After USFIIT by Jada Toys, What would I like to see from them:

 Seems that by Q3 2026, We'll be done with Street Fighter II. So, in the spirit of staying captured by collecting, let's see what lines Jada could tackle

Resident Evil:

This would be based on the original games, not the remakes. The first set of lists will be more for having somewhat OK-ish diorama  for most games, as full full lineups would be an impossibility:

For example: Resi 1, the figures would be:

Chris

Jill

Barry

Rebecca

Wesker

Tyrant

Deluxe First zombie with Cerberus and Crow

Hunter

Resident Evil 2:

Leon

Claire

Ada

Sherry with Crow and Cerberus

Annette

William Birkin

Licker

Mr.X

Zombie

Hunk

Mutated Birkin

Resident Evil 3:

Miniskirt Jill 

Carlos

Nemesis

Mikhail

Nikolai

Zombie

Hunter 

RE: Code Veronica:

CV Claire

Steve

CV Chris

Alexia

Alfred

Rodrigo

Zombie

Resident Evil 4:

RE4 Leon

RE4 Ada

Krauser

Ashley (soft goods skirt AND tied sweater) Ballistics are important!

Luis

Saddler with long tentacle

Salazar with various game items 

Verdugo (cloaked)

Merchant

Don Jose (with Plaga Type 1 alt head)

Don Diego (with pieces for Dr. Salvador)

Cultist red (with Plaga type 2 alt head)

Cultist black

Resident Evil 5:

Steroids Redfield

Sheva Alomar

Excella

RE5 Wesker 

RE5 Jill

Majini

Josh

Mutated Excella 

Misc:

Billy Coen

Tofu

Hunningan

Sherry Birkin (grown up)

Jake

Ethan

Mia

Deluxe 9.6 inches tall Lady Dimitrescu with soft goods.

You know you'd have to buy multiples. One for the RESI display, one for making a MuTeens related custom figure, one to make as close to anatomically correct to die by Snu Snu.

Now shut the fuck up, Cade! Here's a condensed list to make me happy:

Nefty's RESI List:

RE1 Jill (MVC)

RE3 Jill (Jill in a tubetop and mini skirt.wpuld be gay not to pick her.)

RE2 Claire (Redfield Bloodline)

RE2 concept Elza (because I liked Elza better than Claire)

RE5 Redfield (Rock punching MVC)

RE4 Leon (Redfield Bloodline... not to Help Ballistics)

Ashley (B.A.L.L.I.S.T.I.C.S.)

RE2 Sherry (excuse to add Claire)

RE5 Wesker (MVC)

Nemesis (MVC)

RE1 Zombie, Crow, Cerberus (MVC)

RE1 Tyrant (MVC)

RE4 Ada (so you can't call me racist)

Don Jose (que carajo estás haciendo aqui

Don Diego (Maldita sea! Mierda! Vayan por detrás) 

Luis (I see the President equipped his daughter with Ballistics too!)

Sheva (so you can't call me racist)

Deluxe 9.6 inch Lady Dimitrescu with soft goods clothes.

But let's leave biohazard behind.

Capcom Crossover series:

As the name states, it's Capcom characters that have made crossovers.in fighting games.

Think Marvel vs Capcom or Capcom vs SNK but without the non-Capcom stuff. While characters from Alpha sprites (Shadow, Sunburnt Sakura, Alpha) can't be made, perhaps CVS Dan, Maki, Eagle could be made because they aren't from the "forbidden games" and in Dan's case, the CVS Dan doesn't have Alpha Proportions and could be a loophole.

In some cases we could get characters like Ingrid, Jin, Devilotte, American Box Art Mega Man, Frank West, Strider Hiryu, Phoenix Wright, and say, Son Son WITHOUT having to get the entire license for the games. Maybe even Dante...

Jonny Quest:

Jada has gotten access to Hanna Barbera characters via Scooby. Maybe they could try Jonny Quest:

There are 3-4 continuities to choose from:

60s

80s

TV movies

Real Adventures

We can get a couple of characters and  call it a day:

Dr Quest, Race, Jade, Dr. Zin, Johnny, Hadji, Jessie. Would be the ones that repeat themselves. Then there's Hardrock, Deprave, and other one shot characters that could.be used to pad the line.

Shenmue:

Hear me out. Here we'd get the most important characters from each game... not getting the entirety of the Mad Angels or Dou Niu's gang:

Shenmue 1:

Lan Di (Dragon Mirror and Dragon Mirror Holding hand)

Iwao Hazuki, soft goods Hakama and gi (alt. Fukusan head)

Nozomi 

Tom (hot dog bottle from Tornado Kick)

Chai (Alternate Air ticket eating head)

Pedro (Mad Angels Leather Daddy)

Terry (Mad Angels Leader)

Guizhang

Tony and Smith (Sailors)

Goro

Mark

(Basic) Ryo: 

Alt grimace head

Fists, flat hands, dramatic hands

Phoenix Mirror, soda can

(Basic) QTE Ryo:

Not wearing Jacket or sneakers

Alt screaming head

Fists, flat hands

Clear stand with QTE DC Buttons and Arrows.

(Deluxe) Investigating Ryo:

Ryo with all 3 heads, all hands, and

Cat in box, open notebook, hazuki handguard, capsule toy machine, capsule toy hand, scroll.

Shenmue 2:

Joy

Ren

Dou Niu (with parrot)

Yuan (chainsaw)

Shenhua

Master Baihu

Delin (with crate and crate moving hands L grips)

Xiuying

(Basic) Ryo:

Alt grimace head

Fists, c grips, dramatic hands

Backpack, Books, Leaf catching hand

(Deluxe) Foreigner Ryo:

New meditating head

Dramatic, Fists, leaf hand, L grips

Lucky hit board, chawan sign cups, lighter, repainted capsule toy machine

Where's Shenmue 3?

Not feeling like doing it. It was 2 and I ⅛ assed it... Name ONE character that isn't Master Sun, because we only know him for being voiced by Cam Clarke.

Uh, the evil chick with the Chi You Men? The ginger bowl cut roided dude...

Names! 

Shenhua? Ryo? Ren?

