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 goes without saying that downlodable content is often more expensive than it is worth. Castlevania: Harmony of Despair has a new map available today. That's one new map, and it's $5. From Konami:

The big update at Poe Ghostal's site has a ton of new pictures. Check out a packaged Shadow Beast, a new Weapons Pack, and some DC Universe vs. Masters of the Universe sets.

Our Outer Space Men News Blog has updated with news of the regular figure releases.

Our sponsor Entertainment Earth announced on the Twitter that a bunch of new items came in-- some of which are still in stock. Of note are two Power Core Combiners sets, Crankcase and Stakeout.

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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.

Our Outer Space Men News Blog has updated with news of the pre-sell for the regular figures which, thankfully, are still available.

Via Brickcon and the Brothers Brick comes an announcement of Diagon Alley, a new giant $150 set with a lot of figures. It sports Ollivanders, Borgin and Burkes and Gringotts Bank as well as 11 minifigures. Most exciting of all? Some bits will glow in the dark which, next to magnets, are the best feature a toy can have. With 2,025 pieces-- including 4 painted owls-- our abacus puts the expensive set at still being a good deal. Also, be sure to check out this Flickr gallery with more pics.

Mattel, always good about answering fan questions, confirmed that a little-known character Octavia the Octopus Woman is not going to see plastic. We didn't even know who she was until we saw the question.

A ton of new pictures got up over the past few days, some of which look different from one another. On The Allspark is a note on Legends Megatron which may be either "silver" or "unpainted." Solar Storm Grappel (named partially as such to avoid "Autobot Grapple" under the new faction gimmick) is also on The Allspark, while Legends Prowl and Trailcutter are at Entertainment Earth.

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 move as infuriating as it is awesome, LEGO and Toys "R" Us are teaming up for "Bricktober." What does this mean to you? Toys "R" Us stores are giving away reissued LEGO Minifigures with a $20 purchase. Sure, they call them "magnets" but the figure is fully removable from the magnetic base, meaning it's a figure. You can't fool us, LEGO.

Sony Entertainment Online sent us an email which probably confirms what you already read elsewhere-- their new MMO is delayed. The headline reads: "Sony Online Entertainment Announces DC Universe Online Delay Until Early 2011." That pretty much says it all. According to the release, a limited edition of the game is coming to the Playstation 3 (and apparently is not exclusive to the PC). The limited edition includes: "the DCUO Batman statue, the limited edition Art of DC Universe Online art book, the DCUO Legends Issue #0 comic book with a Jim Lee variant cover, the DCUO Prestige comic presentation of the DCUO back-story and the limited edition Jim Lee-drawn poster Version of the Issue #0 comic book variant cover."

This week's WiiWare offerings are Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 for $5/500 points and Racers' Island: Crazy Racers for $10/1,000 points each. Our crystal ball tells us you will play neither.

This week's batch: Shantae: Risky's Revenge ($12/1,200 points), and Rummikub ($8/800 points). Shantae is a sequel to a super-expensive and somewhat legendary release that engages your fetishes for both genies and platformers, all at the same time.

If you have an Xbox 360 or PS3, this week you can download the demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Since it wasn't originally a part of the long-running series, odds are you're going to want to try out the demo before shelling out the cash-- both a limited and standard edition are being released pretty much right now.

Gaming Heads wrote in today to tell us of their new statue. (Yes, they sent us a press release.) The Headcrab Zombie from Half-Life 2 will be about $315, measure 20-inches tall, and be limited to 300 pieces worldwide. The standard edition-- which doesn't have the exclusive saw add-on piece-- will be 750 units at $300. Pretty swell! These will ship some time in Q2 2011, which could easily slip as cool collectibles are known to do.

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!

New to download this week: Deadliest Warrior: The Game, and Alien Breed: Impact. Each is $9.99-$14.99.

New to download this week: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction for $29.99. If you don't know what this is, that's OK, it means you aren't 12.

The always delightful Steve Albini has been interviewed by GQ magazine and you get to read it! Does the future still belong to analog purists? Do all music festivals still suck? Are fashion magazines destined to burn? Fans of Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac, read this.

