Move over Hannah, here comes the Original Secret Pop Star...

Jem!! Jem is excitement! Ooh Jem!

well, Jem is coming back and taking her place as the Original Secret Pop Star...

This is the New Jem... She's Truly outrageous!

Holy crap!! She looks far more articulated than most standard dolls... Sadly this Jem is a San Diego Comic Con exclusive... so, Hasbro + SDCC exclusive = Total Carnage... I hope she sells well enough for a Retail Jem line to show up... I still need to get a Jem that I owe my cousin for breaking hers as a child...

I dunno, The "Big hair" is the only thing that screams JEM on this doll... I honestly expected an update to her Iconic pink dress... This looks a bit generic to the point that it is OUTRAGEOUS!!
Still, Jem is making a comeback...

Dear Hollywood: THIS is how you make anime adaptations!

'Nuff said!

Not like the awful abomination

Is it too hard to stick to the source material? Apparently it is...
I just wanted an excuse to post that awesome Rurouni Kenshin Trailer... also one to say how much I LOATHE Dragon Ball: De-Evolution!
Seriously, This proves that a faithful adaptation can work (especially using an Asian cast for Asian characters...) I tremble in fear what would Hollywood do to an American version of Rurouni Kenshin!!

It came from the Toychest: Another Twibie Review.

This time is Victoria... The evil Red-headed vampire that wants to kill Bella. I got her for $7 at K-Mart... cause she's a peg-warmer... Jane (Dakota Fanning's character) is also Peg-Warming, yet she's $30... WTF!? I've done some Twibies before... So let's get it on with Ron Howard's sparkling daughter... not in that way...

Still, Edward holds the record for being the only Twibie that I paid Full-Price for... Victoria is the cheapest one

So once I pulled her out of her package this is what I got...

Doll, clothes, stand certificate of Authenticity

Pretty much the same thing as the other Twibies...

Now unto the review stage... 1 = crap and 5 = awesome...

Articulation:

Apparently she has the same range of articulation of an average 1990s Barbie... Sadly, mine has Super Weak ankles... (I thought that was a MOTUC thing, but it happens on the pink aisle as well...)
3
Paint and Sculpt:
Like most Twibies This doll actually reuses The Barbie buck... Her head is from an earlier Barbie too... (Sheesh! The USS Logistics seems to have struck the almighty Pink B!?) They even left out the sparkly bits... Sure, she did not sparkle in the movie, but Twipires are supposed to sparkle!
3


Accessories:
She's got the stand... and that's about all she needs...
3

Overall:
Victoria gets a 3. She should have scored higher, but sadly the lack of sparkles and piss poor weak ankles have hurt her a lot!

Victoria: I will Kill you, Bella!
Edward: The power of my sparkles will defeat you!
Jacob: Is it too hard to give me a shirt! I'll even wear one of those Max Steel shirts!
Bella: I look too happy to be Kristen Stewart!

It Came From the Toy Chest: Mysterious Equestrians

I finally saw them! The Blind Bag Ponies...

The small sized, unarticulated ponies in their mystery bags!! You buy them and...

The bag is not actually blind... neither are the ponies...

I... I forgot what I was talking about! Blind bag ponies! OK here's the thing... an unarticulated Pony figurine (with Sculpted hair) comes inside the baggie... Not just the Mane 6, but there are other ponies too... (most of them I have no clue to their identities...) Like Big Macintosh!

Sadly I have no Big Macintosh...

But I have Applejack! and Rarity! and Rainbow Dash!! I also got some "clones" (Generic ponies that are simple repaints of the Mane 6... Fluttershy is a "clone"...)

I cannot rate them like the normal toys since these are figurines.
They DO look like 3D models of the cartoon... with accurate hairstyles and everything... (Sadly, no hat for AJ and Fluttershy sports Rainbow Dash's hairstyle)
Being so small the chances of a little bit of sloppy paints are there. The cutie marks and eyes are most likely tampographed and the only painted area is on their hair... where sloppy paintjobs can happen.

