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RIP Pennies
May 23, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Mandalorian Fleet Commander (The Vintage Collection)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Mandalorian Fleet Commander (The Vintage Collection). This figure has no specific name, but he has an alternate head and probably isn't something you saw in stores very much. Read the whole review.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: EGGCONSOLE HYDLIDE II MSX, Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, Arcade Archives NEBULASRAY, and over a dozen more.
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Retro Has Landed (Again)
May 22, 2025 |
Review: Kenner Batman: The Animated Series Scarecrow
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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!
Old! The Kenner Batman: The Animated Series Scarecrow is one of the very first figures I bought from that line, and it was a good one. Light-up eyes, bird buddy, spinning arm, and all for about six bucks. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Spin Master Embraces Retro Sculpts for 1978 Superman: The Movie
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  Via Spin Master on Toy News International: Spin Master Continues Their DC Movie Retro Collection Line With Superman! Unlike Target's figures for Batman last year, these seem to be all-new, 5-jointed sculpts. Some are more "retro" than others - Lois seems perfect, but the Jor-Els have 1990s-style coats - but they're neat.
They follow the old Kenner Star Wars template which was also used by Funko and Super7 for ReAction Figures. What's particularly interesting is that they don't seem to have likeness rights - the faces are all a little murky, and the cardbacks lack a photo of the actor from the movie. Super7 did this on some of their figures too, and the likenesses tended to be a little more Kennery when the actor's face got replaced by a collage or a poster (or a helmet.) Give these a look, but please make sure you leave at least one Lois Lane on the shelf for me. (I briefly got to meet Margot Kidder a zillion years ago at SDCC!)
With any luck these will be easily found, whenever they come out, where ever they're exclusive.
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Microcenter Coming to Phoenix?
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  Via imgur (thanks Shaun, I don't know where he found it): Microcenter has a building permit for the partial interior demolition of the old Conn's Home Plus building at 4531 E Thomas Rd! Back in the day, Phoenix/Tempe was gifted with Fry's Electronics and before that, Incredible Universe. Since Fry's has been gone for years, this is potentially exciting news for people who want to go to a store and buy RAM or something you can't get at the increasingly scarce Best Buy stores.
For those of you who are local, it looks near to the Thomas Walmart (with the radio towers) and the nearby Target, which sounds like a great future toy run in the making. It's near where Toy Liquidators used to be. I'd love to have a local source for parts for things again.
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RIP George Wendt
May 21, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Vader (Epic World of Action Mech Force Suit)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (Epic World of Action Mech Force Suit). The general sculpt is similar to last year's 5-jointed figure, but with new circuit deco and added joints. You can get a non-circuit-deco one packaged individually, but this fancy weird one comes with a giant mech suit. It's silly, but it's also a toy, and we don't get a lot of "real toy" releases these days. It's worth a gander. Read the whole review.
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Review: Mattel Hot Wheels HW-4-TRAC
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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!
Not recent! The Mattel Hot Wheels HW-4-TRAC was one I picked up because I expected it to work better on tracks... I didn't find that it did. But it's not an uninteresting design. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Bespoke Artisanal Web Site that Nobody Actually Cares About
May 20, 2025 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler
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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!
Old! Hasbro Transformers Generations Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler is long gone, cleared out, but... it's a scream. I've seen them on clearance but happily paid full price for it, and have no regrets. You can probably get it cheaper than I paid. Read on!
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Game Boy Color Gets Fan Made OutRun Demo
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  Via rocketshippark on itch.io: What if OutRun came to the Game Boy Color?! It's a demo that runs on the Analogue Pocket or ROM cart/emulator of your choosing... and it's pretty cool. Give it a whirl, it's free.
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Nintendo World Championships: Week 45
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 Via Nintendo: Competition #45 is on now in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Two Mario, two Zelda, and a Kirby? Sounds like a good mix.
This week:
Octorok Onslaught (The Legend of Zelda) - in which you kill four dudes quickly... didn't we just do this one?
Taking Flight (Kirby's Adventure) - in which you jump a wall and enter a door.
Goodbye, Guma (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) - in which you kill a minor minion.
Leap to the Peak (Super Mario Bros. 2) - in which you jump up the mountain you always skipped in 1-1.
World 1 Wizard (Super Mario Bros. 3) - in which you finish that entire first world.
It was fun! Go play it.
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Famous Megalomaniac John Denver
May 19, 2025 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Subsidies and License Extensions. 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! We now have one for next week.
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Classic Review: October Toys Skeleton Warriors Bone Titan Skeleton Action Figure
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 Something new every day-- but this was posted 10 years ago today! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Posted 10 years ago! The October Toys Skeleton Warriors Bone Titan Skeleton Action Figure was a Glyos-compatible Kickstarter figure that is kind of great and at $10, was dirt cheap. Just getting a figure of reasonable quality for $10 today seems unrealistic much of the time. The figure was recolored a few times, but sadly the entire brand just stalled out with only Baron Dark and this guy making it out in varying colors. It's unfortunate the line didn't keep going, but a lot of those indie lines stalled rather quickly. I'm hoping we see some new Glyos-compatible little guys from new designers real soon, because it was fun finding out about this sort of new - and sometimes licensed - stuff. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
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Keshi Corner Highlights Indy Bomber
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 Via Keshi Corner on Archive.org Indy Bomber (Bomberman GB 2) - Keshi Gomu Rubber Figure 3D Scan! It's from 1995, and I certainly don't remember seeing a lot of Bomberman toys in my neck of the woods back then. check out the latest.
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RIP Joe Don Baker
May 16, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Director Orson Krennic (The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Director Orson Krennic (The Vintage Collection). It makes use of the general construction most Imperials from the past few years. He has a left-handed draw holster and a cape, plus a really good head. You won't be seeing him in stores anymore... and I don't know if I ever actually did see him in the wild. Well, go get one online, it's good.
Read the whole review.
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Ad: Transformers Blokees at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: New Blokees! Transformers Action Edition G1 Soundwave AE03 Blokees Model Kit and others are now up for grabs - get your pre-orders in today.
  
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: EGGCONSOLE Rune Worth PC-9801, Arcade Archives PUNK SHOT, Capcom Fighting Collection 2, and over a dozen more.
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