I saw this guy claiming to sell one but immediately noticed he used photos of my own Chucky doll. Honestly it feels really weird. These photos don’t give away anything important but it’s in my own home so it feels very sketchy to have this guy pass off these photos as his own.
With Old Chucky I probably stop here. Honestly the only thing I’d be very tempted to get now would be if there was a lifesize burnt Chucky from Childs Play 1.
I like all of them nearly equally. They all bring something unique that I like them for. My favorite overall would have to be the Ultimate TOTS.
So this is now my fourth Chucky doll. It was a limited release. The day it was up for sale all 500 sold out within 12 hours.
Now it’s arrived sooner than even the TV series dolls also by NECA. It’s a great doll. I don’t have the bride from NECA for reference. Though this one feels much slimmer than the TOTS ones. Even the hands can tilt and move more. The neck and eyes can move the same as the bride one.
Mine is 323/500.
I think it came out pretty great. Would be interested to see Supercool Collective and NECA make more unique dolls. Personally the one I’d most like to see is Burnt Chucky from the first movie.
I just find it kind of funny how they do the same thing but the weight between them varies greatly.
So I got the two pack of Galaxy 1+2 way back in mid April. I played the first one and got all the 120 initial stars. Only as Mario and not Luigi. I decided to save that for much later to prevent fatigue. Even after I’m done with 2 I’ll probably wait longer so it feels fresher. But between Galaxy 1 and 2 I played lots of other games.
I played Tomadachi Life Living the Dream for a good 60ish hours. But I felt a bit of Nintendo fatigue by then. So I went through almost all the recent Resident Evil games. The remakes of 2,3,4, Biohazard and Village. Became a huge fan of all those games. After I finish Village I decided to at last get back to Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Now I’ll say the two games go hand and hand. There’s pros and cons to each. At this point after finishing basically most the main game I’d say Super Mario Galaxy 1 is a 93 while Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a 95.
I definitely like the Comet Observatory more than Starship Mario. Initially I wasn’t down with how Rosalina got replaced with Lubba. Though as I learned Lubbas story with Amari I actually grew to like her more. I don’t think it’s that deep but it’s funny how Mari is visually identical to the nihilistic Luma in the movies.
One thing I’ll say is 2 definitely felt much harder. Looking back at the first game I’d say Lava Spire Daredevil run was the hardest level to complete. Meanwhile this game has several challengers that arguably exceed it. I haven’t even touched the true final challenging level so let’s see how that goes.
Another example is the 100 purple Luigi coins. I had a harder time doing that in the first game. Here you gotta get them all while cosmic clones chase you. This time I got it done faster compared to the first game. I bet if I play the first game again immediately after it’d feel more like a breeze.
A big plus for this game is power ups feel much more abundant and present overall in this game. Only wish the red star actually came back seeing as how even the first game had a limited use of it. Then there’s Yoshi who overall doesn’t appear often in the 3D games as rideable.
I liked the comet medals well enough. I liked having an actual way to control when the comets came. I kept collecting them each level so once prankster comets came I got them one after another. Out of all of them I’d say there were like 2-3 that were actually challenging to get.
I will say the first one felt more cinematic. The final Bowser fight felt more like a showdown where in 2 Mario just shows up to Bowser.
Still while I like elements of the first more (Comet Observatory, the Bowser fights, and cutscenes) I do respect this game for doing something different.
The 120 Green Stars might not be so exciting but at least they made the choice to have a different post game than just play as Luigi.
So I’ll go ahead and do that then try the Grandmaster challenge.
After all that is said and done I might go the route of playing Galaxy 1 again as Luigi.
Sunshine is coming to Online but I’m not too crazy about not actually owning the game itself. Kind of wish I had 3D all stars for that reason. Still maybe I’ll fold. Alternatively maybe I’ll go with Super Mario 3D World. I had it back in the Wii U era but never completed it.
The Galaxy Games are definitely heavy hitters and it’d be cool to get a third game. Realistically it wouldn’t be called Super Mario Galaxy 3 but probably something with a subtitle. Super Mario Galaxy Beyond I guess.
So I personally thought after NWH that now was the optimal time to utilize Black Cat. Peter and MJ aren’t a thing but not because of angst.
In comics it works but if you do the love triangle thing in movies that come out every 3-5 years that can get extremely frustrating.
Spoilers for BND >! MJ and Ned still don’t remember Peter. All their history is gone and it’s doubt they’re gonna do a 180 in future films. They might still come together as friends and are on good terms by this movie. !<
Black Cat has always been the fan favorite relationship even if Peter and Felicia are basically never endgame. In a way you could almost say MJ and Black Cat are two halves to Batman’s Selina Kyle. The cool feline antihero and the most agreed love interest.
