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 only new animated stories of the robots in disguise are these shorts, and a new one is on YouTube right now! Go check it out. There's little meat on those bones, but it's something to watch!

The most surprising reissue news in ages was that the Seacons are returning, but as of last weekend at Botcon, Hasbro would not confirm who got them. It turns out they will be exclusive to online seller BigBadToyStore.com and will set you back about $60. It's due later this summer, and has all six team members so you can build Piranacon!

Xbox 360 owners, it's time to look into Puzzle Quest 2, which has more levels of leveling up. The $15/1,200 point title is one- or two-player, so yeah, there you go.

Even though the games we're most interested in would come from Treasure, Capcom, or elsewhere, this nifty site has an article saying Sega may be considering Saturn download releases, and dang if that wouldn't be cheaper than buying the discs!

New Exclusive Announced! Hasbro and Entertainment Earth are joining forces to bring you the final four retail Star Wars comic packs. Baron Fel, Darth Nihil, Montross, Deliah Blue, Jaster Mareel, Ysanne Isard, and even Jarael are here-- so click through and order 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!

Since ours are in the mail, we thought you might like to see our pal ViceGripX's feature on Power Core Combiners, including several mixed-and-matched combiner creations. All we have right now is Bombshock, and he's great. Check these out!

HISSTank.com, appropriately enough, has a review up of the new toy HISS Tank. It looks fairly customizable with stickers, and they say it actually requires some assembly just like the 1980s vehicles. Sounds fun!

A pretty swell little promotion, we must say, is coming to the Happy Meal. Our pals at The Raving Toy Maniac unearthed upcoming Marvel hero premium toys which include articulation, sound chips, and seem generally awesome. Check it out!

If you like Devo you are no doubt in love with the fact that the band is doing more press than, well, ever. They're pretty open about things we haven't heard much about, and this recent AVClub.com interview with Jerry Casale goes into some detail about the whole Devo 2.0 project and what it was like for music suits to actually read Devo lyrics rather than ignore them while listening to a song. It's remarkable. Read it.

If you were watching Twitter, odds are you had an interest in Donald Glover's campaign to be Peter Parker. Not Donald Glover got the part, and Sci-Fi Wire named Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker as the new webslinger. We're not familiar with him, but we're not very up on such things.

The fine folks of Matty Collector revealed their next two months of toys! What's on deck?

We love sea life and dinosaurs-- so this BBC article on a prehistoric monster whale is totally worth sharing. The 17-meter monster supposedly was big enough to pick off a sperm whale and scare the crap out of people named Hooper, were people around much then. Click through for an illustration, some fossils, and more!

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest! Also, be sure to send in your questions for next week's thrilling update.

The Botcon folks have put up Rapido & Cindersaur from the show, and a few units are left. The pair of toys is $72 to members or $102 to non-members of the Transformers Collectors' Club.

A bunch of galleries are sprouting up of a UK bonus toy. It's Starscream repainted from the Legends Cybertron mold from about 4 or 5 years ago. It has more blue on it, but it seems pretty similar to the original, only it will cost you gobs more money. Hell, for all we know it's an elaborate hoax.

If you've never been to a Shellac live show and would like to hear 43 minutes of wacky fun Q&A stage time with Bob Weston, go check this out. Totally worth your time.

HISSTank.com, appropriately enough, has a review up of the new toy Pursuit of Cobra Doom Cycle. It seems to be a modern take on the Dreadnoks, which, you have to admit, are a little goofy by today's standards. We like it! The motorcycle jacket is pretty cool, the figure has a great design on his back.

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!

Via S250 and TFW2005.com are some packaged shots of Oilpan, Breacher, Leadfoot, Icepick, and Sledge. It's a pretty safe bet these will be in stores before September if not much earlier.

This week's WiiWare offerings are Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising for $7/700 points, plus Cruise Party for $8/800 points.

Many games this week. For $2/200 points is QuickPick Farmer, which is this week's token cheapo game. For $5/500 points, you can choose from Soul of Darkness, SteamWorld Tower Defense, 101 Shark Pets, Hello Flowerz, or Flips: The Folk of the Faraway Tree.

