Feb 1-5 , 2005: McFarlane's Dragons : Quest for the Lost King. We found him. He was getting ice cream.

January 14-27 , 2005: ANR comes out of sabbatical to show you the wonders of Street Fighter, Round One! Complete!

December 27, 2004 UPDATE: ARTERIAL BLOGGAGE!

December 11-25, 2004: ANR X-mas Countdown slash Gift Giving Guide-amaganza.

December 2 , 2004: Do Gargoyles cry? Find out, inside!


November 25 , 2004: Be thankful for women's heads strapped to pipe organ altarpieces.

November 3-16 , 2004: You hate me and crave my cold death, but here's some Spy Gear.

October 29, 2004: Experience the AfterGlow.

October 14-23, 2004: The Parade! Done!

October 8, 2004: Puppets Attack ANR!

September 29 / Oct 5: Some supernatural stuff from Sideshow, suckas. Abe Sapien, SDCC Kroenen and the X-Files crew.

September 22 / 27: ANR explores the Xavix! With instructional video! After much delay, part TWO.

September 20 : It all becomes so clear. The answer was SQUID all along!

September 12 : ANR gazes into The Hole and returns alarmed.

September 1-8 , 2004 : Welcome to September, ANR's official NIPPLE MONTH! Conan from McFarlane, at long last, done.

August 29, 2004 : Mizz Pac to th' Man.

August 25, 2004 : The Animation Show!

August 16-19, 2004 : Muppets wave eight, the Urban Predator. Special report inside! [COMPLETE]

August 14, 2004 : Gentlemen, select your systems.

August 9, 2004 : Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man

August 6, 2004 : Remember the Tamagotchi.

August 1, 2004 : Spider-Man '67 Collection and Batman : TAS on DVD!

July 22-27, 2004 : Hellboy, revisited. Don't forget, Hellboy on DVD on July 27th!

July 20, 2004 : Moustaches, monsters, music and mental disability. Four documentaries that are relatively neat.

July 17, 2004 : 'Spidey' toy is banned in state. True story.

July 15 & 16, 2004 UPDATE : Can you believe it? More hate mail, and so soon! What is this, Bizarro Christmas?

Addendum : some more love from Jessie!

July 15, 2004 : More Leia than you can handle.

July 9 , 2004 UPDATE : ALL NERD REVIEW RESPONDS!... To why I suck. CELEBRATE MY SUCK!

July 9 UPDATE, 2004: Completely inconsequential, but done for the sake of finishing what I've started, some Muppets exclusives I'd missed the first time around.

July 8, 2004 : We've found the original Super Hero.. and this carrot thing.

July 3, 2004 : ANR remembers their first time, DC Direct style.

June 22-26 , 2004 : Our complete rollicking romp through history's most repulsive rascals, as realized by your friend and mine, McFarlane.

June 15/16 , 2004 : A food guide to help identify a variety of foods that are likely to meet nutritional goals. Or a review of Hush : Wave One. Whatever you prefer.

June 10 , 2004 : I call him Hellboy. 12", from Sideshow.

June 4 , 2004 : I'm Unleashing the Star Wars all up in here.

May 30, 2004 : A review of Doc Ock. He comes to rock your socks.

May 27, 2004 : This Week in Geek : Nightcrawler, BreaKey, jewelry, and some really old geeking going on.

May 24, 2004 : Gather round, y'all, for an old-fashioned McFarlane round-up.

May 20, 2004 : Geekman, a hero for our time.

May 16, 2004 : Because there's no way this can wait another second, I present to you HeroClix MARVEL ULTIMATES!

May 9/10, 15/16, 2004: Muppets series SEVEN!

May 12 , 2004 : ANR gives a hardy welcome to Mr. James Hakola and graphic-violence.com! Check the mutha out, folks. Related reviews to come sometime this month.

May 6, 2004 UPDATE: Shockini - A couple more customs, because they're here and I have photos of them.

May 5 , 2004: Hulk Classics wave TWO! Mecha-Hulk. He's got a man inside him.

April 30 , 2004: It's a bunch of miscellaneous geekness as ANR cleans out the closets. WITH COMICS!

April 25 , 2004: TEEN TITANS! Bunches of teenage goodness that won't get you arrested.

April 16 , 2004: Kaiju, because danger can, in fact, happen

April 12 , 2004: HEROCLIX : MARVEL UNIVERSE. One more slightly different Elektra, like it or not. If Elektras were kittens, I'd be a lot less hungry.

April 7 , 2004: A few more Xevoz!

