At retail it's RemiLore, Trials Rising, Rad Rogers: Radical Edition, and The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame.

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There are dozens of cool designs - some of which you'll recognize, and others not. If you're a fan of late-night animated superhero comedy pastiche television, this may be a good link for you.

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This is a post with lots of hints - Gendrones and such seem likely. And crossovers? And a Star Wars tribute? I hope so!

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Old! The LEGO Space Police 5981 Raid VPR Set hit just over 9 years ago, but it's so cool we had to look at it eventually. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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I found this page with a carry case filled with blank figures and role-playing ideas for business exercises. You can sign up for more information, and I did - but will they sell it to me? Let's find out.

And even more exciting - a German press release extolling their new licenses Scooby Doo, Heidi, and Back to the Future. And here it is in English. I can't believe it, either. I heard absolutely nothing about the latter two at Toy Fair, and so far haven't seen anything. Here's hoping we see it soon!

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Reissue of a reissue! The Transformers Generation One Reissue Bumblebee Action Figure is a toy from 1984, with a new head from 2008, repackaged and resold at Walmart in 2018. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever."

Also available: I And Me, and Crimson Keep. And a lot more, including pre-orders.

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Walruden joins a spectacular small horde of creatures, including the return of the Villser, some awesome Glyans, a Gendrone Force Defender... and absolutely no Buildman/Argen-types like I would have guessed!

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At retail it's V-Rally 4, RBI Baseball 19, and My Little Riding Champion.

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Newish! The Toy Pizza Desert Rat LRDG Version Action Figure hit last month, and it looks a lot like Onell Design creative chief and emperor Matt Doughty. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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DICE's long-lost Ultracore seems similar to the Super NT pack-in Turrican, and it sounds like the kind of chiptune thing you've probably heard the kids making these days. It sounds very 16-bit and looks pretty nice! Interestingly, the game also announced it would be on PS4 and PS Vita in 2019 - complete with a physical media release.

I ordered and finally received the Analogue Super NT last week and was impressed. I ran out to buy a few more used Super NES and GameBoy games to play on it, and then ordered a Mega SG. Their reputation is stellar, so I hope Sega gets just as good as Nintendo. (And now I wonder if we'll complete the trifecta with a PC Engine or TurboGrafx-16. Probably not.) I'm slowly plodding my way through Super Star Wars again right now, and it is exactly as good as I remember! But I digress. Something something Sega.

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A classic! The Hasbro Battle Beasts Octillion Octopus Action Figure manages to cram eight arms of fun in two articulated limbs. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"You are Tilo, a courageous minstrel mouse on a perilous quest to find his family. Using stealth and cunning you'll explore the towers and dungeons of Dwindling Heights Keep, navigating its dangers and discovering its secrets."

Also available: RICO, ShellShock Live, Devil May Cry 5, Bomber Crew: American Edition, and LEGO Marvel Collection. And a lot more, including pre-orders.

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At retail it's American Ninja Warrior Challenge, Fate/Extella Link, and RICO.

New online NES games are Kid Icarus and StarTropics.

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There are other similar items in the Kaiju Big Battel Store too.

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There's no pitch video, but the game is seemingly done. The snap box is for pre-orders only, which is a pretty good incentive to pledge early were you so inclined.

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It's worth reading to see the hassles involved in getting games out - particularly when bills are being paid.

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You're already excited or will never care. The band puts out quite a bit, but this is their first all-new LP in about a year.

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New to you! The Takara-Tomy Zoids Wild ZW-07 Kuwaga Figure Kit hit last year, and it's bugging me that this Japanese import hasn't yet hit the USA. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The Analogue Mega SG ships next week, and the review embargo will be lifted at that time.

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In addition tot he disc/cartridge, you get stickers, a box, and a hardcover instruction book.

I also should mention Google Stadia was announced. It's a new streaming platform for Chromecast or your PC, so it's all digital and there's really no mention of what games are coming other than a Doom sequel. It's not cartridges and weird boxes with ungainly controllers - which is kind of what I go for, so I doubt it's going to be for me. If it's a success it could be future-proof, but I don't feel digital is good for keeping your games around forever (unless you're ripping them.) If you can't sell a game when you're done with it, what's the point of buying it?

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Retro! The Playmobil The Real Ghostbusters 9387 Zeddemore with Aqua Scooter is a 2018 release that looks like it belonged in 1988. Kenner aesthetics applied to Playmobil? Yes please. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet."

