Nov 11, 2024

DanDaDan is so weird... I love it!

 DanDaDan is a weird Anime and I'm loving it!


But at the same time it's hard to explain. If I told you it was an anime of a semi popular girl who believes in ghosts who befriends a Nerd who believes in aliens, but they discover both are real, does nothing to you. If I add a dick eating ghost that sounds like Rita Repulsa, and Horny Aliens that want to have sex with Earth girls... 

It's a Rom Com with a dash of Creepy Horror and Shonen anime fights... One could say it's Ranma½'s spiritual creepy successor... from a certain point of view.

Now I have to tackle Burrito and Dragon Ball Super...

But seriously, Turbo Granny is Rita Repulsa... in the English dub...
She also wants to eat dicks.

Nov 9, 2024

Shredder Variants: The Rant

 Just as I did April, I'm doing Shredder... not in that way, you sickos.

First let's tackle the existing S7 variants for the TMNT Characters
Disguised
Sports
Music
Undercover
Martial Arts Movies
GITD
Mirage 

This one is tough...

Disguised:
Executive Shredder
It's Shredder in a business suit in Shredder colors: black suit, purple tie and blue shirt.
Heads:
-Unmasked Oroku Saki head
-Unmasked but Wearing face mask like sick Japanese folks usually do.
-Shredder head

Specialized arms and hands:
Alternate arms without the blazer. These bare shirt arms sport the forearm blades
Bladed Fists and c-grips

Accessories:
Alternate business suit in "cape mode" (see yami yugi as reference)
Removable spiked shinguards.
Ninjato

This is a nod to Oroku Saki's "day job" where he's the leader of a criminal organization.

Sports:
I've already mentioned as Kendo Shredder, which is the most logical option.
Hockey Shredder:
Shredder dressed as a goalie with spiked hockey pads and a Shredder themed full head goalie mask.
No alt heads

Special hands
Goalie mitt
Accessories:
Hockey stick
Pucks
Disc shaped mines

There a non Kendo Shredder.

Music:
I so want to do a Coming out of their Shells Shredder here.

Metal Shredder:
Essentially a KISS-ified version of Shredder's outfit and adding Elements from the Coming out of their Shells suit.
Heads:
Normal Shredder
Coming out of their Shells inspired.
Special hands:
Guitar playing hands
Accessories: 
Soft goods cape similar to Mumm-Ra 
Flying V guitar sword (similar to classic rocker Leo)
Ooze blasting keytar
Escrima Drumsticks

Undercover:
This one is a bit of a toughie, since it feels too similar to Disguised Shredder...

Undercover Shredder:
Taking the Premise of Undercover Turtles and applying it to Shredder is a bit harder. I cannot just put a trenchcoat over a vanilla Shredder body.

Buuut something "inspired" by Wacky Action Shredder is doable. The inspiration lies on the removable shoulderpads. The figure will have interchangeable shoulderpads and wristguards.
Heads:
Fedora Shredder head 
New Shredder head 

Accessories 
Wakizashi
Soft goods trenchcoat with loop inside it for wakizashi
Soft goods tunic
Soft goods Shredder belt
Bladed shoulderpads
Non bladed shoulderpads
Bladed wristbands
Non bladed wristguards

Martial arts movie:
This one is the toughest so far, because I'm trying to avoid Ninjas. So...

Rogue Environmentalist Shredder:
A Steven Seagal outfit from On Deadly Ground would be a nice flip on the switch. 
Heads: 
Oroku Saki with a Seagal wig
Shredder head.

He would need no Accessories because Seagal uses his body to fight... but I wouldn't say no to the claymores and the Soda bottle Silenced pistol.

GITD  redeco:
Super easy to do:
Shredder clone:
Main Shredder body in GITD Blue including torso, arms, and hands. Only the belts and wraps are painted black. The rest of his body is GITD Blue.
His bladed armor and Helmet are GITD white. That includes his head being GITD white with the flesh painted black. His eyes and facemask would be GITD White. 

Accessories:
Rack weapons in GITD White
Handful of worm colony  in GITD blue.
GITD Blue plastic cape

This figure would act as a Mirage inspired variant AND GTID redeco.