Exactly. We haven't replayed Shenmue 3 after the bad aftertaste. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

You read that right...

NOT TOON, NOT VINTAGE LINE, NOT WHATEVER FREAKY DEAKY THING S7 WILL DO NOW, but OG NES TMNT

That means:

4 Turtles

April with a mega rack

Purplish grey Rocksteady

Bebop with pink pants and dark reddish vest and hair.

Shredder

Foot soldier

And the freaky NES enemies like Fire Freak, Chainsaw Maniac, Mecha Turtle, etc.

Anne Burrell was seen by Haley Joel Osment

 Shit! She was 55, died of cardiac arrest. One day you're here, then poof! Haley Joel Osment saw you. This time, it was the "girl Fieri" as my Mom used to call her. I remember her from Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and my Mom calling her Girl Fieri. Wait... since food network people died, let me check on the OGs... but before that, Mom, I finally have evidence that Anne Burrell isn't a Jusenkyo afflicted Guy Fieri

Bam!

Thank goodness Emeril Lagasse is still alive. 

So is Jamie Oliver, but fuck that guy!

And the whole hiring and defending a child rapist.

But this I supposed to be about Anne Burrell, not Jammy Olive Oil.

My condolences to her friends and family.

Top 100 things I'd like to see from Super Action Stuff: part 2

 Let's tackle the next 20 items... Here's the previous part of this list: 

80: Crates:

Wooden crates of different sizes that could come with various items to use across various lines. Artwork, weapons, bags of "Sugar", pew pews, etc.

79: Symphony of Violence:

In essence this would be a collection of old and new blood effects, guts, mutilated body parts, plus tools to cause the damage the body parts possess.

78: Dance of the Undead:

Similar to the previous pack BUT with elements geared towards fantasy lines with Vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc.

So, normal and zombie effects in addition to Crosses, Stakes, silver bullets and other things that could work for a Castle in Transilvania.

77: Dog Houses and Dogs:

No need for Mega artuculated dogs, since I'm going for smaller types of dogs, like beagles, chihuahuas, dachshunds. The kinds that can fit in purses. With this we can get dog bowls, treats, etc. The idea is to have barely articulated figurines that can be used in various type of displays.

76: Portable toilet:

Yes, I'm talking Porta potties. I know there is a Japanese model kit, but it's Japanese styled. I want American styled Porta Potties. I can think of some shifty accessories that could be included... but you can imagine some.

75: A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA!?:

Yes. You heard the man.

If you glue one to a foam board and make it stand as a backdrop, you're ⅙done for an interior or exterior diorama. With some creative use of coffee stirrer, action figure packaging, paint and something to make a doorknob to make dummy backdrop doors.

They could come with a security panel. Wouldn't need electronics like the arcade machines to lower costs. 

74: Handtrucks, platform handtrucks:

These are meant to transport smaller cargo, not wooden crates. Cardboard boxes, appliances. Gas cylinders. 

73: Halloween accessories:

NECA's Ben Cooper figures have some Halloween stuff, SAS should follow suit: 

Jack o Lanterns, Jack o Lantern candy bucket, generic candies, generic masks that can be stuck to figures with mounting putty, paper bags with poop andfire effects, TP Rolls, Eggs, and other Halloween items.

72: Alchemist Lab set:

Think a Fantasy version of the Mad Scientist's Lab set from the previous list. Magical tomes, weird potions, organ jars, among old School jars, beakers, etc. 

71: Sci-Fi Lab set:

Think something out of Star Wars, Star Trek, or Cyberpunk stuff. Holo screens, futuristic computers, Robotic arms, etc.

70: Another Cursed Crate:

I reviewed the cursed crate. So I'm suggesting a variant. Instead of the Undead green blood, getting the effects in blood, bringing the power tools from the casket of cruelty,, some of the bullet effects from the firepower pack. Yes, the idea is to get effects and stuff for "Perdition" displays. Paint it in a different color and call it a day.

69: Romance Set:

Flowers, chocolates, champagne and wine bottles, glasses, candles, and other items to set up a romantic dinner. Keeping things PG, otherwise condoms, fuzzy handcuffs, and other sexy times items would've been included.

68: Dark Ritual Set:

Part Satanic, part Lovecraftian, the idea is to have a creepy fantasy ritual to summon eldritch abominations. You can combine it with Sci-Fi stuff and you can be knee deep in the dead. Or you could combine it with gore pieces and it could look like a weird crime for Detectives to figure out.

67: Juice Bar food:

Teenagers tend to have an attitude when they don't have their healthy drinks. Maybe some healthy snacks. Guess I'm being spoiled by Miniverse. Some of those items will be seen in the Advent Calendar.

66: Tae-Kwon-Do Teens Set:

Not saying that this is aimed at teenagers who ptactice martial arts and may not necessarily be human... but it's aimed at non-human teenage martial artists. 

I'm thinking a Wing Chung wooden dummy, a target practice dummy for Kunai and Shuriken (included) a punching bag that can be swapped for the pear. Breakable ice blocks, maybe even some waxing pads.

65: Police Traffic set:

While there aren't many vehicles in the 1:10 and 1:12 scales, there are a few around. A few barricades. (I know FTC does some, but more wouldn't be a bad thing) spike strips come to mind, megaphones, store coffee cups, donuts (whole and partially eaten), Police radios, riot shields, police clubs.

64: Musical Instruments:

The Arcade cabinet has an acoustic guitar. I'm thinking clarinet, trumpet, saxophone, cymbals, violin, maracas, etc. They could come in a piano shaped case.

63: Kitchen Utensils:

Rolling pins, chefs knives, cleavers, whiskey, tenderizers, pots, pans, hot oil effects, other kitchen accident effects. This is mainly due to The Punisher PS2 game

62: Japanese foodstuffs:

Sushi, takoradi, okonomiyaki, sandokatsu, udom, ramen, onigiri, yakitori, kushikatsu, karaage, maybe some sake bottles and a gourd. Perfect for anime figures, weebs, maybe even a sensei of adolescent malformed assassin terrapin.

61: Drum kit:

I don't know how this could be put in a music set, due to the many pieces required to make a drum kit. Probably in a rock out set or something.

