Twinkie Candy Bar

 Yes it's  real.

Also tastes like ass

Has a weird texture and is the first candy bar I've not eaten in its entirety because it tastes like ass...

Hey hey hey what is going on here? Fuck you Haley Joel Osment!

 Sora's Necrovision took Mr. Belding from us.

First Screech, now Belding... maybe it's the curse from The New Class.

I cannot talk much about him because to me he was Dick Belding Bayside's Principal.

Really? What in the Hideo Kojima is this bullshit?

 Nicholas Winding Refn died and came back to life 25 minutes after.

Yes, the guy who mocapped for Heartman was dead about the same time as his character and brought back to life...

I can't even... now we need Norman Reedus doing Doordash or Uber Eats.

My guesses on the 6 figures before Storm folds on Third Strike

 Aside the Shotos: Because Ryu, Ken, Sean, and Akuma are a given.

Gill:

Mainly because we get an Urien Reuse, so it looks like they did more.

Q:

It requires a soft goods coat but it's a business suit body that if they play it smart can be used for Urien

Remy:

For some reason people like him.

Elena:

Plain body sculpt with skimpy clothes.

Chun Li:

It's Street Fighter of course we get Chun Li 

Yang:

Part reuse for Yun.

They can get up to 12 characters there.

My Storm Collectibles Zangief Broke...

I warned folks back in 2017  about the shoulder issues.

The Right shoulder cup disintegrated and the left is on its way. I tried the baking soda + superglue trick, the tissue paper plus superglue dangerous pseudo micarta trick... nothing works. Why am I mentioning this now?

Storm Collectibles can't finish a roster and now they're adding SF III Third Strike.

I hope Jada sticks to their guns and finish the SFZ3 roster.

Sony's new patent is problematic

 DualSense conteollers being able to tap pay is evil. This is allowing illegal purchases by kids tapping their parents credit cards to the controller. This is so messed up. This isn't to make things easier for customers.

What if Mattel were to do Playmates designs for TMNT?

 Remember how Mattel won against Don Glut?

What if Mattel could use the argument that Playmates was doing work under license for Mirage and that allows Mattel to access the OG Library?

Would be sweet... so let's take 10 characters and 5 vehicles... because Playsets I trust Mattel a bit more. Making them compatible for 5.5 and 6.5 scales... essentially making them for 6.5 and selling them for 5.5 scale. Also, these would be "new Eternia styled" reimaginings for TMNT.

Basically a new design but with enough parts that can be swapped/removed to make Playmates looking toys.

Figures:

Pizzaface

Halfcourt

King Lionheart

Scaletail

April the Ravishing Reporter

Irma

Burne

Vernon

Walkabout

Chrome Dome 

Vehicles:

Party Wagon

Foot Cruiser

Ninja Newscycle

Turtle Tenderizer

Turtle Cycle

While I want the Footski and maybe a Technodrome scout vehicle, I'm going with those first because it keeps the fight grounded.

But I hope that for NYTF Mattel will show TMNT stuff.

Top 10 Final Fight Characters I want Jada to tackle

 List will be rather short: 

The style will be based on the Final Fight games... Will not use Characters that are in SFA:

10) Belger:

He'd be deluxe due to the wheelchair AND Jessica. With soft goods dress to recreate the japanese intro

9) Damnd:

The Stage 1 Boss. He returns for SF6 but we are looking at FF.

8) Maki:

She was in FF2 but I remember her mostly for CVS2.

7) Lucia:

Mainly for SFV but she was in FF3

6) Poison:

For the Andore as a SFIII reference  and that she can get a Roxy redeco.

5) Andore:

 Basically Hugo. We could get repaints for the stage 3 scene.

4)Abigail:

Not the SF6 Giant... the Andore repaint woth different head.

3)Edi.E:

Corrupt poliecman with a gun. Has a cameo in a Cody winpose in Alpha.

2) Mike Haggar:

Like hell I was leaving him out. He's like THE Final Fight guy

1) Cody:

I need a Free Cody...

It came from the Toy Chest: Sashimi Rollin' they hatin'

 Teeny Tinies has arrived... not the TMNT ONE, but instead I got the Sashimi one.

Tmnt is on its way. Like the Charcuterie and the others I didn't review, these are static food items that in some cases are inferior to miniverse and minibrands BUT TO FILL LARGE SPREADS for parties and banquets they work.

