Sep 30, 2024

MONDO GECKO AND MONA LISA DLC Available now

 Leaping Lizards! I had forgotten how much fun Shredder's Revenge is! The new d l c for the game is available and it's only four dollars. It only includes two characters so I guess that's why it's so cheap. I played half of the game with Mondo and Mona Lisa and they're interesting. Also, I just found out that you can use Karai and Usagi in story mode as well. I thought that wasn't doable with the previous DLC. 

Guess I have four new excuses to replay the game.


These reptiles are radical and pumped a bit of life to the game.

I'm guessing the final DLC will be the Punk Frogs. Or maybe it's time for a sequel...

I don't have my heart set on ranting today. It's not a good day. Old Wounds were reopened and I've been ugly crying so much my throat hurts and my eyes sting. Gonna do the responsible adult thing and drown my sorrows in alcohol. I thought the pain was supposed to go away but somehow it's gotten worse.

Sep 29, 2024

Street Foghter 6 has KOF guests... Guess it's time for a guest list

 As in which Characters I'd add as guests. In no particular order: No. I WON'T BE ADDING STUPID CHARACTERS LIKE A SOCCER PLAYER.

Wait SNK actually did that? What a bunch of morons. 

My choices will be a bit more logical:

Quick Kick:
GI Joe had a crossover with Street Fighter in comics. I chose Quick Kick because of his Martial Arts background.

Big Boa:
Representing COBRA, their Boxer. Again, it's a character that uses hand to Hand combat.

Ryo Hazuki:
If you didn't think that I would try to sneak Shenmue, then you don't realize how much I love Shenmue. Where's the official DVD release for the anime!? But yeah, I'd like to have Mr. Hazuki in Street Fighter. I could make a full rant of Ryo in SF, but yeah,let's move on.

Billy Cranston:
Yes, as in the Power Ranger. Had Jason David Frank not died, he'd been on the list. I chose Billy because it's the only Ranger I've met. Street Fighter had a crossover or two with Power Rangers and Ryu was a Ranger. 

Daniel LaRusso: 

Marvel's Daredevil:
One of the Few Marvel Characters that can be "downgraded" to SF level and not truly nerf him. His Billy club is comparable to Eagle and his escrima sticks.

TMNT:
They have had a few crossovers in Street Fighter between comics and even SF6 with the cheap ass costume scam. Maybe Capcom should revive Tournament Fighters  via a spiritual successor. The Turtles in SF6 would be testing the waters.

Chuck Norris:
Chuck Norris,  because why the heck not? He has a background in martial arts and plenty of costume options

Ryu Hayabusa:
Yes, the Ninja Gaiden MC and DoA fighter... Rainbow Mika can be a guest in DoA...

Shaquille O'Neal:
To be fair, Shaq WAS in a Fighting game.

And a beat-em up...





Sep 27, 2024

Top 20 Celebs I'd like to have Ultimates! of

 Things are a bit slow since there's very little game news, or toy news other than Amazon's Technodrome for the vintage TMNT has been delayed. So, instead of making another TMNT list, I'm branching out to celebs... 

20: Michael Jordan:
Basketball's GOAT himself. I don't NEED him on his 23 Bulls regalia, but I also wouldn't say no to it. Yes, I'm thinking of basically Michael Jordan in a business suit. 
Heads:
Neutral
Smiling
Tongue

Specialized hands:
Six rings
Ball holding hand
Accessories:
B-Ball 
Trophies
B-ball hoop

19: Terry Crews:
I blame White Chick's and Brooklyn nine nine for this desire. But essentially Terry Crews in a suit 3 sizes too small that does little to hide his puffiness.
Heads:
Neutral
Happy
Angry

Accessories:
MP3 player (you know what song is playing)
Body products for men. (Another reference)

18: Jackie Chan:
Basically the Jackie Chan from the Live Action segments of Jackie Chan Adventures. A City Hinter Chun Li Jackie would be welcome, but unlikely to happen.
Heads:
Neutral
Confused/drunk
Angry

Specialized hands:
Drunken boxing hands
Victory sign hands.

Accessories:
Shendu statue
Alcoholic drink
Alt. Clog feet

17: Steven Seagal:
Everyone would be asking for the leaner Seagal from the 80s. I want Fat Ranma Seagal.

Heads:
Beard
No beard

Specialized hands:
Guitar playing hands

Accessories:
Handgun
Katana
Carrot
Electric guitar
Necklace with deputy badge

16: Eddie Murphy:
Basically Eddie Murphy in a T-shirt and jeans with a soft goods varsity jacket as a reference to Axel Foley.

Heads:
Neutral
Laughing
Annoyed

Accessories:
Handgun
Stand up Mic
Eddy Murphy Record
Mushu or Donkey plushie
Stack of The Adventures of Pluto Nash DVDs.
Glass of water 

15: Nicolas Cage:
Honestly, I have no idea what he should be wearing. I just want a freaking Batshit insane Nicolas Cage figure.

Heads:
Neutral short hair
Neutral long hair
Batshit insane short hair
Batshit insane long hair
 Atshit insane short hair with a skull painted on his face

Accessories:
US constitution
Handgun
Dark shades
Burnt doll
Sealed Superman comic
Sledgehammer

14: Zack Snyder:
I know, I know, Nefty hates Zack Snyder, but a Snyder figure makes sense somehow. Black and white variant could be a Snydercon Exclusive.

Heads:
Smiling
Smug

Accessories:
Smartphone
Movie camera
The infamous stolen reels from the snydercut
His participation Oscar
his 4 Razzies
Dumbells

13: Miley Cyrus:
This is Adult Miley, not Mouse Era Miley, which I'd like, but Super7 screwed the pooch with Disney. Essentially miley in a pantsuit.

Heads:
Neutral
Smiley tongue head

Accessories:
Sledgehammer
Riding crop
Handgun 
Smartphon
Guitar with a mostly peeled off Hannah Montana logo. 