That's all I can think for now, let's see what I can come up with at a later date.

Other Mega Man Characters: a Jada rant.

 Nothing on the Waves 3 and 4 of Mega Man... 

Well, Rumor has it that wave 3 will be ready for preorder at Comic Con's date.

Mega Man 2 intro Mega Man with Rock head from wave 3 and Protoman from wave 4 are my main interests. It bothers me that Bomb Man and Gutsman have been skipped and now we're getting Robot Masters from other games. But here's the thing: Where are the non-Robot Masters? 

I'm talking about Auto, the 3 Doctors, Roll, Kalinka... he'll some enemies could be made with little new parts. 

Enter Sniper Joe:

Using the Protoman body with a new head, new arm, new shield and we're done. But if faithfulness to sprites is a thing, they could get away with a Protoman shield repaint. Personally I'd prefer all new parts, but I wouldn't get angry if Protoman's shield is reused so we can get a different character.

Roll has 3 looks 1-7, 8, 11. 

I would like a 1-7 AND a 8 versions of Roll. BUT if we can only pick a single version, I go with 8.

My childhood Rival may get mad at me for blaspheming by picking 8 over TRUE Mega Man stuff... but I have my reasons:

Main Reason is Marvel vs Capcom. Let's not pretend that half  of the folks who are buying Jada's Capcom figures aren't doing it for the sake of MVC. Hell, even Hasbro is leaning on Jada so they've (Hasbro) been pushing the M part of MVC while Jada pushes the C in MVC. Even StormCo is contributing to closer to true 1:12 with their Storm Arena figures. Remember that Morrigan and Lilith are floating around.

Yes, my erection is raging once more. It even screamed "Messatsu!" That's how raging it is!

But aside my wallet commitment to Sudoku, the other reason for MM8 Roll, is how it can share parts with Kalinka. Depending on how the Roll body is engineered. 

I'm looking at Mega Man as a reference for articulation and engineering; I can see how Hypothetically, a Kalinka could share SOME parts with Roll 8:

Few things:

-None of the dresses will be a single piece overlay. This year's Advent Calendar FTC female announcer will show why. 

-I'm overthinkong things and just defeated my Pro-MM8 Roll argument:

Soft goods. Jada does them, see Cyberpunk figures.

Think about it:

You take the MM1 Roll body paint it like a black bodysuit with new boots (lower leg and feet) and add the Kalinka head and you're done. No need for crazy forearm modifications or ankle modifications. For Mm 1-7 Roll, a soft goods dress on her body and Roll was he name-O. Dress needs to be wired at skirt edge like Super7 Alice. Have her crotch painted white and call it a day. For accessories her broom and Buster attachment.  Maybe even a subtle nod to RS Roll with a Vacuum attachment for her blaster. The broom is a nod to MM Powered up, where Roll is playable.

For MM8 Roll, we need to work harder; meaning another sleeveless soft goods dress with the white overlay hiding the sculpted black sleeves of her dress. This is to be able to swap her arm for the Roll Buster with ease.

For accessories, the Roll Buster, the bouquet and maybe an E-tank for Mega Man or her.

The 3 Doctors are a pain, since none can share parts.

But since I mentioned Kalinka as a way to reuse Roll's body, I have to add Dr. Cossack.

For Wahwee, I'd prefer a 1-5, 7 first. Then 8 and finally Mr.X...

For Doctor Light, I want 2 versions:

Normal Light and

Maybe that would be the start of the Megaman X line.

Shuna Go... I mean Gargantos Preorders are OPEN and he's appropriately priced

 At $69.⁹⁹ which keeps him in the BEST price for a tentacle monster. Also, Holy fuck he's a big boy...

But he's not exclusive to Pulse. He was available at Amazon, Entertainment Earth, and BigBadToyStore. 

Why is he green and not Purple?

Apparently, the purple was an error by Capcom

I call bullshit!

I don't buy it either.

Actually he is both. But I get why Dingus and Dinguser want him purple.

Anyway, he's finally here. Literally the one character missing from Marvel Superheroes is now a figure. Sure, he's not in the color I wanted, but watch as Purple gets released in 2027-2029.

Happy hunting!

Final Fantasy Tactics: Greatest fears

 Ivalice Chronicles is coming this year and it has an enhanced edition. How could they make the game worse?

DLC:

The three letters that would haunt me:

What do I mean by that? Downloadable content. 

Let's start with Guest Characters:

Let's say Tifa:

Job Class: Zangan-Ryu

Equipment: Similar to a Monk, but requires the Accessory Materia Glove, which unlocks her Limit Break Skill and when used with other classes allows her to keep Monk strength when unarmed (Basically the Barehand support ability in an accessory)

Attack abilities:

Similar to Cloud's limit breaks but based on Tifa's limit breaks:

Say, Beat Rush would work like a Goblin Punch that guarantees at least to hit at 1.25 damage in comparison to a normal attack. It could hit to 2.75 damage

Summersault would hit at 1.0 damage BUT it gives -1 speed on the target.

Water kick could cause water damage to the 8 squares surrounding Tifa.

Meteodrive could cause Fire damage as well as damage similar to the Dragoon Jump.

Dolphin Blow would cause Water damage to a small area in front of Tifa

Meteor Strike would cause fire damage and don't move status

Final Heaven would cause non elemental Damage and other status effects.

Final Heaven: Advent: would be a stronger version of Final Heaven WITH Holy Damage

The rest of the support and movement abilities match the Squire class.

While we're at it, let's do everyone except Kebab Girl, because story reasons, and Cait Sith, because fuck that Robo cat...

Barret:

Job Class Avalanche:

Equipment: Light Clothes, no shield, Materia Cannon or Materia Hook. These can only be equipped on his Right hand. He cannot dual wield unless one of these weapons is on his right hand. Materia Cannon acts as both a gun and crossbow. The Materia Hook acts as a Katana/sword/knife/rod

Attack skills:

Big Shot:

Regardless of Materia weapon used, Barret can shoot a blast that does 1.75 damage (even better if you use the Hook, since melee weapons have more damage output than guns in FFT)

Mindblow:

The MP Damage version of Big Shot. It takes away 1.75 MP Damage in comparison to a successful MP Drain Spell.

