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BRING ON THE SUPER HEROES! In Disney Infinity 2.0 you will have the freedom to create your own stories and play experiences, starring some of your favourite Marvel Super Heroes. Discover the epic adventures in the Play Sets or create your own worlds in Toy Box mode.
ENTER TO WIN! DISNEY INFINITY MARVEL SUPER HEROES COLLECTOR’S EDITION STARTER PACK PS4 PACK!
There are only 100 of these available in NZ! And Upstart has been offered one of them for our competition! So ONE lucky winner will receive all this: Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes COLLECTOR’S EDITION Starter Pack (rrp $129.99) Includes: • Disney Infinity 2.0 Video Game Software • Disney Infinity Base with Iron Man, Thor & Black Widow Figures • 2 x All-New Toy Box Game Discs & 1 x Web Code Card to unlock online and mobile content • 1 x Marvel’s The Avengers Play Set Piece • 1 x Disney Infinity 2.0 Poster
PLUS! PLUS! PLUS! Exclusive Frost Giant Boss Battle Display Stand (diorama) with Battery-Powered LED Lighting The Avengers Figures: Captain America, Hawkeye and the Hulk Figure ($24.99rrp each).
How to enter: Simply tell us the name of your favourite Marvel Super Heroes character! Write your answer on the entry coupon on page 66 and send it in OR enter at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 30 November 2014. PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, WiiU RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW! Disney Interactive DEVELOPER: Avalanche Software GENRE: Action/Adventure RATED: PG (Mild violence and online interactivity)
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©MARVEL
What did Bruce Banner say to Spider-Man? Don’t bug me.
IRON FIST
CAPTAIN AMERICA
With his super charged martial arts skills, Iron Fist is a master of combat action.
Captain America courageously meets evil head on with the help of his indestructible combat shield.
HAWKEYE A master archer from close or afar, Hawkeye never misses a target.
NICK FURY Use Nick Fury to spy on crime with his tactical S.H.I.E.L.D. tech abilities.
VENOM Strike fear into your enemies with Venom’s evil symbiote-slinging web powers.
GET YOUR GAMEPLAY ON! EPIC STORYLINES
TOY BOX GAME DISCS
Original, character driven stories written by award-winning Marvel comic writer, Brian Michael Bendis. Authentic, intertwined stories where some Marvel Super Heroes can cross between Play Sets, all set in iconic Marvel locations.
New pyramid shaped discs deliver structured, franchise-themed games to the Toy Box. Build and customise your games by using Toy Box Toys of your choice and play through each game using any Disney Infinity character to complete missions.
ENHANCED TOY BOX An all-new Toy Box mode that makes it easier for you to create and share your oneof-a-kind levels and mini-games with family and friends. Use the new Creator tool to quickly build your worlds faster and easier than ever before. ©Disney.
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FORWARD COMPATIBILITY All of your Disney Infinity figures, toys and power discs are compatible with the Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Toy Box – stats and upgrades intact. Disney Infinity characters can increase their level cap from level 15 to 20 and skills can be allocated across a variety of attributes using the Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes skill tree. ©MARVEL
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What do you call Iron Man without his suit? Stark Naked.
POWER UP! There’s a new set of circular and hexagonal Power Discs available for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes! Circular discs will add costumes, Area of Effect attacks and team-ups. Hexagonal power discs will add new weapons, vehicles and sky and terrain customisations.
MARVEL TEAM-UPS AND COSTUMES S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Strike: Send down a missile strike from above. Your enemies will need to take cover. Marvel Team Up: Winter Soldier – Team up with the Winter Soldier and catch your enemies in the crossfire. Marvel Team Up: Iron Patriot – Hit them hard, hit them fast, hit them everywhere! Iron Patriot reporting for duty. Stark Arc Reactor: Try the Mark 42 on for size! Unlock Iron Man’s black and white special edition Guardians of the Galaxy armour with added boom! Sentinel of Liberty: Expand your Super Hero wardrobe with Captain America’s World War II costume and original shield! Gamma Rays: Time to get old school and unlock the Original Grey Hulk costume with added smash!
MARVEL SKIES AND TEXTURES World War Hulk: Customise your landscape to make it look as if Hulk went on a smashing rampage. World War Hulk Sky: Turn your blue skies green with this Hulk themed power disc.
