The Nanoblock Kirby: a rant

 After 3 hours... had to disassemble and reassemble him twice. Because the instructions aren't clear. 

If you're a masochist or need cheap action figure scale bocks, then get nanoblock stuff.

You will end up with plenty of spare bricks:

Here's Kirby:

2 tweezers are required especially for brick separation... I don't have the patience for building block stuff this small.

Aw hell naw!

It came from the Toy Chest: John Donald Bowman

 As he was named by his parents. Later changed to James David Hamel, then James David Vance, now just JD (as in Jay Dee, not James David)... Dude with so many dead names hates Trans People changing theirs. He even claims it's a DEI conspiracy. 

Well, he arrived. I was saving him for the Advent Calendar, but I chose not to. He is Trump from the neck down.

Vance: Oh you are looking sexier than Usha tonight.

Articulation:

I got the snippet from the Trump review. He's based on the Talking announcer body, slightly modified for height. So he has standard articulation with the exception of the mod torso articulation to house the batteries and speaker.

3.5

Vance: Ungh! I've Arrived!

Paint and sculpt:

He's a modified announcer body, same as Trump. The likeness is not 100% but it reads JD Bowman. The necks still don't match heads, but that's a common thing in most companies.

4.5

Trump: JD are you having sex with Erika Kirk?
Wait, that's Ivanka.
Vance: No sir, that's your Realistic Ivanka doll in her prime.
Trump: Ah yes my Pocket Ivanka.

Accessories:

The accessories are easily seen in this promo pic:

1 extra head

9 extra hands

Trump podium

Mic

5.0

Vance: Sir, I'll be going. I have to deliver the Rally Message...
Trump: Oh yes Ivanka Daddy is gonna buy you a Pony... No, I don't love Eric and Don Jr. Like I love you...
Vance: and he's off his rocker now.

Overall:

John David Hamel gets a 4.33 as his final score. It's an OK score. The talking feature is just like Trump's I think he has less phrases...

Ask me about Husted's ass!!

I think NYTF or NYCC is this weekend

 I forgot which one... but hopefully Mattel will finally reveal their TMNT stuff... vehicles in WWE Scale... please.

Hasbro will probably show overpriced MLs and Star Wars stuff...

If Super7 has one last TMNT wave, now is the time to sell the preorders before Mattel gets their line out... unless s7 missed on the final deadline. 

But they better show appealing non tmnt studf in Ultimates scale...

Now without TMNT, what will NECA rely on outside of horror/predator/alien?

Playmates... they got the Dungeon Crawler Carl, but they've been silent. 

We better keep our eyes peeled. I think it's NYCC... but I'm not sure.

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... 

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.

Mattel's TMNT seem to be waiting on Mutant Mayhem 2

 Which is delayed to August 2027. If this is true, then it sucks. Not only because the Mutant Mayhem designs suck, but that means 3 quarters without TMNT product.

I'm hoping for a Masterverse or Chronicles styled line for TMNT and not just MM2...

Because seriously, if we miss 2 Qs of TMNT Merch that we could've gotten from NECA and Super7...

Remember what Mattel took from us...

Grossmos... Wish they had existed when MOTUC was a thing:

 You know Miniverse and MiniBrands... they have various spinoffs and stuff like appliances, shops... well the Makers of Miniverse have Grossmos... Dinosaurs plus Slime.

Here's a video ad for it.

The Dino Head and Opening Jaw drew me in... but most importantly the wrapper is plastic slime. You see where I'm Going with this?

Had this been made in the MOTUC Era, a Custom Slime pit would've been doable...

I got 2 from a Mom and Pop pharmacy ready to write a rant about the potential for these...

Somebody else already saw the potential of the plastic wrapper for the Grossmos. Now I need a Slime Fright Pit. Now you know and knowing is half the battle.

Seems Mattel will make more Skeletors

 Based on the scene from the movie...

A closer to official pics... gotta stay tuned for SDCC to see of it'll  be a Mattel Creations exclusive or something. But this brings me to my next point:

I want an Adam, a 2 pack with Dolph Lundgren based on the gym scene... and screw it, Adam's annoying boss... also, final scene Adam and Teela...