Over on TVShowsOnDVD.com you can find what appears to be confirmation of the first season of Community on DVD. Note we did not say "and also Blu-Ray."

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!

According to this post at Entertainment Earth combined with the total lack of Grimlocks at Toys "R" Us, it's entirely possible that the item will make its debut in San Diego this month rather than on store shelves on July 1. As it is July 7, and nary a Grimlock has been spotted.

Wanna see better shots of G.I. Joe Sgt. Slaughter's new packaging? UGO has shots of the main variant, complete with "USA" t-shirt.

Full games this week include Monkey Island Special Edition 2: Lechuck's Revenge and also Family Fued. It's $9.99 per download.

New (to downloading) this week: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for $39.9 and Despicable Me for $29.99. Also, Chameleon Legacy for $4.99.

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!

To date there is only one Drift toy, which is pretty amazing considering the brand's longevity. We can probably thank the recent notion of drift racing, which is where the character's name comes from in addition to his personality in the comics. He's largely presented as a smug, confident badass with swords and Japanese all over his person, essentially the synthesis of everything you loved as a teenager or as a young fan which currently represents everything that annoys you about those respective groups. But the important thing to remember here is that the toy itself is a personality-free block of consumer goods, and it's excellent. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Ever wanted to see far too many of a single item? We always do! Our friends at Entertainment Earth passed along images of their exclusive Bif Bang Pow! Dr. Mrs. The Monarch Bobble Head off the assembly line. Check it out!

It seems some guy on Flickr found a real treasure! Vintage behind-the-scenes photographs from the original Muppet movie can be found on Flickr today including numerous set pieces. Of note, a restaurant set, lots of rainbows, and Fozzie driving. (Not really.)

Today, both variants of Sgt. Slaughter can be seen at The Terror Drome and they're both different enough to be worthwhile. They also have variant card art, which is a nice touch.

Game importer NCS has some interesting toy updates. The first, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Kinetic Figures with movement! Or is that redundant? Bullet Bill, Penguin Mario, a propeller toadstool, and more are on the way. Neat stuff.

Xbox 360 owners, it's time to look into Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge, which is another remake in a series of beloved pirate adventures. The $10/800 point title lets you switch between old pixels and new hand-drawn art, so hooray.

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!

What appears to be the last of the new assortments has hit! We saw the new gold-carded Scout-class Transformers at Toys "R" Us yesterday. So far it seems Kmart and Toys "R" Us are putting out the most new stuff. Keep your eyes peeled for "Hunt for the Decepticons" movie-themed toys on gold packaging in Scout, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader sizes. Deluxe Generations toys were released in addition to 2- and 5-packs of Power Core Combiners.

The fine folks of Matty Collector announced pre-orders for their Comic-Con exclusives! Nice idea. Hasbro, go steal it. Pre-sales are July 13.

The guys at UGO have shots of the first Robot Chicken action figure which, appropriately, is a robotic chicken. The very existence of this product is like a snake eating its own tail-- more are on the way and will be shown in an upcoming ToyFare, which continues the snake/tail metaphor.

Since the promotion is lacking, we'll post a blurb here-- an actual new Predator movie opens today. We know, you hated Predator 2, and odds are this low-budget sequel may not tickle your fancy. But as genre fans, we're excited, even if you people won't go see it.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest! Also, be sure to send in your questions for next week's thrilling update.

A KOToys gallery (members-only) has been mirrored at TheAllspark showing off the upcoming deluxe toy Hailstorm. It looks pretty great! Check out the multiple rocket launchers. Our intel (read: googling) tells us that the toy was inspired by and will be repainted as the character Mindset.

A huge hit in the sense that people like it and nobody's making money from it, Super Mario Bros. Crossover has been updated with several tweaks. Music has been changed. Ryu from Ninja Gaiden has been added. Samus can crouch before turning into a ball now. Check it out if you haven't yet.

If you liked part 1, get part 2! If you've never been to a Shellac live show and would like to hear another 44 minutes of Q&A stage time with Bob Weston, go check this out. It's free.

GeneralsJoes.com has a write-up on a new Jurassic Park figure made from G.I. Joe Resolute Tooling. Hasbro has yet to comment on any of the many JP/InGen-marked Joe toys over the past several months, meaning we're looking at a surprise launch or concepts for something that will never see the light of day. The figures are showing up on eBay so depending on your gambling abilities, you may consider buying one 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!

