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

While it really doesn't look like its G1 counterpart, the new Seaspray revealed online certainly does seem to combine elements of the movieverse with whatever it was the Universe assortment was trying to do, not unlike the recently released Bludgeon. Click through to see the pictures of the first packaged sample.

Over at The Digital Bits is a story surrounding the alleged release date of all three Parks Jurassic for the holidays. Universal Netherlands-- as good a source as any-- is publishing a November 4 release date. We'll keep you posted as more develops!

Because we are lazy, from Capcom's press release: "[Capcom] announced that the Mega Man ZERO Collection is coming to Nintendo DS"... "The Mega Man ZERO Collection is comprised of all four Mega Man ZERO titles bundled together..." And finally: "The portable Mega ManŽ fun will begin when the title arrives in early Summer 2010."

Always entertaining, the Retronauts Blog added tons of vintage NES advertisements that you'll probably totally want to see. (We're happy to see them so we can dump some old magazines we've always meant to scan.) 8-Eyes, A Boy and his Blob, and a bunch of other games you may hate are up-- well worth seeing.

We were recently forwarded this story at AnimeNewsNetwork surrounding an amusing lawsuit-- apparently Upper Deck was cranking out counterfeit YuGiOh cards, and has recently settled this faux rare production issue. You may be interested in reading more if you're curious about licensing deals gone bad.

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!

Unlike some manufacturers, Sega isn't shy about licensing out its hardware or software. This new thing includes a bunch of older Genesis-era games plus has a cart slot for your existing library, plus wireless Wii-esque games and controllers. No plans were made for a US release, but apparently the UK will get it this summer.

Your WiiWare games this week are: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God (1,000 ponts), Tumblebugs 2 (800 points), and 5 in 1 Solitaire (500 points).

Got a DSi? Five games for you. Downtown Texas Hold 'Em, 5 in 1 Solitaire, True Swing Golf Express, Move Your Brain Rollway Puzzle, and Legends of Exidia. These run 200 points to 800 points. We haven't heard buzz on many but it seems there's certainly no shortage of Solitaire or Hold 'Em games.

MTV's answer to the non-Beavis and Butt-Head crowd Daria is coming to DVD in 2010, so says this trailer. Possibly as early as Spring. (Minus most of the music, no doubt.

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, now we can tell you (since we work on the line a little): Bif Bang Pow! announced a partnership with Emce Toys to create action figures. Of interest are Venture Bros. and Lost, and the previous non-Mego Lost figures are going to be canceled/unproduced. No specific characters for Venture were confirmed yet-- for the public, anyway-- but stay tuned to us and to Toy Fair in New York for more on these.

File under "things we never thought we'd see": NCS has confirmed a vinyl LP with selected tunes from Square-Enix' Final Fantasy XIII is coming out, and will be a not-so-surprisingly $56. It's due out at the end of the month and sports eight tracks.

Proof that someone is not only listening, but also likes you, this boxed set of figures will include 1980s-style construction with new versions of classic characters from Action Force-- specifically, the villainous Red Shadows.

Not explicitly labeled "Universe" or "Movie" or anything, a new gallery of Seaspray posted online shows the toy in both modes, in and out of the box. One of its features is that it can carry scout-sized toys on its back which, we have to say, is an interesting call-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!

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Chime! The $5/400 point puzzler from Valcom Games is notable includes a whole mess of music and is for charity. So give it a whirl!

Matty posted a bunch of news today, specifically:

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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 dude named Kris Abel has the scoop on the 2010 LEGO product you non-industry types probably haven't seen yet, which is way better than waiting for New York's showing in two weeks. Check it out!

Your new game this week: Fret Nice, a platformer which, apparently, was designed to work with your Guitar Hero controllers. This 2D game is $14.99.

This week's downloadable PSP games are After Burner: Black Falcon for $15.99 and Armored Core: Silent Line for $14.99.

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!

A whole mess of exclusive toys have hit over the past week, including: Legends Revenge of the Fallen Devastator ($30ish, Wal-Mart), Beachcomber vs. Deadlift ($18, Wal-Mart), Slap Dash vs. Trenchmouth ($18, Wal-Mart), Animated Arcee and Cybertron Ratchet ($12.99 each, Toys "R" Us), and a trio of two-packs at Target for $6.99 per: Bumblebee vs. Shadow Striker, Rally Mudflap and Offroad Skids, plus Smokescreen and Starscream.

Over at Publick Nuisance, one of the Venture Bros. co-creators let slip an early look at what appears to be the back of Doctor Venture's head, with a Mego connector at the bottom. Neat! Could this be the first look at Bif Bang Pow's action figure line? (Yes.)

