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Down The Shops December 3, 2012 Star Wars Q&A, Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column! It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest! Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update! 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at the Purple R4-Series Astromech Droid, which finishes up last week's trilogy of lavender. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Blue chicks! This Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Frosta is a figure which has received a mixed reaction, but as someone who doesn't give a crap about She-Ra stuff I found it to be good enough and a little better than I'd have anticipated. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Entertainment Earth Cyber Week Sale Ends Tuesday Sale ends Tuesday! Over 90 awesome items have had their prices slashed to preposterous levels. Choose from Luke Skywalker's Yavin Jacket in three sizes, Gentle Giant statues, dozens of awesome action figures, and a bunch of other stuff. Heck, you could give them as gifts, too! Click through for pricing and availability. --AP

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Sphinx! December 5, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Darth Maul from a few months ago, and it's re-shipping to Walmart in a big 8-pack right now. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! If you haven't already, also check out another installment Galactic Hunter Video Theater in which we look at whatever the last thing I posted about was! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Surprise! The Jakks Pacific S.L.U.G. Zombies Hungry Humbug, Nutty Nate, Captain Payback Minifigures 3-Pack showed up last week, as did other packs, but this was the first one we cracked open to shoot. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP New Venture Bros. Action Figures - Alchemist, Shore Leave While you may have heard of them before, the preorders for The Venture Bros. Shore Leave and Alchemist Action Figures are now up and ready to be, uh, preordered. (And yes, this is through my employer, so kindly order many please.) These guys are due September next year, meaning, uh, you've got plenty of time to make room on your toy shelves for them. Sphinx! What's more, Amazon has Season 4 of Venture Bros. on Blu-Ray for $22.99, which is actually pretty good - it rarely dips below $30ish. If you buy it through this handy link, we get something like $1.15, which is more than we had yesterday. --AP LEGO Minifigures Series 9 Showing Up, Exist In a bit of a surprise, European fans got the first look (and crack) at LEGO Minifiguers Series 9 now. There wasn't even an official reveal, was there? #71000 includes 16 new blind-bagged figures, including a cyclops, a Jekyll/Hyde, a dude in a chicken suit, and tons of other great selections. These will probably be in the USA in a matter of weeks (if not sooner), keep your eyes peeled. --AP Ad: Ted 16-Inch Talking Plush Teddy Bear with Moving Mouth In Stock Ad: The super-popular Ted 16-Inch Talking Plush Teddy Bear with Moving Mouth is in stock at Entertainment Earth! This huggable and talking toy utters 12 colorful phrases from this year's surprise hit film, including "You know what I'd like to do to her... something I call the 'dirty Fozzie.'" The price is $34.99 and, of course, it makes a great gift that they won't find in big box stores. --AP PS3: PSN Updates New to download this week: Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition, Far Cry 3, Mass Effect, Shaun White Snowboarding, Mass Effect Trilogy, and Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1. Each one will set you back $14.99 and up. New PSN games include Guardians of Middle Earth, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Rotastic, and Page Chronica. Each is $9.99-$14.99. New PS2 classic games this week: Chulip for $9.99. New PSOne classic games this week: Zanac X Zanac, Vehicle Cavalier, Makeruna Makendo 2, Lup Salad, Art Camion Sugorokuden, Finger Flashing, and Art Camion Sugorokuden for $5.99. --AP PSP: PSN Updates This Week New to the PSP Vita this week: UNCHARTED: Fight for Fortune Card Game for $4.99 and DJMax Technika Tune for $49.99. --AP

