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Old Toys Are New Again
November 1, 2019 |
Star Wars Review: D-O (Galaxy of Adventures 5-Inch)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: D-O (Galaxy of Adventures 5-Inch). It's a new robot about which we do not know much - but it has articulated hair. Read the whole review.
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Happy Meal 40th Anniversary Toy Reissues
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  Via the USA Today: McDonald's celebrates Happy Meal's 40th anniversary by bringing back retro toys. You may be familiar with many of these if you have ever been in a thrift store or flea market. In addition to McDonaldland characters, you'll also see a reissue of the Changeables, Power Rangers, Space Jam, Tamagotchi, Power Rangers, and a smattering of other toys.
What, no LEGO, no Batman, no Popoids? In all seriousness it's a pretty decent mix.
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Onell Design Drop Next Week
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Glyos Drop - November 7, it's Halkenn's Grave.
There are no specifics yet, but mark your calendars. The Armorvor Dragon should be back!
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Xeno Crisis, Spaceland, Resident Evil 5, and several dozen others.
At retail: Luigi's Mansion 3 and Disgaea 4 Complete+ and some more.
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Ad: Pre-Order Super7's TMNT Ultimates Action Figures at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: New and exclusive, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimates Action Figures from Super7 are still up for pre-order! These are coming in 2020. Also, new Transformers Siege toys are in stock!
     
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Check Your Aliens!
November 4, 2019 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars New Old Figures, The Mandalorian, and Missing Stuff! 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!
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Glow Chakan at The Yetee
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: The Yetee Has Glow in the Dark Chakan! It's $22, if you want it. I ordered one.
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8-Bit Holiday Xmas 2019 for NES
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  Via RetroUSB, makers of the AVS: 8 BIT XMAS 2019. This $46 transparent cartridge has blinking LEDs, like Christmas lights.
While I do not have this game, I have ordered the AVS through their site and it works great.
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Ad: New TMNT and Japanese Wrestling at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: New Action Figures at Entertainment Earth! The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Ultimates join more Power Rangers, Star Wars, Dragon Ball, and so much more.
   
  
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Tobu Tobu Girl Deluxe ROM Up for Free
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  Via Tangram Games: Tobu Tobu Girl.
My cartridge has supposedly shipped, and I'm waiting for it - it's compatible with Super GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and so on. It's sounding pretty sharp - and you can download the ROM from them for free. Which means you should probably consider buying a cartridge, too.
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Donut Mule
November 5, 2019 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Titan Guardians Optimus Prime Vinyl Figure
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  Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Available! The Hasbro Transformers Titan Guardians Optimus Prime Vinyl Figure may be at a Walmart near you, right now. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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New Updated Crayboth Checklist
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: Crayboth Checklist at Cappy Space. This has you covered through the Bubblegum release - which is super swell! - as of September 2019.
There are hundreds. I gave up my completism a while ago, but there's a gorgeous array of colors to fawn over in a handy format. Good on you, Cappy.
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Ad: Pre-Order More Star Wars at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get new Hasbro Star Wars Action Figures at Entertainment Earth! New 3 3/4-inch and 6-inch figures are up for pre-order right now.
     
