The Mark of Batman: The Evolution of an Icon [Infographic]

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Holy Batman Day, Batman! Do not adjust the contrast on your screen. You read correctly: BATMAN DAY! It’s a thing, and it’s happening this July 23, 2014, as part of Batman’s 75th Anniversary celebration this year. We support any way you plan on celebrating this momentus occasion, be it hosting an all day Batman movie marathon, constructing your own DIY Bat-Signal, or simply covering the top half of your face and speaking in a husky voice all day. HalloweenCostumes.com chose to honor The Caped Crusader by creating a visual history of the focal point of The Dark Knight’s costume, the iconic bat symbol! Enjoy this fascinating progression, and you’re welcome to click the image below for a larger version.

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Four Part Films [Infographic]

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Next Friday June 27th will mark the theatrical release of the fourth Transformers film, Transformers: Age of Extinction. Of course we’re excited for the Autobots, the special effects, and the star-studded cast, but one of the things we’re most looking forward to? The “will it be a hit, or will it tank” guessing game! Fourth installments of film franchises are historically unpredictable. Sometimes [Jaws] they’re the biggest flop in the series, and other times [Mission: Impossible] they are even more highly regarded than the original!

This cool infographic below is a look back at 15 famous quadrilogy films and how they performed. We charted each movie’s domestic box office earnings (adjusted for inflation), alongside its IMDb user rating. How do you think Transformers will stack up?
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Toying with the World – Infographic

Of course it’s important to treat kids occasionally with the newest toy or the latest game. But as the economy sinks and money gets tighter, it seems to me these types of purchases are also some of the first to cut back on. So I’m extremely surprised that even as families would reduce spending on groceries and school supplies, our toy budgets swell: Americans reduced average supermarket spending by about .5% from 2009 to 2010 while in the same period, toy industry sales grew by 2%.
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