Or something even more scratched off than this.

12: Gabriel Iglesias:
Picture hin with a Hawaiian shirt, Jean shorts.

Heads:
Clean shaven "vintage fluffy"
Goatee with cap

Accessories:
Stand up Mic 
His chihuahuas
Racist basket

11: Jack Black:
Basically Jack Black wearing whatever.

Heads:
Clean shaven
Crazy Alan Moore Version of Black

Specialized hands:
Guitar playing hands one with Pick of Destiny

Accessories:
Pith Helmet (reference both to jumanji and Pitfall)
Not an Atari 2600
Electric guitar (reference to Tenacious D and Brutal Legend)


10: David Hasselhoff:
Basically David Hasselhoff being David Hasselhoff.

Heads:
80s Hasselhoff
Current era Hasselhoff
90s Eyepatch Hasselhoff


Accessories:
David Hasselhoff Vinyl record
Lifeguard floating can
SpongeBob plushie
Handgun
Picture of William Daniels with David Hasselhoff 
It was either this or a $500+ Super7 Trans Am...

9: Sophie Turner:
No need to explain much... just Sophie Turner wearing normal clothes and a few references to past movies/shows.

Heads:
Redhead
Blonde

Accessories:
Wolf plushie
Flaming Phoenix plushie
Handgun

8: Ernie Reyes Jr.:
No, this is not a backdoor Keno Ultimates. This is an Adult Ernie Reyes Jr. Figure wearing normal clothes.

Heads:
Current era bald head
MMA era with short hair

Specialized hands: 
MMA gloved hands open hands and fists

Accessories:
Bo staff
Katana
Pizza warmer box
Removable Patusan Headband
Ooze canister

7: Ming-Na Wen:
Ming Na Wen sporting normal clothes. No preference here.

Heads:
Neutral
Smiling
Angry with Chun Li hairdo:

Accessories:
Temuera Morrison's Auto Biography. (Get it? Book of Boba Fett reference)
Twelfth Night script. (It's a play about a woman pretending to be a man.)
Calendar with May 30th 2023 circled. The day she got her star, which was also, Tuesday. (SF reference)
Handgun (reference to Agents of SHIELD)

6: Tony Hawk:
It's Tony Hawk. What else can I say?


Heads:
With Skateboarding helmet
Without skateboarding Helmet

Specialized hands:
Skateboard holding hands

Accessories:
Skateboard

It's Tony Hawk, what else can I say?

5: Isabela Merced:
Isabela Merced wearing an outfit inspired by her Madame Web clothes, but in Dora colors.

Heads:
Neutral
Determined
Dora hairdo

Accessories:
Hawkgirl Mace
Capuchin monkey 
SILVER Welther PPK gun (Megatron reference)

4: Sabrina Carpenter:
The Feenyverse had Nothing to do with me wanting her in action fogure form.

This is what made me want her in action figure form. That's the look I want for her, especially since I have an Action Figure scaled British Broadcasting Corporation. 

3:Fred Savage:
Mostly because of The Princess Bride, The Wizard, and Deadpool...
OK purely because of Deadpool.
He could get a Not a NES with Not NES Cartridges, a copy of The Princess Bride, the book, not the movie. Maybe a pic of him with Daniel Stern (double reference)

2: Ben Savage:
I mentioned Fred Savage and you'd think I'd skip my favorite Savage that isn't Randy or Adam?
Honestly I'd put him in a business suit for Political campaigning with banners and signs for; Savage 2024, a framed Pic of William Daniels.

Before I show my Number 1, here are some
Honorable mentions:

Will Friedle:
Normal Will Friedle wearing an outfit reminiscent of Terry McGinnis
Heads:
Normal Will
Silly Will
Plays with Squirrels
Accessories:
Naked Mole Rat
Sword of Omens in Dagger mode
A Beyond Batarang
Staff
Soft goods tunic
Manifesto.

Mark Paul Gosselaar:
Normal Mr. Gosselaar
Heads:
Normal MPG
Bleached Blond MPG
Accessories:
Brick Cellphone
Cardboard cutout of Tiffani-Thiesen (made of plastic)  

Raúl Juliá:
Essentially Raúl Juliá wearong normal clothes that exude dapper vibes.

Heads:
Neutral expression
Hamming it up expression
Dracula head

Accessories:
Rapier
Dictator hat
Soft goods fancy robe
Soft goods cape
Broken lance

Lance Bass:
What? I only want Lance Bass because of the Sephiroth references I could make... yes, George Newbern is the better known Sephiroth, but Lance was the first English voice of Sephiroth. Final Fantasy beats dick jokes, or Nick Arcade contestants.
Essentially it would be Lance Bass, not much to add.
Heads :
Clean shaven
Bearded
Clean shaven with hair dyed silver

Accessories:
Magenta Soft goods pajamas
Black trenchcoat soft goods
Ridiculously long Katana

Jaleel White:
Picture Jaleel White wearing normal clothes shirt blazer blue jeans and red Chuck Taylor's.
Heads:
Normal Jaleel
Surprised Jaleel

Accessories:
Weed baggies
Bong
Chili dog
Block of cheese
Disembodied Urkelbot head
Urkel glasses

Haley Joel Osment:
Here at the House of Rants we love Haley Joel Osment...'s sister Emily. But since I added Miley, adding Lilly would be cheating. So, I chose the Necrogazing fucker whose ass I want to penetrate with a keyboard until his eyes pop out for seeing Mom...
Celestiadammit! Who let Nick Cade write this segment!? Nick, you asshole! Yes, I hate Haley Joel Osment's necrosight, but I wouldn't be shoving Keyblades up Sora's ass. That's how we end up with Roxas, Vanitas, Ventus, and Xion... Donald on the other hand...