In this movie Peter learns overtime that Jeans situation was more complex so maybe this experience even motivates him to try to understand his villains more and that leads to him getting closer to Black Cat.
This is almost 3 years old. More than anything I really feel like Schaff would probably consider Tomodachi Life living the dream. He definitely enjoyed that and in fact I think he stuck with it more than most people did on average.
I think Schaff making a video about his actual top 25 video games of all time would be interesting to see.
Watch Ghost Rider try it on a mean teenager and it fails cause the kid doesn’t feel bad.
So looks like this one won’t come with the Tommy gun, Flamethrower or even the glasses. In fact most of the accessories here are already available in the blood splattered version.
Kind of disappointing that the main accessories this one has is the opossum and a mangled face for Pale Girl.
Sometimes it bothers me that you’d have to buy what’s almost the same Art the Clown figure like 6 times for all these accessories. I really think they should’ve made like a large accessories pack.
So I’ve kind of gotten back into Angry Birds. Funnily the third movies trailer was kind of a catalyst for that. I even got the original game as it is currently, “reds first flight”.
S tier I got Terrence, Red, Bubbles. It is funny that Bubbles is named that considering Stella came next and that’s her actual power. I always liked Terrence as the brute omnipotent powerful bird. Honestly the way he’s shown off in some cartoons he seems more godlike than even the Might Eagle. Red is THE Angry bird pretty self explanatory. Then Bubbles is a bird I’ve always had a soft spot for. When I was a little kid Hal was already introduced for a while. So Bubbles was a completely new bird to me. He was introduced as a Halloween update and is synonymous with the holiday in every way. He resembles a pumpkin and loves candy. His ability is also fun where he inflates. In fact as a kid he was one of the only birds I got a plush of. I even asked my parents to go online constantly to try and secure it. I always wanted the inflated variant but could never get it, it sold out often afaik. I don’t know what became of the plush but I kind of wish I still had it. Bubbles even has the achievement of making it to Space when not even Matilda or Hal were in that game.
A tier I have Bomb, Chuck, and decided to throw in Mighty Eagle too. Bomb and Chuck are pretty close but overall I like Bomb more. He’s lots of fun in gameplay and seems like a chill guy in the toons, going off of memory. Chuck is the flash of the birds except for when Terrence is involved. Then the Mighty Eagle. I remember really wanting his plush as a kid.
B tier I have the Blues, Matilda, Stella. As a kid I got a Blue plush at Chuck E Cheese for my birthday. They’re decent enough but I just like the other birds more. Matilda is also ok. Gameplay wise she’s probably more skilled based. Like Bomb explodes regardless, Bubbles always inflates. But if you miss your chance with Matilda you lose hard. It’s been a long time since I used Stella. My memories of her are more fuzzy. Even Bubbles you can still play as in the birthday episode of the original game. Stella isn’t as exciting but I was still drawn to her on the basis of her being a new bird long ago.
C tier I have Hal. I feel he gets very underutilized. In the Toons he never got used. Even Bubbles got occasional Halloween episodes. Stella had her own show entirely. Apparently there’s a Toon design for Hal where he looks more like a toucan. That might be his intended species but it bery loosely resembles his original game appearance. Though I’d argue he takes the most skill to use out of all the birds in game.
It does really suck how inaccessible everything is. Not even the game on the Apple Store is full. There’s episodes missing like the one where Red gets powers, shockwave bomb, and several more. Apparently Angry Birds reloaded is supposed to be like a composite game. But then it’s locked behind Apple Arcade and I’m not gonna subscribe to that solely for Angry Birds. Then even the art style is updated. I just kind of wish the normal base game in its whole was available. Especially Seasons and Space.
So this coming year will be my fourth year of college as a psychology major. I feel somewhat overwhelmed about what comes next I keep. I feel like every time I look into this I get lots of different answers about the type of program I need: masters, phd, psyd.
Another factor is I’m in California and would prefer to stay in the state for Grad School.
Right now my main plan is to be a Counseling Therapist but the thought of being a forensic psychologist also interests me greatly. So is there a path I can take where I get the credits or licenses needed where both are viable options by the end. Essentially where I have the flexibility to be able to easily pick either if I wanted.
So about a month ago I started with Resident Evil 2 remake as it was on sale. I went Leon A Claire B. I greatly enjoyed it as an introduction to this franchise.
I’ve been mostly blind up until now. I picked up more things after playing 2 but I’m still vaguely aware. Like I recognize Albert Wesker as a character but it’s not like I can accurately summarize his whole life story. I went into 4 with an open mind so along the way I tried guessing how 4s plot would go. Admittedly I assumed that the events of 4 were Umbrella running experiments overseas. That’s also what I assumed led to 7-8. So it was surprising that Las Plagas was kind of just a naturally occurring parasite that Umbrella didn’t create.
