I just realized something: a Total Anime rant:

 Crunchyroll is a huge reason why Jazwares has the Total Anime line... it has MHA, Spy × Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw man...

Well if Crunchyroll is involved, I would like to see characters from 2 Anime:

And:

Come on, don't tell me you didn't expect this?

Look for Ace Attorney all we need is Phoenix, Edgeworth and maybe the Judge and Gumshoe. 

For Shenmue all we need is Ryo, Lan-Di, Chai, Shenhua. 

Sure I would like more characters, but let's be realistic. I don't think most people would go for Nozomi, Joy, Tom, Ine-San, Fuku-San, Goro, Mark... yes, I just want a Ryo to ride a forklift

If not Playmates then who sbould do TMNT?

 That is the question: I don't see Figures Toy Company tackling a line of that Magnitude.

NECA already has the adult collectible market. I'm looking mainly at the "For kids" market.

That excludes NECA, Super7, BigBadWorkshop, Mondo, fuck it, even McFarlane. 

I'm gonna say it, I want McFarlane as far away from TMNT as possible.

Jazwares?

They make the AEW stuff Which is pretty good for the most part. They also did the Total Anime line, which seems to be veering towards purely becoming MHA... Gimme a Loid and Yor, dammit!

Could they handle TMNT? Maybe... personally I'd hope they'd lean into AEW scale or close to it so they could crosspollinate with accessories.

Jakks Pacific?

The ancient makers of WWF/WWE Toys. They know a thing or two about playsets. Some of their current toys show some creativity and fun.

Could they Handle TMNT? Maybe.ike I said with Jazwares, making the toys wrestling figure sized and accessories that could crosspollinate with wrestling would be optimal. I'm mainly looking at humans, which would help with the crosspollination among lines. Also, Jakks could do accessory packs and ease into smaller playsets.

Spin Master?

Hahaha no...

OK That's cool but no... Their Superman 6" figures have been meh. So, no... Thought. KRANG ANDROID BODY turning into a playset would be cool... No. 

Jada Toys?

Not gonna lie, it would be good Marvel Legends type figures, but the slow release schedule would be an issue for me. Vintage Toy Deluxe Redecos would irk me.

Hasbro?

Getting to the big leagues here. 

Fuck no! 

Hear me out. We'd get something like Marvel Legends where waves of turtles, Shredder, Rocksteady and Bebop are peppered with a fee deep cuts with less accessories 

Hasbro Pulse Turtle van with Irma, Hamato Yoshi, and Unmasked Casey Jones are locked on tiers. Then Retro waves inspired by Playmates, gaming waves with redecos based on The games with piss poor distribution. Seriously how can a pre-order be sold out?

Mattel?

A smidgen better than Hasblow. Same issues, but they would throw MOTU Compatible lines. One in the 6.5"-7" to be compatible with Master verse and WWE and a "cartoon collection" in the same scale as Origins. Vehicles and small playsets may or may not be a thing. And they may oversaturate the market with "basic, elite, and ultimate" figures. Though army building foot ninja with basic figures would be great.

 Now the main question: Does this mean that Super7 may be allowed to do old Playmates styled figures after 2027?

In fact I'm currently worried with Super7 So, I'd expect another price hike.

Oh no... Shit-Ree and the Princesses of Powder is leaving Netflix

 Anyways, who's hungry?

Well, I'm most definitely not a fan of the show. And I wish that it could be permanently erased from history, this shit sucks. A "Netflix Original" show removed from Netflix... 

This means that the show could disappear forever. Since there's no physical media backup. If it's only available on Netflix, but it's no longer available on Netflix, then it's no longer available at all like say Disney's Song of the South.

Due to lack of media preservation is how we lost. Classic doctor who episodes is how video games will be lost even through history recently it was claimed that Hasbro dumped their toy archives... if true, that's fucked up.

It's things like this: total disregard to preserving media that pushes people to piracy.

Why didn't anyone tell me that Shang Tsung is dead!?

 Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa... the guy who played Shang Tsung in the good Mortal Kombat movie. Was seen by Haley Joel Osment last month. A stroke is to blame.

He was Heihachi in the shitty Teklen movie. A movie I swore I wouldn't watch. He obviously was known as Shang Tsung.

He also was in tmnt 2012...

He was in VAMPIRES!? As In 

The movie where Hades has to fight Terry Silver?

He also was in The Phantom... but I only know him as Shang Tsung... Hopefully this won't lead to a Deadly Alliance.