Via iGear's Facebook TFW2005.com are some shots of another unlicensed Masterpiece toy. It's Ramjet in all but name, so it's entirely possible this skirts the mark of trademark infringement just enough to get by.

This week's WiiWare offerings are Balloon Pop Festival for $8/800 points, plus Toribash for $10/1,000 points.

Many games this week. For $2/200 points-$8/800 points are Primrose, Pop Island - Paperfield, Music On: Retro Keyboard, 24/7 Solitaire, or 4 Travellers - Play French.

Over on Toymania.com you can see the four exclusive Outer Space Men figures from the Four Horsemen. They are: Astro-Nautilus & Metamorpho ($20) and Inferno & Xodiac ($20).

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!

Our pals at Hasbro's PR department sent us along 32 large pictures today of their various exclusives. You've seen many, but some-- like that awesome Super Hero Squad Dr. Doom figure in a robe with a mug and a newspaper-- may be new to you. Here's what they sent us, and take note: the files are large.

According to Perfect Effect blog post a new mold is on deck which mimics Laserbeak/Buzzsaw, the condor-themed transforming tape from the original Transformers toy line. If history is any indication, it will be small and pretty pricey. There are no known plans for a new Hasbro version of the toy, but who knows what next year will bring?

Masters of the Universe figure Count Marzo goes up for sale at 9 AM today and odds are he sold out in the first 20 minutes. Good luck.

Full games this week include DeathSpank and also Landit Bandit. They're new! Which is why this is news.

New (to downloading) this week: Groovinı Blocks for $9.99 and it seems that is 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!

There have been many Cybertronian Optimus Prime toys, although not many that were by any means "normal." We have an Animated model, a die-cast metal version from The War Within comic books, and a few odds and ends. This one is notable because it seems to take inspiration from an unused TransTech design, plus it came out within days of the War for Cybertron video game which inspired it. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

We goofed! Masters of the Universe figure Count Marzo goes up for sale at 9 AM today and odds are he sold out in the first 20 minutes. Good luck.

New Exclusive Sale! Hasbro and Entertainment Earth are giving special pre-order pricing on the sets and cases of their new Legacy comic packs, but only through this Friday-- so click through and save $10 on a set right now!

Amazon has the first listing for the Alien Quadrilogy which is supposedly due in October-ish. Their SRP is $140, but it seems unlikely that's what it will be when it hits brick-and-mortar. (Or so we hope.)

Xbox 360 owners, it's time to look into Deadliest Warrior: The Game, which is a Spike TV property where various historical types of fighters fight. You can cut off heads and stuff. You'd love this when you were 12. It's $10/800 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!

If you haven't seen it yet, and you may not have, Ben Yee got an early look at Legends Sandstorm, as based on the Legends Beachcomber review. He looks pretty good-- check it out, won't you?

The Digital Bits put up a 7-disc listing for the Alien Anthology Set which comes in regular (pictured) and limited edition crazy statue versions. The LE is expected to be closer to $150, leaving us to wonder what the real price is for the base edition.

New Exclusives! Hasbro, Funko, and Entertainment Earth are revealing their latest and greatest right now! Several new bobble heads and the Montross vs. Jaster Mereel comic pack have been revealed!

October 26. That's when Season 4 Part 1 hits DVD, and not Blu-Ray. The Mantis-Eye Experiment has the pictures of the swell art and news of a fairly low SRP of $23.98.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest! Also, be sure to send in your questions for next week's thrilling update.

New pictures of Blurr and Dirge surfaced at Entertainment Earth which, we suppose, means packaged samples are making the rounds, which means the toys themselves could be out pretty darned soon. Here's hoping!

A truly wonderful game came out last year with Space Invaders Extreme. And now, the achievements Space Invaders Infinity Gene has been revealed which means it's probably coming soon. Rejoice!

He-Man.org has tons of packaged pictures of upcoming toys, which you may now see and drool over. Gygor, Skeletor with Mo-Larr, Grizzlor, Orko, and others can be seen here, so check it out.