If you're lucky enough to live near a LEGO retail store, check its clearance rack-- you may find Vintage Minifigure Collections as low as $8.99, like we did. A store in Glendale, CA had the first pack with its classic spaceman, fireman, and a Mad Scientist from the not-too-recent past.

Citiing incompatibility with future updates to the Xbox Live service for 360 owners, Microsoft has announced it will soon cease supporting the original Xbox games on its Xbox Live service-- which it continues to sell as digital downloads, and the service itself is paid for by the gamers who play on 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!

Your WiiWare title of note this week is the just-announced (like two days ago) Blaster Master Overdrive for $10/1,000 points. It's a 2D sequel with the same gameplay as the original-- which is to say, side-scrolling tankventures plus overhead shootin'. Some sources said a demo was available but we were unable to find it... and we really want to try this one out.

After weeks of hand-wringing and brow-furrowing, Halcyon dumped the Terminator rights for about $29.5 million according to Deadline | HOLLYWOOD. Despite the grousing over the last entry in the series, it's still a valuable property that brings in a good worldwide box office take.

This week Daria is apparently confirmed to have crappy cover art and "budget pricing" for the complete series, so says this latest announcement. We're not sure what "budget" means but if they dropped the music it ought to be cheap.

If your Xbox isn't in the mail for repairs, you can enjoy some pretty great savings this week. Invincible Tiger is down to 800 points, as is Marvel vs. Capcom 2. The cheapest title is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled for 400 points, quite the deal. Pricing is good through the 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 Legacy Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!

This nifty site called Toy-World.co.hk has a big ol' photo spread (warning: kinda slow) showcasing painted and unpainted expansions in the ongoing Revoltech figure line. SRP is expected to be closer to $40 in the USA, but hot damn, lookit that stuff! Blade Ligers, Jack Skellington, T-Rexes, and much more await you if your pocket book has the guts.

Because we're enamored with this line: enjoy more pics of blind box series 1 via pocket-lint.com from Canadian Toy Fair. 10 of the figures look clearer than before, so you can see the robot's new arm tooling, for example. We also think that this line might be tying in to the new MMO, but hey, what do we know?

Hey guess what! It turns out that without nostalgia, you can't sell Joe product for as much as Star Wars product when Hasbro used to sell two figures for the price of one. Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner confirmed this in a Q4 2009 earnings transcript, and, if you'll recall, the figures went from $7-$8.50 to as low as $3.50-$5.00 right now. Hasbro experienced a similar problem in 1999 when Star Wars figures shot up to a then-unheard of $7, which seems to be a bit of a tough pill to swallow. Particularly considering the amount of reused molds we're seeing these days.

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!

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for Darwinia+! The $15/1,200 strategy title from Introversion Software is notable includes a whole mess of music and is for charity. So give it a whirl!

According to ToyFare Magazine (via TNI) He-Man is coming to Toys "R" Us in a comic-themed 2-pack. Superman and He-Man are packaged together, mimicking a comic book cover that nobody remembers from over 25 years ago. The figures are expected to be repaints... but wait, there's more!

Via Matty's Twitter page, Walter Peck and the Containment Unit are both delayed until May 17, 2010. He was originally planned to be available in March, but won't make 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!

From ToyFare (via The Terror Drome) Hasbro has confirmed that the mail-in Cobra Commander figure will not exactly be a mail-in exclusive so much as exclusive packaging. Ah well. (It's like Rex all over again!)

--AP

A lot of the fun bands from the 1990s did a large array of merchandising, such as the great Man or Astro-Man? who are getting together for a reunion deal. Chunklet has news of a promotional air freshener, of all things, that is being given away at the Whirlyball gig. It's worth checking out if you're a fan.

This week, it's all about the PSOne. Grab Dirt Jockey, Populous: The Beginning, and Sim Theme Park, each for $5.99.

In addition to the above PSOne games, you can also core Spaceball: Revolution which is, apparently, not related to a similarly named movie. It is $4.99. (Dark Helmet not included.)

While the console itself isn't anything particularly special, the new (reportedly, but not officially) $399.99 gift set will have a bunch of stuff. From the publisher: "The bundle includes a 250GB Hard Drive engraved with the FINAL FANTASY XIII name, two Wireless Controllers, exclusive downloadable avatar items and a Standard Edition copy of FINAL FANTASY XIII." It's expected in-store on March 9, 2010, which is sooner than we'd have guessed.