Less News, More Sales, It Seems December 6, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at Ahsoka Tano in her zombie-fighting gear. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! He's red! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Swerve Action Figure figure is probably in a store near you, right now, maybe. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP G.I. Joe: Next Convention - Indianapolis An announcement! G.I. Joe Con 2013 will be in Indianapolis and not in Pawnee, like many of us were petitioning. "Because it does not have adequate facilities nor does it exist" is hardly an acceptable excuse. I think today's secret word is "Night Force." --AP New Games for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Released Xbox fans, it's time to download Guardians of Middle-earth, a $55/1,200-point 5-on-5 arena thing. Microsoft says: "Guardians of Middle-earth delivers an authentic multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game set in Middle-earth and crafted specifically for console systems. Gamers team up as the most powerful heroes from the greatest fantasy epic of all time, bringing up to 10 players together in strategic five versus five competitive multiplayer battle arenas in the epic setting of Middle-earth." --AP Sponsors: Big Sale at Entertainment Earth, Amazon Price Drops Ad: 'tis the season to support 16bit.com! Click on any of these product links and buy anything, it costs you nothing extra, and we get a small kickback. Start with the Entertainment Earth Big Sale, where you can get $10 Kit Fisto Jedi Starfighters, BOGO 50% Off Model Kits, $50 off Gremlins Prop Replicas as well as more amazing specials. Click through for pricing and availability! At Amazon, there are some pretty good price drops - unless the price went up. You wouldn't believe how often these things change. Lots of price drops, $5 Vintage Star Wars, more. --AP Today - Matty Gift Packs for He-Man, Ghostbusters A new sale! (But not the December 17 announcement.) 2012 Holiday Gift Pak Palooza starts today, and includes 5 gift sets at (so far) so-so discounts. If you don't have any Masters of the Universe Classics, the set of Orko, Prince Adam, He-Man, and Battle Armor Skeletor for $55 is quite the deal. (Yes, I know Adam and Orko are packaged together. It's still a good deal, those are some good figures.) --AP

Screw This Week Too December 7, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Clone Trooper Boost, as released recently. It's really the only new release in this style in months. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Green! The Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators Four Horsemen Xodiac Action Figure is gorgeous, and not too expensive. It's not cheap either. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP New Banimon Fire Eaters Figures Coming The Glyos News Dump has a post: Banimon Fire Eaters En Route! The new, roughly OMFG/Battle Beasts-sized figure will be getting a new colorway soon. When? Dunno. But soon. With the red plastic and yellow star, it looks pretty swell. If you want to know what the fuss is over, please read my review of the Banimon Red Army 51st Corps Action Figure from a month back. It's totally cool. You'll like it. --AP Nintendo Wii and Wii U Downloads This Week This week's Wii U offerings: Ben 10 Omniverse, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade, Rise of the Guardians, and Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, which run $30-$50 each. These are full Wii U games and not WiiWare titles. The Virtual Console has Burger Time, a $5 NES port of the arcade classic. --AP Nintendo DSi & 3DS Downloads This Week This week's batch on the DSiWare Shop: full 3DS games Scribblenauts Unlimited for $39.99, Lego Lord of the Rings for $39.99, Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition for $29.99, and Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning for $39.99. New 3DS eShop games include Murder on the Titanic for 800 points/$7.99. Also up for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console: Mighty Bomb Jack for $4.99, and it's a port of the NES game. In 3D. --AP

Discount Lion Safari December 10, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Red R3-Series Astromech Droid, as seen in Orlando. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Blue chicks! This Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Battleground Evil-Lyn Action Figure is a great one. You should have it. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Banimon Iron Guard Revealed Via the Glyos News Dump! Banimon: Iron Guard is coming. It's silver and has a new tampo. Rejoice! --AP Transformers: Next Convention - San Diego An announcement! BotCon 2013 will be in San Diego and not in in the midwest, as Dow Jones and the Industrials once said "Can't Stand the Midwest." Good choice on their part. The theme has already been confirmed as "Machine Wars," and sounds like it'll be an extrapolation of the already small post-G2 line sold as a Kay-Bee exclusive in around 1996. --AP Entertainment Earth Big Sale Ends Tuesday Sale ends Tuesday! Over 40 fantastic items have had their prices slashed to preposterous levels. Choose from Kit Fisto's Jedi Starfighter for just $10, Gentle Giant and Titan high-end collectibles, and a bunch of other stuff. There's a big Model Kit sale too! Click through for pricing and availability. --AP

