Tim Curry is gone...

 Yes, *THAT* Tim Curry... 

To be fair, he was 80 and for years his health hadn't been optimal. Mainly due to his stroke in 2012.

I mainly remember him from Clue, Home Alone 2, Peter Pan and the Pirates, guess who he played there... Congo, and Superhuman Samurai Sybersquad.

But he was also the Best Pennywise.

Beauty and the Beast the Enchanted Christmas

Guess who I'm blaming...

 My condolences to friends and Family... seriously between him and Raul Julia, there is no one who could've played an amazing Doctor Doom...

It finally happened

 Remember my Sephiroth review? Well...

Final Fantasy VII has finally made it to Hot Topic... The Nomura fashion has come full circle.

Also there is a Rumor that Hasbro is doing Final Fantasy VII Figures...

My condolences to Miley

 Her godmother was seen by Sora. 

Dolly Parton is dead. My condolences to friends and family. 

The song I only know because it's a Jojo reference.

Cinemasins does MOTU

 This is technically not a rant just letting y'all know.

But fuck it, I still love the movie.

Since Cinemasins didn't have the OG, have some Nostalgia Critic

It came from the Toy Chest: Fuckdammit Hasbro!

 

You had ONE job, but you fucked it up on purpose so we would rebuy the old hulk body with new heads to get a MVC Hulk. It will come... 80th Hulk with new upper torso, Maximum Hulk Gamma Clap effects, Smart Hulk heads. $60... calling it now.

Shame I lost the ToyBiz Smart Hulk Gun in the last 2 moves.

Articulation

Hulk has a body with articulation similar to his ToyBiz counterpart... minus the toe Hinge. He does have butterfly shoulders, but they tilt backwards for the Gamma clap (an attack not a venereal disease) many Hulk poses are doable) the new torso and bandoliers don't block articulation 

4.0

Paint and sculpt 

It lacks shading compared to past hulks but the new pieces have nice sculpts. Love the heads.

4.5

Accessories

Chanclas are awesome

Gun is OK... should've come with blast effect. The ones I had wouldn't fit.

Glasses are OK...

4.0

Overall

Hulk gets a smashing 4.17 it's not bad, but had I known the neckpegs wouldn't be compatible. I wouldn't have bought this figure.

The Tick characters I want from BBWS

 I got The Tick from BBTS... I know Chairface is coming:

Here are characters I want... I'm hoping it's from both comic AND the 90s toon, mainly because it's the toon the only The Tick source I know...

Arthur:

This one is obvious.

Die Fledermaus:

A Batman parody voiced by my VA god? Of course I want this!!

Barry Hubris: the other Tick:

It's one of the few characters I vaguely remember from the show

Dinosaur Neil:

It's one of the few characters I remember from the show

List is small because I vaguely remember the show aside SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN!!

It came from the Toy Chest: WWE Rando in a suit.

 

I dunno, nor care, actually. MVP? He was on the WWE and is now on AEW?

He was $6 and works for a background character once I repaint his hair and remove the necklace.

I might end up sculpting hair... point is I needed a suit figure and he's here.

Articulation

As a basic figure this is ass, since legs only go forward and backwards. Single joints.

But since he's meant to be a face in the crowd it won't matter much.

3.0

Paint and sculpt

He looks like the guy he's supposed to be the paint is minimal though.

4.5

Accessories 

Necklace

Not even a hardcore item

1.0

Overall

Dude gets a 2.83 as his final score... if I could now locate an Edge... but $6 an elitw would've been like $26

If Mattel does Playsets for TMNT... a rant:

First we need to determine what iteration are they doing.

If Mattel plays it smart makes it fit both scales... the kids "origins" scale and the adult 6.5" scale. 

Kinda like they did with some origins playsets.

 Depending on what continuity they're going for the playsets would vary.

 Assuming Mirage:

Sewer Lair 1,TCRI building, 2nd time around, Foot compound, Farmhouse.

Assuming Fred Wolf insipired:

Sewer Lair, Inside the Technodrome, Channel 6, Rat King's domain (repaint of the lair with different accessories)

In addition, I'd add mini playsets.

Like this, but a more TMNT esque thing...

Top 20 NPCs I'd like to see on BBTS NPCs line

 The NPC preorder is doing fine... the show host variant is the only thing missing for wave 1... I believe Wino mom, Goth Girl, Bank Robber and I think there was an Exorcist or a camp counselor are wave 2... but let's make a few NPCs.

20: PE Teacher:

This one is a tribute to the 1980s PE Teacher stereotypes. Removable cap, whistle, dodgeball

19: Nerd:

Not the Angry Videogame type... more like the revengeful type...

18: Pizza Delivery person:

Could use any gender, but mostly hoping for a dude... paired up with wino mom... you get the idea.

