Fuckdammit, Wal-Mart!

 They canceled my Spider-Man 77 Pre-order. Like How the fuck do you run out of pre-orders? 

This royally sucks as Jason Todd, Stone Cold's truck, and Now 1977 Spider-Man have failed me. I'm gonna be pissed if New Etheria She-Ra gets canceled as well. 

This has been awful news because now Scalpers are going to hike up the prices IF this is occurring a lot.

Random thoughts

 I HATEHATEHATEHATEHATE!! The paper straws... Subway, some McD locations, I'm looking at you. Seriously, they STINK!! they wilt halfway through a large soda. The weird paper aftertaste sucks! But there are paper straws that don't get soggy. Problem is that those are worse than plastic. I love Plastic straws because I reuse them for arts and crafts stuff. Still, I worry about biodegradable plastics, due to they breaking down in a custom diorama.

StarTropics is the American Bastard child of Nintendo. I still stand that it deserves a modernized remake or sequel. I believe the original is on the NSO, but not sure and can't check until Saturday. I'm thinking a modified BotW engine for a retelling of StarTropics and StarTropics 2: Zoda's Revenge. That can open up the path for a True StarTropics 3:

But since it's not likely, I'm gonna occasionally bitch about StarTropics to stir the pot a little.

My BBTS pre-order of 2K3 Michelangelo might arrive Soon. It got hit with Tariff Surcharge, but it's not as high asI thought it would be, so he will come. His brothers? I'll try, but it's going to be unlikely, since I have other pre-orders coming in as well and woth these weird shipment times, I can't be spending additional cash on the 2k3 Turtles. And I gotta be honest, the In-Hand pics of the Turtles are a bit disappointing. So I'm worried. Now if we could get Sista April pre-order fulfilled, I may have something for 2026.

Personally, if this is true, I'd be pissed if I were MONDO. Mattel is looking for a 2026 release of a 200X subline in origins. Buy, that is Kinda lame when we have Masterverse! Seriously, Masterverse is the PERFECT line for a 200X subline and not Origins. They have differently sized and shaped bodies. Also, if they have access to the original 200X weapons, they could scan and retool them for Masterverse with little to no tweaking. I would also give my left nut for an official Masterverse Ambrosia Skeletor.

So I am watching Old Telenovelas and I realized something:

 Even child Friendly Telenovelas were wild back I'm the 80s and 90s. My LATAM readers know what I'm talking about.

Case in point, Carrusel. It's a copy of an Argentinean story... like at least ⅙ of Mexican Telenovelas. The story is about this Teacher, Ximena, who teaches Second Grade. The stude is were a bunch of stereotypes. You had the little Prick, Pablo. You had the Spoiled Princess, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor. You had the Jewish kid, David. You had the Fat kid, Jaime Palillo (his last name means toothpick), and Last but not least, Cirilo... he was poor and black. What made things worse was that poor Cirilo sipped hard for María Joaquina, despite she always saying no, he never gave up. Modern sensibilities see him as a creepy stalker... I remembered thinga a bit differently with Maria Joaquina only disliking Cirilo for being Poor.

Yes, she hated him for being poor, but she was pretty much a Klansgal or would be if the Klan accepted Mexican girls. 

She gave seven year old me conflicting feelings.

Seven year old me would've simped for her, while hating her racist ass.

This is a Pic of her 10 years ago. The dude is the dude that played Cirilo. This was a 26 year reunion where some of the castmates got together. 33 year old me would still simp for Maria Joaquina.

Back on topic. Maria Joaquina was Racist as fuck! Despite her patents not being Racist she was

Like more Racist than White... Power Ranger minus Ranger folks. Cirilo may not understand "no means no" but Maria Joaquina brutalized his little mind. Kid would need tens of thousands in therapy in these days.

Maria Joaquina's racism got him so bad that in an episode I haven't seen, but I do remember, he tries to whiten his skin.

I mean YIKES! I still have like 300+ episodes to watch. Then I'll move on to Mujer de Madera, because it features the actress who played María Joaquina and it's a fucking acid trip. They change the actress for the protagonist ⅓ through the story and justify it with some weird bullshit.

Netflix has more Ya-yo Ya-yo! for us!

 They teased the second season of Juan Piss.

That's actually good, since this Live Action Series abdridges the living shit out of Normal Juan Piss. I don't have the time to watch the ridiculously long anime. But mostly because I hate the art style. I have the same art style issue with Shin-Chan. 

But we have to wait until an official release. Guess Netflix has saved itself from me canceling my subscription.

The problem with Scale: An action figure woes rant

 Action Figures have multiple scales. OG MOTU are close to 1:14 scale. Kenner's Star Wars and Hasbro's GI Joe (80s) are 1:18. Modern lines like Marvel Legends, NECA toon and Mirage TMNT started at 1:12, but have slowly been drifting to 1:11. MOTUC and Ultimates! are 1:10, while WWE straddles the line between 1:12 and 1:11. Some stuff is compatible with 1:10. Others, not so much. 

Back when Shapeways was around some 1:10 stuff could be found. Now it's become harder. Hell, even 1:12 is a pain in the ass, since Japanese 1:12 is not the same as American 1:12.

I've been somewhat lucky that places like Ringside Collectibles, who carry WWE, AEW, and some Original Wrestling parts that can be used with Super7 Ultimates!  also, Figures Toy Company, whose older figure entries were somewhat iffy. The newer Ultimate crew and Ultimate fans are way better. Also, Super Action Stuff has helped on SOME Things, not Everything. Even Playmates has had some 1:12 stuff that kinda works with S7, but that's getting ahead of myself.

Now with P01135809 being a total Dumbass, Tariffs are fucking everything up. If it was hard to get 1:10 stuff before, now it'll be harder. Even getting PVC sheets that aren't expanded foam sheets has gotten harder out here in the boonies. Big Ocean as P01135809 would say. Having to Arts and crafts stuff without fancy schmancy 3D Printers or real talent is a mega bitch! Been experimenting with UV Resin and I got the wrong UV light... fuckdammit! 

But back on topic. Getting 1:10 accessories is a pain. Todd has the occasional pew pew pack but that's not a regular thing. Much less now that he lost the DC License. NECA is unaffordable gor me, since they're asking for $37 to ship a single item to Puerto Rico. If the pack is $40, it becomes over $80. Fuck that noise. Super7 well, they're not in a great position thank to P01135809 and his "stable genius" plan of screwing American Customers. Also, Super7 is a bit clueless in the Accesory pack area. Most of their accessory packs are chairs for Figures that can barely sit down.

But back on the whole Scale thing:

1:18, since it's small, gets playsets and vehicles, but since it's so small, they rarely have props aside their own accessories.

1:12 and 1:6 get a bit more love on the prop department, since Barbie is the queen of 1:6 and most girl toys cater to that scale. 1:12 is the boy toy scale and rarely had prop support until recently. 

