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Things We Saw Today: Power Rangers Go Pop!

Things We Saw Today

By Sep 25th, 2012, 5:05 pm

Funko has unveiled their latest Pop! figures (we were previously excited about the Game of Thrones collection) and it’s the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! (via Comics Alliance) 

  • Have you met the Unimpressed Cat yet? Here’s 10 things he’s unimpressed with. (via The Frisky)
  • AMC’s The Walking Dead is joining with the Red Cross for a “Zombie Blood Drive.” (via Pop Candy)
  • Barry Sonnenfeld may be directing Lore, starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and based on Ashley Wood’s IDW graphic novel. (via Deadline)

A Kotobukiya female character statue that isn’t all overly breasty and bent over? FemShep says this is call for celebration! (via Kotaku)

  • Even though the latest James Bond film hasn’t been released yet, there’s a rumor going around Benedict Cumberbatch will play the next one’s villain. I’m ok with it. (via MTV)
  • Amy Poehler and Julia Louis-Dreyfus accidentally switched acceptance speeches at the Emmy Awards. Hilarity ensued. (via THR)
  • In other women in comedy news, Tina Fey has secured a 4-year deal with Universal Television. That means developing lots of new projects with the potential to star in one. (via THR)

This is what National Geographic believes is the first message in a bottle ever sent. It’s 98 years old and was pulled out of the North Sea by a Scottish fisherman. (via io9)

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