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Bootleg Ghostbusters Toys? Jocsa kept RGB Alive in Argentina

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Join Jay as explores an often overlooked part of Ghostbusters Toy History. Argentinian toy maker Jocsa kept the Real Ghostbusters toyline alive after Kenner stopped producing RGB figures in 1991. In 1992 Jocsa brought back a lot of favorites from the Kenner releases, and did some new things, like these variants of the “Slimed Heroes”. These were fully licensed figures from Kenner, Columbia Pictures and are often mistaken for bootlegs. I’ve wanted these figures for over 20 years, are they worth the wait?

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Playmates’ Turrible Turtles, Why do they keep re-issuing?

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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in toy news like Playmate’s move to repackage 15 year old figures AGAIN to horrifying results. Boss Fight Studios revealed their first main characters from Fraggle Rock. New MOTU Figures are hitting toy shelves as well as McFarlane Super Powers Wave 3!

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Our Top Toys of 2022: Who Impressed, Who Disappointed

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Join John and Jay as they look back on the last year of Toy Collecting. Which toys were our top releases of the year? Which releases disappointed? Be a part of the discussion for our 2022 Wrap Up on New Years Day!

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Next GI Joe Classified Haslab Rumors Swirl around Dragonfly?

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Join John and Jay as they discuss the rumors that the next GI Joe Classified Series Haslab is going to be a 3ft Dragonfly with multiple figures. Sources countering these claims hit the net almost as soon as the rumors first arrived. Is this a good sequel to the very successful Hisstank Haslab or should they go in a different direction? Join in the discussion on this special edition of Toy Geeks!

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MOTU Origins Skeleton Warriors LEAKED!

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Join John and Jay for a special edition of Toy Geeks as we break down a new leaked vendor list that showcases new MOTU Origins toys coming soon like a Skeleton Warriors 2 Pack, Snake Men 4 Pack and a Skeletor and Screech 2 pack. We break them all down and speculate what the final figures could look like and more!

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Kidults are SAVING the Toy Industry?

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Sarah Whitten from CNBC just released an article today saying that adult toy collectors or as they called us “Kidults” now make up 1/4 of all toy sales or 9 BILLION in revenue. What does this mean for toy collectors? How does this change the previous notion that we were an unimportant slice of the action figure industry? Watch to hear my thoughts and share your own in the comment section below!

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MOTU Classics Vs. Masterverse | He-Ro!

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Join Jay as he pits the 2009 SDCC exclusive MOTUC He-Ro versus the new Revelation Masterverse He-Ro from Mattel! An unproduced figure from the Masters of the Universe prequel series The Powers of Grayskull. He-Ro was brought to life in figure from for the first time in the MOTU Classics toy line as a San Diego Comic Con Exclusive in 2009. This new He-Ro is based on his appearance in the Netflix series Masters of the Universe Revelation. Which figure will win this showdown? Watch to find out!

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MOTU Origins Space Sumo an Easy Pass? An Exclusive That Isn’t

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Join John and Jay for a special edition of Toy Geeks as they countdown the launch of the last Mattel Creations exclusive release of 2022, Space Sumo. The only problem with this release is we already got this figure as part of a Target Exclusive 3 pack. Because of that, is this figure a must buy for MOTU collectors? We’ll discuss as we wait for its launch!

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Finally, A Great Santa Figure? 4H’s Figura Obscura Father Christmas

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Join Jay as the reviews what may finally be a GREAT Santa Claus action figure… The Four Horsemen’s Figura Obscura line has been small but mighty and their latest release may finally give us an awesome figure of ole St. Nick. Watch this 4K review to see if this figure is in fact great, and let us know what you think of the figure in the comment section below!

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MOTU Origins Wave 12 Revealed!

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Join John and Jay as they breakdown the latest in toy news. The first pictures of Wave 12 in Package were revealed this week and a mini-comic version of Roboto has MOTU collectors talking. The next wave of Masterverse has been leaked as well as next years Snake Mountain selling at discount. Dorkside toys is officially going out of business on Dec 18th, what does it mean for collectors and other small toy retailers? We’ll talk about all of that and more on tonights Toy Geeks!

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