Mirage Redeco:
Rooftop Battle Shredder.
Essentially W10 Shredder with Mirage Maroon pants with interchangeable soft goods maroon tunics. One new, one battle damaged. The torso would be painted with battle damage.
Heads:
Shredder head
Oroku Saki head
Battle damaged Saki head (repaint of normal Saki head
Gold and silver Shredder head

Accessories:
Soft goods grey cape
Rack weapons

This figure is a nod to OG Movie Shredder as well as Mirage, in order to differentiate it from NECA.

Yeah, we CAN do ONE MORE Shredder Variant:

Toon Shredder:
Character will NOT be Toon Accurate, nor Playmates Accurate: it also won't be a redeco.
We start with the Shredder body painted I. Toon colors from the waist down and the wraps on his arms. We add a Grey soft goods tunic, purple soft goods cape, and black belt. We also add an extra Magenta soft goods tunic
Heads:
Normal Shredder
Toon Oroku Saki head
Eye of Sarnath head

Special hands:
One firing electricity
One firing blue flames
Accessories:
Katana
Ooze canister from w10
Ooze canister from Mousers pack with purple Ooze

This Toon Shredder also has nods to the Arcade game.

Puerto Rico Comic Con 2025 revealed a YUUUUUUGE Surprise.

 A guest that will most likely cancel his appearance. He appeared in Back to the Future 2... 

Yup... the Protagonist of The Good Son... the movie were Macaulay Culkin is the bad guy.

I hear he is as tall as the hobbitses. I mean, I'd rather have the Fat Hobbitses from Encino Man who was also a Ninja Turtle...

But as Miguel from Cobra Kai and Chun Li have taught me... anything bigger than a CW villain or a My Little Pony is very likely to cancel... 
Before anyone mentions Negasonic Teenage Warhead, I'll remind you she was Lucifer's daughter, which makes her a "Netflix tv show level" star.

Gimme Quinton Flynn, David Hayter, Corey Marshall, Paul Eiding, Chris Barnes, Rino Romano, Brian Tochi... I'm forgetting someone.

Yeah, Jimmy Flinders would be cool. But how long until Frodo cancels...

Haley Joel Osment saw Sacerglow.

 As in the Evil Ghost of Skeletor and Kevin Smith's Bastardization of MOTU's Hades. Tony Todd has passed away.

People think of Candyman when they hear his name... Me? The Aforementioned Scareglow, Spider-Man's Venom (the PS5 game), Darkseid on a few DC Projects, he was in Platoon too! Like he's been in a shifting of horror stuff AND kid friendly stuff, showing his range as an actor.

He was 69 (Heh heh) when he passed. My condolences to friends and Family. No cause of Death was revealed when I found the article.


Nov 8, 2024

Fans are making custom SF heads for Jada's USFIIT line and they're GLORIOUS

 By SF I mean the best Live Action Feature Length Movie... the one with the coke fiend from Brussels, Mulan, Australia's best export outside of Steve Irwin and ways to die, and The Man, the myth, the legend...


Raúl Juliá.

While the USFIIT Body is not Screen Accurate, I'd KILL for heads for the entire USFIIT cast inspired by the Movie...  

Including  Ernie Reyes Sr. As Akuma!!!
He was Akuma in the videogame adaptation. And yes, he's Keno's dad in real life. That's why Keno is Ernie Reyes Jr. 

Since likeness deals may be too much of a hassle for Jada, third party heads seems like the only option.


 

Nov 6, 2024

A Snake Eater fact that just blew my mind...

 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater was released 20 years ago. Well... Today I found this out:

Paz, Snake, and Liquid are Siblings! What the fuck?

The Voice of EVA, Suzetta Miñet has voiced the mom of a character played by Tara Strong...
If you're thinking Ariel, you're  correct!

Captain America and He-Man are Siblings with Twiligjt Sparkle, because they share a mom with The Little Mermaid... the Good one, not the blackwashed one that was also bad, not because of the blackwashing.

