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Patronize Me!
All This and a New Tom Waits Song
April 17, 2026 |
Star Wars Review: CU-28 (Droid Factory, Carded)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: CU-28 (Droid Factory, Carded). It's from season 3 of The Mandalorian. Greef Karga's droid pal probably won't appear in the mew movie, but you can see it in the existing episodes. The coloring is great, and it sold pretty quickly.
Read the whole review.
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Review: Blokees Transformers Defender Version 06 Brutal Fang Cheetor 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'.
If you only find one, find this one! Blokees Transformers Defender Version 06 Brutal Fang Cheetor Action Figure is basically what you want if you like Beast Wars and Battle Beasts. They're roughly the same size, but Cheetor has more joints and - adjusted for inflation, especially - -is quite a bargain. He has red eyes and a gut gun, plus a little card. For three bucks, you can't do better than this. Read on, and come back Monday for more!
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Revenge of Neo Geo - New Consoles Coming November
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  Via Neo Geo: Pre-Order Now - Out 12th November 2026. Four flavors of console - supposedly "modern" but original hardware, no emulation or FPGA - are coming along with 10 cartridges. They support standard definition connections to a CRT, but don't specify which ones, and include an HDMI cable. There are cartridges for about $100, controllers, a white version, and all sorts of pretty impressive stuff - but it's kind of unknown as to the build quality. Given the original hardware was around $700, this is much cheaper. Games are also much cheaper than vintage units. The big question is if the compilation CDs, FPGAs, emulators, and the rest are "good enough" for most people.
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New Star Trek Costumes At Auction Right Now
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  Via Propstore Auction: Lot #199: Ensign Gene's (Adrian Pavone) Hazmat Clean-Up Costume. That's right, Ensign Hasmat's costume can be yours - as can a bunch of tribbles and costumes - in an auction thing. It's worth checking out, there are a lot of awesome items here and I am super tempted to try to lose an auction for one or two of them. Unless Garrett Wang beats me to them.
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Hasbro Getting a New TV Station
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  Via Hasbro: HASBRO ENTERTAINMENT AND GET AFTER IT MEDIA LAUNCH "HASBRO LEGENDS" CHANNEL TO OVER 70 MILLION HOMES ACROSS THE U.S.. It sounds like the revenge of HUB - but this time, it's over the air. And maybe streaming. Hasbro might not have enough stuff to fill a schedule forever, but there are decades of Power Rangers and Transformers plus lots and lots of movies, Pony, and a Monopoly game show you already forgot you watched 36 years ago. A lot of this stuff is already officially on YouTube, but you've got a TV, and have decision paralysis. This might be fun.
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Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: EGGCONSOLE PSYCHO WORLD MSX2, Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, plus dozens more.
Over at the Switch 2 eShop: Pragmata, and a few more.
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An Old Man Who Said Crazy Things
April 16, 2026 |
Review: Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Party Goer
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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! My goal? $100 a month, which means I don't even get $3 per day to host this thing and pay to fix broken hardware. So how about a buck, Mac?
Not recent! Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Party Goer has been drinking, so don't put her behind the wheel. Since her thinner frame doesn't have articulated legs, it should be easy. She can stand, she can hold things, and presumably she can hide in with the red carpet. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Ad: Pre-Order New Hasbro Marvel Legends at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: Pre-order new Box Series Marvel Legends Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Lady Deadpool, Psylocke, Dark Avengers Hawkeye, U.S. Agent, and Marrina at Entertainment Earth! Pick your favorites or pre-order a whole case.
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Superhero of the Current Economic Slump
April 15, 2026 |
Star Wars Review: Imperial Remnant Snowtrooper (The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Imperial Remnant Snowtrooper (The Vintage Collection). This one takes last year's new Snowtrooper from The Empire Strikes Back, changes up a lot of the colors, and gives it a new, unmasked helmet. It's distinctive! It's not obvious that they're different colors without a side-by-side comparison, but I appreciate the differences and a new helmet and new colors is more than we usually get - so this one is neat. Grab one if you're interested in the post-Empire era. Read the whole review.
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Review: ThrillJoy Pix! Steven Universe Vinyl 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!
Recent! The ThrillJoy Pix! Steven Universe Vinyl Figure comes from a company with a lot of ex-Funko people on board. They're roughly the same size but seem to be a little sturdier, with fancier boxes and more chases. The commons all seem to be pretty cheap pretty quick, so if you just want a representation of a character on your desk? These are pretty good.
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Ad: Pre-Order New Transformers at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Transformers - check out new Armada Jetfire, Age of Extinction Optimus Prime, Rise of the Beasts Scourge, and more at Entertainment Earth!
Also don't miss the Transformers Cyberworld Optimus Primal Cyber Changers 4-Inch Action Figure. It's in stock now!
      
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RIP Sid Krofft
April 14, 2026 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Studio Series MTMTE Collection Autobot Hot Rod
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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!
Newish! The Hasbro Transformers Studio Series MTMTE Collection Autobot Hot Rod is a Target exclusive that shipped last month, and it's nifty. Sure, it's a repaint of an older toy - but it's in cartoon-accurate magenta! He also has a few new accessories, making this arguably worth the asking price just for the parts. I like it. Just don't stack all the gear up together, it stresses the plastic. Read on!
