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Clear! The Hasbro Playskool Heroes Series 2 Marvel Super Hero Adventures Clear Spider-Man is what I found when I wanted just a plain Spider-Man... and I kind of like this better. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The 30-inch tall robot has 47 days to raise the money, or it gets to be yet another footnote on TFWiki's unproduced Unicron toys page. Hasbro is asking for $4.6 million from US and Canada customers to get this made.

Also Acid Storm, Ion Storm, and Nova Storm are making the rounds - with no details.

So yeah. If you're in for War for Cybertron, start skipping meals kids.

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It's green! A clear yellow version was given to Patreon supporters.

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Other than clone consoles like the Retron 5, there aren't many ways to play this family of games on your HDTV. You can use a Super GameBoy on an Analogue Super NT or Retron/HD Super Nintendo, but that won't let you play GameBoy Color or GameBoy Advance games. At this time there are no known upcoming mass-produced clone consoles to play these games.

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The line-up is a feast of riches, depending on the final cost this Amazon-exclusive micro console may well rival Sega's box. Japanese games are included, as are a ton of shooting games.

A Multitap is sold separately - maybe a USB hub will work - for 6-player games.

But this isn't important. What's important is the games you get in the US version - Salamander. Gradius and Gradius II: The Ambition of Gofer. Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. Snatcher. And three different Bomberman games. Unless the emulation is garbage, it seems perfect.

They even went through the trouble of omitting Keith Courage in Alpha Zones.

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At retail it's Dragon Quest Builders 2 and others.

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Purple! The Fisher-Price Imaginext Series 9 Mystery Figures Grim Reaper Action Figure is nifty, with a weird robe that's tight in the chest and baggy elsewhere - and it's old, so check those grocery stores. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Masks, cards, action figures, phone cases, and other stuff will be sold at Comic-Con next week in San Diego. I would bet these versions are unique and other ones are coming later, based on previous figures like Jyn Erso, the First Order Stormtrooper, and so on.

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It is a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in this business. It is an overstuffed 121 slides of the fantastic possibilities of life in this hobby - but only for those with true grit. And we are chock full of that.

During this convention season, I'll be posting some stuff to the Instagram from the GameBoy Cameras I bring with me. Real, vintage, used ones I keep right here!

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Newish! The Onell Design Glyos Enigma Fusion Pheyaos Enigma Fusion Action Figure debuted with this (and two other) colors, and now is available in a whopping seven colorways after two drops - that ain't bad. Orange is still available. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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If you missed The God Beast's blue, glow, this is your next chance. And at least one more line you haven't heard from in a while has blue glow on deck, so this is the year of blue glow!

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This is where you go to see where the lines are going to be in San Diego next week - it's only 9 days away!

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It's a panel where I show you stuff that has not been announced yet! And hopefully stays unannounced until Thursday July 18 at 3-4 PM in Room #9. The description was written before I had the first thing to show, so I can tell you there's a good chance it may wind up not having any actual statues in the traditional sense - but there are plenty of toys, figures, and other things that would qualify as news on a site like this one, or yours if you're in the press.

It looks like I'm competing with D&D, Ghostbusters, Farscape, Star Trek, Neal Adams, and some more overlapping things. Obviously I'd love to see you there, and I can't confirm nor deny fans of those things will also find something to like at my slide show because that's how you keep a secret. The press is indeed welcome, as are you, and bring the kids. If they can get through the whole thing I'm sure they'll find it ultimately enjoyable, plus or minus the cranky person on stage talking about the old days.

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At retail it's Red Faction: Guerilla.

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Is this the last Glyos The Outer Space Men figure? I hope not! The Outer Space Men White Star Zero Gravity Action Figure just went up for sale recently, and he may round out almost a decade's worth of figures in a line that has run, off and on - mostly off - for 50 years. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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• The base robot is over 12-inches tall now.
• The battle mask plugs in to the face, and stores in the alternate chest armor piece which has a big opening door for storage.
• There are a grand total of six bright orange C.O.M.B.A.T. effects, and they can nest to make a bigger one. There's a 5mm peg at the base, which has a 3mm hole, so you can use it with Jetfire's huge guns or the standard size robots' smaller pegs if you like.
• The rotating Autobot/Decepticon chest symbol is a hoot - and it's sculpted, not flat with a tampo.
• Jetfire does not have tilting ankles like his smaller cousins.
• Jetfire does not have any sort of opening cockpit.
• Jetfire's transformation is pretty easy to figure out, although shoving the shoulders into vehicle mode is a little tricky. I would recommend the instructions.
• Battle-weathering is minimal, and almost wasted. It's off-white on an off-white figure - you can barely tell it's there.
• It's really fun to play with - the 5mm grips under the jet mode allow other toys to hang on and blast things, and it's really fun. There aren't a lot of whimsical "play" features on Siege thanks to its display aspects. I like it.

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Hasbro and Takara-Tomy delivered what may well be the finest Jetfire we'll ever receive in a non-Masterpiece format. There are hiding 5mm holes in the fists when you open the fingers. You get a whole armory of blasters. It's a lot to play with, which is a nice change of pace. Kudos to the designers' sense of scale, too.

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