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

Amazon.JP has shots of Alternity Starscream, now a car. Plus his head isn't very Starscreamey-- but it is different, so go look and gawk.

Over at ASMZine, is the first public showing of the Mego-style Venture Bros. prototypes including The Monarch (pictured), Dean, Doc (Rusty), Brock Samson, and 21 and 24. Wow! The villains clearly are shaping up the best so far.

Over at ASMZine you will also find a lot of new He-Man product. Examples include a Robot Chicken-inspired Skeletor + Dentist 2-pack, Keldor, various DC/He-Man 2-packs, a new She-Ra, Count Marzo, Whiplash, and Gygor, which was a real shocker. Oh, and a giant Tytus, also shocking. It's going to be a strange year!

Because they were busy, ASMZine has shots of new Mattel figures like Peter Venkman and yet another Ray Stantz in a different outfit. Peter is totally slimed, leaving the door open for another "clean" release, and Ray is, well, probably not what you necessarily wanted. But hey, new stuff!

So many new sets and themes were revealed, we've decided just to pick our favorites from New York. #1 (pictured) is the second batch of blind-boxed figures, seen on Flickr via FBTB. 16 new figures, including a witch, a pop star, and a body builder with the best constipated face we've ever seen.

Your WiiWare games this week are three. For $8.00/800-$10.00/1,000 points points, you can snag Art of Balance, WarMen Tactics, and Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: JUSTICE FOR ALL.

Got a DSi? This week, you can pretend to care about: Spotto!, Spaceball: Revolution, Scrabble Classic, Real Soccer 2010 (doesn't sound quite as futuristic as it once would), and Prehistorik Man. The latter of which is indeed a remake of an existing platformer.

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!

If you haven't seen them yet, our pals at Altered States Magazine put up shots of new Funko products including a box of DC-based plushies. Revealed so far are Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Superman.

In addition to confirming they're no longer trying to keep 2-3 weeks of stock of their Matty items, MattyCollector.com sold out of the new additions to Masters of the Universe Classics today. If you missed Trap Jaw and Battle Cat, you're going to have to wait for the next run-- which the company confirmed yesterday. The "diorama" stands also sold through. Man-at-Arms is still available. We really wish we had an insider's look at this line, which seems to be performing exceedingly well and bucks the trend of bigger runs, cheaper figures, and enormous lines of hundreds of figures in a short time.

The world's favorite blue needlemouse has been set free, and subsequently stuffed back into the box. A short video showing gameplay got out and Sega asked that it be removed. Oh well. Either way, it looks like an honest-to-goodnes 2D remake of one of Sega's most important franchises during its first big boom era on the home console market.

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!

Xbox 360 owners, it's time for The Adventures of PB Winterbottom ! The $10/800 platform puzzle title from 2K Play is surprisingly old-tymey in its appearance.

We've been peeking in the recently reset Target stores Easter section, and a lot of mini toys are available-- some of which seem to be de-facto exclusives in the USA. There are at least 5 mini Star Wars LEGO sets and 2 mini LEGO City sets in circulation, some of which seem to be debuting this very week.

The guys at The Mego Museum have shots of 4 new "Mego" figures from Diamond Select Toys and EMCE Toys. Specifically, Captain Pike, Vina, Salt Vampire (pictured), and Nurse Chapel. Expect them around December.

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 Mego Museum has extensive photos of the Bif Bang Pow!/EMCE Toys Monarch figure as well as Doctor Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, Dean Venture, Brock Samson, 21, and 24.

The company Bif Bang Pow! also posted a response to the initial fan comments toward the figures. Nice!

One of our favorite 1980s toy lines was Battle Beasts, a Hasbro/Takara property of little critters and a variation on Rock/Paper/Scissors gameplay. Last Summer Diamond Select Toys confirmed they had the license, and it turns out they gave one away in New York for Toy Fair over the weekend. We left ours in our office, but we'll have more on it in a few days. It is gorgeous. We both hope they do the line (so we can collect them all) and don't (for the same reason) this year. No retail products have been announced except this gorgeous little so-and-so.

Not much new this week, but you can nab Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for half price. It's $7.49.

Grab SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 for $39.99 or Puzzle Chronicles for $29.99 this week via the PSN store for PSP downloadable games. If you want. We presume you might not, but what do we know?

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

Because we wanted to keep one central location for the news on this extremely slow-paced toy line (so far), go check out the Battle Beasts Blog. We'll be cross-posting news, as always, but be sure to grab it there for the RSS feed if you're so inclined. We'll be doing a review of the Toy Fair premium figure shortly, and so far only two figures have been shown to the public in any form-- one at Comic-Con 2009 and the other, the aforementioned exclusive figure. More as we have it!