It Came from the Toy Chest: Mini Brands Fridge

 The fridge is Too Big, but fuck it I'm still using it for the MuTeens display. 

Nick would use it anyway and have some stool to reach the top... kinda like many people do who are vertically challenged. 

Minibrands has a kitchen set coming.

Kitchens are nice with all the stuff from mini brands and miniverse available...

It comes with an ollipop can, an ice scoop and a jello mold with resin (resin not shown)

Fridge has an UV light mode. Need to know if it works with the door closed.

This works better with Barbies, but fuck it ai already bought it.

Amazon already has preorders for physical copies of MOTU

 I pre-ordered the DVD, because fuck it I NEED it in my life.

Just letting you all know that while there is no release date announced, the movie is coming along with a physical release. Of course this may scare folks a little. It scares me, not gonna lie. But is the fact that Amazon is makong a physical copy and not forcing pur hands to get Prime.

The Kenner styled MOTU playset got better pics.

I won't say anything. You draw your own conclusions. I'll still get it..

 Probably  but depends on the price.

Still we live in a world where a MOTU Movie exists.

The Kids line gets a 2 for 1

 Castle Grayskull AND Snake Mountain in a 2 for 1 thing.

Feels like Mattel either wants to get stuff out ASAP or they have little faith on this... the toyline. The movie reviews have been mostly good.

The playset reminds me of this...

Man, the best MHA line sucked ass!

 Kinda sad when the best MHA line is fucking McFarlane.

That AFO arm sucks ASS!!

He made a Toru troll figure... a stand for her boots and 2 clear stands for her arms.

I'll try to get an Ochaco, even if it's a bit on the uglier side... just so Deku can clap toy cheeks.

Oh yeah that's all the females on the line... he made plenty of guys and school gym uniform variants he made some extras, the better All for Juan he made a platinum variant... todd sucks dick at character rosters and anime sculpts. We're in the 2020s and 2 clear stands are now a figure.

Fuck you Todd!

The TMNT × GI JOE

 Sunday release: about 18 for the figures and vehicles more expensive. They look OK, but are a smidge too expensive for toys that are their own scale, which puts them away from most displays. 

Don't get Me wrong The figures look nice, but for $18, I'm not feeling them

 If they were 15.Now that will be a different story.

Miniverse Harry Potter: Thoughts

 I got some Miniverse Harry Potter, because there were no more food items.

I will talk about the sets with Resin. The Marauders Map came with one Set, the Harry Potter themed set.

It comes with a book I suppose it belonged to Snape and glasses that fit movie Don.

A wand that you make out of resin. This resin seems to be a bit more forgiving and not As brittle as the one in The Lord of the Rings sets...

The only real problem is the delivery system. As even in tropical climates, the resin is a little bit of a pain in the ass to get out, my one end up being slightly a bit too short, but it is what it is.

I got 4 balls. This is the Harry ball. The second ball is the nimbus 2000 ball. I have not assembled the other balls because they don't involve resin and one of them is a Mandragora plant that's just using the kinetic stand type stuff , and I don't like messing with that stuff. The other is a book mimic type thing that I just need to assemble the monster parts and the book it uses a lot of glue and stuff so I haven't had time to work with it.

Lisa: G-o-o-o-o-d-d-d  b-b-l-e-s-s-s  M-m-m-m-a-a-t-t-e-e-e-l-l-l!!!

For The most part, the stuff they got works on the one twelve scale

Slime pit update.

 It's out and it's $50. I'm pleasantly surprised about that. It's not exclusive to Mattel creations. I got mine by BigBadToyStore.

It comes with Slime... a bit over 12 inches apparently, so MOTUC can uae it.

It does not come with plastic faux slime for adult collectors. Kinda wish Mattel would give a better heads up for these though.

Sadly, I didn't find any new MOTU movie Toys at Wal-Mart.

Ah the origins slime pit looks

 OK

Not exactly Vintage 2.0 but looks decent...