They're a nice buy... They're smaller than the normal ponies, so they're perfect for all you closet bronies out there...
Or they can be used on other toyline displays if you want to have a character being a Brony...
Cause they have the size of a stuffed toy for an action figure, while the normal ponies look too large and a bit awkward with their rooted hair!

Still no Pinkie Pie and no Twilight Sparkle... but I have a Twi-Clone!! GRRRR!!

Why can't DC make decent NON-Batman/Superman flicks

Yes, Green Lantern sucked... but that's old news. Superman is getting a Reboot. Batman is getting a Third movie... Still we have NO Wonder Woman, NO Flash, but they want to do a Justice League movie cause Avengers did well...

Aquaman is a movie that has to be treated carefully in order to work... somehow I expect a ton of jokes on Aquaman to show up... How can he fight crime out of water or asking Goldfish to stop bank robbers kind of jokes...

And that's the biggest problem with DC's heroes... They are too "Perfect" and lack "real flaws" that make them relatable... At least Batman has the whole Parents are dead thing going for him...

Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, etc. would be a bit hard to translate into film... but if Marvel could pull out THOR, Wonder Woman shouldn't be THAT hard...

Out of the bigger DC heroes, Flash seems to be the easiest to do... Why haven't we gotten a Flash movie is beyond ridiculous... If we were able to get a Flash TV series in the 90s, then I don't get how a Flash movie hasn't been made yet...

DC/WB missed a huge opportunity to make a Flash movie back when shows like CSI were a hit...
(cause Barry Allen/Flash is a CSI himself)

To make a JLA movie they should have gotten a few DC heroes out aside the big Blue and Bats...
I think they made a TV JLA movie...

At this rate looks like DC should stick to animated movies...

It came From the Toy Chest: Retaliating in the shelves one year earlier.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation was delayed for a year. Some toys have trickled down... (Most of them Snake Eyes and Duke) but I got COBRA COMMANDER!!

COOOBRAAA!!! RELEASE! RELEASE!

HOLY CRAP he looks Awesome... I'm not sure how "screen accurate" he is, but he IS a nice take on the Helmeted CC Look!
Apparently I have the "Classic Colors" Variant of the Commander, because there is a Black Suit Version. Also it's a HUGE Improvement on the "Jason X" look from The Previous movie...
I'm not a fan of the Helmet version of Cobra Commander, to be honest, BUT it (the GI Joe Retaliation CC) DOES LOOK more like Cobra Commander than the Rise of Cobra one did... (They should have gone for the Hood look... even if it reminds people of the KKK and stuff...
So, let's take a look at this Commander...

They ARE Pretty similar!!

Apparently the sculpt is ALL NEW, and like I said it's reminiscent of the 80s Cobra Commander.
He also comes with a rifle, a gun and his Cobra Staff... I think I should move on to the ratings part before continuing... 1 = crap and 5 = cool...

Articulation:
The Commander SEEMS to have standard Articulation... From the waist up his articulation is similar (same amount, but the hands work differently) to the Cartoon Cobra Commander from the 25th Anniversary line.
Sadly from the waist down it's another story. He sports a lot LESS Articulation here. The double jointed knees are gone and there is absolutely ZERO Ankle Articulation... also his left leg seems to be a tad loose.
3.0

I guess this Commander is overcompensating for his lack of... Articulation!

Paint and sculpt:
Like I said, the sculpt is new and there is no reused parts from previous Joe toys, that I know of.
Most of it is molded either in blue or black plastic so, no paint issues here. 5.0


Accessories:
I said he has two guns and his cobra staff... that has a missile firing action feature, thus it's a bit oversized. ugh! I hate missile firing weapons on 3 3/4" toys... cause that makes the weapons ginormous. On a more positive note, his Cobra missile can fly from his staff roughly 20 inches away! Aside the oversized Cobra head, the staff looks pretty awesome! Teh guns are a little plain. The rifle can be held on his right hand without looking THAT awkward... (looks a little bit awkward, but not so awkward that makes you say, damn! that looks awkward!) His other gun fits nicely on his right hand, but the holster for it is a bit big and it tends to slide down on it and looks like it could fall off.
3.0


Overall:
G.I. Joe Retaliation Cobra Commander gets a 3.67 that it's not THAT bad... He DID lose points on Articulation and the silly oversized staff... If anything I can use his awesome head on the Cartoon Body and have a cool looking "Helmet" Cobra Commander.

and the Movie version looks GOOD with the 25th Anniversary hood!