GeneralsJoes.com has an interview with Bill Merklein. He worked on the ill-fated Rocky Balboa project, which was a figure that eventually morphed into the Cobra Big Boa figure. Want to know more? Yes you do. Read 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!

This week's WiiWare offerings are AquaSpace for $6/600 points, plus both Furry Legends and HoopWorld, each at $10/1,000 points.

Many games this week. For $2/200 points-$8/800 points are Petz Kittens, Crazy Sudoku, Happy Birthday Mart, Hospital Havoc, or Scrabble Tools.

Over on NCSX you can see two pretty neat items today. One (shown) is a cool Sega Saturn T-shirt, licensed and everything. The bad news? It's about $40.

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 PDF of some Japanese catalog reveals a black Voyager Animated Optimus Prime repaint which we all pretty much figured was going to happen somewhere, somehow, eventually. It's going to be pretty expensive, close to US$50.

An original Jackson Publick pencil sketch of the Monarch ends in about a week and is pretty gorgeous. It's for charity, but dang, it's nice. Check it out, and bid since it's for a good cause.

Full games this week include Sam And Max Episode 4: Beyond The Alley Of The Doll. If you subscribed to it. Did you?

New (to downloading) this week: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 for $29.99 and Gravity Crash Portable for $9.99.

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!

With the release of the first versions of series 1 and 2 in full swing at Comic-Con right now, the Four Horsemen revealed Mystron, the Man from Middle-Earth and Commander Comet, the Man from Venus. These are early prototypes, but they seem to be shaping up well.

The guys at TFW2005 have a preview of the show floor which shows there isn't much to see you didn't already see online elsewhere. But hey, that's it so far.

Xbox 360 owners, it's time to look into Limbo, which has virtually no description to speak of. It's $15/1,200 points.

The guys from Onell Designs revealed their exclusive glow-in-the-dark Task Force Solaris! They're red, they glow, and their parts are swappable with Outer Space Men toys. We picked up a few of the normal figures (which we'll be covering shortly) and wanted to note this unique quartet of glowing red figures. Hit up booth #4937 for more, or check their web site.

Galactic Hunter has posted a new Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest! Also, be sure to send in your questions for next week's thrilling update.

New pictures of previously unannounced Battle Beasts were on display at Diamond Select Toys, and they weren't Minimates! These were entirely new sculpts (still no fire/wood/water markings) and seemed to be pretty detailed. The goal is to release them for about $15 in 2011, although this is not at all set in stone and may well change. Five figures were photographed, three of which we decided were good, one was a little funky, and another we outright disliked. We prefer the line come out as cheaper, less articulated toys at a lower price point but we aren't in a position to make the call now are we?

HKTF posted first packaged images of the foreign exclusive (for now, at least) Transformers Universe Challenge at Cybertron boxed set, which has arguably improved repaints of Cyclonus, Rodimus, and Galvatron. Gygor, Skeletor with Mo-Larr, Grizzlor, Orko, and others can be seen here, so check it out. Pre-orders from some online sellers orbit $40, which doesn't seem remotely awful if it doesn't hit the USA.

Most of our San Diego Comic-Con Photography was lost, but we have a few images to share from the booth floor, mostly of Diamond products. Check it out!

An unusual (and hard-to-find) album from the 1990s is getting a rerelease on MP3 come September 7! Why not now? We don't know. There seem to be no plans for a new CD or other hardcopy release, but on the bright side Amazon is asking only $6.99, although we lost the confirmation of that, so perhaps not. There is presently no sign of the album on iTunes or, seemingly, other services.

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!

Our friends at Entertainment Earth have not only developed a Pimp Daddy Destro Bobble Head, but it's in stock right now! It's limited to 1,008 pieces, so hurry and buy it if you care.

One of the neater reveals last week was Funko's new "Funko Force 2.0" line, a 3 3/4-inch deformed line of figures inspired by their own house style for plush. We really like it-- SRP on these will be around eight bucks. DC figures were shown (and sold) at the show, including a large number of super-limited edition prepaints. Batman here was only 240 pieces. We asked about future licenses and since we did not specifically ask which ones we can tell you about, we can't say what they were, but we will say they make us incredibly happy. (And if they add in Classic Planet of the Apes we'll be very happy.)