Shame this effort wasn't put for Classics or Masterverse. Guessing $80 for it.

Mini Playsets: a rant:

 In a way, this is directed at Mattel, but it can also apply to other companies... Hasbro, Playmates, Jakks, Jazwares, even ridiculously expensive Super7.

I saw these online... probably buying them online, because buying them from Walmart in Puerto Rico is ludicrously expensive. The Ice cream shop is at $33-ish at Walmart. With taxes it's almost $37. Online, plus shipping and taxes ends up like $26-ish... but I digress, the point is that even at the higher Puerto Rican price, it's a mini playset.

Big companies could take a page out of this and take advantage of "small dioramas with play elements". Of course, I'd expect these hypothetical small playsets dioramas to be a bit more expensive, due to scale. Both Miniverse and its competitor Minibrands tend to be all over the place here. But the principle is similar:

Small modular playsets that can be made larger. I know I mentioned somethingnlike this exclusively for TMNT, but now I'm talking in general. Like Backstage for WWE, alleyways for Superheroes... DC could deliver a Crime Alley Playset like this... a $120 4pack with Diorama:

The Waynes and Joe Chill. In addition to the diorama. The Turtles could get alleyways, Technodrome interiors, He-Man could get Grayskull, Snake Mountain, and Eternos interiors... that's sticking to Mattel.

Hasbro can make Danger Room Dioramas with this modular idea. Arcade Murderworlds, Star Wars could benefit from this. GI Joe Classified could benefit from this.

Playmates can do various settings throughout Angel Grove... Or... the best part ever: Zord battle dioramas. 

If they want to go cheaper (please don't) cardboard to the rescue.

Smaller companies can enter the game too and make small generic playsets/dioramas. 

I'm gonna try and get one... guess which one it will be:

Apparently Syndicate collectibles is D-e-d!

 Dead. I was looking for BLOODSPORT Figures... I stumbled unto this post. It has been nearly a year since the Jeff exclusive release that I can't buy... because it's off limits to me... but fuck it... The articulation if the double dragon sucked ass.

So, yeah... Third time's the charm for Jerry Macaluso. So disappointed. At least it wasn't a Shocker toys or premium DNA disaster.

Hopefully SDCC 2026 might shed some light or confirm that like Uncle Ben or My Mom, the company is dead. 

It came from the toy chest: Minibrands Masterpieces.

Fun Fact: These are Available at Kmart... according to the Zuru website.

Can we get a Fuck Eddie Lampert?

That works for me.

What I got:

The Night Café by Vincent Van Gogh.

Nick: Holy fuck, Mikey... This is a perfect reproduction of the actual painting...
Mikey (VO): Want me to paint you something from my namesake?

Composition Red Blue Yellow by Piet Mondrian.

Nick: Uhhh! It's Chloe's old phone cover.
Mikey (VO): It's a reproduction of a Mondrian...
Nick: Ugh! We reached the point of retardation in art.
Mikey (VO): Not a fan of modern art, I gather...
Nick: A self Portrait of Van Gogh listening to La Oreja de Van Gogh is far more art than this shit a kindergartener could do with a ruler and crayons. It's a Spanish Pop group... My Mom used to listen to their music.

Parody of Self Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh.

Nick: 🎶 Por eso esperaba con la carita empapada
A que llegaras con rosas, con mil rosas para mí
Porque ya sabes que me encantan esas cosas
Que no importa si es muy tonto, soy así...
Mikey: Are you Crying?
Ashley (VO): Of course he is, he's a Mama's Boy without a Mom...

A magnifying glass

Ashley (VO): Oh great! Dingus has a magnifying glass...
Nick: Jinkies!
Mikey (VO): I hope you're talking Velma no later than Be Cool, Scooby Doo!
Nick: Fuck Mindy Kaling... not in that way...

A palette and paintbrush

Mikey: Now a Little Bit of Alizarin Crimson...
Nick (VO): Did you just reference Bob Ross?
Mikey: Of course, he brings me the joy of painting...
Nick (VO): Could you uh... make one of April and Irma... uh...
Mikey: Normal April and Irma, mutated into hybrids, Futas?