Grenade Blow:

Create a 5 square explosion that hits all characters in range. It would cause 2.0 damage.

Hammerblow:

A supercharged version of Tackle that can push back an opponent up to 3 squares back and causing 2.5 the damage of a normal tackle.

Satellite Beam:

Area effect damage similar to a summon. 

Angermax:

Barret shoots 8 times against random targets in an area. Think Malak and Rafa but with gun damage. May cause don't move or don't act status.

Catastrophe:

Similar to the Satellite Beam but in red. Add additional Dragoon Jump damage

Armageddon: 

Twice as strong as Catastrophe but twice as slow to charge.

Red XIII:

Job Class: Nanaki:

A Panther class Monster who CAN use equipment: only headgear and accessory. To use his limits, he needs the Materia Barette

As a Monster, RedXIII has some innate abilities that cannot be changed. He also cannot change Job classes.

Aside the basic panther ability Cat Scratch, because Claw is the standard attack, he gets a pair of new abilities, Growl which can randomly boost his attack, magic, or speed by 1; and Bark, which can lower an enemy's attack, magic, speed, or brave by 1

Limits:

Sled fang:

A stronger tackle that requires a short charge time and can push enemies 2 squares back.

Lunatic High:

Casts haste and protect on Red and characters in adjacent squares.

Bloodfang:

Same as Sled Fang with HP Drain

Stardust Ray:

Similar to Rafa or Malak's special attacks but dealing non-elemental damage.

Howling Moon:

Casts Haste and Berserk on RedXIII

Earth Rave:

Similar to Rafa and Malak's skill but deals Earth damage based on his Attack

Cosmo Memory:

A non Elemental attack that hist in a straight line like the Monk's Earth slash but the attack is 3 tiles wide.

Seto's Pride:

Refills RedXIII HP, MP, cures him of all preexisting status effects (minus poison), boosts his attack and defense, but he gets the Doom status. If the battle isn't over before the counter reaches zero, Red is crystallized and lost forever. His unit slot will also be blocked by a stone statue.

Yuffie:

Job Class: Wutainin:

Unlike normal Ninja, Yuffie loses the Dual Wield and the attack command is turned to Mug when equipped with the Materia boomerang, a Ninja sword/knife that has long range.(3 squares plus 3 squares elevation.)

She can equip shields. Can only equip light clothes

Limits:

Greased Lightning:

Yuffie can attack targets from further away AND ignore elevation (up to 5 squares away)

Clear Tranquil:

Similar to Chakra but only for HP

Landscaper:

A non Elemental attack similar to Earth Slash (cannot hit floating enemies)  that can hot multiple enemies on the selected area.

Bloodfest:

Attacks characters randomly within an area. By striking 4 times. Each attack does 0.5 damage. The less characters in the area, the more damage the target gets

Gauntlet:

Targets a small area and reduces defense while doing damage. Similar range to Aura fist

Doom of the living:

Similar to Bloodfest, but adding random status effects

All Creation:

Similar to Red XIII's Cosmo Memory but hits floating enemies as well.

Champion of the Gods:

Similar to Bloodfest with the additionof a 75% chance of guaranteed steals.

Cid:

Pilot:

Can equip spears. Materia Spear allows the usage of Limit Breaks. Can only equip light clothes.

Limits:

Boost Jump: 

Does a Dragoon Jump in half the time a Dragoon does for half the damage. Distance is determined by Dragoon job skill mastery.

Dynamite:

Throws an explosive at an enemy. It can hit the 8 surrounding squares. Target gets 3.0 damage, while surrounding tiles get 1.25 damage.

Hyper Jump:

It takes 1.5 times a Dragoon takes to Jump for 1.5 Jump damage in addition to a 20% chance of instant KO status.

Dragon:

Same effect as dusk sword and dark sword combined.

Dragoon Dive:

Does a 4 hit Jump on enemies within an area dealing 0.5 Jump damage per hit.

Big brawl:

Enemies within the attack area get tackled and have 100% pushback wherever pushback is possible.

Highwind:

Cid summons his Airship to attack enemies (think of it as an unofficial summon spell)

The Sierra:

Cid summons his newest Airship and it's like the Highwind Limit, but adding Status effects to the enemy

Vincent:

Job Class:

Mutant TURK

Equipment: Again, just like the others, he needs his Cerberus Gun to use his limit breaks:

His Attack skills would be transformations where he can use Monster Skills:

Galian Beast:

Vincent is transformed into an Apanda Class Monster (repainted in Vincent colors) can use both Byblos and Apanda techniques Plus the Vincent Exclusive Beast Flate

Death Gigas:

Vincent transforms into a Construct, gains all the Construct abilities plus the Vincent Exclusive Live wire, which causes Thunder Damage.

Deathmask:

Vincent Tranforms into a Skeleton Class Monster in Vincent colors 

Gains all the attacks of the Skeleton Class monsters AND a Vincent Exclusive attack, Nightmare, which is similar to Bad Breath.

Chaos:

A recolored Ultima Demon uses the Archeademon skillset and unlocks the spell Ultima once the Mutant TURK job is Mastered. (Ultima would require 9999 JP to learn) then Chaos can use it in battle (and characters can learn it) If Vincent is hit by Zodiark, he'll learns the ability whether he lives or dies. But to unlock it, it requires ALL Job Mastery AND 9999 JPs so he can use it as a Summoner and as Chaos. (Only when using it as Chaos, friendly targets within the summoning Area can learn the spell) only drawback is that when a friendly learns Zodiark, Vincent dies and is unrevivable unless you finish the battle before crystalization. 

But there are other ways DLC could be used:

Additional Dungeons like Deep Dungeon/Midlight's Deep:

Non canonical battles could be fought there including a certain boss whose name I won't mention... but think a Hot Topic Raiding Silver Haired Mama's boy.

These Dungeon type DLC could be challenges for veterans...

New Job Classes:

I'm not saying that everyone gets to be a holy swordsman... no, but certain Job Classes.

