You Cheat Very Big
March 15, 2010 |
Star Wars Q&A, Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today: Ahsoka Tano (Space Suit), the 2004 attempt. This one is dirtier and has a retooled arm, without a glass stuck in it. Is it an improvement over the 2000 original? Go to Figure of the Day to find out!
While you're at it, scope out the hard-to-find Beru Whitesun from last year too!
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TRU US LEGO Chrometrooper; Daily Mirror UK Freebies
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 How do you save print? Simple-- make it more like a Happy Meal. It has worked in Japan with numerous kid mags, and now The Daily Mirror in the UK is trying something similar with LEGO Racers toys. Eurobricks has the scoop, also scans.
Meanwhile, those in the USA will have to be satisfied with a promotional polybagged chrome Stormtrooper figure at Toys "R" Us, free with a $12 purchase while supplies last. Spoiler alert: supplies are depleted.
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G.I. Joe Figure Dumping at Ross
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 We're receiving some reports (but not seeing these ourselves) that Ross stores ("Dress for Less" Ross) are getting in the Ambush of Cobra Island and Defense of Cobra Island online exclusive Hasbro gift sets for $16.99 a pop-- a freaking bargain. Each set has 7 pretty great figures, and the Cobra set is a must-buy for fans of the 25th Anniversary line. Get it if you can find it!
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PS3: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include Mega Man 10 and Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown, each for $9.99. And some other stuff was put on sale, but nothing we found to be terribly astounding.
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PSP: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include Rock Band Unplugged Lite for $4.99, plus Eye of Judgement Legends for $29.99.
PSP Minis include: Rocket Racing for $4.99.
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Who's The Jerk?
March 11, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Boba Fett (Marvel Comics) figure from a couple of years back. Check out those awesome colors! Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Scrap Metal for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Released
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 Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Twisted Scrap Metal, a where you drive a car and attack other cars. Scrap Metal is $15/1,200 points and has local multiplayer support, which a lot of companies forget is still quite important these days.
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Matty Delays April Sale Date, Evil-Lyn
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 The fine folks at MattyCollector.com threw up an announcement that the next batch of toys-- which includes the Hordak reissue, Evil-Lyn, and the weapons pack-- is pushed back to April 19, a Monday. So if you go looking for this stuff on Friday, well, too dang bad.
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Comedy Is Dead: New Updates
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 Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:
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Bird Monster
March 10, 2009 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Clegg Holdfast figure from just a few waves back. He's the most recently released Pod Racer, and one of the best looking. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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G.I. Joe Convention Box Art Revealed, Original Movie Blu-Ray
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 The club revealed the big box art for their Vacation In The Shadows Box Set which, we assume, exists to remind you how crappy normal figure packaging is these days. It's quite nice. The next G.I. Joe Collector's Convention is April 29 in Rhode Island. If you go, say hi to Peter Griffin for us.
Also, TVShowsOnDVD.com has word on the Blu-Ray and DVD releases of G.I. Joe: The Movie from Shout! Factory. Good news, eh?
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The Next Transformers Bumblee Revealed, Free Club Magazine Online
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 A clearly movie-inspired Bumblebee has appeared at The Allspark and came from a Hub Network ad. Meaning this is most likely Bumblebee from the next cartoon show and toy line. Click through for more!
Also, the Transformers Collectors Club put up the latest installment of their magazine online for free to read, complete with comics and stuff. Nice!
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Ad: Entertainment Earth Gets Lost Star Wars Comic Pack
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Ad: They've found a home! The Exclusive Star Wars Dllr Nep & Plourr Ilo Figure Comic Pack is up for pre-order now! It's just $17.99 and can be yours if you get in now.
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They're Dragon Men
March 9, 2010 |
New Free Live Man or Astro-Man Reunion Show
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 How excited are we? It's our top story, that's how excited.
Music archive Southern Shelter posted a live reunion show from Man or Astro-Man and it's really good. The sound quality is great and the songs are essentially all of their best works (although we'd like more from 1000X) and best of all, it's a free download. If you are curious about what surf music sounds like when played far too fast and with computer effects, well, here you go. This was our favorite band in high school so do kindly check it out.
There's also some video of the show.
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Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Wedge Antilles' Astromech Droid R2-A3 figure from 2009 which, initially, did not have a normal droid name. Hasbro just dropped that nugget a few weeks ago, so you won't find it on the packaging. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Nintendo Wii Downloads This Week: Final Fantasy II Things That Aren't
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 This week's WiiWare offerings are Dracula - Undead Awakening and Max & The Magic Marker, each for $10/1,000 Wii points. But allow us to direct your gaze this way.
