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!

Xbox 360 owners have a trio of new games to grab this week. They are:

Hey Joe fans, HissTank.com is reporting the Toys "R" Us exclusive Snow Serpent and Bench Press figures are hitting now. As they're basically cobbled together little golems of 25th Anniversary parts, they pair may be of interest to a wider audience. Happy hunting!

Soon to be released in stores (and in a Wal-Mart circular), these $30 exclusives of Hardhead, Powerglide, and Skyfall are now up on Wal-Mart's site-- but are out of stock. Looks like it's time to start hunting! Of particular interest is Powerglide, as he appears in colors similar to the Japanese release, which were modeled after the original cartoon series.

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!

The LEGO has an exclusive holiday set featuring a little house (pictured), numerous trees, and 815 pieces. In there, you'll find carolers and a "special" child wearing a helmet. (Or that's what we saw, anyway.) This may be a good one for you moms out there. It's pretty darn impressive.

So what's new this week?

Two new games this week, both $9.99. They are UNO, and Digger HD.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are actually too many to list. Numerous catalog titles were put up with the release of the PSPGo, but notable new entries include Gran Turismo (disc-based or downloadable) for about $40. Also exciting is Thexder Neo, a remake of a 1986 PC shooter sold in the USA by Sierra On-Line, for a mere $9.99. Dozens of other games were added, check your Playstation Store for more.

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

The DVDs aren't even out yet, but most big stores are done with Playmates' Star Trek movie line before series 2 hit. Over the weekend, we saw Target stores with the entire line for 30% off (and got reports of 75% off from our readers), plus we personally spotted some carded 3 3/4-inch figures at a Wal-Mart for a mere $0.75 each. Happy hunting!

Over the weekend numerous people directed us to the Interactive Portal Shirt. Yes, from the game. Go watch the video, it's an interesting and very expensive $200 gag-- involving LCD screens, shirts, and tiny little cameras.

While browsing on Amazon a friend of the site turned us on to two amazing releases: My Pet Monster: The Complete Series and Tales from the Cryptkeeper: The Complete Second Season. Enjoy.

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!

Your WiiWare game this week is Word Searcher, a $5/500 points word search game with 100 puzzles. Which isn't bad we guess.

Got a DSi? You can snag Thorium Wars for $10/1,000 points. Tanks for the memories, etc., in this 3D combat game.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:

The guys at Retronauts/1up.com have an exclusive five-part first-look at the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 remake of Rocket Knight, due in the futuristic future. It's a 2.5D sequel and looks pretty swell so far. As Konami properties go, this one is more obscure than many, and quite a surprise for a revitalization.

One of our staffers contributed to the blog/site/event that is Topless Robot this week. Go over there and read The 5 Most Awesome (and 5 Least) "Baby" Cartoons. It's like the entire 1980s Saturday Morning animation spin-offscape in just a few words!

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!

Formerly only a free streaming show on Adult Swim's web site, now G.I. Joe Resolute is coming to DVD! November 3. No Blu-Ray (yet). The complete series is about an hour, so it'll probably look just fine.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with a look at this week's Comedy Death Ray! Maria Bamford! Garfunkel & Oates! Donald Glover! Many laughs were had, so read all about it.

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!

Xbox 360 owners have a trio of new games to grab this week. They are:

The LEGO Wiki has updated with many more images of 2010 sets including the pictured... Kraken? Octoman? Whatever it is, it's really cool and one of many seamonster/Tigershark-inspired figures coming to a store near you in December or January, depending on how much your freight companies like you.

According to a great post at the Retronauts blog, Super Mario World/Super Mario Bros. 3/NBC Saturday Morning villains the Koopalings will be making a return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii this November. We are pleased. Goodbye, Bowser Jr.

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!

So what's new this week?

Your new game this week is Critter Crunch for $9.99. It's an arcade puzzler.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are clearly not geared to our demo. NBA 10 THE INSIDE is $29.99, and NBA LIVE 10 is $39.99. As we don't know much about baskets ball, we hope you enjoy these new titles.

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

Since the title was released worldwide on the PSN service, pretty much anybody can give it a whirl now. As part of the Square-Enix family, the formerly GameArts game Thexder Neo is an upgrade of the original which, in the USA, was only a PC release. In it, you pilot a little robot that's a cross between a design from Gundam and Macross, but what really matters is that you have a big cool robot you can transform at will and then shoot things with your targeting laser beam. [MORE]

As reported before, Wal-Mart has new exclusives coming-- and they've hit! From Transformers Universe, the trio of Powerglide, Skyfall, and Hardhead are all in stores-- and surprisingly, still an even $30.00. Also available for pennies under $25 is the Revenge of the Fallen boxed set of Fearswoop, Mudflap, and and Sideswipe.

