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Great idea! Who needs a king?

Heading out! You know how I feel about my boy Ed: (sign idea courtesy of my fiancé) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Grail Tales - Ed the Hyena

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Our first look at post-tariff pricing

Big Bad Toy Store and Entertainment Earth briefly removed all their Hasbro preorders from their sites, but they're back up now with prices matching those GameStop showed. Thirty-two dollars for a 6" action figure, and going up from there. Never … Continue reading

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Looking forward to $55 Marvel Legends

The original of this was about Warhammer, but this was more relevant to our interests. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Waaaaagh, Mr. Bond I'm an Imperium girl, in an Imperium world For the (Frozen) Empire! Spice up your battles To be … Continue reading

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Never buy from Kapow Toys

Kapow Toys is a UK-based online toystore that sells Transformers, Figuarts, etc. And here's the man in charge of the company getting defensive because someone called him out for posting pro-white-supremacy material on LinkedIn: That initial "don't post Nazis to … Continue reading

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Figura Obscura Gods of Ancient Egypt packaging

The Figura Obscura packages are always pretty good, and we normally just talk about them in the reviews. But this newest release, the Gods of Ancient Egypt, has a problem. The mysteries of ancient Egypt, including the various deities they … Continue reading

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Introducing Hot Wheels Optimus Prime

Well well well, look at this! A Hot Wheels version of Optimus Prime that can actually change from a truck to a robot! That's pretty awesome! As soon as it shows up on the store pegs, we'll be happy to … Continue reading

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GI Joe Classified Shooter addendum

Okay, important things first: Larry Hama is basically responsible for creating the brand from scratch, and still has to work in his 70s to stay alive? It would be one thing if he was choosing to write, but to have … Continue reading

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Well damn, never buy from grepdogg, I guess

Now, if it were me, and I were a raging bigot, I wouldn't sign my weird screed with my name, but hey, you do you, stupid: "grepdogg," as he goes by on eBay and Deviant Art and Flickr and HissTank … Continue reading

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Animals often use specific displays to ward off rivals

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Meet the newest Junkion

At least, we assume it's a Junkion, since it looks like unfinished garbage. (via) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Soon Forget: Marauder Megatron Some real Misfit Transformers BotCon box set part 5 - Wildrider Transformers Monsterbots Bad toy texts

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