Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Over the weekend not one, but two nifty gifty sets were revealed through multiple channels. Each set has a deluxe repaint with two bonus "legends"-class figures, meaning you get a box for a price to be determined with a $10 toy and two $5 toys in it. As such, we'd guesstimate these to be $15 or, if Target is feeling saucy, $10. (It's possible they could be $20 but historically this sort of bonus pack tends to be a pretty good deal.)

This week's astronishing three-game roster is filled with titles we've never really heard enough about to anticipate and therefore care about. Let's start with Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, a game which aspires to capture three childhood favorites into one package. The whole "pirates vs. ninjas" thing feels like it was past its prime as soon as it started, so considering how long this $10/800 MS point title has been in development, it'll be interesting to see how the following goes. It also sports Zombies and Robots, meaning someone is really trying to make hipsters happy, although the lack of hobos and monkeys or blackulas shows that someone isn't willing to go the extra mile.

Fans of the WiiWare service can grab My Aquarium. For $5, it can be yours. Hudson's new virtual aquarium is another in a long line of fish simulators, which have run the gamut from After Dark to El-Fish and so many many more. So what's worth noting about this new fishy screen saver? We're not sure. Although it seems like something that begs to have overpriced, downloadable bonus fish packs. It seems like something we would have been totally in to if released around the same time as the aforementioned undersea software programs.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

A Decepticon secret agent has been revealed as a toy! Over at TF08.net you can see pictures of Shockwave, who can also turn into the Autobot Longarm. He has two different-ish robot and vehicle modes, making for what will likely be a memorable toy. Check it out!

Microsoft's mouth Major Nelson posted news on a one-month sale of DLC on discount. The good news: you can get stuff from Beautiful Katamari, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Forza Motorsport II, Oblivion, and Guitar Hero 3 from 25%-60% off. The bad news? Well, it's still not all that cheap, and they aren't full games.

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 30th Anniversary Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Internet retailer (and sponsor/employer) Entertainment Earth has just revealed a pair of exclusive figures, selling as a set. (Or by the case if you do wholesale.) The EE Exclusive Indiana Jones Short Round & Sallah Mighty Muggs are limitedish edition figures due out in November. The deco on Sallah is pretty sweet, and well, we dig Shorty here. The set is $33.99.

Another three week, plus new DLC (downloadable content) you probably don't want! It's a mixed bag, but that's a good thing-- you actually have a decent menu of new releases to choose from, and this is a step in the right direction.

Fans of the WiiWare service can grab Groovin' Blocks. Rather than killing your pets or putting sugar in your gas tank, Nintendo's esteemed platform gives you some puzzle block rhythm game which nobody will ever play. Well, maybe someone will, but it doesn't sound quite as snazzy, does it?

Animated Activators-- apparently, they're popular! Over at TF08.net you can see both modes of Animated Activators Grimlock, which should be about $7-$9 when he hits in a few months. This line brings big characters at a smaller price, and has proven to be quite a popular seller. We're told they're fun but have yet to buy any ourselves. (Are they cool?)

Bif Bang Pow! (through its distribution partner) has announced the Dexter Angel Batista Bobble Head. What's interesting, and also bizarre, is it says "Angel from Dexter" on the base. While we're used to seeing it say the name of the character on one part and the logo on another, "NAME" from "SERIES" is a format that is oddly funny to us. We can't say why, it just is.

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 30th Anniversary Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

The FX series that is awesome and nobody watches' third season is on DVD this week. Bargain hunters, take note: Target and Best Buy both have it for $27.99, but Best Buy has it with a bonus disc of extra stuff. Well, just two featurettes, but all things being equal otherwise it's more than anyone else is currently offering.

...in Japan, for the Wii. Capcom hasn't been particularly forthcoming with its rollout for this game in North America (outside a leaked list of Xbox 360 achievements) but it seems Japanese Wii owners will be able to enjoy this game in just under 2 weeks for a mere 1,000 Wii points. Other platform releases are, as of yet, up in the air.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

On a toy run, we were shocked to see row upon row of Mitch Hedberg's new CD Do You Believe in Gosh?, which apparently was released last week on Comedy Central Records. The album was made from a recording in 2005, just before he died. It features a roughly 39-minute set on CD and comes with a booklet featuring select images from his own personal notebook, some of which are totally worth buying. (Our copy was $10 at Virgin Megastore, which seems to be the best price for it.) Expect a review shortly.

If you missed Big Daddy earlier this year, or want the newly released repaints like Crank Case, Breakaway, and Fracture, it seems some stores are getting multiple, massive blue cardboard displays packed with them for as little as $7.77 a whack. Not all stores are being choked with these massive shipments (which include additional Animated and Movie product), so keep an eye out. You can't miss it.

Apparently a Costco exclusive, this massive gift set includes 4 toys you might have, and 1 that's new. The 4 reissues are Cybertron-era Blurr, Longrack, Runamuck, and Buzzsaw. The Optimus Prime is a repaint in new-ish colors-- he's still red and blue, but he's different than the previous releases of the mold. The final destination (and price) for this set is unknown, but we think it's a punk movie to release a set that's 80% existing product with one new (and potentially desirable) new repaint. That's the kind of crap we're used to seeing in Star Wars.