Virtual Console fans, it's Final Fantasy II from the Super NES, a wonderful, classic, fantastic RPG from Square. And it's $8, which is less than we expected given their proclivity to overcharge for some of the better games. (It's called counterprogramming.)
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Nintendo DSi Downloads This Week: Four More
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 Got a DSi? This week: 4 Travellers - Play Spanish, Dracula - Undead Awakening, Elemental Masters, and Flips: The Bubonic Builders. These range from $4 to $8.
It appears this Dracula game is being released on basically everything. Nintendo.com says: "Uncover devastating firepower such as machine guns, buzz-saws and flamethrowers, choosing upgrades for them as well as unique new perks for your character as your enemies increase in number and ferocity."
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Silent Black Pig
March 8, 2010 |
Star Wars Q&A, Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today: Wuher, the 2004 attempt. This one is dirtier and has a retooled arm, without a glass stuck in it. Is it an improvement over the 2000 original? Go to Figure of the Day to find out!
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Iron Man 2 Sale at Toys "R" Us: 2 for $10.99
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 Now that the toys have hit, Toys "R" Us has a sale-- 2 figures in the 3 3/4-inch scale can be yours for $10.99. It's worth noting that there were very few non-Iron Man figures when we looked, but your mileage will of course vary.
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Mega Man 9 HD Fan Remix, Castlevania, After Burner
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 You probably heard of the fan-made Mega Man 9 HD remake but if you haven't, that video is a pretty swell showing of a redrawn, reworked for 16x9 displays, recomposed game. The art loses a lot of its charm in high definition, but it's still a stunning example of a fan project in this space.
Also, The Magic Box posted screens of Sega's After Burner Climax coming soon to PSN and XBLA. Kinda neat, we guess. The same site posted Castlevania: Lords of Shadow images which, frankly, aren't doing it for us at all.
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Transformers Device Label Blaster New Shots
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 If you haven't seen it, or want to see some clear shots, Happinet has the new USB Device Label Blaster/Broadcast up. For about $70 we'd expect a little more, so you may want to hold off for this summer's Comic-Con G1 reissue. Interestingly, the Device Label toy can indeed store a G1 "tape" in his chest. Big points for that.
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You Should Be Like Calvin
March 5, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Obi-Wan Kenobi figure that's actually better than the "vintage" release from 2004. Imagine that! Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Transformers Shattered Glass Cyclonus Revealed
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 After showing off some rough mock-ups, the Transformers Collectors Club revealed Cyclonus for reals as part of their swell ongoing Shattered Glass range. Just look at it.
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Adventure Team Packaging Revealed
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 After so long we assumed they were dumped. We were wrong! The G.I. Joe Club Adventure Team figures have just had their packaging revealed and it looks swell. Click through for more.
Also, want to see the pre-Toy Fair catalog for 1986 and what it had to show for G.I. Joe? TFWiki has the scans.
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LEGO Minifigure Display Case, Polybagged Kingdoms Revealed
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 Since it wasn't mentioned in previous Toy Fair coverage, we were a little surprised to see the LEGO Minifigure Collectors Box at LEGO.com yesterday. It has a handle and 15 compartments to store figures for about $15, which, in theory, seems neat. But who has only 15 figures to show off? If this thing had an exclusive figure, though, odds are we'd cave in.
Also new and notable are Kingdoms sets #30061 and #30062, which seem to be two presumably polybagged sets. We don't know when these are officially hitting (or where) but they sure look like Q4 items in Target's holiday section for stocking stuffers. If this is the case, we'll probably score both.
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PS3: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1 and 2 bundled for $14.99. And Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD is down 50% to $4.99.
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PSP: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, Dante's Inferno, and Major League Baseball 2K10 for $29.99. Big spenders can download MLB 10: The Show for $39.99.
PSP Minis include: Digi-Tiles, Vector TD, Legend of Kunoichi, Smashbreak and Earthshield. Smashbreak would make a great Hasbro toy name in either Transformers or G.I. Joe, and he could be buddies with Slapdash.
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Comedy Is Dead: New Updates
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 Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:
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For The Young Sophisticate
March 4, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Clone Trooper (AT-TE Assault Squad) figure from 2008. This Battle Pack resident is uniquely decorated, but is it neat enough to buy? Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Toy Soldiers for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Released
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 Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Toy Soldiers, a strategy game where you control toys from a toy box. It seems someone out there really understands us, what with LEGO Star Wars and now this. We'd also like to push for a game based on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures, but we digress. Toy Soldiers is $15/1,200 points and is supposedly exclusive to the platform.
