Joe H.
@samhainsgrimm.bsky.social
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Joe H.
@samhainsgrimm.bsky.social
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Mondo The Real Ghostbusters Peter Venkman and Samhain
Does bustin' still make me feel good 40 years later? Let's find out! I didn't do a big 2024 wrap-up type of post like I sometimes do, but if I did I would have awarded toy producer Mondo with the biggest reveal of the year when they debuted their line of action figures based on The Real Ghostbusters. The Real Ghostbusters…
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Does bustin' still make me feel good in the year 2025? Mondo is counting on it with its very impressive, very expensive, set of figures based on The Real Ghostbusters: Peter Venkman and Samhain! Oh, and Slimer too!
Hasbro is back with another wave of Marvel Legends figures based on X-Men '97 perhaps to help tide us over until the show returns in 2026. Up first is this updated look for Jubilee from the end of the first season. She's gone dark, but maybe she doesn't have to?
Marvel Legends X-Men ’97 Jubilee
The self-professed mall babe is back with a new look. The television event of 2024 for me was none other than X-Men '97. I loved that show and I can't wait for the second season to come around. It's just a shame we may still be as much as a year away, but to somewhat tide us over until then we have this third wave of Marvel Legends action figures from Hasbro.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hasbro is back with another wave of Marvel Legends figures based on X-Men '97 perhaps to help tide us over until the show returns in 2026. Up first is this updated look for Jubilee from the end of the first season. She's gone dark, but maybe she doesn't have to?
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In the past, cans were the future. We used to be a nation of innovators.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
In the past, cans were the future. We used to be a nation of innovators.
This is all encouraging for those who hate tariffs, but let’s not forget that this same court allowed these tariffs to remain in place before finally hearing the case today. They’re still plenty willing to let this administration run wild and just reel them in only when things get out of hand.
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is all encouraging for those who hate tariffs, but let’s not forget that this same court allowed these tariffs to remain in place before finally hearing the case today. They’re still plenty willing to let this administration run wild and just reel them in only when things get out of hand.
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Well this is embarrassing, but necessary. Insurance just doesn't cover enough. gofund.me/8f49a0c27
Donate to Support Needed for Vital Lung and Heart Care, organized by Kiley Fox
After 10 years of starting GoFundMe's for others, I have to swallow my own prid… Kiley Fox needs your support for Support Needed for Vital Lung and Heart Care
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October 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Well this is embarrassing, but necessary. Insurance just doesn't cover enough. gofund.me/8f49a0c27
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My dearest Martha,
I am writing you today in the shadows of the tree in the parklet in front of our deadliest battlefield, the Subway restaurant. Even now, I can smell the onions and mustard...
*violin begins to play*
I am writing you today in the shadows of the tree in the parklet in front of our deadliest battlefield, the Subway restaurant. Even now, I can smell the onions and mustard...
*violin begins to play*
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My dearest Martha,
I am writing you today in the shadows of the tree in the parklet in front of our deadliest battlefield, the Subway restaurant. Even now, I can smell the onions and mustard...
*violin begins to play*
I am writing you today in the shadows of the tree in the parklet in front of our deadliest battlefield, the Subway restaurant. Even now, I can smell the onions and mustard...
*violin begins to play*
Listen up, maggots! It's #TurtleTuesday and if you were planning on doing something other than reading this review of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles product well then I got some bad news for you!
Super7 TMNT Ultimates! Guerrilla Gorilla
Pictured: Not Sergeant Bananas, but also Sergeant Bananas. It feels like the last few times I've made a Super7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles post I've wondered if it's my last one so I'm going to stop trying to predict that. This one comes courtesy of Big Bad Toy Store and their generous summer of deals. I wasn't going to pick up this particular action figure because it came at a pretty large MSRP, but when it was slashed nearly 50% I decided to bite so here we are to talk about Guerilla Gorilla.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Listen up, maggots! It's #TurtleTuesday and if you were planning on doing something other than reading this review of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles product well then I got some bad news for you!
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One week left!
Don’t forget to put in your order at Hasbro Pulse
Don’t forget to put in your order at Hasbro Pulse
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One week left!
Don’t forget to put in your order at Hasbro Pulse
Don’t forget to put in your order at Hasbro Pulse
This one always makes me miss my grandma. Best Thanksgiving special out there.
🦃 It’s time to talk turkey! Please enjoy this old podcast about Garfield’s Thanksgiving, or: “The Gaslighting of Dr. Liz Wilson.” With @sommerjamfilm.bsky.social!
Advent Calendar House | Garfield’s Thanksgiving
The Gaslighting of Dr. Liz Wilson.
Guest: Jeff Somogyi.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This one always makes me miss my grandma. Best Thanksgiving special out there.
These companies have just given up with me.
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
These companies have just given up with me.
But damn, Yamamoto is freakin incredible. What a pitcher!
Ooo, I’m sorry, Toronto. That’s the kind of series that welcomes one into the tortured fanbase category.
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
But damn, Yamamoto is freakin incredible. What a pitcher!
Ooo, I’m sorry, Toronto. That’s the kind of series that welcomes one into the tortured fanbase category.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Ooo, I’m sorry, Toronto. That’s the kind of series that welcomes one into the tortured fanbase category.
We almost had the most anti-climactic walk-off in World Series history with that replay, then an almost epic collision, and now I don’t know how Toronto gets past that.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We almost had the most anti-climactic walk-off in World Series history with that replay, then an almost epic collision, and now I don’t know how Toronto gets past that.
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I spent all of Halloween on this, an explanation for the classic horror movie origins of Darkstalkers — now with more Kolchak: The Night Stalker than you ever expected in 2025!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/darksta...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/darksta...
