Comes and goes! The Hasbro Transformers Tribute Optimus Prime and Orion Pax is a pretty decent value, particularly given inflation and how much plastic is in the War for Cybertron Optimus Prime toy. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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Also don't miss Star Wars: The Last Jedi Orange 3 3/4-Inch Action Figures Wave 2 Set - there's no picture, but there are names you won't want to miss.

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A retool with a new head! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Twin Twist is a drill tank version of the flying Topspin, both of which are essential. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Adorable! The Playmobil Penguins are one of many flavors of the flightless sea birds sold over the last three and a half decades - the first of which were unpainted toys for you to customize. These ones came in a foil baggie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The last big Headmaster? The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Decepticon Overlord is starting to show up, so get or pre-order yours. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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New classic games this week: Art of Fighting Anthology.

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Free! The Playmobil 2017 Toy Fair Roman Troop Figure is a freebie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"From the makers of the acclaimed hit game Destiny, comes the much-anticipated sequel. An action shooter that takes you on an epic journey across the solar system. Humanity's last safe city has fallen to an overwhelming invasion force, led by Ghaul, the imposing commander of the brutal Red Legion. He has stripped the city's Guardians of their power, and forced the survivors to flee. You will venture to mysterious, unexplored worlds of our solar system to discover an arsenal of weapons and devastating new combat abilities. To defeat the Red Legion and confront Ghaul, you must reunite humanity's scattered heroes, stand together, and fight back to reclaim our home."

Also available: Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1, Echoes Of The Fey: The Fox's Trail, Don't Knock Twice, and Squish And The Corrupted Crystal.

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Maybe available at HasCon today! The Hasbro Revolution First Strike Comic Preview Mega-Set is the best monument to Hasbro IP this side of the new millennium, so I hope you got/get one. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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Set for a Friday release, the item was up for ordering late Thursday night. Check the store and order accordingly - as far as I know, this is the last known/scheduled glow figure. More may come, but weren't produced yet (as far as I know.)

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White! The Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Beta Phase Ohpromatem Action Figure is a convention redeco that also served as a blankf or customizers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Hasbro had Hasbro Games. Giant games, games for sale, game crates, and game demos - it was pretty amazing to see everything. I was particularly taken with some of the game crates, specifically a game that asks you if you're better than a box of rocks at trivia. It's called - wait for it - Box of Rocks.

Tons of Marvel items were shown spanning a decade of movies and getting close to a century's worth of comic books. I loved seeing Walgreens new exclusives, a 3 3/4-inch Mega Man (really), and some costumes.

Massive parts of HasCon were set up to Nerf items. Blasters and cars are their main products, but there are shooting galleries and a quasi-paintball zone where people could shoot each other - or a dude dressed like a zombie!

I was delighted to see a big Play-Doh setup. There was a test play kitchen in addition to scores of display cases and demo stations with new items. The vintage stuff was the most fun to revisit, though.

This HasCon Grab Bag is loaded with other stuff. Shirts for sale, Littlest Pet Shop, Dunkin Donuts Plinko, micro-sized Tonka vehicles, and so much more could be seen. I had fun. The free donut holes made my day each day.

This Transformers Generations gallery was the heart of the show - it was the big thing you probably wanted to see, and the Transformers area was right up front when you entered the show. Tucked in were new Power of the Primes toys, with the new Dinobots being the best thing I've seen in a while. It's Sludge, people!

I loved getting to look at Transformers Grey Prototypes since they had new Power of the Primes toys and previously unseen things like scraplets and Blaster from the movieverse.

I didn't see much new for Transformers The Last Knight. Everything was shown before, but if you haven't seen it you're in for a treat.

If you entered the convention hall, there's no way you could miss Transformers Props and Displays. Full-size cars and a giant Optimus Prime were just some of the things on display.

Similarly, Transformers Robots in Disguise was mostly previously announced toys. I like it.

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Dead! The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Zombie is pretty good for a decaying dead guy. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Three modes of terror? The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Blitzwing is at a store near you, maybe, possibly, if you're lucky. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Neat! The Playmobil Ghostbusters 9221 Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is in stores now and is a pretty sturdy representation of the characters from a comedy that came out in 1984 - so naturally, it's what a German toy company wants to make for preschoolers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"A finalist for "Best Indie Game" at the Canadian Videogame Awards, Planet of the Eyes tells the tale of a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet. A stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score and fully voiced audio logs will sweep you away on the immersive journey of a lone robot in an unknown world."