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Eat My Sleazy Pancakes
April 13, 2026 |
Star Wars Q&A Updated at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Fans are Judgey, So Let's Talk New Movie Lines and 2026. It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
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Review: Mattel Masters of the Universe Revenge of Skeletor Core 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'.
New! Mattel Masters of the Universe Revenge of Skeletor Core Action Figure showed up at an actual Walmart in pretty good numbers before the pre-order on the web site, so I got one. Ten bucks? Sure. A certain kind of adult collector will tell you that this figure is no good because it lacks ankles. Aside from the lack of ankles, articulation is about the same as a typical Origins figure, so I would say it's a great place to start a new collection. There may be no real reason to start over with a new scale, but if you always wanted a goofy Skeletor or want to see what Mattel can deliver for ten bucks? This is an impressive little toy. Compare it to a Hot Wheels car, or a typical Hasbro figure, and I assume you'll appreciate the bend-and-swivel wrists and the generally good arm movement. If the only think he can't do is twist his ankles, I'd say this is a pretty exceptional deal and one other toymakers should emulate. There's no reason every figure needs to be $30, if you can make something "good enough" for $10. Read on!
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Classic Review: Tootsietoy Dinosaurs Stegosaurus
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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! From some point in the 1970s, Tootsietoy Dinosaurs Stegosaurus was something I'm pretty sure belonged to my dad and somehow wound up in my toy stash, but I am unable to confirm this. It's what kids had before Dino-Riders or Definitely Dinosaurs - a one-piece, no-articulation toy that's mostly h ollow. It's pretty cool, with a nice sculpt that's off-model and super weird by current dinosaur standards. But he has a thagomizer, and a head that looks more like a snake. It's distinctive, and it's one of those toys I'll probably never let go.
Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
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Hasbro Does Tron: Legacy Sans Crowdfunding
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  Via Hasbro Pulse: Tron: Legacy Identity Collection Figure 4-Pack and the Tron: Legacy Light Cycle Power Pack with 6" Sam Flynn are up for pre-order and are due in December. These aren't crowdfunds - Hasbro Pulse is selling them as straight pre-orders right now. Prices are a little higher than a typical 6-inch Disney-licensed Hasbro figure, but there do seem to be more parts and pieces plus slightly more extensive paint. Also, nobody else is making anything, so these probably look a heck of a lot more interesting.
For those keeping track, this entire collection is $99.99 for the Bike set, and $139.99 for the figure 4-pack, so it's $240 for 5 figures and a 6-inch scale bike. Not bad! The previous 3 3/4-inch set would have netted you 5 figures, 2 bikes, and a diorama display for $260. By pretty much every metric, the 6-inch collection seems like the better buy.
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Ad: Pre-Order New Garfield at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Garfield - check out new action figures from Boss Fight Studios at Entertainment Earth! Jon and Arlene join the big orange guy, so hop on that underserved newspaper comic strip trend.
Also don't miss the Garfield Black and White Daily Comic Strip Action Figure - Entertainment Earth Exclusive. It's due in August!
   
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Don't Get Bixonimania
April 10, 2026 |
Star Wars Review: Eleventh Brother (The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Eleventh Brother (The Vintage Collection). While due to appear on Maul: Shadow Lord, so far we've only seen this crow-like not-a-Sith in the streaming Tales shorts. He doesn't get to do much other than be menacing, so in a lot of respects he's a lot like Maul with his creepy facial markings, black costume, and generally imposing frame. As a figure, he's a guy in a black suit with a cape and claws - he's neat, but a variation on a theme we've been subjected to quite a bit over the past decade. The extra stitch in his cape does wonders for giving him a slightly better look, and the articulation is as good as a figure gets in this line these days. It's neat - if you have a connection to it.
Read the whole review.
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Review: Blokees Transformers Defender Version 06 Brutal Fang Optimus Primal-Gorilla 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'.
Go ape! Blokees Transformers Defender Version 06 Brutal Fang Optimus Primal-Gorilla Action Figure doesn't look quite like the toy, or the cartoon, but it's pretty good as its own thing. Articulation is just as good as the robot figures, with added elbow joints for chest-beating poses. They did a nice job, I'm glad I got this one. Read on, and come back Monday for more!
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Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Eggconsole Schwarzschild 2 PC-9801, Zumba: Treasures of Marble Island, plus dozens more.
Switch Online NES added Pac-Man, Mendel Palace, and Famicom The Tower of Druaga presumably only because Jeremy Parish willed it so.
Over at the Switch 2 eShop: Pokemon Champions, and a few more.
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Denial, Anger, I'm Done
April 9, 2026 |
Review: Playmobil "Fi?ures" 70149 Figures Firefighter
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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! My goal? $100 a month, which means I don't even get $3 per day to host this thing and pay to fix broken hardware. So how about a buck, Mac?
Not recent! Playmobil "Fi?ures" 70149 Figures Firefighter has been kicking around my desk, and now you can see her! She has the same basic uniform and logo as the boys from the time, with one key difference - her head and hair deco! She can fit in with the line quite nicely, and I like the bright green/optic yellow or whatever you want to call it. She turned out well. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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