The Secret Origin of the Darkstalkers — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Designer Alex Jimenez explains how the Universal monsters live on in Capcom’s ghoulish fighter.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I spent all of Halloween on this, an explanation for the classic horror movie origins of Darkstalkers — now with more Kolchak: The Night Stalker than you ever expected in 2025!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/darksta...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/darksta...
October 31st vs November 1st
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
October 31st vs November 1st
Should have come with the two-butt pet.
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*possibly this weekend. Might be later tho.
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Also keep an eye out in stores soon.
#jakkspacific #halloween #horror #target #toyshiz #affilatemarketing
*possibly this weekend. Might be later tho.
goto.target.com/gO3J60
Target EXCLUSIVE @jakkspacific.toys 5in scale FLY BOY BART, from the Treehouse of Horror.
Also keep an eye out in stores soon.
#jakkspacific #halloween #horror #target #toyshiz #affilatemarketing
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Should have come with the two-butt pet.
Once again, I’m doing my best to lure the trick or treaters to the dead end street. If I fail, pray for my teeth.
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Once again, I’m doing my best to lure the trick or treaters to the dead end street. If I fail, pray for my teeth.
New Wolverine is definitely shorter than old Wolverine.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New Wolverine is definitely shorter than old Wolverine.
This week just won’t stop with the toy deliveries.
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This week just won’t stop with the toy deliveries.
Happy Halloween! Arriving just in the nick of time is Egon Spengler from Mondo's line of action figures based on the classic cartoon The Real Ghostbusters. These guys don't come cheap, but Peter was pretty damn good and Egon appears to come with more stuff. Hopefully he is just as good or better.
Mondo The Real Ghostbusters Egon Spengler
Reinforcements have arrived for both ghosts and Ghostbusters. It's a Halloween miracle! The second figure in the Mondo The Real Ghostbusters line of action figures, Egon Spengler, had been bumped to November. Even when I got my shipping notification from Mondo it said a delivery date of November 1st. It felt almost cruel to receive a Ghostbusters toy the day after Halloween, but that's life in 2025 where government action has thrown a giant wrench into shipments coming from overseas.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy Halloween! Arriving just in the nick of time is Egon Spengler from Mondo's line of action figures based on the classic cartoon The Real Ghostbusters. These guys don't come cheap, but Peter was pretty damn good and Egon appears to come with more stuff. Hopefully he is just as good or better.
I was not familiar with your game, Queen Studios, and I apologize for that. This Batman action figure based on his look from the film The Dark Knight Rises is pretty damn incredible. If you ever felt like you needed this version of The Bat on your shelf then you owe it to yourself to track one down.
INART The Dark Knight Rises Batman – Deluxe Version
You know his name. Is this a review I really need to do? Probably not, but I'm doing it anyway. Queen Studios wasn't a shop that was on my radar going into 2025. I'm guessing that's true for a lot of folks and that's probably why they had a media blitz when it came time to promote their brand INART and its new 1:12 scale Batman action figure from the movie…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I was not familiar with your game, Queen Studios, and I apologize for that. This Batman action figure based on his look from the film The Dark Knight Rises is pretty damn incredible. If you ever felt like you needed this version of The Bat on your shelf then you owe it to yourself to track one down.
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🎃 Garfield’s Halloween Adventure turns 40 tonight.
So you have 60 more years to enjoy it until pirate ghosts come and take it away.
Here’s an old podcast about it with @sommerjamfilm.bsky.social.
So you have 60 more years to enjoy it until pirate ghosts come and take it away.
Here’s an old podcast about it with @sommerjamfilm.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Garfield’s Halloween Adventure
🎃 Put out the oars and surrender yourself to the mercy of the rivers of time as they take us back to Garfield’s terrifying 1985 Halloween special. Jeff Somogyi joins us to celebrate the special tha...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🎃 Garfield’s Halloween Adventure turns 40 tonight.
So you have 60 more years to enjoy it until pirate ghosts come and take it away.
Here’s an old podcast about it with @sommerjamfilm.bsky.social.
So you have 60 more years to enjoy it until pirate ghosts come and take it away.
Here’s an old podcast about it with @sommerjamfilm.bsky.social.
I’m going to make my most Blue Sky post ever by ruining the joke: the Tanner girls never refer to this character as Uncle Joey. He’s always just Joey.
This man? Not actually related to the Tanners at all, yet they call him "Uncle Joey"
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’m going to make my most Blue Sky post ever by ruining the joke: the Tanner girls never refer to this character as Uncle Joey. He’s always just Joey.
Up now on the free feed!
Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Nick Knacks Episode #108
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Nick Knacks Episode #108
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October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This sounds like the beginning of a doom’s day plot.
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This sounds like the beginning of a doom’s day plot.
Today we're celebrating #TurtleTuesday with everyone's favorite bat-themed superhero: Wingnut and his pal Screwloose. These two hail from the pages of TMNT Adventures which NECA Toys has been quietly killing it with their action figures based on the same. Is Wingnut yet another homerun?
NECA TMNT Adventures Wingnut and Screwloose
More characters for your Mighty Mutanimals display have arrived courtesy of NECA Toys. NECA started down the Archie-verse of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2022 with the Mighty Mutanimals-adjacent Slash. For most, The Mighty Mutanimals team of heroes consists of Man-Ray, Jagwar, Leatherhead, Dreadmon, Mondo Gecko, Wingnut, and Screwloose. For those folks, NECA began that team in 2023 releasing the trio of Man-Ray, Jagwar, and Dreadmon all within about a month of each other.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today we're celebrating #TurtleTuesday with everyone's favorite bat-themed superhero: Wingnut and his pal Screwloose. These two hail from the pages of TMNT Adventures which NECA Toys has been quietly killing it with their action figures based on the same. Is Wingnut yet another homerun?