All Just a Little Different December 11, 2012 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Flipper! This Takara-Tomy Beast Saga Dorfan Action Figure is one of the ones I assume you bought by now. You did, right? So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at Nanta, an Ewok you better not have skipped. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Wave 3 Transformers Generations Gallery The AllSpark got a set from Hasbro Toy Shop! Transformers Generations 2012 Fall of Cybertron Wave 3 is up on Facebook. Ultra Magnus, Air Raid, Starscream, Kickback, and Sideswipe are up. Sideswipe looks awful. --AP

Dead Jaxxon December 12, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a AT-ST Driver from a few months ago, I dig it lots. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! If you haven't already, also check out another installment Galactic Hunter Video Theater in which we look at whatever the last thing I posted about was! --AP Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Hoist Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Green! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Hoist Action Figure takes a simple repaint and gives it what we all want, a gun. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Toys R Us Receiving Playmobil 2013 Dinosaurs Toys R Us stores in the USA are starting to get 2013 Playmobil Dinosaurs now. There are 6 sets with a mix of new and old designs, and far fewer figures than the previous sets. They're also a heck of a lot more expensive than the last round from a few years ago. The Dimetrodon and Stegosaurus stand out as the cheapest of the new ones. There are hatching eggs and new environmental pieces as well. --AP Sanrio x Street Fighter Joysticks, iPhone Cases Mad Catz continues its line of better-than-you'd-think stuff with Sanrio x Street Fighter Joysticks, iPad Cases, iPhone Cases, and other stuff. The arcade stick is similar to the Street Fighter IV sticks, and is priced at $160 still. Yowch. There were some plush toys from the wizards of Toynami over the summer, so you can probably expect a lot more from this licensing mash-up. --AP PS3: PSN Updates New to download this week: Ben 10 Omniverse. This one will set you back $49.99. New PSN games include Big Sky Infinity, Black Knight Sword, Judge Dee: The City God Case, and Judge Dee: The City God Case. Each is $7.99-$9.99. New PS2 classic games this week: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for $14.99. --AP PSP: PSN Updates This Week New to the PSP Vita this week: Big Sky Infinity for $9.99. --AP

I Can't Keep My Eyes Closed December 13, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at Darth Maul in his second take as a Cyborg. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Takara-Tomy Beast Saga Eledram Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! He's blocky! The Takara-Tomy Beast Saga Eledram Action Figure figure is a lot of fun, and has a decent chunk of guns on here. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Neca Previews ALIENS Hudson, New Warrior Alien An announcement! NECA debuted an all-new Warrior Alien on Twitter and is is said to have a whopping 30 joints, plus an amazing new sculpt. It's really slick. Game Over, Man! NECA also debuted painted Hudson test shots with your pal and mine, Bill Pullman. Er, Paxton. It looks pretty great! It's due early next year. As of yet preorders have not launched for either figure. --AP Super 7 - NES Castlevania Holiday Sweatshirt Super 7 is a company that really gets it. Check out the Castlevania Belmont Holiday Sweater. It's a screen-printed sweatshirt made to look like a holiday sweater, with 8-bit Castlevania sprites covering it. Beautiful. Available in sizes small through XXL, and it's $55. --AP Banimon Winter Ops Revealed Via the Glyos News Dump! Banigoth Winter Operations - New from Banimon is coming. It's white! Also, a new Onell Design Glyos Drop took place last night. The new Syclodoc sold out in about 5 minutes. The painted Armorvor sold out in short order as well. --AP New Games for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Released Xbox fans, it's time to download Black Knight Sword, a $10/800-point 2D thing with swords. Microsoft says: "From the twisted and brilliant mind of Suda 51 comes Black Knight Sword, a platforming adventure with an unprecedented visual style. In this fresh take on the classic fairy tale, The Black Knight treks through a dark and mysterious world filled with whimsical creatures to kill the dark princess and ending her reign of terror. A throwback to classic platformers, Black Knight Sword evokes simple yet addictive and challenging gameplay with an overall aesthetic unlike anything released to date." Also new is American Mensa Academy, a $10/800-point brain training thing. --AP Sponsors: Last Minute Gift Sale at Entertainment Earth Ad: 'tis the season to support 16bit.com! Click on any of these product links and buy anything, it costs you nothing extra, and we get a small kickback. Start with the Entertainment Earth Last Minute Gift Sale , where you can get $75 Star Wars Luke Skywalker Ceremonial Jacket w/ Medal of Yavin, BOGO 30% Off Hobbit, $54 Star Wars Clone Republic Attack Shuttle Vehicle as well as more amazing offers. Click through for pricing and availability! --AP