For example:

Red Mage: 

Unlocked by DLC and fulfilling certain requirements, like say: 

Level 3 for both white and black Mage jobs.

Can equip swords. 

Has access to the following spells:

Cure, cura, raise, she'll, protect

Fire, blizzard, thunder, fira, blizzard, Thunder, Poison, and frog

React abilities:

Deflect:

When hit by attack or curative Magic, the target receives 0.5 damage/heal while the rest of the spell hits on the sides of the target.

{Tile}{caster}{tile}

{Tile} { tile }  {tile}

{dflt}{target}{dflt}

Aero push:

When a spell targeted is about to be cast, a quick cast of Aero pushes the opponent back one space. The idea is that a spell meant to be cast on a space would be rendered useless, due to the pushback.

Support abilities:

Doublecast:

Allows you to cast two spells in a row. (Charge time would be the average time between spells)

½ MP cost:

Self explanatory

Movement:

N/A

Blue Mage:

Unlocked by DLC and fulfilling certain requirements like say:

White, Black, Red, Mystic, Time Mage, and Summoner Level 3

Abilities:

As a Blue Mage you learn Monster Skills by either:

-Getting hit by a skill

-Acquiring ability by Crystal.

(Of course this new class would add new abilities Exclusive to the Blue Mage that are learned once a Crystal is consumed while using a support ability.) The Blue Mage does not need to use the Monster Skill Support Ability, for they have it naturally.

Reaction Abilities:

Monster mimickry:

Counter Magic, but using Blue Magic.

Support abilities:

Beastmaster+:

The ability allows for the Blue Mage to learn "hidden abilities" from monsters whether the Monster uses the skills or the Blue Mage touches the Crystal.

Monster Skill: it allows you to learn Blue magic in other classes.

Devour:

Similar to poach, but instead of getting items, you skip the crystalization process and earn the ability. (No HP/MP Recover)

Movement:

Nest tracker:

An ability that works like Treasure hunter, but instead of items, you can poach a random monster from the types in the current battle.

For example: you're fighting goblins and bombs. The poached monster would be either Goblin Type or Bomb type. This can be influenced by monsters you bring to the battle. Bring Byblos, you can get Apandas. 

Exclusive Weapons:

This would be mainly for the FFVII folks in order to make their Limit breaks Not Suck.

Or how about adding the Weapons from 15...

Exclusive Treasure Hunts and other jobs:

These would give us random items, etc.

There are plenty of ways we could get screwed via DLC...

Personally, playing the game through Delita's perspective would be a worthy DLC.

Nick Galitzine leaked a He-Man pic

 Reaction after the Jump.

Nut before I jump, I can't believe we are FINALLY having a He-Man movie. Sure, I'm dosappointed in most of the cast and some costume designs *cough* Teela *cough*

But He-Man is looking He-Man-esque...

Syndicate Toys has revealed their Comic Con exclusive for Double Dragon

 Dragon deez nutz over yo face...

It's Jeff, the boss from Stage 2! Which is a repaint of the Double Dragon body with an Evil Jeff head. Canonically, Jeff studied Martial Arts with the Lee brothers, hence his ability to do all their moves. But we all know he's just a palette swap with a new head. 

Right now, we don't know if he'll be available outside the con. But since he's a headswap, headswap of the dragons... At $50+ (not sure how much increase due to Tariffs) he might be skippable. 

Macaluso, give us Abobo!! He wants to go on an Adventure.

Spaceballs: The Rant

 Sadly, my COVID-19 era Spaceballs: The Facemask broke. But, I'm here to talk about my favorite Mel Brooks movie: Spaceballs: The Movie. Speaking of which, where is my copy of Spaceballs: The DVD? 

Spaceballs: The Director, has announced Spaceballs: The Sequel coming in 2027. Brooks, Pullman, and Moranis are returning... Yes, you heard that right. Rick Moranis is returning to the big screen. 

Now without further ado, Spaceballs: The Sequel teaser:

Since Lucas no longer owns Star Wars, does this mean that we could get Spaceballs: The Action Figures?

Top 13 Biblical Characters I'd like to see in Future Biblical Adventures figures

 My Jesus figures have arrived and the reviews will be released for the Advent Calendar, because on Christsmas it's his birthday.

Since D13 makes the Biblical Adventures toys, I guess 13 figures is an appropriate number...

Some of the paintings I'll use as reference come from the HUGE Bible my late grandpa had.

It was the Spanish Language version of this Bible. (Grandparents were Presbyterian) Other choices were from Popular culture, more informal, but could be considered in some cases sacrilegious. While I may have some issues with certain aspects of Christianity; having an irreverent behavior, including being self-deprecating, I'm not trying to be offensive here.

While, yes, my humor might slip out during the list, the list is a serious one. The focus on the list will be tributes to art and the narrative.

13- Titian's Adam and Eve:

These are a two pack and HAVE to be one.

I chose Titian over the Ninja Turtle because Titian's Eve is the prettiest Eve I found.

12- Samson: 

Here I am beyond torn:

I like Bloch's painting of Samson and the Philistines. Milani's Samson Slaying the Philistines (with the assjaw) is pretty cool, but Samson and Delilah but il Guercino is another of my favorites. Mainly because it shows a vulnerable Samson sleeping while Delilah chops off his hair. Asstards will probably say that I like it because Delilah is showing her breasts in it. While I prefer this from an artistic and storytelling perspective. Bloch's painting has Toyetic potential... but the clear winner is Milani's also to kick ass with an assjaw...

11- Satan: As seen in Doré's Temptation of Jesus:

It's a Cool Looking Satan that can be paired up with Jesus... but no one would take this list seriously if I asked for a Jesus arm wrestling Satan. That arm wrestlong Pic may be considered tacky by traditionalist standards, but I like it.

10- Willem Dafoe:

You know, he was something of a Messiah, himself. PETER is a disciple and Jesus is Norman Osborn... Of course Bully Maguire would appear on this theoretical rant.

9- Jesus, as made by Michelangelo:

No, I'm not talking about La Pietà. Il Giudizio Universale is where I am looking at. You know the Jesus that looks like a MOTU character, but as effeminate as a JoJo character.

