Toy Fair 2019 – Jakks Pacific – Mega Man

Part time ASM reporter, full-time Transformers Wiki Guru Extraordinaire Matthew Karpowich was at Toy Fair this past weekend and ended up at the Jakks Pacific booth, and he thought we would like these pictures of their Mega Man offerings. “Mega Man Fully Charged” is the name of the toy line.  Mega Man himself comes with his normal buster, but if you buy other toys in the line, you can use their busters to transform and upgrade Mega Man!  It’s a great play pattern that really mimics the video game. Pictures by Matthew Karpowich

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From the Lost ASM Archives: A Little Q&A With Joe Ruby, Part 2

This interview was given to ASM in 2005, but for reasons unknown it was never published.  Greg Sepelak asked if he could publish the Mega Man portions on his Tumblr blog. We are publishing this portion on ASM now to keep both parts together, but we still recommend that you check out Greg’s Tumblr site often. You can read Part 1 of our interview here. This interview was conducted by Matthew Karpowich and Greg Sepelak in February 2005. Mega Man ASM: When did the cartoon series first begin early production? Joe Ruby: 1994 ASM: Capcom had said that the series was

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From the Lost ASM Archives: A Little Q&A With Joe Ruby

This interview was given to ASM in 2005, but for reasons unknown it was never published.  Greg Sepelak asked if he could publish the Mega Man portions on his Tumblr blog, and that gave me the impetus to put the rest of this interview online.  Sit back, then, and enjoy this “new to you” lost article, an interview with Joe Ruby from Ruby Spears productions.  This interview was conducted by Matthew Karpowich and Greg Sepelak in February 2005. General Topics ASM: Did you ever imagine you’d be working on TV animation productions, or that you’d be in this line of

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