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Mondo’s BIG Reveals at Designercon 2024!

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Join Jay and special guest Ken from Toy Kennections as they talk about the latest in toy news. Designercon or DCon for short went down in Las Vegas this weekend and Mondo brought some great reveals. Our first look at the latest wave of Super7 TMNT figures including the non-sexy Rat King have surfaced on the internet. Bandai’s Spirits Chogokin Speed Racer Mach 5 has me wanting to say Go, Speed Racer, Go, and we have a couple of cool kickstarters to highlight tonight on Geek. Dad. Live!

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Recent Reissues Ruin Resale, Is That Good or Bad?

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Join Jay with special guest host Gary and Dave from MONSTORS as they talk about the latest in toy news! NECA’s decision to reissue expensive play sets that they said wouldn’t get reissued has fans divided that along with Marvel Legends and SHF reissues also hitting brings up the question of if Reissues are good or bad for collecting. Is the rate of TMNT product getting to be too much? with so many different toy companies taking a stab at turtles figures, are we to the point of over saturation? Super7 revealed a new GI Joe Ultimates figure and Toycollectr magazine revealed the next wave of Biker Mice from Mars figures. We’ll talk about all of this and more tonight on Geek. Dad. Live.

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Will Super7’s Deluxe Target Figures Be a Game Changer?

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Join Jay and Brick Something as they talk about the latest in toy news! Super7 revealed a new type of sku with their Deluxe Thundercats and Godzilla toys that will be Target exclusives. They’re Ultimates Lite and could these be a game changer for the San Fransisco toy maker? Mattel showed off some official images of a New Eternia King Randor, and Origins Cartoon / Turtles of Grayskull figures. And we’ll check in on the last day of the Haslab GI Classified Rattler!

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Haslab Cantina Backed, But Can It Hit All Tiers?

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Join Jay and special guest Adam from Highly Articulated as they talk about the latest in toy news! The Star Wars Cantina Haslab hit its 8,000 threshold, but still has all its tiers left to unlock with a day left to hit them. We’ll check the final projections from Brian Brink’s Charts to see which tiers ave a chance of hitting. Super7 and McFarlane had more SDCC reveals

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Haslab Cantina Stalls With a Short Runway

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Join Jay with special guest Ryan Doell as they talk about the latest in toy news. The Haslab Star Wars Cantina sales line has flattened out and the higher tiers are at risk. Will this make it one of the more valuable Star Wars pieces? Super7 revealed new Thundercats and Toxic Crusaders figs and teased their 2003 turtles. NECA revealed their first SDCC figure, what could be next? We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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The Mezco/Mafex Effect, What Should Collectors Buy?

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Join Jay with special guest Jonathan from Nostalgia Unboxed as they talk about the latest in Toy News! Mezco revealed toon versions of their Popular TMNT figures and Mafez teased pre-orders for a new X-Men rogue. With so many cheaper 6ish inch scale figures out their that are cheaper, are these premium toys the ones to go with? 4 horsemen revealed their latest Figura Obscura that might be their best. And MOTU Origins fans are going to get their chance to buy Extendar. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Geek. Dad. Live.

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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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Why Playmates Why? TMNT Origins Dead on Arrival?

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Join Jay and special guest hosts from Mondo Toys as they talk about the latest in toy news! Pixel Dan was able to get high res images of those remastered TMNT toys that shows overly pock marked skin on all of the turtles. Does this ruin the potential for origins style TMNT figures? Mondo is selling their Deluxe Teela figure and we have our first look at Necro-conda in package. The all adies wave of GI Ultimates from Super7 was canceled. We’ll talk about all of this and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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MOTU Origins Rokkon Order LIVE!! #toysweats

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Join Jay as he tries to order the Motu Origins Rokkon live on Mattel Creations with all of you!

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MOTU Origins Rokkon Delayed, What Comes Next?

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Join Jay and guest co-host Ken from Toy Kennections as they talk about the past week in toy news. The MOTU Origins Rokkon was supposed to go on sale this past friday but was delayed to this Wednesday. NECA unvieled 50th anniversary toy deco versions of their Dungeons and Dragons figures. Tweeterhead is taking orders on a new Skeletor and Panthor sculpture and Sideshow collectibles revealed a new version of their Beetlejuice collectible figure. We’ll cover all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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