Archive for September, 2009:
Rumorbuster 2.0 Anniversary Contest Details
Ok ladies and gents, as promised, here’s the lowdown on the Rumorbuster 2.0 Anniversary Contest:
You guys have been enjoying our wiki for months and months, and as you know, it gets better every single day. From our exclusive pictures to comprehensive checklists, and ever innovative ideas… it just keeps improving.
But we need your help to keep improving. We need fresh ideas, fresh perspectives and fresh faces. And to encourage you guys, we’re going to offer prizes for the three highest 30-day contribution scores. For those that don’t know, the Wiki assigns a contribution score to every signed in user that makes a contribution and the three individuals that have the highest 30-day contribution scores, as of noon on October 31, will get prizes:
- $50 for the highest score
- $35 for the next highest
- $15 for the third highest
You’ll get an e-mail congratulating you and asking how you want your prize. You can choose between an Amazon gift card (awesome for getting cheap books!), Toys R Us gift card (awesome for toys!), or straight up Paypal (awesome for eBay, or stores like SciFi Genre.) And we reserve the right to add some sweeteners to those prizes if there’s enough interest.
It’s tough coming up with something that Super Hero Squad, Combat Heroes, Robot Heroes, Infinite Heroes, and Marvel Universe fans will all want equally… and it’s something we can all use! For obvious reasons, myself and the other Rumorbuster staff are ineligible. We’ll still work on the wiki, like always, but we don’t get to win prizes. It’s ok, we enjoy it anyway!
If you don’t know where to start, here’s a brief guide:
- First be sure to log in using your message board name and password. If you don’t have a message board ID, then you have to go and register. It’s quick and painless, and most importantly, logging in makes sure your edits get counted properly!
- Next, find something you want to edit. There are literally an infinite number of things you can do. If you want to edit a pre-existing page, at the top of each page there’s a tab that says “edit”. Clicking on that opens the entire page for editing. Most pages have subsections too, a horizontal line with the word [edit] in blue text above it. Clicking on that opens that particular section for editing. If you’re logged in, the edit page should like a word processor document. You can type anywhere in the document. If you break something, don’t worry, it’ll get fixed! We’ve even created a sandbox page to experiment with and explain what some of the buttons are and do.
- If you’re having trouble finding stuff you want to edit, here’s a few suggestions:
On the Super Hero Squad figure pages, we haven’t added articulation or costume notes to the various profiles. If you run across a figure on your shelf, or have some information about it, feel free to add it!
For Infinite Heroes, we have yet to add the cardback stats! We’ve scanned them into the gallery but we haven’t added them to the wiki. That’s an easy way to help out!
And of course, if you’ve ever read a comic book, watched a movie or played a video game, you can help give that character a biography! Some characters have more developed biographies than others, but they can all use work!
If you’re really adventurous, you can help create a page! Here’s a list of the most wanted wiki pages If you click on the link, you’ll be taken to a blank page where you get first crack!
So there you go… make some wiki contributions, win stuff! And if you have any questions, you can either send a private message to myself or one of the other staff on the message board, or you can send me an email at clevernamehereshs@yahoo.com.
Happy Birthday 2.0!
We’ve picked up a lot of new visitors since our humble beginnings, but for long-time visitors (both the ones that like the site and those that don’t but visit anyway), you may remember that last October was when we evolved into our current form, with new features and ideas constantly evolving.
So in honor of the Rumorbuster 2.0 one year anniversary, we’re going to hold our first real contest. Yeah, over on the board we’ve done cool things like helping fans and collectors get Spider-Man Saves the Day (aka City in Crisis and Winter Soldier Super Hero Squad sets, or helping with other impossible to find figures and sets, but this will be our first, honest to goodness contest. With prizes? Yes with prizes!
Details will be released tomorrow evening, so check back then.
The Super Hero Squad Show Galleries
We’ve added screen caps of the Super Hero Squad Show episodes 1, 2 and 3 over at the gallery. You can scoot to the individual galleries using the links below. In the meantime, try to spot the cameos and appearances by Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Luke Cage, Fin Fang Foom, the Thing, Hawkeye, Piledriver, Thunderball, Bulldozer and the Wrecker and many, many more. For more discussion on the show, jump over to our message board.
The Super Hero Squad Show Episode 1 – And Lo? A Pilot Shall Come!
The Super Hero Squad Show Episode 2 – To Err is Superhuman!
The Super Hero Squad Show Episode 3 – This Silver, This Surfer!
