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September 2, 2024 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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  Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Imaginext and Big Ship Run Sizes. 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! We now have one for next week.
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Unreleased Andy Prieboy Wall of Voodoo Rarities
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  Via Wall of Voodoo, presumably: The Lost Tapes Vol. 1 and 2. So far only available as digital - and apparently, these came out more than a year ago and I never heard about it - making this some "better late than never" stuff. Volume 2 just came out in March, and I suppose these might have been on a later album had they not broken up.
I haven't downloaded these yet (I'm just finding out about them as I write the update while listening to their Us Festival show) and there are a lot of songs on here I don't recognize from their releases. I hope a record might be in the works.
It's kind of amazing that things like this are still coming out, I just found the new-ish Tom Lehrer record in a store, got the Pulsars unreleased demos record a couple of weeks back, and am now starting to look up every band I ever liked to see if I missed something new from the last five years.
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New Demo for Game Boy Color Fallen Crown
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  Via Atavist Games: BRAND NEW DEMO [FOR FALLEN CROWN] AVAILABLE NOW!!! I got to play a few minutes of the .pocket file before punching up this story and it's got a lot of newness to it - the opening is a little different, there's a nice save screen sequence, and it just plain looks better. Sadly it came with bad news - the game is delayed to 2025. But 6 month delays for retro indie console games is par for the course.
Give this demo a shot - it's not every day you get a Metroidvania demo that involves you playing as an undead severed head, and it actually feels really good too. The demo download is free, and you probably have today off. And there are some bugs, but it's a demo.
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New Sega x Retro-Bit Joystick
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  Via Reddit/Retro-Bit/Gamescom: Retro-Bit Sega Saturn arcade stick shown at Gamescom 2024. While die-hards already do not like it for not being as authentically retro as possible, Retro-Bit says they're still tweaking the prototype and, depending on the price, it's pretty gorgeous. It has a dial that lets you connect to multiple systems, and most importantly, it seems pretty. I've had very good luck with all of Retro-Bit's licensed Sega controllers, all of which (so far) have been priced pretty fairly for a niche product.
Given it reportedly can do USB wired play as well as 2.4GHz wireless connectivity, it's going to have a lot of uses and may be one of those sticks that you can just use with anything. I've already got a few excellent sticks but if the price is right, I'll buy another one.
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Incase's Licensed Microsoft PC Catalog
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  Via Incase (and Seth): Incase to relaunch Microsoft¨ PC accessory portfolio in 2024. You probably heard about this elsewhere already. While not retro gaming, it's retro - and if you're anything like me, you may have very specific desires for a mouse or a keyboard and find much of what's available today leaving you wanting. (Me, I want the old USB Intellimouse Explorer back again, with red LED and silver finish, thank you.) There are ergonomic keyboards, unique mice, and, for some reason, Teams-integrated speakers and headsets that I can't pretend to are about.
You might see something here that pushes your gear buttons - there's nothing here I need, but I recognize the stuff as distinctive enough to say "hey, maybe you need the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard" if that means anything to you. Because if someone put out a better reissue of the old Macintosh Apple Extended Keyboard from the ADB era of Macs, yeah, I'd buy one. Right now I use a 1990s Microsoft regular Intellimouse I got off of eBay, because sealed box peripherals aren't that expensive.
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Failing to Fight Crime
September 3, 2024 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Authentics Bravo Megatron 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!
New! The Hasbro Transformers Authentics Bravo Megatron Action Figure is a cheap $5 figure that replaces an older model and just started hitting stores - joined by new versions of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Grimlock. So far I've only bought Megatron because the robot mode looked sufficiently different, and it's a pretty nice little toy for the money. Read on!
Yeah, I'm reposting old stuff. I'm allowed. I've written thousands of these.
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ICYMI: MOTU Origins Demo Man 9/25
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  Via Mattel Creations: Masters of the Universe Collectors Origins Core Demo Man. It is set at "$$" on September 25 at 9:00 AM Pacific, and it looks like it'll be a good one.
