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(Actually, addendum - if the kid is developing critical thinking skills, HP has become a VERY good tool for addressing subtle bias. "Can you understand why Asian communities are upset that the only character representing them is named Cho Chang? Do you understand the historical relevance of the...

I'm a working author and my partner's a librarian - if we had a kid who wanted to read, they'd have more options than they'd ever want for. But by the same token, right now, my sister doesn't read at all, her kids BARELY read, and her oldest is reading Harry Potter and fuck it, I'll take the...

From his V2 file card - I try to lean in on themes in the text as much as I can with these guys. "Zap is a square, in the best, old-fashioned sense of the word. He can look you straight in the eye and not flinch, because he's got nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide. Does this make him a...

Okay good I'm not the only one who thinks so highly of New Eternia Mer-Man. He's easily one of my favorite figures in the entire line.

Larry literally wrote that he's boring, but that that's the best thing about him.

Really good combination of stuff today. A couple of villains long-overdue for remakes a couple of classics, a couple of variants on favorites... I think Thor's the first maximum that really feels like he'll be worthy (ba dum ching) of the title. Magic has been tragically overdue. No way I'm...

From Harvinger's socials: Elric of Melniboné is on the way! We are thrilled to announce that Elric has left the factory in China and is headed to our U.S. facility! Upon arrival to our warehouse, our team will be fulfilling direct preorders, followed by retailer preorders. Any remaining stock...

Y'know, Amazon is the fucking DEVIL, but I got a delay on Lifeline on Monday and he'll actually be here tomorrow instead of never, but Walmart canceled every goddamned MOTU figure I've ordered in 2026, so much like my old publisher used to say "Amazon's the Devil, but the Devil pays us on time."...

Of course the one time I get the all-in.... :D

I don't separate the art from the artist when they're still making money off of it. Got no problem with Lovecraft stuff cos the man's long dead and would TRULY hate some of the projects being done with his name referenced in it (I'd pay money to watch HP Lovecraft watch an episode of Lovecraft...

Not bad for a post-redemption arc Wade Collins.

I'm morbidly curious to see if that backfires - not only do I think they lost a lot of the audience through Rowling's antics, I think they'll also potentially run into people who just... don't want anyone other than the original cast in action figure format. Licensing HP basically saved Lego but...

Man, if Hasbro announced HP figures before Rowling turned out to be such a piece of shit I would've truly been all in on them. Now, blah. But mostly posting because you mentioned wanting a Black Series style Lord of the Rings collection and good GAWD I'd buy the shit out of LOTR at Black...

Doing research on the Arashikage clan for the file card project I had a refresher on the reds and blues - bit of an odd choice to make blue ninjas in Classified that are just ninjas when the comic book blue ninjas were tech addicts.

Civilian figures have this funny thing where we know the characters don't fly off the shelves for what they are, but the parts reuse drives the secondary/resale value up through the roof. I recently tried to get some civilian bucks to make custom GI Joe supporting characters and you're paying 50...

I don't need ALL of them, and I know we'll likely get NONE of them, but I would preorder a boxed set of Daily Bugle staff in a New York Minute. Maybe we could get a MTO set from Pulse? My biggest wants are Robbie, Betty, and Ben, but I wouldn't even tap the breaks on Ned and Glory too. Maybe...

4H just posted that Rising Sons has landed and they're starting shipping. Back on being hyped for this set (simultaneously regretting spending the money on the all-in but hoping they do their usual thing of shipping the all-in boxes first to clear space).

That figure actively hurts to just like, touch. He's cool AF but you like need those metal gloves butchers use to really pose him.

All my Walmart preorders are canceled for this line. Nice way to make sure I just give up on their cartoon-inspired line. It's also super annoying that I seem to get an unrelated marketing email from Walmart right after a cancelation - hey we didn't ship the thing you wanted, but we have new...

Check out his V2 file card. it's got "he's kind of like the best of us" vibes. I think it's why I just love the O13 - they were just dudes doing the right thing while dealing with the PTSD of a war America should've never been in in the first place. There's some really low-key pathos there.

I was sorta like "hey we already got a red ninja" but honestly, a classic, pure 80s, no bullshit red ninja? put me down for a couple.

Card number 130, and the last named Joe in Classified who has been orderable and close to shipping. Time to get on to the new guys, and characters we'll never see in classified next. Code Name: Zap (Disavowed) File Name: Melendez, Rafael J. Primary Military Specialty: Combat Engineer Secondary...

Curious about that Aragorn myself - gawd, all I want is a really nice 1/12 scale LOTR set that won't cost me a car loan to get. May never happen in my lifetime. True story, I was a BAD WoW player but my greatest joy in the game was playing what, for all intents and purposes, Astarion 15 years...

I ordered him yesterday and I have decided this is a reason to make sure I never throw out his box. I'm going to frame that.

Maybe I should've saved the head for Wade-as-Crimson Guard, but Law's head on Grunt's body is damn-near perfect. I'm glad I had the spare neck to use cos I'm never fixing the broken peg in my spare Grunt's neck but this really works.