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Devo Has a New Song, Fred Schneider a New Band
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 The boys from Devo threw up a splash page with a new song called "Fresh" which, unsurprisingly, sounds a lot like Devo. Since you can hear the whole thing for free, you might as well.
Also, frontdude of the B-52s Fred Schneider has yet another side project called The Superions. They put out an EP, and so far it looks like they have a grand total of three songs plus remixes. It's no "Just Fred" but really, what is?
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G.I. Joe Convention, SDCC Exclusives Revealed
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 First up: The guys at Geek Week were given the exclusive official word that Comic-Con in San Diego will see the release of a new, 25th Anniversary-style Sgt Slaughter action figure. How about that? There will be two variations.
Also, the G.I. Joe Convention Exclusive Cobra Interrogator has been revealed. There's also a face behind the mask, but it remains unseen. Neat! We think.
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Another One?
March 3, 2009 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Princess Leia Organa (Infinities) figure from Return of the Jedi, which means she's a sniper and not a Jedi. As retools go, this is pretty clever. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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New Venture Bros. Figure Interview
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 Your pal and mine Jason Lenzi did an interview with Mantis Eye on the upcoming Bif Bang Pow! Venture Bros. action figure line, confirming some things we've told you and some we haven't. Want to know if you should expect Dr. Girlfriend? Go read this.
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Matty Unveils 1st Half 2010 Schedule
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 A ton of second editions plus new figures are on the way! Here's what's on tap according to Matty:
March 2010
Stratos (re-issue)
Moss Man - Flocked Ears
Moss Man - Unflocked Ears
April 2010
Wun-Dar & Map of Eternia
Hordak (re-issue)
Evil-Lyn (Club Eternia monthly figure)
MOTU Ultimate Battle Ground Weapons Pak
May 2010
Mer-Man (re-issue)
"Oversized" Tytus
Optikk (Club Eternia monthly figure)
June 2010
Faker (re-issue)
She-Ra (Club Eternia monthly figure)
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Taco Bell Gets Retro Atari Games, Retro Packaging
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 While old Atari games as premiums are normally just somewhat newsworthy, this amazing retro packaging is what we found to be particularly interesting. How 1970s! Each PC game is free with a kid's meal or about $1.49 separately.
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1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog Transformers Pages Scanned
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 A rarely-seen Pre-Toy Fair catalog has been posted to the great TFWiki.net showcasing alternate deco, label-free designs, and more-or-less mock-ups for some of the first "new" Transformers ever made. (Remember, the first few years were culled from existing Japanese toy lines.) Highlights include very different combiner teams, Hot Rod with clear windows, and other oddities like this slightly different Wheelie.
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Ad: Entertainment Earth Exclusive DeLorean To Return
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Ad: It's back from the future! The exclusive vehicle based on the second movie, with hover feature, is only available at Entertainment Earth! It's due this summer for $44.99. Several other new items arrived in stock, including these highlights:
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Why Do I Wanna
March 2, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the C-3PO (Animated) figure from 2008. This animated figure didn't stick around long, but it's one of Hasbro's best C-3PO action figures so far. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Nintendo Wii Downloads This Week: Mega Man 10 and Things That Aren't
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 Your friend and ours, the delightful Jeremy Parish, posted a review of the Wii port of Mega Man 10. PSN and XBLA ports are coming later this month. Not surprisingly, Capcom outlined DLC for the game which includes playable Bass and some other modes. The DLC starts hitting in April.
Also available are these things which are not Mega Man 10 and therefore unfortunately dead to us: Dart Rage and Happy Hammerin'.
Virtual Console fans, it's Fatal Fury Special which sort of almost celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Neo-Geo.
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Nintendo DSi Downloads This Week: Four More
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 Got a DSi? This week: Flips: Terror in Cubicle Four, Globulos Party, Let's Golf, and VT Tennis. These range from $5 to $8.
"Flips" is a storybook more than a game, and while the picture may look like tentacle rape waiting to happen, Nintendo's description says otherwise. "There's something strange going on with the loo in cubicle four of the girl's toilet. It's spewed green goo on Stacey's shoes and almost had year-seven new boy, James, for lunch. Can he and his friends, Alexander and Lenny, flush out the cause of the trouble, or will the terrifying toilet plague the school with problems forever?"
At retail (and arguably notable given the name of this site) is Sonic Classic Collection, which basically gives you the same game content as Sonic Jam-- the first 3 Genesis games plus Sonic & Knuckles. It's $30 and does allow for "lock-on" gameplay.
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Comedy Is Dead: New Updates
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 Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:
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Spiteful White Pig
March 1, 2010 |
Star Wars Q&A, Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today: Shadow Stormtrooper (Force Unleashed), a figure that you shouldn't confuse with the other Shadow Stormtroopers. This silver and grey armored soldier turned out pretty good, or at least we think so. But will you? Go to Figure of the Day to find out!