17: Retired Responsible Uncle:

I'm thinking a Cliff Robertson looking man. The variant could look like Martin Sheen. For accessories a Grocery bag with groceries. 

(Carton of milk, converted rice, etc.)

16: Nerdy Receptionist:

Not going to mention who am I thinking of... but think Jeanette from the Chippettes s a human. Variant could be a Karen working for a handicapped attorney.

15: Angsty Teenaged Martial Artist:

I see...

Just make him caucasian and the variant with different colored clothes more Japanese looking... we get the 3rd party tampos for the jacket... and mix-n-match.

14: Plumbers:

Oh, I'm not saying Make Mario and Luigi, but a colorway reminiscent of them would be a nice nod...

13: Food Stand Vendor:

Food stand sold separately. But you get the idea

12: Alley Thug:

Just an average Joe with no Chill. Give him a revolver, a pearl necklace... not that kind... a stolen wallet, watch.

11: Creepy Old Man:

I'm not saying doing this guy but

Someone with similar vibes.

10: Hipster dude:

Spider-Man fans would buy a hipster to recreate this scene. Just saying.

09: Nasty cook:

Think a non mutated Pizzaface type character. Not all places follow health codes to the t... Doesn't need to be Pizzaface levels of gross but just enough to give you pause before ordering the patty melt.

08: Jock:

Dude with a Letterman Jacket from the sane HS as the cheerleaders.

07: Preppie:

You get what I'm going for this, right?

06: TV Chef:

This one is to have well, a Ramsey or a Lagasse type of dude... Batalli would be too obvious.

05: Mail carrier: (USPS Blues, UPS Brown)

Self explanatory.

04: Stranger Danger:

You know the old Beware of strangers posters where strangers had hats and trenchcoats... that. Have them come with toys, candy, etc.

03: Rivals:

We will get athletes to the already made cheerleaders, so have a different colorway for a rival school. It's almost cheating, but thwy would only need new heads.

02: Single Dad:

If you're picturing Bob Saget... that's kinda the inspiration, but not actual Bob Saget... Though I'd like a Bob Saget to fight Sagat.

01: Ice Cream Man:

No reason

Golden Axe series for Paramount+

 I did play some Golden Axe way back then, but it's SEGA doing something that isn't Sonic.

People are hating that it's too self-aware. Self-referential and a little bit too Meta.

The game's ending..

Yup... it fucks up everyone's complaints about the series.

Now, I kind of want one for virtua fighters, virtua cop, Altered Beast, and

If I have to suffer having this earworm, so shall you!

Live action Kratos is an Animal

 Evolution is a mystery so many changes no one can see... wait were those the lyrics? Anyway, Batista will be Kratos.

Will he bulk up for the role? Or will he wear a musclesuit?

BBTS NPC Wave 1 is a go!

 BBTS has launched their own crowdfinding NPC Line.

The Mob Boss, SWAT Guy, Cheerleader and Host. 

The Host totally looks like je could work on GI Joe Classified. 

I oreordered the Cheerleader, because support female figures.

Figures Preorder price is 37... some redecos with kess accessories are available. At 30. As of the writing of this rant only the Host is the one whose varint hasn't been unlocked.

There are 30 days left and they come out on Q2 2027.

Can't wait for wino mommy on wave 2...

We had our first MCU X-person with Sadie Sink

 We also have a Cyke, a Rogue, a Storm, a White Queen, a Mr. Sinister, and a Chuck X.

Kit Connor is the new Dick... cyclops in french translates to penis when you translate it back to english in some translator apps.

He's been some sort of extra ready player one, and that's the only thing I've seen with him in it.

Samara Weaving is the new Emma Frost... she was Scarlett in the shitty Snake Eyes movie. Some folks have complaoned about chest size.

Inde Navarrete is the new Rogue... anyone is better than Anna Pacquin... and people are whining because she's half Latina... 

Christopher Abbott is Charles Xavier... he was The Foreigner in Kraven... but we don't talk about Kraven... no no no... we don't talk about Kraven.

Mr. Sinister...

Fucking Caillou Ren... 

Coming in 2028... wonder if Iceman will come out gay from the start or Jean will make him gay.

Storm actress has no real filmography so no comment...

Really Haley Joel? YOU HAD TO SEE KAIRI?

 Hayden Panettiere...

Yes, that Hayden Panettiere...

Well... 

We got Coco for KH4 and now Kairi's first VA was seen by Sora. She was dealing with PPD and addiction, which is why she as replaced for KH3.

So, I suppose Ms. Stoner will keep playing the role of Kairi... 

My condolences to friends and family, but Kingdom Hearts Animated series... also, KH4 may be digital only since it can delay to 2028.