Miniverse make it food: a rant

 I've mentioned both Miniverse by MGA and Mini Brands by Zuru before. I got Into the game a bit late, but I've been making some advances.

Got some Pizzas from PIZZA HUT from Mini Brands and some foods from other places. 

With Miniverse it's been mostly wave 3 and haven't seen past or future waves. But it got me thinking:

What kind of Foods I'd like to see in Miniverse?

Let's start the list with:

 Egg Fried Rice:

Things needed:

Plate

Fork

Soy sauce resin

Scrambled Egg pieces

Rice pieces

Chives pieces

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients with resin in the pack for the chives, then plate up before curing resin.

Lasagne:

Things needed:

Clear Serving tray

Fork

Lasagne sheets (3 large, 6 short. They will have some tomato sauce painted on both sides of the sheets.)

"Meat" pieces

Parmesan "sprinkles"

2 kinds of resin. (Liquid "tomato" sauce and thick cheese "sauce")

Combine "meat with "tomato" sauce. Do not use all "tomato" sauce. Place a light coat of mixture on top of each layer.  Sprinkle Parmesan lightly. Then cure. Spread thicker cheese "sauce"  on top of each layer and assemble Lasagne. Cure between each layer. 

Once the Lasagne is fully cured pour the remaining sauce in the tray and place the large piece in the tray and cure.

Philly Cheesteak

Things needed:

Hoagie (same from Meatball sub)

Steak pieces

Peppers

Diced onions

Cheese sauce

Spatula

Serving plate

Instructions:

Mix ingredients with cheese sauce. Scoop on Sandwich. Cure.

Chicken and waffles:

Things needed:

Waffles

Syrup

Boneless Chicken breasts

Breading

Banana slices and berries.

Fork

Plate

Using a little syrup, attach breading to chicken. Do NOT USE ALL SYRUP.  Cure. Pour syrup on waffles. Attach fruit and chicken to waffles. If any syrup is left, pour over chicken.

Loaded fries:

Things needed:

Fries

Ground meat

Chives

Cheese sauce

Dollop of sour cream

Fork

Plate

Instructions:

Mix meat with sauce and fries. Put on plate and making a well for the sour cream dollop. Place sour cream and pour Chives over the fries. Cure.

Poutine:

Things needed:

Fries

Gravy

Chives

Cheese curds (reuse marshmallows)

Instructions:

Mix fries with curds and gravy. Put on plate and cure.

Biscuits and Gravy:

Things needed:

Spoon

Gravy

Spice "sprinkles"

Biscuits (2 split in half)

Plate

Sausage bits

Instructions:

Mix Sausage with gravy. Place on biscuits and lightly sprinkle spice mix. Can be made as a whole plate or as two sandwiches.

Peach Crumble:

Things needed:

Peach slices

Syrup

Serving plate

Crumble (reuse granola)

Spoon

Pie plate

Vanilla ice cream scoops.

Instructions:

Mix peaches with syrup and pour on pie plate. Don't use all the syrup. Pour Crumble on top and cure. Use remaining syrup to attach vanilla ice cream scoops

Beef Stroganoff:

Things needed:

Plate

Fork

Pasta

Sauce

Beef pieces

Spice "sprinkles"

Instructions:

Place pasta on plate.sprinkle meat. Add sauce. Lightly Sprinkle spice and cure.

Ham and Mashed potatoes:

Things needed:

Plate

Fork

Glazed ham slices

Mashed potatoes.

Glaze/gravy

Chives

Gravy powder

Sauce boat

Instructions:

Use a little glaze to put on ham. Cure.

Pour some glaze in sauceboat and use gravy powder. Mix until opaque. Place Mashed potatoes on plate and pour gravy over them.

Sprinkle Chives. Cure.

New England Clam Chowder:

Things needed:

Bowl

Spoon

Potato pieces

Clam pieces

Bacon pieces

Milk

Flour

Oyster crackers.

Instructions:

Combine a little bit of flour and milk to thicken. Add some of the ingredients. Cure. Repeat until bowl is full. Add some oyster crackers on top before final cure.

Piña Colada: 

Things needed:

"Pineapple juice"

Crushed ice

Cherry

Pineapple chunks

Paper umbrella

Half a coconut

Straw

Instructions

Mix half pineapple juce and ice. Pour coconut half. Put straw and cure. Fill rest of coconut and add the pineapple chunks, cherry and straw. Cure.

Breakfast Biscuit sandwich

Things needed:

Biscuits sliced in half

Cheese slices 

Scrambled Egg mix

Salt

Pepper

Breakfast Sausage slices.

