Toys

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 1990

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Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Mad Hatter as they dive into the 3rd year of TMNT toys from Playmates. This was another year of banger after banger with legendary figures like Mutagen Man, Slash, Muck Man, Ray Filet, Fugitoid and more. So much TMNT goodness in 1990 including […]

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Did Mattel put a DC Smackdown on McFarlane at NYCC?

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Join Jay and Quip as they talk about the big reveals from the 2026 New York Comic Con. Mattel and McFarlane revealed DC figures, did Mattel change the super hero figure game? Neca revealed Darkwing Duck and McDonalds figures and Storm Collectibles may have thrown down the gauntlet on Jada for Street Fighter toys. We’ll talk about all of this and more on Geek. Dad. Live!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 1989

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Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Jonathan (Nostalgia Unboxed) as they dive into all of the toys released in Playmates’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toyline! This year, Playmates found its formula for success by bringing in so many different animals and genres with a touch of that gross out […]

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What will Toy Companies bring to New York Comic Con?

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Join Jay and Quip as they share their predictions on what we might see at NYCC! Mattel is taking a big swing showing off their Collector DC line to a select group of influencers that wont be able to talk about what they saw until 1/1/27. With this much fan fare, the reveals have to be good right?

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 1988

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Join Jay and Dan as they revisit the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line from 1988, exploring the figures and vehicles. We are looking back at the history of these popular collectibles, from the Good Guys and Bad Guys to vehicles like the Cheapskate and the Turtle Blimp. It is a nostalgic trip through […]

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MOTU Origins Closes In on the End!

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Join Jay, Quip and Gary as they talk about the latest in Toy News! Mattel sent out an email teasing that Laser Light Skeletor would me Octobers Creations exclusive and that’s another of the few remaining vintage figures to be made in the origins line, where do we go from here?

Blake will be joining us to reveal the latest Toy Collector cover and we’ll talk about the latest indy toy kickstarter From The Realm! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fromtherealm/from-the-realm

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AT LAST! Mattel gives us a MOTU Origins Two Bad

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Join Jay, Quip and Gary as they talk about Mattel Finally giving us a vintage style MOTU Origins Two Bad as a Mattel Creations Exclusive. McFarlane puts out their LAST DC Figures as Mattel gets ready to unveil their collector line and Hot Toy’s is going Kenner style with their Keaton Bat’s releases. We’ll cover all of this and more tonight on Geek. Dad. Live!

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