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June 1, 2021 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Spoilers Inside Action Figure Set (Nemesis Prime)
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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 mystery! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Spoilers Inside Action Figure Set (Nemesis Prime) seems to be the best of the $60 blind box toys to date. You probably want this one. He has a lot of extra gear and was sold at Walmart, Entertainment Earth, and Big Bad Toy Store - and is coming to Japan in a non-mystery box. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Star Wars Review: R5-Series Astromech Droid White with Red Panels (2015 Edition)
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  Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R5-Series Astromech Droid White with Red Panels (2015 Edition). Since they had the body, they repainted it, and we got some pretty nifty variations on the old Bounty Hunter droid. Mine has CZ arms, which look neat since one of the shoulders is painted a slightly different color. These things sometimes look like they were assembled by Jawas. Read the whole review.
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The Wait Isn't Over
June 2, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: Moff Gideon (The Retro Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Moff Gideon (The Retro Collection). The Darksaber is the old Bespin/Jedi Luke lightsaber, but in black. The blaster pistol is new. The vinyl cape is retro, and on this particular figure seems like a good stylistic choice despite the vinyl capes being phased out of new characters by 1982. Read the whole review.
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Ad: Classic Star Wars and Transformers Returning at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: Get Old Hasbro Transformers and Star Wars at Entertainment Earth! This week: Refraktor is back and joined by Captain Rex and the Allicon!
  
Order yours now! They are expected later this fall.
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Round Two, Fight!
June 4, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: B-R72 (Droid Depot Line Look)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: B-R72 (Droid Depot Line Look). It's part of a big droid boxed set being sold at Disney theme parks (or eBay) right now. If you can find it, and squint, maybe you'll see it as a DHL mascot. I like it. Read the whole review.
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NES Newness: Demakes and Indies
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  Via Parisoft: Street Fighter II - Nostalgic Edition Demo. Right now it's only playable as Ryu, but it is impressive in OpenEMU. There are voice clips and pretty good animations - I hope they build it out some more. Parisoft also made an excellent full game of Berzerk for NES. Parisoft does work that can, as an understatement, be described as genuinely impressive.
The fireball timing is tricky, I had an easier time pulling it off on a keyboard than my NES Advantage. Go figure. It's a free demo.
You can also grab Mine Mayhem, another free/pay what you want indie NES game.
good_tune's RC2 Rally is coming to NES by of Neodolphino Productions. It's a 1-player racing game and there's a special offer card inside last weekend's release of Gold Guardian Gun Girl, which is hitting mailboxes now. There are no known plans for selling it any other way, but an additional run of GGGG is on the way.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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  This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Skellboy Refractured, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt, and over a dozen more.
At retail: DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power and more.
Also Nintendo seems to be building a museum. I want to see it.
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Kid with Hat
June 7, 2021 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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 Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Distribution, Figure Formats, Retail Nightmares! 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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NESert Golfing: Now for Famicom Disk System
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  Via the makers of Lizard: NESert Golfing for Famicom Disk System! You can get the files for it - or NES/Famicom - at this link. It's free.
Inspired by Desert Golfing, it's a fun little putting game. I played it a bit and it's fun, from a 1980s Mac or PC shareware kind of a way. Quite possibly the perfect companion for when you're on a phone meeting. You should download it, it's 32kB for the cartridge version and twice that for FDS. I don't know the difference.
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RIP Ned Beatty
June 14, 2021 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Exclusives, Card Shortages, and More Exclusives! 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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Mattel Theme Park Coming to Glendale, AZ
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  Via Kerry: Glendale getting Mattel theme park with Hot Wheels, Thomas attractions! Glendale is in west Phoenix, basically. McFarlane Toys used to have a store out there, there's a hockey arena out there, between the Arrowhead and Desert Sky Malls. This is how I tell directions.
They say: "The adventure park will feature a Hot Wheels roller coaster, go-kart experiences, an indoor Thomas section and a full-size passenger train based on the popular childrenÕs character." There was no mention of Barbie or Mega Bloks, or Monster High, or their other variously popular brands.
It's a curious location, but not unheard-of in terms of randomness. LEGOland's placement in Carlsbad, CA makes about as much sense, but if there are Hot Wheels fans wanting something to do after the Barret-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale (that's the east side of town), this would make some degree of sense. The real question I have is this - does it come with a Mattel company store? I don't get to go to El Segundo as much as I would like these days.
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Robo Force Leaving ToyFinity for Nacelle
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  Via Deadline: Nacelle Company Acquires Robo Force From Toyfinity; Plans New TV Series, Toys, Merchandise. Jon Kent of ToyFinity previously made a great line-up of Glyos-compatible figures for the brand.
What's particularly notable is that the announcement is for something of an obscure franchise with minimal fiction or fanfare, while also highlighting the existing rights holder. So get that ToyFinity stuff while you can.
Nacelle made some toy shows on Netflix, so presumably you'll be seeing some streaming robot cartoons soon. But what about Mordles?