Pic not mine but has all contents

I won't rate these because it's just sculpt. Some can be mid.

There is another Sushi Set but I haven't found it.

I'm afraid of buying unbranded sushi pieces from ebay and amazon as scalrs could be weird.

They are OK... 

Shenmue the Animation in English is MIA

 I wanted to watch Shenmue the Animation legally in our 2026th uear of the lord. Well, I'm fucked.

But Crunchyroll only has it on Japanese.

So, it's  Japanese or nothing....

It's  a shame...

Also, as a consolation prize they have this:

Yeah... At least I have Ace Attorney, Macadamia Vigolantes, amd the final season of Knights of the Zodiac a formerly Netflix series.

But Macadamia vigilantes has a Jojorine...

Behold the Jojorine.

Vulvana progress: it's been a hassle

 The horns didn't want to attach properly.

Got the earrings and the ribbon... fuck me it's  a pain in the ass. I may have to drill more holes on the head to glue the earrings and ribbon.

Now I know why I don't normally do customs. I need to buy some color change paint for the horns...

WWE Hardcore items: a rant

 Sorry: Extreme Rules... They are shying away from Hardcore, because porn.

This list started due to the light bulbs from the Ringside hardcore items set.

I wanna see more of these, because they help with other displays... like breakable crates, trashcans fire extinguishers... I know some of these are readily available. But I'm looking for stuff to be also available in other lines and usable with WWE. In a reverse WWE accessories thing.

Like say Casey Jones having broken wooden bats  and bent metal bats in a TMNT Weapons pack that happens to be compatible with WWE figures. 

Like the old Jakks grapple gear packs that featured parking meters, parking blocks, tires, etc. 

A lot of those things have cross compatibility with the upcoming TMNT line if they're 6.5 inch scale. Which mattel should do. In a way that's how they can get WWE compatible hardcore stuff if WWE won't allow it. 

Street Fighter popcorn bucket

 Goes with everything... it's Guile's hair.

Now what will they do for soda?

I'm not feeling Ravenous

 Feels too much like Metroid Dread.

Not a baaad thing but... it's not like I NEEDS TO GET A SWITCH 2 for it... anyways, I mentioned it because I hadn't earlier... Zero Suit Samus, Hasbro, when?

Fuckdammit! Shuma Girath Purple Repaint is here

And in a totally un-Hasbro move is cheaper than the green one.

 

Miniverse From Scratch: a rant

 I got a couple of them.

I hate them. Especially the animal cookie one.

Mine didn't look remotely as good. The rubber dough dried out too fast for me. I only got like 5 cookies. $10 wasted.

This next video has the other two items I got.

These are Ass... there I said it... the positove is that the animal cookies one has a rolling pin for Pizzaface Jr. Do not get... they are ass.

These are not worth it.

It came from the Toy Chest: Ringside Collectibles Hardocre pack

 I don't buy from Ringside often, because there isn't a huge variety in accessories. Most of them seem the same as Figures Toy Company's.

Roughly ⅔ of the accessories called my attention as I had never seen them on FTC's line-up:

Here we go!

FINISH HIM!

The Rack with Barbed wire is in both sites. It's bigger than I expected. 

Sadly the Pizza cutter has a puny handle

I hope the one from Teeny Tinies is better. The main Item I wanted was disappointing.

I wish we had More of these. Dammit, where's that 40-year old virgin clip?

Cuffs aren't the best, but they work... on Super7 figures.

Nailed 2×4 and a barbed wired bat... they're decent. Mught give the board to Rat King I.

Mikey: Like Hyah! Dude...
April 30th will be Legendary.

The Torch was another on the most wanted items. The trash can is OK.

Mikey: Nyeh nyeh nyeh myeeeeeeeh!
I Have a Pony Jar! Need to place pony and fill it with... you get the idea.

Mikey: Whoa! You almost fell into those thumbtacks and Barbed wire...
Trump: You saved me...
Mikey: Yeah, so I could ask you about my a
DOGE check, my Tariff Check, and my Vote Republican on the Midterms... that's like $12K you owe me, dude.

The next Items are familiar territory.

Updating Pizzaface: a Rant

 I am stumped on how to drill the soft head I got for Vulvana to attach the horns I got. So, I decided to work on Pizzaface Jr. 