If you haven't already seen it, be sure to check out this gallery of the upcoming Kotobukiya HMM Zoids Red Horn kit. It's pretty sweet, with lots of articulation, weapons, and detail. It's going to be released early next year.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:

According to a good pal of ours on the web, you can buy volumes one through four of Thundercats on DVD at Wal-Mart. Each formerly $60 set is marked down to $20. Selection varies by store, but this is pretty reasonable as prices go.

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!

Your WiiWare game this week is Gravitronix, a $5/500 points 8-player fighting royale of some sort.

Got a DSi? You can snag Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon for $5/500 points. Apparently there's beckoning.

Dano on Flicker posted this big freaking gallery of Atlantis complete with hi-rezzy pictures of figures, boxed sets, and more. Of particular interest are two tiny sets, one of which is probably going to be bought because we want a cheapo Manta guy. (For the record, it's 8073.) Check them out!

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!

Not ordinarily known as one of the Belmont clan's finer adventures, the first GameBoy Castlevania title is getting the 16-bit overhaul courtesy of Capcom. If the dirt from Famitsu by way of Joystiq is correct, it's going to be about $10 and may be available in Japan this month. It would stand to reason they might try to get it out in the USA in time for Halloween, although since it's on a Saturday maybe they'll miss it. Either way, we're ready to fight evil and, if the screen shots are any indication, not climb ropes.

While not explicitly "pirate" we've still been remiss in not telling you about the 10210 Imperial Flagship coming in January. It's huge to the tune of a hair under $200, with over 1,660 pieces. 1,664, which is 4 more than 1,660. It's pretty impressive, and if what we hear is right, a nice note for the LEGO Pirates to go out on for the second time.

When Bionicle premiered in 2001, we were instantly taken with what we perceived to be colorful, constructable tiki robots. In 2010 there's going to be a new (presumably smaller) version of Tahu along with other sets like a Rahkshi, Takanuva, and others under the banner Bionicle Stars (or so says the LEGO Wiki). Interesting stuff!

Ad: What's that? New stands! Clear and grey disc stands are shipping soon from Entertainment Earth with newly designed pegs which will be awesome and compatible with even more action figures!

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!

Xbox 360 owners have a trio of new games to grab this week. They are:

Love He-Man? Today (or now, depending) you'll be able to order Teela and a special Zodak, the latter based on the 2002 series. (He's black.) Each is $20.

Also up at MattyCollector.com today are Ray Stantz 12-inch and 6-inch action figures for $60 and $20 respectively.

Transformers fan site TFW2005 has a gallery of screen grabs from the new Revenge of the Fallen Blu-Ray, which clearly showcase Leader-class Starscream for the first time anywhere. No release date is known for this item, assuming it's still coming, but go over and take a look!

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

The fourth season of one of the greatest shows to ever air on your idiot box premieres on Sunday. We suggest you set your DVR and watch your DVDs.

So what's new this week?

Over at Playmoblog: USA residents: your local Target stores may have two new sets for you to pick up at a mere $2.99 a hit. [Click for more]

Your new games this week are .detuned, BUZZ! Junior: Monster Rally, Mushroom Wars, and topatoi: The Great Tree Story. Prices range from $2.99-$9.99.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are many, mostly catalog games: Reel Fishing: The Great Outdoors, Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon, Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl, Astro Boy: The Video Game, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club L.A. Remix, Manhunt 2, and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike. Prices range from $15-$30.

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

The great thing about this whole downloadable game revolution is that developers are doing creative games like Splosion Man. It's a game that requires the use of just one button plus the directional pad, draws from classic Warner Bros. Animation and 1990s video games, and is, all things considered, a truly violently wonderful experience. Daffy Duck would be proud. [MORE]

Once again, those crafty overseas folks have decided to downsize and produce a popular toy! How they can do this, we don't know, but TFW2005.com has shots of this downsized bootleg. No idea when it'll come out or how much it'll cost, but take a gander on an honest-to-goodness gun Megatron, as few of these get made.

Over at Playmoblog: Numerous items are on sale at Target and Toys "R" Us this week. But what? Whales? Dogs? Knights? We'll tell you. [Click for more]

Over at ActionFigs.com are shots of two new 3 3/4-inch figures for the upcoming sequel to Iron Man, also known as Iron Man 2. How's that for early? The line shows stands and accessories for Mark I and Mark II figures from the first film in this new scale. We are impressed/interested.

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!