Stark Tech: Deck out your Toy Box compliments of Tony Stark. Unlock the Stark Industries Tech theme with upgraded Hologram Readout Tech ability. View from the Suit: Ever wonder what it’s like to see the world from inside Iron Man’s helmet? Check out the Hologram Readout Tech upgrade and unlock Stark Industries ‘View from the Suit’.
MARVEL VEHICLES/MOUNTS Hydra Motorcycle: Take Hydra’s Motorcycle for a spin. Sidecar included.
Lola: Need a ride? Unlock this Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hover car.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Containment Truck: Contain enemies and protect civilians.
Falcon’s Wings: You’ll be soaring.
The Avenjet: Hop on board for a speed boost in your Toy Box.
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What is Iron Man’s favourite drink? Fruit punch.
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Turtle Power ! Rebooted ! The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
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• A TMNT Backpack! • TMNT Headphones • TMNT figurine (prize may vary from ones pictured here).
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Turtles lay eggs.
BEHIND THE MASKS…
Italian painter and sculptor Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti
MASK COLOR: Orange
The youngest of the turtles known for being the easygoing jokester. Mikey adds humour to a tense situation and loves to prank his brothers. He loves video games and most of all, pizza.
O B P S L H O T A L T R O G L A R R B G
R L R N M D D S W U R P E O P K N A N C
G A A E R E A O A I N D I D O I T I O R
R W A O W L Z R L O N C E Z U E E M I G
H E K F E E S F I C T S D P Z E B U T N
E I E A B O S T A F F A A M R A E E A E
D G N A T N C D S W A I S I T R T T N C
A G N U B A W O C S L H G C O O U I I R
R A R A R R N N W B E E O H P R E D M C
O S W O R D O A E U A L U E T U R O O S
Twin Katana Swords
MASK COLOR: Red
MASK COLOR: Blue
The ‘bad boy’ of the turtles known for having a short temper and aggressive nature. He is the most defensive and combat-heavy turtle. Although he often teases his brothers, he’s ready to defend them at any moment.
The oldest of the four turtles known for being the courageous leader. Specialises in Kenjutsu – a sword discipline of Ninjutsu.
E B I T U O N T S N H R R L K E R U D D
Many turtle species are endangered.
D I L A O E O E H K P B E A B P R P W O
Italian painter and architect, Raphael WEAPON OF CHOICE: Twin Sai
WEAPON OF CHOICE:
WEAPON OF CHOICE: Nunchakus
NAMED AFTER:
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NICKNAME: Donnie
NICKNAME: Raph
NICKNAME: Leo
NICKNAME: Mikey
DONATELLO
RAPHAEL
LEONARDO
MICHELANGELO
H A E G G S G L S E A L H N E A E S L O
C L O E A N K L P R R C H G G F P S E E
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H L O E O R W R I U G R O L R R I E H O
E R R C O E L M N R I U A O E O L E N E
T R B O R G T F T M S H R E D D E R E O
P O O S C B F E E R H C T R F T S S L I
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Action Blue Bo Staff Brotherhood Bunker Combat Courageous Cowabunga Crime
Domination Donatello Fear Fearless Fighters Foe Heroes Katana Leonardo
Renaissance Italian artist Donatello WEAPON OF CHOICE:
Bo Staff MASK COLOR: Purple
The smartest of the turtles known for being the inventor and the engineer. Donatello is the least violent of the turtles.
Master Michelangelo Nunchaku Orange Pizza Power Purple Raphael Red
Reptiles Sewer Shredder Splinter Streets Sword Technology Turtle Twin Sai
Did you know? Turtles are reptiles and are cold-blooded.
Turtles have existed for around 215 million years!
Their hard shell protects them The largest turtle is the like a shield; this upper shell is leatherback sea turtle. It can called a ‘carapace’. Turtles also have weigh over 900 kg! a lower shell called a ‘plastron’.
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High-Tech Turtle Style! Interesting stuff! Behind the scenes !