Over at He-Man.org is a schedule of upcoming figures. Highlights: Roboto, Bow, and a Viking He-Man. More DC universe packs are coming too, plus images of a Battle Ram vehicle got out from the Four Horsemen booth. Wow!

The Comic-Con Exclusive Thundercats Lion-O Polyresin Statue. The good: it's very limited, about 6-inches tall, and is basically an action figure minus the action. The bad: it's $60.

This week's WiiWare offerings are Heavy Fire: Special Operations for $5/500 points, plus Dive: The Medes Island Secret, which was $10/1,000 points.

Many games this week. We don't much know which is worth paying attention to, but for $2-$8 are Face Pilot: Fly With Your Nintendo DSi Camera!, Crystal Monsters, Puffins: Let's Race!, Petz Hamsterz Family, and Absolute BrickBuster. The last of which actually sounds fun.

Over on Outer Space Men News you can see images of the San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Outer Space Men toys in recent Star Wars vehicles, which gives you a sense of scale. They're basically jointed similarly to the old 1970s Kenner Star Wars toys, with few extra joints for added fun. If this doesn't give you reason to buy Mini-Rigs, nothing does.

The Comic-Con MST3K Panel Revealed all. What will you get? A Gypsy figure, and four films: Robot Monster, Bride of the Monster, Devil Doll, and Devil Fish. Whoopee. No date or art have been revealed.

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 LEGO Jack Sparrow figure was on display at Comic-Con in the Prince of Persia booth which LEGO probably accurately guessed pretty much nobody was looking at. A full Pirates line has not yet been announced, but we suppose you can consider this confirmation that LEGO has something in store for On Stranger Tides next Summer..

Via TVShowsOnDVD.com comes the announcement of all things Batman Beyond on DVD in a single box, plus some bonus stuff, for about $100. 53 episodes, 9 DVDs, no release date. If you missed the previous Batman: The Animated Series box like a chump (like us [or are waiting for the Blu-Ray {also like us}]), you might want to get this.

New new full games are available this week, but if you subscribe to PlayStation Plus you can get Critter Crunch, Syphon Filter, and Kahoots all for free.

New to download this week: Piyotama for $4.99. It's a bird hatching puzzle game. From the site: "Piyotama for the PSP picks up where the PS3 version left off, with Piyomama needing your color matching skills, quick thinking and fast thumbs to help her hatch her colorful eggs before they overflow the nest." Doesn't sound half bad.

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!

Wes Anderson movies have been far and few between on HD video formats, and it seems the Criterion Collection will make up for this with The Darjeeling Limited. A 2-disc DVD and 1-disc Blu-Ray are coming with a lot of commentaries and all that stuff, so heads up! It's due October 12 and the price is lower than expected for the publisher.

The man responsible for much of Wall of Voodoo's singing and a lot of nice solo work announced Neon Mirage, his new album, is due out in August. He's also touring, and coming to our town. We are pleased. (But go ahead and skip the YouTube trailer.)

Xbox 360 owners, it's time to look into Hydro Thunder Hurricane, which is a successor to the classic arcade game and Dreamcast launch title. It's $15/1,200 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!

First up it seems early prototype images of Masterpiece Rodimus are making the rounds and this poor thing ain't barely done yet. S250 has shots at TFW2005, although issues like size and price are up in the air.

There are tons of cameos in the new Starcraft II, but we had to link you to this Metroid, as we love Metroids.

Hi-def video fans and toy buffs may be interested in Fleet of Doom, in which vehicle and lion Voltrons team up to, presumably, fight a fleet of doom. It's due September 28 and is indeed from the 1980s incarnation of the robot. (Not to be confused with the 1990s one or the upcoming Nickelodeon remake.)

Your inevitable march toward death continues with a reminder that Strawberry Shortcake, the greeting card mascot/doll turning 30. Hasbro has decided to celebrate with a Strawberry Shortcake 30th Anniversary Doll 3-Pack, sporting the title doll as well as her associates Orange Blossom and Raspberry Tart. It's due later this year and our sources (i.e., ourselves) tell us that this item will be exclusive to alternate channels, so it won't be at Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Target, and so forth. Keep that in mind as you do your holiday shopping.