Dyed the hat with Sharpies then used elmers glue to somewhat seal the hat shape. I also painted the Pizzaface shield I got a few months back. All I'm missing is the Pizzas, but thanks to Tariff-Man now I have to wait until USPS bills me the tariffs, since the Spray-tanned occupant of the White House had the under $800 exemption removed. So for 2 toy Pizzas that I paid $26 with shipping and taxes included, now I have to pay a mysterious amount that may be closer to an additional $26... no wonder many sellers have USA and territories blocked from sales.

Well... Teeny Tinies...  has made a pair of TMNT sets.

I ordered this one as I couldn't find it locally. Depending on how good it is, I may get a second one... or order the other one that includes a retro TV, a Boombox, and a LCD Portable game that is reminiscent of the TMNT LCD game by Konami. It also includes some crappy stuff like 2 useless skateboards, a Mutant Mayhem van... I wish I can find that set locally but the only place I've seem Teeny tinies is Walgreens and they only have Shark Cutlery, Christmas, and 90s inspired school lunch sets.

TMNT and Vehicles: A Mattel Rant

 I truly hope we get some for the "adult collector Chronicle/WWE scale" line. That way those of us who have slambulances, lucha low riders, slammobiles and slamcycles can still use them. Also, I wonder if havig the Master License allows Mattel access to work done by Playmates under contract to Mirage...

Turtle Van/Party Wagon:

Let us start with the obvious one: The van.

I mean it's a yelpow and green van... add some play features and call it a day.

Villain vehicle:

Depending on what they're going here, they have plenty of stuff to choose from. While I'd like a Foot Cruiser-like vehicle, I'd be open for something different. Like a Rocksteady themed Jeep styled vehicle. A Bebop SUV... not the Toitle Tenderizer...

Casey Vehicle:

The options are limited: Realistically, a Bike for Vigilante mode Casey and a Beater pick-up Truck for non-vigilante Casey.

Or if Mattel wants to be fancy, give him an older muscle car.

April Vehicle:

Here, the options depend on which direction they go with their continuity. Whether it's a News van for the Fred Wolfverse inspired, or a normal vehicle for other continuities, it's up to them.

Cheapskates:

These should be sold at a cheaper price, maybe pack them with character specific accessory packs.

If we are getting Fred Wolfverse characters, then:

Footski:

Mainly because Rat King.

Transport Module:

Both modes: 

The smaller Elevator kind and the larger tank kind.

Look at the old games for ideas... and even MOTU/Max Steel and other Mattel lines to copy...

Kojima has been given the Boot by Sony

 They seem to be loving taking L after L.

XBOX is now partners with Kojima to bring Physint to life... 

As much as I have gripes regarding Kojima and his ego, having a new Metal Gear styled game is printing money. I'm guessing this is payback for Kojima defending physical media.

I fear that post 2028 might mean I end up getting an XboX...

More Zelda News:

 Hasbro will be selling the Master Sword as a role play toy.

It has electronics... but you know what we need? A Role Play non-functional Electronic Ocarina that plays the OoT songs...

IGN has a list of changes from N64 to Switch 2 versions of Ocarina based on what Nintendo revealed. Coolest one to me is that you can hum or play real life instruments and the game will recognize the songs.

You know you thought of that too...

Unlike Squareenix, Nintendo understood the assignament

 To the point where I MAY get a Switch 2 post 2028.

There is nothing I can say that would make the trailer Justice... looks like Ocarina of Time, sounds like Ocarina of Time, but with graphical upgrades and voice acting. All in One game... not a Young Link game with an Adult Link sequel on the Switch 3.

Mattel and TMNT accessories and Miscellaneous: A rant:

 Mattel can be a bit lazy and cut corners like crazy... New Chronicles King Hiss is an example:

$33 and he doesn't come with his snake staff and they went beyond lazy with his snake body:

His Snake Body now uses a crappier version of Ssssqueeze's gimmick.

Weapons Packs you dumb fucks!! Give us that!!

Which brings us to TMNT:

With Mattel being the mega misers with Accesories, The "Chronicles Type figures would be like:

Leonardo:

Alt head, alt hands 2 ninjato

Donatello: 

Alt head, alt hands, bo

Splinter:

Alt head, alt hands, cane

Shredder:

Oroku Saki head, alt hands, maybe ninjato.

