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  1. Castlevania

    By and large, I found Nocturne to be a solid sequel and felt more "consistent" in quality over the given episodes. I think they touched on some interesting ideas, but it took me a bit to warm to Richter. He's got a bit of that "angsty emo bitch" thing going on early on. Also wasn't as crass...
  2. The Loyal Subjects to relaunch MASK, and other Legacy Hasbro Brands

    Yeah, I grew up in the peak of those "micro lines": MASK, DinoRiders, Micro Machines, Transformers Micromasters, Computer Warriors. I'm still hoping that Cyberworld is a mini-line evocative of that sort of play pattern. Word was that Mattel was doing some work on redoing Dino-Riders some years...
  3. Transformers Legacy toyline

    But there’s a world of them, what about a Cyber..WORLD?! To try and get back on track: I’m probably going to preorder ASAP the few figures I want from United Wave 5. I don’t have a huge amount of faith of everything getting solid retail distribution early next year, not with the back end of...
  4. Playstation Thread.

    Big Playstation news! Sony revealed the PS5 Pro. 45% bigger GPU (with 67% more compute units), improved architecture, AI upscaling, improved ray tracing. Some 8500 PS4 titles will see a performance boost (akin to what Microsoft has done with Xbox on many older titles). System will ship with...
  5. Transformers Legacy toyline

    I fully expect Hasbro to, at least, announce the name and some initial character name/art drops for “Generations 2025”. I do NOT expect to see actual toys (barring any leaks) until next March during Toy Fair.
  6. The Loyal Subjects to relaunch MASK, and other Legacy Hasbro Brands

    Because it’s an encapsulation of the creative stagnation and nostalgia driven regurgitation that dominates the action (particularly action figure) toy segment? Or maybe it’s because it reminds you of how old you are?
  7. The Loyal Subjects to relaunch MASK, and other Legacy Hasbro Brands

    Reported by The Toybook, The Loyal Subjects (TLS) has secured a major licensing deal with Hasbro for a number of legacy properties: Jem and the Holograms, My Buddy, Popples, My Pet Monster, ROM the Space Knight and MASK. TLS has had notable success in relaunching Strawberry Shortcake and...
  8. Unralased toys

    No, and it is EXTREMELY unlikely you ever will. Dark of the Moon Blaster was planned for the “Movie Trilogy Series” to extend the Dark of the Moon product line. Blaster was seemingly planned for Wave 2, but the line refresh was cancelled before the first wave was even released. Hasbro showed...
  9. GI Joe Classified Nerf gun reference list

    I think it depends. The same reason Hasbro has made things like a “pseudo-Corvette” for Tracks in Kingdom. They can’t be a full on reproduction, but they get can still “get the idea” across. I think the same thing is true of gun designs, which is why I think GI Joe, in particular, skews...
  10. Depressing Beast Wars question

    That’s an issue that has been addressed in the Babylon 5 fandom (and Star Trek). While the actual filmed material is high quality and can be retrieved and upscaled, the digital effects were only ”scaled” to be acceptable on SD televisions of the era. In the case of Star Trek: TNG’s big 4K...
  11. The Terminator Franchise

    I searched, but didn't find a dedicated thread for the new series (might be some postings in the Anime thread), BUT... Terminator Zero dropped on Netflix. It's good. REAL ******* GOOD. There's a lot of callbacks, but it never really devolves into pure "fan service". It SUPERBLY captures...
  12. Transformers: EarthSpark

    Again, here's the collection of the leaked presentation slides. The 2025 "Priorities" slide simply has Cyberworld as a "New Kids Segment", not a new media. Further the "5 year plan" slide doesn't note any appearance of Cyberworld among the various other media ventures planned (including a...
  13. Transformers: EarthSpark

    Still find it bemusing everyone seems so SURE SET on Cyberworld being a new cartoon...despite it NOT appearing on Hasbro's own media timeline from the same presentation. If planning a release/initiative next year, they certainly would NOT be hiding the fact it would have media support in the...
  14. The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

    I forgot to mention that that Best Buy is running its Buy 2, Get 1 free deal for Switch games for Members. The sale applies to all in stock AND preorders. I got Mario and Luigi, the Marvel Fighting Collection and got Mario Maker 2 for Free (actually, due to THAT game having an additional...
  15. The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

    So are most of the other fighters! :p
  16. Castlevania

    The Haunted Castle remake is interesting. I wonder if they rebalanced it. I tried to play it, but it is PAINFUL to play on many levels. It's a fundamentally BAD game, so it'll be interesting what they do to make it palatable
  17. The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

    Yeah, Alpha 3 Upper doesn't feel like it adds much to this collection given the prior collections. Capcom probably feels EVERYTHING MUST HAVE A STREET FIGHTER! I also find it odd they opted for Project Justice and Plasma Sword rather than their predecessors (Rival Schools and Star Gladiator...
  18. The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

    I was wrong. No Legacy of Kain. That said, for a Direct for the holiday season...a LOT of stuff showed isn't going to be out until next year. Probably the biggest stuff, to me, is the amount of collections we're seeing released from Capcom and Konami: Capcom announced another Fighting...
  19. The Nintendo Thread of Jumping, Slashing, and Home Decorating

    I'm going to make a call before the Nintendo Direct in about 15 minutes: They are going to announce a Legacy of Kain Remaster release, like the Tomb Raider Anniversary. Between the Evercade release and the newly announced graphic novel, it FEELS like there is some movement on sprucing up...


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