Allow Me To Introduce Myself, My Name Is TJ Dietsch

July 10, 2008 on 7:28 pm | In Staff Bio | 1 Comment

Hey gang, ToyFare Associate Editor TJ Dietsch here. I just wanted to take a second to introduce myself to you fine folks. Hopefully you’ve seen me pop up over the last few issues. I actually took over for Justin when he moved away from us for a few months (I like to think of it as a sabbatical), but I’ve been around the Wizard offices for about three-ish years now. And I was an intern the summer before that. Before moving over to ToyFare I was in the trenches with the hardest working department in this company, research (”Always Be Closing” is the department motto).

Since moving over to ToyFare, I’ve gotten a crash course in all things toys. I mean, I’ve been a fan of action figures from the time I was a youngin all the way through to today. I started with He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Transformers moved on to Silverhawks and Thundercats then hit up Spider-Man, X-Men, X-Force and the rest of the Marvel Toy Biz lines. Since then I’ve jumped around to different figures, but right now I’m really into the DC Universe Classics line (just wait until you see who’s in the 6th wave as seen in the upcoming ToyFare #134), Hasbro’s Indiana Jones figures, MiniMates and JLU. But I get really excited by just about every image and actual toy that comes through our offices. And there’s plenty.

So, basically, what I do here is read through text and make sure it all reads well and is factually accurate. Which means if there are any mistakes, they’re probably my fault. I’m still learning about this whole editor thing, but I’m having a lot of fun and learning as I go. I also help out with TTT, word balloons and captions and sometimes they let me write a thing or two, like the DCUC Poll in #133 (by the way, head on over and vote on that bad boy, see the link below).

Keep an eye out for all kinds of great content on this website and of course, keep reading the magazine. And, if you’re still looking for something else to read online, check out my Kickin’ It Old School blog just a few spaces below this one on the WU.com Blogs page.

Holla!

–TJ