I regret not buying some of the Just Kidz  1:12 looking vehicles back when I worked at Kmart to use as background decoration. 

The only 1:10 scale vehicles I see online are RC cars and those are expensive. 

But can you see the issue or is my rant is all over the place? Just like action figure scales.

Turtles are supposed to be around 5'2". Meanwhile Ryu is 5'9". 

There's nothing worse than buying 1:12 accessories and SURPRISE! They're MEGO Scale (which is about a 1:9... you can get away with 1:10 Figures, but true 1:12, Nope!) OR buying 1:12 accessories that are for ASIAN 1:12, which is smaller than 'Murican 1:12.  So, it's WEIRD to be on Arts and Craft Stores and Toy departments at your favorite retailer with a measuring tape.  

Top 10 Game Collections I'd like to see:

 With Game Companies releasing anthology of past games to fill in the gaps on releases for current consoles here's a list of 10 Collections I'd like to see. No, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection volume 2 will not be on the list. Because it's a given that it should come.

1. Xenosaga Trilogy:

While it ain't Xenogears, I kinda miss the pseudo prequel. Ma belle pêche...

2. Spider-Man: The Activision Years:

Basically the Games that Actovosion made featuring Spider-Man. I would like the older games but that's a different collection. OKI just wanna play Spider-Man 2 again... not the Insomniac Spider-Man 2, Tobey Man 2.

3. Classic Metroid:

Yes, I know they are Technically spread out through Nintendo Switch Online. But having Meteoid 1, 2, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Zero Misson, and Samus's Return, plus soundtracks, Art Galleroes, and even some behind the scenes info would be great.

4. Lords of shadow Trilogy

You know I love Castlevania. If you've read my horrible fanfic, you know Nick's two favorite taunts are from Konami games. One is Richter's infamous: "DIE MONSTER! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!" Seriously i've used it so much that autocorrect automatically adds the phrase every time I write DIE. It also completes the Gray Fox quote... but that's marginally relevant since Lords of Shadow is a 3 inches of doom Hideo Kojima game. But that is probably why it wouldn't come out. As a bonus, adding PT as an ultimate fuck you to 3"ofDoom would be a nice gesture.

5.Capcom's JoJo games:

The lazy answer would be release the games as is and call it a day. I propose adding a new track based on the anime music and anime VAs. It's not necessary but it would be a fun addition.I just want the games period.

6. Final Fight Collection:

 It's a shame that only Final Fight 1 gets some love. We need a collection featuring 2, 3, Revenge, and the one who mustn't be named. Hell tossing the Gameboy advance port of final fight with hidden alpha Cody and Guy would be interesting.

7. SoulCalibur Collection:

SoulEdge, SoulCalibur, SoulCalibur2, SoulCalibur3, SoulCalibur4, and SoulCalibur5 would be optimal, but I'll accept SoulEdge to SC3 as the bare minimum.

8. Smackdown! Collection:

Yeah. None of the 2K games from OG WWF Smackdown! all the way to Smackdown! vs Raw 2011. Now hear me out, it would need to get all the licensing for the music in order. Keeping the games close to intact as possible... Now the elephant in the room...

Keep him for historical reasons. Make him u playable online. 

9. Cruis'n Arcade Collection:

Essentially all Arcade Cruis'n Games in one.

This song lives rent free in my head.

This one too.

Also, I specifically want the arcade versions, for the Bill Clinton ending.

10. Daytona Collection:

I just wanted to Suggest Daytona USA HD remastered, but there are two more Daytona games: Daytona 3: Battle on the Edge, and Daytona 3/Championship USA. That's not counting the ports/remakes including SEGA Racing Classic, when they didn't have rights to Daytona and we got this instead:

Here's a better version with DEITONA RETS GO AWAY!

Pump up the volume till it busts your speakers, so you can have the real Daytona experience at the arcade. Daytona was fucking loud!

It came from the Toy Chest: My Mom wants to speak to the Manager.

 

This is a review for Figure Toys Company Ultomate Wrestling Fans Karen: She's a Blonde child with a Pageboy haircut... I could've used the Power Swoed for a Pic, fuckdammit!

Since she has no Last name, I need to give her one.

Let's see what I can come up with.

OK let's talk Karen!

Karen: I'm here to chew Bubblegum and kick ass and Kaylee threw away my last piece of gum.

Articulation 

Karen has a lot of it: 

Butterfly shoulders double jointed elbows and knees, but the ankle are the only sour point. The articulation there is kinda Limited.

But she can balance on One leg for an Illegal kick. Forgot to take pics. My bad 

4.5

Karen: Hadoken!

Paint and sculpt

FTC toys aren't huge on paint, but the little that she has is functional. For the most part, she's molded in the proper colors to require less paint. The sculpt, as I mentioned is slightly cartoony.

5.0

Her head is removable and  the peg is similar to the Adult Females, but smaller.

Accessories

She has plenty of hands, but that's it. She has a special hand with a plug for the accessory packs but that's sold separately.

 I suppose headpacks could come in the future. Heads pop off, but they're slightly difficult to do so like the Wrestling Crew figs. Their headpack is a repaint though.

5.0

Bulk: Hey there little girlie!
Skull: Are you lost?
Karen: I would like to speak with the manager... I have a problem regarding Teenagers with Attitude.

Overall:

Little Karen gets a 4.83 as her final score. If we can get improved ankle and easier to swap heads, she'd be perfect. I wish we could get character specific accessory packs...

For example the Katen Pack with a shocked face and a smiling face. Add some hands like the Peace aign, rock on horns, OK sign. Maybe even a character specific accessory like say: Karen gets an Ice cream cone, while Ben gets a chewed Hot Dog.

Karen: Kyle Rittenhouse ain't got shit on me!
Bulk: C...all... nine... one... *dies*
Skull: Bu...lk? Nine... one... what?... *dies*
Hal Jordan VO: Are you from Tennessee, because you're the only Ten I see!

She shall be Officially known as Karen Thompson.

Spider-Man 2099 was seen by Haley Joel Osment

 Or at least one of his co-creators. Specifically, Peter David, often called the Best Hulk Writer. He was one of the people who gave life to the entirety of 2099.

He had lost his Medicaid and fans collected over 100K to aid him with the bills for his kidney issues. My condolences to his friends and family.

Aside his stint of comics, he's done some TV shows, including being the co-creator of Nickelodeon's Space Cases, whose first season had a certain MASTODON! I mean Black Ranger.

May he rest in peace.