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 to look into Comic Jumper, a new run-and-jump from Twisted Pixel filled with "attitude" and "humor." It's $15/1,200 points. But how is it? The developer provided us with an advance look (thank you, Twisted Pixel) and we posted a full review with screenshots and a ton of concept art.

Put on your emo jackets and mope around, everyone! The long-rumored/confirmed reissue of Weezer's Pinkerton will be coming November 2. According to the band, it'll have two discs and a whopping 25 additional tracks. Alternate mixes, live stuff, the works. As always, * tracks are previously unreleased and you'll notice more than a couple of songs from the legendary unreleased Songs from the Black Hole. (Those seeking commercially released black hole albums may wish to grab Man or Astro-Man's Beyond the Black Hole and What Remains Inside a Black Hole.)

Over at Matty Collector they added official images for the upcoming Ghostbusters Peter Venkman with Proton Stream figure. While he includes no ghost, he's also unslimed and has a unique logo base. It looks like a huge improvement over the previous one.

According to Matty, the November 15 Masters of the Universe sale will include Grizzlor, a reissue of King Grayskull, a new Weapons Pack, and... well, that's it. But isn't that enough? King Grayskull is a repaint of the very first MOTUC figure, so here's your chance to get him on the standard packaging.

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!

Japan (so far) will be getting thisMario-themed red Wii bundle and it has a lot of extras.

Some (all we've checked) Wal-Mart stores have reduced the prices of their Iron Man 2 movie and comic figures to a mere $5.00 even. That's $2-$3 cheaper, and they're getting new product like Whiplash, the various Drones, and Iron Monger (Comic) too! Good hunting, ladies and gentlemen. Oh who are we kidding-- happy hunting, dudes.

Based on the Robots in Disguise (or Car Robots) line, the new Collector Club Side Burn has been revealed and damn is it nice. This repaint of Rodimus has a lot of blue, a lot of white, and just enough red to make you happy. If this doesn't make you happy, well, we don't like you anymore. And you're uninvited from our birthday parties.

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.

Target stores, as part of their big action figure promotion this week, have Iron Man 2 movie line figures (presumably comic line too) and the Spider-Man figure line down to $5.00 each. If we may be so bold, we suggest you buy the Super Poseable Spider-Man and Iron Man #26 (the classic comic one) from the movie line. You are welcome.

Toys "R" Us stores are doing their big buy 2 get 1 game promotion, but the really surprising thing is that 1600 point cards fall under this umbrella, so says their web site. So you can get $60 of points for $40, which are probably worth your while.

The 1992 X-Men Konami Arcade Game will be coming home, finally. Apparently the game will be unchanged from its original incarnation (minus the lack of quarters and drop-in/drop-out play) at some point in the unspecified future. All the more reason to stock up on Xbox points, no?

The Green Lantern Classics Series 2 has been revealed, and we're told "Night Lik" (pictured) is a new original character. Others include Ion, Nautkeiloi, Medphyll, Skallox, Star Sapphire, B'dg, Dex-Starr, Despotellis, and Stel. A Green Lantern Movie Preview Figure will also be included in the wave.

The G.I. Joe Collector's Club revealed Dial Tone, a 2011 membership figure you get if you join before a certain date. The mock-up looks pretty good! The 12-inch Adventure Team figure is also shown.

Mattel, revealed some new items at NYCC. First, there's the Great Wars Weapons Pack and the Weapons Rack. Next is Panthor< the March 2011 monthly figure. There's also the first official shots (on Matty, anyway) of Mer-Man & Aquaman plus Stratos and Hawkman. Actually, that's everything. Move along.

A Facebook user and some fan sites put up a swell gallery of Turbo Tracks. It can't do winged car mode, but other than that it seems to be a tip-top update of the original toy from the 1980s.

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Like Kenner in the 1980s, Mattel has announced yet another Peter Venkman action figure, this time in his courtroom getup (or "suit.").

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!

Konami kindly sent us a news release on the upcoming game as described yesterday and announced at New York Comic-Con 2010. Key details: Fall 2010 release date, no price yet, 1-4 players locally, 1-6 players online. From their news release:

This week's WiiWare offerings are Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for $15/1,500 points and Triple Jumping Sports for $5/500 points each. Hey, it's a start, depending on how long Sonic is.

