Fanthropology: Bootleg Fandom
If you've gone to a convention or shopped around online for any length of time, you've probably run across some merchandise featuring your favorite...
Catching Up on Star Wars (Toys) – Part 2
by Troy Brownfield Back to our catch-up look at a number of recent Star Wars toy and collectibles releases! First Order Stormtrooper...
Fanthropology: Fan Filming
The notion of fan films goes back pretty much to the beginning of film itself. Thomas Edison himself famously filmed "a liberal adaptation of Mrs....
Catching Up on Star Wars (Toys), Part 1
by Troy Brownfield I was there, man. What I mean is that I have a full, bright and shiny memory of Star Wars the first time around. My dad took me...
Hasbro, Take Note: Check Out These GHOSTBUSTERS Action Figures!
Maybe you've heard the well-deserved criticism of Hasbro for its significant lack of Rey merchandise compared to the rest of the Star Wars: The...
Realm Of The Underworld Slimed Drones Review
Upon opening up the baggie filled with slime that came with each figure in Zoloworld's Realm Of The Underworld Series Slimed Drones, the familiar...
Fanthropology: Afraid of What?
What would you say Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Ghostbusters have in common? I expect you could actually come up with a number of things, really,...
Fanthropology: Changing Meaning in Star Wars
I was born in the early 1970s, and was very much the target audience for Star Wars when it originally debuted in 1977. I was old enough to understand...
Fanthropology: Passwords
I was getting new tires last week and sitting around the waiting room with a dozen or so other people. They were idly flipping through magazines or...
Fanthropology: Nothing New Here
When I first began researching fandom, there was very little literature about it. There were plenty of fanzines and such, of course, going back...