Another FTC Ultimate fans line-up... plus accessories:

 I got a few figures coming. Next time I'll get dudes. So, I'll talk some other figures and some new accessories:

Let's talk Accessories first:

The OG Pack has:

4 foam fingers in number one pose

2 popcorn buckets 

2 popcorn buckets with popcorn flying off

2 solo cups

2 solo cups with milk flying off

2 hot dogs

4 belts

4 posters with dry erase marker

4 foam fingers in "rock on horns" pose

2 "walking tacos" (bag of nacho chips with ground meat and cheese and a spoon)

2 flying walking tacos (bag of nacho chips with chips with the toppings and spoon spilling out)

2 pretzels 

2 partially eaten pretzels

2 partially eaten hotdogs

4 posters in a different color with dry erase marker

1 whole churro

1 partially eaten churro

Now let's tackle characters: 

Instead if spreading them by body/gender, I'll assemble 4-packs (child, girl, skinny dude, and fluffy dude)

Pack 1:

Jesse:

Young white boy, brown hair, crew cut, wincing with eyes closed, but you can see he's missing a tooth. Grey shirt red pants

Grace:

White woman, Bob cut orange hair,  angry expression. White "baseball shirt" with red ¾ sleeves (painted on) red skirt and black boots.

Manolo:

Latin Man with a full head grey hair combed to the side and a thick mustache and excited expression. Sporting a red shirt, grey blazer and pants.

Henrie:

 A clean-shaven mostly bald white man, whose only hair is a ponytail. With a distraught face, sporting a red shirt and blue pants. His sandals are brown.

Pack 2: 

Travis:

White kid with curly blond hair surprised with a dark blue shirt and grey pants.

Becca:

Blonde with ponytail. Angry expression, pink long sleeve shirt, light blue jeans black boots.

Randolph:

Black man with Jehri Curl and a dismayed face.

Grey blazer and pants with pink shirt. 

Brandon:

White man, shaggy light brown hair, goatee, excited expression. Light blue shirt, Pink shorts.

Pack 3:

Doreen:

White girl pixie cut, scowling (like Karen) wearing a light blue shirt with dark blue pants. 

Coco:

Black woman with blonde curly hair tied to a ponytail with bangs on the left side. Sporting a red and green top and grey pants with boots.

Charlie:

A man Sporting the same outfit as Hunter in orange vest, green shirt and pants. Blond pompadour and glasses like Brad's but with a shocked expression.

Cooter:

White man with a red cap turned backwards Sporting a neckband and balding longish hair. Deranged expression. Orange shirt, blue shorts.

Pack 4: 

Lonnie:

Black boy with a little dark brown afro. Excited face missing tooth. Light grey shirt with dark grey pants.

Aisha:

Black woman with straight black hair mid back length, excited face. Yellow top and grey pants.

Darius:

Black man short curly hair well kept mustache and a shocked expression. He's wearing a tan blazer blue shirt and khaki pants.

Elaine:

Black older woman with greying dreadlocks. Shocked expression. Light blue shirt and shorts with a brand new light blue Muumuu overlay.

Pack 5:

Ramona:

Pigtailed girl sour face. Brown hair and skin. Wearing a white shirt with light blue pants

Eva:

White woman, dirty blonde hair with a light blue top ¾ sleeves white skirt with light blue tights and yellow boots. Surprised expression 

Edgar:

Brown skinned man with dark brown wavy hair thick mustache, angry expression. Navy Blue t-shirt light blue pants.

Federico:

White man wearing a red beanie with longish dark brown hair wearing a white shirt with black pants. Surprised expression 

I got my first FTC Ultimate Wrestling Fans figures: a rant

 I will do a review on Little Karen in the next few days, saving the others for the Future. The others will have a cameo in this year's Toycember. I still need to get male bodies, both thin and Fluffy, but I want to share my thoughts on the line, now that I HAVE ACTUAL figures.

I already mentioned my issue with the Sculpted Bra with painted tops. They need to make a few extra pieces. 

• Featureless "nude torso". 
• Featureless "Unitard torso"

The "nude Torso" is akin to a Barbie Torso. I mentioned how the existing torso can be used with some overlays. (It can be done, since Brad and Hunter have overlays and so does the female announcer.) The Nude Torso can benefit from the overlays as well, but it works better with paint. Need a top with some cleavage? The Nude Torso gives you cleavage without the bra sculptlines.

The "Unitard torso" allows for Turtlenecks, Sportsbras, Unitards, bodysuits, tubetops.

For example: Tasha head painted as white skinned with red hair. Add this new unitard torso in yellowish flesh colored sleeveless and Amber's skirt in green and brown boots, you got a new character, let's call her Blaire.

I mentioned overlays:

Things like crop tops, Daisy Duke styled tied shirts, short sleeveless vests, longer sleeveless vests. Some could benefit from the bra body for more Punk/Goth characters. Others could use the other torso too. Hell, some overlays could benefit from the Ultimate Wrestling Crew female Referee sleeves for a baggy shirt overlay...

The idea is to build a small cache of parts where they can be mixed and matched to make more diverse characters.

I will suggest some parts for the kids as well:

As they currently are, the only difference between boys and girls is

Yes, annoying kid from Full House. But hear me out:

A modified lower half of the torso to fit an overall overlay. Just to give some visual diversity on the kids. There are plenty of combinations there.

Bare upper arms and thighs. Before you summon Chris Hansen, hear me out!

How are long sleeved outfits made on this line?

Bare arms painted. There you go.

The "bare" thighs are for the Skirt crotch. Which could get painted as a skirt or leggins. Also, the skirt can be combined with the overalls. Again, the idea is to have multiple variations on the characters. 

Now let's move on to the men.

I mentioned that the Wrestling Crew has the button up shirts that can be used on some men.

But we could also use:

• Bare upper arms
• Shorts and bare lower legs
• Different overlays

Again, the bare upper arms are not just for sleeveless tanktops/or the goodies. They're for some long sleeved shirts or ¾ length sleeves for Baseball Jersey styled shirts. 

The shorts/bare lower legs is to have the option for some dudes in shorts. Like the douche that wears a blazer and shorts, also, thin guys In shorts and T-shirts, since we got the Big Men wearing shorts.

Different Overlays: we got the Hoodies, the Blazer and I want some more:

• Denim vest
• Letterman Jacket 
• Tied hoodie/jacket on waist
• Leather Jacket 

These can be used on various combinations. 

The big folks... need big women. We could get a Muumuu overlay, a skirt overlay, and obviously more feminine breasts.

If you noticed something, is that I'm seeing the potential with these. Sure, they're not perfect for Super7's 1:10 TMNT, but they technically work better with NECA's TOON and MIRAGE TMNT. These are great background fillers for those lines and Marvel Legends. For Wrestling figures, the cartoons sculpts need to be toned down a little. Like in the Wrestling Crew line.

Personally, I LOVE the cartoony look of the figures, since they fit what I want them to fit. My eventual TMNT/MuTeens display.

I noticed some things on these Arena steps...

First up is BRAD! Right side near the top of the stairs. Can't miss his glasses and handlebar mustache.  