Seasons 3 and 4 of Duckman are coming to DVD, so says TVShowsOnDVD.com. Apparently it's going to be cheap, released in January, and packed with 48 episodes. Hard to believe, but hey, it sounds good to us. Seasons 1 and 2 should be in stores on Tuesday.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Initially revealed as yet another Storm Shadow, it seems that the G.I. Joe Club has the scoop-- Hasbro changed their minds! The figure will now be a green Cobra Ninja Viper instead, which is a little more exciting than yet another white ninja. Viva variety!

Toy store chain Toys "R" Us has their $9.99-$10.99 Transformers on sale this week-- buy two, get one free. This applies to deluxe-scale toys only, which pretty much limits you to Universe or Animated these days.

If you thought that Hasbro's Transformers line has been slowing down recently, it turns out you're wrong. It's also possible you're ugly too, but we'll let these pictures speak for themselves.

Seeing as how the toy line has been dead in North America since about 2003, we were stunned to see Zoids Assault. It's $59.99 and from Atlus, and the reviews are horrifyingly bad. As Zoids fans who have paid real money for real toys, even we're put off by the fact that the best review is essentially a failing grade. It's more than a little baffling that the title was translated and released to the US market, and it's also worth noting there are only 8 achievements. Interesting.

Good news, everyone! Mega Man 9 will be out in the USA this week for the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3 platforms. Xbox 360 owners will have to wait until October 1, and it will be $10 (give or take a penny) on each system. Thank you Capcom for the scoop-- and let's hope it isn't another 10 years until we see another game in the series.

Another another sequel. Last week saw Feeding Frenzy 2, a port of a 2006 PC game. It's $10, and reviews are basically average. The original was decent, so this should probably be just fine.

Fans of the WiiWare service can grab Potpourri. But you won't. You might want to get Strong Badia the Free, the second in the Cool Game for Attractive People adventure episodic whatsis. Both were released last week.

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 30th Anniversary Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

Despite the sequel Duke Nukem Forever being over 10 years in the making, 3D Realms found enough time to port Duke Nukem 3D to the Xbox Live Arcade service. The first-person shooter nobody was asking to play again is US $10 (800 points) and features multiplayer, galleries, and other stuff which may or may not be of interest.

The big deal this week-- arguably the best thing for NES-era gamers on the Wii, period-- is Mega Man 9, a new 8-bit style game on the Wii and PlayStation 3 today and on the Xbox 360 next week. Not only is this an honest-to-goodness real fake NES game, but you can overpay for downloadable extra features of dubious value. We're not saying they're all bad, but charging for a harder difficulty setting? That's just sad. We're waiting for the Xbox 360 version, but rest assured, we're totally going to buy it and are considering taking a vacation day to play it. Rumor has it other companies are considering following suit if the game is a success. You people freaking better. Mega Man 9 is $10. WiiWare also uploaded something called Plattchen Twist 'n' Paint, which we're not going to further dignify by pretending to notice.

According to numerous sites including The Allspark, there's going to be a lot of new stuff revealed in the next Fan Club magazine-- Classics Smokescreen, 25th Anniversary Hot Shot and Dinobot, Robot Heroes Prowl and Laserbeak, and potentially a Legends Warpath are on tap. We're excited. Can you tell?

Formerly part of the whole Wikia project (the commercial face of Wikipedia if I hear my conspiracy theories right), the Transformers Wiki has moved to TFWiki.net. The reasons for this are many, but basically have to do with bone-headed management concerning ads, where the ads go, and the site's overall decline in functionality. So the key members behind the Wiki took their ball and went home, so to speak, and the result is a significantly better resource which is less likely to look like garbage in your browser. Unless you look at the Wreck-Gar page, in which case yes, you will see some actual garbage.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

After months of speculation (and by "speculation" we mean "painfully obvious slow sales at retail") Hasbro came clean and basically said Indiana Jones is finished over at Cool Toy Review. While anyone who has paid regular visits to a toy store knows why, it makes sense that some of you may be surprised. It seems the real problem here is a combination of fan indifference and, as far as we can tell, oversaturation of early product. This could be due to the fact that Hasbro and their retail partners simply ordered too much of it, or that fans interest didn't live up to the hype. Either way, it's pretty much done, so if you want any action figures from Wave 3 or (if they see stores) beyond, buy them on sight. Not just to send a message, because odds are you won't get too many second chances at this rate.

Oh boy! Hasbro's Transformers line marches on with these shots from China of Ravage and Hound. Yes, you get them together-- just like Nightstick comes with the new Cyclonus. The whole two-fer-one approach is sorely missed, and was a highlight of the Armada days where sometimes we, the fans, were goaded into buying a questionable figure (Smokescreen) because we heard its tiny companion Mini-Con was decent (Liftor). Likewise, if Hound doesn't turn your crank, Ravage undoubtedly will. Even if his head is too tiny, it's cool.