Casey Jones:

Alt head, alt hands, golf bag and golf club.

Weapons packs ya' dumb fucks! 

Reusing the turtle weapons in Foot Clan colors helps arm the foot ninja, generic bats chains and other melee weapons "more suitable for wrestling" could be used for Casey or certain Gang oriented characters, like Rocksteady and Bebop.

Problem is that Mattel hasn't done accessory packs in ages... they should get to that. But they should... and bring more Ooze... in classic green and retro toon purple. 

A Diorama Playset consisting of a back wall and base with a cpuple of accessories can be a way to bring weapons packs without weapons packs.

Target, what the hell!?

 Target, who used to be super woke, has now this:

What in Mr. Popo and Jinx's name is this thing!?

Target, of course apologized for the issue...

But part of me, the one wearing tinfoil hats is all like:

This is a message to MAGA showing that they're not woke and to please return to their stores.

Betcha they'll put the costume back but with a white kid...

It came from the Toy Chest: This isn't M.Tyson.

 It's a Boxer played by 50 cent. I forgot to tale the boxed pic long ago...

So, Balrog, the last Shadaloo King.

He's the Disgraced Boxer who joined Bison to beat people up for fun... 

Articulation:

We know what to expect from Jada... he's well articulated. Waist twist scares me a little, though.

4.5

Paint and sculpt:

He looks the part and most of him is molded in the proper color.
His missing tooth is a void innthe sculpt and not paint.

5.0

Accessories:

Alternate head

Alternate hands

Punch effects

5.0

Overall:

Boxer gets a 4.83 as his final score. If his waist twist didn't give me a scare that it's so tight it might break he'd be perfect.

Bonus review:

Logan Paul basic figure. Yeah, I bought a $20 basic figure... curse mom and pop pharmacy prices. Some insufferable little shit YouTuber turned wrestler.

Articulation:

He's basically the equivalent to Rey Mysterio from the Lucha Lowrider... but with a different body. Same articulation as the Kid Core MOTU.

4.0

Paint and sculpt:

Looks like Logan Paul but with less paint detail.

4.5

Accessories:

N/A

OVERALL:

Logan Paul gets a 4.25 as his final score. I disagree with the math, but the math don't lie.

Not Groovy news... Bruce Campbell has about 5 years to live.

Bruce Campbell has about 5 years to live. Fucking Cancer...

That royally sucks. An incurable but treatable cancer with a 5 year prognosis.

This means his Convention appearances will greatly reduce... but to be fair, his health comes first.

That's all I know Bruce Campbell from... Hopefully next time I wrote about him is that the cancer went into remission.

Ramen recent figures, a rant:

Ramen Toy... the third party company that treats copyright as a suggestion, has made a few updates.

New Dukes... Daisy has new shorts

Old Daisy

Sadly the good ol' boys and girl require preordering the car... same thing with Miguel Caballero and the Feenycar.

You remember the Not He-Man and not Skeletor? Here they are updated... Ramen will be at Power-con. 

They look great for "bootlegs"... as in They're unofficial. I'm not mocking the quality.

I did review the stand... and it was good.what I've seen from Ramen, aside some technical hiccups on vehicles, has been good.

But here's where I'm going to go on a different direction:

What other 80s Properties can they try their 1/12 game?

I won't mention The A-Team... because it's obvious...

Mega Carpenter Brothers:

Danny Wells ans Lou Albano, that's what I want.

While we're at it.

8-Bit Master Gamer 

I'm looking at the Live Action Kevin... if we can get the others, sweet! 

I really want Theodore Montebello, Vampire Hunter... the Princess, Mega-hi, and Cherubicus.

Black Nerd:

He was big in the 90s, but started in the 80s.

You know you want him...

The Three Dad Family:

Mainly because I want a Bob Saget figure.

The teens from Calindiana:

Self explanatory 

Hawaiian Private Eye:

This one is mainly for my Mom...

McMullet:

April 8, 27: FFVII:R:3 kinda physical

 Squareenix confuses me.

They have a preorder on their site.

Only the collector's edition mentions having the full game physically... so what's the deal? Is it a digital key or do we get a partial install requiring a digital download, which is kinda a dick move when the collector's edition is sold out. Shitty move by SE if so... I'll probably preorder the day one edition.