April 5 , 2004: Formula Fuelers! Cars... powered by soy. We are in the future.

April 2 , 2004: Hulk Classics wave TWO! War Hulk!

March 28, 2004: VSMaxx! More handheld video games than you can shake a Staff of Byrna at!

March 24, 2004: Xevoz! I can finally have my Roboskelemantis. I have this so that you may live.

March 12 / 20, 2004: MORE KUBRICKS! 12 more Kubricks than before! Really!

March 12, 2004: Enid, my dreamgirl.

March 5, 2004: Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures! WotC whips out another gaming system that's sure to make you all drooly.

March 3, 2004: ACTIVISION! More oldschool gameology inside, all in a convenient, neato device.

March 2, 2004: The Yin to my Wang, DC Dill brings ToyFair to a glorious close with his anecdotal recollections of how awesome I am. Really.

March 1 , 2004: The Shockini! We welcome March. In like a minifigure, out like a... slightly larger figure.

January / February 2004 : Contest is OVER! Click for answers, and congrats to LIK WAY CHAN, who geeked your pants off. Thanks to everyone for playing!

February 27, 2004: Marvel Manga Twist 'Ems! Because dietary fiber is something that's too easy to ignore.

February 26, 2004: TVGames systems. Spongebob and Activision, bustin' it out retrostyle.

February 23, 2004: Delicious Radio Reviews on ANR! Check out some geekish, indie albums that you should know, dammit.

TOYFAIR 2004! We're there, so check it out inside! ToyBiz, WizKids, Mattel, Art Asylum, BanDai, DC Direct, Mezco... you name it!

All Nerd Revue was also at ToyFair 2004. Swing on by and check out ANRe's stuff!

February 14, 2004: It's the day of love, so come celebrate it like a bitter, pop-culture preoccupied nerd, ANR style.

February 7 & 8-12, 2004: Marvel 12" When you can buy a foot's worth of Hulk and 12 inches worth of hard Wolverine, why not? Spidey added.... kinda.

February 5, 2004: Narcolepsy : A retrospective look at the amazing work of artist Dave McKean. Warning - completely unfunny.

February 4 , 2004: X-Men Classics! Cyclops added. Both eyes worth.

February 2 , 2004: Marvel Collectors Club. I'm in it, and I have a little Psylocke to show you.

Feb 1 , 2004: Hulk product slutmongering abound, and DC Dill drinks it in like the Hulk-hungry hulk-o-man that he is.

Jan 30, 2004: We wax extra-geeky with the Zero Blaster! It blasts rings of FOG! I have nothing to say but w00t.

Jan 1-3, 28 , 2004: Hulk Classics : Joe Fixit! Added today!

Jan 19-22, 25, 2004: ANR takes a look at gashapon, which are adorable. More Vampire Saviour 3 stuff, full set!

Jan 12, 2004: Five basic figures and a playset reviewed, if you can call them reviews. I call them 'steven'. Muppets Wave SIX!

Jan 5-7, 2004: That fleshy, ambiguous icon can only mean one thing : more Adult Superstars reviews! All five series four figures doin' what they do best.

December 28-30, 2003: Marvel Legends Series FIVE! Four of the seven reviewed, and part of my gum is oozing. How does this concern the figures? It does not.

December 23, 2003: Marvel Mighty Beanz! There's nothing I can add to that. Really. Stop reading.

December 17 , 2003: Adventures in foreign cuisine. Now including cuttlefish!

December 11 , 2003: I don't even know anymore. My heart is, apparently, flammable.

November 18, 2003: Critical Mass HeroClix. Ulik? Hepzibah? Peter Porker Spider-Pig? Okay, I lied on that last one. I hope.

November 15 , 2003: D C Dill takes us on another mystical journey through the realm of Clix, this time with 75% more Kringle.

November 3-5 , 2003: Muppets Series FIVE.... Gonzo, Muppet Newsman, Janice and Pepe all up in here! Enter.

October 1 / 31, 2003: Hallowe'en update, wit' da WIZ from Mcfarlane's Twisted Land of Oz! Better late than never, unless by 'late' you mean dead.

October 24, 2003: Namco 5-in-1 TV Gaming System.... Boscoed!

October 17, 2003: JLA 10" Figures.... and aquaman.

October 15, 2003: SD Gundam Model Kit. I made it myself!

October 9, 2003 UPDATE: The Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary. A thing to behold.

October 3 , 2003 UPDATE : ALL NERD REVIEW RESPONDS! To internet morons and internet not-morons.