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Nintendo World Championships: Week 8
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  Via Nintendo: Competition #8 is on now in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It's a varied selection.
This week:
Don't Go Alone (The Legend of Zelda) - where you get a sword.
Taking Flight (Kirby's Adventure) - where you go over a wall and into a door.
Froggy Paddle (Super Mario Bros. 3) - in which you get to go through a level in the frog suit, and it's a tough one.
Balloon Bopper (Balloon Fight) - beat that first group of three guys quickly.
Ridley Riddance (Metroid) - in which you run to shoot Ridley, and it's also a tough one.
The Silver Division and Gold Division tournaments usually have some overlap, but this week two of the three games are shared. Both have Taking Flight and Froggy Paddle, with Silver including Balloon Bopper and Gold sporting Ridley Riddance. I'm finding the Gold version to be tough this week.
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RIP James Darren
September 4, 2024 |
Star Wars Review: RD-3 (Droid Factory)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: RD-3 (Droid Factory). This Disney Ahsoka droid has the foot cables - which are very unusual for Disney droids - with a slightly larger head on an old body that you probably don't remember actually seeing on the show. But the colors look nice. Read the whole review.
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Review: Mattel Hot Wheels Snack Time Series Dodge Sidewinder
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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!
Old! This Mattel Hot Wheels Snack Time Series Dodge Sidewinder was made before Mattel slapped real food brands on its cars on the regular, so this one is marketing something called "Tom & Jo's POP CORN Flaming Hot." Everything but POP CORN is painted incredibly small, so thank goodness we have macro lenses. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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New Music from Melt-Banana: 3+5
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 Via Melt-Banana: MELT-BANANA 8th Album "3 + 5"
OUT on August 23rd, 2024!!!. I missed the memo - it's out now and I didn't know as I was scouring record shops. Well, maybe next week. It's available on Amazon [paid affiliate link if you click and buy something] as well as your local record shop, maybe, if they're cool.
It looks like there are only a couple of versions so far - a CD, and silver LP, and that's it. Which strikes me as odd, most of the time you get a lot of variants.
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New Super NES Editor for Super Mario Bros. Port
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  Via RetroRGB and Infidelity: SMB1 NES to SNES + ÒMario MakerÓ lets you play the NES original on Super NES hardware, and edit it. The demo video is really cool, and you can grab it at Archive.org. Supposedly it does well on a ROM cart, I tried it on an emulator and found this early version good, but a smidgen choppy. Maybe it's the emulator.
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New Transformers Fan Poll with 13 Reasons To Participate
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  Via Hasbro: TRANSFORMERS 2024 HALL OF FAME VOTING. They're asking for your favorite toys of 2024 - many of which aren't out yet - but more interestingly, they're asking what your favorite is of the 13 primes - you know, Leige Maximo, Nexus Prime, and the like. Presumably they want us thinking about this, as most of them are generally pretty obscure as they weren't a major central focus in most generations of these toys. But odds are you know Alpha Trion, maybe Vector Prime, maybe Leige Maximo, and given how most stories go you don't even know that you know the Thirteenth Prime.
Give it a whirl - and note that there's a big list of exclusives too.
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Ad: Returning Hasbro Rarities at Entertainment Earth
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 Ad: Pre-order the hard-to-find Marvel Legends X-Men Professor X, Star Wars: The Black Series Clone Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi, Asajj Ventress, and more! Several hard-to-find figures are coming back and it's your chance to order them today - and depending on how much you order, they may qualify for free shipping, too!
      
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Time For More Planes
September 6, 2024 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Maul (Movie Version, Epic Hero Series)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Maul (Movie Version, Epic Hero Series). This one has a play feature - his lightsaber can be split in half, as have so many, so you can use it as one accessory or as two. The sculpt is very good, with an expressive face and some very pointy horns. Hasbro did such a good job n this mold that you can see why they wanted to repaint it for an exclusive, even if it's a weird fit - and this figure may be in a store near you right now, too. I'd recommend it. Read the whole review.
