Star Wars Review: Senni Tonnika (Cantina - The Vintage Collection)
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Senni Tonnika (Cantina - The Vintage Collection). She was near the top of a very short list of figures that it seemed Hasbro (and Kenner) might never make - but here we are! In the 1990s we were hoping for a figure with six joints and now we've got a super-articulated figure with a separately molded wig, a blaster, a glass, and an alternate hand. You can't ask for much more here, other than maybe a reissue for those who skipped out on the HasLab Cantina.
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There are no stretch goals and it has about 32 days left to go. If you're in the market for some Tron stuff, it might be good to get ahead of this one as it doesn't look great for its prospects.
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New! The Super7 Devo Booji Boy ReAction Figure may or may not be the last figure we get. We haven't had any of the drummers yet, and I assume due to most of their no longer being in the band and/or alive there may be likeness issues - so we get Booji Boy! Arguably a great addition for fans of weird looking action figures, this character was Mark Mothersbaugh in a rubber baby mask. It shouldn't be a figure, but here he is, and he turned out well! Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
Good or bad, shows like this tend to bring in new (lapsed) fans and help sell a lot of toys. So if it happens, bully for Megatron-armed Optimus Prime sales. There aren't many new opportunities for adults to re-engage with G1-era stuff - they're not really reading all that many comics - so this is potentially good news for getting new people into this before everybody ages out.
Via BadComputer: Astro Climber. It's a new Sega Master System game to celebrate its 40th anniversary, and it's a free download. I've been playing it on an old TV and it looks really great. It plays like a number of climbing games, or a reverse Mr. Driller.
There's not much to it, but it's the kind of thing you'd play on an old demo kiosk and really enjoy. Give it a shot, if you have the means to play it.
Star Wars Review: Scout Trooper (Red Tech Speeder Bike / Epic World of Action)
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Scout Trooper (Red Tech Speeder Bike / Epic World of Action). The classic deco at stores is being cleared out, but this red "tech" variant has been showing up online. The figure itself is the same, but the bike has some added paint with clear red plastic accessories. It's weird, so I like it - but good luck tracking it down outside online sellers. Read the whole review.
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Via Tubi (thanks Trixter for the heads-up): Challenge of the GoBots is on Tubi, one of the many free streaming services you've been ignoring, with what appears to be a very nice remastering. Compared to The Transformers, the animation looks crisp and free of the horrible jaggies which were smoothed out by our CRTs when we watched our old DVDs. You can see the people from Gobotron, which I hadn't thought about much since first watching this show in the 1980s. In the first episode alone you'll hear Rene AbeRenˇ Auberjonois (Odo! Clayton Endicott III!), Brock Peters (Tom Robinson! Joseph Sisko! NPR Darth Vader!), and a bevy of familiar sound effects ripped from Star Wars and Star Trek. And of course Frank Welker as Scooter, doing a voice you've heard as Darwin and many others.
The show looks really good, especially for 1980s toy commercial kidvid. The story, well, there's a reason one toy robot franchise made it and the other didn't despite both debuting the same month in 1984. I'd recommend checking it out - watch an episode of this, then go watch a few seconds of The Transformers. The difference is stark. I don't know if I'm going to watch the entire series, but it was fun to revisit an old Hanna-Barbera cartoon and surprising to see that it looked a heck of a lot better than I remember.
Review: Hasbro Transformers Age of the Primes Leader G2 Universe Dinobot Snarl and G2 Universe Dinobot Slug
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Posted 10 years ago! From 1989, Hasbro Transformers Micromasters Overload was what kids may have bought when Optimus Prime or Ultra Magnus were out of their price ranges. The cheap small toy could be a truck or a plane with a pilot robot. It was a great idea, and I'd love to see more of this kind of thing. We got something like it this year with Micronus Prime, which I'll be posting about next week. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
Captain Ron schools some Autobots in a twist anyone who has been to Macy's probably saw coming, as the show introduces the last of the wave 1 guys. I still like the show a lot.
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Star Wars Review: Darth Vader (The Journey of Anakin Skywalker - The Vintage Collection)
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (The Journey of Anakin Skywalker - The Vintage Collection). He's new, and technically from Ahsoka but also might do as a stand-in for Revenge of the Sith despite the red blade lightsaber. It's a pretty great figure and part of a 3-pack with an Emperor's Wrath Vader and a caped The Clone Wars Anakin.
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Via Onell.store: Reorder Pre-Order Ends October 19. Buildborn Infinite Sarvos and friends are up for a new run at the same prices, but you have to order by Sunday night to get in on the action.
I haven't got my order yet so I can't confirm how they are. Previous Onell Design figures and indeed all Glyos figures I've picked up have been (at worst) pretty good - so I can't imagine they'll disappoint.
Review: Mattel He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection Hordak Action Figure
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Neat! The Mattel He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection Hordak Action Figure might be in a store near you - or not, distribution for these guys is kind of weird from store to store. He's basically just Hordak with a big Time Stopper accessory, but the colors match the cartoon and the head sculpt is great. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
Star Wars Review: C1-10P (Ahsoka show redeco, Droid Factory)
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: C1-10P (Ahsoka show redeco, Droid Factory). It's a repaint of a cartoon toy for a live action show, and it's similar enough that you probably wouldn't miss not having it. The actual prop had some alterations from this design, but it's probably one of those "close enough" things that you wouldn't mind having nor would you miss not having. Assuming you had other Disney or Hasbro Chopper figures, of course. Read the whole review.
Review: Blokees Transformers Defender Version 01 Shattered Alliance Optimus Prime Vehicle Action Figure
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