• To create the most realistic version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever, the filmmakers used CGI (computer generated imagery), like that used in the Transformers movie. • The filmmakers mounted shrunken hi-def cameras on a helmet in front of each actor. The cameras could capture the tiniest facial and eye movements, down to the half-blink of an eye or flick of a tongue, so they could be translated into thousands of terabytes of coded information for the animators to play with. • The cast wore brand new ‘mo-cap’ suits that were easier for them to move around in than previous suits. • Months before filming, the actors underwent complex facial and full-body scans that led to the tailoring of their custom-made helmets and mo-cap suits. • On set, the four Turtle actors went through a daily two-hour long session of applying white facial powder and VFX dots to help further track their expressions. Before the cameras rolled, the four turtle actors would then strap on not only their helmets but also a lightweight turtle shell, which added to the realistic physical motion and weight distribution.
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LIVING IT UP! The Turtles live underground in a maze-like subterranean world, which the set designers and artists needed to create for the movie. The main set is the Turtles’ hidden underground lair – both home and command centre. The design team created a spectacular 3,000 square foot set – nearly half the size of a rugby field! The set has graffiti-tagged chambers, pizza-box furniture, skateboard ramp, meditation room, a wall of boom boxes, and a console where Donatello monitors the city. “If you had four teenagers living in a sewer, this is what it would look like,” says one of the designers. “…It’s like a private bunker. If the world exploded you could live down there as long as you like – and there’d be plenty of pizza!”
Sea turtles have special glands, which help remove salt from the water they drink.
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Join the Monster Jam Pit Party! Woohoo! Get along to the Tempo Dance Festival! HOT WHEELS – 2 Cool For Fuel! Ruggerland – rugby activities for the holidays My Sports Achievement
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The Boxtrolls – dare to be brave! Scooby-Doo – colour and be in to Take the Monster High Scaritage Quiz! Bookworm: Upstart Top Titles How well do you know Skulduggery Pleasant? Upstart Mag and Scholastic Star Librarian!
RA N D OM S T U F F 32-40 Pets galore! Kitties, rabbits, dogs, chooks and a horse! PLUS Little Live Birds AND My Little Pony STICKER FUN! 62 Eat healthy, be happy POSTER 63 Yummy reader recipes – Get Cooking 64-65 Hold your sides! The funny pages! 66 YOUR SUPER WHOPPER ENTRY COUPON – ENTER HERE! 67 The Horrorscopes
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LEGO City: Spot the difference CAPTAIN TOYRIFFIC and the PLANET FUN EXPRESS: The latest news, cool toys and comps!
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What has four wheels and flies? A rubbish truck – AINSLEE EDMONDSON, 7, Tauranga Primary School, Tauranga
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What do you call a plane that doesn’t work properly? An error plane – MEG HARDIE BOYS, 10, Island Bay School, Wellington
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Scooby Doo: Why’s Fred in a bad mood? Shaggy: He’s not in a bad mood, Scoob, he’s a monster!
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1. The chance to meet Skulduggery Pleasant author DEREK LAND
He’ll be in New Zealand from October 2-4. For book signings and events, check out www.harpercollins.co.nz. Page 45.
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new BOOMco Rapid Madness Ultimate Rapid-Fire Blaster! Comes with 30 x Smart Stick Darts that stick to the also included BOOMco target and a 20-dart clip. Awesome fun! www.boom-co.com
3. The McDonald’s Dunedin Ambassadors are chartering the world famous, Taieri Gorge Train to raise mone y for Ronald McDonald House South Island. Once again, Upsta rt is proud to be part of it! ‘The Train Ride With A Differ ence’ is a fun day! The scenery is spectacular and there is lots to do colouring competition, face painting, lolly scram ble, photos with Santa and Ronald McDonald, and even farm animals. When? Saturday, 22 November. Contact Annemarie on 021 712 501.
4. Kids from Mt Cook School in Wellington helping to pack RSA
Christmas parcels for the NZ Defence Force soldie rs who will be spending Christmas Day overseas. The kids got stuck in, helping the RSA volunteers. Pictured left are Chief of Army, MAJG EN Dave Gawn (centre), with Kaitlyn Jorgefsen and Beth Alofaifo.
– AMELIA HORNBLOW, 8, Mellons Bay School, Auckland
5. Castlecliff School kids, Whanganui! You rock! Pages 60-61. Sue and the Upstart crew Don’t forget to facebook us at www.facebook.com/u pstartmag to tell us what you’ve been up to. We love to keep in touch!