Thanks to Mr. Cade's interference I'll end the honorable mentions here. So you missed out on:
Jenna Ortega, Amber Turd, Whoopi Goldberg, Uma Thurman, Iman Vellani, Amy Adams, Jim Parsons, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hanks, LeBron James (maid outfit), Eminem, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Maury Povich, Jerry Springer, Oprah (no 9001 penises), Fresh Douche and the bald she-devil.

Now for the Number one most wanted celebrity figure...

Really? Again, this inspires very little faith in IRONHEART

 Allegedly this tweet is a first scoop on Ironheart.

Assuning this is true, then my only reaction is:

I'm not saying the show will be bad, but when you start with "Riri Williams is Bisexual" .You're just begging for people to complain.  There's so much you can share in a tweet, let's say: are the VFX good, is there some stellar performances, the story so far is engaging... even the whole "will have same tones as Ms. Marvel" tells far more about the show than "Riri is bi". 

To be fair I KINDA liked Ms. Marvel, but I had some issues with the show and I'm afraid of the campiness ruining the show. With the whole Ms. Marvel tones, I'm afraid that we'll rarely see Riri in armor.

Wait, Agatha All Along got released? Better watch it then.

Sep 24, 2024

More Shredder's revenge DLC COMING

 Still no Punk Frogs, but it has Mondo Gecko and Mona Lisa...


I hope it's that we can play the entire game as them and not the survival mode with Usagi and Karai. Once we get more info I'll rant... Super7 we better get these in Ultimates. By that O mean Bunny and Mona Lisa since we already have Spicy and World Gecko.

Guess Karare Kid's release was the spark in Dotemu's ass that forced this DLC.

He-Man game when? Mattel, move your ass...

Sep 23, 2024

Super7 what is this?

 You posted this on Facebook


This looks like an ad for an Ultimates Invisible Tygra... That's really cool and all that you're making one but if this is brand new, how the fuck do I have a Super7 Thundercats ultimates invisible Tygra?
Flynn you got some splainin' to do!

Update:
It's a ReAction. Meh.

Playmates TMNT CLASSIC 6 Inch line ideas.

 IIRC, the CG Movie line is in the same scale. I've mentioned how the Monster Tower could be repurposed into a Channel 6 display. My brother reminded me of the Cowabunga Carl Van that eluded me for the NECA Turtles.

The Classics work with the Cowabunga Carl Party Van, then Playmates could make a New Party Wagon out of it. 

Sure it would require some moderate retooling making the niew rearview mirrors sturdier ti fit the guns.replace the coeabunga Carl head pizza firing mechanism with radar dish. The back would have to be retooled to add the spoiler and the outer piece of the fifth wheel feature with the classic panels. 

On the other hand the Channel 6 Newsvan would be far easier as it would only require one new piece: replacing the Carl head with an "omnidirectional news camera" 

I'm gonna say it flat out a $50-$65 "Classics Party Wagon" would sell, because plenty of NECA, Super7, and other 1:10 and 1:12 collectors keep looking for decently scaled vans in this scale. I mean back when the Cowabunga Carl Van was released many bought it for Customs. So, between customizers, people who missed out on other companies' Party wagons, completionists, 

Of course, that is assuming they STILL have the molds, but if Playmates wants to flex that Master License muscle, they need to bring into the fold collectors from the other lines and playing the compatibility game might give Playmates an edge.

Sep 20, 2024

PS5 Pro: a rant

 What else could I add to the mix aside the obvious.

What were they thinking indeed.
$700 for a discless console add 80 bucks for the disc drive. Adding the Puerto Rican 11.5% sales tax... it rounds up to $870.


Well ackchually it's cloth. Still plant based, but that's not the point! I cannot bury a few pennies and have them grow into a tree that gives me dollars. 


We get it Sony, you like Money. Everyone does, but this isn't how you'll make me part with mine. Hell, after Spider-Man 2 and FFVII Rebirth, my PS5 has remained untouched... will probably replay DBZ KAKAROTTO on PS5 due to the PS5 exclusive content that I already paid for. With so few games available that aren't ports or multigen games, there's no reason to get a PS5 Pro especially when PS6 is coming in about 2 years. Wouldn't be surprised if FFVIIR-3 End's up on PS6.

Sure, it may be cheaper than a gaming PC with similar specs, but for a console it's expensive.

First he was Sonic now Urkel is Star Wars:

 I shit you not... we got Doc Brown, Lizzo, Nacho Libre, now we have weed Mogul Jaleel White in Star Wars...

Yes Sonic the Hedgehog...

He will be a cyborg in Star Wars Skeleton Crew... OK...

All we need is Reginald Vel Johnson playing a space cop to cover all the references. 

Hopefully the show won't be Acolyte bad, but if it is, we blame Urkel...

Sep 19, 2024

Videogame series that I'd love to see return

 We have videogame series that are perennial like Mario, Zelda, Sonic, HALO, but othwrs have faded to obscurity... These are the ones I want to talk about.

Altered Beast:

There are various AB games and all have sucked minus the original game. Even the original game wasn't great... so, here's my idea: remaking thw original game and adding more levels to test the waters for a revival. This could be an AA game for SEGA.

HANG-ON!!:

You know why this is here:


We haven't had arcade racing games and bike racing games aren't that common. Also, Ryo Hazuki could be added as a hidden character. He could be riding a HANG-ON arcade cabinet. While sega's Outrun may be more popular. I prefer Hang-On.

Startropics:

The "American Zelda" often forgotten, since it was made in America. I believe it needs a remake and sequels. Just as Ocarina revitalized Zelda, I believe that Startropics should get a chance at being revived.

Mega Man X:

The last good Mega Man X game was X4. X5 and 6 were hot garbage, then the 3D games were worse than hit garbage. Calling them shit would be giving them a compliment. We need to return to the fast paced 2 D platforming action from the past.

Metal Gear:

Yes, you read right: we need more Metal Gear and I believe it can be done with Hideo. We should Start with, say Remaking the MSX games in 3D. Adapting the NES games into MGL: Metal Gear Liquid. Konami probably has plenty of plot documents they could use to make a WWII era Cobra Unit game, the Aforementioned Liquid Game, a Solidus game based on the Peace Walker/MGS5 Gameplay but woth swords, because Solidus. Maybe a post-Revengeance Raiden game.

