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!

Friend of the site Shaun pointed us to this blog post which involves some kids getting and not getting Marvel Mighty Muggs. You are welcome.

Because they don't take vacations, the Transformers Collectors Club revealed a future exclusive item-- Shattered Glass Cyclonus. Based on this year's awesome Universe mold, the idea is that this is the "good" version of the character from an "evil" Universe and as such, he looks something like Hot Rod. Kinda cool, wouldn't you say?

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

The apparently exclusive-ish 8092 Landspeeder ($24.99) and 8091 Republic Swamp Speeder ($29.99) are now live to order on LEGO.com. The Landspeeder will ship within 3 weeks, but the Swamp Speeder is listed as in stock today.

Good news, everyone-- Transformers Universe Optimus Prime, Megatron, Overkill, and Drag Strip are shipping to US retail! Over at TFW2005, find a story with the details, which basically is what I just told you. Each toy is $9.99, which seems high given they were about $15 at first.

Over at The Dinosaur Toy Blog take a look at this new Schleich Apatasaurus for 2008. It's big, blue, and pretty nice-- check out their rundown of what it's an interesting piece.

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!

Yet another large Bumblebee toy is making the rounds on fan sites, TFormers is just one of many to be posting S250's alleged leader-class Bumblebee. The is not to be confused with the large Ultimate Bumblebee on the shelves today, which costs a lot more and is slightly larger. Odds are Hasbro will confirm this toy next month at Toy Fair in New York City.

The fine folks at BevReview are confirming a new batch of newly packaged Pepsi Throwback started shipping in December. Also note: Mountaun Dew Throwback is shipping, and some fans are already finding Heritage Dr. Pepper.

Over at Playmoblog: Good news, everyone! Playmobil's web site updated with release dates for two major themes this year. The Africa Sets should start showing up in April, while the School theme will be out around August. [Click for more]

The guys at Hisstank.com have pictures of what seem to be a new VAMP and new HISS, complete with test shots of the figures. Quite nice! Do check it out.

Your WiiWare games this week are three. For $5.00/500 points, you can snag Fast Draw Showdown, Heron: Steam Machine, and Pub Darts.

Got a DSi? Three games this week, including Animal Puzzle Adventure, Hell's Kitchen Vs., and Trajectile. These games range from 500 points/$2 to 500 points/$8.

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 fine folks at The Digital Bits are "confirming" (via their rumor mill) a July 2010 release date of the Back to the Future movies on Blu-Ray. What's particularly interesting is the ad slick, with a 5-disc collection (the DVD set was only 3 discs) including an extra 3D short of Jaws 19. We are pleased, Universal Studios.

The "big button" controllers, or "buzzers" from the Scene It games are, like most peripherals, criminally underused. With the Xbox Live platform and a game show-like input device, it's criminal that there aren't more quiz, trivia, and brain games with people fighting against one another. Encleverment Experiment manages to create a nifty little quiz game, made up of 16 mini-games (yes another mini-game collection), that proved entertaining. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

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

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 rumors are true! Someone's doing The Venture Bros. in plastic. That someone is Bif Bang Pow! who, via their (and their partners') Twitter feeds, confirmed acquisition of the license and a full press release should be making the rounds today. Specific products are not yet announced, but we know what they are because we're awesome.

Xbox 360 have two options this week, one of which has a freaking fantastic name.

In more fantastic licensing news, NCSX confirmed the lineup (so far) of Shooting Historica Vol. 4, the ongoing Yujin series of capsule toys based on classic shooter video games. This time around, it's going to be the Flint Lock from Xexex, the Legend Silver Hawk Burst from the just-released Darius Burst, and the X-002 from X-Multiply. We forgive them for their lack of Salamander for now.

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!

An eBay seller has an awesome transforming Grandus figure based on the stylings of the artist responsible for the show's unique look. It turns from a chunky robot to an aircraft carrier, it is really quite amazing. Check it out, while you can!

First up: Gallery Ninteen Eighty Eight Los Angeles is hosting a show from January 8 through January 29, 2010 focusing on art from and inspired by Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line. Reportedly, new toys will be revealed at this event too.

So more news, because NCSX confirmed the that in addition to the Flint Lock from Xexex, the Legend Silver Hawk Burst from the just-released Darius Burst, and the X-002 from X-Multiply, there will be three more vehicles in the new Yujin Shooting Historica 4! The additions: X-002 - XMultiply, Twinbee & Winbee - Pop'n Twinbee, and CF-345 Black Fly - Metal Black. At least we get one new Konami vehicle, right?

Hey Hasbro fans, want some good cartoon news? Shout Factory confirmed a second volume of C.O.P.S. is coming to DVD, direct to consumer! How about that?

The release is in! Here's an excerpt: "Bif Bang Pow! and Cartoon Network Enterprises, the licensing and merchandising arm of Adult Swim, blast off for action with todayıs partnership announcement that will bring to market a brand-new line of toys based on the popular animated series The Venture Bros. One of the most highly sought after product lines from Adult Swimıs library, The Venture Bros. collection from Big Bang Pow! will feature an array of articulated action figures, bobble heads, and vehicles, each embodying that distinctive action-comedy mix that has become synonymous with the series."