This week's batch: G.G. Series Super Hero Ogre ($2/200 points), Ivy the Kiwi? Mini, and Datamine (each $5/500 points). We hear Ivy is decent.

In what we assume must be some sort of campaign to make anyone they've ever alienated happy, Weezer revealed the lineup of a new collection of odds and ends called "Death To False Metal." Like Pinkerton Deluxe, it's due November 2. Unlike Pinkerton Deluxe, it's much shorter and the songs don't appear to be alternate versions or legendary lost gems. It has:

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 sponsors/employers/BFFs at Entertainment Earth posted three new Transformers today. Say hello to Solar Storm Grappel (really), Lugnut, and Strafe! Each one is due very late this year.

New to download this week: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I and Dead Space Ignition. Each is $9.99-$14.99. Actually, switch the prices, and they'll match up. Sonic was on the Wii yesterday and will likely be on XBLA as you read this.

New to download this week: NBA 2K11 for $19.99. Also new is FIFA Soccer 11 in English/Spanish or English/French varieties. Each is $39.99.

Something new! 16bit.com launched a non-Star Wars Figure of the Day for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

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 to look into Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, which is on pretty much every major platform this week. It's $15/1,200 points.

Over at Amazon Japan, see Transformers United Char (Kup) which is expected very early next year as a part of Transformers Generations in the USA. He turns into-- get ready for it-- a more modern picKUP truck. (Get it?) The car mode looks good and the robot mode looks OK, but one thing we're noticing is that the plethora of classic toys since 2006 don't necessarily shut the door on a future, even more G1ey line of new sculpts down the road. It probably won't ever happen, but there's certainly a crack left open in the nostalgia door.

Over at StarTrek.com, the unreleased Mattel Star Trek Hot Wheels die-cast ships have reportedly been given to Costco. The bundle of a Star Trek Scene It? game with six ships. Because we've been traveling all day, we'll just quote the article:

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!

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

The seemingly unending parade of Transformers United molds continues with what seems to be a Scout-sized Frenzy as well as a Wheeljack derived from the Tracks mold. Wow! Somebody loves you.

If you're anything like us you love the NES, and want to know how some games changed from the USA to Japan. You should know some of this by now-- but if not, consider this a crash course on important things like how Castlevania III had a different sound chip in Japan than it did here.

Target stores are getting an assortment of miniature dioramas for Tron Legacy, which seems a little early by our standards but what do we know? Things like Sam Flynn vs. Rinzler (pictured) are on deck now. For those looking for a one-off or something for their desks, this is probably the way to go.

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.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

If you missed it, and our notes say that you did, Peter Laird posted the entire contents of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4 #31 on his blog for you to enjoy. Grab it while you can!

KO Toys posted a ton of galleries of unreleased Transformers over the weekend. Check out Lugnut, Strafe, Turbo Tracks, Mindset, and Takara's version of Sea Spray.

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The Shadow Tracker figure has been seen before, but this new auction gives you a slightly better look at his gear. You'll get spears, a bow, arrows, what seems to be a batarang, and some swords in addition to a net and some other goodies. Hasbro's spoiling you, Joe fans! Or at least it seems that way, just wait for another year with no Joe toys because now is your future "good old days."

Mattel, as always, sold out of its new Masters of the Universe Classics toys in a day. Zadac and Roboto are now gone, so wait for a reissue-- or the next reissue-- on these guys.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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 Happy Holidays Halloween for $5/500 points and ThruSpace for $8/800 points each.

This week's batch: Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe, Music on: Playing Piano (each $2/200 points), Snapdots, and Armada (each $5/500 points). There ya go.

There are few toys that are the stuff of collector legends but it's seeming like Botcon G2 Sideswipe made the list. An auction went up yesterday asking for $1,500, and it quickly sold at $950. Very few are known ot exist, particularly unbuilt, so this is quite an amazing find at an appopriately high price.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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!

New Transformers scout-class toys are up at KOToys.com, including Windcharger with his flip-out magnets and general sense of awesomeness which should be hitting stores later this year. And for those keeping track, as of now, Wal-Mart's deluxe figures are $9 and their scout figures are about $8.96. Because that makes sense.

