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Oct. 2000:

Moore Action Collectibles and Moore Creations, Inc. recently obtained the license for Twentieth Century Fox's hit television series, Angel. Creator and executive producer Joss Whedon places Buffy's former beau in the City of Angels to combat evil, protect the innocent, and come to terms with his own mystifying past. In the pursuit of saving the lost souls of Los Angeles, Angel is joined by two other Sunnydale escapees, Cordelia Chase, played by Charisma Carpenter, and a know-it-all former watcher turned rogue demon hunter Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, played by Alexis Denisof.

A set of ornaments, including Angel and a vampire-faced Angel, is currently in development and scheduled to ship in December. Angel featured in Victorian clothing, is the subject for an upcoming bust. This will be the first in a series of statues and busts due early next year. Moore Action Collectibles, Inc. is planning an action figure line with characters from the television series in 2001.

Dec. 2000:	Buffy Goes Digital I know I'm a little late with this, but as they say, better late than never. In September 2000, video game publisher THQ released Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Nintendo's Game Boy Color platform. The game was developed by GameBrains. All together, the game got rather bad reviews and was described as poor. But hey, it still stays Buffy. Myself, I've never been attracted by that little screen... it gives me headaches. So, I'll just wait till it comes out on one of the other platforms. Click on the links below to read the preview and review.

	Preview	Review

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January 2001:	More Video Game Madness Fox Interactive announced that a 3D action-adventure game based on the popular TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is coming to PlayStation, among other consoles. While Fox has not announced anything other than support for the PlayStation2, the company does have plans to create a game franchise based on Buffy, and is almost assuredly bringing this series to PlayStation2, but would not confirm any concrete plans at this time. Due this fall, Fox's new game enables gamers to play the blonde nymphet Buffy Summers from the third-person perspective (a la Mario, Tomb Raider, Xena), and provides them with many of the same elements inherent in the TV show. High school cheerleader by day and "the chosen one" by night, Buffy fans will get to interact with her friends and foes (Angel, Cordelia, Giles, Willow, Oz, and Xander) and use her various abilities, from deadly slaying powers to her quick heals to lambasting her foes with her deadly martial arts skills. Fox says that "the game combines action, fighting, drama, humor, exploration and puzzle solving in rich interactive 3D environments," which is quite a handful, but if you've played Xena and Tomb Raider, you may have decent idea of what this game is going to be like. Fans of the TV series will see familiar scenarios and environments, such as such as Sunnydale High School, the cemetery, town square, the shopping mall, The Bronze nightclub and Buffy’s home. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being developed by Southern California developer The Collective, but the producers and creators of the TV show are taking part in the game's development to keep it true to the show's original concept. Rumours go that the game would also be released on Sega's Dreamcast and that a PC version might see the daylight. For more information, click on the links below.

	Playstation	Dreamcast

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January 2001:

Buffy & Angel online comics at DarkHorse.com

Similar to the Marvel and DC online comics, Dark Horse has published their own online comics, including an exclusive Buffy and Angel story.

Angel: A mysterious skull arrives in a package for Doyle and possesses his body. Can Angel set things straight or will the skull get it's revenge?

Buffy: Buffy Summers has a mission in life: save the (relatively) innocent denizens of Sunnyvale from the forces of evil. Sounds kinda hard, doesn't it? Well, Buffy makes it look easy!

Click on the images below to check them out.

January 2001:

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer With Stake Statue

From sculptor Steve Varner comes the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Resin Statue. The piece stands 10” tall on a 4 1/2” square base. Beautifully painted, it’s an extraordinary likeness of Buffy actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, and her about-to-stake-me-a-vampire pose really brings the slayer to life.

Suggested retail price: $79.95