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Convention Survival Season
March 2, 2020 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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  Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Three Is the Magic Number with Star Wars! 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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Analogue Nt mini Noir - New/Reissued NES Fancy Clone
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  Via Analogue: Analogue Nt mini Noir. It's $499, and comes with a wireless controller to play all your NES and Famicom cartridges in a newly retooled slot.
With $20ish shipping, it's already pretty expensive - but the last runs of this console command huge sums on eBay, perhaps in part due to the infamous, encompassing firmware that's compatible with multiple consoles. I've got the RetroUSB AVS and am quite happy with it, but the S-Video and RCA jacks on the back of the Nt mini are very tempting.
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RIP James Lipton
March 3, 2020 |
Review: Onell Design x Cappy Space C-Ps&Qs Action 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!
Droidy! The Onell Design x Cappy Space C-Ps&Qs Action Figure is a nifty nod to a galaxy far, far away and comes complete with some really good alternate heads. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Playmobil Pro - Now Available
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  Via Playmobil: Playmobil Pro. Set availability varies by region (only one set is in the USA) and these are meant for corporate and professional situations. Also it's very expensive. The box is loaded with unique plain white figures as well as a number of accessories and more animals than I've ever seen in one place along with a handy storage case. It's not priced for kids and arguably not for collectors, either.
A User Guide shows you everything in the box. And we hope you have a boss you can talk into buying one of these.
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Disco Renewed for Season 5
March 4, 2020 |
Star Wars Review: Sith Jet Trooper (The Vintage Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Sith Jet Trooper (The Vintage Collection). It's one of very few The Rise of Skywalker figures, and it's probably long gone from your local stores. Read the whole review.
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Kickstarter - Flea: A new NES game
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 Via Kickstarter: Flea: A new NES game. There sure are a lot lately!
The flea can't stop jumping and has to collect blood while playing through dozens of stages. It looks pretty good - it's estimated to be released around December 2020.
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More Donny Benet Coming
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  Via The Don: Mr Experience coming in May from Donny Benet.
You probably don't know this Australian musician, but he's been putting out records for a couple of years and everything is alarmingly the most 1980s thing you'll ever hear.
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RIP David Wise, Animation Writer
March 5, 2020 |
Review: Lanard Alien Collection Xenomorph Runner, Planetary Rover Bike, and Weyland Commando Action Figure Set
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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!
A mini bike? Weyland-Yutani makes it all. This Lanard Alien Collection Xenomorph Runner, Planetary Rover Bike, and Weyland Commando Action Figure Set is ten bucks for an alien, a human, and a tiny vehicle - it's well worth it. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Toy Pizza - Organ Grinder
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Toy Pizza Vekpire Drop. See what's left if it hasn't sold out yet!
The Vekpire is ready to suck your blood, while the Creature Capsule V1 is a surprisingly cheap $10 and has a gut insert.
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Nintendo Slashing Mario Prices for MAR 10
March 9, 2020 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Reissues, and Other Stuff to Bring You Down! 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!
--AP
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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 12:01 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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RIP Max von Sydow
March 10, 2020 |
Review: Toy Pizza Zoner Capsule Silver Vehicle Mode
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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!
Droidy! The Toy Pizza Zoner Capsule Silver Vehicle Mode is slick twofer, as it's sort of a case and it's sort of a vehicle. It's worth picking up. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
--AP
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Disney+ Pre-Cancels Tron Show
March 11, 2020 |
Star Wars Review: R5-2JE (Droid Factory Line Look)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R5-2JE (Droid Factory Line Look). It's one of very few The Rise of Skywalker figures, and a droid, so you know it'll be fun. Read the whole review.
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PS4: PSN Updates
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  New to the Playstation 4 this week: Super Destronaut: Land Wars, Langrisser I & II, and Hidden Through Time.
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Well, Let's Think about 2021
March 12, 2020 |
Review: Onell Design Lost Sincrodrone Beta Action 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!
