Almost every toy I review on this site, buy for my collection, or sell at work comes from China. A small quantity of items - Transformers, mostly - come from Vietnam, and a smattering of items are made in India and Mexico, with little more than board games and puzzles tending to be manufactured in the USA.

While it is possible things may not go through, and that the industry will continue to shift and diversify manufacturing outside of China, nothing is certain. With toy stores in a ditch, kids moving toward electronics at a younger age, and the action figure generation aging out of collecting, this isn't the kind of news anybody in any part of the business wants to hear. (Except maybe for the Transformers brand team, or the Nerf blasters made in India, or the Indonesian Hot Wheels.)

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Pink! The Onell Design Glyos Mutant Evolver Pheyaos Hyper Mordireus Fusion is not the exact same shade under black light, but looks pretty much like my other Mordireus figures to the naked eye. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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You can get anything these days. It's already funded - standard caveats apply - and can be played on Macs and PCs. There are boxed versions, USB, floppy discs, the works. It's amazing, but here we are. There's definitely a growing market for old computer and console software... and records, and VHS tapes, and whatever else your increasingly old butt liked as a kid.

The campaign has 10 days to go if you want in on this. Shipping is expected spring 2020.

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The original Dinosaucers series was something of an oddity. It was a typical kiddie good-versus-evil-gang-fight cartoon with 65 episodes, toyetic characters and vehicles, and no real merchandise to speak of in the USA. Some stuff got out in Brazil - as is life - but Americans never saw the prototyped Lewis-Galoob toyline. The brand has been dormant until last year's Lion Forge comic book 5-issue mini-series, which I had no idea existed. Well, now you know.

The show has a generally unremarkable cast and storyline, but did enjoy some bizarre puns of high-grade dad joke stock. "Reduced for Clarence" came about as a misunderstanding regarding a clown and a shrink ray with the bad guys not understanding how a sales rack worked. Also notable, the chief villain Genghis Rex was voiced by Dan Hennessey. He was a busy guy, playing the likes of King Gorneesh, Uncle Gundy, RoboCop, and a lot of other characters from cartoons and TV shows from which you probably own action figures.

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The Curse of Illmoore Bay follows a kid kicking and jumping through a Halloween-night town filled with monsters, and the music goes from that rotten Genesis-specific grind to pretty decent not-quite-MIDI-ska. A bare cartridge is $30-$40, a boxed game is $60, and there are fancy editions for those who need such things. More importantly, the campaign does have a link to a demo ROM so you can try it on your Everdrives or jailbroken Mega Sg or what have you.

The game is currently not done and is set for June 2020.

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If you haven't seen it, you can play 1 or 2 players with anime girls gobbling up rice balls from a floating person in the sky. It plays sort of like a simplified version of the Puppy Love stage of Earthworm Jim 2 or Game & Watch Fireman or countless other similar games - they throw, you catch. It sold for 6,000 yen and I am unsure where one can actually buy a cartridge at this time, but I will say the demo ROM was fun.

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Previous iam8bit rereleases include Street Fighter II, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man X - each of which had significantly higher runs and similar special packaging with cartridge variations inside. Pre-orders for Earthworm Jim begin May 21 for delivery in November.

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That's a selling point! With new HD cables from Hyperkin and Analogue's Mega Sg system, there are a lot more options in 2019 for HD Sega solutions than ever before.

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The game has been previewed by retro review folks on YouTube and at press time is already funded with 29 days to go - so get it if you like, it's already supported. A ROM is $10, the cartridge is $60 or higher depending on if you want extras like the Super NES Mouse adapter.

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At retail it's Team Sonic Racing, Assassin's Creed III Remastered, and Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland.

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Old but findable maybe! The Fisher-Price Imaginext Series 11 Collectible Figures Fishbot is potentially in a grocery store or Walmart near you for $3. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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You can slap it to a GameBoy Advance or stuff the guts of the portable into a special console box which looks pretty snazzy. I lack the skills and tools, but would be very interested in buying this or something like it if pre-built or an FPGA solution. The kit is about $170 and you have to supply the GameBoy Advance, but the demo units look remarkable.

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Toy deco! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Power of the Primes Selects Dinobot Red Swoop Action Figure is the 1985 toy deco applied to the 2017 combiner mold. I like it! So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The ROM is pretty cheap at about $5, with cartridges in the $45 and up range. Banana yellow and grey are shown to be available.

A demo ROM is available for download, and they're probably going to meet their goal this week. You've got 19 days to pledge, though.

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Adventure People Space Clawtron - 59
"Big" Building Robot - 60
Tan Line Surfer - 61
Backpacker/Camper - 62
Simian Tiger Warrior - 63
Cyclist - 64

And if you're me, you're wondering where the Masters of the Universe are in this whole mess. Surely a He-Man or Skeletor or Beast Man would be good fits in this format? I've picked up the Clawtron and Big Robot and can highly recommend both - both share a lot of body parts and accessories with existing toys, but the Big Robot has a main entrance on its crotch, and who doesn't love that?

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If you missed them, get these new versions - they're pretty spiffy.

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