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10:59 pm
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Do a Podobo and we're totally in business.
Shortpacked!@TNI: Porn!
Shortpacked!: Just kidding about the porn.
 I have my awesome Premium Ironhide now, so I'm selling off my custom-painted old Ironhide! It comes with art I drew!
The first batch of Animated toys have started popping up two months early in Cincinnati K-marts. (Test marketing? Sometimes Cincinnati gets that.) It is taking every ounce of willpower I have not to drive down there right now. It's only 90 miles!
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG
 While searching in vain for that TRU G.I. Joe exclusive three-pack that includes Grunt, I found PopCo Entertainment's Super Mario "action figure" line. A few months ago I volunteered how huge of a Mario Dork I am. These small PVCs were irresistible. I had to have them. I mean, c'mon, a Paragoomba? That's too sweet to pass up.
The display cartons were pretty picked through when I got there, so I had to make some different choices than I would have otherwise. There's two price points, with a single PVC figurine (or a Paragoomba and Bob-Omb together) carded for $4, or you can get a set of two with a tin for $10. Because the Toys "R" Us I was at was lacking carded little dudes, I ended up getting the Luigi/Paragoomba and Mario/Bob-Omb tin sets, plus a single carded Bullet Bill. I'll decide if I want a Yoshi later. I'm not terribly keen on him. Maybe if Mario could ride him.
And check out Wave 2! Daisy? Lakitu? Shy Guy? I am going to be buying SO many Koopa Troopa/Shy Guy packs.
This toyline is awesome. The sculpts are top-notch, the paint is precise, and they're not shying (so to speak) away from the generics. It's too bad Bowser Junior has superceded the original Koopa Kids. Having a set of those dudes would make me shit my pants.
I got two emails about yesterday's strip. Two. You people are horrible.
Tags: animated, auctions, kitbashes, mario, transformers toys, video games
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11:00 pm
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A new challenger!
Shortpacked!@TNI: thheee eeeenndiiiing
Shortpacked!: Increasing dementia-icus.
It is true. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is upon us. And even though Columbus was hit with 20 inches of snow, I dug Maggie's car out of its wintery tomb (with incredible help from Graham) so that we could hit the treacherous streets at the stroke of midnight, descend upon a Wal-mart, and return home with delicious new Smash Bros. goodness.
Smash Bros. is serious business.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Around dinnertime, Graham and I went out on foot looking for food. Sure, most places would be closed, but the adventure was finding a place that was not. Every other intersection, we would come across a car in trouble, so even if we didn't eventually discover an open Johnny Rocket's, the trip would have been worth it measured only in philanthropy. There was one unpleasant screaming cursing man who was kind of a pain, but I choose to forget him.
I regret only that I didn't bring my camera with me. It was a stupid mistake. There is so much I wish I had a record of, like the snow covering the logs crossing the steam in front of the apartment complex. And the logo for the graphic design studio that looks like a schlong. I guess I can go back for the second one later.
The day was chaos, and we tamed it.
We were men.
Tags: mario, video games, weather
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11:03 pm
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 I got Classics Devastator last week, and finally today I got some new plastic risers to spruce up the Decepticon area of the display while I smooshed him in. Graham discovered that his arms are perfectly strong enough to lift one Autobot into the air, so I decided to keep it. I discovered that two Autobots, though, was just too much. His leg connectors snap from the weight.
Long ago I got the Universe Constructicons for my Classics, before I realized this set came out. But, dammit, it did, and they're in the comic, too. Oh well. I'll see if I can't auction the old one off or something, since it's unneeded.
Today Steve-o picked up Super Paper Mario. I played a few levels first, and I think I managed to strongly exasperate him and Graham. Y'see, it's half-RPG, and I refuse to talk to any of the townsfolk, pretty much ever. Or scan anything. Or look at anything. 95% of the time the information is useless, right? If it's important, it'll be apparent. I refuse to wade through 35 nigh-identical encounters about how "Oh, you must be that hero blah blah blah mustache blah blah this is a Goomba." I'll just plow on through until I can find something to stomp. (This is why I generally hate RPGs.)
Steve and Graham, on the other hand, will not rest until every single possible thing has been scanned and cataloged and conversed with and what have you. Nothing brings them so much joy as to read a short explanation of what a Koopa Troopa is and what its HP is. "Did you scan that door we just went through? Quick, go back! Oh, it says to go through it! SWEET!" And then high-fives.
So I think I was breaking them.
Speaking of video games, Transformers for the DS is gonna be so awesome. I can't wait to have online battles with my homies.
Tags: classics, mario, transformers, video games
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