Here is a picture I painted of my favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
– JORDAN BLENNERHASSETT, 10, St Francis Catholic Primary School, Point Chevalier, Auckland
– KINGSLEY LEWIS, 3, Nawton, Hamilton
Healthy food vs junk food
Bring back rugby! Hi Upstart, I’m so annoyed that rugby season is ending because I will be bored for the rest of the year! – HAWAIIKI, Home School, Whangarei
Sue says: Hey Hawaiiki! You don’t need to be bored! Check out Ruggerland on page 48 for some fun rugby activities to practise while you’re waiting for the next rugby season to begin. Now’s a good time to get out and practise your ball skills!
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Hi Upstart, Why is healthy food so much more expensive than junk food? I think that healthy food shouldn’t be too expensive if we want people to be healthy. It is unfair to make it so expensive. I think it’s bad because it means people buy junk food instead. It’s not fair for the people who don’t have much money. How come soft drinks are often cheaper than water? Junk food can mess up your brain if you eat too much of it. That’s why you should only eat junk food as a special treat. Vegetables are very good for you because they have a lot of nutrients. If you don’t eat enough vegetables then you might get sick. I think if healthy food was cheaper then many people would be a lot happier because they would be eating good food – EMMA SHOTTER, 9, St John Bosco School, New Plymouth
October / November 2014
What is a Jedi’s favourite car? A toy-yoda – DAN THORPE, 9, Upper Harbour Primary School, Albany
LETTERS / NGA R E TA
My musical recital Nervous, nervous, nervous. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! My heart was thumping. It felt like a bomb next to me, exploding every time I breathed. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!. I was going to the cello competitions. I had entered the Family Fun item, which included my two sisters who each play the violin, my dad on cello and mum on piano. I also entered a solo, which means I play by myself except for the accompanist who plays the piano. For the school, I was playing the Chamber Ensemble
as violinist and pianist. I also entered a fiddle, which was the American style fiddle. When we got to St Peter’s where the competition was held, we went inside and got a room to practise. After we practised, we went to do my solo. I was against another boy. He played before me and was pretty good. Then it was me. I walked across the stage and bowed. I started to play… – MATTHEW CHANWAI, 8, Southwell School, Hamilton
TORCH
– ANNIE WHALEY, 9, St John Bosco School, New Plymouth
Favourite mag!
Hi Upstart, I made these at school with my mum – ELLA JANE-KYLE, 6, Welbourn Primary School, New Plymouth
Hi Upstart, You’re my fave mag! Here is my gingerbread cheerleader. I’m a cheerleader. I’m 10 years old and go to Mt Carmel School. My BFF is Grace and we love inventing, and reading Upstart together. Keep the awesome mags coming – SOPHIE CROWHEN, 10, Mt Carmel School, Auckland
Dinosaur design Hi Upstart, My name is Andrew Wooler and I am 10 years old. I am sending these photos of my dinosaur mural I created. It took me about three months to do. I did each dinosaur separately first. I had to draw the dinosaur, then I had to paint each one. After all the dinosaurs were finished, I did the background, adding in the trees and mountains and rocks. I really enjoyed doing this, especially when it was finished – ANDREW WOOLER, 10, Riverhead School, Auckland
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What was the pirate’s favourite subject at school? Arrrt – LILY FENN, 10, Makaraka School, Gisborne
The Day I Faced My Fear
N ILLUSTRATION: GRANT BROW
Hi Upstart, I was riding my bike when… CRASH! KABANG! SMASH! I fell off my bike! I was in more pain than I had ever experienced in my life! I felt the pain fly through my sore blood busted arm. I screamed, “Help!” My mum and dad, my three sisters and my brother came zooming out of the house as fast as a giraffe riding a lion. Mum grabbed an ice pack but nothing happened, so everyone hopped in the glossy blue car to go to the hospital. We were in such a rush that we ran over my sister’s chicken! Then SPLAT! Blood came bursting out of the chicken. It was dead. It took longer to get to the hospital because my dad had to clean up the mess. When we got to the hospital, they gave me an x-ray. They said my arm was broken so they put on a cast. After three weeks I got a purple cast, and then two weeks after that, it was all better – COREY-JAMES DAVIDSON, 10, Otonga Primary School, Rotorua
Hands off!
Our ‘awesome’ market!