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Imaginext DC Slammers Series 2
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  Via MyGrodd: Imaginext DC Slammers Series 2! Superman, Supergirl, Batman, and such aren't too surprising - but there's also a glow-in-the-dark Bane and a pretty cool Poison Ivy in there too.
I have no idea when these are coming out, but you can bet you'll be reading about Glow Bane as soon as I can find one.
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NES Street Fighter II Patreon Project
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 Via Parisoft: Physical Cartridge in Box + Digital copy of [Parisoft's] latest Game. Currently, that game is SFII NE.
They need 100 Patrons to do it, and they've got 5. (And I'm probably going to do it.) $80 gets you the game shipped to the USA, complete with box and manual. Is it worth it? It's a weird art project. So probably.
While Parisoft has yet to release a cartridge, they made a great Berzerk port for NES (worth the $2.) They also are working with Broke Studio for an NES port of the pretty neat L'Abbaye des Mortis, which I had not heard of but has been ported to a bunch of consoles. The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port (also a cheap/free ROM) lets you cycle between multiple skins of the game, and it's pretty neat.
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Ad: New Eternian Guard MOTU Origins Figure at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get the New Masters of the Universe Origins Eternian Palace Guard Figure at Entertainment Earth! This week: two heads are better than one!
Order yours now!
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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 - 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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Batman's The Best at Everything
June 15, 2021 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Authentics Bravo Autobot Grimlock 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!
Cheap, if you can find him! The Hasbro Transformers Authentics Bravo Autobot Grimlock Action Figure isn't huge, but it's nice. It's pretty amazing for $5 or so, but it's by no means the best Grimlock you can buy right now. It's not bad though. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Star Wars Review: Jawa (Kenner, The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jawa (Kenner, The Black Series 6-Inch). It's still in stock on Amazon for $20, and I would argue it's very much worth it. Sure, it lacks one of the blasters from the previous release, but those cloth robes are super cool. Read the whole review.
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Finally Coming to US TurboGrafx-CD
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  Via Limited Run Games: Castlevania Rondo of Blood is getting a physical retro rerelease on Turbo Duo! Follow http://limitedrungames.com for more details to come. #LRG3. That's kind of shocking - it's a good game and something of a lost-to-the-US masterpiece. An English-language dub does exist (as do hacks) but there was never a US release of the Turbo Duo CD. Of course, most of us never got a working Turbo Duo, so hopefully the Analogue Duo is coming pretty soon.
There's no info on if it's English (or German, or Japanese, or a mix) yet - but this is pretty exciting.
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Metroid Dread October 8
June 16, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: Greef Karga (The Retro Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Greef Karga (The Retro Collection). Vinyl capes are in this season, as are loops on holsters that can store blasters. But you probably can't find this in stores - so should you get yourself one? Yes. Read the whole review.
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Virtual Boy Minus VR Equals Real Boy
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  Via Shank Mods on YouTube: I Made a Handheld Virtual Boy (The Real Boy). With Virtual Boy guts, the Real Boy is basically a scratch-built way to play these games in your hands - or on TV via HDMI - and it's pretty spectacular.
It's a great concept, and it's never going to be a mass-produced item. But who doesn't want one?
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Save the day, baby
June 17, 2021 |
Review: Fisher-Price Imaginext 20th Anniversary Figures FP-636
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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!
Newish! The Fisher-Price Imaginext 20th Anniversary Figures FP-636 seems to be in short supply - I only saw it in grocery stores so far. It's not the same as the 2018 X-Ray Man - different head, different color, slightly different chest pattern, and a new accessory. Now I wish they just did an X-Ray Woman, but I'll take it. It's probably just different enough to make you mad, but it's so cheap I don't really see any reason to get upset. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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RIP John Paragon, "Jambi"
June 18, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: R1-J1 (Droid Depot Line Look)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R1-J1 (Droid Depot Line Look). It's like the Hasbro one from almost 20 years ago, but there are a ton of tiny differences to infuriate or delight you. Read the whole review.
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Ad: New Universal Monsters Figure Line at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get New Jada Universal Monsters Action Figures at Entertainment Earth! This week: Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, The Bride of Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon!
   
Order yours now! They are expected later this quarter.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: LEGO Builder's Journey, and over a dozen more.
At retail: Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX and more.
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Droids on Disney+
June 21, 2021 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Code Names, Marvel Big Figures, and Upscaling Things! 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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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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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 - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
If you want a piece of merchandise, we now have one! The 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter Collectible Enamel Pin is now available on Etsy. Money goes to me, after Etsy fees, shipping, and whatnot.
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The Big Detroit Sausage
June 22, 2021 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Quintesson Deseeus Army Drone 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!