All The Time December 14, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Luke Skywalker from earlier in the year. It's one of my favorites! Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! It just came in the mail last weekend, and I got video! The Mattel Back to the Future II Hoverboard Prop Replica is a prop replica from a toy company, so it feels like a very nice roleplay toy rather. You might also say it's a really cheap prop replica. I like it. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP New Funko Pop! Vinyl Pictured at Entertainment Earth Sponsor/employer/toy titans Entertainment Earth posted a ton of new Funko Pop! Vinyl figures and toys lately. Want to see them? Just click the links below. New entries include Marvel, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Hobbit, Spongebob Squarepants, and Rocky. --AP Nintendo Wii and Wii U Downloads This Week This week's Wii U offerings: Ben 10 Omniverse, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade, Rise of the Guardians, and Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, which run $30-$50 each. These are full Wii U games and not WiiWare titles. The Virtual Console has Real Bout Fatal Fury, a $9 NES port of the arcade classic. --AP Nintendo DSi & 3DS Downloads This Week This week's batch on the DSiWare Shop: full 3DS game Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!! for $29.99. Other new 3DS eShop games include Crimson Shroud and Gardenscapes, each for 800 points/$7.99. Other DSiWare eShop games include Rytmik: World Music Edition, Zombie Skape, and Chuck E. Cheese's Alien Defense Force for $2-$8. Also up for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console: Ninja Gaiden for $4.99, and it's a port of the overrated-but-still-fun NES game. In 3D. --AP

Target Clearance Season December 17, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Blue R4-Series Astromech Droid, as seen in Orlando. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! Also, Amazon has some crazy markdowns today. These are $5 or less at press time. Oddly, there's quite a few from the Final Vintage Wave so if you're interested in cheap Ewoks and Sullustians, this is your day. Remember, if you like us, click on these links before you buy. We get a slight piece of the action. And since this site doesn't pay anything, that actually helps a lot. --AP Review: Onell Design Glyos Verexxan Armorvor Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Battle! This Onell Design Glyos Verexxan Armorvor Action Figure is one of seven unique flavors released this year, the last of which came out a few days ago. It's pretty great. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Transformers Generations Soundwave, Discs Hitting They're here! Transformers Voyager Soundblaster and Soundwave plus Legends Ravage/Rumble and Frenzy/Ratbat [affiliate link] are hitting American Toys R Us stores now. Voyagers are $22.99 each, while the disc 2-packs are $10.99 per. They seem to be pretty widespread. If you want my advice, get Soundwave or Soundblaster first. The tapes, while tempting, aren't all that much fun once you get them out of the box, with Buzzsaw/Laserbeak as the best of them. Since TRU.com doesn't have them up yet, you can click the link above to pre-order a box from our sponsors at Entertainment Earth if you're so inclined. --AP Target Slug Zombies Clearance - 30% Off They're going! Slug Zombies figures are on clearance at Target stores in the USA right now. Selection varies by store, with prices 30-50% off and series 2, 3, 4, and Christmas available. I just picked up a Series 4 Tombstone 12-pack on Sunday afternoon for $6.98, cheep. I still don't know how/where to get series 1, and so far Target is the only place anyone has seen the Christmas ones. If you like MUSCLE-style figures, keep an eye on these. They may get cheaper, or they may vanish completely! --AP Matty Sale Today Today's the day! The December Matty Collector Sale starts at 9 AM Pacific time and includes Granymyr, Mosquitor, Procrustus, Lead, Platinum & Tin, and a Justice League set with Firefly, Toyman, and Dr. Destiny. The Procrustus and Granymyr figures were delayed, though, so don't count on those being delivered in a timely-as-timely-goes fashion. --AP

