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JUNE 2003
ToyFare Magazine
issue #70

ToyFare issue #70 cover
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"...rising stars of the new toy cinema...forging new ground in filmmaking... armed with nothing but a camera, a Website and a buttload of action figures... produced the ultimate low budget sequel, ALIEN 5."
-Paul DeBetta ToyFare Magazine

OCTOBER 2001
ToyFare Magazine
issue #50

ToyFare Magazine issue #50 cover
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APRIL 15, 2008
Village Soup
Damon Wellner introduces a 10 year retrospective of Probot Toy Cinema at the Colonial Theatre in Belfast, ME.

"If you watch a bunch of them, the novelty of the dolls-as-characters begins to recede and words and feelings and characters come to the fore, as in a mainstream movie."

Read Jay Davis' article on Probot Productions from the Waldo County Citizen.

APRIL 10, 2008
MaineCoastNOW.com cover story
Probot Productions got a cover story in "The Beat" section of a local consortium of newspapers including The Waldo Independent. Read it here.
APRIL 14, 2008
BangorDailyNews.com
Damon Wellner assembles a model of the Colonial Theatre in Belfast, ME.
Read Walter Griffin's article on Probot Productions from
the Bangor Daily News.

PUBLICATIONS

AUGUST 2006
Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?:
Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture
by Henry Jenkins
Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins
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"These action figure movies require constant resourcefulness on the part of the amateur filmmakers. . . Despite. . . primitive working conditions, Probot has been able to mimic the original film's light saber battles, space weaponry, and holographic images."
- Convergence Culture
by Henry Jenkins
&
Rethinking Media Change
The Aesthetics of Transition
Edited by David Thorburn and Henry Jenkins

Rethinking Media Change edited by Henry Jenkins

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ONLINE REVIEWS

JULY 2008
WIRED
"Best Star Wars Remakes"
WIRED 10 Best Star Wars Remakes
"at least one person has made an all-figure reinterpretation of the movie."
- Lore Sjoberg WIRED

DECEMBER 2006
ALIEN 5²
"Probot Productions have made probably the greatest action figure film of all time. This is a must watch... witness the mayhem that is unleashed on the toy version of Los Angeles."
- Entertainment Geekly
EntertainmentGeekly.com

FARRAH!
"...over the top and very funny!"
- Angelic Heaven - #1 Charlie's Angels Fan Site

STAR WARS ACTION FIGURE THEATER
"Now that's what we call an ACTION sequence!"
- Star Wars® Trade Federation

"...the saddest waste of time ever,
good effort though."
- sensibleerection.com

"Somewhere Between Awesome and Really Awesome, There’s ‘Raiders of the Toy Box’
It’s a bit like my childhood come true, really."
-The Balls Room
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