The old Crimson Warrior Action Man, plus several others, all have that same kanji. Must not have been too much Japanese fluency in Hasbro’s European offices at the time, as Crimson Warrior has the kanji for “ninja” upside down and backwards on the back of the box

The white and green Sentai-looking ones were released in North America as ZAP Power Force, but the figures come from tokusatsu show “Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop”, originally released in Japan by Takara, I believe

Sorry, didn’t look that hard - one on far right is Magna Defender from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, so one legit Sentai!

All villains from VR Troopers by Kenner, originally all from the Metal Hero Series, so Super Sentai-adjacent

2/2 She was absolutely zero help in resolving the issue, but she did ask me how my day was going and complimented me for not going berserk with rage during our conversation. I can’t imagine why that happens with her…

As a native Michigander who never heard about this, I find it shameful our state would choose to bury its pizza-related history as deep as those pizzas.

As an Oxboxtra fan I want to watch this so badly, but as a museum professional I’m going to curl up in a fetal position if I see a small child climb atop a dinosaur skeleton like I saw in the trailer for the game

I get the same thing when I type Bryce in Messenger, it doesn’t autocomplete to Bruce, it goes to Brucellosis, a.k.a. Mediterranean fever, which is caused by consuming unpasteurized milk. On the plus side, now I see stories about that and think, “Hey! I know what that disease is!”

Same with me studying Japanese - my class never learned what a gerund was, so our Japanese teacher had to give us an impromptu English lesson. I still get confused looks any time I mention “gerund” to most other English speakers, including my parents 😅