At first I kind of missed having zombies but Los Illuminados grew on me. One enemy I’m surprised didn’t get more attention was Verdugo. There was many that one sequence with the liquid nitrogen. Reminded me a lot of the xenomorph.
Also really cool to see Leon be much more experienced and be one of the best agents within the entire government. I’ve always seen Leon be hyped up and people glaze his ability to parry insane attacks with a knife, and for good reason. Nice to see that reputation in full display here. It’s kind of like those old Chuck Norris memes when Leon can just parry an active chainsaw with a pocket knife.
Overall I think I’ll go in and say 4>2. I’m probably far more likely to replay 2 simply because it’s shorter and some aspects are simpler for the better. I might be ignorant but one gun I wish would’ve carried over was the grenade launcher Claire uses. I feel the village portion is slow, especially before you come across Ashley, but then it really picks up towards the castle and island. In some ways it actually reminded me of Uncharted quite a bit. Then another factor is 4 feels much less key puzzle heavy where you have to grab a thing to get another thing in order to unlock one entrance.
It also was funny finally encountering the merchant. When I was a kid I saw him referenced so many times and it was surprising when I learned he came from Resident evil of all things. I would’ve guessed he came out of a game more like Elden Ring.
Luis was also a good character where he’s genuinely just trying to do the right thing to make amends with his past involvement with Umbrella.
I was thinking about waiting for Resident Evil 3 to go on sale and then make my way to 4. But 4 was already on sale and I understood that 3 isn’t really necessary to follow the plot of 4. That and 3 is generally described as a weaker installment. I will still get around to 3 at some point, I am interested in learning about Jill Valentine. Though from here I’m thinking on either going Biohazard—->Village—>Requiem though I think I’m more likely to just skip ahead to Requiem for the Leon route. I am also looking forward to Veronica since that follows Claire. I do hope they remake 1 and 5, I’m not personally caught up on the potential status of those happening.
So I have to imagine (hope) it’ll be relatively soon considering whatever it is, they clearly went through the trouble of physically bringing it over.
The logo behind the display kind of looks like Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II.
We already got Heisei MechaGodzilla. In fact you can still get it at Amazon as far as I know.
Though maybe they’re redoing the poster version. Seems like a strong possibility. Alternatively maybe it’s Baby Godzilla or a Godzilla specifically based on 1993.
I’d personally say this is a clear enough look to warrant a figure release.
For Minus One we got a figure close to the movies release. Lots of people expect Ghidorah and for good reason. Lots of yellow imagery and what seems like the Gravity Beams.
Since Minus One Godzillas design originates from the ride essentially there’s a chance any Ghidorah design will strongly resemble the Ghidorah that’s part of those designs.
Though admittedly I’d kind of prefer a whole new design for a Ghidorah. Ride Ghidorahs wings feel too much like hands. Also the body feels way to triangle like and awkward around the middle.
So these kind of have my interest.
I know some people don’t like 2014, understandably since it’s inaccurate but I kind of like it. I kind of think of it similar to how the original Godzilla 2000 is based on the poster and not the movie but still has a cool jagged design.
Then there’s Godzilla 2002 coming up. The one thing I’m not fully on board on is the paint. Maybe it’ll be better in the end but I’d prefer it not have the white paint. I get it’s meant to be like the poster but still. Alternatively I could maybe look into painting it. I’d probably just have to find a suitable charcoal paint for the whole body.
Like maybe I’d settle for 2003, it might actually be a minor upgrade in the design area.
I guess the biggest reason for getting 2002 would be the appeal of trying at get every millennium Godzilla design.
Initially it was exclusively Godzillas but now that’s changed starting with Kiryu
I think this is a great opportunity for King Ghidorah from the Heisei era especially with his iconic poster. He’s a figure that hasn’t been available for the longest
I guess 2002 Kiryu would also be fitting considering he’s half the poster for his movie
Like I feel I picked a great time to finally get into SHMA starting with Godzilla 1954.
At this rate nearly every single figure I’ve wanted has come out in some shape or form. There’s even lots of great other figures among the ones I don’t want as much Godzillas 2002, 1975.
Even now the only figures I really want are Heisei King Ghidorah which has an even greater chance now that other Kaiju are on the table for poster figures. Even his movie has him upfront in the poster. Then 2002 Kiryu also has a great chance since 2002 Godzilla is getting a poster variant.
Then there’s even more promise in the horizon with Supernova and Minus Zero. I’m hoping SpaceGodzilla has a great design so that they can make a cool figure, and Minus Zero Godzilla seems promising from the teaser.
I think the only other entirely new figures I’d like are a Godzilla 1984 (long overdue), an Orga, an updated Showa MechaGodzilla. After those I think I can stop collecting SHMA.