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Ad: New In Stock and Pre-Orders at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: Now in stock: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Power Morpher Premium Prop Replica, Masters of the Universe Origins Turtles of Grayskull Wave 4 Action Figure Case of 4, Star Wars The Black Series Rogue One Imperial Stormtrooper Electronic Voice-Changer Helmet Prop Replica, G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra Night Attack 4-WD Stinger 6-Inch Scale Vehicle with Driver Action Figure, and more.
The new-for-fall Inhumans Marvel Legends Series Crystal and Lockjaw Deluxe 6-Inch Action Figures is also up for pre-orders today.
If you missed them before, pre-orders are now open for Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Siege Commander Jetfire and the hard-to-find Star Wars The Black Series Clone Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi 6-inch Action Figure.
Shipping on all orders is now a flat $7.95, including pre-orders, so order a lot all at once. If your order is above $99, it qualifies for free shipping - pre-orders, too!
     
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Aero The Acro-Bat 2, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, Arcade Archives FINALIZER SUPER TRANSFORMATION, and over a dozen more.
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HasLab G.I. Joe Cobra Rattler Under 1,400 to Baroness Stretch Goal
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  Via Hasbro Pulse: Ending Monday, the Cobra Rattler crowdfund is almost at the final UNLOCK 3: G.I. JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES PILOT BARONESS 6-INCH-SCALE ACTION FIGURE stretch goal. I assume it will glide past the goal this weekend, if not by the time you read this. Since it ends Monday, you should probably make a decision on if you want this one or not pretty quickly.
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Happy 25th US Birthday Sega Dreamcast
September 9, 2024 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Acolyte Figures and Pilot Programs. 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! We now have one for next week.
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ICYMI: Chunklet Reissues ROYGBIV Man or Astro-Man BBC with Bonus
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 Via Chunklet and Man... or Astro-Man: ROYGBIV (Recordings From The BBC). Individual records came out previously, but these ones include a bonus 7", a bonus flexi, and a box. A limited version came out last month with a shirt and a pin, and are long gone - I missed the memo.
It's material you probably have heard if you followed the band, and all together it's only 76 minutes of material for $25 (digital), $50 (random colors), or $80 (matching colors with bonus discs.) I don't know what the fancy box cost when it went up in August. The song span their early career through the Made from Technetium/1000X era, so nothing from EEVIAC or beyond.
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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RIP James Earl Jones
September 10, 2024 |
Review: Hasbro Transformers Legacy United Multipack
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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!
New! The Hasbro Transformers Legacy United Multipack is a steal if you want these four figures - you might have a similar Tarn, but this one has a sword and Cyberverse-specific deco. It's joined by Tarantulas in prototype colors, Squeezeplay, and a Prime Cliffjumper, and the whole box is $80 at Target. For the price, it's really good. Read on!
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Nintendo World Championships: Week 9
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 Via Nintendo: Competition #9 is on now in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It's an Excitebike week, so good luck to us all.
This week:
Coin Collector (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Pitcher Perfect (Kid Icarus)
Heating Up (Excitebike)
Lost & Found (Donkey Kong)
Wheels Down (Kirby's Adventure)
Last week's batch was a real slog, mostly because getting a good time on some of these can be tough - alas, my Switch is not within reach right now so I'll look forward to these later.
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"Hello" to "Sandwich?" in 30 Seconds
September 11, 2024 |
Star Wars Review: Tusken Warrior (The Retro Collection)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Tusken Warrior (The Retro Collection). This figure never showed up at Target or Walmart, but started showing up at Ross in the last month for $3.99. It answers the question "what if the 1978 Sand People had cloth robes?" It's quite excellent, if you see it for four bucks, buy two or six. Read the whole review.
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Review: Mattel Hot Wheels Wastelanders 1/4 Mile Coupe
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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!
Old! This Mattel Hot Wheels Wastelanders 1/4 Mile Coupe looks like it's a hot rod that really wishes it had the Spider-Man license - but it doesn't. It looks good though, with metallic blue webbing and red windows. And it's basically worthless, so if you find one it won't cost you anything despite being from 2003. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Analogue Pocket GBC Colors Edition Tomorrow
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  Via Analogue: GBC Colors Editions. Color
matched and manufactured in
six GBC colors. These go up September 12 (tomorrow) for $249.99 each, along with restock of black and white units at regular price. If you have brought up retro games in my presence at work, I likely have recommended these to you, and will also recommend them to readers. It's a great device for the money, particularly the cheaper versions.
