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TV Cream’s Toy Catalogue
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— 8 May 2007 Alan 3 comments

TV Cream’s Toy Catalogue. Yet more proof that TV cream does pay revisiting from time to time — and it looks like they’ve actually been working on this since late 2005. It’s updated like a blog, but indexed A–Z. Here are […]

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FT Periodic Table: Element 3: ROBOTS
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— 8 May 2007 Pete Baran Comment

Robots. And not the so-so computer animated flick of 2005, but real actual robots, computer-brained servants made to follow our every need. The Freaky Trigger periodic table is forward looking to anticipate – in our time – more domestic s[…]

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What is a Straighthead anyway?
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— 8 May 2007 Pete Baran Comment

Nearly all the reviews of Straightheads have been dismissive of this British revenge flick (example from Time Out here). Generally it got one star, half a paragraph and a snide remark that Gillian Anderson was slumming it. And perhaps in the upmarket[…]

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