Holy fuck! EVA is Ariel...
My brain can't even... welp! Looks like Imma watch Disney Plus for a while now...

Creating new TMNT characters another rant part 2?

 Back I am. I still need to make more figures for the subfactions I mentioned...

So I did:
Generic heroes and villains, Neutrinos, fake turtles for both sides... 

So that means, Foot and Krang's Rock Army should be tackled ASAP...

Krang's Rock Army:
Granitor, Traag, and army building stone warriors would be part of this, BUT 
They are preexisting characters. I'm talking about adding new characters here.

Basaltion:
As his name implies, his rocky torso should be Basalt pillar inspired, particularly on his back.
I'm thinking a young Charlton Heston vibes for his face. 
Heads:
Normal head with removable helmet
Planet of the Apes ending inspired head
Accessories:
Regulation stone soldier gun
Regulation stone soldier knife
Regulation stone soldier rifle
Gorilla skull baton 

A stone soldier who became notorious for his excessive use of violence, especially towards non-rock primates, hominids in particular.
Yes, it's a nod to Charlton Heston and Planet of the apes. 

Shaleah:
An abnormal Stone soldier as it has a mostly smooth female looking body minus the bits that have flaked off to give her a rock appearance close to her source rock, Shale.  Visually, she should resemble Brigitte Nielsen Circa Rocky 4.
On her back she should have a baby Red Dragon with a yellow crest (nod to Ivan Drago). I'm assuming that s7 Traag might be 8-9 inches in height. She should be about 8 inches tall. A one piece swimsuit style leotard and boots would be her clothing. The leotard is torn off in "safe spots" but her "rocky mountains" must be covered in cloth.
Heads:
Neutral
Angry 
Prone position

Accessories:
Huge Sniper rifle with attache case (some assembly required)
The gun should be 16 inches long when fully assembled.
Regulation stone soldier gun
Regulation stone soldier knife
Hammer
Sickle
2 Throwing flakes 

Prefers to fight from afar due to her fragile nature. But she can still fight up close if necessary. Born from a bad batch of stone soldiers, Sheila had to prove herself worthy in the Rock Warrior culture.

Pabblitz:
The body should be roughly MOTUC sized and similar built, but rounded rocky... like most pebbles. Only sporting black trunks and boots. The face should have a The Rock Caricature vibe kind of thing. Not current Dwayne Johnson, but Fannypack staircase meme as main inspiration.
Heads:
Normal expression
Screaming slightly deranged and doing the people's eyebrow.
Accessories:
Egyptian styled sword
Egyptian styled shield with Krang as a Pharaoh emblazoned on it.
Oversized gun
Grenade launcher

A more streamlined stone warriors as he was made from river pebbles. Like Shaleah, he is always at odds with the other stone soldiers, since hesseen as tiny (a nod to Kevin Hart)

That does it for Krang's stone soldiers... let's do the feet now.

Shredder loyalists:
This will be a small group of characters made for Tatsu (assuming the Sega Genesis Tatsu gets made.) Also, I'm assuming "Mirage Foot Ninja" and "Mirage Shredder Elite Guard" got made as well.

Kawasu:
He'd reuse the Foot Ninja arms and legs with Tatsu's Torso. New soft goods tunic with the Kanji for wind on the back.
Heads:
Unmasked head.
Foot ninja head
Tengu head

Accessories:
Fuuma shuriken
2 wakizashi
2 kunai

The idea is to have a somewhat traditional Ninja to act as Tatsu's  second in command. His personality is to be Stoic as a rock, but once he let's loose he's like a hurricane.

Boei:
This one requires a MOTUC styled body. If 4 armed Shredder hasn't  been made, then we could use this dude to premake the legs. Using Wacky Action Shredder as inspiration for the sculpt, but switching the bladed shinguards to non bladed versions. The hanging loincloth on the back should be painted in tiger pattern. His torso is bare and only covered by the straw cape. His arms are bare and sport foot Clan armguards.

