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Retooled! The Takara-Tomy Transformers Generations Selects Voyager Turtler (Snaptrap) Action Figure is what happens when Silverbolt inspires Hungrrr and there's a creature mold to use for engineering now. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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A limited edition cartridge is being sold for $70 but no details are present - literally no text of any kind appears on the store other than the name of the product. There's no way to know if it's in-stock or a pre-order, or if it's CIB or just a cartridge, or what at press time.

If you don't know why you should care, NES fiend John Riggs put together a video that explains it all a bit better.

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Kotaku had more details - it's launching in Japan on June 10, it's $45, it comes in 4 colors, and there's no word on if it has a TV out or how many games come on it.

For those of you who are also old, it may remind you of the Atari Lynx' out of scale debut on the cover of Video Games & Computer Entertainment in 1989. I believe I have this issue in a box still.

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Bendy, no ink machine. Hasbro Spider-Man Bend and Flex Spider-Man Action Figure is the kid-focused line you probably ignored, but man, it's pretty good. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Each one has at least one puzzle game, with many having one (or more) adventure/action RPG-style games. Some even have Sonic, from before it got weird. It's all in Japanese for now, so pick your purchases carefully - hopefully we'll see something for the US, but there's no visible TV out and these teeny tiny consoles, while cute, are probably not going to be a ton of fun with your old, failing eyes.

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The closing sales begin June 12. It's a shame, as it's one of few places in malls that still had toys - I met their toy buyer on a few business trips over the last few years.

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Again, that's advertising - the sets are still available. Kotaku has some additional details.

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At retail: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, The Outer Worlds, and tons more.

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It is unknown if this will have a US release. The Queen now has electronic hissing sounds, the human scientist may be different, and the dogburster seems to be orange this time. The egg, facehugger, and green warrior seem the same as previous releases. It's also significantly more expensive than previous sets - in the UK the Queen was £25 with the smaller sets at about £13-£16. This is effectively a Ä40ish worth of stuff, plus or minus a couple of bucks, when compared to other sets. If it comes to the USA I would gamble it's $35.

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Unique! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Scrapface Action Figure has special painted elements which appear to be different on every sample. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The $200 cartridge can play ROMs from your homebrews and modern-era releases (and others), but also can play Sega CD and NES games thanks to its FPGA. If you already have a Mega Sg, you can play Genesis and Sega Master System files from an SD card - but the Sega CD functionality is in precious few devices like the MegaSD which is slightly more expensive.

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Armorvors, Glyans, and more await you - expect previews on the Onell Design blog on Sunday at some point.

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Free with food! Sonic Drive-In Kidrobot Dunny Strawberry, Lime, and Red Button Action Figures is what happens when designer toys succeed and go mass market - and they're pretty good too. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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It's all of Fun House from the only known surviving live show of that era of the band. It's possible your dad or grandfather was very into this band.

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Killer Moth? Bronze Tiger? It's been a while since the last batch, so all of these are pretty exciting additions. Still no word on non-branded series 13, but at least the lines are still going despite declining shelf space.

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I liked series 1! Estimated delivery is December.

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Repaints done right! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Decepticon Mirage Action Figure may well be Hasbro's most ornate figure this year with tons of scuffs, oil, and other signs of wear and tear. I hope you found one! So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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"Thank you for your patience as we get ready to ship Jay & Silent Bob: Mall Brawl. We know it has been a while, so we wanted to write a general update.

"As some of you may know, the NES carts were hit with production delays that initially extended our general 2-4 month ETA. Shortly after, the world shut down in response to COVID-19. We're happy to say that the NES carts have been produced and are en route to our office via boat from China!

"Our final shipping estimate is July this year. To make up for the long wait, we will be providing Steam keys at no additional cost. Please keep an eye on your inbox for this key, and (quite soon) tracking information from us!"

The Switch version came out a few weeks ago, so if you pre-ordered the cartridge you're probably going to be last. And you paid more. But you got an NES game, in theory, coming. Reviews are middling but it's also meant to be a throwback to the likes of Double Dragon.