A block bot. This Onell Design Lost Sincrodrone Beta Action Figure reminded me of a classic Adventure People figure, so I had to buy it - and it did not disappoint. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Coronavirus vs. Pop Culture
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 > This is less for you today than it is for me when I read this in the future, but lots of things are being canceled. We're hearing gatherings near Seattle of 250 or more people are stopping due to Coronavirus, COVID-19. We're already dealing with fallout from China over their ongoing situation, but we're also seeing the NBA cancel games, while New York's talk show circuit and the NCAA March Madness will go without an audience - and so will the Democratic Debate this weekend. Reports of food, water, and hygiene-related paper products in short supply vary from city to city, and schools may or may not be closed. Coachella is off, and so are countless other events like E3, Anime Japan, and Emerald City Comic Con. And a number of smaller conventions for games.
There's no real point to this beyond saying that online communities will no doubt be more important this year as we have "virtual" con events - like Funko is doing with ECCC - and we keep in touch over Xbox Live or whatever the hip messenger the kids are using these days is. Some exclusives may be sold online, or delayed, or held for future events - whenever those events may take place. So support your favorite small to medium businesses, pick up new stuff as you can, and maybe pick up some old stuff too if you can swing it.
So many things are on deck this year that we haven't heard about being canceled (yet) - Anime Expo, San Diego Comic-Con International, Star Trek Las Vegas, Star Wars Celebration, and New York Comic Con come to mind. Keep your calendars open, be sure to check your travel cancellation policies, and stay safe as we all keep doing what we're doing and hopefully have plenty to write about while we contemplate being stuck at home for a few weeks.
It's still plenty interesting out and about - Ross, TJ Maxx, and Five Below all have a bunch of discounted Jurassic World stuff. New deliveries continue to happen all the time. (I'm not seeing any clearance Pixar Kleenex this year, but such is life.)
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Fast & Furious 9 Delayed until 2021, Disneyland Closing, March Madness and TFCon Canceled, Mulan and WonderCon Postponed
March 13, 2020 |
Star Wars Review: Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (The Black Series 6-Inch). But he's got a new hat! Read the whole review.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Rack N Ruin, Knight Swap, A Street CatÕs Tale, and a couple dozen more.
At retail: My Hero OneÕs Justice 2 and La-Mulana and some more.
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LEGO Super Mario Is a Toy... and a Game
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 Via LEGO: It's (almost) LEGO Super Mario time! A Mario figure with some screens in him hops around game areas you build. The designs are a hybrid of Nintendo and LEGO, seeming like they're doing neither any favors.
I bet this will be a hit when the products hit in late 2020, but it reminds me just how much I love regular LEGO sets and Mario games. The combination isn't for me, but I'm old - I've got my old man toys still.
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Record Store Day Postponed - June 20
March 16, 2020 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Playsets and Vehicles and Toddlers! 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!
--AP
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Siege Omega Supreme Upgrade - More Tracks from Nonnef
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  Via Nonnef: Omega Supreme Tracks (backordered). It's $34.99, and greatly expands the size of Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Omega Supreme's tracks.
The full set is lighter than the regular tracks, but you get quite a few pieces - I'm not sure if it's enough to trick out both sides of the base, but it might be. Connectors, support pillars, adapters for Siege toys, and more are included - it seems like a lot of plastic for the price.
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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Black Widow Delayed Too
March 18, 2020 |
Star Wars Review: BB-8 (Galaxy of Adventures 5-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: BB-8 (Galaxy of Adventures 5-Inch). It's a pretty good figure in a pretty good set that was cleared out from stores rather quickly. Read the whole review.
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Toy Pizza - Green Scenes
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 Via the Glyos News Dump: Toy Pizza's Green Forrest Drop. See what's left if it hasn't sold out yet!
The green figures did pretty well and most of it was gone in short order - but hey, maybe you'll luck out.
--AP
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PS4: PSN Updates
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 New to the Playstation 4 this week: Doom 64, Doom Eternal, and Red Death.
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We'll Miss You, Mark
March 19, 2020 |
Review: Kenner Aliens Wild Boar Alien Action 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!
A razor. This Kenner Aliens Wild Boar Alien Action Figure is a classic, and kind of cheap too. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Diners - New Record Next Month
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  Via Lauren Records: Diners - Leisure World. I saw them open for AJJ and they put on a good show - a CD/LP/Digital release is coming April 24, supposedly, we're all hoping.