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New to download this week: Costume Quest, Tomb Raider: Underworld, and Aqua Panic. Each is $9.99-$14.99.

New to download this week: DJ Max Portable 3 for $39.99. Also new is Blazing Souls Accelate for $34.99.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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 to look into Super Meat Boy, which is a long-awaited game from the developers of the popular flash game "Meat Boy." It's $10/800 points this week, but we hear it'll be 50% more next week-- so get it early.

While no specific products have been announced, Mattel got a sweeping Back to the Future license which includes toys, figures, and vehicles and probably means you can expect Matty Collector figures, at least one or more Hot Wheels-branded DeLoreans, and maybe, just maybe, a hoverboard. (Well, OK, not really.)

Over at TFW2005 find new shots of an iGear Bumblebee prototype which is based on an unexplored concept for a Volkswagon New Beetle Bumblebee toy, a concept for the Alternators range. Apparently iGear is immune to lawsuits. It's an interesting piece, but it is a little lacking.

On Matty's Facebook page, find images and a date for the Shadow Beast. Delayed from 2010 to February 2011, this figure will not be part of the 2011 subscription-- so you get to fight traffic on this one.

Nobody will accuse Night Trap of being a classic, but the game was actually really important in shaping the modern game industry through legislation, fearmongering, and a general sense of disinterest by the populace. Celebrate that disinterest with this eBay auction for the original packaging artwork painting, which is quite an impressive specimen. At press time it's only $399 which, adjusted for inflation, is still cheaper than what a Sega CD sold for when it debuted in the 1990s.

Previously sighted at Ross stores, it seems the Arctic HISS, the FLAK and CLAW, the Stinger, and the Ghost Hawk vehicles are all showing up at another chain. The mall-based Toys "R" Us Express stores are opening now and we personally saw several of each in spectacular condition for $9.99 each. If you see the store, you may wish to go in and get yourself one, two, or all four of these.

If you haven't seen the staggeringly good Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, you are, on the whole, missing out. TVShowsOnDVD.com confirmed a DVD is coming soon but will only sport 4 episodes-- given there's 12, that isn't really good enough. It's due in January.

Our Outer Space Men News Blog has updated with news of the NYCC figures shipping.

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 exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

The highly anticipated Transformers Collector Club G2 Ramjet has been revealed, and it's actually more awesome than the original. The 1990s version had G2 Decepticon logos on his wings, while this one has G2-- way cool! No price or pre-order on-sale date were given, but a bio has been added to the site.

First up: 1up.com has a translated article with Shigeru Miyamoto focusing on the development of the original Super Mario Bros. Do you believe that Mario almost had a gun, and that "up" on the d-pad was going to be the jump button? Crazy stuff, well worth reading for fans of the series.

The USA will be getting a red Wii bundle which, despite its coloring, will not be exclusive to Target stores. It includes New Super Mario Bros. and Wii Sports, and no retro NES games like overseas releases. Read more here. There is also still no word on a US release of Super Mario All-Stars which, at this time, is confirmed for both European and Japanese markets. The red Wii, as well as the previously reported Nintendo DSi XL, are all due on November 7, 2010.

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.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

After years of celebrity guests both real and imagined and hundreds of masked monsters, Cartoon Network started a new-- and highly entertaining-- reboot of the mystery-solving team on its new show Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. Not only is it fairly funny, but it's packed with celebrity cameos.

A Japanese Yahoo blog has a bunch of new magazine scans showing off a bunch of pictures of Masterpiece Rodimus that you may have seen. Or maybe not-- better go look and be sure!

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The HISSTANK.com Q&A with Hasbro has revealed what Hasbro has been waffling on confirming for a while-- that Pursuit of Cobra might have a longer lease on life:

Because we are lazy, we'll link you to He-Man.org's round-up of the new Q&A from Matty explaining all sorts of new things for the coming years. Highlights include variant heads and other surprises.

Earlier in the year, The Aquabats said they would be putting out an entire new album this November. It would be self-released and a download-only item except at shows-- this may have changed. AMP Magazine has an interview with Christian Jacobs and and since this is from just a few days ago, this being the important part:

Some guy you've never heard of is Marty McFly in this promotional video and he's incredible! This guy sounds more like Michael J. Fox than Michael J. Fox does. Who is this mystery man, and is he really that good? Find out in that video, and if you only watch one video today, that should be it.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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 General's Joes Q&A with Hasbro List expands on the future of Pursuit of Cobra, confirming that it will continue and that Renegades will be in that realistic style. Sounds like a winner to us!