Your new game this week: Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, which you may remember being released earlier this week on the Xbox Live Arcade service. It is $14.99.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are: Pinball Heroes Bundle, Bomberman Land, and Dungeon Explorer. Pinball Heroes is $9.99, the rest are $11.99.

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

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

Today's first story is that a Transformers RPMs Soundwave is coming, based loosely on the Animated version. It's unknown if this is a "movieverse" version of the Decepticon, a War for Cybertron design, or something else entirely-- but you can see it over on the Arker.

According to Nintendo via Games With Coffee the very cheap collector's set of Metroid Prime Trilogy is already out of print for the Wii. That's like not even a year-- so if you want it, go grab a copy now for all your insane grading investment scheme needs, you horrible person you.

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

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!

McFarlane Toys was one of the biggest powerhouses in the 1990s when it came to the collectible action figure business, and the recent years have not been quite so kind as far as the kind of toys they're famous for making go. However, it looks like they're bringing back an old favorite, and this time she's blonder. The Mrs. Claus Figure is exclusive to EverythingMcFarlane.com and is pretty fantastic from the pictures. She will cost $29.99.

Your WiiWare games this week are three. For $8.00/800-$10.00/1,000 points points, you can snag ShadowPlay, Chronos Twins DX, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. The latter of which is a port of a highly regarded game, and is generally this week's high point. From Capcom's press release:

Got a DSi? Three games this week, including Word Searcher, Jazzy Billiards, and the very giggle-worthy named Touch Solitaire. These games range from 200 points/$2 to 500 points/$5.

Some good news today-- or news, at least-- for fans of Microsoft's console. Not only is the buzz going that this console generation may last longer than most previous generations (hooray), but we've got some nice tidbits.

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!

A new trailer for Transformers War for Cybertron is on YouTube and it looks pretty swell. Check out some new character designs like Ironhide, hear the voice of Optimus Prime and, to a lesser extent, Megatron. It's swell.

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

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!

A site called The MM Network has scans of the new Robot Masters from Mega Man 10 which is coming to the WiiWare, PSN, and XBLA services this year.

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter! The $15/1,200 point first person shooter is something of a classic, or was, so this new version may be worth your while.

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

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 story from ToyFare #151 is online: "If Venture has a name, it must be Bif Bang Pow!" You have no idea how long I've been waiting to use that tag line. Greetings and salutations to all Bif Bang Pow! followers and believers of all shapes, ages and sizes! Well, as you've probably heard by now, we did it! Once again, we're bringing the people what we KNEW they always needed, toys for 'The Venture Brothers'! (If this keeps up, we'll finally give the world the James Bond action figure and vehicle line it's been dreaming of).

This week's downloadable PSP titles are: Luxor: The Wrath of Set, and the PSP Minis game Dynogems. This is not a particularly robust week for Sony as no new PS3 titles were launched.

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

If you like LEGO and movies that people seem to be quiet about, check out a Flickr gallery of LEGO Prince of Persia packaged shots, based on this year's big movie. (McFarlane Toys has the action figure license.)

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

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!

Some great news today-- if you're a shooter fan. The odd (but sidescrolling) Cave shooter Deathsmiles is coming to the USA courtesy of Aksys Games. We're suckers for shooters, so we're probably going to have to overlook the fact it doesn't have any space ship and, for some reason, features overly young Japanese maids. It sold very well-- apparently Japanese sales estimates were 10,000 units and they actually moved 50,000, which sounds like peanuts, but apparently this is something of a success. Whatever, if you can blow stuff up and it's 2D we're interested.

Digital Toys has shots of a new USB Cheetor, a repaint of the existing Ravage/Tigatron mold. Adorable! It's estimated to be $44.95 and will be released this May.

Your WiiWare games this week are two. The Amazing Brain Train is $6/600 points, and is yet another indie brain training game. Namco Bandai's Muscle March, on the other hand, is anything but typical for an American release. There are muscular guys. We're not quite sure if this is meant to be ironic-- we're assuming it is-- because it has a playable polar bear in it.

Got a DSi? Four games this week, including Dark Void Zero (a new fake NES prequel), Starship Defense, Chronos Twins, and Me and My Dogs: Friends Forever. All the games except for the latter are 500 points/$5. Me and My Dogs: Friends Forever is $8/800 points.

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!

Because everyone needs a sidekick, the Transformers Collectors Club exclusive Dion figure will come with Cop-Tur, named for the Go-Bots Renegade character. Nice! He's a repaint of Jolt from Transformers Universe 2009, which was actually not the best mold in terms of holding together. Hopefully this release will be improved.

It's happened before, and it probably means that this is going to be a weak first half. HissTank.com has an internal letter for Wal-Mart toy departments basically confirming that Rise of Cobra is very last season. A pity, but it's not like much of anything new has really come out of Hasbro lately for this brand.

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

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!

Another famous Coco (and Birdstuff and Starcrunch) will be reforming to play South by Southwest which is another in a very brief serious of reunions-- the last being, by our count, at a Touch & Go festival. So who's going?

