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Retro Weekend
December 8, 2023 |
Star Wars Review: Morgan Elsbeth (The Vintage Collection)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Morgan Elsbeth (The Vintage Collection). This is a good figure, with nice deco and sculpting, plus an excellent likeness. But she has no accessories, and is $17. A variant head would have been nice - and was probably spoiler-locked from development - as would a nod to her spear in the previous series. Nothing in the packaging is bad, so as long as you weren't expecting accessories for your money, you'll be happy. Read the whole review.
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Three New Healey Made Figure This Weekend
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Healey Made - Three Wise Kings? New Glyos Figures This Weekend. Is it Larry, Curly, and Moe? I mean... I guess given their hair it might be possible. Someone would be bound to lose an eye eventually. The three figures go up tomorrow at 2:00 PM Eastern, so set a reminder.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Turok Trilogy Bundle, Sunsoft Mahjong Solitaire: Shanghai Legend, Arcade Archives SCRAMBLE FORMATION, and over a dozen more.
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Ad: New G.I. Joe and Super Powers at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: Get new Hasbro G.I. Joe, McFarlane Super Powers, and Super7 Toxic Avengers at Entertainment Earth! New figures galore are going up for pre-order now, so get your place in line for 2024 releases now.
And if you're still reading, you can get Free Shipping on all orders $79+ in the USA with code WINTER79.
         
    
But there's more! The 2023 Under the Tree Toy Deals at Entertainment Earth are running on all in-stock items through December 10. Buy 1, get 1 50% off on all in-stock items! That's nearly 10,000 amazing deals - while supplies last! For example, The Book of Boba Fett figures from The Retro Collection.
       
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Patronize Me!
RIP Norman Lear
December 7, 2023 |
Review: Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Dutch Farm Girl
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  Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Blind bag surprise! This Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Dutch Farm Girl has a nifty had and good deco, plus wooden shoes you can throw in machinery. Is it something I'd have picked out on purpose? Probably not - but it turned out well, so here's a review while I figure out where to put her in the greater context of things. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Playmates Exits Trek Figure Line
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  Via Trek Core: Playmates Toys Ends STAR TREK Action Figure Development. A second wave of figures, including Pike and Spock, 7 of 9 and Worf, Q, and what may have been LaForge but the figure picture that got out was super blurry. None of these London Toy Fair 2023 reveals were shown to the public.
It's a pattern that emerges a lot with new reboots of collector lines - older fans look at it with skepticism as it's not what they have, and new fans don't see a big picture yet. (For example, The Black Series waves 1 and 2 pegwarmed and spent some time in the $10-$13 range on Amazon before prices started to go back to normal and collectors came on board.) With multiple Trek figure lines that stop after one or two waves, it's not a big surprise that some fans - heck, myself included - had a "wait and see" attitude. Will someone else try? Maybe if Trek gets in front of families on a bigger service again... but probably not. I was really hoping Playmobil would give us more figures and a Shuttle.
Playmates had a massive success with kids and adults with a 1990s Trek range that covered pretty much every series and movie in varying sizes, with a reboot line that was a little messy in 2009 and this other line that kicked off in 2022. As of this week, I've spotted some of the 2022 figures on sale at Target for a few bucks off - so if you want to collect the whole line, you can probably do so pretty easily.
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Sharks Infesting Ross
December 6, 2023 |
Star Wars Review: Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2, The Black Series)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2, The Black Series). This is a new mold for 2023, larger than the 2013 version and weirder. He's got a telescoping neck with on-board storage for all his claws and arms, plus a retractable third leg with an articulated foot. That's an unusual feature in Hasbro R2-D2 figures. It's by no means perfect, but it's a pretty great replacement for the old one if you feel like dropping $25 on another R2-D2, which I of course did. Read the whole review.
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Tom Waits Iggy Pop BBC6 Show Streaming Now
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  Via BBC6: Iggy welcomes Tom Waits to the Confidential Show. I've started listening to this one, and it's pretty much 100% what you want to hear - two distinct musical voices shooting the breeze about a lot. Guests on this particular show are a rare thing, and it should be streaming for about a month.
After that you'll have to find an MP3 of it on some archive somewhere. It seems like peak "weird dad" energy, so if you are a weird dad or have a weird dad, be sure to give it a listen. It's fun.
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Ad: New Mr. Freeze Exclusive, Hasbro Star Wars, HeroQuest, and BOGO 50% Off at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get new stuff at Entertainment Earth! New exclusives like the DC Multiverse Mr. Freeze Black Light Gold Label 7-Inch Scale Action Figure - Entertainment Earth Exclusive join hard-to-find items like the Star Wars The Retro Collection Action Figures Set of 6 and new stuff, like the thrilling Star Wars Epic Hero Series Action Figures.
But that's not all! The 2023 Under the Tree Toy Deals at Entertainment Earth are running on all in-stock items through December 10. Buy 1, get 1 50% off on all in-stock items! That's nearly 10,000 amazing deals - while supplies last!
       