Also available: Hell WardersMe, and American Ninja Warrior: Challenge. And a lot more, including pre-orders.

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It's a 3 3/4-inch action figure with alternate bonus human head. I've got another release of this figure, and it's a wonderful fit in most vintage Kenner Star Wars Mini-Rigs vehicles. If you don't have a Rift Killer, this one is $18 and that's a lot cheaper than the older ones on eBay.

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At retail it's V-Rally 4, RBI Baseball 19, and My Little Riding Champion.

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Emulation is where it gets touchy. Sometimes you'll get a box that runs its own proprietary emulation software, and some boxes license, borrow, or otherwise use existing emulators - each is different, and it's not something I want to get in to here. The very short version is some companies use crazed engineer geniuses to reproduce old hardware, while others use their (or someone else's) software.

Here's where it gets kind of interesting. In short, we're seeing the old "mine is better" console argument return with audiophile-ish-grade equipment for aging video gamers. The tweens and teens of the 1990s have the option of measuring their bits and pieces in a whole new generation of hardware.

If you're a Gamer of a Certain Age, you no doubt remember the "Console Wars" of the 1990s. With shots fired off by Sega's marketing department, we saw the Genesis, NES, NEC TurboGrafx-16, and Super NES engaged in various contests to dunk on their competitors, with slogans like Sega's "Genesis Does what Nintendon't." It was crude, but remarkably effective - you heard kids invoking marketing buzzwords for development and power on the playgrounds and school buses, and it carried over onto Usenet and other online forums. If you couldn't afford all of the consoles (and what kid could?) you were probably in one of these silly discussions, many of which surrounded vaporware or unreleased hardware.

I've avoided most online game discussion because really all I want to know is what's coming out and fun to play. It was brought to my attention that Polymega and Analogue are engaged in 1990s-style game marketing now, which is particularly funny given that the Analogue Mega SG's marketing tagline was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the above nonsense - Console Wars Are Back. Gamers and streamers are posting "hot take" videos on this very topic that, save for the subject material, sound like sports or political radio. If this is intentional, it's rather brilliant.

Some journalists got hands-on with Polymega's box over the weekend, as the device has no known release date and the manufacturer has yet to release any products - but it sure sounds interesting. (Gamers not interested in the CDs may be interested in Hyperkin's RetroN 5 multi-console emulator.) Analogue's Mega SG shipped last week and the Sega clone's review embargo is up today, so reviews should start showing up around the time you have breakfast. The company previously shipped three Nintendo clones with ghastly-expensive Analogue NT and NT Mini, as well as the cheaper-but-not-cheap Super NT. (I have a Super NT on my desk and it's remarkably useful and I've gone out to buy more old Super Nintendo and Genesis games as a result.)

If you missed the era of your fellow game fans making a big fuss over who has the best stats or gear, apparently the skirmish begins anew. Hopefully it will distract people long enough so the price on authentic Zero Wing cartridges dips a bit. I find the whole thing rather fascinating, but as you may have guessed I'm a creature of that era of video gaming. My big takeaway at the time was that I just wanted to play everything. Well, up until that whole Johnny Turbo vs. Feka campaign.

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Exclusive! The ThreeZero PopFuzz Glow in the Dark The Robot is sold at one store in Brooklyn - but you can order it online if you like. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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A digital ROM is $10, and cartridges start at $35. You can also get sold-out games like Mad Wizard (I admit to being tempted) in black-box-style packaging. With an increase of clone hardware making the rounds from Hyperkin, Analogue, RetroUSB, Retro-Bit, and others in game shops around the world it makes sense. It's like the only company not interested in this space is Nintendo.

It's already fully funded, so go ahead and pledge. Sly Dog Studios has ROMs up here for your enjoyment of their previous releases.

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Newish! The Kaiju Big Battel Flesh Keshi Mini-Figures just showed up here a couple weeks ago, but they've been shipping since earlier this year - a fast delivery from the KBB team. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"Generations of Power Rangers collide across the multiverseÕs 25 year history. Experience authentic, but re-imagined Power Rangers gameplay. This easy to learn, but hard to master fighting game is designed to welcome players of all skill levels."

Also available: Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom, METAGAL, Outward, FINAL FANTASY VII, Xenon Racer, Driving Essentials, AlienCruise, Windscape, Where The Bees Make Honey, and Generation Zero. And a lot more, including pre-orders.

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At retail it's Yoshi's Crafted World and some other stuff.

New online NES games are Kid Icarus and StarTropics.

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