Where is all the Loki merch?

I was in Cambridge the other day visiting a friend at uni and decided to pop into their Forbidden Planet store to check out how the Cambridge geeks stock up on merchandise. As I was standing in the queue waiting to pay for my copy of Dollhouse: Epitaphs* I noticed the racks of Avengers Assemble merchandise stacked on the shelves. As in the Forbidden Planet megastore in London and other shops I’ve searched, I failed to see a single piece of Loki merchandise; there was tons for all the heroes, I think even Nick Fury and Coulson got a look in, but no Loki. 

Now, Loki is one of my favourite characters in the entire Marvel Universe and my absolute favourite in the Avengers franchise, so I find this very irritating. I mentioned my annoyance to my friend and it was another customer in the queue who responded that her sister had complained of the same problem, like wise I’ve discussed the matter with several other people all of whom agreed that Loki was severely underrepresented in the merchandise front. Now, I’m well aware that there are plenty of Loki products available on the internet (I vaguely remember seeing something about a Loki perfume…) but that’s really not the point. I like to be able to fuss and fiddle with things and squawk about how “I’m not sure” before I make up my mind about buying them and I feel that I have been denied this chance and surely the fact that other people are having similar problems means it’s something that should have been addressed in Marvel’s marketing plans.

Well, now that I’ve got that off my chest I’m going to go sulk whilst bitterly perusing Loki products on the internet.

Birdie out -

 

*Dollhouse: Epitaphs is a comic book mini-series that ties in to the Dollhouse television show. It doesn’t add a huge amount to the whole Dollhouse plot, but it is entertaining and provides a little extra insight into the character of Alpha and expands on Ivy’s importance.

The Amazing Spiderman Trailer

So I’ve just watched the 3^rd and apparently final trailer for The Amazing Spiderman which is due to come out in cinemas in July. Honestly, the trailer I saw in the cinema a couple of days ago didn’t really make me that bothered about seeing it but this one has definitely got me more excited. For one I’ve been wanting to see The Lizard brought to life since the previous series of Spiderman movies began and from the looks of the trailer I don’t expect to be disappointed.  For another the script writers appear to have included more of the cheeky sarcastic humour that I love from Spiderman in the comics, and which I found sadly missing from the older movie series as well as a providing a more interesting and complex back story than seen in the previous 3 films.

On a somewhat more speculative note, starting off a new Spiderman series that entirely ignores the existence of the previous films has got me wondering about where they’re going with this. Having seen the Avenger Assemble movie twice now, my friends and I have been discussing possible additions to the team for the potential sequel implied by the stinger. One of the thoughts that came up was that they would need at least one more flyer or someone with a similar ability that wouldn’t leave everyone helpless to the effects and limitations of gravity; Spidey would fit that part perfectly. After all he was a part of the Avengers in the comic books and Marvel did a similar remaking of The Hulk when the first Avengers movie was being conceived and set up.

Now, I may be completely wrong, but I will absolutely be staying post credits to check for stingers when this film hits theatres and I’ve got everything crossed that I’m right because this wittier, less awkward Spiderman would mesh perfectly with the current Avengers line-up.

Birdie out.

P.S. Happy Star Wars day; may the fourth be with you.

Hello and welcome.

Hi there. I'm Birdie, a city girl finishing her first year studying linguistics at university, trying to decide whether I can be bothered to get a summer job and already stressing over potential post-graduate programmes. 

I've never written a blog before, so if anyone is actually reading this - my very first post ever! - please bear with me. What I have to say may not be of interest to most people, but I've realised that since I'm lacking in geeky friends (I mentioned The Avengers to one of my best and oldest friends the other day, she replied with "I'm gonna act like I know what that is"... you see my dilema) who are willing to listen to me gush and ramble on about my latest dorky obsession I needed to find some other outlet for my excitement, lest it build up inside me and cause me to explode like Peter Petrelli in the season 1 finale of Heroes... so I started this blog. 

And here it is, complete with mission statement; In this here blog, I, Birdie, will do my best to document the life and exciting times of a geeky young woman, living, studying and, eventually, working in the great and historic city of London. I will share my knowledge of the best shops, events, products and other relative stuff, that I find along my travels. Stay tuned for my first proper bloggy post.

Birdie out -