Between ToyFare magazine and Toy Fair in New York (no relation, if you can believe it) the contents of Wave 14 of the ongoing collector line have been revealed. They are:

The UK Action Force-inspired G.I. Joe Convention Set has been revealed and it's pretty slick in terms of concept. So far, see the Red Shadows Pyro-Troopers Red Torch figures (pictured), a new Flint, and a very quasi-low budget S&M villain named The Black Major.

If you remember the NES games River City Ransom and Super Dodgeball, you probably recall their uniquely drawn characters which, as time went on, became the basis of sprite comics, parodies, and dozens of fantastic gameplay hours. Aksys Games agreed, and they're releasing a few new games in this style. They are: River City Soccer Hooligans and River City Super Sports Challenge. We're quite curious of today's kids will buy into these and hold them near and dear for years. Heck, we're curious to try them.

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!

Inspired by the original Battle Beasts toy line, this Alligator is essentially a Minimates figure with special hands, feet, armor, and a hat. Given away by Diamond Select Toys at New York Toy Fair, 2010. The sample courtesy DST and our awesome pal Bianca.
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The G.I. Joe Club showed off the Red Shadows, troopers based on old UK figures which vaguely looked like repainted Cobra Commanders. And here's the first US release! We're excited. We gotta get one of these crimson stooges.

Your WiiWare games this week are three. For $5.00/500-$6.00/600 points points, you can snag Family Go-Kart Racing, GhostSlayer, and Mouse House.

Got a DSi? This week: Aura-Aura Climber, Faceez, Flight Control, and Flipper. These range from $2 to $5.

Because we never learned which emails not to open, we were alerted to two unique products you don't need last night. One, the Crab Wiener Shaper, which will shape your luncheon meat tubes into little crab-like shapes complete with eyes. We will leave the "wiener getting crabs" jokes to you.

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!

Wun-Dar, a new figure inspired by the legendary "Wonder Bread He-Man," has been posted at The Action Figure Insider with a mighty gallery showcasing the figure, its accessories, and a loaf of bread. The figure will be shipping out exclusively to Club Eternia subscribers in April, but this early peek shows a few previously unclear details, such as the inclusion of a half Power Sword and a "hidden insignia" which looks a little like a Wonder Bread logo.

Through a twist of fate today we found out that Japanese band "The Plastics" released a new album. This is notable because they basically ended their career in the early 1980s. The album is called Dr.VoBG and you can read about it here in English and, so far, there are no audio samples (streaming or otherwise) online that we were able to find.

Our pals at Bif Bang Pow let us know that John Locke is coming as a bobble head, and while we don't presently watch the show-- as we missed that boat-- we figured you might want to know. Because he's got a face full of orange, which is definitely a striking detail for this sort of thing. The item comes out in/around August (and the show ends in like May).

The 10-year-old in us wanted you to know that Physorg.com announced new dinosaurs were discovered in Utah. They're sauropods, and the skulls were found intact! Wowie zowie. They claim this new beastie didn't chew its food, but rather just swallowed it. While no toys of this new discovery, the Abydosaurus, have been announced yet we remain hopeful. After all, the Utahraptor got made into a Jurassic Park toy pretty gosh darn quickly when the first movie hit.

--AP

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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, it's time for three new games this week. And naturally, none of these Xbox Live Arcade games are actually arcade games in the traditional sense of the word.

The lovable retro-loving gamers of 1up.com posted a preview of Metroid Other M. There are pictures, details, and a video showcasing this sequel to Super Metroid and how it performs in its quasi-2D world. Apparently, it uses the basic Wii remote like an NES controller and there's a lot of hidden stuff. Well, we're sold. Read the preview.

The guys at Chibi Goji Toys have some pretty spectacular Godzilla wares, specifically Hello Kitty dressed as Ghidorah and Godzilla. (And Kamen Rider.) You have to see these! Click through.

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!

Want to feel old? The site 1up.com has a round-up of February 1990 which is when the first US shipments of Super Mario Bros. 3 hit stores. You are so old.

Speaking of feeling old, this brand new minifigure collection from LEGO is full of ladies and years which will make you feel even older. Check out the she-ninja, stewardess, busy barmaid type, and more-- no idea when these will be out, but if they're like the previous four it will be a pain to track down.

Full games this week include Greed Corp for $9.99. So the PS3 downloadables are cheaper than those on the PSP.

Full games this week include GTI Club Supermini Festa for $19.99 and echoshift for $29.99.

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

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