Heads:
Unmasked
Foot ninja mask
Namahage mask

Accessories:
Oni club
Straw cape
Oversized chef's knife

The idea is to have a "brute" character
Hence the usage of the MOTUC body, which is bigger and stronger than the TMNT bucks. While Tatsu is a self professed "oni", boei was made a Namahage to avoid confusion 

Damasu:
The body is a Foot Soldier body with Foot ninja arms. (The hunched pose is a necessity)
Heads:
Unmasked head
Foot ninja head
Kappa mask

Accessories:
Naginata
Kusarifundo
Ninjato

Damasu was given the Kappa mask, due to his depravity and deceitful nature. While skilled in combat he can get distracted easily due to his lecherous nature. Kōgeki being the usual target of his inappropriate behavior. But whenever She's in trouble he jumps to the fray like a perverted knight.

Kōgeki:
The only female of the group, would reuse a lot of parts from Karai. The only new parts would be crotch and torso overlay. (Pieces could be reused on Aska or Jennika)
Heads:
Unmasked head
Foot ninja head
Komainu head

Accessories:
Pair of Kama
SF Matador styled claws
Pair of Kunai

As a female on Tatsu's elite unit, Kōgeki has had to prove herself. Despite disliking Damasu's advances, they make a formidable team.

That's it for the Shredder Loyalist Foot Clan faction.

Let me take a break and do Channel 6 crew.
This is assuming we got Vernon, Burne, and Irma. 

Alonzo Gennaio:
Picture a Tony Danza Lookalike with a Thick well kept Mustache. Wearing a blazer shirt with tie, slacks and dress shoes. The only thing breaking his immaculate look is a piece of TP stuck to his right shoe. (Removable accessory that plugs to underfoot hole.)
Heads:
Smug well kept head
Disheveled head (5 o clock shadow messed up hair)

Accessories:
Oversized shaving Razor
Taut Leather shield
Channel 6 pass
Microphone 
Bludgeoning mirror

Channel 6's morning anchor. A bit arrogant, but usually well meaning. As a former war correspondent he suffers from PTSD and that can wreck his usual calm demeanor.

Anna Mayweather:
Channel 6's Meteorologist. She should look like a Brunette Dom Mommy. Her outfits are varied.
The sculpted outfit is a sleeveless dark blue blouse with a bit more visible cleavage than vanilla April, neon green tights and thigh high black boots. For some reason my brain is thinking of Tiffani Thiessen as a reference for her face.

Heads:
Ponytail Head (Think Lara Croft)
Hairbun head (Think Sarah Palin)
Loose hair Head

Soft goods Outfits:
-Blue short sleeved jumper with belt. (Think a cross between Mirage April and Toon April)
-yellow rain poncho 
- red turtleneck dress with stylish Black belt.

Accessories:
Umbrella with hidden sword 
Microphone with telescoping billyclub (1 is collapsed, the other is exrended.)
Channel 6 pass
Removable glasses
Desert Eagle

Miss Mayweather is a firecracker. She has been in various disasters during her career as weathergirl. From Hurricanes down in Florida to Blizzards all the way in Alaska. She's no pushover and knows her way around guns, bows, and swords. Her domineering personality is what keeps her single, despite being a 19 in the 1 to 10 scale. 

Dylan Tachwedd:
Scrappy guy in his early twenties strawberry blond hair and freckles. Sporting a Channel 6 Jumpsuit in Welsh green with red and white accents he wears the jumpsuit as pants with the top tied at his waist. Sporting a coffee stained Channel 6 T-shirt. On his head a Channel 6 cap in bright greencontrasts with his reddish hair.

Heads:
Cap head with rotating cap.
Capless head neutral expression
Capless head with black eyw swollen cheek and bandaid on nose.

Special hands:
Left writing hand
Right Martial arts "come on! hand
Accessories:
Channel 6 pass
Camera
Nunchuck
Tonfa
Tray with coffee cups
Notepad

An intern who ends up doing all the jobs too dirty for Irma. He is always willing to prove himself and also moonlights as a member of his neighborhood watch, so he often goes to work battered and bruised. Extremely optimistic but oblivious when dealing with women. 

