A great addition to those Stone Age sets I never saw in stores, the Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Caveman is today's figure. He's paler, redder, and has fire. It's an impressive figure with painted-on bones for a necklace and molded fur pieces. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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A few toy industry people have said that the future is in adult/fan/collector spaces. Given the limitations on advertising junk food to children with toys, odds are a lot of people in their 40s are going to see this and make lunch decisions accordingly. I know I'll be picking up a couple. A leaked slick showing 16 toys and special food packaging has been making the rounds, allowing you to know in advance we'll be fighting over the Boo Bucket one.

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Recent! The Super7 Universal Monsters Bela Lugosi as Dracula ReAction+ Figure is actually fun. It's an o-ring figure, built very much like 1980s Hasbro G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero figures from the swivel-neck days. If you have other Joe (or The Corps) toys, this actually is a fantastic thing to toss in there. Sure, Destro's great, but why not have Bela attack your ninjas? This would have been great in the 1980s and 1990s when Hasbro inserted William "The Fridge" Perry and the cast of Street Fighter II. But you're old now, so maybe you won't do that - but he's sitll super fun. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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In case you forgot given the never-ending firehose of news, Hasbro is moving its digs from Pawtucket (previously also Providence) to Boston over the coming year.

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New! The Hasbro Transformers Age of the Primes Leader Maximal Big Convoy updates the Japan-only Beast Wars Neo leader who, it turns out, never got released by Hasbro in his original colors or name. We got Ultra Mammoth and Nemesis Prime, but that's it. Any Big Convoy toys were imports, and I couldn't resist back in 1999 - and if you couldn't either, you might still want this update. There are no toy gimmicks, but you get plenty of parts and some support for his giant blaster. Also, a new tiny blaster. Read on!

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Long gone! The Onell Design Glyos Pheyden Prime has certainly vested... because he has a vest, you see. Similar in color to a number of basic Pheydens (but not an exact match to the first one), he's got a blaster, a scarf, and extra switch pins. At time of release, he was a reasonable $12 and you probably wish you got him. A new Pheyden is probably just around the corner, but if not, this is also a very nice and unusual configuration worth seeing. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Posted 10 years ago! From 1993, Playmates Star Trek: The Next Generation Vorgon Action Figure was $5 back when this was a pretty fantastic figure for $5. You got a unique alien who never had his parts reused for somebody else. The head deco looks good by modern standards, and was pretty amazing for 33 years ago with lots of extra color around the eyes and painted lips. Back then, Kenner would give you eyebrows, sure, but lips? Maybe on the girls, and not all of the girls. Playmates really tried hard to be a contender in this business, and managed to pick up a lot of fanatical fans up right about until they said "Hey, 1,701 chase figures!" and competition from Kenner with then-new Star Wars. Today this figure's worth $6ish - which means it's cheaper, especially accounting with inflation. I'd recommend it if you like Trek, especially since that whole 1990s line is pretty great. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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Not Hot Wheels, but sized the same! Blokees Transformers Blokees Wheels C01 Roll Out! Mirage Vehicle will fit on your orange tracks, but it's a construction kit and lacks metal racing axles. But it looks really good, and the chassis reportedly has a more dense plastic that certainly feels a bit more substantial. I love the paint, I dig the design, and I'd recommend it to anybody who prefers their toy cars a bit more sci-fi or whimsical. Read on, and come back Monday for more!

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Old! Long gone, this Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Celt is something you just might find in a 70025 Series 15 blue blind bag. Few show up for sale, and it's still a pretty cheap figure with a lot of painted detail. And nifty hair. And a swell red beard. It just exists mostly without a greater theme to back him up. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Old! The Kenner Batman Returns The Penguin Action Figure came out at a time when Kenner looked at the old Super Powers Collection sculpts and said "Tim Burton won't mind." The figure applies a darker coloration to a brightly-colored cartoony figure, with no real correlation to Danny DeVito's movie appearance. And that's why it is still interesting. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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