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August 3, 2026 |
Star Wars Q&A Updated at Galactic Hunter
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  Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Quitting Star Wars or Star Wars Calling it Quits. It's new! Be sure to click through and read the update.
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Review: Mattel Turtles of Grayskull Masters of the Universe x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Action Figure
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  Daily figure reviews return until I am too tired to want to keep doing it! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues and my hopes is it will encourage you to kick in $1 a month to the Patreon which funds hosting for 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter! Help me keep the servers on and the toy pictures a-rollin'.
Green! Mattel Turtles of Grayskull Masters of the Universe x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Action Figure is some foreshadowing, now that Mattel has the keys to the TMNT kingdom. This one has two swords and a shield, making it a pretty nifty figure and a fun addition to Eternia... but I could really have gone for some sort of sewer playset. Read on!
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Classic Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Apeface
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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! What a cutie. Before we got a full-size triple change, Hasbro gave us a good $5 Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Apeface. It's a little gorilla, and it can turn into a little jet or a little blaster. It includes a tiny robot, which can transform into a head for a larger Titan Masters toy. It was a pretty great way to do a low-cost entry-level kiddo toy, while also giving collectors and customizers something to play with.
Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
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Nonnef Delivers Pit Slime as Snotty Plastic Pieces
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  Via Nonnef Productions: MOTU Static Slime. This $14.99 set has a handful of hard plastic slime pieces - not goo - that you can put in the nose of the "Fright Pit" skull and around a figure's shoulders. It's a better option for a display than to change out slime which is going to harden or get weird over time.
The maker also does a number of pretty nifty G.I. Joe and Transformers accessories, so go check those out too.
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Svengoolie August Schedule
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  Via Svengoolie: AUGUST SVENGOOLIE NEWS. Sven will be mostly in repeats, but Captain Kronos: Vampire last weekend was one I've missed. Next week is an encore of Man-Made Monster, with the House of Svengoolie doing The Land Unknown on August 15. The Raven is back August 22, with Trilogy of Terror on August 29.
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Target has 20% Off Jurassic World Toys
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  Via Target: Jurassic World Toys 20$ Off. Target stores have a few new exclusives and even at least one rerun this week, plus possibly (but probably not) new main line dinosaurs. Main line figures are weirdly hard to find. If you haven't looked lately, it might be worth checking to see if there are any worthwhile pick-ups.
For what it's worth, I've noticed that one of the new exclusives doesn't seem to be stocked at all Targets (yet?). The Kenner Firebeak-inspired Quetzalcoatuls might be harder to find in some neighborhood.
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Spider-Man Has $927M Weekend
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  Via Box Office Mojo: 2026 Worldwide Box Office. Anyone grumbling about movie theaters not doing well, it's kind of crazy that five movies have passed $900 million this year so far.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened last week and has already surpassed the new movie from two weeks ago, The Odyssey. This year probably won't pass 2002 with its $9.2 million (before inflation) take, but who knows? There's a new Avengers coming.
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On a Container Ship to Madagascar
August 4, 2026 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Sureshot
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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!
Recent! The Hasbro Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Sureshot looks like the original and shows stress marks pretty much immediately... so I'm not super keen on it. That's why I dug it out to finally post in August. I'd say skip it. Read on!
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Kohl's has New Jurassic World Imaginext Gift Set
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 Via me on Bluesky: I went out looking for toy dinosaurs and saw this new-to-me Jurassic World Imaginext set at a KohlÕs that seemed to be in the middle of resetting.. This was the only toy I saw for Jurassic World and the store seemed to be resetting. I was slightly surprised to see a fair amount of Masters of the Universe movie kid product too. Maybe there's more to come, but for now you can get this big T. Rex Gift Pack set with 1 big t-rex, a triceratops, a raptor, an ATV, Claire, Owen, and a couple of little guys for $60. It isn't as bold as I'm used to, the packaging blended in to the lower shelves and escaped my notice initially. I don't see a lot of coverage for this kind of stuff, so I figured it was worth a picture.
As I've been posting, Targets updated mostly last month. Walmart was updating (or mid-update) over the weekend in my neck of the woods. I'm not sure if we can expect an expansion at Macy's this year, and I'm struggling to name non-off-price places to hunt for toys that should have a notable physical presence these days. It's time to go hunting, I guess is what I'm saying.
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I Think It Was Good
August 5, 2026 |
Star Wars Review: Vendor Droid (Silver, Droid Factory)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Vendor Droid (Silver, Droid Factory). See, there are lots of figures you forgot that you didn't buy - this one was sold as pieces at Disney theme parks nine years ago. (Heck, I think I heard some parks put the bins back?) The head has little yellow eyes and a hat that looks a bit like a price scanner. Read the whole review.
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Review: Super7 Universal Monsters The Mummy ReAction+ 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!
The year of o-ring redux! The Super7 Universal Monsters The Mummy ReAction+ Figure has a dynamite head sculpt. While not quite as rotting-looking as some other toys, it's a pretty good Mummy with a great range of motion. Sure the colors are a little bright, but it's supposed to be a nod to a specific kind of 1980s toy - I think they got it right. Read on!
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Ad: New Blokees DC and Batman Pre-Orders at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: Hasbro G.I. Joe Classified Series Pre-Orders are up for Blokees DC Defender Waves 1-3 at Entertainment Earth! Get cars, heroes, and bad guys from across the multiverse, the Elseworlds, and your favorite movies.
  
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