October 2 , 2003 UPDATE: Marvel Minimates waves 2 and 3. Now, with Ultimate Spidey and birth-defect Hulk 'exclusives'.

September 29, 2003 UPDATE: Muppets Wave Four exclusives : Culinary Catastrophe Chef and Vaudeville Statler and Waldorf ADDED.

September 22-25, 2003: Still more of the review of Plastic Fantasy's Adult Superstars action figures. Jenna Jameson, Kylie Ireland and Devinn Lane, with a special visit from John Constantine!

September 18 , 2003 UPDATE: Bruce Wayne : Fugitive volume three! Completely undeserving of an exclamation point!

September 14 , 2003: CONTEST OVER! WINNER ANNOUNCED! DL the much awesome video of the selection process HERE! Contest archives inside.

September 6, 2003 : Armies of Middle Earth. We explore the unwritten 4th book in the LOTR Trilogy : Breaking the Hobbit. Sounds like a George Lucas idea, huh? Except he'd be serious.

September 2 , 2003 : Gremlins : BRAIN. He's probably smarter than you.

August 24, 2003 : Lothan the Wise from Shadowrun Duels. He's large and in pants. You thought I was gonna say charge.

August 20, 2003 : Haruhara Haruko. Sure, it came out a long time ago, but you're probably just interested in it now because TV told you to be. You cattle.

August 8, 2003 : Lord of the Rings tabletop gaming. The apex of nerdosity. Dedicated to miss Joan, my redheaded internet mystery chick. You heard me, Joan. I can SeeEEeeeeee you.....

August 1 , 2003 : BATTLE SCARRED GUNDAMS. Fresh from the grove. YES, the Robot Grove. In sunny Pasadena.

July 29, 2003 UPDATE: BATMAN from Mattel. Has nothing to do with Ron Popiel, which is unfortunate.

July 26, 2003 UPDATE: Hellraiser, Series ONE. All six lovelies plus hidden goodness. Nosepins, intestinal belts, glistening blood.

July 19, 2003: Borg : Assimilation from Art Aslyum. Finest robotoys I've seen in a LONG time, and I buy crazy Japanese stuff.

July 18, 2003: Ultimate Hulk and Iron Man from Marvel Select. Their knees may not bend, but... um, they really don't bend at all. Which is awkward.

July 17, 2003: The first wave of Marvel Minimates from Art Asylum touch down, exclusives and chases and all. 14 points of tiny, smooth flavour that will probably fall behind my desk and be kidnapped by mice.

June 16 , 2003 UPDATE: SOME MORE COMICS! Arkham Asylum: Living Hell 3, FF # 70 and 71, and Thing : Night Falls on Yancy Street #1.

July 14, 2003: Monsieur Bome returns for another REVEALING look at Miss Tora-Musume, the Tiger Devil statuette.

July 7-11, 2003 UPDATE: Coverage of Muppets Wave 4 now covers all four major food groups - rat, eagle, pig and more pig! Exclusives now included!

July 8, 2003 UPDATE: Today, I model my Thing for you. Now with Beastly action!

July 4, 2003: AllNerdReview Studios (aka My Bedroom Studios) finds wave 4 of Marvel Legends and gives them what-for!

July 3, 2003: JLA : Welcome to the Working Week. What kind of name is 'Marlus' anyhow? Answer : one created by a man named 'Patton Oswalt'.

July 1, 2003: Ted Naifeh, will you please come to the stand? Welcome to the first ANR interview, featuring indy guy Naifeh of Gloomcookie and Courtney Crumrin fame!

June 24 , 2003: Hexors - what you get when you smash Heroclix in the face with a hammer.

June 21, 2003 : We have a Hulk Movie review for ya all up in here! Damn, I'm fast.

June 21 , 2003 UPDATE: This Week In Clix, for the nerdcore only! Brian gets his ass beat.

April 18, 2003: Kickin' it back to the comic archives to take a look at the classics! Spider-Man : Revenge of the Sinister Six, When Octopus Men Attack!

UPDATE April 14 , 2003 : You asked for it... in a more or less roundabout way. Oh, you know you did! We get the first scoop on ALL FOUR Shadowrun Duels figures. Detailed review with lotsa photos inside! PART ONE! (Kyushi added!)

April 11, 2003: Stuff lying around. Grundy review too.

April 9, 2003 : From the archives! Collin's been writing nerd articles for a while now. To keep you entertained, here's one from the archives about PEZ. Enjoy!

April 6 , 2003: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Marvel published a really odd comic book. With a big green bunny.

