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MOTU Origins Eternia First Look + MEGA brick set!

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Join John and Jay as they talk about the latest in toy news. Like the Mattel team giving us our first production updates on the crowdfunded MOTU Origins Eternia playset. They also dropped the central Eternia Tower MEGA blocks set. McFarlane unveiled Wave 4 of their Super Powers figures. Hasbro’s May the 4th event revealed a bunch of new figures, but no Haslab which will be revealed at SDCC. We’ll try to stump John and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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McFarlane Super Powers Wave 4 Revealed!

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Join Jay with special guest Ryan Doell from Gotham City Tonight and Toy Anxiety as they break down the official reveals of Wave 4 of McFarlane’s Super Powers! While we’ve gotten teaser images as well as factory leaks we know get to look at the full product and there is a lot to like with these new releases. Join the discussion live as we break down these reveals!

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Even More Images of Mattel’s Snake Mountain Playset Unveiled

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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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MOTU Origins Snake Mountain Box Art Teases New Figures?

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Join John and Jay as they share the latest in toy News. Like the Box Art for the MOTU Origins Snake Mountain was revealed and also doubled down on teasing some deep cut MOTU characters. We’re also getting a new MOTU art book showcasing the wonderful art we have gotten in the Origins and Masterverse toy lines. NECA is releasing their 100th toon turtle figure and its a deluxe version of their very popular (and expensive) Toon April. The Star Wars team is doing a fan stream for May the 4th on May the 3rd… and Super7 revealed their next wave of Star Trek TNG Ultimates figures. We’ll talk about all of that and try to Stump John tonight on toy geeks!

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Snake Mountain Packaging Revealed!

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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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MOTU Origins Snake Mountain Revealed!

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Join Jay and John as they breakdown the full reveal of the Snake Mountain playset for Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Origins toy line! There is so much to unpack with this playset and with videos and photos provided by Mattel we can dig into all the details!

High resolution pictures and description of Snake Mountain:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/04/new-images-product-details-of-snake-mountain-revealed/

Making of Snake Mountain: https://geekdadlife.com/2023/04/mattels-making-of-snake-mountain-video/

Snake Mountain Webseries Ep 1: https://geekdadlife.com/2023/04/check-out-episode-1-of-motus-snake-mountain-toymation-series/

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John’s Dream Project Revealed!

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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in toy news. John has been working on a dream project for the better part of 6 months and is now ready to reveal to everyone what he is working on. It’s a dream a lot of toy geeks have and we’re exited to share his journey as the lead story tonight! The MOTU Origins Snake Mountain went up for pre-order on Amazon, and Toy Collectr Magazine revealed the next wave of Super7 Simpsons. We’ll try to stump John, try to do a giveaway and more tonight on Toy Geeks!

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MOTU Origins He-Skeletor Purchase LIVE!

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Join John and Jay as they try to purchase the latest Mattel Creations exclusive MOTU origins figure, He-Skeletor. Will it be a quick sellout or will everyone easily be able to acquire the Keldor version of He-Man

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Hasbro ENDING their Plastic Free Packaging

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Join John and Jay as they talk about the week in toy news! Hasbro subtly announced that they would revert to plastic window based packaging later this year and into 2024. They also announced a bunch of new Star Wars and Indiana Jones toys at Star Wars Celebration. Mattel’s next MOTU Origins Creations exclusive was revealed , He-Skeletor will go live on 4/11. Super7 revealed their next wave of GI Joe Ultimates figures. We’ll try to stump john, all of that and more on this Easter edition of Toy Geeks!

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