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Word is leaking out from Laura Loomer citing a "high level source" that Mitch McConnell is functionally brain dead. The GOP is literally "Weekend at Bernies" his situation to try and avoid a replacement being placed. And his wife? She's purportedly spent the last couple weeks over in China...

"Watch those hands, there, Ramirez!"

Today is probably going down as "Black Monday" at Xbox. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-layoffs-studio-closures-and-spin-offs-everything-announced-today/ Following weeks of rumors, Microsoft announced sweeping changes to the Xbox business today. Following calls from new Xbox head honcho...

Welp, guess the film is done at theatres. Despite some decent holdover (last few weekends, it has actually been grossing more than Mandalorian per week), Amazon/MGM decided to pull MOTU and Sheep Detectives from theaters last week to make way for Minions and Monsters. Mandalorian ended up...

What’s a He-Man line without a Castle Grayskull? Still not clear on if this is a legit Walmart exclusive (since I hear the actual presence of the brand at Walmart is…lacking), or just a timed exclusive deal. Either way, it’s available for preorder at Walmart and Toy Habits managed to find one...

Who keeps using that damned monkey’s paw?!

The ONLY reason Human Alliance didn’t join the pile was because Mudflap got caught in the back end and transition to the gold box Transformers interstitial line. I maintain, to this day, that the name “Mudflap” is a cursed name, between the Cybertron version and the film version.

It’s just nobody wanted to, y’know, buy them as toys :p I really would not be surprised if, at least some, of the reluctance to touch upon those characters came down to prior (craptacular) sales, or issues with the vehicle mode licensing.

First Amendment. The south has also spent a good chunk of the last century plus defending/positioning the Confederate flag as “Southern American Heritage”. It has only been the last 25-30 years that I feel like there has been meaningful pushback against that propaganda. If they wanted to, they...

Stickers are the path to madness!

More images of Prime Changers Mirage. Packaging doesn’t say anything about “Energon Surge”, but the vehicle art and the figure’s deco evoke it. Interestingly, the effects pieces are separate from the blasters, presumably adding to the pool of pieces that could be used by Generations figures...

To further support my theory about “Energon Surge” being a “kid segment wide” initiative, the newest iteration of the Mega Changers (aka, Titan Changers) 4 pack appeared in the UK with the figures sporting “energon surge” deco very reminiscent of what we’re seeing on Mirage...

On that note… https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/largest-us-power-grid-pjm-190819959.html PJM provides power to a significant chunk of the “middle Eastern” US and northern Appalachia regions, including Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania.

Tiny Titans are back…but in name only. A line of 2.5” mini-figures, these figures sport minimal deco, no articulation, and are carded with a mere $1.44 price point. They might be Walmart exclusive given the press release (arriving after initial sightings). Initial image...

But we’re cheap! We ain’t paying two hunded ‘n fiddy bucks for no toy :p. (Or $350 for the 40th Anniversary version with the yellow/gold and black mechanical deco)

We’re about halfway through the year, so that means SDCC is around the corner and retailers of all flavors should begin gearing up for the holiday push. That means the non-collector stuff is apt to leak out since companies don’t feel the need to tell anybody about that “kids” stuff. Found...

Classified had the benefit of starting with the more…stylized..flavor which gave Hasbro an out for redesign later on. But it’s easily said the reason for lack of cultural resonance for MASK is because…it never left the 80s. Transformers only had a brief 2 year break between the end of G1 and...

I think a valid argument is that MASK was a novel toy line that hit at the right time with the right motifs to resonate with the broader market. All the other subsequent “MASK-likes” certainly didn’t garner anywhere near as much attention (closest was my beloved Dino-Riders, because...

Eh…aside from name and motif, not really? That was kind of my “complaint” about GIJ Sundown was that they missed an opportunity to make a more obvious homage. Then again, by making him a more direct homage, might have taken away from the fresher ideas the team may have wanted to do with a new...