Most of That December 18, 2012 Review: Callgrim Fragarian Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Flipper! This Callgrim Fragarian Action Figure smells like Strawberry Shortcake. A few units are left. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Shock Trooper, and you can probably get it cheaply today. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Glyos Fans: New Banimon Saturday Via the Glyos News Dump: Banimon Drop: Saturday! says it all. 3 new flavors, ready to be bought and enjoyed by you, the reader. They're really fun to futz around with, doubly so if you collect Glyos toys. --AP

Cheap Roadblock Set December 19, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Obi-Wan Kenobi from a few months ago, which may be on cheapo clearance depending on where you shop. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! If you haven't already, also check out another installment Galactic Hunter Video Theater in which we look at whatever the last thing I posted about was! --AP Review: The GodBeast Customs Glyos Green Glyos-Compatible Skull Head Glyos Accessory Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Green! The The GodBeast Customs Glyos Green Glyos-Compatible Skull Head Glyos Accessory is a hand-made but awesome piece for your Glyos toys. You have Glyos toys, don't you? You should have a few. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Amazon Price Drop: G.I. Joe, 4 figures for $9 Amazon's G.I. Joe Sneak Peek 3.75 inch Figure 4 pack is down to $8.99 now. Which is a screaming deal for $8.99 for 4 figures. The picture shows Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Cobra Commander, and Roadblock. With the movie coming in March, $2.25 per figure is about as low as you're likely to see. --AP PS3: PSN Updates New to download this week: LEGO The Lord of the Rings, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Heavy Fire: Afghanistan. Each one will set you back $14.99 and up. New PSN games include Labyrinth Legends, Karateka, Knytt Underground, and Zombie Driver HD. Each is $9.99-$14.99. New PS2 classic games this week: Red Dead Revolver, Bully, and Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Remix for $9.99 each. --AP PSP: PSN Updates This Week New to the PSP Vita this week: Burn the Rope, Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath, and Knytt Underground for $3.99 and up. New PSP Minis include: Hotel Mogul. This is $2.99. --AP

Bad Bad Bad December 20, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at R2-D2 in his second vintage release. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations SDCC Exclusive Bruticus Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! He's huge! The Hasbro Transformers Generations SDCC Exclusive Bruticus Action Figure kicks off the first of seven days of Bruticus reviews covering the 3 releases of this combiner in the USA so far. Wowie. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP LEGO Friends - Worst Toy of the Year? Who loves a good Internet argument via the media? While I haven't bought any sets myself from this line yet, I'd like to point to a nifty article at The Brothers Brick. The first year of LEGO Friends ­ worst toy of the year? explores some of the recent year-end hubbub about the line, which has not exactly had an even reception across buyers, retailers, and so forth. It's an interesting read with links to lots of other opinions. It's always tough to judge any toy line by its first year offerings, as you really don't get a strong idea as what a line will be until it looks like it might have a legacy. (Unlike Clickits.) Anyhoozles, in lieu of me writing more content, just go read that and enjoy. --AP Sponsors: Yamato USA Sale at Entertainment Earth Ad: 'tis the season to support 16bit.com! Click on any of these product links and buy anything, it costs you nothing extra, and we get a small kickback. Start with the Entertainment Earth Yamato USA Sale , where you can Buy 1 Statue or Figure and get a Second for 40% Off! What a deal! Pre-orders are open for new Tribbles too! Click through for pricing and availability! --AP