Pre-orders are up now.
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Coasting on Potential
March 20, 2020 |
Star Wars Review: R6-LE5 (Droid Factory Line Look)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R6-LE5 (Droid Factory Line Look). It's blue! Read the whole review.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Exit the Gungeon, Doom 64, Arcade Archives FORMATION Z, and a couple dozen more.
At retail: Animal Crossing: New Horizons and some more.
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RIP Kenny Rogers
March 23, 2020 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Shortages, Troopers, Micro Toys, and Vehicles! 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!
--AP
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Free Fun ICYMI: NES Böbl ROM from Micro Mages Devs
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 Via NesDev: Böbl from Morphcat Games. It's a platform game (or maybe even Metroidvania) where you're a bubble, and you have to stay in the water. It's short and weird - if you loved those Bit Generations games, you need to download this for free right now. In theory you can probably beat it in a short while as there's no "game over." What else are you doing that's so interesting? The world is grounded. Have some fun.
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New Glyos Raider Available
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  Via the Glyos News Dump: Healey Made Raider (Commander) Available Now for $25. It's pretty great! It's a 3 3/4-inch scale figure, more or less in the old Kenner style, allegedly sculpted by a mystery Kenner sculptor of old.
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Adios, Picard
March 26, 2020 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Voyager Starscream Action 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!
A bad bot. This Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Voyager Starscream Action Figure is basically a bigger, improved Classics Starscream - minus the rockets that launch. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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COVID Movie Delays
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  Via CNET: Coronavirus movie delays: The blockbusters postponed by health fears. It's a big list of productions that almost came out and aren't even done shooting yet.
It's by no means complete - Bill & Ted Face the Music isn't here, anyway - and that was set for August. Speculation in Ye Olde Toy Biz seems to assume big gatherings are unlikely until later this year, so it's a safe bet theatrical movie releases could be put off until late summer or even the holidays. It's possible toy releases will also be postponed, with movies and manufacturing delays (and mass retail) giving everybody a reason to postpone a lot of stuff.
--AP
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GameStop Closing 300 Stores
March 30, 2020 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Vehicle Reissues, Episode 9 Toys, and That Line You Skipped! 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!
--AP
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ICYMI: MSX/NES Life Force LP
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  Via Debug Records: Life Force (Salamander Green) is coming on vinyl, and yes I ordered it. It's $27.
Other colors were also produced. Ship to Shore Media has gorgeous splatter and also clear vinyl. I regret not buying splatter.
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5 More Weeks of Winter
March 31, 2020 |
Review: Onell Design Glyos Phaseon Renegade Hybrid Caliber
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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!
Caped! The Onell Design Glyos Phaseon Renegade Hybrid Caliber is a gem, and you should totally get one if it ever comes up for sale again. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
--AP
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Movies Delayed - New Ghostbusters and Morbius, Now 2021
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  Via Deadline: Sony Postpones Release Dates For 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', 'Morbius' And More Due To Coronavirus. To save you a click, Ghostbusters and Morbius are both pushed to May 2021.
With toys and other things planned for these movies, it could be possible things will show up in stores very soon - street dates were already in flux for some items, and it's possible this could be like G.I. Joe Retaliation where toys showed up, were pulled or went on clearance, and came back later around the time of the theatrical release.
What's interesting to note, for those keeping track, is how far out things are being pushed. These movies were both originally set for July 2021. In the last week we've seen the Olympics postponed until next year, the Detroit Auto Show cancelled, and a number of other things moved or pushed back. Some studios have new movies delayed until August but it's not unthinkable that they could be delayed a second time.
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Spoiled: Ultra Magnus Spoiler pack
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 Via Facebook/Robot Kingdom: Netflix Transformers War for Cybertron Spoiler Pack Ultra Magnus revealed! The spoiler is that it's Ultra Magnus, and it looks like the Ultra Magnus you may have purchased last year.
It has different damage deco and some pretty good paint applications as well as a bright pink Rung, some energon cubes, and some Play-Doh.
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