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NEW! This Playmobil Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine Vehicle with Figures is based on a movie that people loved in the 1980s, about the 1950s, but now somehow also works as a nostalgia piece of the 1980s. And has just been made as a preschool toy. Why? No idea - but it's awesome and you should track one down. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Also don't forget Friday night's Warlords of Wor drop at 9:00 PM Eastern.

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At retail: Burnout Paradise Remastered, Railway Empire: Nintendo Switch Edition, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Ð Rehydrated.

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It even has an orange tip on the gun! And it sold out in about an hour or two.

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It seems like it drew inspiration from the Zerg and dinosaurs, which is pretty much where I want my toys now.

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The cartoon is coming July 30! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Hound Action Figure is different, but you probably won't notice the changes without a side-by-side comparison. Thankfully, we have that. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Each new game appears to be smaller than Super Mario Bros. 3.

New game development for NES isn't rare, but it's uncommon from big game publishers. Konami and Majesco put out a plug-and-play game with some NES ports on its Nintendo-on-a-chip hardware in 2004. It also included all-new versions of Frogger, Scramble, and Time Pilot - which to my knowledge have never been dumped as ROMs or released outside this unit. Nintendo put out a special hack of Donkey Kong Original Edition as a Europe-only Wii pack-in thing in the UK with the missing NES Cement/Pie factory stage... which has been ripped. It's also on the 3DS as a digital-only Club Nintendo reward that we all missed.

For those of you just joining us, NES development has been slow but steady on Kickstarter and other portals. Games like Micro Mages and Nebs and Debs give you a great idea of where NES development can go within the confines of the original limitations of game hardware, showing just how much more you could've got out of the grey box had the Super NES and Genesis not ended its time in the monopolistic spotlight so soon. With slightly larger small publishers like Limited Run Games putting out Star Wars series titles as well as originals like Galf and Jay & Silent Bob's Mall Brawl, hopefully someone will do some more and be to 80s game kids what Rhino Records was to rock & roll.

If you want to go buy an NES ROM that you can do whatever you want with, might I recommend the cheap and fun Berzerk from Parisoft? It's a fan-made adaptation of Stern's arcade game complete with robot voices. It's neat - you might have it on an old console like Atari VCS or Vectrex. A cartridge doesn't exist so go get the $2 ROM.

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New colors, new head! Onell Design Armorvor Cerrek Commando Gorellux continues the rapid roll-out of new animal-themed heads for the marvelous Armorvor body. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Pre-orders start Friday for $19.99 a pop for Optimus and Megatron. They are due in September. If there are additional characters, they didn't say.

Figures like these have been whispered about for over a decade - and we've seen Japanese import figures do something like this for collectors. There's a question of how deep it can go, but there's a seemingly endless appetite for G1 Optimus Prime products and while Megatron is a bit slower, he's not unpopular. If I can find these first two, I'll pick them up to give them a try, and then hope they do some of the weirder comic designs in this format some day.

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At retail: Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia, Collar X Malice, and more.

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A crowdfunded campaign is promised later, but they're selling an early version of the ROM now for your emulators, Everdrives, Raspberry Pis, jailbroken FPGA systems, and so on. It's a shooter and it looks like it has some pretty weird boss monsters with elements that are consistent with your preconceived notions of Brazil's entertainment on television. I actually had no idea that was in there until after I wrote this story.

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Links as to where it will be held are to be shared - so more on that later.

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Repaints done right! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Autobot Chromia Action Figure has some added grey in with the blue! And you can probably find one at a store near you. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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I can't find a lot of information about it and I've not seen it before - but it's really fun and like Pac-Man Championship Edition, and coin-op games of old, lets you play for 2 or 5 minutes in a "time attack" mode before you're done. If your lives or the timer run out, that's it, you start over - which is kind of welcome if you've got other things to do today. I'd recommend giving it a shot. While nowhere near as deep as a Dragon Spirit or Life Force, it's a fun game that you can enjoy in a couple of minutes. Which, if you ask me, is perfectly fine now that NES games can be downloaded for free or a couple of bucks rather than having to buy them for $45 like in the 1990s.

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