Your WiiWare game this week is Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem, a $5/500 points monkey match of some description.

Got a DSi? You can snag Crash-Course Domo, Hard-Hat Domo, Pro-Putt Domo, Rock-n-Roll Domo, and White-Water Domo for $2/200 points. That's quite a spread.

After a chunky first year, Mattel comes back with new 3- and 6-packs based on the Public Enemies direct-to-DVD movie with enhanced articulation releases of Batman, Superman, Power Girl, and numerous other characters. Each of the two 3-packs are about $17.99 and the 6-pack is $34.99. There's some overlap, but they're quality figures and a definite improvement over the previous product.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:

First up: 1up.com launched Chiptuned, a music blog devoted to game soundtracks! It's a specific interest, but one we don't see covered much. Well worth a look.

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!

At Kotaku and pretty much everywhere else is a blurb on the upgrades expected in the Street Fighter IV sequel-- like having all the characters unlocked from the get-go, plus Seth being a bigger pain to kill.

G1 never ends! Check out these Japanese exclusive figures based on the original Skids mold, but in colors inspired by last summer's big movie and this week's big DVD title. They're pretty swell. (And they come with tiny scooters.)

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

Xbox 360 owners have a trio of new games to grab this week. They are:

Here's a surprise-- Sid Meier has started up a Facebook page for Civilization Network, a Facebook-specific version of his long-running franchise. Kiss your significant others goodbye, and follow the link to stalk him and be a beta tester.

Hasbro has basically avoided the issue of the US release of Masterpiece Grimlock for a few months now, but it seems the Action Figure Insider has some dirt! (Spoiler alert: it's coming in 2010.)

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!

At lunch today we got a nerdy Spongebob Squarepants figure (pictured) which came in a box sort of like the Mighty Muggs line. There are several blocky figures and we have to say, we're impressed. Good job, Burger King-- the urban vinyl style translates well do kid's meal toys, surprisingly.

So what's new this week?

Here's something we never thought we'd write-- an HD remake of Toki is coming. Thank French devs Golgoth Studio, who we must say we've never heard of. They have art, video, and some notes on the new endeavor. It seems like they took the arcade original and redrew it, which is pretty much what you'd want with Toki if you're one of its legion of fans, which is small.

Your new games this week are Trine. Apparently it's just one. It's a puzzle-platformer and looks pretty good. It's $19.99.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are many, mostly catalog games: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, The Warriors, Lemmings,Undead Knights, The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Steambot Chronicles Battle Tournament, Hammerinš Hero, R-Type Command, Crimson Gem Saga, Riviera: The Promised Land, Yggdra Union, Capcom Puzzle World, FIFA Soccer 10 PSP (and French version), Armored Core 3 Portable, Half-Minute Hero, WWE, Smackdown vs RAW 2010. Wow.

The second series of movie Star Trek action figures are now a shared exclusive between Entertainment Earth and another partner that we're not at liberty to announce, but we do know they won't be available at mass retailers like Toys "R" Us, Target, or Wal-Mart. So to reiterate: these 10 figures, including Keenser, Space Sulu, and Sarek, are not coming to your usual retail channels. Future waves are presently an unknown but this doesn't sound like what happens before Wave 3 gets made usually.

For the seemingly small price of $60 million, Viacom/Nickelodeon bought the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchse. Plans already call for a new cartoon, and rumors call for it to be on tap with the 1980s show. People are excited, which makes us think they haven't seen the 1980s show recently. But really, this is a pretty fantastic story of a couple of guys going from their garage to the big cash-in, although Eastman kinda was out for a while now.

Comedy Is Dead has updated! Check out a look at Road Trip Album Picks: NPR Funniest Driveway Moments, a look at a 2-disc collection of interviews and segments from public radio. It's a pretty good set that covers several generations of comics. Read on for more!

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

Sanrio's most profitable mouthless icon turned 35, and Arrested Motion has a big feature with tons of pictures of her birthday party in Los Angeles. People are dressed up, exhibits are on display, and there's a freaking ton of pink. Of particular note is a ton of paintings and artwork created based on the mascot. We are amused.

Despite being released in Japan this very week, very little media has been available of the new Wii Castlevania game. Sites like Kotaku managed to scrounge up a couple of new ones, but it's still a fairly unknown entity. Here's hoping it comes to the USA soon.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with many new articles. They include:

Best Buy has its entire selection of all games for all consoles $59.99 or less on sale for buy-two-get-one this week. Unfortunately all the really swell stuff comes out in November but this is certainly a good opportunity to play catch-up with the games you missed, or to do early holiday shopping. (Or you can just buy it all on clearance at Target in six weeks.)