Hi Upstart, I think robbery is unfair. Kids should be free to enjoy their toys without fear of them being stolen. Robbers always think they will turn out awesome – but they are wrong! Robbery is bad. They always get in trouble and can go to prison. It should STOP! – KATRIN VISSER, 8, St John Bosco School,
Hi Upstart, My name is Christina and I am 10 years old. I love playing netball, doing karate and dancing. My favourite colour is blue and my worst nightmare is wearing all pink! I absolutely love your mag - it’s soooo awesome! – CHRISTINA NIELSEN, 10, Gladstone
Hi Upstart, My school, Ilam Primary, had an amazing market day recently. It was the Year 5 and Year 6 students who were selling stuff. There were so many crazy things! Stalls were selling things like ginger beer, duck bread, and even slime. My crew was called the The Awesome Crew stall, and involved my friends Eleanor, Sophie, and Amber. We sold popcorn, sherbert and lemonade. It must have tasted great because we made $124.60, which was the most out of any stall in our class! And the good thing is that all the money goes to Ronald McDonald House! – REBECCA HANCOCK, 9, Ilam Primary
Primary School, Auckland
School, Christchurch
New Plymouth
Hiya Upstart !
Thanks Upstart ! Thank you so much for my cool prize of family passes to Butterfly Creek and Dinosaur Kingdom. We had so much fun! I took my brother, Jake and sister, Felicity. The best part was being able to put my fingers in the dinosaur’s mouth! I loved seeing the butterflies too and one landed on my head – RILEY WRIGHT, 8, Milford Primary School, Auckland Why did the man run around his bed? To catch up on his sleep.
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American-based That’s right! The d will ® heading to NZ an Monster Jam is in m iu ad d’s QBE St debut at Aucklan r be m ve and 2nd No North Harbour, 1st s! ce an citing perform 2014 for three ex show are the The stars of the ls: the ers on four whee biggest perform ing cks! These amaz Monster Jam tru et fe eir fans to th machines bring omripping up a cust d an while racing soar to les ll of obstac designed track fu through. over – or smash will include 10 The show’s line up led by ster Jam trucks, world class Mon nals er Jam World Fi the 4-time Monst e ® Digger and 11-tim Champion Grave SM e th , Max-D World Champion , Mutt® Rottweiler er st ferocious Mon n Iro n super hero Marvel’s very ow n of Carnage, Man™, the Quee ® and more! MADUSA
ber, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, 1st Novem r, 2pm Sunday, 2nd Novembe ketmaster.co.nz Ticket info at www.tic
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Each Monster truck body is made of fibreglass and custom designed to create a character or theme for the truck.
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FELD The kind people at ve Entertainment ha ine given Upstart Magaz to give FOUR family passes aders! away to our lucky re our Plus we’ve also got cool hands on some ultra dise! an Monster Jam merch
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ts with Monster Jam star S, which PIT E TH IN the PARTY re the takes place befo turday Sa on s 2pm show . and Sunday Custom-built, give supercharged and Your tickets will hour 3methanol-injected, a e th to you access Monster truck engine burns can go u yo re Pit Party whe up to 10 litres of methanol ck tra ce ra al per run (approximately onto the actu ! rs 80 metres) and delivers ive and meet the dr about 1,500 horsepower. the Monster to se clo up t Ge ct the drivers’ Jam trucks, colle photos and autographs, take p acles they’ll jum explore the obst ally destroy! over and eventu
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The average Monster truck will go through eight tyres in one year. In order to allow the drivers to withstand the punishing impacts of jumping and crashing during a performance, each Monster Jam truck is equipped with specially-engineered, extra long 76cm shock absorbers filled with oil and nitrogen gas that are installed with each tyre.
MADUSA All Monster Jam trucks have a 5-point safety belt harness to restrain the driver’s body.
ive: Each winner will rece m show 4 x tickets to the 2p 14 RDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 20 and Pit Party on SATU Hot Wheels rmuffs, Monster Jam PLUS Monster Jam ea ir Book! and the 2014 Souven entry coupon k the box on the
TO ENTER: Simply tic it in. OR enter at the Upstart page 66 and send
on .co.nz. www.upstartmag Friendship Club, tober 20th. mpetition on Oc co is th r fo rly Entries close ea A typical Monster truck costs $600,000 yearly to build, staff, compete, transport and maintain on the Monster Jam tour.
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