Why I Oughta December 21, 2012 Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Pit Droid from earlier in the year. It's a good one! Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Figure of the Day Updated Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! The series continues! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Onslaught is a swell and necessary part of the new Bruticus. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP OMFG 2 Hits US - Shipping Now/Soon An announcement! They are Here!!! is a new Kickstarter update on the availability of OMFG series 2. They are, indeed, here. "We are hard at work counting and sorting and packing and things will start shipping immediately!" they write, which gives me hope that it's going to be a great week. My Granymyr just showed up, I got a Glyos ship notice, and there's more shipping in the next story. --AP Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 Shipping Now If you pre-ordered the 2012 Galactic Holiday Outer Space Men you probably got a ship notice today. There's not much more, but you can read it at the Outer Space Men News. At press time no final figure photos have surfaced, so it'll be a fun surprise to see what we bought actually looks like. --AP Nintendo Wii and Wii U Downloads This Week This week's Wii U offerings: Jeopardy! , and Wheel of Fortune , which run $50 each. These are full Wii U games and not WiiWare titles. The Wii has Vampire Crystals, a $10 game that does... something. --AP Nintendo DSi & 3DS Downloads This Week This week's batch on the DSiWare Shop: full 3DS game Mario Tennis Open, Riding Stables 3D , and Pokemon Rumble Blast. Other new 3DS eShop games include Pilotwings Resort, 3D Game Collection, PIX3D, escapeVektor, and Bit.Trip Saga. Other DSiWare eShop games include Anonymous Notes Chapter 3 - From the Abyss, Cake Ninja: XMAS, and Castle Conqueror - Heroes 2 for $2-$5. Also up for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console: Wario Land 2 for $4.99, and it's a port of the GameBoy Color version of the game. --AP

Weekend Glyos Bonanza December 24, 2012 Review: Star Wars Blue R9-Series Astromech Droid 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Blue R9-Series Astromech Droid, as seen in Orlando. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Blast Off Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Purple! This Hasbro Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Blast Off is a nifty new take on the old space shuttle but with giant shoulders. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Four Horsemen Glyos Power Lords Happening, Banimon Drop Exciting! Press Release: The Power Lords Return! has a whole mess of information on the new line, although there aren't too many specifics yet. Glyos-compatible Four Horsemen figures based on the classic line (which I didn't grow up with) are indeed coming! If you missed the figures from the last drop, the fact that there's a Banimon Drop Live Now should get you excited! They're really fun mini figures and are $7 each. I ordered the red one because it's colored like a soda I enjoy called Leninade. Lots of all 3 styles remain, so go ahead and get one. --AP New Imaginext "Raptor" Hitting New! Imaginext Dinosaurs Raptor Revision - Dilophosaurus has been posted to the Imaginext Toy News site! It's at Target now if you're lucky. Good hunting! --AP

Finally Saw Hobbit, Dug It December 25, 2012 Review: Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Swindle Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! He'll make a deal! This Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Swindle is the single release, but it's really cool. I'd say it's better than the rest, even G2, in terms of the color choices (save for the face.) So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Star Wars Action Figure Review: Santa Yoda 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at Santa Yoda, a (believe it or not) requested exclusive from the Star Wars Fan Club in 2003. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP 16bit.com Is On Tumblr Since it's Christmas and there's not a heck of a lot of exciting news on the day prior, go sign up to follow the 16bit.com Tumblur Feed. There's really not going to be much there that isn't already here, but if you're there anyway I'll post some previews of works-in-progress and random toy photos as they make sense. And a picture of my desk, if that's worth anything to you. --AP

Django Unchained Was Also Great December 26, 2012 Review: Star Wars Holiday Jawa Figure 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 2695 to the latest of The Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Holiday Jawa, the taller of the pair. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Vortex Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! With helicopter action! The Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Vortex is a fun figure, and as a stand-alone probably the best of the recent Combaticons. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP PSP: PSN Updates This Week New to the PSP Vita this week: Motorstorm Complete Edition for $11.99. It includes all the DLC, for what it's worth. --AP