On the left side next to a big woman, we have a girl with pinkish hair that re.inds me of Tasha.

I would buy both.

On the left side we also have a Grumpy Santa looking guy. I would like the mustard colored dude with the huge buck teeth next to him... and the bored to death lady in blue with the jacket tied on her waist. Then there's the blonde with the pixie cut and orange shirt. Want her. The Fat dude next to her could be a decent base for a custom me. So I want him too!

On the Right side we have the red shirt green pants lady... want her. And the totally NOT SHAGGY dude. While we're still on the right, the black woman with the purple shirt and her white partner with matching shirt. Last but not least, the Redhead in the teal top.

But this brings me to the next point...

We need Teens:

Grown men are 6.5"

Grown women are 6.0"

Children are 4.25"

We need something more...

Yes, Ivan Ooze, Teenagers.

I'm thinking teenage boys at 5.75" and girls at 5.25"... but I could accept 6.0" boys (since many teenage boys tend to be as tall if not taller than the average Grown woman while the girls are 5.5" and in any case, they'd be taller than the children. 

I honestly see potential to this line and I wish it prospers long enough to see more characters.

Henry Cavill is the new Steven Seagal

 Minus the whole asshole who thinks he's God thing. But he's totally the new Seagal as his movies are getting the Straight to Streaming stigma that plagued Seagal during the straight to DVD twilight of his acting career.

Voltron will be an Amazon Prime exclusive.

Also, Amazon got their hands on the Highlander reboot, since Lionsgate is no longer attached. Wait wasn't  that with Henry Cavill too? Will this go Direct to Streaming too? At least He-Man is still headed to theaters.

Is the Warhammer series still on? 

Top Squaresoft Games I'd like to see available on the Playstation store:

 I've been binging on older Final Fantasies. Eventually I might tackle 1-3... and 12 too. But this list will be about Squaresoft Games I'd like to see in the PlayStation store.

Secret of Evermore:

I was originally going to mention. SECRET OF MANA, but my friend, who occasionally bumps uglies with me reminded me that Mana is on the PS store. Also, like Nintendo's own StarTropics, SoE is an American Squaresoft game.

Ehrgeiz:

Last time I mentioned this game was an Eureka Seven reference. Well, there might be a need to work with Bandai Namco in order to get this game out, but the reason I want it is

Cloud...

Final Fantasy XIII series:

I never beat FFXIII. Mainly because I grew bored about ¾ in... I stopped playing the game when Mom was alive... It doesn't help that my ps3 died and the controllers too. But, if I can play FFXIII, then beat it, I can scratch it off the bucket list.

Parasite Eve series:

I believe rights issues are what's stopping these ports. Still, if they were resolved, I'd get them.

Always pops up in NY head whenever I hit the Police station. Happens more often than I hoped.

Rad Racer:

I know it's a racing game from SQUARE? 

Oh look reference to The Wizard... that's the only reason I want to play Rad Racer.

Final Fantasy Tactics series:

I have the OG on PS1, I have it on PSP, I have it on Android... fuckdammit! I want it on a home console that is not a PS1. Also I need to play the advanced games mainly A-2, Which I never played... but an excuse to replace FFT:A is nice.

Vagrant Story: 

A game retconned to be part of the Ivalice games.( FFXII and FFT series.) I never played the original game. I knew about it but local stores didn't carry it.

Chocobo Racing:

I know Nintendo had the sequel, but I want the original... just to torture my brother with this song: 

Yeah... also playing the FFVIII stage with Squall was cool.

Tobal:

I'm talking about the Japanese only Tobal 2 and its predecessor Tobal No.1:

Characters designed by Akira Toriyama in a Squaresoft game!? That's as common as saying Cjaracters designed by Yoshitaka Amano (who worked on Speed Racer and was the Character designer for Vampire Hunter D)  but this trailer was etched into my brain from. One of the PS1 demo discs I had.

Guess We better Stand Tall and Shake the heavens now...

Xenogears:

It's a Square wishlist and of course it needs Xenogears! The at one point in time was a proto FF7 that became a thing of its own.

Remake Part 3 better have Cloud rambling about Xenogears. It also has Cam Clarke, who y'all know, I fucking LOVE so much. But there is a game I want more than Xenogears... the game that at some point in development was a prequel to Xenogears...

Do I even NEED to say which game I'm talking about?

Chrono Trigger!

No explanation needed. This is Squaresoft's BEST GAME EVER! Final Fantasy VI might be the best numbered Final Fantasy game, but Chrono Trigger is leaps and bounds far better. Note: I played and beaten Trigger in my adulthood after having beaten 6 mainline Final Fantasies under my belt. (1,6,7,8,9,10 but not in that order

 It was more like 7,8,1,6,9,10) I HAD played 4 and 2, but not beaten them. Point is that Chrono Trigger fucking rocks and it's a damn shame that Chrono Cross gets a release without the superior Chrono game.

Street Fighter movie has some candidates...

 Andrew Koji, who most likely will play Ryu or Fei Long. Wait that's Syorm Shadow from the Shitty Snake Eyes movie. Jason Momoa... better get used to orange wigs and green makeup...

Roman Reigns? But they are already eyeing Momoa... noooo... could it be Momoa for Zangief and Reigns for Blanka? Noah Centineo is most likely going to be Ken or Clawed Matador dude.

This will suck more than the MOTU movie and that is looking like it will suck Kangaroo balls.

Hell, it might make Cole Yawn 1&2 look good.

More Super7 bad news:

 Woke up to the following E-Mail:

To Our Valued Super7 Supporters,

Last week was really hard.

As you may have heard, we had to make the difficult decision to let team members go. These are people who were doing the best work in the industry, none of whom deserved to be let go. I want to be clear that this reduction in staff is a direct result of the tariffs applied to our industry. The preceding six months before the tariff announcement had been Super7’s best since the inception of the company nearly 24 years ago. Then the landscape changed overnight.

Make no mistake, the tariff is a tax on American companies and the American consumer. The people who lost their jobs last week were Americans across 16 different states. The 145% tariff effectively shut our business down, bringing new inventory leaving the factory to zero, compounded by massive tariffs on pre-order product already on the water headed to consumers. This week’s change in tariff to 30%, is still a massive increase to this industry that requires significant change to work within.

So what does that mean for Super7? Well, it means we need to be smaller and focus on the core of our business while being very specific about what we make. This allows Super7 to be safe for the future and continue to deliver the awesome product we are known for.

We still believe in the joy that making toys brings to all of us. We believe that the future will be better, and we look forward to continuing to deliver on that joy for the future. We hope to see you there with us.

-Brian Flynn

Of course a Thanks Trump is coming, but... here's the part that worries me:

So what does that mean for Super7? Well, it means we need to be smaller and focus on the core of our business while being very specific about what we make. This allows Super7 to be safe for the future and continue to deliver the awesome product we are known for. 