Also available: NASCAR Heat 2, PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018, EA SPORTS NHL 18 Young Stars Edition, Rogue Trooper Redux, Transcripted, Maize, and DonÕt Starve Together: Console Edition.

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Taco Friday! The Hasbro Marvel Legends X-Men Deadpool is a fun figure if you can find one. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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The store for New 3DS has Minecraft: New 3DS Edition and PercyÕs Predicament Deluxe.

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The virtual console has added the games Vigilante from the TurboGrafx-16.

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Stranger Things is almost back, Emmys or not! The Funko Pop! Television Stranger Things Mike Pop! Vinyl Figure is the last of these I had on my review pile. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Octane, but not! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Decepticon Octone should confuse buyers and sellers for years to come. These ones came in a foil baggie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Semi-related, Toys R Us announced it'll file for some sort of bankruptcy this week, which doesn't necessarily mean it's going out of business. In the 1990s, Kmart was part of what Hasbro called its "top five" - Target, Kmart, Kay-Bee Toys, Toys R Us, and Walmart - who made up 85ish percent of the American toy business market. Kay-Bee closed in the late 2000s, with Kmart not officially out of business, but dozens of store closures are announced every couple of months. (The rest of the toy market was often referred to, at Hasbro, as "market six." Mattel referred to the other stores as "alternative channels" or "alt channel" stores.)

The loss of Kmart over time has been supplanted by growth in Amazon and online toy sellers like Entertainment Earth (where I work), plus increases - albeit small ones - at the likes of Walgreens and increasingly GameStop. And JC Penny has a toy section again this year, probably right now at a store near you.

If you've got a Kmart near you, take a stroll through it - here in Phoenix, we're fast approaching our last chance.

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Glow! The Nintendo Super Mario Boo Amiibo is seemingly gone, so I hope you got yours. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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You want brains with that? The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Ghoul Butler is a pretty swell release, complete with serving tray and glowing skin. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shootÕ em up designed to offer a challenging and memorable experience, sublimating the wisdom and richness of traditional shmup classics. The game has direct action, nostalgic art and a wide variety of unique spatial content and situations. It is hours of intense fun, alone or with your friends, to face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance. If you love unique experiences and handcrafted games, Super Hydorah is made for you!"

Also available: Morphite, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Pankapu, and Blackguards 2.

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Blue! The Onell Design Outer Space Men Neo Astrovos was the mystery figure a few months ago from the Glyos assortment, and it pays tribute to the Astro Knight figure of old. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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The store for New 3DS has 36 Fragments of Midnight, GUIDE THE GHOST, and Frutakia 2.

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A new head! The Hasbro Transformers Robots in Disguise Warrior Class Windblade is a masked redeco and it's pretty great. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Titanica! The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Pirate is a nifty figure, another in a decades-long run of successful seafaring privateers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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GameBoy Pheyden! The Bit Figs Matryx Pheyden is superbly cool, and another tribute to those of us who made it through 1989. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The forums were nothing special, ordering exclusive product in the USA was complicated (I couldn't make it happen), and I hope they just sell those special items elsewhere. Maybe somewhere that it's easier to understand how to coordinate an order. It was nifty, but oddly there are other paid collector forums for this particular line as well. Without official previews (and there were some) there wasn't much else going on there.

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Insert coin! The Super7 Street Fighter II M.U.S.C.L.E. Set A is pretty cheap, and can be yours right now if you order one. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"LIGHTFIELD is a hyper futuristic racing game with a parkour twist. Drive on any surface including walls, tunnels and sci-fi architecture to piece together the fastest racing line. Only by mastering your anti-gravity spaceship and finding the best omnidirectional route can you race to the top."

Also available: Splasher, SHINY, Pinball FX3, FIFA 18 Ronaldo Edition And ICON Edition, Fallout 4: Game Of The Year Edition, Halo Wars 2: Awakening The Nightmare, and WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship.

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Probably at Walgreens! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Cyber Battalion Prowl is a fun and simple figure, which is pretty meaty for the price. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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The virtual console has added the games Double Dungeons from the TurboGrafx-16.

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