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment! The $15/1,200 point RPG brings the Konami franchise into the world of downloads, we suppose, with some new user mechanics and stuff.

Not so much astounding as it is expected, Square-Enix confirmed the first two games in its classic series are coming to iPhone, with some slick new interface thing for touching that looks more like Sierra's and LucasArt's games. Neat! We think.

Ad: New stuff! - 2010 Hasbro Toys Are Here! It's a new year with brand new toys still coming to Entertainment Earth! We just got a big shipment from Hasbro including new The Clone Wars plus Transformers and more, and to sweeten the deal we're running a huge sale and offering free shipping on in-stock orders of $99 or more! Here are some highlights:

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 fine folks at TVShowsOnDVD.com confirmed that Song of the Cloud Forest, one of the second half-hours of The Jim Henson Hour, is coming to DVD. You might recall this as the crazy colorful environmental one with the frogs. Unfortunately, it is not Dog City, which was awesome, and is similar to the Fox Kids cartoon of the same name. (Although the Jim Henson Hour one is packed with numerous fantastic gags.) Anyway, enjoy your frogs, hippies.

Your new game this week: Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment, which you may remember being released earlier this week on the Xbox Live Arcade service. It is $14.99.

This week's downloadable PSP titles are: METAL GEAR SOLID PSP Bundle for $29.99, DJ Max Fever, and Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance.

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

Gaming site Xbox360Achievements.org posted the achievements for Mega Man 10, due out soon. They're very much like those from #9-- some are identical, and most are seemingly as hard if not harder. So yeah, give up hope now.

A few weeks ago we posted some shots of a German flyer for upcoming blind packaged LEGO figures-- and some kind soul on Brickset posted a nice big clear shot of the first batch. Check out a zombie, cheerleader, caveman, crash dummy, and several others. We are impressed.

First up: The Transformers Collectors Club Web Site has art for Punch/Counterpunch as well as an actual image of the toy in vehicle mode. (Or maybe it's retouched. Either way, it's the vehicle.)

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

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!

In a pleasant surprise, the TransFormers Club posted shots of War for Cybertron Bumblebee in robot mode on their web site. It looks like a cross between the "Classics" toy, only slightly more... futuristic, perhaps? We're basically already sold on the line. Check it out.

Chunklet has a new interview up with Man or Astro-Man's Birdstuff, who actually has had a lot to do with the magazine itself over the past many years. It's a great interview, packed with details about the band's opinion of their work, which you don't hear much. Or ever.

It's rare that a game come out of the gate with great names attached and little buzz or hype-- Kurulin Fusion was one of these. The music is by Nobuo Uematsu (of the early Final Fantasy games), and the game itself is coming from Tozai Games, whose last two Xbox 360 downloadables of R-Type Dimensions and Lode Runner were both pretty solid titles. It's a shame this puzzle/matching game is also from MTO, who is responsible for developing Dogz, Catz and related games-- a fact I did not realize until this review was already written. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Your WiiWare games this week are: "Aha! I Found It!" Hidden Object Game (500 ponts), bittos+ (800 points), and Uno (1,000 points). Why this Uno is more than the other versions, we don't know.

Got a DSi? Three games for you. For 200 points each are AiRace: Tunnel and Escapee GO!, with a 500-point Number Battle bringing up the rear.

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

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!

Love video games, but are you tired of them not being hugely inappropriate for children? So are we. We've never heard of this "Record of Agarest War" before today, but we do admire it when someone puts together a big box of unnecessary stuff with what seems to be a clear understanding of the potential customer. This box, called Record of Agarest War: Really Naughty Edition includes:

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

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!

For some reason Hasbro gave UGO an early look at two new toys from the upcoming War for Cybertron game which is probably going to be out this year. Check out Megatron and Optimus Prime (pictured), who will be joining Bumblebee and presumably others on the toy shelves this Fall.

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for KrissX! (Or "Kriss Cross," a crossword puzzle.) The $10/800 point puzzler from Konami and Blitz Arcade is notable not only because it's... well we haven't played it yet, but it was a speedy download-- under 30 megs. Very unusual for the service these days, we're quite eager to give it a whirl.

After selling out in mere minutes last year, Mattel's next run of Masters of the Universe Classics Skeletor has arrived and, at press time, is still available. (This is unusual as many figures tend to sell out in under a day.) If you want one, you might want to go ahead and grab one while you can.

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 fine folks at The Brother Brick got the 2010 LEGO Color Pallette, a potentially useful document for all you customizers out there. Check it out!

Over at Transformers at the Moon is a great report from UK Toy Fair. Highlights: Universe Ultra Seaspray, new Legends Minibots, and a whole bunch more. Read the report and drool!

Your new games this week: Assault Heroes, Thexder Neo, and Hustle Kings. Each is $9.99.

This week's downloadable PSP Minis are: Dracula ­ Undead Awakening, Pinball Dreams, Route 66, and Deflector. Each is pretty cheap-- all are under $5 except Pinball Dreams.