Julia LaMarche:
You know the "Mom, I want X!" "But we got X at home." Meme? We'll, Julia is the "We got April O'Neil at home." And that's part of her shtick. From the Neck Down, she's a replica of the Playmates April II figure, but in the Orange and Blue Accents of the OG April Repaint. Same skintone as April and Same neck ball joints as Vanilla April. (So you can swap heads)
Heads:
Ashen Blonde April II sculpt
Ashen Blonde Judith Hoag as April inspired sculpt.

Accessories:
Ninja April Camera
Removable belt with holster for gun
Gun
Microphone whip
Channel 6 pass

When April left Channel 6 to temporarily become a freelance reporter, Julia jumped at the chance. An expert manipulator, she had most male employees wrapped around her pinky finger. She's prone to using every dirty trick in the book to get what she wants... the truth and for April to disappear in a Sewer or something that stops her from ever returning to Channel 6.

Yes all the folks here have months names...

Now let's do Karai's followers. Again, this is assuming we got Foot Ninja, Shredder's Elite, and Female Foot Assassin.

Kaminari:
Basically a Foot ninja body with New bandoliers to hold dual katanas. New puffy sleeved Ninja arms.
Heads:
Foot Ninja Mask
Unmasked head with long dyed blond hair with black roots. Think a more Japanese looking Raiden (MGS2)

Accessories:
Pair of high tech katanas
Kunai with chain
Gitd Lightning effect for blades.

A not so subtle nod to Tmnt and the relationship with Konami. A force to be reckoned with, but as the team's rookie, he's a bit naive.

Orochi:
Using the Shredder Elite head and Foot Ninja body, we add a new Bandolier that holds various pouches (meant to have Caltrops, kunai, and other throwing weapons.) He also sports a soft goods poncho

Heads:
Shredder Elite head
Unmasked head (Think a more Japanese looking Big Boss Without eyepatch.)

Accessories:
Katana
Kusarigama
Sansetsukon
Pair of jitte

Originally a squad mate of Oroku Nagi, the man now known as Orochi abandoned his name when he failed to protect Nagi. Now he is giving his everything to protect Oroku Karai, even if it means fighting against the Shredder.

Katsuguchi:
Foot Ninja body with arms painted as sleeves torso has a bandolier that has a peg on the back to plug in the fuel tanks with new armguards with hidden Flame throwers.

Heads:
Foot Ninja Bandana head with the fire Kanji to both sides of the Foot Insignia.
Unmasked head with half his face covered in burn scars.

Accessories:
Flame effects for his flamethrower
Flame effects for his sword
Sword
Shuriken
Flaming kunai (kunai with Flame scroll tied to its end)
Kama sword

To say he's  a hothead, it's an understatement. After being burned as a child, he grew obsessed with fire and has become a bit of a fire freak... (nudge nudge wink wink.)

Amerikajin:
By the name, you can guess he's a Dudikoff. But it's a She...
Reusing the Karai body with New crotchpiece and torso overlay that looks like a half zipped up Ninja hoodie.

Heads:
Female Foot ninja head
Blonde bobcut 
Traditional Ninja hood and mask

Weapons:
Shuriken
Ninjato
Cat claws
Silenced UZI
Silenced M1911

Born in Yokosuka and Raised in America, Washi Washington, daughter of an American Soldier and a Foot Kunoichi, learned the ancient Ninja arts by her mother until she was taken to Japan for officially becoming a Foot Ninja. Karai took an interest in the young hafu as many within the clan shunned her for being "a mongrel". Now she loyally serves Karai.

Krang's Bounty Hunters and Mercenaries:
Not an official faction Per se, but a group of characters that have been hired by Krang for missions where he doesn't trust Shredder to fulfill them. 

Sabertooth Tony:
It's a Sabertooth Tiger with literal sabers as his canines that can detach and be used as actual swords. He is also dressed as a New York Made Man, capisci?  
Heads:
"Vintage" styled Head with cheek gaps to hold his sabers.
New "gums" head without sabers.
New Saber head with holes to plug in soft plastic teeth for display purposes. 

