a rumor the Joneses had heard, Rick arms himself and begins a perilous journey to Atlanta, Georgia, where the CDC is said to have set up a quarantined safe zone in the city. Upon reaching Atlanta, he soon discovers the city has instead been overrun by walkers.
A few miles outside the city, Rick's wife Lori and son Carl have been hiding from the walkers with Shane Walsh, Rick's partner and best friend, who has fallen in love with Lori. They have established a camp with a small group of fellow survivors. Several members of the group have gone to downtown Atlanta for supplies, and Glenn rescues Rick, who has been surrounded by walkers. Members of the group run into trouble with Daryl's brother, Merle, and Rick handcuffs him to a department store roof. Reunited at the camp with Lori and Carl, Rick assumes command with Shane. They soon go back to town in an attempt to rescue Merle and collect a cache of guns Rick left behind, but find only Merle's sawed off hand. A band of walkers eventually attacks the camp and kills several people. Most of the survivors flee to seek aid from the CDC, one family sets off on their own to find their relatives, and Jim — who sustained a walker's bite — is left on the road at his request.
At the CDC, all but one staff member, Dr. Edwin Jenner, have either fled or committed suicide. Dr. Jenner explains that his research of the infection has not yielded a cure, and he has not been in contact with anyone for a long while. Lack of fuel for the emergency generators soon initiates the building's safety protocols, which will trigger an explosion designed to destroy the facility and prevent the escape of deadly diseases. Jenner and Jacqui, a member of Rick's group, decide to stay and end their struggle. Dr. Jenner whispers something into Rick's ear, and the group escapes just as the CDC is incinerated in the explosion.