Final Fight:

SF6 was a reminder that Final Fight exists, but the game was all over the place. The sooner we can forget Fonal Foght: Streetwise exists, the better.

Final Fantasy Tactics:

I've been replaying War of the Lions since I got it on my phone. I want more FFT period. 

That's it... I can't go into licensed game territory...  that would be a different rant for a dofferent day.

Sep 18, 2024

Masterverse is doing the we got MOTUC at home

 Another Masterverse Subline is coming and is a Classics Knockoff... which I thought New Eternia was supposed to be.


We have POP, NA, New Eeternia, 87 movie, Sun Man, Revelation, Revolution, now this? That's 8 sublines... there's nor rhyme or reason to this line. At least Classics was an anthology line encompassing MOTU's history under a vintage inspired style. Masterverse lacks that cohesiveness. 

The worst part is that Mattel is quarter assing things again. New Eternia weapons? Shouldn't he be getting new "vintage inspired weapons"?

Lazy as fuck! I mean, New Eternia Skeletor, Bone Throne Skeletor, Revelation Skeletor this is like the 4th or 5th Vanilla Skeletor we got on this line... since this is 40th Skeletor without die-cast weapons. 

Honestly, I see no motivation to go into this subline. 

Sep 17, 2024

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarotto: a rant

 I recently beat DBZ:K and here's the review...

Mid. We basically retread DBZ in a game that has no identity.
It wants to be an open world game but isn't.
It wants to be an RPG but only in grinding.
It wants to be a Fighting game but I've beaten most of the game with a broken controller. It has some horrobly implemented minigames that are pointless. Adds a shitton of useless mechanics.
Fetch quests for fetch quests... seriously, someone has a fetch quest fetish at Cyberconnect...

Did I mention the game is boring?

Good thing I got it on sale... 
The only good thing that came out of the game was the Japanese ad.

I mean , the game is not awful, But it's one of the worst Dragon Ball games i've played into twenty first century. The highlights of the game were the Pre Z DLC with the fight against Piccolo in the 23rd Tenkaochi Budokai, Future Truks's story, and Bardock's story. 

The game feels horribly rushed and half-baked. The game REALLY needed some... a ton of polish before beong released, yet here we are.

You'd have to be a super mega ultra instinct super saiyan God level of fan to appreciate this game. 

Sep 14, 2024

Mehvel Legends news

 Pulsecon 2024 had some Mehvel Legends reveals.

-"Neffy, it's Marvel Legends."

I know what I said. These are meh.


A Secret Wars wave based on the Mattel toys. Meh. Beyonder and Titania are the closest to must buy figures.

A Spider-Man TAS 2 pack was shown and Vulture is the villain. Unexpected, but OK.

We also get another Spider-Man on the outdated Sunfire/Cyclops body. 

Why!? We have a perfectly good body with the Retro Spider-Man body or the Renew your Vows Spider-Man body.
A Flash Thompson head, C-grips, and removed mask aren't enough for me to cave in. (Will I resist or will this show up in Advent Calendar 2025?)

Sep 13, 2024

Sadly, there won't be a Fall of Grayskull 2

 The project didn't meet its goal of $250,000 and was deemed unsuccessful by Kickstarter. It sucks. Now, I feel bad for Daniel Benedict and the other folks involved in the project. It's not a huge amount of money, movie wise. STREET FIGHTER ASSASSIN'S FIST cost 2.5 MILLION to make. Benedict was asking for a tenth of that. 

Alas, it was not meant to be. $250,000 is still a lot of money for most folks. The first short was barely 12K. Most of the fan film campaigns I've seen rarely request over 10K. There's Spider-Man: Lotus with its 100K budget, but Spider-Man is waaaaaaay higher in the Fandom totem pole than He-Man. The fact that FoGS 2 managed to collect over 85K is a success. Sure, it wasn't enough for the goal that Benedict had in mind, but here we are.

Perhaps he should consider a scaled back version with a smaller budget and aim for a short instead of a full feature length film and rely on green screen for the sake of a smaller budget. I know it betrays everything Benedict wanted to do, but unfortunately, he was unable to acquire the budget needed for a full feature movie with little to no green screen.

In any case best of luck to the folks involved and hopefully they can find a way to tell the story they want to tell.

Sep 12, 2024

Puerto Ricans raised in the 80s are going to love this

 When I was a young boy, my Mom and my then Stepfather knew a few Puerto Rican wrestlers. Mainly through his family. So, all the illusion of kayfabe was destroyed in the late 80s-early 90s. So, yeah I met a few wrestlers back in the day. I still regret not getting a photo with Chicky Starr and Carlos Colin. (His forehead is scarier in real life, especially to nine year old me) 

Well there's this film based on the Wrestling at that time. Part of me wants to see it, because I have mixed memories. Allow me to explain:

At that young age I had a love/hate relationship with wrestling. I watched it and enjoyed it, WHEN I WANTED TO WATCH WRESTLING. Problem is that my Stepdad's parents hogged the TV to watch local wrestling and I was forced many times to stop playing NES or watching TV so they could watch local wrestling. So, losing TV privileges every time they had to stay home (which was way too often)

Of course this is a docudrama that will be heavily stylized and romanticized and most likely will be based on the earlier 80s, which reduces the possibility of having a scene with the wrestlers hanging out with friends and family drinking, arm wrestling, and overflowing testosterone... 

Yeah, I'm just interested to see what extras could be playing my Mom and Stepdad.  The idea that a fictional version of my Mom could be immortalized on celluloid is making me cry tears of neither joy, nor sadness.


Sep 11, 2024

I have worse news regarding the MOTU Movie

 Apparently, SkeleBorat was just a rumor. Yay! Bit they're eyeing something worse. Alleged pedophile, cult leader, and Morbin'Time actor, Jared Leto is now the rumored Skeletor.