Accessories:
Soft pluggable saber teeth for head 3.
2 sabers
Reuse Ace Duck's Tommy gun 
Plate of Spaghetti with meatballs.

A former Mobster crossed paths with Shredder after a gang war. Using the DNA of a Sabretooth Tiger, Shredder turned this made man into a made cat. Krang took advantage of this and unleashed him on Dimension X in order to subdue the Neutrinos.

Terrorpin:
It's a Robotic Turtle think something like a robotic Tokka crossed with Mecha Godzilla.
The Bottom half of its backshell has rocket boosters and the top half has razor sharp spikes. The hands have the capability to transform into weapons.
Heads:
Neutral head 
Mouth laser firing head
Accessories:
Mouth laser charging energy effect
Laser sword hands
Jet thrust effects
Missile finger firing hands with plug in missiles.
Clear stand with firing finger missile effects

Rocksteady and Bebop were watching too many Kaiju movies when Krang noticed the Monsters and decided to make a Robot inspired by the Kaiju to fight the Turtles. Bebop and Rocksteady tried to add improvements and the Kaiju ended up being normal person sized.

Pounder:
A Silver back Gorilla with robotic arms. Had he been made in the 80s-90s he'd have springloaded pinball launcher styled arm pistons for his pounding action. The robotics would extend to the shoulder blades, spine and crotch. The "backpack" piece on his back houses the brain of a serial killer who beat his targets to a pulp.

Heads: 
Neutral
Angry

Accessories:
Knuckle dusters
Push knives
Laser blasters

An experiment by the late Professor Victor von Verrückt. Pounder is a Silverback Gorilla enhanced by Cybernetics and the brain of a serial killer.

R:
An anthropomorphic Velociraptor. I don't mean a big Utahraptor, no I'm talking or a Vintage TMNT figure sized Raptor... when the Raptor is standing hunched over like his dinosaur Counterpart. While standing like a human, it should be roughly Ninja April's height. His legs should be thick and muscular in comparison to the slim muscular arms.
For his clothing a feathered Jacket with silver pauldrons various bandoliers with pouches adorn his chest under the jacket. He also sports red knee length pants and metal shinguards.
Heads:
Normal head with articulated jaw 
Plumed Battle helmet head 

Weapons:
Pair of sickle blasters (Handgun sized blaster with a bladed handguard)
Pair of karambit styled raptor blades
Tail axe

Essentially something similar to Triceratons, but based on the infamous Raptors. I even added references to the changes on Raptors based on scientific findings.

The All New Mind-blowing Mutanimals:
The OG Mutanimals were supposed to die, so having a new team kinda makes sense, especially since the Vintage line never had officially presented the Mutanimals. 

Hip Hopp:
Essentially a Rapper Rabbit with gold plated teeth a backwards Baseball cap with the ears popping out of the adjustment hole wearing g a wife beater and cargo pants with sneakers made for his rabbit feet. Sporting lots of chains and rings all blinged out
Heads:
Neutral
Angry
Smoking carrot

Special hands:
West Coast hand sign hands.

Accessories:
Mic Nunchaku
Dual tec 9 in orange and green
Boom box
Gold plated Baseball Bat
Wineglass with carrot juice.

The rabbit should be brown, so it doesn't seem like a blatant gangsta Bugs Bunny reference. It's a gangbanging rapper rabbit.

Quack Shot!:
A Sharpshooter Duck who wears a gaudy cowboy suit similar to the Gaudy suit Marty wore in BTTF3. 
Heads:
Determined
Nervous

Special hands:
Juggling hands with presculpted juggling effect and revolvers being juggled.

Accessories:
Ten gallon hat
Cowboy belt with 3 revolver holsters
3 revolvers (from Raph UC Turtle)
Removables soft goods poncho and metal plate armor.

The duck should be colored like a Mallard (green head, brown body).  Yes, he's meant to be a Daffy reference. The character came after the crack shot punny name.