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Hasbro, Funko Iron Man 2 Released
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 Between Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys "R" Us we've seen product out since about February 12, but today is the actual real official street date for the Iron Man 2 product line. (Proof once again nobody cares about non-Star Wars shelf dates.) Happy hunting!
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DC Universe vs. MOTU Packs Out Already
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 While only leaked a few weeks ago (and just confirmed in New York), it seems a lucky poster on He-Man.org has already found and bought these unique figure sets. You get He-Man vs. Superman or Skeletor vs. Lex Luthor, each for $29.99 with a full-sized comic reprint-- arguably, a good price. Just a baffling combination really. If nothing else, it's still about on par with the Matty Collector pricing, except you get more stuff for the same price.
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Transformers War for Cybertron Gameplay Impressions Out
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 Before you buy the new toys in Hasbro's Transformers Generations range, Activision want to sell you this new game, which Joystiq played. Supposedly it's due in May and looks really sharp-- the character designs are great, although Transformers games are notoriously spotty, and by spotty we mean bad.
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Larry Sanders Complete coming to DVD
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 Let's try to keep this straight: last year, Shout Factory released the complete It's Garry Shandling's Show on DVD. A few years ago, we saw two releases for his other series, The Larry Sanders Show-- a best-of and a season 1.
According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, the HBO Sanders show is also going to get the Shout Factory treatment. Hooray! We think.
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LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection Vol. 5 Released
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 We have just been informed that the pictured set, which we just found out about last week, has already been released for about $18. Reader Nooker found them at Downtown Disney last week. Happy hunting!
--AP via our pal at Pixels & Bricks
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Area 4
February 26, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Luminara Unduli (Clone Wars) figure from 2009. She's fantastic! Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Video Games from February, 1990
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 Want to feel old? The site 1up.com has a round-up of February 1990 which is when the first US shipments of Super Mario Bros. 3 hit stores. You are so old.
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LEGO Vintage Minifigure Collection Vol. 5 Revealed
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 Speaking of feeling old, this brand new minifigure collection from LEGO is full of ladies and years which will make you feel even older. Check out the she-ninja, stewardess, busy barmaid type, and more-- no idea when these will be out, but if they're like the previous four it will be a pain to track down.
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PS3: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include Greed Corp for $9.99. So the PS3 downloadables are cheaper than those on the PSP.
Notably on sale is Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, down 50% to $7.49.
PSone titles newly downloadable include: Grandia, an RPG which enjoyed decent hype in its day.
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PSP: PSN Updates This Week
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 Full games this week include GTI Club Supermini Festa for $19.99 and echoshift for $29.99.
PSP Minis include: Retro Cave Flyer, Age of Zombies, and The Terminator. Interestingly, it is based on the movie franchise.
PSone titles newly downloadable include: Grandia, an RPG which enjoyed decent hype in its day.
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Comedy Is Dead: New Updates
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 Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:
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Ad: New Star Wars at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get ready for Star Wars - tons of new toys! Hasbro sent along tons of new toy announcements, including some delayed from last year! Don't miss out on the last batch of comic packs, thrilling new cartoon figures, and oh so much more! Here are some highlights:
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Same High Standards
February 25, 2010 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated
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 Figure of the Day has updated once again! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of The Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Today we look at the Darth Maul figure from 2005. This Evolutions pack figure is the best yet in terms of articulation, but is it perfect? Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
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Three New Games for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Released
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 Xbox 360 owners, it's time for three new games this week. And naturally, none of these Xbox Live Arcade games are actually arcade games in the traditional sense of the word.
First up is Fret Nice, a 2D platformer. It involves guitars. Greed Corp is a multiplayer strategy game where-- you guessed it-- you need to work to become rich. Finally, Lazy Raiders sports a bunch of traps and treasures and whatnot plus a dude with a giant moustache. Awesome.
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Nintendo Reveals Metroid Other M
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 The lovable retro-loving gamers of 1up.com posted a preview of Metroid Other M. There are pictures, details, and a video showcasing this sequel to Super Metroid and how it performs in its quasi-2D world. Apparently, it uses the basic Wii remote like an NES controller and there's a lot of hidden stuff. Well, we're sold. Read the preview.
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Preposterously Cute Hello Kitty Godzilla Toys
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 The guys at Chibi Goji Toys have some pretty spectacular Godzilla wares, specifically Hello Kitty dressed as Ghidorah and Godzilla. (And Kamen Rider.) You have to see these! Click through.
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