Awesome! The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Steampunk showed up at dollar stores last year, and I lucked into one. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Hasbro has been making Disney Princess stuff since shortly after the tidal wave following the unexpected success of the original Frozen movie - back when we had Toys R Us and Kmart to shop at. Slices of Disney dolls have also gone to other companies like Jakks Pacific for some movies Hasbro didn't necessarily want to support - and Mattel tended to take them all back when they had it. So, let's see how this goes.

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We just ran out of Darksabers, so grab some action figures while you can!

Pre-order yours now! Deliveries are expected in July.

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From last summer! The Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Sparkless Seeker with Caliburst and Singe Action Figures is a weird set - the figure may not really be a Sparkless Zombie, and the gun buddies are kind of unnecessary, but everybody loves a seeker so he sold through anyway. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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While more waves are expected, we are not privy to what they are. It's heartening to see regular uniforms and no battle damage, and two new characters to the format. But we've got no idea if this is going to be a very small and incomplete collection, or if it will be built out with the Stamets, Tilly, Scotty, and Worf that we need.

For those of you who weren't around for the 1990s, Playmates' Star Trek line was a huge deal - some figures were made in quantities over 200,000 and sold all over the world. Each figure was $4.99 and included a stand and several accessories, a remarkable value because Kenner's figures had 1-2 accessories and were $5.99 most of the time. Playmates' line grew, but also got repetitive in year two with redux figures of almost the entire main cast alongside some really tip-top weird choices that would qualify as a deep cut today since we're all nearly 35 years out from the first episodes of Picard's adventures. The original figures are also surprisingly cheap - you can get many of them at collectible toy or comic shops for fairly reasonable prices, although some command a pretty penny.

The figures were famous for their decent articulation and mostly excellent likenesses. The sculptors did amazing work, and the new likenesses are even better. (The heads and hands are not slightly enlarged for the 2022 line, another improvement.) We've got no idea how robust this one might be, and there are so many great figures Playmates never did like Martok, a non-accessory Nog, and Iggy Pop's Vorta Yelgrun. (Just to name a few.) We're also hoping for our friend Captain DeSoto.

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This 3 3/4-inch set was set to be reissued for a while, but they were out looking for the molds - and found them. It comes to you in a plain brown box with stickers and some weapons for your 3 3/4-inch figures - presumably this was meant to go with the popular G.I. Joe range. It's also huge - about 13-inches tall and 38-inches across.

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This probably doesn't mean anything to anybody, but other than McFarlane Toys there isn't a heck of a lot of corporate toy industry presence here in Arizona. (Collectors yes, freelancers yes.) It is speculated that benefits may include more and cheaper land, potentially fewer regulations in light of another lockdown situation, and a handy location - it's much quicker (and cheaper) to get materials to California and other neighboring states than it is from the Pacific Northwest. But note, it's just a warehouse - and a big one, at that - so this isn't a place you can go to buy stuff or take a tour.

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Marvel ran a Transformers series from 1984-1991, with Dreamwave picking up the books from 2002-2004 (when the company folding.) IDW has run with the brand since 2005, with a whopping 17 continued years of one or more books per month including crossovers, reprints, and a preposterous amount of stories that did a great job creating demand for old toys (and toys that didn't yet exist.)

At least so far, Hasbro has avoided being gobbled up by Disney or another conglomerate to be absorbed into their content machines.

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The console is very much like Analogue's Nt Mini, but cheaper. It used to be easily bought for under $200, but is now out of stock and sold out until 2023. It's a really good console if you like old Famicom and NES games, and it goes for quite a premium on eBay right now too, but it might be worth it if you have kept putting off getting a really good HDTV-compatible way to play old cartridges without modding.

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New! The Super7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimates Glow-in-the-Dark Mutagen Man Action Figure is available now and boy howdy is it a bright glowing figure. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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While more animated Prodigy and Lower Decks are expected later this year, no live action shows are known to be coming after the summer.

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Newish! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Kingdom Deluxe Slammer Action Figure is Metroplex' old sidekick, and you can take him apart and use him as weapons, armor, and platform shoes. The robot mode is new for this release - originally, he was just a small tank. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Pre-order yours now! Also new Western sets.

And lots of other good stuff.

New orders are welcome.

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