Don't get me wrong. I hated the idea of Borat as  Skeletor. But this is far worse..

At this rate put Jack Black in a Skeletor Onesie and have him say Myaah! I'm Skeletor! Fuck Mattel, fuck this movie and fuck Scott Neitlich for tradition's sake. Nah... For thr sake of fairness, I cannot blame Neitlich for this. He's just a disgruntled exemployee demoted to asshole with a vlog. Which in the grand scheme of things, it's s fall from grace and he ended up becoming a loser like me! Huh, now I'm feeling better.

Sep 10, 2024

Vintage Inspired TMNT variants I'd love to see as Ultimates: part 3

Where was I? Strippers and birthday parties... let me return to the right path with part 3.

As stated before, not all of these will be purely remakes of vintage because Playmates, but will try to stay in the same lane and make something similar, but not a carbon copy.

Movie Stars:
Here I won't copy straight up NECA or Playmates, but try to Playmates-ize the characters to make something similar to what Playmates would've done...

Turtles:
We start with the vanilla shell torso.
New movie styled Belts, new brown pads, new movie styled heads but with smooth texture because S7 cost cutting. They'd get their signature weapons

Leonardo:
Normal head
Meditating head
TV with April on screen and alternate April image.
Skateboard

Donatello:
Normal head 
Head with ranch hat and piece of straw on mouth
Bag of pork rinds
Pizza box with pizza slices

Raphael:
Angry head
Screaming head
Fedora
Soft goods cloak 
Backpack

Michelangelo:
Special finger twirling nunchuck hand
Finger twirling nunchuck
Cold cut nunchuck
Ooze filled donuts with box

Splinter:
Here we can reuse the flocked body but new robe and heads.
Neutral head
Meditating head
Broken Ooze canister 
Bow and arrow
Head pizza
Ninja rap newspaper
Time scepter

Casey Jones:
Remember how in list 2 I premade parts for a "Movie Casey"? Well, combining the gloved arms of vanilla Casey with the "Mutatin" Casey on the latter's body with the stag party Casey slicked back hair head, we get a "movie casey" give him an alternate head with the mask, and Casey's bag of sports weapons and call it a day.

April:
She would be based on the Ravishing April figure had she been made by Playmates with Normal April arms. I'm going to go put a step further.
New buttoned shirt top slip on plastic vest, reusing the April 1.0 arms, new soft goods skirt and finally heels. (We reuse the part 2 Hen Do April crotch and legs painted to look like pantyhose) then the torso is painted in Movie 1 April colors.
New Judith Hoag inspired head.

Shredder:
We start with a Movie Star Foot Soldier inspired body (no straps or shuriken) in movie 1 Shredder colors. New Shredder helmet and cape. New shoulder blades. The forearm and shin blades would be reused from vanilla Shredder. New belt would have a sheath for a Dagger on the back

Movie Star April II:
Essentially April in a navy blue Pantsuit and Blazer with red blouse. Here Super7 can cheat a bit:
Reusing Vanilla April's torso with new arms and a soft goods blazer and new legs with sculpted pantsuit. 
New Paige Turco inspired head from Secret of the Ooze and new Movie 3 head

Tatsu:
Reusing the Movie Star Foot Soldier Body with new Tatsu heads and soft goods hakama and torso overlay. New belt holds the soft goods items.

Foot Soldier:
Reusing the Shredder/Tatsu body with new foot Soldier head new belt with bandolier to hold sword on back and shuriken on front 

Gnarly Brawlers: (Loosely inspired by Bash'em and Kung fu waves)
This would be kind if a "Street Fighterized" set, but not being based on the famous game series.
This wave might trigger some folks for the beaten up loser Alt. Heads.

Karate Leo:
Leonardo in a Blue Karate Gi with a a design of Rat doing a Kick on his back.
Heads: 
New expression Normal Leonardo 
Beat up Leonardo

Accessories:
Kendo stick
Bokken
Car Wax pads
Japanese hand sanders
Bucket of paint and paintbrush.
Specialized hands:
Karate chop hands

Aikido Donatello:
Donatello sporting the same body as Leonardo but the outfit in purple and a soft goods grey Hakama. Main difference is in the forearms as Leonardo is wearing loose sleeves, Don has them rolled over.
Heads:
New expressionNormal Donatello
Beat up Donatello

Accessories:
Jo staff
Bokken

Muay Thai Raph:
Raphael sporting a Muay Thai outfit with white wraps on his hands, red shorts and armbands.

Heads:
New Normal expression Raph
Beat up Raph

Accessories:
Removable Muay Thai headband
Pair of tonfa

Capoeira Mikey:
Here we get a ton of parts reuse:
Torso from slam Dunk Don upper legs from rapping Mike new lower legs for loose pant legs and Normal Mike feet. Rest of the body is just vanilla Mikey.

Heads:
New Normal expression Mike
Beat up Mike

Accessories: 
Nunchaku with real string Instead of chain
Boombox from Rappin Mike.
Specialized hands:
Flat palm with splayed fingers for handstands

Heavyweight Casey:
Note: Mirage Casey is about 195lbs. Which puts him as a Heavyweight.
Essentially Casey Jones Dressed down as a Boxer. Both hands need to be wrapped. His pants would be Grey with orange accents and green boxing boots.

Heads:
White Boxing Helmet
Beat up with busted helmet

Accessories:
Sandbag with stand.
Boxing Pear that can swap with sandbag
Soft goods blue and orange robe
Specialized hands:
Boxing gloves

Bar Brawl Bebop:
Bebop wearing a mildly torn black leather Jacket, faded black jeans, black sneakers a red shirt with slashes reminiscent of the  tron glowing areas of 2012 Bebop. 

Heads: 
New More "Toon-like Bebop head (matches the original skintone and glasses)
Beat up Bebop head.