Plate

Spatula

Instructions:

Mix some of the egg mix with salt and pepper. Smear seasoned Scrambled Egg on biscuit and add sausage. Using the spatula add a little bit of unseasoned egg mix to the Sausage and biscuit top. Place cheese and top. Cure.

Breakfast Bacon Croissant:

Things needed:

Croissants sliced in half

Cheese slices 

Scrambled Egg mix

Salt

Pepper

Bacon slices.

Plate

Spatula

Instructions:

Mix some of the egg mix with salt and pepper. Smear seasoned Scrambled Egg on croissant and add sausage. Using the spatula add a little bit of unseasoned egg mix to the bacon and croissant top. Place cheese and top. Cure.

Potato salad:

Things needed:

Potato chunks

Mayo

Capers

Hardboiled egg slices

Bowl

Spoon

Instructions:

Mix potato chunks with mayo and capers 

Place hard boiled egg slices on top. Cure.

Chili with chips: 

Things needed

Chips

Ground beef

Peppers

Beams

Chili sauce

Bowl

Spoon

Sour cream dollop

Instructions:

Mix beef, beans and sauce. Put on bowl. Save a little bit of sauce mixture. Cure Bowl. Add remaining mixture, sour cream dollop and some chips for decoration. Cure.

Soda Float:

I believe the cafe series already made a root beer float which is similar.

Things needed:

Straw

Milkshake glass

Soda

Ice cream scoops with a smaller scoop for the bottom of the glass.

Instructions:

Alternate between scoops and resin. Add straw before curing.

Broccoli and cheese baked potatoes:

Things needed:

Miniverse baked potatoes

Cheese sauce

Broccoli florets 

Fork

Plate

Instructions:

Fluff potatoes, pour cheese sauce, add broccoli, cure.

Lobster rolls:

Things needed:

Plate

Meatball sub buns

Lobster meat chunks

Lemon mayo (slightly yellower mayo resin)

Chives

Salt and pepper mix (sprinkles)

Spoon

Instructions:

Combine meat with mayo, Sprinkle salt and pepper. Put on bun add Chives. Cure

Beef Bourguignon with rice:

Things needed

Rice

Beef pieces

Sliced Mushrooms

Pearl onions

Carrot pieces

Wine sauce 

Herbs

Fork

Plate

Instructions:

Make a bed of rice and mix some of the herbs. Pour some of the sauce and ass the beef, onions, carrots, and mushrooms add a little bit more resin to partially cover the meat and veggies, cure.

Here you go twenty items that could be made for miniverse. 

I also was thinking that maybe we could get a few series based on foods across the globe.

Foods from North America:

There we get plates from the US and Canada

Foods from Latin America:

Each Latin American Country gets a Signature Dish:

Like say:

Mexico: Mole Poblano

Nicaragua: Gallo Pinto

Dominican Republic: Los Tres Golpes

Cuba: Congrí

Puerto Rico: Arroz con Gandules

Brazil: Feijoada:

Argentina: Churrasco con Chimichurri

Perú: Ceviche

Guatemala: Jocón

El Salvador: sopa de pata

And so on

Then we hit Europe, Asia, Africa... Screw Australia... they know what they did! 

 

Looks like I may have to eat a lot of crow

 I still hate a lot of the casting choices, but the movie looks amazeballs.

This looks way better than any fighting game movie ever made. I think it might beat the Paul WS Anderson Mortal Kombat. 

I hope the movie has the same feel the trailer has. Seems like a campy Bloodsport with Superpowers, which may be what Street Fighter needs. 

But we're getting a New Mega Man game as well.

Wow... Hopefully we can also get a new Mega Man X that doesn't suck. I mean everything after X4 has sucked ass.

OK this is big: Playmates may lose the master license to TMNT

 Apparently deal ends in December 31st 2026 and that is not good news. Yes, Playmates sucks ass at making toys... especially TMNT stuff. A lot of the Mutant Mayhem toys have been pegwarming. Seems that neither kids nor collectors want them. The vintage "reissues" not being true reissue ms doesn't help... and the piss poor distribution of their toys before Tariff-Man didn't help...

But 

Paramount is apparently rising the licensing costs to ridiculous levels. Star Trek has been hit hard and now TMNT. 

Wonder what will happen with other companies that are making TMNT toys if Paramount is scalping the license?

Yes, I'm talking about Super7... Will we get a Wave 3 of the 2k3 line? Will Vintage restart? Well... let's see how this develops...