The Telltale Games Blog added a ton of video links and information on pre-ordering the new Back to the Future video game, which will be released on the PC, Mac, iPad, and Playstation 3. (The Wii and Xbox were not listed.) Pre-orders are up for the entire season at $24.95, which seems pretty good.

November figure and accessory slate which is pretty robust. A redeco of King Grayskull and an all-new Grizzlor are your Masters of the Universe Collectors figures at $20.00 each, and a new accessory pack is up for $12.00.

This week's WiiWare offerings are My Planetarium for $5/500 points and Bit.Trip Fate for $8/800 points each.

This week's batch: Flashlight, Go Series Defense Wars (each $2/200 points), Go! Go! Island Rescue!, and Spot the Difference (each $5/500 points). There ya go.

The oft-maligned (fairly) PSP Go has had its price dropped from $250 to $200. It still has less functionality than the normal PSP and a premium price point. It was dropped to closer to $150 in Japan, meaning that one market actually understands the word "value."

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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's a fine line between being a prop replica and a roleplay toy, and Mattel seems to be straddling it with its new Ghostbusters PKE Meter. It'll be $60.00 on December 1, and probably will be quite the hit. Hopefully they go back to the well several times on this one!

The G.I. Joe Collector's Club has a new preview page for Dial-Tone that isn't a photoshop mock-up. It definitely looks better, so check it out! There's also new images of the new 12-inch Man of the Sea, so be sure to check it out!

After nearly 10 years of no new releases, Man or Astro-Man returns with a pretty thin web site update and a new in-store event with a new 7" record which, at press time, we don't know if it's an exclusive or not. Can you get us one out there, people of Atlanta?

Best known as a freebie from Nintendo Power and one of the first Japanese RPGs in North America for game consoles, GameSpite has a great article on the first Dragon Warrior game. It really does highlight what made it special-- and why it may not have succeeded-- in the dawn of the 16-bit era. Great stuff!

Our Outer Space Men News Blog has updated with news of the NYCC figures available online fairly cheaply.

New to download this week: Blacklight: Tango Down and Superstars V8 Racing. Each is $14.99-$19.99.

New to download this week: Bakugan: Defenders Of The Core, Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman, and WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011 for $19.99-$39.99.

Something new! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature updates 5 times a week, and we now have a comments section! Register your disdain with our staff!

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 to look into Pinball FX2, the game is free but each table is extra. They range from 200-800 points, or more, as there are many.

The next wave of Pursuit of Cobra is up at Entertainment Earth, and it has Low-Light, Skydive, Shadow Tracker, and Destro. No older figures are included, and the case has 3 of each figure-- which should mean Hasbro has figured out how to avoid clogging the shelves.

Over at Photobucket is a new scan of a Bumblebee repaint which is similar to a previously released Wal-Mart exclusive from a 3-pack. It'll be shipping in a new case early next year.

Our Outer Space Men News Blog has updated with news of more figures from afar.

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 exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! This new feature will update 5 times a week, just like the Star Wars one, except it won't include anything from a long time ago or a galaxy far, far away.

The classic Secret of Mana is coming to the iPhone and Game Set Watch has video of the game in action, but does not reveal multiplayer.

The new 3-song EP Radio Down! from the Aquabats is coming to iTunes in November with 3 songs. The album? Next year. More at their MySpace, if you can believe it.

First up: NCS has a new series of Legend of Zelda Choco Egg figures up for pre-order inspired by the "animated" looking games like The Wind Waker and The Phantom Hourglass. Nice stuff-- pre-order it, or we won't listen to your complaints about missing it.

Finally! Super Mario Bros. All-Stars Limited Edition will indeed be sold in America. The $29.99 collection of 4 games will include Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and The Lost Levels, or the Japanese 2. It's a great Super NES game and it's coming to the Wii on December 12. It also includes an art book and a best-of-the-series soundtrack CD.

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