Accessories:
Broken cuestick
Broken Whisky Bottle
Wrapped towel with cueball inside
Specialized hands:
Brass Knuckles Fists

Alley Ambush Rocksteady:
Rocksteady wearing an open Military Jacket (woodland camo, his black tanktop, Faded Blue Jeans and Military boots.
Heads: 
New Head without helmet
Beat up Rocksteady

Accessories:
Knife
Bent up steel pipe
Dumpster with flame effect
Broken booze bottle
Specialized hands:
Hand with chain wrapped up as a makeshift knuckle duster.

Kunoichi Karai:
Basically Karai in a Fighting game inspired Sexy Ninja outfit.
I'm reusing the Ninja April Arms new fishnet protection from the neck down up to her chest, which is covered by a black leotard and a sleeveless Gi. (Think premaking Aska parts.) The crotchpiece should be inspired by Final Fight's Maki. Long enough to cover the crotch, but short enough to not impede articulation. (Can be made longer if soft goods are involved.)
Bare legs until the knees, where she gets a Shinguard with wraps and reuse the Karai feet.

Heads:
New Karai Normal head, reusing the Ninja mask head
Beat up head and beat up masked head

Accessories:
Kunai
Shuriken
War fans
Specialized hands:
Ninja 2 finger pose
Rumic pose (similar to the Webshooting hand from Spider-Man. Used as a surprised gesture)

Mall Tae Kwon Do Irma:
It's Irma in a Tae Kwon Do outfit. Light Blue top with purple and yellow accents, purple pants, yellow foot protectors.
Heads:
No glasses angry head with Bandana
Beat up head no Bandana and no glasses

Accessories:
Escrima Sticks
Gymbag bazooka
Shopping bags of Doom

Rec Center Self-Defense April:
April already knows martial arts and she's just doing a story as an excuse to get a Tournament Fighters INSPIRED April figure.
Basically April in a Sports Bra, bike shorts, biker gloves and sneakers. 

Heads:
New Ninja April Head without windswept hair
Beat up Head

Accessories:
Soft goods towel
Reusable water bottle
Breakable boards
Gym bag
Gun

Underground Pit Fighting Rat King:
Essentially a TF Inspired Rat King: Reusing most of the previous Rat King with new lower legs, feet, hands, heads:
The new lower legs are to add boots. In full Varner style one of them is broken. The new hands have rope tied around them (like Kickboxer) 

Heads: "realistic" Cartoon accurate head (or Pretty boy face with vintage hair)
Beaten up head

Accessories:
The rats from the canceled wave 10 version
Specialized hands:
Fists with shards of glass embedded on them

Rasslin' Gladiator Slash:
Picture Slash in Gladiator clothes. With removable helmet, spikeless hands, wearing a loincloth and removable gladiator arm armor.
Skulls instead of his spikes on the elbow and knee pads.

Heads:
New Normal head with plug for spitting "poison mist"
Beat up head

Accessories:
"Poison mist" effect.
Steel chair
Breakaway table/shield
Kendo stick

Potpourri wave 1:
You know how we got random variants in some waves that weren't themed? I'm going for that now.

Masquerade April:
Essentially April in a Fancy Masquerade ballroom outfit:
Think something fancy with soft goods skirt in April colors.

Heads:
April with Princess Mallory Hairstyle
Toon accurate April head

Accessories:
Masquerade mask on stick
Broken glass slipper
Tiara

She doesn't have many accessories due to the fancy dress

Arnold Jones: Fixer Upper.
Picture Casey in Overalls, his croptop jacket (without Hockeypads) and a Welding mask. 

Heads:
Unmasked Casey
Casey with a flip welding mask

Accessories:
Toolbox with various tools  
portable welding machine
Steel pipe shaped like a hockey stick
Soft goods welding apron

Genghis P.I.: 
In essence a Genghis repaint in the style of an 80s Detective from Hawaii. His skin should be a bit more "tanned" also a workaround for a Rasputin.

 heads:
Normal Genghis
Open mouth without tongue
Disguised head (baseball cap, fake mustache and wig that make him look like a blond Selleck)

Accessories:
Chicken blaster with rubber chicken
Long neck soda bottles 
Longbow
Arrows
Specialized hands:
Archery hands

Bebop: Live!:
A subtle nod to Shredder's revenge with Bebop dressed as a talk show host. Button shirt about to burst with an ill-fitting tie. Blazer partially torn on the back, with his turtle shell epaulets. Pants about to burst and his sneakers.

Heads: 
Normal Bebop
Bebop with his Mohawk parted to look more Talkshow host-esque. 

Accessories:
Microphone whip
Clipboard shield
Camera drill inspired by the Playmates mutatin toy.

Potpourri wave 2:

Surf's up Rocksteady:
Rocksteady wearing an open Aloha yellow shirt with red Foot prints and Bermuda shorts with camo print. Sporting surf shoes and removable leis.

Heads:
Determined
Relaxed

Specialized hands:
Hang ten hands
Dramatic hands

Accessories 
Removable leis
Soft goods towel
Hawaiian longboard
Fancy coconut drink
Machete
Speargun
Crab

Bayou Terror Leatherhead:
An excuse to have a Toon Inspired Leatherhead.
Leatherhead body with new legs sporting thigh high waders in almost black dark blue.

Heads: 
Toon accurate head with vintage hat
Vintage accurate head

Accessories:
New belt items to replace the tobacco leaves, turtle, and lobster.
Bolt action rifle
Hunting knoife
Weighted net
Fake fur ghillie suit and ghillie cover for rifle. 
Multiple bear traps from w5 Leatherhead.