I had Said for years that they were spreading themselves too thin. This downsizing makes sense, but at the same time, it COULD mean the end of Ultimates and Deluxe figures. It could also mean that waves might get even smaller...

1-2 figures the most. But the fact that they have very little new product coming is bad.

The 145% tariff effectively shut our business down, bringing new inventory leaving the factory to zero, compounded by massive tariffs on pre-order product already on the water headed to consumers.

If a store has no product to sell, well... yeah. Let's see how this develops... in the meantime I will keep making my wishlists because I know they're not realisti, but whatever.

Final fantasy IV is worse than I remember

 Been replaying older Final Fantasies and scratching items off my Bucket list like Beating Ozma in FFIX, getting all characters (including Gogo and Umaro) in FFVI... eventually I'll tackle 2 and 3... Japanese 2 and 3. I'm currently tackling American 2, Japanese 4 and as the title says: it's worse than I remember.

Now I remember why I gave up on this game back in college. It's a load of bullshit!

The story is nonsensical: bad guy is evil because he didn't want to go to sleep. Then the good guys are just a bunch of incompetent morons that end up killing themselves left and right, except no one TRULY dies other than Sage Tellah, whose only useful contribution to the saga is literally the phrase: "You spoony Bard!" 

Yang sacrifices himself, but can be found alive later. Same thing for Cid. Then we have Kain the flip flopper. Dude switches sides more often than Hulk Hogan. 

But I must point out the good as well with the bad. The Fight with Edge battling the two fiends was totally different for me this time. The start of the game with the bomb ring incident hit differently. There is some good character development for Cecil, but after being forced to level up the useless temporary party members, surprise! Back to level 1... Thank goodness for the exp. Boost from the pixel remaster version... 

Someone described Final Fantasy IV as a D&D session where the DM came unprepared and had to rewrite the story every 5 minutes because of rotating players gimmick.

In any case, I have to beat this game and take it off the list... also forget about it for a few years and revisit it.

Update:

I made Zeromus my bitch. All I needed to do was NOT use Rydia as a summoner but instead as Item healer. Put Rosa as a full time healer, have Edge the pedo throw all the shuriken and kitchen knife, while Kain jumped and Cecil hit Zeromus with the Ragnarok. 

Also, the ending suckes donkey balls. No wonder they had to make The After Years, which aren't available outside the PSP.

Ideas for FTC's Fans line:

 I recently mentioned the fans line by Figures Toy Company... I also noticed a few things...

So let's fix the lacks...

Let's start with the kids:

Roberto:

Black haired brown Mexican boy with a green cap, grey shirt and green pants. His facial expression should be worried.

Lupita:

Black haired brown Mexican girl pink shirt purple pants. Excited face with braided pigtails.

Laura:

A black girl with dark brown curly shoulder length hair. Sporting an orange shirt with pink pants. Excited face

Shinji:

Asian boy messy black hair. Sporting a purple shirt with green pants. Scared terrified face.

Tiffani:

Redheaded white girl with mid back length hair Sporting a red shirt and orange pants. Angry face.

Now we go with the Women:

Normally I'd use an excuse to promote my new Torso ideas from the previous rant, but this time I'll use the FTC Torso, but I will suggest some overlay ideas for some ladies. 

June:

 Blonde girl with a perm in a shocked expression, using the Referee upper arms and painting a teal v-Neck shirt with khaki pants and using Amber's boots in grey. 

María:

Brunette Mexican woman with wavy hair. She gets a new Torso overlay: the diamond crop top in white with light blue pants. Her expression should be excited. 

Saira:

Reuse of the Amber head but with dark brown hair and Indian skintone. (Darker than the mestizo Mexican, but lighter than the African American) new overlay that looks like she has a shrug. 

Akane:

Reusing Tasha's head in Neon pink and green haired Japanese woman. She gets a new Torso overlay that resembles a schoolgirl croptop and Reusing Amber's skirt and boots.

Ruby:

Redheaded lady with the infamous "Karen hairdo" not to be confused with the Karen figure from this line that has the Prince Adam Hairdo. Like the Karen character, she has the bored/angry look. Her outfit should be a full Torso version of Lisa's but with blue pants.

Now we are going to tackle the Men (slim)

Pedro:

Sporting the T-shirt with no overlay in Red with grey jeans. He is Sporting a generic Luchador Mask and looks excited. Mexican brown skintone.

Tyrone:

Black man Sporting a Fresh Prince Era Will Smith hairdo and is super excited with thongue hanging out Michael Jordan Style. He gets a new overlay based on a Letterman Jacket. Let's say Grey Jacket, black sleeves.

Chris:

Black man Sporting a short caesar hairstyle. He gets New bare upper arms, which go well with Brad's hoodie in green. His undershirt should be white. Blue jeans complete the look. His expression should be angry.

Koji:

Japanese man black hair and surprised expression. Generic Asian hairstyle. Not a Hideo Kojima reference, but Hideo Kojima has the hairstyle I speak of.  Black shirt, grey Jacket and dark blue jeans.

Doug:

Blond balding man wearing glasses with an angry expression

Sporting a yellow button short sleeve shirt (reuse referee shirt) with grey pants

Now it's time for the Big Dudes!

Terrence:

Brunette balding man with a ponytail akin to the Simpsons Comic Book guy. Red Shirt Black pants. His expression should be unamused.

Gabe:

Mexican mestizo skintone. Wearing the same Luchador Mask as Pedro. Screaming expression. For his outfit: light blue shirt red pants.

Takeshi:

Sporting an expression similar to this

But resembling the Looooong Looooooooooooong maaaaaaaaaaaaan!

 Inspired Hairstyle and facial hair.

Give him a black shirt with red shorts for no reason.

Deshawn:

Brother with cornrows. Extremely happy expression. Red Shirt light blue pants.

Wilhelm:

Bald, angry white shirt purple pants... oh yeah he's black. Definitely black. If this was a white dude, he'd look like Butterbean. 

But I will stop here before I start suggesting other body types.

Kanye West is now a Nazi

 He is also a cuck according to his new song that I can't say it's name, but it means "African American, Salute the Funny Mustachioed frustrated Austrian Painter..." 

Yes, Kanye has a pro-Hitler song. A Black man being pro Nazi... it's like Kanye doesn't even know history.

Neither do you, since you're praising Hitler, Kanye.

The satisfied is that the sun has a really catchy beat kind of sounds Godzilla-esque. It's  weird, but weirder things have happened.

Figures Toy Company is making some new Original figures

 The line is called Wrestling Fans. According to their site; (This post isn't sponsored, so I won't link to them.) The males are 6.5 inches tall. Females are 6 inches tall and the Children are 4.25 inches tall. 

To put it in perspective:

Males are about as tall as the Diva Superstar figures I use for female MuTeens.