In stores now! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Quintesson Deseeus Army Drone Action Figure is a black Ironhide repaint with a lot of scuffs - it looks excellent. Give him pink blast accessories for maximum awesomeness. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Star Wars Review: Greedo (Kenner, The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Greedo (Kenner, The Black Series 6-Inch). The Amazon exclusive seems to be sold through, but it's awesome if you're a fan of the old Kenner guys. A new one on a not-quite-right POTF2-style cardback is up on Hasbro Pulse right now, but in movie colors. Which is better? Amazon's, obviously. Read the whole review.
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Ad: New Playmobil at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get Playmobil Back to the Future Sets In Stock Now at Entertainment Earth! This week: Hill Valley 2015, Marty's Truck, and of course, the DeLorean!
  
Order yours now! They're in stock and in-stock orders over $49 ship free. Also be sure to check out other upcoming items from Playmobil!
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The Tiger of the Air
June 23, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Maul (Sith Apprentice, The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Maul (Sith Apprentice, The Black Series 6-Inch). It's a retool, and a pretty good one with a decent body upgrade and nice deco. Not bad for a modified 2013 release! Read the whole review.
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Hasbro Pulse Gets Transformers Shattered Glass Goldbug
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  Via Hasbro Pulse: Transformers Generations Shattered Glass Collection Autobot Goldbug & IDWÕs Shattered GlassÑ Goldbug (Exclusive Hasbro Pulse Variant Cover). It's an update of the BotCon exclusive, which is quite excellent - except the colors are a little more like Megatronia's limbs (Trickdiamond comes to mind) and he has a new head sculpt. The body is the same as Cliffjumper/Bumper/Bugbite, with the multi-part bazooka. It seems to work better here, and I think the coloring here is surprisingly excellent.
Sadly, he is $30. Is this fair? Somewhat. The $20 deluxe class toys are going up to $23 this summer. There's an exclusive comic book, which is probably about $4 (or possibly $5?) of the cost. So that's $27 - Pulse has been charging a smidgen more for its exclusives lately, so it's up to you if it's worth the upcharge - and shipping charges. I ordered one.
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Where People Buy the Most CDs: Phoenix, AZ
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  Via the Phoenix New Times: No City in the World Buys More CDs Than Phoenix, Allegedly. If you buy records or used video games or other forms of media - especially if you visit a lot of these kinds of shops - this may not be a huge surprise.
Locals having shopped at Half-Price Books, Zia Records, Stinkweeds, Bookmans, or any of a number of other shops know you can buy nearly anything collectible here without too much of a fuss.
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A Tragic Mess
June 24, 2021 |
Review: Onell Design Sincroborg Buildriun
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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!
The new Onell Design mold! The Onell Design Sincroborg Buildriun has multiple heads, tons of accessories, a flip-up visor, and can be reconfigured. And there's a vest. It's got everything. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!
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Ad: New Star Trek Playmobil at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get New Playmobil Star Trek and More Pop Culture at Entertainment Earth! This week: Playmobil 70548 Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Playset - Free Shipping in the USA!
Order yours now and get ready for Spocktober! It's due in a few months and you get Tribbles, Tiberious, Stands, Scotty, Spock, and so much more great stuff.
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Welcome, Monsoons
June 28, 2021 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A: Star Wars Exclusives, More Exclusives, and Costs! 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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Robo Force: Final Wave Pre-Orders for Glyos Fans
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 Via The Glyos News Dump: Robo Force: The Final Nazgar and Maxx Zero Glyos Drop - Plus Blanks! You've got three weeks!
Maxx Zero, Nazgar, and some blanks are up for grabs for a limited time - so three weeks, or until supplies are exhausted. Get yours while you still can!
--AP
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Glyos Pays Tribute to the Hydro Viper
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  Via The Glyos News Dump: ROMA Collectibles Reveals the Sea Demon. It's $21, and it's basically the old Cobra Hydro Viper!
It's nifty and probably the only Hydro Viper-inspired toy you'll see this year - so why not take a look?
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Ad: New Funko Pop! Exclusive Stitch at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get the New
Lilo & Stitch Stitch with Ukulele Diamond Glitter Pop! Vinyl Figure - Entertainment Earth Exclusive! It's coming in just a couple of months!
Order yours now!
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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 - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!
If you want a piece of merchandise, we now have one! The 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter Collectible Enamel Pin is now available on Etsy. Money goes to me, after Etsy fees, shipping, and whatnot.
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New New Power Rangers
June 30, 2021 |
Star Wars Review: Carnor Jax (Kir Kanos, The Black Series 6-Inch)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Carnor Jax (Kir Kanos, The Black Series 6-Inch). The box copy is for Carnor Jax, but the figure and image are clearly Kir Kanos, which is clearly the Emperor's Royal Guard with a new cape and a new staff. Good enough? Maybe. Read the whole review.
--AP
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Ad: Pre-Order Super7's New Power Rangers at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Get the New Super7 Ultimates! Power Rangers Action Figures - order now, they're coming in 2022!
    
Green Ranger, Yellow Ranger, Red Dinozord, Putty Patrol, and Goldar! Each is loaded with alternate heads, hands, and other gear - be sure to check them out.
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