They say Videogames are dying...

I don't believe it though, but if they are, I'll rant about the most likely culprits.

Games are overpriced.
It's true! Most games nowadays are on the $60 range. Sure I know that some of you are going to pull the: "SNES games were $70!!" and yes, they were, but after a decade of games being cheaper since they were made on cheaper media (disc based instead of Cartridges like the Ancient SNES games) getting hit by these "Cartridge like costs" seems almost ludicrous... On its own it isn't THAT bad, but when you add up the next points, you'll hopefully see my Point of View.

Games are being rushed. Patches, patches and more patches!
Games being rushed has happened since always, but now it's more noticeable due to the constant downloading of patches. I wanted to play UMVC3 last night and I hadn't played in "ages" (1.5 months) So I had to sit through a patch install to play OFFLINE!! It's a bit annoying and I'm worried about the patches filling up the PS3s HD space eventually... (DLCs eat up space as well...) Then there's the whole "I'm paying for being a beta tester?" feeling

DLC, DLC... Wait I'm paying to unlock stuff that is ALREADY ON THE DISC!?
I'm not a huge fan of DLC... It makes me feel like the game was released incomplete and rushed, especially when there is DLC available from DAY 1!! I mean, it's not 1 year later or even 3 months later, but on the RELEASE DATE!? Hello! I just got home from a midnight release and there's DLC already!? WTF!? Let's use Ultimate MVC3 as an example: I got the game. Costume packs cost $5 or $6. There's like 4 or 5 of them that's $20-$30 extra dollars there. Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath are DLC Characters $5-$7 each... So it's $10-$14 more... So that's in a Worst Case Scenario an ADDITIONAL $44 just to get the full version of the game.

I must be ONLINE at ALL TIMES even if I'm playing Single player!?
This is a new way to "fight Piracy" by being online at ALL times the company that made the game can monitor if you're using a legal copy or you are an evil pirate. That doesn't take in consideration people with crappy internet connections or their bandwith (which could have a limit before getting billed more)

SO, in a nutshell, we're paying full game price for an incomplete version of the game that has Downloadable Content from Day 1 to unlock stuff that may be ALREADY ON THE DISC ITSELF!?
and you MUST be online at ALL TIMES if you want your copy of the game to work... Sure the SNES games were $70 but the game was complete (very very few game breaking glitches) though they DID screw us with the revised versions of games (*cough* capcom *cough) but these did not happen so often.

Now game companies are blaming different things... Piracy is an obvious culprit. Now I'm not defending Piracy, but The whole Paying Full Price for a game that is incomplete, requires DAY 1 DLC and patches and in some case I NEED to be online (and eating up bandwith) just to play a Single Player campaign.

The companies also blame the re-selling of games. Well, if games weren't overpriced, require extra DLC (not necessarily free) and the other stuff just to play the game; people would buy new...

Long story short, Price Gouging will KILL the game industry!

Why Hasbro? WHY!?

With the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic toys becoming more show accurate as the line progresses, why did they have to do this!?

It's DERPY WHOOVES!! an Actual HASBRO-Made Derpy TOY!!

No, I'm not complaining about Derpy getting made...

But she'll join my Zarana and my Sgt. Slaughter figures...

oh wait! I don't have a Zarana or a Sgt. Slaughter because Hasbro's SDCC Exclusives are a freaking pain in the Flank to find!!
I want to love and tolerate right now... As much as I rag on Mattel, their exclusives have been easier to find than Hasbro's...

The Odinson will gain a new Sister in Law

Looks like Miley has FINALLY found a way to kill Hannah by getting engaged to the Not-Thor Hemsworth boy...



Yes, that was my reaction as well... but mostly cause this will KILL Hannah Montana Forever...
Also, I was hoping for a more dramatic reaction from Billy Ray... Maybe an Achy Breaky Heart reference, but I'm kinda glad he is happy for her...

