Star Wars Review: Princess Leia Organa (Yavin, The Retro Collection)
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Princess Leia Organa (Yavin, The Retro Collection). This one is particularly interesting in that it's more accurate than some previous versions in ways that made fans expect something else entirely..
She has unique, big sleeves that at first glance seem ridiculous - but if you freeze-frame the movie you'll find they're closer to the mark than the capes she had on 1990s figures. Who knew? The face deco seems to vary from figure to figure, so she may not look exactly the same on every sample - but she's decent and fills a request fans have had in this line. She's also the only main character in the wave, which is available at Target now, and we're almost done reviewing here.
Stop dragon my heart around! Blokees Transformers Defender Version 07 Power of the Beast BW-Galvatron is a small, cartoon-flavored take on the 1990s Japanese import toy. If you don't have space for the big New Legends version, this one fits in your pocket and is $3. To me, that's a pretty compelling argument to try it. Read on, and come back Monday for more!
Mattel Transformers Transforming Bumblebee Next Week
Via Mattel Creations: Hot Wheels Transformers Bumblebee. At $64.99, this orange track-sized car is probably getting premium deco and packaging as to not step on Hasbro's business - this price point doesn't really compete with what the Rhode Island toymaker is doing.
You get a licensed car mode with a figure that seems to reimagine the old G1 toys as putting licensed car modes first, with simple transformations and some of those limitations. I don't plan on picking one up, but it's worth noting for those on the fence: the first Optimus Prime from this line got super expensive. Nemesis Prime remains roughly at its issue price. If nothing else, it's notable to see another crossover product even if the price is not what Transformers fans tend to expect.
It's not a repaint - based on the pictures, it's a new mold and based on the dimensions, it's smaller. The "width" of the box matches up with the Reimagined Real Feel Carnotaurus, and this green T-Rex is a few inches shorter than the other '93 and Reimagined lengths. The Carnotaurus' box was 17-inches wide, and this new T-Rex is listed at 15.7. Of course, this might be wrong - the Indoraptor is listed at 3.9-inches wide, and it is at least triple that.
It also seems to have the open belly for retrieving consumed figures, and the pose has the right leg going forward, rather than the left leg of most Mattel T-Rex toys. It's also notable that it's about $5 more than other recent comparably sized "Reimagined" dinos. Also there's a video, Mattel's showcases are significantly shorter than Hasbro's.
For those keeping track at home, that's five Reimagined dinosaurs across three packages due at Target during the first week of January. But only this one seems to have metal teeth. While previous toys tended to nod toward concept art, Kenner, or Hasbro, this one doesn't. It might mean there's a new direction taking nods from the designer toy world or even something like Japan's limited edition sofubi kaiju market... which might make it hard to keep going after a dozen T-Rexes. Right now, the '93 collection (2023-2024) released two and its Reimagined successor has an additional two and counting.
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The Tomy Zoids Iron Kong Figure Kit is a 1999 reissue of a 1980s kit, but things got weird. The rocket launcher fell off while I was writing the review, a random tab appeared out of nowhere, one of the rockets fired off to places unknown and another split in two. It's otherwise fine, but an odd and harrowing start to saying this is a classic kit and I hope they reissue it again. Given the break on the rocket, I'm a little worried about the longevity of the very hard plastic used for the gorilla "skin." This one is probably for display only at this point, so get yourself another Iron Kong or Badox if you want one to march around with the battery-powered motor..
Given some of the comments about previous revivals, I was surprised they found a semi-watchable, absolutely terrible, but surprisingly well-preserved movie with a terrible jellyfish monster and also terrible Neil Sedaka songs. The theatrical release had an extra "thanks for watching" clip up front, but otherwise followed the format of a typical episode without any real breaks. The film stopped halfway through for a comedy segment, but otherwise it was pretty much an unbroken movie with commentary and it was as sharp and everybody seemed to be recording in the same room, with lots of jokes but not so many that it seemed odd. In other words, I think it worked better than some of the previous revivals.
It goes up to stream/download/whatever in about a month. If you've been gunshy about trying it again, try it again. There was a really fun song, there were a lot of silly costumes, and nothing struck me as feeling like it wasn't precisely the kind of thing I expected. If you're in the theater beware: there's an extended Kickstarter backer segment at the end of the credit sequence with bits and fan mail, so it may be challenging to dash off to go to the bathroom in what appears to be a dead zone. But the show is great. They're scheduled to make a grand total of four episodes so far, and as far as I know Sting of Death is the only one set for theatrical exhibition.