April 1 , 2003 : What does all of this flesh color mean? What is that strange icon to the left and why does it arouse you? What's wrong with Japan? All of that and MORE... inside. Take a look at Kaiyodo's Oni Musume.

March 19, 2003 : Takara's Myclones invade my desktop... more than meets the eye?

March 18, 2003 : Minifig war, round 3! This time, blood will be spilled. Green blood.

March 16, 2003 : All 4 basic ML3 figs reviewed. They were delivered unto me by the lord herself, cause that's the only damned way I could find them.

March 15, 2003 : Moving along in our visitation to online gaming, we take a spin through the online world of Jedi Kight II : Jedi Outcast. (Originally titled Jedi Big Fat Loser... Yeah You, You Damned Loser. Get Out of Our Council and Take Your Action Figures With You.)

March 11, 2003 : All Nerd Review instructs y'all on how to play Heroclix ONLINE, since we know that nerds don't really have friends or desire contact with real people. It works too!

March 3, 2003 : TOYFAIR 2003!

February 28, 2003 : The War of the MiniFigs continues with DC Pocket Heroes. They fit in your pocket. What a revolution. Soon, they're gonna be making, like, wallets that fit in your pocket. Wait, they already do. Thus sums up my excitement for these.

February 26, 2003 : Let the War of the MiniFigs commence! The first combatants? The Kubricks, and I don't mean creepy film directors. You heard me, George Lucas.

February 23, 2003 : Mega Blocks?

February 15, 2003 : Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doct... oh... nevermind. We look at Art Asylum's Enterprise figures, cause Collin thinks that Bakula is spectacula.

February 10, 2003 : There is no review of the Vampire Hunter D action figures inside. None. We swear. If you're gonna click here and think you're gonna get a review of VHD figures, you are sorely mistaken. Cause they're not here.... fine. Go ahead. Click on it. See if I care.

February 8, 2003 : So, is Michelangelo STILL a party dude? Could he really keep it up for 10 years? I mean, like... that's a long party... we take a look at the world premiere of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

February 7, 2003 : Did someone say breasts, mashed potatoes and superheroes? JLA/ JSA Virtue and Vice reviewed inside!

February 2, 2003 : All Nerd Review plays an arousing game of Heroclix! Wait... I mean ROUSING. ROUSING. Erm... heh.

February 1, 2003 : Allow us to present the Marvel Select Elektra action figure. Why? Cause it was on sale.

January 29, 2003 : Batman : YEAR ONE reviewed, but I'd be much more interested in Batman : Year Negative One, the Zygotic Years.

January 22, 2003 : Stikfas, in all their tiny plastic glory. Collin constructs and customizes some into his favorite superhero and villian.

January 21, 2003 : We check out, Shinzon and Viceroy, as well as create a very convincing story behind them, despite having never seen the movie.

January 14, 2003 : I stay home from work, totally zonked on some bad Claritin and review Star Wars LEGOS until the Wookiees come home.

January 9, 2003 : Stan Winston's Creatures are reviewed, bits and scraps from waves one through four. It's a general overview, but we think it's all you really need to know. That, and how to fend off a rabid ocelot, cause, like... you never know.

SAURON RULZ! WHOOOOO! I'M TAKING THIS CRAPPY SITE OVER! oh.. and it's january 7, 2003.

December 27, 2002 : In slightly overdue honour of Lord of the Rings, we review, EXHAUSTIVELY, all 27 basic toys from Fellowship! (PS - There's a small hidden page in here that you have to find to enjoy. That makes 2 on the site so far.) Are we crazy? Only for delicious Wendy's Value Meals.

December 24, 2002 : We spend xMas eve Hallowe'en style, carvin' out Santa Claus and stealin' presents from the neighbours!

December 16 2002 : Fantastic Four 1234 reviewed. Peachykeen.

December 15 2002 : We keep on kickin' it Batsytle with a review of Batman : Black and White from DC, and we think it's the best coloring book EVER!

December 14 2002 : We don't always review just the new stuff. We step back to the days of Batman : Vengeance for the GBA, and realize that these are days probably best left forgotten.

December 2002 : Castlevania : Harmony of Dissonance reviewed, and wins the prize for most self-contradicting title of all time.

December 2002 : Let the reviews of Marvel legends 2 begin, my nerd bretheren. They will rock you muchly.

November 2002 : We review The Muppet Show : 25 Years / Wave One, exclusives and all! Synopsis - they're excellent, and you should be ashamed of yourself for not owning them NOW.

November 2002 : Review of The Muppet Show : 25 Years / Wave Two. Exclusives will be added as they are released. Again, most excellent figures and well worth the cash.

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