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Onell Design Drop Tonight
November 7, 2019 |
Review: Onell Design Glyos Armorvor Kugarrec
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 Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Sold out! The Onell Design Glyos Armorvor Kugarrec is a new head debut for Glyos, and a new colorway will probably be up at Onell Design at 9:30 PM EST tonight. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Kickstarter: 3 3/4-Inch Accessories from COMPLEX
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  Via Kickstarter: COMPLEX Base Building Systems Series Two.
Having previously released playsets and accessories, this campaign is for Raginspoon Toys' G.I. Joe/Star Wars-sized robot arms, concrete columns, laser systems, and accessory packs. Stretch goals include catwalks, rails, stairs, missile systems, and other stuff. It's nifty - take a look!
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Glasses Are Forbidden
November 11, 2019 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Gets Small - Small Screens, Small Figures! 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!
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Gradius and Konami Stuff at The Yetee
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  Via the Yetee: The Yetee Has Konami Stuff! Snatcher stuff. Gradius LPs, pins, t-shirts. Bayou Billy and Kid Dracula records.
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Final Days - Kickstarter NES Project Blue
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  Via Kickstarter: Project Blue, a new NES game, has added stretch goals for pins, original tech demos, and other extras. The demo ROM is already up for grabs and pretty good - you might want to look into this one, even if you saw the previous updates.
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Project Neon for Neo Geo on Kickstarter
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  Via Kickstarter: Project Neon: A brand new Shoot 'Em Up for the Neo Geo.
The cheapest pledge that gets you the game is about $300. It's a limited interest project - a nifty vertical shooting game for a very expensive game system which you probably don't have. At press time it's about 25% funded with 24 days to go.
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Ad: New TMNT and Japanese Wrestling at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: New Action Figures at Entertainment Earth! The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Ultimates join more Power Rangers, Star Wars, Dragon Ball, and so much more.
Pre-order yours now!
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment as soon as it's ready, which can be as early as 26:01 AM my time on Monday!
Become a Patron!
If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
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Nike Doesn't Love Amazon Anymore
November 14, 2019 |
Review: Onell Design Glyos Armorvor Kugarrec
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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Sold out! The Onell Design Glyos Armorvor Kugarrec is a new head debut for Glyos, but it might remind you of an older toy. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Spaced Out Design, more Glyos at D-Con
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Spaced Out Design at D-Con... and More. It's a pretty good group in the shadow of Disneyland.
If you're there November 22-24, you can see Onell Design, Double G Toys, The GodBeast, Spy Monkey Creations, Toy Pizza, Cappy Space, and now also Spaced Out Design.
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Fresh from Aquabania
November 15, 2019 |
Star Wars Review: Wedge Antilles (The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Wedge Antilles (The Black Series 6-Inch). It's a 2013 body with a 2019 head. Read the whole review.
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Callgrim Returns! Grimpool Is Here
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: New Callgrim? Meet Grimpool!
He's up right now, and he's $20.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: T.N.K. III, Galactic Defense Squadron, Bouncy Bob 2, and several dozen others.
At retail: Pokemon Sword/Shield and Garfield Kart: Furious Racing and some more.
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The Egg! The Egg! The Egg!
November 18, 2019 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Grails, The Mandalorian, and Completism! 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!
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Five Below Warms to Ten Below
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  Via Five Below: We owe you an explanation.
The chain finally expanded into more states this year, and it was a travel destination when I went to cities that had them - it's a mix of low-cost items, closeouts, and generally unwanted goodies. Hasbro dumps stuff there, as does Mattel - and they're adding a $6-$10 arena. Not coincidentally, market conditions connected to manufacturing in China have been resulting in conversations in lots of price increases, this is the first time we're seeing a store mention it as a focus.
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment as soon as it's ready, which can be as early as 26:01 AM my time on Monday!
Become a Patron!
If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
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Pocky + Capcom = Sensible
November 19, 2019 |
Review: The Coop Handmade by Robots Ghostbusters Slimer
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 Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Not plush! The The Coop Handmade by Robots Ghostbusters Slimer may be not be a plush, but the vinyl figure looks like a knit plush. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Retronauts Interviews Limited Run Games on Retro Cartridges
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 Via Retronauts: A look into Limited Run's retro revival projects in Episode 259. If you've been wondering what their deal is reissuing old NES Star Wars games, as I have, Jeremy Parish talks to them and finds out.
One of the great things - especially for you toy collectors - is that they talk about the reality of paying for nice packaging. Specifically, that boxes aren't free and that they (and then, you) have to pay for packaging on your collector products. Now where is my GameBoy Color Shantae reissue?
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Howie Mandel's Sleazy Brother
November 22, 2019 |
Star Wars Review: R4 Astromech (Color-Changing Droids, Droid Factory, Galaxy's Edge)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R4 Astromech (Color-Changing Droids, Droid Factory, Galaxy's Edge). The color change is, to say the least, remarkable - check this one out. Read the whole review.
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Lanard Toys Gets Alien License
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  Via Toyark: Lanard Toys Producing 4-Inch Scale Aliens Figures. Mostly famous for its plays-with-Hasbro lines including The Corps and countless ponies, Lanard has made a name for itself with Kong: Skull Island, Rampage, Jumanji... and now Alien toys. More Kenner than kenner, the aliens are red and yellow, with strange space marines and space bikes. These may be the most 1990s things you'll see all week.
There's also a massive purple Alien Queen set at a UK toy shop.
No word yet on a US release, but Lanard toys are typically exclusive to Walmart as of late. Of course, we'll pick up a pack for review on sight. Lanard has been doing a surprisingly good job slowly getting the licenses and kind of toys you would expect out of Kenner in the 1980s and 1990s, so it would seem they are the company to watch these days. Lanard's toys are significantly cheaper in every sense of the word, but given the need of kids with toys, that may be a benefit.
For those going "ha ha Disney," it's worth noting action figure lines take 12-18 months from conception to market - with approvals at an early stage to green light the products. These were most likely approved last year under Fox, not the new Mouse era.
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New Super Mario Land for Super NES (Fan Game)
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 Via the Internet Archive and elsewhere until Nintendo C&Ds it: New Super Mario Land - SNES Homebrew.
The ROM plays like a somewhat floaty port of Super Mario Land, the 1989 GameBoy game. For its 30th anniversary, a group of fans gave it a makeover that can be played on any hardware you have that can run a Super NES ROM - like a computer, a smart device, and possibly certain specially enhanced Super NES clones. I played through it last night, and it's annoyingly slippery in spots but generally pretty nice. It looks a bit like Donkey Kong Country in spots. Give it a whirl, but be aware you may find glitchy floors suddenly no longer supporting your weight, mushrooms not moving, or blocks magically vanishing.
If you were seeing this in an EGM from 1993 you'd be losing your mind right now. I'd suggest enjoying it but tempering your expectations - I look forward to seeing what version 2.0 might look like. Also remember that this is a fan game, which means someone is going to bootleg it on Etsy by Christmas.
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March of the Dribcots
November 25, 2019 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Packaging Rumors and Bases are Basic! 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!
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New from Nonnef - Nightbird Ninja Gear
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  Via Nonnef Productions: Nightbird Set : Siege! Some adapters join nunchucks and other ninja weapons to augment this year's collector figure. And it's eight bucks, which isn't bad.
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Kickstarter Macro Figures - Diener Space Creatures XL
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  Via Kickstarter: Diener Space Creatures XL, licensed upsized collector figures based on 1980s rubbery eraser figures that briefly showed up in Happy Meals. Many are based on vintage sci-fi movie creatures, like the Winged Amphibian Creature. It's 8 3/4-inches tall and about $80.
These are from Last Resort Toys, who made - and just last week, delivered - the Run-A-Mucks keshi-ish figures.
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Ad: Big Savings All Week at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Why Wait for Black Friday? Save Now! Don't wait for that fourth Friday in November - take advantage of the best Early Bird 2019 deals right now. Check out all the very cool stuff below at the equally cool prices!
       