This Silver, This Surfer Preview
In anticipation of tomorrow’s new Super Hero Squad Show episode This Silver, This Surfer here’s a few shots to whet your appetite. Doom pitching MODOK overhand? The Hulk interrupting a picnic, and finally, the Thing in a sticky situation.
New Robot Heroes Images
Clanure’s updated the Robot Heroes Gallery with more ever exclusive shots of the Robot Heroes Revenge of the Fallen Movie Wave 3 figures, and the unreleased Robot Heroes Universe Wave 4, including Dessaurus, Jetstorm, Laserbeak, and others. All those photos bring the gallery up to over 5150 photos, and we’re approaching the 50,000 gallery view milestone. As always, jump over to the board for discussion!
Tags: Robot Heroes
King Randor’s Premiere
Mattycollector.com’s facebook page has been updated with King Randor and his Count Marzo-including biography. Apparently, Randor’s father disappeared, leading to his eventual roll as king, and what exactly were the Count Marzo uprisings? As always, more pieces of this new Mythology are developing with each card back.
Heroclix Hammer of Thor, The Legend Returns?
While many toy collectors have probably already heard about this, NECA will be carrying the HeroClix line onward, starting with the release of the long rumored, oft whispered, Hammer of Thor series. They’ve gotten off to a good start promoting the new set with a Thor’s Mighty Chariot retailer exclusive piece and a call to retailers to carry on the organized play events. Meanwhile, HCrealms.com has all that’s known so far about the upcoming set, including a rundown of leaked dials, mystery cards, promotional posters, sightings of Surtur and the Runaways… just an overwhelming amount of information on the current state of the line. Jump over to the board to discuss further.
Tags: Heroclix
Minimates Wave 33 Revealed
Action Figure Insider has pictures of the upcoming Wave 33 Marvel Minimates. Rachel Grey as both Marvel Girl and her Excalibur costume Phoenix comes with a Sentinel, brother and “sister” Thor and Loki, and mommy-to-be Menace comes with former villain Anti-Venom. So much for most of our predictions! Head over to the board for more discussion!
Marvel Universe Secret Wars Wave 3 Pictures
Marvelousnews has promotional pictures of the Marvel Universe Secret Wars Wave 3 figures. Enchantress, Thor, Hawkeye, Piledriver, Mr. Fantastic and Ultron in all their glory. I know the production shots tend to be a bit of a let down after seeing the promotional pictures, but hopefully the final figures will look almost as good as these do!
Super Hero Squad Show Season 2 Information
Newsarama has a brief interview and discussion of upcoming Super Hero Squad Show episodes and most importantly, the possibility of a second season. There’s good, and there’s bad in the interview (it’s hard to “apparently” get “remarkably positive results”, and I’ll pretend that the question about whether or not the show has begun airing is an attempt to put the interview in the interviewee’s hands, but “So the show has aired already… what are the reactions?” would have worked just as well), but two points of interest:
Point 1:
“Nrama: So how many episodes for the first season?
Lane: 26. We are already in pre-production on season two. I actually wanted to get on season two faster, but we’re working on scripts right now.”
and 2 is information about upcoming episodes (ignore the episode numbers, they have To Err Is Superhuman! as episode 4):
102 – “This Silver, This Surfer!” Written by Mark Hoffmeier
Silver Surfer can’t get a hang of earth customs, and drives his Squad buddies to frustration. So the Surfer sadly heads out on his own. Dr. Doom seizes the opportunity to capture him, realizing he can suck out the Surfer’s power to combine fractals and make an Infinity dagger. Yet the Silver Surfer enjoys torturing his own captors. Fortunately, the Thing rallies the Squad to save their lost friend in an all-out assault on Villainville.?Guest Heroes – The Thing with Ms. Marvel
Villains – MODOK & Abomination
??103 – “Hulk Talk Smack!” Written by Eugene Son
During a chaotic battle with Klaw & Screaming Mimi, a fractal’s cosmic power turns the Hulk into the Gray Hulk. While Falcon and the Wasp babysit this unlikable, brainy Hulk, the Squad chase down the Lethal Legion in a battle to save Super Hero City.Guest Heroes – The Wasp?
Villains – Klaw, Toad, Melter, Screaming Mimi with Abomination & MODOK? ?
So there you go, more information about Hulk Talk Smack and to This Silver, This Surfer, and best of all, news that season 2 is already in pre-production! As always, jump over to the Super Hero Squad Show message board to discuss.