Other Ideas for FTC Playsets:

 Sadly, the Ring entrance is sold out at FTC... will try to get one if available.

But like the merch stand and media scrum playsets, I was thinking of other playsets FTC could do. 

News studio:

Why are you looking at me like that? It's a way for FTC use the stuff they own with some new stuff:

Modified announcer table with plug for channel logo (from 2-9)

2 fancy office chairs

4 TV lights

2 tv monitors for the announcer table

2 new cameras with stand

Small stand with green screen for the weather.

The set will come with one figure: The first of the Newsroom subline.

Anchorwoman:

Having the new blouse torso and blazer overlay in addition to the new skirt white skinned red haired repaint of the Tasha head using the lisa lower legs and feet. (Yes, it's a reference)

Newsroom figures:

Anchorman:

Talking Referee head with grey hair on announcer body.

Weatherman:

Announcer torso with short sleeves using the head of (fans) Eugene in blond.

Weatherwoman:

Using the Fan body with the blazer overlay, painting the torso with a blouse that shos cleavage and a hint of bra. Bra must be the same color as the green screen. The legs are painted as a pantsuit with lisa lower legs and feet. Head should be new and have a sultry look. Preferably dark skinned.

Male Editor:

New body: fat body with button up shirt. Long pants and shoes. New head... can be dark skinned.

Camerawoman:

Normal female body, painted like the Wrestling Crew Cameraman, New female head with cap on.

Female Editor:

Using the Female referee lower body with the upper body of the new anchorwoman and an orangey red haired Wrestling announcer head.

That concludes the Newsroom.

Now let's try another set.

Crime Corner:

FTC could totally make this set with Zero new parts by tossing the corner diorama, Hunter, Amber, a handgun, a mask, and the trigger hands... but that's too lazy for me... so I will do Repaints and add more stuff.

The Corner stays as it is. Using the Brad Body repainted with the MMA referee head with dyed beard in a neon pumk color for the criminal.

For the victim, Amber body in Blonde, light blue top and purple skirt.

In Addition to the gun, mask, and trigger hand for the crook, add:

Trash can

2×4 board

Pallet

Pipe

That way you have a more realistic corner diorama with junk and stuff.

Haunted House:

making a new Haunted House themed backdrop for the reversible backdrop diorama.

Add the stuff from the black coffin set, replacing the shovel for a rat. Toss in a druid coat for any of the normal sized adults to wear.   Add a repaint of the Ben sculpt: Brown hair, pink shirt, grey pants and blue sneakers. A redhead repaint of Kaylee, red hair, yellow shirt, lavender pants and shoes. If you want names for the kids Pete and Angie. 

Now let's try for more new stuff:

Weigh in:

For starters a backdrop like the Media Scrum, not in black. Maybe add a Podium, a Laptop, a brand new scale and using the Fan body with Lisa feet painted to look like wearing a bikini, add two models (light skinned and Dark skinned) new heads. Finish with two large towels. We can have boxing and MMA versions...

Front Desk: 

This is for the Law Enforcement Line

One for the police and one for the state trooper.

We start with the new front desk optional plexiglass panels, phone, dispatch radio, office chair. Each desk will be a different color.

Add the new Female cop (repaint available separately). Dark skinned woman for the cop, white woman for state trooper. 

Of course this opens up for new LEOs with melanin and introducing females to go with the front desks.

A third variation with different accessories could be made for paramedics/nurses. And it's a way to introduce nurses. 

Cardboard backdrops:

These could have non wrestling themes and come with figures/accessories.

Warehouse:

Day and night options.

1 side has the front and the other has the back.

Accessories:

Pallet

Barbed wire

Rolling board

Locker

Concrete block

2 oil drums

Cemetery:

Cemetery day and night

Mausoleum

Haunted, not haunted

Accessories:

Headstones 

Urns

Skeleton 

Underground fighting pit:

I meant this mostly as a reference to Bloodsport

But paired with the Figures Toy Company Steel Cage...

You get the idea...