Miami Heat rout Indiana Pacers, return to NBA Finals

MIAMI — The Miami Heat embarrassed the Indiana Pacers.

But worse, the Pacers embarrassed themselves.

The Pacers came back to Miami for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals and were outplayed and overmatched in a contest that was decided before the first half ended.

The Heat hammered the Pacers 117-92 and advanced to the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive time, becoming just the third franchise in NBA history to do that and the first team to accomplish that feat since the 1984-87 Boston Celtics, teams for which Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird played.
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports 11:18 p.m. EDT May 30, 2014

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McFarlane Sports Picks - Today's Leader in Sports Figures

McFarlane Sports Picks - Today's Leader in Sports Figures

McFarlane also works with many of the top entertainment properties in the industry and has the official rights to all four major North American sports (hockey, baseball, football and basketball). The company's Sports Picks figures (action figures depicting current and former professional athletes) are the most popular and actively collected sports figures on the market today; the database of Sports Picks on this site includes more than 1,400 different figures.

The hallmark of all McFarlane products, and Sports Picks in particular, is detail. Sports Picks are created with remarkable accuracy, including details like logo patches on the uniforms, specific shoes or gloves, tattoos, artwork on masks, etc. Even when scrutinized for small details such as the width of a stripe on a player's sock, Sports Picks are found to be accurate more than 95% of the time - a remarkable level of performance for 6" tall plastic figures that retail for $10.

Most Sports Picks action figures are six inches tall and released in series. McFarlane typically releases two to three regular series of figures of current players per sport per year. Additionally, McFarlane releases one to two series per year per sport of famous former players (these are called Legends or Cooperstown series). Within each of these series are chase and variant figures as well as the regular figures. (For more information about chase and variant figures, read the article What is the Difference Between a Chase and a Variant Action Figure?)

McFarlane also produces series of 3" figures for each sport and has issued some 12" figures. Outside of the normal retail releases, McFarlane creates exclusive figures that are sold only during events like Super Bowls, Hall of Fame Inductions and the NHL Hockey All-Star Game, or that are sold only through their website or their retail store in Arizona. On occasion, McFarlane has produced figures that were given away as promotional items at specific sporting events.

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McFarlane Toys is the fifth largest action figure manufacturer in the United States. Established in 1994 to manufacture and sell action figures based on founder Todd McFarlane's comic book character Spawn, the international award-winning company has expanded into licensed products to become one of the premiere action figure producers on the planet.

Spawn is still the bedrock of the company -- McFarlane Toys released the 30th line of Spawn figures in 2006. Marquee toy lines include: Alien vs. Predator, Napoleon Dynamite (Twentieth Century Fox), Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, (Warner Bros.), Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shrek (Dreamworks), and Lost (ABC Television).

McFarlane Toys also has its own line of proprietary figures including: McFarlane's Monsters, McFarlane's Military and McFarlane's Dragons. The newest venture, Pop Culture Masterworks includes 3D album covers and movie posters (Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols, Metallica, and Jimi Hendrix, Jaws, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Rocky Horror Picture Show), McFarlane's Music figures (Motley Crüe, Slash, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bon Jovi and KISS). The latest licenses include the Hanna-Barbera cartoon library (Warner Bros) and The Simpsons (Fox).

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Microsoft unveils 'Halo 5: Guardians,' out in 2015

Microsoft has finally revealed the first details of Master Chief's next adventure.

The Xbox One maker announced Halo 5: Guardians, the next chapter of its blockbuster action series, will launch in fall 2015.

Halo 5 picks up right after the events of Xbox 360 predecessor Halo 4, as franchise hero Master Chief copes with the loss of companion Cortana. "He's questioning many things that he firmly believed to be true," said Bonnie Ross, General Manager of studio 343 Industries. "His past, his purpose, who he was, what he was fighting for. For us, this is something we definitely pivoted on in thinking about how we wanted to tell his story going forward."

Perhaps the biggest change for Halo 5 is a new technology engine built from the ground up for Xbox One, adding much more "scope and scale" compared to previous Halo games, says Frank O'Connor, franchise director for Halo at 343 Industries. "Technologically, this is a big step forward."
Brett Molina, 9:27 a.m. EDT May 16, 2014

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Cool Custom Designer Toys

Cool Custom Designer Toys

Cool Custom Designer Toys

Designer toys are a common love between many graphic designer and illustrators, as well as the collectable limited edition runs from producers such as Qee and Kidrobot there are many great examples of customised urban vinyl toys. Here's a collection of 60 fantastic examples of how designers have added their personal mark to their own custom toy!