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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Become a Patron!
If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
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RIP MST, PDQ
November 27, 2019 |
Star Wars Review: Luke Skywalker (Yavin, The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Luke Skywalker (Yavin, The Vintage Collection). It's a Walmart exclusive. Read the whole review.
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They Might Be Giants' First Album Gets Vinyl Reissue
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  Via They May Be Giants: First Album Re-Issue Vinyl + Download.
There hasn't been a new vinyl pressing of this album anywhere in the world for at least 22 years, so more recent fans of They Must Be Giants should want to get this one either directly from the band (15% off this weekend) or through local record shops or other retail behemoths. We suggest going direct or to your local record shop.
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Ad: Iron Studios Jurassic Park Figures at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: New and exclusive, the Iron Studios Jurassic Park Figures are up for grabs! These are coming in 2020, but pre-orders are open today!
  
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Geoffrey's Revenge
November 28, 2019 |
Review: Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Siege Phantomstrike Squadron Skywarp, Shrute, Fracas, and Terror-Daxtyl Action Figures
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 Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Still dwelling! The Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Siege Phantomstrike Squadron Skywarp, Shrute, Fracas, and Terror-Daxtyl Action Figures is an Amazon exclusive you can probably still get. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Toys R Us Reopens in Paramus, NJ Mall
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  Via the NJ.com: Toys 'R' Us reopens in N.J. Here's a first look inside the Paramus store.. There are plenty of LEGO sets but no pictures of Hot Wheels, Barbie, or any action figures - this may have something to do with this being a new store, and existing distribution deals are no longer in place with the previous regime.
If you're there, let us know what you find.
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May Your Discounts Be Free of Injury
November 29, 2019 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Vader (The Retro Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (The Retro Collection). It's a remake, with a few minor tweaks. Read the whole review.
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Ad: Black Friday Deals at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: It's time for the Black Friday Sale - Up to 80% Off! 70 items were on sale and some are already gone - check out the awesome figures and toys still available!
Highlights include items from Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, Jurassic World, Rick and Morty, and others - while supplies last.
Hurry - many items are gone forever and others are selling fast!
      
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