Females are half an inch shorter. Just as tall as a true 1/12 scale male figure that is "6 feet tall"... or slightly shorter than April 1.0 from Super7 

Kids are nearly vintage Turtle sized. Alice will feel tall around her peers.

The grumpy girl with the Most Powerful Haircut in the Universe is... wait for it... Karen.

Mullet man is called Hunter. IF I get him, I'll repaint his hair dark brown, since he's the spitting image of a guy My Mom used to know a guy who claimed he was one of Ric Flair's bodyguards. Well, the guy resembles Hunter.

The girl in the black (painted) top is Amber. Now here's my main gripe with these figures:

The adult females reuse the body of the Ultimate Announcer (Coming out the Toy Chest in Toycember for the 2025 Advent Calendar.)

Advent Calendar Spoilers, I guess.

FTC NEEDS to make a new female torso without a sculpted bra, but sculpted so it looks like a top with a V-neck. Perhaps on series 6 and onward.

IF I get these, the females will be treated as Teens. Also, Amber is the only one wearing a skirt. Hopefully it's soft goods.

Chubby dude Mumber 1 is Stu... as in Stuart, not Stupid. Even though Kyle is no longer with Super7, I'm still looking for potential base for a Pizzaface, just in case.

That's it for Series one.

Series 2 is more diverse.

The upside down kid is Ben. Obviously, all the kids share sculpts, minus the heads.

The Pink Sweatwr Metal Slug POW is Brad. While sharing most of his body with Hunter, the sweater is different. Females could've benefited from varied torso overlays.

What's this? A woman? A Sister to be precise? She's Tasha... that hairstyle though... tempting me to make her into Sister April.

Now the big guy with a Leprechaun hairstyle is Gary... Looks more like a partially shaven Pablo... wonder what happened to Begula.

Series 3 is huh?

We got another girl... Kaylee... ponytail... Let move on to the next figure!

The guy that looks like he lost all his money on betting that Miz would defeat John Cena is: Joe.

The Lady in red and black with the grandma chin is Lisa... or a base for a 2012 inspired Irma, minus the whole Kraang thing.

The guy who isn't wearing a MAGA hat is Clayton. I'd totally make it a CRAP hat... from TMNT... Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism. He kinda looks like a fat Version Of Bubba from CRAP.

Series 4 let's go!

The kid is Mikey... 2 boys 2 girls... nothing much to say here.

Now it's time to greet the guy who was ringside when diarrhea struck. Kevin.

Now it's Jade's tuen.turn. Her face screams wrong hole!

Totally not Kevin Smith is Jason.

Now for series 5:

There is no child here, but there is a fifth kid... Ethan. He was left out for some reason.

There is also no female either. This is for the MEN!! MANLY MEN!!

First up we have Eugene, sporting a Jacket.

Then we have Marvin. He's sad.

Then we have 2 Juggalos:

Skinny Juggalo is Lance

Chubby Juggalo is Shawn

There is also a 6th Fluffy guy. LLOYD sold separately. In fact, all figures are sold separately... I just showed the packs because it's cheaper to get a back then.Getting four figures separately.

These look interesting. Kids would work well with Naughty or Nice. Karen is totally Naughty.

So here comes the rant part.

I mentioned that Females need new body parts and or Torso overlays. Well, it's time to get cracking:

The Upper Torso is technically 2 pieces, Front and Back... but having a "buck system" solves a lot of issues.

Aside the existing " Bra" top we need:

A Round Neck T-shirt top with cleavage , a V-Neck top, and a no cleavage top. All these theoretical new fronts would use the same back piece.

A few overlays can make a difference:

Existing Bra Top:

First the Torso gets painted in a darker skin tone with some black accents to simulate a sheer top. Then adding a denim vest (soft goods or sculpted.) Arm bands can be painted on and using a different colored version of Amber's skirt and some "tights". We have a somewhat Hot Topic-esque gal.

Using the new round neck with cleavage and the sleeved arms you can go in two different directions:

Make the vest a short sleeved top or keep it as a vest.

Normal legs and shoes. 

Then there's the option to have one without any overlays.

Now for the theoretical new V-Neck

You can do the similar overlays as mentioned in the round neck with cleavage... but ai want to add something special to this.

Longer open button shirt for the Lumberjane or Chola look. Combined with the regular arms painted as shirt.

Now for the no cleavage top:

We can use from all of the above but let's try something extra:

I mean creative paintjob: tubetop plus any of the overlays... or no overlays.

It also works for sweaters or certain Athletic tops (ie Fatal Fury's Blue Mary or Lara Croft)

An overlay for this Torso could be a diamond crop top.

But if venturing into soft goods boatneck sweaters would work great with the bra top. I'm gonna do another rant related to this... Maybe even a Create some Fans kind of thing. 

We need a "MOTUC" approach for TMNT: a rant

 As much as I enjoyed mocking Scott Neitlich's "professional writing", he HAD a great idea of making an amalgamation of all MOTU continuities into a single storyline that allows characters from ALL versions coexist. Render unto DragonCaesar salad and all thar.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, NEEDS something like that. 

We have a theoretically great antagonist in Draxum, a being who went to "the dark side" and made horrible experiments in order to "protect his people". We have Null, the 

Equivalent of TMNT Satan, relegated to Archie.

The C.R.A.P. guys. They had Skonk die on the Mirage comic. He could be used on the toyline, first as a member of CRAP or HATE, then as a random evil Mutant Skunk... it's right there! Heck I'd mutate the rest of the team. 

The point is to have these characters converge at a single continuity. We could even have "conflicting" versions of the characters coexist.

For example: SHREDDER!

Let me wear a purple gimp suit and figure this out:

We have:

Oroku Saki

Erich Sachs

Christopher Bradford

Ch'rell

They can all be in a single line, but in a convoluted way:

Oroku Saki is killed after his first encounter with the Turtles.

Sachs, who was raised by the Oroku, makes a deal with the Utrom Warlord Krang in an attempt to use alien science to revive Saki (worm clones) and keep the Foot "within the family". Dissatisfied with the results, he creates an exosuit, based on Utrom Tech and becomes the Cybershredder.

Tatsu, Shredder's right hand man disagreed with Sachs and his Krang alliance, so he took the Foot and used Christopher Bradford, Saki's Handpicked student as the new Shredder.

When Sachs was defeated and Bradford Mutated, Ch'rell, Krang's right tentacle warrior took the guise of Shredder to fight the Japanese Foot Shredder, Oroku Karai, Saki's niece. (Daughter of Nagi)

Yes, there are similarities to DC's own Batman: Battle for the Cowl. They were not intentional.

Toy wise, here's the theoretical figures:

Oroku Saki: 

Based on his Mirage Look and red outfit

Oroku Saki clones: 

Based on Mirage looks, but each clone would have a different colored outfit for toy's sake. 

