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Posted 10 years ago! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Decepticon Offroad was a replacement for Wildrider, for some reason. He's cool! But he's not what people wanted as a first choice for a limb, and we haven't seen him get a new toy since. I expect he may be forgotten. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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Not new! Hasbro Transformers Legacy Evolution Voyager G1 Universe Metalhawk Action Figure is a barely-changed redeco of an existing toy, and... it's neat! There's no Pretenders shell, but the colors are decent and it's pretty good for a Cyclonus retool. Read on!

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This week:
Veggie Plucking (Super Mario Bros 2) - in which you get plucked.

Updraft (Kirby's Adventure) - in which you take a ride up the jetstream.

Gut Bomb (The Legend of Zelda) - in which you get bombed with Dodongo.

Shoo, Lakitu! (Super Mario Bros) - in which you run through 4-1, again.

Finders Keepers (Donkey Kong) - in which you pick up a nice bag and a pair of sols.

Since it's been almost a year I was about to stop tracking these - but since Nintendo stopped, maybe I'll keep doing it unless I see it's a fluke. It's a nice thing to have a record of, for no good reason, like the other things I track.

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Pretty good! The Mattel Hot Wheels Buns of Steel may be at a store near you - it's a reissue of an older casting, and there are lots of other colors for this one. It's a burger with fries, which is something I can get behind. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Gone! The Fisher-Price Imaginext Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Dino Pioneers is a Walmart exclusive for $20, and I got one for $5, because clearance sales are still a thing. You get your money's worth here with a big XL dino, two humans, two vehicles, and three hatchlings. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Switch 2 Game Cube games are going up with that subscription program including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, and SOULCALIBUR II. That's a pretty great start.

In some console life cycles I'd be saying it's time to keep an eye out for the final Switch 1 game, but my hunch is that backward compatibility will keep software for the older system in development for years to come. According to Wikipedia, the final US game for the Playstation was FIFA 2005 in 2004 - nine years after the console debut. The black and white Game Boy came out in 1989, with Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition as its final release in October of 1999. The final games for the Atari 2600 (from 1977) were released in 1991, before the revival a couple of years ago. The original Nintendo Wii came out in 2006 and its final game, Just Dance 2020, came out in 2019 - but its final non-dancing, non-singing game was in 2015. The Wii U came out in 2012, and its final game came out in 2023.

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Posted 10 years ago! The Super7 x Funko Alien ReAction Ripley (Spacesuit) was a redeco with a head swap of Kane, and she turned out well making use of old Kenner aesthetics. It's a little more expensive now but I like it. Hopefully you got one when she was $10. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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New! Hasbro Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Solus Prime gets her first full-size figure, but she's been a Prime Master, and she's had a hammer. The robot looks nice enough, but the shoulders are weird. The vehicle looks weird enough, and her shoulders make you ask why they went with that design. For a mythical character robot figure that you probably won't play with much, she looks interesting and has a top-tier head sculpt. As something you'll transform... you won't transform her much. Read on!

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This week:
Not Lichen It (Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels) - in which you get die or die trying.

Fire in the Hole (The Legend of Zelda) - in which you are the one who knocks.

In Rhythm (Excitebike) - in which you struggle because it's this game

Magic Jar Excavation (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) - in which you dig for pottery.

Curtain Call: Lemmy (Super Mario Bros. 3) - in which you drop an Ace of Spades on a boss.

Excitebike always vexes me, but I got the trophies. So go get yours, they're worth exactly nothing but you can feel like you're still squeezing something new out of this game every week.

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Old and battered! The Mattel Hot Wheels Fire Eater was a car I thought was long sold - if memory serves, a friend gave it to me before he moved when we were kids. It's got a gash in the front and some wear, but it's pretty solid for a toy of its age. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Old! The Super7 Universal Monsters The Mummy Ardath Bey ReAction Figure is sold out, but you might still find one. It's pretty good - the colors may be wrong but it can be hard to know for a black and white movie. The faux Kenner aesthetic allows for off-color figures, so in that respect this might be superb. I like it. You might like it too. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Given the modern episode orders are usually like 6 or 10, I wouldn't expect a huge sprawling first season - but hey, anything is more than we've got now. Bingo, bongo.

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Switch 2 Game Cube include FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Presumably we're going to see less Switch and more Switch 2 in the months ahead.

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Posted 10 years ago! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Decepticon Offroad came out in 2011, and boy howdy is it good. I remain surprised Hasbro hasn't done a new version of it. It's garish. It's more G2 than G2. There should be a new one, and we should all buy it. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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Not new! Hasbro Transformers Legacy United Deluxe Robots in Disguise 2001 Universe Side Burn Action Figure is a remake of a figure that, 25 years ago, was a stunning change in direction (and complicated.) This one is a little less sleek and doesn't have any chrome, but I also didn't have parts pop off that weren't supposed to. Read on!