Brand New Day made brand new Dough

 Mr. Stark, I feel like Scrooge McDuck! Brand New Day reached the 2B mark. In roughly 2 weeks. Avengers Endgame has 800 Million more, but it was on cinemas like a week or 2 shy of 5 months...

Holy shit! Of course, the fans of the fourth rate Michael Bay wannabe are claiming that there is no superhero fatigue and that the DC movies have sucked so far. Obviously they ignore that the movies made by their beloved Zack underperformed during peak superhero, cinema. Meanwhile Spider-Man BND, made 2B when Captain America 4 made only 400M and Fantastic 4 made 521M. Even the MCU isn't doing as hot as they did at peak SH cinema. The fact that Spider-Man did this good is 2 things: Spider-Man and that the movie is good. Wonder if it'll pass endgame...

Nutella made a Peanut butter flavor

 And it's weird. Doesn't taste bad... but still it doesn't feel like Ferrero chocolate. The peanut is a bit overpowering... but it's weird.

But the question is:

Does it Elvis?

Fuck yeah! It does and it gives a chocolaty oomph to the Elvis... But is it worth it? No.

Top 10 things I'd like to see in BND's sequel

 I mentioned that BND has many comic references. I missed out mentioning Big Man...

So with the ending of Spider-Man being off-world... let's tackle what I'd like to see:

10: Real Black Suit:

Black suit looking comic book accurate... lookinf like a black suit, not a chitinous armor 

9: Sin Eater set up:

We have a Jean DeWolffe we need a Sin Eater, settong up the fall of Eddie Brock on the sequel

8: Big Wheel unrelated to the main plot scene:

Self explanatory. A whole action scene being a filler to pad time and have trailer bait shit.

7: MCU cameos:

Preferably Kamala Khan, Kate Bishop, just not Riri... cause fuck the insufferable Ironheart. 

6: MCU's Kraven the Hunter:

Not Kickass... Maybe combining Kraven's Last Hunt with The Other or "Neogenic Nightmare"

5: Iceman and Firestar cameos:

It's self explanatory...

4: Spider Armor:

Perhaps trying to make his own iron suit.

3: Clones:

Oh I want an MCU Ben, and Kaine.

2: MCU Hobgoblin:

We skip Norman Osborn shenanigans and have Roderick Kingsley... we can tie in Ned's energy drink addiction...

1: The MCU Counterpart to Doc Ock:

Fuck you ai love Doctor Octopus 

Brand New Day is the most Spider-Man movie ever

 It's far from perfect, but it feels more Spider-Man than even Sam Raimi's movies.

I mean, for the time skip, you see plenty of villains... mostly in a montage. Boomerang, Tombstone, The Hand, references to Silvermane... Does Punisher count?

Spidey has a friend in the Police: Jean DeWolffe who is now a dark skinned Latina. At least Jean Grey is white and redhead...

Yeah. The whole Jean Grey thing is ass. No sir, I do not like it. The hinting towards The Other or Man-Spider felt like it was tacked on but not fully explored.

The best thing about the movie is the fight choreography. Which BTW the director of this will be doing the live action Naruto movie.

This didn't top MOTU, but it will be my second movie of the year.

Who let Haley Joel Osment watch MOTU 87'

 Dolph is still with us... Jon Cypher, who played Man-at-Arms passed away this month.

Honestly, aside from MAA, I've no idea about his career.

Huh, he was Spellbinder in Batman Beyond. And many single episodes in a shitton of stuff.

My condolences to friends and family.

I don't have much to say because all I knew him from was the 1987 movie...

Top 20 1/12 wishlist: Random stuff

 I have been a bit busy. Still haven't seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day. But it got me thinking:

With Marvel Legends and DCUC we have plenty of celebrities. But most of them are cosplaying...

How about the celebrties as themselves?

That way we get the RDJs, ScarJos, Bales, Afflecks, Cavills, Corenswets, Galintzines, Letos, etc. WWE gives us wrestlers so I won't touch those... then again the NPCs line made me think of this.

20: Gordon Ramsey:

It's fucking Raw! No need to explain this one... Biggest TV Chef.

19: Tony Hawk:

Everyone knows the meme

Hasbro where is this Spidey... 2 pack with Tony Hawk...

18: Zack Snyder:

I may dislike the guy but I totally wouldn't beat him up in action figure form...

17: Steven Seagal:

Do I really need to explain this one?

16: Vanilla Ice:

Yes the Trump Michelangelo trifecta... but Mattel is doing TMNT that's why I meed Vanilla Ice... Ice baby.

15: James Avery:

Aside the whole Uncle Phil thing... my brain just thought of 1987 TMNT actors dressed as their characters. I totally want a Peter Renaday... mostly because of Mandrake references... to pair off against Mr. Avery dressed as Shredder. But a normal clothed James Avery would be fine.