Flawless Worm Clone would be Secret of the Ooze colors with alternate SOTO Head.

The Claw clone would be Orange because Lobster/crab colors

The Multi-Arm Shredder can be Green because I'm running out of colors and

Mini Shredder should be Blue.

Erich Sachs: 

He would be heavily inspired by the Kenner Batman Returns Bruce Wayne figure:

Using a combination of slip on and strap on pieces to turn Sachs into an 87 series inspired Shredder, but with long black sleeves.

The other figure is the Cybershredder, which would be inspired by the first Bay Shredder.

Bradford:

He would get 3 figures:

Actor

As Shredder

Dogpound

The actor would be Bradford in civilian clothes, the "mask" so to speak.

Him as Shredder would be heavily inspired by the 2012 Shredder look with the maroon suit and boxy armor.

Karai as Shredder is essentially, Karai dressed as Shredder.

Thing is that Battle for the Cowl allowed us to have multiple Shredders. But it's not the only thing it can do.

Using Walker and a time Scepter we can have characters from various continuities facing each other. Ie Mutant Mayhem April and 2012 April meeting, because wobbly wobbly timey wimey changes to the timeline.  This can also allow for a handwaving of continuity hiccups.

But it also allows us to bring Characters from other continuities and use them as "different" characters.

For example: Burne Thompson and Bernadette Thompson (87 toon and Bay Turdles movies)

Bernadette can be Burne's Ex-wife who kept the last name as a jab at her ex-husband.

But that's not the main example I wanted to use. That's a continuation on the "bringing multiple versions" of a character. The example I wanted to use is 2012 Mutagen Man.

In most continuities, he's Seymour Gutz. I would probably spell it as Seymour Gütz. In 2012, he's Timothy the Pulverizer. A bumbling teen who ends up consuming Mutagen and becoming Mutagen Man.

I would keep Seymour Gütz as Mutagen Man, while Timothy is a brand new character.

How would I do It?

He'd be a college aged teen, kinda like Carter or Keno. More like a college dropout. After hearing about the Turtles, he decided to learn Martial Arts at Smash's dojo (hence the fake Ninja Turtle Gang styled outfit) but he gets kicked out after he accidentally informed the cops of Smash's criminal activity. After dubbing himself the Pulverizer, he decided to fight crime and get his butt kicked until he met other teens who had become vigilantes themselves. Not that hard.  

The real hard part would be making a timeline for the continuity to work. I just want an excuse to have figures from all versions under a cohesive style

Apparently Kyle (the one who hates Pizzaface) was among the fired Super7 employees

 I am not here to gloat at the misfortune of my nemesis. In fact, I am hear to mourn this loss. Because, this may mean that Super7 might have even LESS of a plan with the lines now. Remember the Disaster that Mattycollector was when the disgruntled employee whose name rhymes with Spot Leitnich abandoned Mattycollector. DCUC collectors remember Fangirl 2.0 not so fondly. Me? I remember the King Hssss screwjob quite well. 

This may mean that a Certain Advent Calendar item might be my only chance to get a certain character. Not saying any names, but it's Pizzaface.

But knowing the Universe and how it hates me, it could mean something far worse. So that won't stop me from making wishlists... not because some have been prewritten and set out to release on a timely basis, but out of being already written and set out to be released in a timely manner with outdated info. 

I hope he can bounce back and get a job somewhere else. 

Also, I hope that this doesn't mean the end for Ultimates!

There's PLENTY of TMNT, D&D, Silverhawks, Musical artists, and other brands to do.

Non-vintage toy making a case for TMNT's:

I'm going to borrow a term from a former Mattelian Diplomat, The Classicizer Machine. Use it to "turn other era figures" into Playmates OG line visual style, but with Ultimates! Articulation:

These will be for multiple characters;

Next Mutation is temporarily banned from the list:

Categories I'll use:

Mirage Comics

1987 Cartoon

1987 Era Videogames

Live Action movies Including the Bay Turdles. Of course, there will be separations via eras.

2003 Cartoon

2012 Cartoon

RISE of the TMNT (I know)

IDW Comics

Archie Comics

Mutant Mayhem Fuck Mutant Mayhem.

Unlike the Toy based rant, this one won't be monthly and there will be a December hiatus due to the final Advent Calendar and last Toycember... y'all know why.

Representing Mirage Comics:

Shadow Jones (Teen):

The figure would be based on her look circa Bad Moon Rising and tales of the TMNT #7. The Short dark haired kinda goth look. 

Heads:

One based on TotTMNT7 slick dark hair 

One based on Bad Moon Rising 2 cover art

One Blonde Shadow head Loosely inspired on Adult Shadow from an alternate future.

For hands, she would get new Teenage girl hands (these WILL get reuse)

Now for her body:

It would be based on Bad Moon Rising 2's cover art. That means Shadow wearing a small tanktop and jeans. She'd get a soft goods t-shirt for the Tales #7 look.

For accessories, the aforementioned t-shirt, Sewer Samurai Leo Scabbard and sword, a Raphael Sai, goblet with Lilith's blood.

Why Shadow?

I do have an ulterior motive. I'm into creating additional sub factions other than Turtles vs foot. I want to expand the factions. Things like Purple Dragons, EPF, Foot Clan Japan, Mutanimals, etc. 

Well, I could use characters from different media, ie Mirage, IDW, 2012, 1987, Live Action Movies, etc.

I want to make the Equivalent of Marvel's Teen Brigade, but for TMNT and like I said, the team will be comprised of teens and young adults whose lives have been saved by the Turtles or Turtle Adjacent characters. What better way to start with Casey Jones's own daughter.

Representing the 1987 Cartoon is:

Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter:

The Nick Fury Parody himself. A rather easy to make figure.

2 heads: 

Neutral

Angry 

The usual hands

For accessories:

Cuffs

Blasters (the Pistol looks like a cross between a Zip 22 and The Liberator pistols. The "Shotgun" think a sawn off shotgun crossed with Megatron)

Stun baton (think a tonfa combined with a stun rod)

For the body: 

Using the "MOTUC" Body as a base would give Savage his larger than life proportions. In pure Playmates fashion, his colors are switched around: Blue shirt, red pants. Black boots with white trim.

Why Savage?

NECA Made him first is not the reason. If I want to make EPF a faction, I need faces, besides the faceless grunts. Savage fits the bill as an opposite to Bishop.

Representing the 1987 games is:

Tora: 

The Polar Bear from the NES Port of the first arcade game. Not appearing on the arcade.

Single head with articulated jaw.

Usual hands For a furry bear body

Accessories:

Weather Satellite with stand

Frosty the Hitman both snow and robot forms

Ice boulder

Frozen pizza slice

Snow pile "shield" (reference to the snow covering open manholes)

Broken glass Soda bottle

Sculpt:

While inspired by the game look. He'd unfortunately, would be hit by the Varner 1 human foot, 1 Mutated foot syndrome and various slashes and tears on his leather jacket.

