Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Maul (The Retro Collection). To celebrate 25 years of the movie, as tomorrow is 25 years of Midnight Madness, we're going to review this 6-pack - currently at Target - until we look at 'em all. Maul's details are a little soft, but he has a better pose and is generally interesting to fuss with. He can't fit in the Sith Infiltrator though. Read the whole review.

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Via Variety: Sony Pictures, Apollo Offer to Buy Paramount Global for $26 Billion in Cash . There have been many speculators anticipating that Apple, Netflix, and Amazon would either buy other streamers (and media companies) or they would begin to merge to compete with the bigger conglomerates - and here's another one. " Joint bid comes as media company's board is considering merger deal with Skydance Media," the subhead says, but it could mean stuff could be licensed to other platforms where it could make more money (that's good) or production could be reduced because you're probably going to get about as much of a kick from a 2-hour movie or special as you will from a relatively short season of 10 episodes (that's bad), and none of those are likely to do much to help you sell more toys to fans.

This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Arcade Archives NUMAN ATHLETICS, Endless Ocean Luminous, PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs, and over a dozen more.

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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!

Via our pal Philip but also BirdsEye: FREE Playmobil Mini Captain when you buy 2 packs of mini fish fingers. If you'e in the UK or Republic of Ireland, you can get this exclusive figure. And if you get more than one, you can send one my way.

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jannah (The Black Series). I didn't open mine until pretty recently - it's a decent figure, but you can also see how the modern Star Wars design ethos has a lot of overlap between movies, as she could just as easily be on the same shelf as Rogue One characters.. Read the whole review.

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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!

Via Mattel Collectors: 2023 Mattel Creations Launch Calendar is available for your enjoyment. There's a lot, including a Transformers x Hot Wheels crossover on May 21 and Extendar on May 22. There are some neat things brewing.

Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Costs, Retro Games (new and old), and Power! It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

A classic! I've written over 5,000 action figure reviews since 2006, so I'm going to toot my own horn with classic Figure of the Day.

Via me: Target's Masters of the Universe x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sla'Ker Action Figure is available for pick-up at their stores now, and you might just stumble on Krang at Walmart - I found him on Friday. (He sold through by Sunday.) They both use the XL Andre the Giant buck, which means Sla'ker is huge in addition to having Metal-Boto's head and crotch with upper legs. It's a pretty good figure, and Mouse-Jaw is on clearance at Target for 50% off (or better) now.

We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment as soon as it's ready, which can be as early as 1:00 AM my time on Monday!