Sentences with phrase «world of action figures»

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The birthday of what's called the world's first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just before the nation plunged into the quagmire that would become the Vietnam War — a storm it seems to have weathered pretty well.

No pope in history had been so universally acclaimed by Jewish leaders throughout the world: the renowned Nobel Prize - winning physicist Albert Einstein; Chaim Weizmann, who would become Israel's first President; Moshe Sharett, who would become Israel's first Foreign Minister and second Prime Minister; Rabbi Isaac Herzog, the Chief Rabbi of Israel» all of these figures showered Pius with praise for his actions in defense of the Jews.

The subject was almost certainly a public figure; the major elements of the biography will thus address public actions; but it would have been that private world of friends and family which occupied....

I don't believe in gods at all, I am certain that organized religions are a mechanism of control, and I believe that at the beggining, middle, and end of the day we are all responsible for our own lives and actions (which is why it is so important that we humans that actually live and die in this world figure out how to work together).

Historical figures from the Muslim world were often known for their noble actions and decency and fostering intercultural exchange and education... but sadly politicoes and power hungry selfish individuals have created a perverted image of the religion and its peoples by purporting that their actions are supported by Islam when in fact they are not.

I have been doing a lot of work in this realm and encourage you to listen to this post-election action plan podcast if you've been trying to figure out how to move forward in the world.

There's a struggle (with an observatory door), the element of surprise (an unexpected burst on a photographic plate), disbelief (by our protagonist and a collaborator), a scramble (to figure out how to report the discovery of the supernova), and an action scene that seems impossibly quaint: A driver races to the nearest town 100 kilometers away to send a telegram and alert the world that 166,000 light - years away, a star has exploded.

My Star Wars Action Figure Collection, finding the best piece of Toro sushi in the world, or attracting / cultivating an amazing relationship with my perfect partner are all fantastic answers because they provide a refreshingly revealing look into your personality.

«To restrict the action of mise en scène to the space - time of the fictional world is already a false move,» he argues near the end of the book, before paraphrasing the touchstone figure of Raymond Bellour:

vinyl figures, action figures, and mystery minis which are set to go on display at the New York Toy Fair this weekend, the lines include merchandise from Strangers Things, Smallville, Gossip Girl, Game of Thrones, Ready Player One, Nickelodeon, Harry Potter, It, Black Panther, Atomic Blonde, Jurassic World: -LSB-...]

It may not be as refined as Disney Infinity (I guess it does help when you have the Disney vault of characters available) but in terms of local and online play, there's something quite enjoyable about seeing your action figures come alive in the virtual world.

Based on the 1971 young adult novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch's Flower is an all - ages action fantasy adventure that hearkens back to some of the most beloved animated films of all time, full of ingenious characters, jaw - dropping imaginative worlds, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to figure her place in the world.

I really thought it was going to be the greatest thing in the world that you're in a spaceship and he's talking to one of the alien characters and he knocks over his bag and one of the alien characters bends down and picks up and it was a Darth Vader action figure, goes, «What's this?»

How Heineman figured out his two vigilante protagonists on either side of the border, and his willingness to plunge with his tiny crew into dangerous situations yielded a remarkable portrait of two complex and charismatic characters (one American, one Mexican) worthy of a Hollywood action movie, and a shadowy underground world we do not usually get to see.

Almost an entire century after the world's first cinematic introduction to Dracula placed audiences under his haunting spell, the studio that pioneered the genre reawakens one of legend's most captivating figures in an action - adventure that heralds a pulse - pounding rebirth of the age of monsters.

ALTON, Va. — The fast and challenging 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn VIRginia International Raceway poses as a daunting figure to 100 entries this weekend (April 27 - 29) when all eight Pirelli World Challenge classes — GT / GTA / GT Cup SprintX, GTS / GTSA SprintX, TCR, TC and TCA compete in Rounds 3 and 4 doubleheader action in the PWC Grand Prix of VIRginia presented by Audi Sport.

It makes it seem more like an action figure playset than a living, breathing world from one of your favorite series.

I mean, do we really have to play this game, where because I'm who I am and you're who you are, we pretend that the word «fuck» doesn't exist, and while we're at it, that the action that underlies the word doesn't exist, and I just puke up a bunch of junk about how some teacher changed my life by teaching me how Shakespeare was actually the world's first rapper, or about the time I was doing community service with a bunch of homeless teenagers dying of cancer or something and felt the deep call of selfless action, or else I pull out all the stops and give you the play - by - play sob story of what happened to my dad, or some other terrible heartbreak of a thing that makes you feel so bummed out you figure, what the hell, we've got quotas after all, and this kid's gotten screwed over enough, so you give me the big old stamp of approval and a fat envelope in the mail come April?

The Street Fighter series» unique cast of world warriors have made for some amazing action figures over the years, once Hasbro got done screwing things up.

Taking place in Egypt and Rome in 48BC, Assassin's Creed Origins offers a fictional history of real - world events using historical figures and landmarks in a breathtaking action - packed and beautifully visualized fantasy game.

This time, The Gamesmen talk about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a Kickstarter to fund Bloodstained, Yooka - Laylee being the most funded UK Kickstarter game, the Nintendo World Championship coming back, a mod for Fallout: New Vegas, the new Guild Wars 2 Reaper specialization, Russia using a DualShock controller, more Batman: Arkham Knight news, the Oculus Rift recommended specs, Konami going mobile, a weird Metal Gear Solid V action figure, and Sony making a first - party studio for Project Morpheus.

Once again, players will be able to buy a range of action figures that can be placed on the game's plastic peripheral — the Portal of Power — to unlock their digital representations in the game world.

Tuesday jumpstarted the action with a first - time collaboration between the art world's premier power foxes, Larry Gagosian and Deitch, who filled four floors of the Moore Building with more than 100 works by 50 artists that explicitly addressed the human figure.

Rejecting both naturalism and pure abstraction at the end of the Second World War, Cobra valued unbridled experimentation and creative freedom, manifested in brilliant, colorful paintings of distorted figures that provided a more symbolic and political European counterpoint to the roughly contemporary «action painting» of the Abstract Expressionists in the U.S..

For twenty years Trenton Doyle Hancock has gained international renown for his paintings, which fuse cartoon - style drawing and abstract expressionism, creating a fantastical world populated by strange creatures known as the Mounds, their nemeses the Vegans, and Hancock's alter ego, Torpedo Boy, who reflects his lifelong love of comic books and plastic action figures.

Rejecting both naturalism and pure abstraction at the end of the Second World War, Cobra valued unbridled experimentation and creative freedom, manifested in brilliant, colorful expressionist paintings of distorted figures that provided a more emotional and ideological European counterpoint to the roughly contemporary «action painting» of the Abstract Expressionists in the United States.

Materially reflecting the complexities of individual and collective identity, Les guérillères XII also evokes the uncanny formal ruptures employed by Dadaist artists in the aftermath of World War I. Perret's figure in repose occupies the time and space between action and inaction; whilst guns pose a key threat to societies of our time, here this cast resin gun is candy - like, fetishised, temporarily immobilised yet still harbouring potential.

Climate Action Tracker will launch its Warsaw update, with revised figures for where the world is really heading in terms of degrees of temperature rise.

«It is historic that so many world figures have come here today and talked about the severity of the climate crisis — but we will wait to be convinced by actions, not words.

In short, the philosophical underpinnings of the movement towards empirically supported treatments are mechanistic: The client becomes an object in the causal chain of action and reaction that makes up the physical world, and the therapist becomes the engineer who figures out how to induce change in the object.