Why Tora? Evil Polar Bear using a Weather control Satellite. Ivan gave him a broken glass bottle as a reference to the soda polar bear...

Representing the 1990's movies is:

Keno:

Or what the Vintage Toyline would pass off as Keno:

I see two heads:

Neutral

Angry

Most of his body will be reused on Carter the Enforcer. Jacket, Torso, legs, arms.

For accessories:

Pizza bag shield

Breadstick escrima sticks

Condiment gun

Why Keno?

He'd be another member of the Not a Teen Brigade parody. Honestly, that's my reasoning. 

Representing the Turdles:

Erich Sacks: The Fake Shredder:

I eventually want to bring the "Cyber Shredder" as Sacks's armored form. But let's talk Sacks:

Heads: 3

Neutral Bill Fitchner

Angry Bill Fitchner

Wearing a Shredder Helmet

Hands, we reuse the Shredder hands:

Accessories:

We reuse the Shredder Accessories from wave 8. But we add a pair of slip on gauntlets, and a Neck piece and boom we have a Fake Shredder.

Sculpt:

We got a bad eighties styled sculpt of William Fitchner. We give him a new Shirt Torso (presculpting a Torso for Mirage, movie star, and Toon Shredder) with sleeved arms. Think something similar to movie star food soldier. More reuse, S7... Planning ahead

Why him?

He's an original character... or would you have preferred Woopi? I mean, I wanted to get a Whoopi Goldberg from the Star Trek line but... she never happened and Super7 tried twice! I blame The View.  I just want a Ken Rosenberg figure. 

Representing the 2003 Cartoon is:

Agent Bishop:

Before we begin, I must specify that this isn't a 2003 accurate Bishop. Because that's what the 2003 line is for. This will be an 80s style reinterpretation of him. 

Heads: He would resemble a 1980s James Caan.

Neutral

Angry

Battlegear: The "power ranger" styled helmet gives Bishop the appearance of a Grey Alien (ironically)

Body sculpt:

Picture the GI Joe Ultimates Snake Eyes body minus the pouches and webgear. In bluegrey and his boots in dark grey. The EPF Insignia should be emblazoned on both shoulders.

The Plain look is on purpose. It's to add slip and snap on Battle Armor pieces.

Hands: with and without battle gauntlets

C grips

Fists

Dramatic

Accessories:

Slip on gauntlets, Torso armor, removable belt, nap on shin guards, blaster that plug to his arms, a handgun, and a huge rifle.

Why him? 

He's the second mist iconic original character. Like I said, I want to expand the factions so it isn't Turtles vs Shredder and Krang

Representing 2012:

Fishface:

The "Classicizer approach" would require improved Krang Legs. Same sculpt minus some of the engineering parts to avoid the floppy legs from W5 Krang. 

Head: 

With hinged jaw

Hands:

Fists

C-grips

Dramatic 

Body sculpt:

I already mentioned using the bubble Walker legs for him.. his "belt" should be heavily inspired by the Bubble Walker and his "backpack" water recirculator should be attached to the Bubble Walker back. His Tail would function as a "third leg" for some poses. And to balance the figure due to his head and his fishy body being on a sort of S-shape. Because "he's a 10-incher body curved down to a 7-inch body." Also, while stylized due to the "Classicizer" he should look a bit more realistic than his 2012 counterpart. Especially since Real Snakehead fish already look cartoons and creepy.

His color palette would be slightly different: he'd be mostly purple but with green and blue snakehead patterns. The Robotic legs should be in Robotic colors as well.

Picture that face in Fishface colors...

Accessories:

A serrated katana Loosely inspired by the Slice and Dice Shredder, but made different to appease Playmates

Foot Soldier Knife

Pair of Hook Swords (irony)

Why Fishface?

Because the list is a bit Human heavy already. So time to add some mutants... also the world isn't ready for Dogpound yet 

Representing Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is:

Baron Draxum:

The Season 1 villain turned side character in season 2.

Heads:

Helmet head

Without helmet

Body sculpt:

It would be Based on his armored look. Soft goods fauld. One of his feet would have a permanent construct "stuck to it" like say, a small horde of the little creatures that are his "shoulderpads" for balance issues due to his goat feet and have that "classic TMNT look". They should also prepare a version WITHOUT the little buddies attached for the eventual Savanti Romero figure. I would go for brighter colors for the metallic and darker for the non metallic.Maybe adding some chtinous elements to the little buddies and joints to make his armor seem semi organic. Lastly, his golden mask should look like a Goat man version of no one in particular. You can't see a resemblance...

Accessories:

Oozequitos with stand, a few of his "little buddies" enhanced forearms.

Why him?

The jokes will write themselves.

Also, while not a Mutant, he's not human.

Representing IDW is:

Not Jennika. Neither Human nor Turtle. Herman the Hermit Crab.

Heads:

Neutral

Screaming

Body sculpt:

Due to his trashcan and 4 legs, he'd be Guerilla Gorilla price. Even though he's about Turtle sized.

The pants would be Navy Blue with Ocean Camo print while his Jacket is plain old olive Drab. One leg will have a broken wader boot,  the diagonal opposite will have a beach cooler (for added stability and Vintage Playmates look. I hate them, but Classicizer rules.)

His caparace should be Cartoon lobster red and goes to Hulk Hogan Orange on the underbelly parts.

Trashcan can open up to reveal his hidden arsenal.

Hands:

Small claw:

C-grip

Closed

Dramatic open

Cyber claw:

Dramatic

Closed

C-grip

Accessories:

Left forearm can be removed at shoulder to add the Cyber forearm with Cyber claw

Removable helmet

Macross Missile Massacre effect for the missile launcher.

I will sneak in the following weapons:

FAMAS

H&K mk23

PSG-1

Claymore Mine

C-4

No reason at all...

Why him?

Storage shell tribute, not to mention he's a weapon to surpass Metal Gear... Nod to Konami and TMNT relation and the METAL GEAR AND TMNT Relation... Twin Snakes has Two Turtles in it.

Representing Archie Comics is:

Armaggon:

Heads:

Hinged jaw Facing forward

Hinged jaw Facing straight up 

Hands:

Dramatic

C-grips

Fists

Body sculpt:

Mostly based on tournament fighters, BUT with multiple rows of teeth like Archie.

Apparently, the "turbines" on his trapeziuseseseseseseses or trapezii are missile launchers.

Accessories:

Firing missiles effect.

Whaling Harpoon...

Are you still hung up on the Brain? Yes, it's the Funny Mustache Man who flunked out of Art School.

Why Armaggon?

I think it speaks for itself:

Tournament Fighters

Baby Shark jokes

You're still hung up on the Evil Brain! 

Did I mention Baby Shark jokes?