Hot Wings:
An anthropomorphic American Buffalo with a winged jetpack. Wearing an airforce field Uniform custom made for his American Buffalo body all the way to the custom Bufflao Boots.
Heads:
Neutral expression
Crazy High speed flying

Accessories:
Beretta
M249
STINGER Missile Launcher (I swear it's not a Metal Gear Solid reference.)
Six winged Jetpack

A bit of Buffalo Soldier and Buffalo Wings were the inspiration for the character. He's a man tuened into a buffalo.

Whaleiam:
Anthropomorphic Orca dressed like a fisherman. Orange wader overalls, blue tanktop with hole for fin. 
No alt heads just articulated jaw.

Accessories:
Harpoon gun
Oversized trident 
Oversized spear with rope

A whaler named William Freed vaught an Orca that had an Ooze canister wedged on its teeth and, the Hunter became his own prey. He joined the new Mutanimals to atone for his past sins.

There you have it. More new character ideas 

Nov 5, 2024

Odds and ends Nov 5. 2024...

 Hideo Kojima likes Joker 2. He of course has an artsy fartsy explanation in solving deconstruction of villains, which you can read on the link to Variety. To an extent I agree with him, but at the same time, it's Hideo Kojima. He always has pretentious exposition dunps everywhere. 

Keep up, Nefty... there's a Death Stranding movie in the works.

The Troll 2 reference is intended, as I think it will suck... but I will most likely go watch it to fling popcorn at it.

Apparently, the Technodrome with shrinkage by Playmates that was exclusive to Amazon will be shipping in December... unless any other delays happen. It was supposed to come in October, but delayed. 


Nov 4, 2024

Top 11 Random TMNT Characters I want to see in Super7 Ultimates

 So I'm bored and have pre-election jitters. PR's election cycle has been mostly silent, aside the pro-statehood party making ridiculous ad campaigns against communism and socialism that seem almost like a GTA Parody and not a peep from any of the other candidates. Not to mention the clown show that has been this US Presidential election campaign cycle... but fuck politics, The House of Rants is supposed to be an escape from that bullshit! Let's start this list!

Walker:
Ah yes, the British Weapons Dealer from the 17th Century who managed to have access to a Time Scepter. Can't you see the story potential of a man out of time plundering the eras and stealing weaponry from the future and taking it to the past? It is a nice way to bring forth...

Renet:
While the characters are chosen at random, I am trying to make some sense for the choices. I just want a Super7 scaled Renet, since I never got around ordering body parts from shapeways to make a custom Renet, but an official one sounds much better. She would open the doors for Savanti Romero, White, Lord Simultaneous... also we have a vintage Chote, so another reason for Renet.

Pizzaface:
It's not a S7 TMNTU Wishlist without Pizzaface at the House of Rants. Therefore Pizzaface.

Any of the Channel 6 trio:
And while part of me wants to say Irma first, I'm trying to be impartial on who I want. And you aren't buying that bullshit. You know the race is between Irma and Burne. Irma because damsel in distress and desperate to get some.dick is great for It Came from the Toy Chest. Butne because JJJ is always fun for photos, therefore the TMNT Counterpart could work as well. Vernon lends himself for some comedic pics, but I'd prefer Irma or Burne.

Professor Perry:
A nice way to introduce Utroms to the vintage line, also, it's Ra's al Ghul... well, he WAS Ra's al Ghul, or at least the voice of Ra's

Concrete Monster:
Not only he's in Turtles In Time Arcade version, but the Eye if Sarnath would be a nice accessory to have atop a Toon Shredder helmet.

Pizza Monster: (Shredder's Revenge version):
It differentiates the PM a lot from the NECA Version. Also, Super7 Could milk the mold to hell:

-Normal Pizza Monster
-growing Pizza Monster (more accurate would be glowing as in GITD, but the angle is that it's growing from the small form to the large form.
-Stuffed Crust variant with GITD white eyes.

Depending in the original paintjob, we could have:
Red sauce, white sauce, green sauce. Each with different colored toppings. ie: red, green or yellow peppers, white or red onion, the Aforementioned sauces, even with more cheddar cheese on the PM. 

Tatsu:
Of course, Tatsu will be on the list, mainly because I want a Huyperstone Heist Tatsu. Just to differentiate him from NECA.