Foot Endoskeleton:
Again, this is one of my go-tos. Nod to the vintage games and we got some parts from Super7 already.
Heads:
Full endo
Masked foot Soldier
Terminator style half foot soldier half endo face

Accessories:
Slip over mask neckpiece
Battle damage effect pieces
Small blaster
Mace
Grabber

Hose'em Down Hot Spot:
Essentially a "More Deluxe" Hot Spot. 
We start with the basic Hotspot figure but with a few extras:
Heads:
New expression no hat
Close to Vintage expression with no bone no hat

Accessories: 
Broken Bone (Can be placed on vintage mouth to complete the look
Long hose (plugs to Hydrant and water effect)
Hydrant removable cap for hose or water effects
Water effects for hose and hydrant
Axe from Hose em down Don
Halligan Pryong Tool
Firefighter hat
Vinyl Firefighter coat
1993 Fireman Calendar with Hose'em Down Don on the cover

Potpourri wave 3:

Hail to the King Splinter:
Essentially Splinter in a Lou Jitsu Elvis Jumpsuit.
Heads:
Without Lou Jitsu wig
With Lou Jitsu wig

Accessories:
Removable glasses
Acoustic Guitar
Microphone with stand (removable to act as a walking stick or a Freddie Mercury mic.)
PB, Banana and Bacon sandwich 
Carton of milk

Sparring Sensei Shredder:
This one is a subtle jab at Playmates and how their Shredders tend to have thick rounded much smaller blades than the 80s figure. 
This Shredder is wearing Full Protective gear.
New smaller Spikes, being very foam looking and rounded, Torso padding, shin and forearm padding. New Bare feet.

Heads:
New Sparring helmet head
Normal Shredder head with Helmet being Sparring  equipment red.

Accessories:
Rack weapons with thicker foam blades rounded at the end.
Shuriken have a protective circle and are now in essence frisbees.

Championship Halfcourt:
We start with the basic Halfcourt figure. He's missing the deflated ball stuck on his foot.
Instead of 34 he has a 93. His white shirt and jersey are a soft goods single piece, but underneath he has a sculpted Jersey.
Basket hoop on hos neck is not only removable, but in proper colors, and the netting is soft goods. 
Pants match Jersey.
Has white breakaway pants with velcro.
Heads:
Head with tongue sticking out but not stuck to the head like the vintage toy
Head with no tongue sticking out. Similar to Vintage toy minus tongue.

Specialized hands.
Hands with championship rings

Accessories:
Reuse the Basket from Slam Dunk Don
Flamingo buddy
Deflated ball pseudo stand
Trophy grenade
New pump gun inspired but not Playmates accurate
Basketball from SD Don
Wasp nest ball
Cartoons bomb ball painted like basketball
The Aforementioned soft goods items.

Gakusei Leonardo: 
Leonardo sporting a Japanese School Uniform. 
Heads:
 Determined head
Late for School woth pizza toast on mouth

Specialized hands:
Chopsticks hand
Accessories:
Pair of Bokken
School bag
Books
Bento

Fuck your necrosight, Haley Joel Osment!

 You better watch your back, because there will be 4 ninjas who will want to avenge the death of Hamato Yoshi. Not only that but you took down a Defender of the Earth... You will have to face Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Lothar as they avenge Mandrake...

Fuck your necrosight, Sora! You keep erasing my childhood heroes and villains. Fuck entropy! Fuck the circle of life! So take your little John Wilkes Booth eyes and shove them up your Ass, worst Universe's Casey Jones!

I think I covered most of Mr. Renaday's voice work, or at least his work that impacted me.
It was today that I FINALLY figured out that Richard Ames from MGS2 was Master Splinter... and Leonardo is Liquid Snake... and Raphael ended up becoming Grey Fox... 

Farewell, Master Yoshi. 

Now that child me and teen me have said their farewells and grieved, all that's left is for adult me to express his condolences to friends and family... 

Sep 9, 2024

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 James Earl Jones Has been seen by Haley Joel Osment. To be fair, he was 93 years old, so this was to be expected.

He was an actor for both classic theater and cinema well-known by his voice...




I cannot Sing enough praises to mister Jones. Saying that he was a master at his craft is an understatement. 

As a frustrated actor, it pains me to say one of my inspirations to chase the dream of being on stage has passed. I literally spent a couple of minutes crying when I heard the news. 

My condolences to friends and family... there is only one way to Send off Mr. Jones:


Day-o! Daaaaaaaaaay-o

 Daylight come and me want to go home!  I saw Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I have to admit that I like the first one better... Don't get me wrong, this one wasn't bad. It was good, but I prefer the first one.

Something Something too much Jenna Ortega, too little Winona. Part of me feels like the whole movie was made to promote Ortega rather than give us an actual Beetlejuice sequel. The other part is all: shut up, Beetlejuice sequel.

So, they killed off Jeffrey Jones for obvious reasons. It's his death what moves the story, where Lydia and her estranged daughter Astrid return to the old Deetz (formerly Maitland) house. They're accompanied by Lydia's manager and her stepmom Delia. Lydia's has flashes of Beetlejuice. Meanwhile Beetlejuice, still obsessed with Lydia, is being hunted by the ghost of his ex wife, Delores. There's a bunch of references to past Beetlejuice media...

Here's the thing: We need a third movie... not so much for plot, though there Is some possibility there, even if it means a more Jenna Ortega-centric movie. For the sake of logic and symmetry.

We have Beetlejuice,  we have Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. We need Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to complete the summoning. Also if you put the 3 BluRays or DVDs together you get summoning and dismissing Beetlejuice, closing the circle.


Hasbro whoring out brands to Loyal Subjects

 M.A.S.K., My Pet Monster, and Jem are among the brands that TLS will be managing.

Supposedly, they will be making toys closer to the originals, meaning MASK would be tinier than GI Joe and with vehicles, while Jem would be dolls. 

Hopefully, this won't dash my hopes on the rumored Super7 Jem Ultimates!

Super Impulse is making He-Man and Skeletor Potato Head figures. Mattel wants to join the whoring out game, but the. Again, Super Impulse made the World's Smallest MOTU figures. I think I reviewed a few of them a while back.