And if you're still reading, you can get Free Shipping on all orders $79+ in the USA with code WINTER79.
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NES Development Continues
December 5, 2023 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Legacy Evolution Voyager Trashmaster Action Figure
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 Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Trashy! The Hasbro Transformers Legacy Evolution Voyager Trashmaster Action Figure is a fun figure, but isn't particularly big given his price point. He's comparable in size to an Energon-era deluxe, but has a higher parts count, more accessories, and can be taken apart and parts-swapped with your other Junkion figures. At regular price it's perfectly fine, but if you can get it on sale you absolutely should. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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NESDevo Compo '23 Results
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  Via itch.io: NESDev Compo '23 Results. A bunch of programmers put up some great games and demos you can download and play for free, and the rankings for this year are in. Little Sisyphus won best overall, and a lot of other games did pretty well. You should check them out, because you're probably also old and don't like new games no way now how either. I still need to try the likes of Proximity Shift and Miroh Jr.
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Welcome to Tati
December 4, 2023 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Figures for Kids and Doll Houses for Adults. It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update!
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Classic Review: Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators Mel Birnkrant Edition Fire and Ice Electron+ Action Figure
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 A classic! I've written over 5,000 action figure reviews since 2006, so I'm going to toot my own horn with classic Figure of the Day.
Posted ten years ago today! The Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators Mel Birnkrant Edition Fire and Ice Electron+ Action Figure was a low-run revised version of the standard figure, with even more clear parts and metallic enhancements. It's probably as good as this mold will ever look, and of course it sold out a while ago. A few figures from this line are still available - and with all the glow and White Star guys, I still have some reviews to write! Read on!
Come back tomorrow for an all-new review!
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Glyos - New Onell Design Wave 99 Drop
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: Glyos Onell Design December 4 2023 Drop Menu . Lots of glow guys, some silver, some black, and some green - it's a really good batch of colors, with lots of revamps of familiar, long-sold-out figures. If you've never bought any of these before, now would be a good time with glow Gauss Armor, a new version of Hades, and two different glow Pheyaos figures up for grabs... provided they didn't sell out yet.
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Analogue Pocket Restock (and other stuff)
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  Via Analogue: Analogue Duo Shipping, Pocket Restock, White Dock Limited Editions, Pocket OS Release Date, Pocket Adapter Set Release Date. The white Dock costs more - because of course it does - and the Pocket itself will be back in stock today at 8:00 AM Pacific. It's been a while!
Analogue Pocket OS v1.2 is due this month, with a few new tweaks including, for some reason, a CRT Trinitron Display Mode.
Despite the basic black or white models being $219.99 I've found them to be great - I have a lot of old cartridges I still play a lot, and the whole side-loading homebrews thing has been great too. You can copy over those Kickstarter demo ROMs for NES, Genesis, and other consoles on this thing and give them a whirl. Sure, I wish it were cheaper and easier to get, but even if you build a new Game Boy in 2023 it's going to cost you $80 just for the buttons, screen, shell, and speaker and another $80 for the board. (But, it should be noted, I am lazy.)
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The Water Feature Is a Core Part of What We Do
December 1, 2023 |
Star Wars Review: BB Droid (Advent Calendar 2022)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: BB Droid (Advent Calendar 2022). It's an ornament! I think - for a robot in a Christmas/Holiday set, it certainly looks like something that could just be a run-of-the-mill droid. There's white paint and metallic blue, making this the kind of thing you could see serving on an X-wing and not, unlike many of the others in the set, particulrly pecific to any one time of the year. Read the whole review.
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Onell Design - Glyos Wave 99
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: Onell Design Preparing Drop 99 for This Weekend. You can see glow, and some clear, and some hints in a blog post's comments - but be there at 9:30 PM Eastern on Sunday to find out what they're building in there.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince, Batman: Arkham Trilogy, Trip World DX, and over a dozen more.
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