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!

Your WiiWare games this week are Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan, a $10/1,000 points entry in the series, plus Ghost Mansion Party for the same price. It's some sort of board game/minigame hybrid. Sounds potentially fun.

Got a DSi? You can snag SUDOKU for $2/200 points, it's from EA, and makes like fifty such games on the handheld. Nintendo released the board game PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff for $5/500 points, which sounds slightly more promising.

Comedy Is Dead has updated with Sitcom Report card: Fall 2009. We and another staffer contributed to this piece (admittedly, ours was basically one entry) but you get a good look at what this season of television offers you.

We rarely cover a lot of Revenge of the Fallen movie toys but this was simply too good to ignore. TFW2005 has shots up of some harder-to-get Legends toys being repainted for the movie line. Oh note: Wheelie in black as "Shadow Striker" and Rodimus in blue and red as "Smokescreen." We're sold. Shadow Striker is our new favorite thing since the last one.

If you're anything like us, you squirreled away a couple of mint-in-sealed-box Sega Saturn analog pads when they were dumped on clearance for two bucks each. Odds are you aren't, so check out this Japanese find at NCS which shows the multi-colored version of the controller. They have a few of them for under $27. Controllers are region-free, so it might be worth a snag-- it's a damn fine controller.

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!

"ReBirth" may be the best name, as this game seems to be a completely reworked new game based loosely on the GameBoy originals. 1up.com has some stunning videos of gameplay which reveal fireball whips, staircases, and quasi-16-bit graphics. It's gorgeous. It came out in Japan this week for 1,000 Wii points, and there's no confirmed US release date. Looking at the videos, there's also precious little Japanese in the game, so really, what's the deal Nintendo? Why don't we have this already?

This week Konami announced Frogger Returns, with online multiplayer, 3Dish graphics, new camera angles, all that stuff. The game is given an ambiguous "fall" release.

The-Arker and other sites confirmed that those new Legends toys are Target exclusive 2-packs. Skids and Mudflap come together, Bumblebee comes with Shadow Striker, and you'll get Smokescreen with Starscream. We can't wait!

One of our staffers contributed to the blog/site/event that is Topless Robot this week. Go over there and read The 10 Most Embarrassingly Collectible Star Wars Toys of the '90s. This is what made up the collecting life of tens of thousands of dorks for a few years, so it's a good insight as to why we are who we are today.

Over at Playmoblog: Numerous items are on sale at Target and Toys "R" Us this week. But what? Whales? Dogs? Knights? We'll tell you. [Click for more]

From Twisted Pixel: "We have a new title update that finally enables avatar awards, as well as contains fixes for the online multiplayer issues that some players were having. We also have some cool new promotions including an Omaha Sweepsteaks!"

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

Xbox 360 owners have a trio of new games to grab this week. They are:

In the 1990s, America's youth was preoccupied with fire and Sega. It only makes sense to combine these things, as Zippo has, although we're not sure we agree with the $150+ price tags. Saturn and Mega Drive (Genesis) versions are on tap, based on the Japanese console deco.

Online retailer and our corporate patron Entertainmment Earth listed the first shots of the Battlefield Bumblebee vs. Infiltration Soundwave 2-pack. Of note, the box shows repainted figures plus a graphic promoting a special exclusive figure offer. We have no specific details as to the nature of the offer, but rest assured we'll share it as soon as EE posts the news.

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!

So what's new this week?

In 2004, Nintendo introduced the Nintendo DS to a confused marketplace-- the GameBoy Advance was doing fine and nobody seemed to get why a portable needs two screens. Developers were a little slow coming up with a great game, but several years and hardware revisions later... we're back at a larger design. Coming to the USA in 2010, the Nintendo DSi XL is about the physical mass of the original release with the DSi functionality and larger screens. So we're curious to get one.

Your new games this week are many. Priced way better than its a la carte Xbox 360 sibling, Hasbro Family Game Night comes with all 6 games for $39.99. (No Scrabble, it seems.) Inferno Pool is $9.99, and was also released on the Xbox 360 this week.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are many, mostly catalog games: LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival, NBA 2K10, Darkstalkers Chronicles: The Chaos Tower, the truly awesome Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, Crystal Defenders, and a trio of Petz games you can look up yourself. Anything good is $15 or more.

Comedy Is Dead has updated! Check out a look at Road Trip Album Picks: Eban Schletter's Witching Hour, a look at a Halloween party album of sorts from a number of comics, musicians, and the dude that wrote a lot of music for Mr. Show. It's certainly a curious beast! Read on for more!