Sep 8, 2024

Making Deluxes out of Super7 TMNT Ultimates

 With Super7 introducing the "Deluxe" versions of characters at a more affordable price point, I'll try to take the existing 11 waves and deluxe as many characters as possible.

Some characters will be hard to "make deluxe" due to the already few accessories they have... not saying any names but Muckman. I will not do "redecos" as they're redecos. I will redeco some character though but I'll enter in the details later.

Ultimates wave 1:
Baxter
Raph
Splinter
Foot Soldier

Deluxe Baxter:
This Baxter will be a redeco.
The hair would be more yellowish orange and lighter purple.
His sole accessory would be the swatter gun

Foot Soldier:
Slightly lighter purple than the normal Foot Soldier.
Accessories:
Gun
Knife
Mace

Splinter:
Lighter brown than wave 1 Splinter with painted pupils.
He'd be wearing the flocked Splinter cloth Kimono with Shredder's soft goods belt
Accessory:
Walking stick/cane sword
Essentially a Toon inspired Splinter

Raphael:
Note all Deluxe Turtles will have Raphael Skin tone. 
Accessories:
Signature sai
Push knife

Ultimates Wave 2:
Leonardo
Shredder
Bebop
Mutagen Man

Shredder:
Shredder with silver blades and black wraps. 
Accessories:
Soft goods Grey Tunic with belt
Soft goods cape
Katana

Essentially a Toon inspired Shredder.

Bebop:
Neon Purple glasses with black lenses repaint
Accessories:
Drill gun
Knife
Trashcan lid

Leonardo: 
Skintone same as Raph
Accessories:
Signature Katanas

The Raph Skintone is to make a Toon Inspired Leonardo.

Ultimates Wave 3:
Rocksteady
Metalhead
April
Michelangelo 

Metalhead:
Same as w3 but no light piping head
Accessories:
Backpack
Nunchuck alternate hand

Rocksteady:
A Toon Redeco with yellow shirt desert tiger pants and lighter grey skin.
Accessories:
Rifle
Knife
Sewer shield

Michelangelo: 
Raph skintone
Accessories:
Signature nunchaku 
Grappling hook

April:
Orange and Blue Playmates toy redeco.
Accessories:
Ninja April Camera
Microphon

Wave 4:
Donatello
Casey
Muckman
Mondo Gecko  

Casey:
Wave 10 Casey in Classic colors with the broken mask.head.
Accessories:
Golf bag
2 bats


Donatello:
Skintone same as Raph
Signature Bo Staff
Casey Full mask head
Casey Golf club

Since Casey has too many accessories while Donatello has only one, it made sense to give Casey's extras to Don. Dirty tactics, but Super7 could do that easily.

Wave 5:
Krang
Leatherhead
Ray Fillet
Sewer samurai Leo 

Krang:
Same as Wave 5 but use the Crazy looking head
Accessories:
Bubble walker arms and gun with hose

Ray Fillet:
Purple shirt and Red V toy redeco.
Accessories:
Fishstick, starfish, harpoon gun

Leatherhead:
No dangling accessories this time.
Only Shotgun and bear trap

Sewer samurai Leo:
Raph Skin Tone
Loses the shield
Accessories:
Scabbard
Sword
Banner

Wave 6:
Slash
Ace Duck
Sewer Surfin Mike
Scratch
Mousers 

Slash:
Lighter skin tone
Accessories:
Mace
Knife

Ace Duck:
Dark brown jacket and hat
Accessories:
Hat
Gun
Wings


Sewer Surfin Mike: 
Raph skintone
Accessories:
Surfboard
Shuriken
Ace Duck tail

Scratch:
Same old Scratch
Accessories:
Jailbird
Gun

Wave 7
Punker Don
Guerrilla Gorilla
Triceraton 
Robotic Bebop
Metalhead Mikey:

Robotic Bebop:
Gold Redeco
Accessories:
Gauntlet
Knife
Gun

Triceraton:
Accessories:
Gun
Respirator
Belt

Guerilla Gorilla:
Pants repainted in Rocksteady Camo colors
Accessories:
Knife
Machine gun
Dog tags

Punker Don:
Raph Skintone
Accessories
Mike stand
Keytar
Bo staff

Wave 8:
Robotic Rocksteady
Genghis
Space Raph
Shredder

Robotic Rocksteady
Gold redeco
Blaster
Laser sword attachment
Chainsaw attachment

Space Raph:
Helmet
Knife
Blaster with hose

Genghis:
Accessories:
Necklace
Glasses
Tongue weapon

Wave 9:
Zak
Wingnut 
Scumbug
Slam Dunk Don
Splinter 

Wingnut:
Accessories:
Screw loose
Wings 

Zak:
Gold replaced with Silver
Accessories:
Hoverboard
Backpack with Blaster and hose

Scumbug:
Accessories
Backpack with hoses and sprayer weapon

Wave 10
Casey
Karai
Rocker Leo
Ninja April

Rocker Leo:
Raph Skintone
Accessories:
Guitar with strap

Ninja April:
White Gi, yellow straps, yellow bandana
Accessories:
Katana
Mic chucks
Camera

Karai:
Purple TF Redeco
Accessories:
Bow
Arrow
Katana

Wave 11:
Rat King
Rappin Mike 
Ronin Leo
Battle damaged Foot Soldier

Rat King:
Toon Redeco with one of the vintage heads
Accessories:
Rat whip
Knife
Scepter

Ronin Leo:
Raph Skintone Strawhat head
Accessories:
Katanas
Poncho

Rappin Mike:
Raph skintone
Accessories:
Micchuck
Cap
Glasses

Battle Damaged Foot Soldier:
Using the Partially torn mask look with the Endoskeleton right hand. 
Accessories:
Rifle
Broken sword
Grabber (from Wave 1 Foot Soldier)

I used toon redecos as a way to entice people to Rebuy some characters. Truth be told, IF they made Deluxe Foot Soldiers and alternated between vanilla and Battle damaged version, it would be great for army building.