I dunno about this. I still feel like she's using the engagement to rid herself of Hannah... It won't work, just ask Mark Paul Gosselaar or Soleil Moon Frye... They are still haunted by Zack Morris and Punky Brewster respectively... I see Hannah making a comeback on 2020... if the world doesn't end on December 21st that is... So looks like Miley might give me some material to rant about in the next months...

It came from the Toy Chest: Wa haha! edition

Look upon this Review Equestria for it is Rarity!!

Spike wishes he had wings right now...

But this is not the Standard Rarity review... This is a Rarity "based" on her look from Season 1 Episode 16: The Sonic Rainboom... Looks like Hasbro may be making some ponies for bronies (but not as super articulated as I want them though...)

But without the excessive Make-up...

Spike! Enough with the Rarity Clips!!

As I was saying This Rarity: Glimmer Wings Rarity to be precise, is just Rarity pretending she has beautiful wings...

I kid you not... It's in the box!!

Why not Rarity got these magical wings to cheer her friend Rainbow Dash? (like on the show? Seriously sometimes i just don't get Hasbro...) In any case let's start with the Review.
as always 1 = crud and 5 = awesome! Since this is a pony, it gets the "Pony curve effect" (a second score that is "ponified")


Articulation:
Rarity only has 2 Points of Articulation and is due to the rooted hair and her wings. Huzzah The Articulation points have been doubled! As an Action Figure collector Rarity would get a 1.5 here... but since it's the MLP Standard that would translate to a 4.5 in a MLP collector scale.

Paint and sculpt:
Well there's not much to talk here... She's pretty much molded in White and the extra stuff is tampographed. Her eyes are tampographed and Look like Rarity's unlike somepony who has a wingboner... Her sculpt is in a different pose...The rooted hair makes her look Completely NOT show Accurate...she's got two different shades of Purple AND it looks a bit off... Speaking of things that look a bit off... Her wings are not THAT show Accurate, but Hasbro rarely does show accurate Ponies... 4

Both Rarities are falling down... and no Dashie in sight...

Accessories:
She only has a butterfly friend... (the one she "rips off" when she pretends that she has wings) NO COMBS! So, she loses a Lot of points here...
2 in both scales.

Seriously? No comb for the Fabulous Rarity!? That's like making Applejack without her hat... Oh wait...

Overall:
 I have to applaud Hasbro for doing things like these which are nods to bronies... (Having Zecora, TG&P Trixie, a White Celestia, Princess Luna would help too!) but here's the score for Rarity!
 2.5 without the Pony curve and a Whopping 3.5 with the Pony curve. The lack of accessories on Rarity hurt her a bit... (I guess that the USS Logistics is striking Hasbro ports as well)

Haley Joel Osment can see The Trololo guy...

Today is a sad day for some because Eduard Khil has passed away.
Who was Eduard Khil?

That guy. The funny thing is that this video was used to troll people (like they did with Rick Astley's Never gonna give you up) He was fairly unknown outside of Russia until the video became a sensation. Heck! Putin gave him an award or something due to his popularity as the "Trololo guy"...
My condolences to the family.

hey what the!? Zombies? Cannibals? Olsen Twins?

Justin Bieber fainted like a pokémon and suffered a concussion... Apparently he is his own worst enemy now... Hopefully Selena Gomez knows a spell to protect the Bieber... Hey! I got nothing... OK! I could have rolled the Bieber dies on CSI clip... but I didn't. Taking the high road and all that.

Naked man eats off another man's face and is shot by the police... Kinda sounds like an opening cut scene for a Resident Evil game, don't it? Sadly, this is real... Seriously, what is it with Cannibals these days?



I Knew Elmo was EVIL!! but seriously, I did NOT expect this! Sesame Street songs were used as a torture mechanism...



With that playlist I'd talk and take the blame for it... don't blame me for showing you true evil...

Michelle from Full House is dating a super old guy for her age... He's just the brother of a former French President... I'm talking about Mary-Kate Olsen... Still it's a bit creepy... She looks 15 and the guy looks like he's on his 50s... He looks like he could be her father... What's the male counterpart for a Cougar? That guy! Must resist urge to not make a "you got it dude!" reference!