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X-Men 97 is SO GOOD, Which Toys Should We Buy?

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Join Jay with special guests Ryan Doell, Brick Something, Adam from Highly Articulated as they talk about the age old toy collector question. When we want a plastic version of characters from a property we love, should we buy new or vintage versions? McFarlane gets into the crowdfund game, Haulathon is going down and Hasbro had a frustrating Target Exclusive GI Classified go up for pre-order. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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Will Hasbro’s Ongoing Layoffs Solve Their Problems?

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Join Jay with Guest Hosts Jonathan from Nostalgia and Mad Hatter Reviews as they recap the latest in toy news. Hasbro announced an additional 20% reduction in their workforce, what does that mean for the company going forward? Mondo had a ton of great reveals from DCon. Hasbro is bringing back Kenner Classics with 4 of the 5 Fright Features figures getting re-released, and the Marvel Legends team had a bunch of reveals from their Christmas Stream. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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Super7’s O-Ring Revelation : Too Little Too Late?

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Join Jay and special guest host Jonathan from Nostalgia Unboxed as they talk about the latest in toy news! Super7 made 0-Ring figures official starting this time next year. The 4 Horsemen revealed and is taking orders on their latest Figura Obscura “Jacob Marley” and Jada toys unvieled their latest wave of Street Fighter figures. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on toy geeks!

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Hasbro Selfie Series Cancelled?

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Join Jay and special guest host Craig from Toy Anxiety as they cover the latest in toy news. Hasbro may have pulled the plug on the Selfie Series, should they go back to the drawing board to make it better, or let it stay on the shelf? More reveals from the Turtles of Grayskull line were found on the Trap Jaw packaging. And NECA expands their rock star line with Bon Jovi. We’ll try to stump Craig and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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Hasbro’s 1027 and MCM London Comic Con Reveals!

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Join Jay with special guest host Dan Larson from Secret Galaxy as they talk about the latest in toy news! Hasbro had a ton of reveals between their 1027 Hasbro Pulse event and MCM London Comic Con. The biggest of the reveals being the GI Joe Vamp and the next Ghostbusters Haslab the Two in the Box PKE Meter and Ghost Trap set. It’s the last week to back Street Humans, Russ from Shartimus Prime will stop by to answer any questions. And Ace from Ramen toys looks to fix everyones McFarlane batmobile. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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Haslab Giant Man’s UNREAL Last Day

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Join Jay as he breaks down the Unprecedented run of the Haslab Giant Man. While the Marvel Legends team listened to fan feedback on the failed Engine of Vengence and made some big changes to their next crowdfund. The Haslab Giant didn’t light the collecting world on fire and didn’t fund until an unreal last day spike that nearly hit every tier. Jay digs into the numbers with the help of Brian Brink’s Chart Mastery.

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Super7’s GI Joe Crowdfund Dead on Arrival? Wallets Overtaxed

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Join Jay and special guest Kirk from The Geek Effect as they talk about the bad start to Super7’s GI Joe Mothership crowdfund, that along with Hasbro’s Giant Man inching along, with other big crowdfunds on the horizon for MOTU (and potentially Ghostbusters). Have we reached the oversaturation point for collectors wallets? Or is it a case of bad choices that has led to poor performance?

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Does Hasbro’s X-Men ’97 Toys Capture the Toy Biz Magic?

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Join Jay as he reviews the new X-Men ’97 main retail line from Hasbro. The first wave features 3 Figures, a Vehicle and Figure set and a 14inch tall Sentinel. X-Men ’97 looks to recapture that 90’s magic, do these toys capture the old Toy Biz magic? Watch this 4k review to find out!

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Hasbro Vault Tour! SDCC Pop-Up FULL of Vintage Treasures!

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Join Jay as he takes you on a tour through the Hasbro Vault Pop-Up shop in downtown San Diego as part of their San Diego Comic-Con experiences. This is the first tine they’ve done this and it was an awesome trek through Hasbro’s different properties from today and from the past. Ghostbusters, GI Joe, M.A.S.K., Star Wars and so much more were featured in this awesome space!

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SDCC ’23 Hasbro Press Breakfast!

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Join Jay as he walks through the Hasbro Press breakfast at SDCC ’23. We’ll walk through the tables for Selfie Series 2.0, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, GI Joe and Marvel!

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