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Patronize Me!
Goodnight Ladies
May 30, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Imperial Security Bureau (Imperial Officers set, The Vintage Collection)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Imperial Security Bureau (Imperial Officers set, The Vintage Collection). There are very few ISB figures, and this one from 2023 can be yours! If you already bought it! Because it sold out! It's pretty good.
Read the whole review.
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Third Onell Design Glyos Drop For 2025
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Glyos Onell Design April 17, 2025 Drop Menu. The Last Exellis and Standard Govurom heads were run over a decade ago and matched with new bodies - it's not the kind of thing you tend to see every day. A cape accessory sold out almost immediately. Check 'em out!
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Vasilisa and Baba Yaga, Arcade Archives RYUKYU,
Wilmot Works It Out
, and over a dozen more.
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RIP Rick Derringer
May 28, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead, The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead, The Vintage Collection) . He's basically the same size as the 2006 The Saga Collection release, but a completely new sculpt, but colored like the 1996 figure, but given accessories to touch on nearly every Hammerhead toy. And a bonus alternate hand for his drink. If you have all the existing Ithorian toys you could want, you may not need this one - but the added articulation, lower cloth robes, and ability to sit in a booth may make it worth your while to pick up if you see one. Read the whole review.
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Review: Playing Mantis Johnny Lightning The Challengers Wasp (Maroon)
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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!
Pretty good! The Playing Mantis Johnny Lightning The Challengers Wasp (Maroon) may be at an antique mall near you. It may also not be worth more than it was in the 1990s. It's a reissue of a toy sold in the 1970s, with a hefty build and a fanciful design that would be retro by today's standards. I like it. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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A Slop Monger's Dream
May 27, 2025 |
Review: Blokees Transformers Galaxy Defender Version 01 Shattered Alliance Bumblebee Brilliant Action 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!
Newish! Blokees Transformers Galaxy Defender Version 01 Shattered Alliance Bumblebee Brilliant Action Figure is tiny and cheap - which is where more toys need to go. At about $3, if you find these blind boxes for sale? Just buy it. It's worth it. Read on!
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Nintendo World Championships: Week 46
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 Via Nintendo: Competition #46 is on now in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It's fun.
This week:
Loose Change (Super Mario Bros) - in which you get some coins.
Leveling Up (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) - in which you get a bag.
Mushzoom 3 (Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels) - in which you get high and then do mushrooms.
Barrel Roll (Donkey Kong) - in which you finish the first screen.
Avoid the Metroids (Metroid) - in which you do that.
You've got a week to earn your trophies. I'm still working on the gold one.
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RIP Peter David
May 26, 2025 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Character Picks and The Dumping Ground. It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update! We now have one for next week.
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Classic Review: Remco Mel Appel Extraterrestrials Trebor
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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! The Remco Mel Appel Extraterrestrials Trebor came from a line of alien figures from 1982, which more or less capitalized on E.T.'s lack of on-shelf toys. It's pretty great - a one-piece vinyl figure, with a plug, and glassy eyes. It's a cheap toy, and in today dollars it would probably be just under ten bucks to make something like this. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
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 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!
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If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
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RIP Pennies
May 23, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Mandalorian Fleet Commander (The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Mandalorian Fleet Commander (The Vintage Collection). This figure has no specific name, but he has an alternate head and probably isn't something you saw in stores very much. Read the whole review.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: EGGCONSOLE HYDLIDE II MSX, Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, Arcade Archives NEBULASRAY, and over a dozen more.
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Retro Has Landed (Again)
May 22, 2025 |
Review: Kenner Batman: The Animated Series Scarecrow
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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!
Old! The Kenner Batman: The Animated Series Scarecrow is one of the very first figures I bought from that line, and it was a good one. Light-up eyes, bird buddy, spinning arm, and all for about six bucks. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Spin Master Embraces Retro Sculpts for 1978 Superman: The Movie
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  Via Spin Master on Toy News International: Spin Master Continues Their DC Movie Retro Collection Line With Superman! Unlike Target's figures for Batman last year, these seem to be all-new, 5-jointed sculpts. Some are more "retro" than others - Lois seems perfect, but the Jor-Els have 1990s-style coats - but they're neat.
They follow the old Kenner Star Wars template which was also used by Funko and Super7 for ReAction Figures. What's particularly interesting is that they don't seem to have likeness rights - the faces are all a little murky, and the cardbacks lack a photo of the actor from the movie. Super7 did this on some of their figures too, and the likenesses tended to be a little more Kennery when the actor's face got replaced by a collage or a poster (or a helmet.) Give these a look, but please make sure you leave at least one Lois Lane on the shelf for me. (I briefly got to meet Margot Kidder a zillion years ago at SDCC!)
With any luck these will be easily found, whenever they come out, where ever they're exclusive.
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Microcenter Coming to Phoenix?
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  Via imgur (thanks Shaun, I don't know where he found it): Microcenter has a building permit for the partial interior demolition of the old Conn's Home Plus building at 4531 E Thomas Rd! Back in the day, Phoenix/Tempe was gifted with Fry's Electronics and before that, Incredible Universe. Since Fry's has been gone for years, this is potentially exciting news for people who want to go to a store and buy RAM or something you can't get at the increasingly scarce Best Buy stores.
For those of you who are local, it looks near to the Thomas Walmart (with the radio towers) and the nearby Target, which sounds like a great future toy run in the making. It's near where Toy Liquidators used to be. I'd love to have a local source for parts for things again.
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RIP George Wendt
May 21, 2025 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Vader (Epic World of Action Mech Force Suit)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (Epic World of Action Mech Force Suit). The general sculpt is similar to last year's 5-jointed figure, but with new circuit deco and added joints. You can get a non-circuit-deco one packaged individually, but this fancy weird one comes with a giant mech suit. It's silly, but it's also a toy, and we don't get a lot of "real toy" releases these days. It's worth a gander. Read the whole review.
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Review: Mattel Hot Wheels HW-4-TRAC
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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!
Not recent! The Mattel Hot Wheels HW-4-TRAC was one I picked up because I expected it to work better on tracks... I didn't find that it did. But it's not an uninteresting design. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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