Supplied unpainted in their standard white vinyl form the DIY packages from Qee and Kidrobot such as the above example named Munny, can be drawn on with crayons, pens, paint and modified with limitless creativity:

Google opens up Glass sales in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Tuesday opened up sale of its wearable Glass device to anyone in the U.S. with $1,500 to spend.

There still isn't a true consumer model of the web-connected eyewear but Google said it's decided to open up its beta "Explorer" program as long as it has the stock in hand as it continues to tweak the hardware and software.

Last month the company experimented with a brief sale of Glass, which apparently resulted in brisk sales.

The Explorer program was introduced in 2012 as a way to to get the unique wearable device into the hands of users.

Opening up sales is a way to increase feedback from purchasers "ahead of our wider consumer release," the company said in a post on its Google+ social network.

Marvel unveils squad-based, tactical 'Avengers' game

Marvel unveiled a new Avengers game for Facebook where players can lead their own squad of superheroes through a variety of missions.

Avengers Alliance Tactics will feature combat similar to the 2K hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown, as players put together squads featuring S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and superheroes such as Thor and Iron Man and lead them into battle.

"You get to recruit heroes and develop each of those characters individually," says T.Q. Jefferson, vice president of game production at Marvel.

The game's story starts with players traveling to the Savage Land to investigate a mysterious energy anomaly. Boasting a 3-D, top-down view of combat, players assume the role as S.H.I.E.L.D. commander, sending orders to agents and heroes.
Brett Molina, USATODAY

Browns sign QB Vince Young to 1-year contract

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Vince Young doesn't take anything for granted. Not after the road he's been down.

Once of the NFL's rising stars before personal problems sidetracked the quarterback's career, Young signed a one-year contract on Thursday with the Cleveland Browns.

Although rusty, Young who hasn't played in a regular-season game since 2011, showed enough during a three-day tryout to get the deal.

It's been a long climb back for Young, who won't celebrate with so much work to be done.

"There's no popping the champagne bottle," he said.

Why we - and the X-Men films - need a break from Wolverine

I love Hugh Jackman. I really do. He's talented, funny and seems like an overall great guy. But this article isn't about him. It's about the fictional character that gave him his big break in Hollywood: Wolverine. Wolverine is one of many mutants that populate the X-Men franchise. He's been at the forefront of the film series for 14 years, with both group and solo outings. He's back again in this month's X-Men: Days of Future Past, where he'll once more lead the team into battle.

WEEPING PADME PREGGO TOY

If there's one thing a kid wants from an action figure, it's ACTION! And nothing says ACTION like a weeping pregnant lady all swollen up and ready to drop her puppies. If you've ever had a little sister or brother arrive in your life, kids, then you know the excitement THIS action mom is in for, over six months of sleeplessness, bloating, crankiness and cracked nipples. To add to that level of thrill, collectors delight that this toy ties in to one of the three best prequels in the Star Wars saga.

BONUS ACTION POINTS: The doll inside the package has clearly become so depressed that she's cut off all her hair in a deranged moment of self-destruction. Now with Post-Partum Depression grip!

The 6 most awful comic-book toys and action figures EVER

We all love toys, because we're all kids inside, especially the unrepentant kids out there who love comics. (That gang is not-growing-up with an aggression that borders on psychosis.) But we don't love ALL toys, because all toys don't deserve it.

Some toys are just so bizarre, so wrongheaded, so unholy that Winslow Schott wouldn't even play with them drunk. If these toys came to life, we would run screaming from the room, looking for a gun.

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Experts pick Kentucky Derby winner; when to watch

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Based on the weather forecast, attendees at today's 140th Kentucky Derby won't have to worry about the flowers on their fancy hats getting watered, and the horses won't have to run in muddy slop at Churchill Downs.

Unlike last year's rainy Derby, the Weather Channel is forecasting mostly sunny skies today with a high of 73 degrees and a 10 percent chance of rain.

The Derby will be the 11th race on today's 13-race program. Post time for the Derby is 6:32 p.m. ET.

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NBC Sports' TV coverage will start at noon on NBCSN and continue at 4 p.m. ET on NBC.

California Chrome is the 3-1 favorite.
Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Sports 1:49 p.m. EDT May 3, 2014

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