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Also new, ThunderCats ULTIMATES! Wave 13 - Skycutter (Small Vehicle), The Fantastic Four: First Steps H.E.R.B.I.E Mini-Backpack, and more!

This week:
Super Leaf in the Wind (Super Mario Bros. 3) - in which you collect 20,000 leafs under the sea.

Death Mountain Duel (The Legend of Zelda) - in which you go to Lynel PlayWorld.

One on 1-1 (Super Mario Bros) - in which you beat the first level.

Every Last Eggplant (Ice Climber) - in which you collect inappropriate emojis.

Underworld Wonder (Kid Icarus) - in which you beat an entire palace.

I got a new controller, and I'm finding it's a little twitchy - an occasional weird turn, I assume, as the result of controller throw. My old one had a similar thing where it would sometimes register phantom presses. I still got the trophies though.

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Pretty good! The Mattel Hot Wheels Volkswagen T2 Pickup sold quickly, but oddly stood out on the pegs. Gray? It's bland, but in this context it really popped with a clean design and striking lettering. You should get it. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Glows! The The Outer Space Men Bluestar Gemini Action Figure glows for actual hours when properly charged - dimly, but it's still hours longer than a green figure goes. He has two - well, three - heads, and a fair chunk of moving parts. It's pretty neat. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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I blame this show for my shift to vampire hours. When I was a teenager, it aired on KZON 101.5 FM from 12:00 AM to 2:00 AM Sundays into Mondays. Over-the-air radio broadcasts ended in June 2010, but you can still catch up with streaming shows on the web site. Audio comedy has been kind of stagnant for a while, especially since "Weird Al" has semi-retired from new albums. I never found another show like it for funny stuff, but you'll occasionally find Cheech & Chong or Monty Python on Henry Rollins' KCRW show. I listen to Rollins' show every week, as well as the BBC6 Iggy Confidential show - which tends to not have a lot of comedy in it.

It's kind of sad to see the show ending after chugging away online for 15 years, and hopef

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Switch 2 has Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. And that's it.

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Posted 10 years ago! The Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Light Hope was a clear-ish exclusive to what was then a pretty groundbreaking subscription program for collectors. Sadly, there aren't a lot of those left - but we have the memories. And the toys. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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Revised! Hasbro Transformers Studio Series 86 Autobot Springer takes a $20 toy from five years ago and adds a few extra accessories, and now it's $55. It's arguably not worth the asking price if you have the iege or WreckersRead on!

This week:
Step It Up (Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels) - in which you go up the stairs.

Quickdraw (Metroid) - in which you are the Zoomer exterminator.

Coconut Rush (Kirby's Adventure) - in which you go door to door.

No Bones About It (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) - in which you kill a skeleton... again?

Hammer It Out (Super Mario Bros. 3) - in which you can't lose your tool.

I got all the trophies the first try this week, which doesn't happen much lately.

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Station wagony! The Mattel Hot Wheels '64 Nova Wagon Gasser I tripped over at the grocery store last year, and I had to pick it up. Silver chrome interior? Purple paint job? It's just awesome, and I wish I could drive one. Read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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Old! The Kenner The New Batman Adventures Wildcard Joker is from 1998, when Kenner was still Kenner for its last year before transitioning to Hasbro branding with the Star Wars Flashback Photo series and Beast Wars Transmetals 2 Cybershark and everything else. This figure was based on the redesign we saw on TV, a streamlined clown but a perfectly sturdy figure that holds up well to play and the ravages of age. Sadly they don't make them like this any more, especially not with projectile playing cards. I was in college when this came out so my appreciation is probably not necessarily right on the money, I was picking these up because they looked like the TV show and didn't fully appreciate the wacky accessories and play features as much as I should have. Now they're gone. Well, unless you go to eBay. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for more fun!

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The main guy is Smash, the Terrible Teddy, and he's $85 before shipping. Indie toys are not cheap, nor are the spectres of tariffs to come. It looks like a lot of fun, and like a mix of Slash, My Pet Monster, and... well, pretty much any of those oddball mutants we probably didn't fully appreciate when they were $3.99 at Kmart. Even if you don't want to buy these, you should look at the campaign. I really wish these were cheap toys I could go get at the store, they seem like a lot of fun.

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Switch 2 doesn't seem to have much new this week.

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Posted 10 years ago! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Decepticon Offroad came out in 2015 for a mere $10, which is a steal for a pile of glowing bones. I wish they kept this line going - it was another flash-in-the-pan in an era where it almost seemed licensed/branded Glyos figures were about to become A Thing. At least it was really cool! Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!

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I heard about them through the show notes for Henry Rollins' radio show, which you should probably be listening to if you aren't already. It's good.

It's also worth noting Frank Zappa's Cheaper than Cheep TV special/CD/record/book/whatever is out and that's an Amazon ad link. I haven't decided which configuration to get yet - there are too many choices.

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