Dregg:
Another Big Bad that we missed out on the vintage line and has Variant potential. Which also opens up a path for Carter, who I won't mention on this list, otherwise the list would balloon up to 20 or thirty figures.

Roadkill Rodney:
I've discussed Roadkill Rodney's before and I strongly believe they'd be a cool addition  to the line.

Mighty Mutanimals character:
We already have a couple of Mutanimals, so expanding the Roster makes sense. I KNOW there is a Jagwar sketch that was a rejected idea towards Playmates. Super7 could take inspiration from that and go for the loincloth look and not the banana leaf skirt look that NECA already did. Same thing could apply for Dreadmon with the blue tunic and red fur close to the issue where the Mutanimals die. Ninjara's cameo in Shredder's Revenge. There was a vintage Merdude, and last but not least Candy Fine is easy to make and in a way can give us pieces for a Red Sky April. Any choice is good.

These sound a lot better than Dog Walking Donatello or, underground pit fighter Raph. Okay, that underground pit fighter Raphael sounds like a good idea though..

Nov 1, 2024

Anime girls in the Vatican? WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS!?

 Anime girls have invaded the Vatican. Luce, is part of the 2025 Jubilee celebration.

My literal thoughts when I read about Luce:

"How long until R34 hits her?" 


As of the time I wrote this rant, She has been hit by R34. But seriously, a Vatican loli is not going to help the Catholic Church's ChoMo reputation... But here we are, Vatican loli is real

Vatican Loli was not something I ever expected to say or type ever. Yet here we are. Coraline Ayanami.

Nazis are bad... a rant:

 Nazis are bad... The fact that I have to say Nazis are bad is ridiculous in itself. But I don't want to be canceled, so Nazis are bad... so we're clear right? Nazis are bad.

Why am I rambling about Nazis being bad? 
Because in a game where you fight Nazis, there is a disclaimer stating Nazis are bad. 
The game? Indiana Jones... the same Indiana Jones who fought Nazis in 2 out of his 3 movies... or 3 out of 5 if we count the two bad fanfics.


Nazis imagery in a game where you fight Nazis is expected. You don't glorify Nazis in a game where you fight them. Neither is playing a multi-player game where Allies battle Nazis. Someone HAS to be the bad guy. Now if we're playing a game as a Nazi trying to expand Hitler's rule, that may be considered glorifying the Nazis, but Indiana Jones isn't that.

So, yeah, Nazis bad... it's kinda sad that a company has to state this because they're trying to not get canceled. 

Double Dragon top wanted figures vs possible Wave 2:

 These are based on the Arcade game, so I need to look at the Arcade Sprites. I want a NES Abobo...

OK let's talk theoretical Wave 2:

Wave 2, Three figures... well 2 Figures because I'm betting Jeff has a guaranteed Spot, since he's a Repaint of the Lee Brothers with a new head.

Now who else could join this wave:
Williams/Roper:
They could be made with parts from the Lee bros. New heads are obvious. Newlower legs, forearms would be shared amongst the two. Roper would require a shirtless torso and reuse the Lee bros. vest. Williams would reuse the Lee torso sans vest.


So The Most likely Wave 2 would star:
Jeff
Williams
Roper
Since they're the parts reuse bunch. But IF we have a surprise character instead of going full obvious reuse, it would be between Abobo or Linda.

Buuuuuuuut the curveball with Abobo could be either Jick, the Dark skinned Abobo with a Mohawk and glasses? Or Mibobo the Mi(dori A)bobo... aka Greenbobo.

But for the longevity of the waves: Here's how I'd do it:

Wave 2:
Jeff
Linda
Jick


Honestly, my most wanted characters are:
Linda
Marian she needs her panty flashing skirt for Arcade accuracy.
Abobo
Williams (for ab punching Marian) shit I need to get Willy, Jeff, and Roper... that's almost the entire roster. Fuck!

At least the original Double Dragon is a small line. Now, if they expand to other games, that might be Problematic. 
Oí, Macaluso! Can we get a full roster this time? I remember SOTA. How we missed out on Dee Jay...