8- Cain Killing Abel by Novelli: 

I know 2-packs are kinda cheating. In this case We need both Cain and Abel.

7- Mel Brooks as Moses:

The Previous Moses has a Charlton Heston head. So my plans of asking for that have been shot. So I chose Mel Brooks mainly because it's Mel Brooks. I know it's a controversial choice because Mel Brooks played Moses as a parody of the ten commandments.

6- The Three Wisemen:

Kinda cheating again, since this is a 3 figure request. This request has an ulterior motive being a Latino and knowing that it would be unlikely to get Los 3 Reyes Magos in the Naughty or Nice Line.

5- The Incredulity of Saint Thomas:

Based on Caravaggio's painting, we'd be getting a Doubting Thomas. I don't think any further explanation is needed.

4- Jesus Cleansing the Temple: 

The most Badass Jesus Painting where Jesus is whipping the temple and removing the merchants. I'm thinking of the Bloch painting.

3-  Madonna Litta:

Yes, this is the painting of Mary and Jesus based on Leomardo DaVinci art. While Personally, I'd rather have Michelangelo's Mary from La Pietà, as a marble Statue, she would look out of place surrounded by colored figures. So, I chose Leonardo, since he was the other Renaissance Artist that inspired the Ninja Turtles that I knew had painted Mary. I COULD have chosen Raphael's Madona del Belvedere, but Raphael is my least favorite Turtle and  I'm surprised I haven't reacted to never-ending, roll the clip.

2- Jesus Raising Lazarus:

Based on the Rembrandt painting, this would be a two pack of Jesus and Lazarus. 

Yes, if a review of this two pack ever got made, you know the reference.

1- The Big Guy himself: (Creation of Man)

This would be a figure of the Creator himself. If made it would be a deluxe item with the bunch of angels hiding on his cap being part of a 3D base/flight stand. I had the idea around item 11, but Can't have other figures before Him.

I had to stick to mostly mainstream figures that could be Toyetic, because Noah is useless without the Ark, Lot would be a 4 pack, him, his daughters, and his salty wife. Job isn't exactly toyetic, and Jonah needs a big fish that may be a whale, Daniel needs Lions

Ralph Macchiato FINALLY LEARNS Karate

 In 1984, Ralph Macchiato started his Karate Career to beat up William Zabka in order to get in Elizabeth Shue's pants.

Uh, Nefty, that's the Plot for Karate Kid. The one with Ja-

Don't you DARE finish that sentence Cade! Fuck Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan... not in that way, you In/SuCubus freaks...

Yes, Ralph Macchiato from Karate Kid, Karate Kid part 2, Karate kid part 3, and Cobra Kai learned karate for real...

Banzai, Motherfucker! Daniel-San is now a Karate Man! I just found out and I'm happy for the dude. 

You get to kill JCVD in a Hitman game?

 Why did no one ever told me anything about this!?

At least JCVD has enough sense of humor to allow a thing like this... then again, Stallone allowed himself to be the victim of various fatalities. Schwarzenegger too! Remembered he was the Terminator as well.

You won't see Chuck Norris or STEVEN SEAGAL doing anything like this. 

All those JCVD references! It brings a tear to my eyes.  

Well, looks like Hasbro is making Generic cops for GI Joe Classified

 Seems that we're getting lots of toy news despite You-know-who's you-know-what.

This Cop has a ton of stuff:

2 heads swappable at the neck. I guess the Vest may be removable?

SWAT HELMET

Cop Cap

Poncho

Riot shield

Baton

Rifle

Flaregun

Stungun

Gun

Glasses

Cup of coffee

Guessing $35-ish range.

The only issue is that it would look short on 1:10 displays, but perfect for Marvel Legends ones... 

But there's a firefighter too

Helmet

Alternate head

Glasses

Safety blanket

Crowbar

3 hatchets

2 hammers

O2 tank

Jaws of life

May try to get one.

Remember the Ryan Gosling as Black Panther Meme?

 With the whole media push for Hunter Schaefer in EVERYTHING push, Marvel has done something insane.

Hollywood has been replacing redheads with black people for quite some time. I've mentioned that I'm not a fan of race swapping or replacing characters for copies with different ethnicities. 

Well Marvel has replaced Black Panther with a white dude.

And I hate it. Sure it's fun seeing the hypocrisy of people complaining about this, but were cool with turning white characters black. At the same time, while hilarious, this comes off as "racist comeback against diversity". But it has made some of the "right people angry". There COULD be a compelling story to this: a T'Challa sired bastard with Daddy issues coming to take what is rightfully his, but Joephisto is behind this. So I'm reminded how One Moronic Deal turned out and all the bullshit in current Marvel Era and think: Did they actually think this true other than "Let's make the Ryan Gosling as Black Panter meme real". 

If they lean to the whole "Whites are discriminated in Wakanda angle" mirroring the racism towards black people in the West angle, they could have interesting stories. Sadly this smells like a gimmick.

Marvel Guilty Gear... ArcSys is now doing a spiritual successor to Marvel Superheroes:

 But it'll be 4v4... One More than Marvel vs Capcom 2 and 3.

So far we have Gundam Drunk, Douchebag America, an Amalgamation of Ghost Riders, a Sexy Storm. A Crisp Rat pretending to be Starlord, Anorexic Iman Vellani, Jigoku Kara no Shisho Insomuniakku Suupaidaman!! and Doctor Doom with a Furry cloak.

I hate the designs aside Storm, but I may get this game because finally an ArcSys game that caught my interest.

Hopefully we can get Spidey Villains that aren't Alien Goo based... I want Doctor Hentaicles! For the love of God, CLASSIC COSTUMES!

An Epic Kollection is Koming

 Kan you guess the game collection koming?

I can't say the name, but permanently disbarred attorney Jack Thompson might get pissed about it. Wait, what? Thompson now praises videogames? Hillary Klinton might get her panties in a bunch. 

Still no idea? How about we let these fine folks illuminate you:

Yes! Mortal Kombat Kollection!

○The first 3 Mortal Kombats in ALL VERSIONS including portable ones and home consoles. Not just the Arcades.

○MK4, no N64 version mentioned or the MK Gold Dreamcast mentioned.