14: Ernest P. Worrell:

I've seen the Cena customs, but I want the real deal.

13: Gorbachev:

Only reason to ask for him.

12: Ronald Reagan:
Mainly due to the Gorbachev wall moment and totally not

11: Fabio:

You thought I was going to reference I can't believe it's not butter... believe it!

Of course he's gonna need a tub of margarine as an accessory.

10: Free government money guy:

You know the old man who dressed like the riddler and told you about free government money.

Matthew Lesko... that's his name. Now I'm thinking of the Quizno's ads that make me think of Neitlich... only the Mattycollector veterans would understand.

9: Ron Jeremy:

Nothing pornographic about it... just a figure of Ron Jeremy...

He WAS IN Ghostbusters as an extra.

Johnny Sins could get an entire wave.

8: street performers:

This one feels kinda cheating as it is a category...

But this can cover mimes, Naked Cowboy, Theater Majors, etc.

7: Rowan Atkinson:

Not Mr. Bean... Rowan Atkinson. But yeah 

Add the turkey as an additional head.

6: Oprah:

No reason at all...

5: YouTubers:

We have seen a few show up in movies... and thanks to WWE we have one of the Paul Bros.

So, bring on Nostalgia Critic, AVGN, Uncle Roger, PewDiePie, Adam Savage... Justin Wong... he has a YouTube channel where he shows videos of him getting Daigo'd.

4: Children:

Still disappointed we missed the Naughty or Nice kids... and at least FTC covers some of that niche... but I need different clothes for them.

3: Teens:

BigBadWorkshop is covering some, but I want all the cliques.

2: The Elderly:

I have seen how BBTWS has made characters that resemble others. If they can make A Rice Relative...

1: Steve Irwin:

Fuck you I want Steve Irwin.

BIG BAD WORKSHOP is making NPCs

 I am excited for this.

This has a lot of the stuff I wanted... criminals and random npcs... I am in... as long as the price is reasonable.

These will help fill up the background for other limes... guess the imports will be used for the nudists...

I beat Ivalice Chronicles:

 I got to appreciate it for what it is... and it has a new game+ in addition to (un)fortunately put Cloud on average level to my characters. But going through chapter 1 with level 99 Ninja Arithmeticians is wild. The bad thing is that the trophies in game don't carry over so you have to rewin them... Deep Dungeon Midlight's Deep here we go again.

Now Tactics Advanced Collection, please... or an enhanced port of

Marvel Cosmic Invasion: Shredder's Revenge but with Marvel.

 The game feels VERY Shredder's Revenge-like... Not because it's made by the same people tht made Shredder's Revenge. It's because it feels very respectful of the universe and characters. It gives off a Marvel Animated series vibe, just like Shredder's Revenge was a love letter to the 1987 TMNT. 

Wolverine is Cal Dodd, Jean Grey is Jennifer Hale and Spider-Man...

Is Meowtacular... Seriously, Josh Keaton has played Spider-Man AND Spider-Man ersatz characters. He even played a Spider-Man inspired villain in DC. 

I haven't gotten the Penis and Thing DLC...  I will later. Bills come first. 

So the rant won't be a review but a top 12 Wanted DLC characters:

12: Johnny Storm:

We got The Thing and his temporary replacement on the F4, She-Hulk... It makes sense to have Torch... also one of Spidey's buddies.

11: Iceman:

Frank Welker needs to voice him in the gayest Fred Jones voice he can do.

I don't think I'll add Firestar.

10: Reed Richards:

His stretching and reshapingcould provide some cool moves. The story is F4 heavy, so let's get as many of the F4 in it.

9: DareDevil:

Street Level Hero... self explanatory. Perfect for a beat-em up.

8: Shang Chi: 

Master of Kung Fu... literally made for a Beat-em up.

7: Iron Fist: (Danny Rand)

Same reason as DD and Shang Chi.

6: Nick Fury Sr.:

Needs to be voiced by The Hoff. A nice way to bring Gunplay without bringing Castle.

5: Hulk:

We have She-Hulk, we need the OG Hulk, because Hulk Smash

4: Sue Storm:

I said Bring the Fantastic Four and I wasn't gonna put Richards in 4... the joke works better in Spanish. Giggity! 

3: Nightcrawler:

Sword, teleports. Perfect...

2: Wonderman:

For the sake of having some Avengers representation.

1: Gambit:

Stick, cards... if we get Chris Potter to voice him again, we're golden.

Honorable mentions:

Dazzler, Black Cat, Namor, Hawkeye, Punisher, Colossus, and Vision...

You all should know why. They all have appeared in past Marvel beat-em up games.