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Hasbro's PulseCon: Tomorrow
September 12, 2024 |
Review: Mattel He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection Webstor 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!
New! You might see Mattel He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Collection Webstor Action Figure in stores but I don't think I've seen one yet - mine came from the internet and it's very close to the "toy" release a couple of years ago. I assume you won't need both - this one is just cartoony enough that you'll probably want to get it, and his little Grimalkin statue. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!
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Keshi Corner Adds Mario Figure from Wrecking Crew 3D Scans
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  Via Keshi Corner on Archive.org: Mario (Wrecking Crew) - Keshi Gomu Rubber Figure 3D Scan. I was going to stop posting links to these, but I didn't even know someone made any Wrecking Crew keshi figures.
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Time For More Planes
September 13, 2024 |
Star Wars Review: Darth Maul (Deluxe, Cyborg, Epic Hero Series)
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 Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Maul (Deluxe, Cyborg, Epic Hero Series). This Walmart exclusive is an inexplicable $20, and is awesome as it is confounding on so many levels. They retooled the figure's robe skirt to be shorter, but merely painted on the belt buckley parts. There's a clip-on piece of chest armor and a cool spinning lightsaber blade swirl, but these accessories can't possibly justify the $12 upcharge over a basic figure. Having said that, it's so weird, and so funky, that I would highly recommend it on sale or if we find out the price was some sort of clerical error that will be fixed at some point. It's well-made, but so strange in where the budget went and considering Walmart has a figure 2-pack while Amazon has a figure 3-pack for the same price, it's a mystery for the ages. Read the whole review.
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Takara-Tomy Bringing New G1-Style Toys Back, Including Arcee
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 Via TFW2005 and some other sites: Takara Tomy Missing Link G1 ARCEE & Sunstreaker Revealed! Apparently Takara Tomy's T40 Expo is on now and plans call for adding Sunstreaker and realizing the never-made Arcee for this line - that's pretty exciting stuff.
No dates are given, but previous toys usually take over six months from pre-order to delivery, so maybe next year. I'm sure some people are shrugging, but new 1980s-style molds in Transformers are exceedingly rare. This is pretty exciting stuff.
Also of interest, the TRIGGER x Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Movie (HD) which looks like a convention attendee fever dream. There are references to most generations of the toys, I didn't notice any Bot Bots or Animorphs, but there are plenty of heroes, villains, sidekicks, and Beastformers to gawk at.
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Retro NES/HD Rugrats Game Free in Epic Store
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  Via Epic: Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is up at $0. I ordered the NES cartridge but that won't ship until next month. Early reviews are really positive, and I have no idea how long it will be free, so you may wish to give it a shot. I'm waiting for the cartridge, like my ancestors.
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Nintendo Switch This Week
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 This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Arcade Archives LEAD ANGLE, Jackbox Naughty Pack, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, and over a dozen more.
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Youth-Oriented Entertainment for the People In This Area
September 16, 2024 |
Star Wars Q&A at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has posted Q&A: Star Wars Hair, Star Wars Exclusives, Sent to Spy on a Cuban Talent Show (Hooray). 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! We now have one for next week.
--AP
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Ad: Hasbro PulseCon Pre-Orders and New Super7 at Entertainment Earth
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Ad: New pre-orders galore! Super7 added new The Worst ReAction Figures dressing up for Halloween, looking a lot like classic aliens and droids from Kenner's Star Wars line-up.
Hasbro's PulseCon is on, with new pre-orders from Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, and of course G.I. Joe.
Shipping on all orders is now a flat $7.95, including pre-orders, so order a lot all at once. If your order is above $99, it qualifies for free shipping - pre-orders, too!
              
   
      
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Support 16bit.com and Galactic Hunter via Patreon
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