○MK Trilogy is MIA.

○No Mythologies or Special Forces mentioned.

○MK Advanced for the GBA

○The GBA port of Deadly Alliance. No mention of other Deadly Alliance games

○MK Tournament Edition 2003

○No mention of Shaplin Monks, Deadly Alliance, Deception, or Armageddon 

It would be awesome if we got the games all the way to Armageddon, but if I can only choose ONE game to add, it's Shaolin Monks. Not gonna lie, it would be cool if we got the shitty Mythologies and Special Forces, but I'd rather have Shaolin Monks.

Nintendo Switch 2 launched today and

 Some users have been screwed over by pre-orders. The retailers staple preorder receipts to boxes to assign a console per preorder and this receipt stapling is puncturing Switch2 screens.

While the issue seems to be mainly at a single games top, it still showcases how Nintendo's cost-cutting in packaging, has damaged their product. Back in the day Styrofoam would've been protecting the console. Since Styrofoam is now bad, a couple of layers of corrugated cardboard and a thicker outer box would've done the trick.

Now let's see how Nintendo's solving this.

Making a case for TMNT's:

 Antrax: He appeared in a single episode and is Krang's executioner from Dimension X. He looks like a Medieval Executioner. We know he hates fine art. Talks with a sophisticated voice. Prefers medieval weaponry.

Here we have less to work with Due to previous media appearances. But he's doable.

I HAVE to make some changes to appease Playmates. He gets a single head, toy based, but his cowl will have texture, similar to burlap. The purple will be more blueish, since Purple is the color of royalty and Antrax ain't no royal.

The antennae and mandibles should have joints. The mandibles should be hinged while the antennae are in a pseudo ball joint

The body sculpt should be very similar to the toy. But I'm making a big change or two:

The bandolier and belt with the Skeletor Tassels, will be a separate piece in terracotta with silver and gold accents. That includes the Scabbard for the Skull pommel knife.

Kis Torso will be Mustard yellow instead of gold and only his armored knee pads will be gold. The antennae, mandibles, "butt", and all the red body parts will be blood red.

The other big sculpt change is that he will have Symmetrical Monster feet in box. Alternate Humanoid boot feet will be included for swapping. (To appease Purists and Playmates)

Hands:

6 fists

6 dramatic 

6 c-grips  2 with "sword aloft hinge", 4 with traditional hinge.

Accessories:

Executioner's axe with noose (noose is made with real twine)

Skull pommel dagger

Spiked Blackjack

Ball and chain with functional shackle (Turtle sized)

That's my current hypothetical Antrax.

Why him?

Simple: Last one I made was Lionheart. This kinda follows the same theme. Fantasy.

Honestly I don't care much about this character... Then again I didn't give a damn about Scumbug and ended up buying him!

Jada's SDCC tease

 Holy moly! Jada is cooking: My guess is that there may be a repaint or an accessory pack. I'm hoping for the latter:

This was their tease. Unarticulated Yoga Fire/Shakunetsu Hadoken and Psycho Crusher burn victims.

Final fantasy tactics returns to celebrate my mother's death

 The rumored Final Fantasy Tactics remake/remaster thingie is real. 

It appears to be a port of War of the Lions AND a Remade engine with some tweaks and balance adjustments plus apparently, full voice acting. That means Hearing Orlandu rambling before each Night Sword. Yes, I'm using the OG PS1 names... wait. That means Clod will get voice acting... better get the FFVIIR Clod and Kebab girl to voice themselves.

I think I'll pull a Mustadio and simp for Agrias.

Wait, does this mean that they got new VAs or is Ramza Still Vamp and Delita Played us like a damn fiddle!

Update:

Thanks to my He-Man dot org friend MegaGearMax, I was made aware of this tweet with some of the voice cast. New VAs but they actually got the puppet and Kebab girl from remake.

Another Ultimate Wrestling lines rant

 I have done a few rants on the Wrestling Fans line, but barely touched the Crew. So here we go:

Ultimate Wrestling Crew 2.0 or 3.0 if we count the earlier version made out of Jakks parts. So for 3.0 I'm suggesting a more "cartoony look" for the Crew. It would also include new bodies as well. These bodies could be used for the more realistic and for the cartoony faces. 

Let's use the female announcer:

She would get a new head looking a bit more cartoony than the normal version. If Logistics are a problem, a Blonde Amber head can work

She would get a new Torso overlay: a sleeveless blouse with a wide belt paired with Amber's skirt. The idea is to "redo" the announcer dress and justify the bagginess of her blouse. 

For her accessories She gets the standard accessories of the 2.0 PLUS the Cellphone and miscellaneous accessory holding hands.

A black female announcer could be made as a repaint with a new head.

The reason I am changing the announcer is due to the soft plastic dress she has. It's not bueno. You will see it in this year's Advent Calendar.  

Now, let's tackle other figures:

Referees:

These are easy. Just a new cartoony head for each of them. 

-Male Referee 1: White Marvin head minus goatee and grey hair.

-Male Referee 2: new black man head with angry expression.

-Female Referee 1: New white woman with red hair, ponytail and bangs.

-Female Referee 2: New black woman head with small afro

But I want to add a NEW Referee: Fat Referee:

Reusing the fat body with new legs and feet. This will lend itself for other figures.

Fat Referee 1: Black man with a head reminiscent of Reginald Vel-Johnson.

Fat Referee 2: White man with a black haired Fat David Spade head.

EMT 2.0:

Slim Male 1: black skinned repaint of EMT1 with new head.

Slim Male 2: cartoony head based on the EMT

Female 1: Referee repaint with black skin and

A back bun hairstyle.

Female 2: Referee repaint with white skin and brown pigtails

Security guard 2.0:

Slim Males would be repaints of the security guard body but with cartoony heads. Once white, one black.

Female Security guards get a new head each. The new heads would have Security guard caps.

For the fat body would be a reuse of the fat Referee body and new heads. One of them with a Security guard hat 

Police Officers:

Slim Males: Using the Cameraman body and tampographing a badge on the chest. Using the existing FTC military belt, police baton and revolver to complete the look. Obviously new heads

Females:

Reusing the female Ref Body with the belt, baton and revolver. New heads.