Via Nintendo: Metroid Ravenous releases 1/28/27. There are also three new amiibo figures - a Chozo Statue, a Samus, and a Samus in Metroid Suit from the end of Metroid Dread. It's a pretty great lineup, and the game price is a more or less "decent for today" $59.99.
The bad news for me, it's only on Switch 2, and Switch 2 went up to $500. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is due for Switch, PS5, Xbox, and Steam on October 15. A new trailer went up a few days ago, and it makes the game look extremely difficult with lots of unpleasant jumps. I look forward to the reviews.
Review: Super7 Universal Monsters Bride of Frankenstein ReAction+ Figure
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Recent! The Super7 Universal Monsters Bride of Frankenstein ReAction+ Figure adds to the monster shelf with a figure that looks like it could have been at home in 1987. The wrappings on the body are good, the articulation is perfect for a 1980s G.I. Joe, and she's pretty easy to come by. The use of cloth was a good choice, but she can still wear a backpack with a hole in her torso if you so choose. Read on!
Via dc.com: DC Celebrates Batman Day with a Global Tribute to Batman on September 19, 2026. That's more or less a press release, but it's the only official announcement I could find as to why a few old Batman movies, like Tim Burton's 1989 offering, Mask of the Phantasm, and The LEGO Batman Movie were getting rereleases on September 18 and 19. These are not mentioned in the article so "Good Job," DC and Warner Bros. publicity departments. It looks like AMC, Cinemark, and some other chains - and maybe your local chain - might have them. It's not fair to pick on them specifically, but Raiders of the Lost Ark was in theaters one day for one showing over the summer and that wasn't publicized either.
The only theaters carrying them near 16bit.com HQ appears to be AMC and the prices are showing as a reduced $6.75 a head, so you can go do that now.
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Via eBay and this is an affiliate/ad link for which we may get a comission: Jurassic World Chaos Theory Darius and Baryonyx Peril Pack is down to $19.04 shipped from Bullseye Deals, a seller of numerous Target outlet items. The set has a 3 3/4-inch scale Darius with a net blaster, a Monolophosaurus, and a Baryonyx that's shiny metallic white and sightless due to it sharing genes with Mexican tetra.
Review: Hasbro Transformers Studio Series 86 Kranix
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New! The Hasbro Transformers Studio Series 86 Kranix made his toy debut a few years ago, but he was tiny and couldn't transform. This one mashes up the comic book alt mode with something very close to a less-skinny version of the movie guy. In other words, it's a real new transforming Transformers character, from a cartoon, and it's one that isn't all that obscure. You should snag one of these if you need something fresh. Read on!
Via b2b.playmobil.com: Playmobil B2B is set up to make custom figures. Really! I wrote in to ask more, since they showed figures for sports, football, airlines, and other promotional purposes. While no pricing was given, they did confirm the edition size is 15,000 units - so if any of you have a baseball stadium with a minor league team needing a giveaway that might last a few nights, have at it.
Classic Review: Outer Space Men Infinity Edition Colossus Rex 2.0 Action Figure
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Posted 10 years ago! Outer Space Men Infinity Edition Colossus Rex 2.0 Action Figure is one of very few reviews that came up and makes me feel old. If you asked me "how many years ago did this redeco/rerelease of the 2014 remake of the 1969 original come out?" I'd probably say "I dunno, five years?" This figure is brighter, more metallic, and shinier with gold (rather than purple) armor. I hesitate to say it is superior, but it is very good and was at the time a much cheaper alternative to previously released painted Colossus Rex figures. I have a soft spot in my heart for this entire line, and if you can ever get them for a fair price you totally should. It's a (big) 3 3/4-inch scale alien with parts you can pop off at every joint. Unfortunately the license holder still has some left for sale... and is asking $400 each. The $30 I paid seemed a trifle hight at the time, but I wanted it, and it was cool, and I never once regretted paying $30. Hopefully they do another run of "Infinity Edition" figures at a more affordable price some day.
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Via lareclame.fr: Burger King ouvre son plus petit restaurantÉ en Playmobil is a roughly $58 set that seemingly won't be sold at any American stores that we know of, no doubt to America by and large not caring about Playmobil at the moment. Nor Burger King, I guess. It's a reskin of an existing set, but it's pretty cool and has plastic food, chairs, trays, signs, and some figures.
No doubt some will make it to eBay, but South Korea's Starbucks sets were very expensive so I assume Americans will just have to go "Wow, that's cool" and then cower in the corner while their phones tell them things that aren't fun toys they can buy.
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