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE December 27, 2012 Star Wars Figure Review: Snaggletooth 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at Snaggletooth in his only modern vintage release. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Brawl Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! He's green! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Brawl has 3 releases in the USA so far, all of which are pretty dang similar. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Battle Beasts Minimates - Packaged Shots Via the Battle Beasts News blog: Battle Beasts Minimates - Packaged Photos, Anyone? shows links to the packaged product and a revised date for the specialty figures, January 2013. Good hunting real soon, everyone! --AP Sponsors: Clearance Sale at Entertainment Earth + Cheap Amazon Stuff Ad: The big annual event is here! Check out the the Entertainment Earth Year-End Clearance Sale , where you can see hundreds of items up to 90% off Click through for pricing and availability! But wait, there's more! We found some cheap junk on Amazon. If you click these links and buy anything we get a small cut. Thank you for your support! --AP

Outer Space Men Incoming December 28, 2012 Star Wars Figure Action Review: Tri-Droid 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Tri-Droid from a few years back. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! --AP Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations Generation 2 Bruticus Action Figure Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! The series ends! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Generation 2 Bruticus Action Figure is the cheapest and therefore best entry in this series of combiner part repaints, so get it. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 Arriving with Unused Packaging Bonus They're here! Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 Arriving in homes now. Of note: the items come in factory-sealed baggies similar to recent Glyos releases (thick, heat-sealed) and a flat, unused box and header cards are included along with zip bags. I'm opting to leave mine flat! --AP Nintendo Wii and Wii U Downloads This Week The Wii Virtual Console has Shock Troopers 2nd Squad, a $9 Neo-Geo port. Don't feel bad, I've never played it either. --AP Nintendo DSi & 3DS Downloads This Week This week's batch on the DSiWare Shop: Other new 3DS eShop games include Fluidity: Spin Cycle, Johnny Impossible, and Mahjong 3D - Warriors of the Emperor. Other DSiWare eShop games include Goooooal América, Jump Trials Extreme, and Wizard Defenders for $2-$5. Also up for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console: Mega Man and Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels for $4.99 each, and they're 3D NES ports. --AP Sponsors: Clearance Sale at Amazon Ad: Amazon is having a toy clearance! Tons of Action Figures and other goodies. Why are we posting it here? Because if you click on one of these links and buy anything at all, we get a cut which helps us fund this very site which is good for everybody. Click here for everything. Also, here are some highlights: --AP

Suck It, 2012 December 31, 2012 Star Wars Action Figure Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi 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 Vintage Collection, it's almost like a history lesson! Today we look at a Obi-Wan Kenobi, a recent online Vintage exclusive. Go to Figure of the Day for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series! Q&A returns next Monday. --AP Review: Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Sir Laser-Lot Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting non-Star Wars Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not! Bright! This Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Sir Laser-Lot is a bizarre figure, but sometimes you need something new in your nostalgia funeral trip. I dig it. So read on, read our Star Wars one too, and come back soon for more! --AP LEGO Legends of Chima Out Now Via Battle Beasts News! LEGO Legends of Chima In Stores Now, specifically Toys R Us at a slightly bigger markup. The new beastly figures can be yours now and they include a number of nifty vehicles. If you ever wanted LEGO Battle Beasts, this is pretty close. They're no Minimates, but if less variety is your thing (with cool vehicles) you'll want to see them anyway. --AP Archive.org Has Byte, Compute, Next-Generation Scanned Magazines Read! The Archive.org Computer Magazines Archive has a ton of scanned magazines, back from when people got their information on paper. There's a lot to read, so if you're like 30-40 this should be an exciting nostalgia trip. Especially in light of the fact that Nintendo Power's last has made its rounds and this sort of thing is sort of a relic at this point. --AP New Mario, Luigi on Yoshi Figures in Japan New! New Super Mario Bros Wii Max Figure statues are out! These Japanese releases have Luigi on a yellow Yoshi or Mario on a green Yoshi. Each is 10-inches tall and $30.90, which is not too shabby. --AP