Fat male:

Modified upper Torso and arms to look like a (police) jacket. New heads are a given and for accessory the Police Baton.

Crooks:

This one is rather easy:

Reusing the Hunter and Brad bodies repainted. New heads, of course. For accessories adding the existing FTC gun AND crook black mask.

While the last two aren't exactly Wrestling crew/fans, they help push the idea that FTC figures can work with multiple lines.

Captain Falcon: Mid New World

 So, I watched Captain America 4: Brave New World. I feel the movie did Anthony Mackie dirty.  It TRIED to be the next Winer Soldier, but it fell flat. It wasn't Anthony Mackie's fault. He delivered a great performance. Even Harrison Ford went above Phoning it in. Which is weird, since Ford has been phoning it in for the past 10 years.

But I blame the script. The movie tried to be Cap 2, but it was all over the place. Cap FEELS unimportant to the plot. The only Cap Villain, played by Giancarlo Esposito.

The villains were The Leader and Thaddeus Ross. You know, Hulk Villains. We had a non-mutant Sabra, possibly a Mutate via the Red Room program. 

The promotion made Red Hulk a prominent character and he was barely in the movie. The Leader reveal was far to early and was borderline pointless. As a piece he was taken off the board so swiftly and forgotten. The post credits scene was pointless, since we've been dealing with Multiversal threats since No Way Home. We had Loki Seasons 1 and 2, Doctor Strange in the MoM, and last but not least Deadpool and Wolverine. Then we have the upcoming Fantastic Four, which speaks of the Multiversal characters hopping across universes.

But here's the thing.This movie should have been a Hulk movie that happens During the five years of Thanos's snapping. Getting a green haired Samson, having the journey to Smart Hulk. Having Hulk and Ross reach peace and maybe even Bruce seeing Betty one last time. Feels like wasted potential.

It's not a bad movie, but don't get me wrong.It's not great either. I like it but...

I'm glad that I waited to watch It on Disney plus and not spend 16 to 20 bucks at the movie theater... otherwise I'd be pissed.

Top lines that Nacelle would make my wallet cry if they get releases in 1:10 scale.

Better get this out of the way:

Dinosaucers would NOT be one of those lines for single reason... scale. I'd love the Secret Scouts in 1:10 Scale, which would put them around the 6-6.5 inches height. But I may be the only idiot who wants them and not the humanoid dinosaurs. But I want them for all the wrong reasons... 

I won't put Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos, because other than Super Ninja and Chuck Norris, any other character would be Too Much!

Neither would Karate Kid enter the list, because there are only 3 characters Taki, Daniel, and Miyagi. I would buy all three, but they'd serve at best as background props.

Now let's start the list for real:

Ruby Spears Mega Man:

Yes, Jada has the Capcom Games Mega Man. I want the Ruby Spears Cartoon ones where Rock and Roll are teenagers, and she sucks... because Vacuum attachment.

The line-up doesn't NEED to be big:

Rock, Roll, Rush, Light, Wily, Protoman, and the 6 MM1 Rovot Masters.

DiC Zelda:

I started the list with Mega Man to ease you in. But not only we have an OK roster, but a few repaints and variants like Frog Link, or Zelda's evil doppelganger.

There are a few humanoid monsters that can be made. 

Captain N: The Game Master:

Of course I'm mentioning Captain N. He's literally the OG GameDude. I'd have to be Mega High to not mention Captain N the Game Master. But more than captain and himself I want the horrible Simon Belmont.  Not gonna lie, a 1:10 Princess Lana would make Nick Cade Sr. Happy.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: (toon):

I'm sticking to Season 1 stuff. I've already mentioned how I theoretical line could work.So i'm not gonna go into details here.

Captain Planet:

Come on... It's the only way I can get a Whoopi Goldberg, since she voiced Gaia. Wait, Margot Kidder voiced her too!? 

And it can be a symmetrical line:

Gaia, Captain Planet, the Planeteers.

Zarm, Captain Pollution, the eco-villains who had the rings of Destruction. 

Mister T:

Mister T. Beat Muhammad Ali for a simple reason:

The kids. Especially the little Ginger who acts like a Mini T. At least with Nacelle, they'd be more affordable than S7.

Double Dragon: (DiC)

I have the Gane DD figures. Don't know if the future will hold more figures.

That would make me VERY Happy.

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers:

'Nuff said.

Bonus:

My wallet just jumped into a giant shredder... and I ain't talking about Oroku Saki.

"Fan" campaigns for the live action Legend of Zelda movie are...

 Pushing Trans actors as Link and Zelda. Specifically, Hunter Schaefer's camp is pushing for Hunter to Play Zelda. A lesser movement is pushing Elliot Page as Link.

I'm torn on this. This AI Pic I found on a post mocking the idea makes them look REALLY GOOD. As a former theater kid, this casting looks good... but then I remember current Hollywood trends of Voice Actors needing to be EXACTLY LIKE THE CHARACTERS THEY VOICE. Like how Alyson Court could no longer voice Jubilee because she's white, or how they made Norman Osborn black to fit the voice Actor, whose first name escapes me, but his last name is Domingo. At the same time I remember that Benedict... Doctor Strange had to apologize for years from Zoolander 2 and robbing a "non-cis actor" from playing his character.

Yeah, are we going to rob two "cisgendered" actors from playing "cisgender" roles? Good for the goose, good for the gander and all that. Since Hollywood wants "authentic representation", trans actors can't be cisgendered characters; because they're not cisgendered. It would be hypocritical to do otherwise.

No. Pointing out the hypocritical attitudes of Social Justice Slacktivists is not transphobia. 

Visially the "fan" casting looks great, but it clashes against the current "authenticity" ideas. Oh yeah, It applies for everyone except white folks. 

But it's the Big N who will give the final approval and I don't think they would want a Futanari Zelda. Then again, they approved of this:

That's from the official Mario64 Manga. Yes, this whole rant was a long-winded excuse to show the Bunnysuit Mario Pic. Sadly I lost the Pic from an official Manga where Luigi fondled Peach's breast.