Even More Images of Mattel’s Snake Mountain Playset Unveiled

Mattel Packaging Designer Roy Juarez shared more images of the Snake Mountain Playset on his Instagram page. The images appear in a video set to Metallica’s “One,” so crank that sound up (does saying that make me sound like an old Millennial?) and enjoy! If you can’t watch or listen to the video, scroll down for screen […]

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Paramount Announces First Animated Transformers Movie & It’s Cast

Paramount Animation announced at last week’s CinemaCon that it is teaming up with Hasbroand eOne for the upcoming Transformers animated movie. The movie, titled Transformers One, tells the story of how young Optimum Prime and young Megatron went from being “brothers-in-arms” to sworn enemies. The cast of Transformers One includes Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as […]

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Mattel Creations’ Darkness Descends Series Maleficent On Sale Now

Mattel Creations’ Darkness Descends Series Maleficent Doll went up for sale on Friday, April 28 for $150. There is a limit of 2 per customer and will be released in mid-September 2023. Here’s the link to the purchase page. Mattel Creations did a live stream with the designers behind the design on Friday to celebrate the […]

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The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse Coming in December

Super Hero Hype has exclusively revealed the cover for the next Dark Horse Books/Mattel MOTU art book, The Art of Masters of the Universe: Origins and Masterverse. Written by Alex Irvine, this art book further explores the creation of the MOTU action figure line, featuring production art, background info about the characters, and new insights from the original […]

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Review: Ted Lasso S3 Ep 7, “The Strings That Bind Us”

By Colleen Glatfelter aka Geek. Dad. Wife. I was worried that last week’s episode of Ted Lasso was a happy fluke but when this week’s episode opened with bright tones, flowers, macaroons, and Jamie pulling a bicycling Roy on a leash, I knew things were looking up. “The Strings That Bind Us” was written by […]

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Snake Mountain Packaging Revealed!

Roy Juarez just shared to his Instagram page the mock-up for the final packaging for Snake Mountain. While I don’t think it matches the majesty of the Castle Grayskull art, it still looks like a lot of fun.  What do you all think?

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Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Scout Trooper Commander Figure Revealed

It may be MOTU Day, but Star Wars products and reveals are still going strong. Not only was the single-player video game Star Wars: Jedi Survivor released today, but Hot Toys revealed a Scout Trooper Commander 1/6 Scale Figure as well! The Scout Trooper Commander is 12-inches tall and has 30 points of articulation. It features an extendable […]

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Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Video Game Is Out!

It may be MOTU Day, but Star Wars products and reveals are still going strong. Not only was Star Wars: Jedi Survivor released today, but Hot Toys revealed a Scout Trooper Commander 1/6 Scale Figure (click here for more info on this figure). Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is a third-person, single player video game that follows the […]

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MOTU Snake Mountain is Up for Pre-Order!!

It’s MOTU DAY!! Pre-sales have officially begun for Mattel’s long-awaited Snake Mountain Playset. It’s priced at $79.99 and will be released in late Fall 2023. Snake Mountain is available for purchase at all of the mainline vendors, including Mattel’s website. If you’d like, you can purchase it using one of the Geek Dad Life affiliates links: Entertainment […]

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Pre-orders for Cosmic Legions: Outpost Zaxxius Close on Sunday, April 30

The preorder for Cosmic Legions: Outpost Zaxxius ends on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. ET with no extensions. This wave, which is available on StoreHorseman.com, includes six brand new figures. Individual figures start at $37 and range in price depending on the figure. The figures are Sphexxian Mine Worker ($48), Opor-A-Tiv83 ($37), Sskur’ge ($65), KALIAN SHUNN ($37), Altarr […]

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