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Kid Playhouse Competition and Design Showcase Names Winner

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Spillman Farmer Architects has won first place in the inaugural Playhouse Competition and Design Showcase, organized by the American Institute of Architects Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter (AIA EPA). AIA EPA, ArtsQuest, and Christkindlmarkt sponsored the competition, in which leading Lehigh Valley architects and student teams designed and built one-of-a-kind children’s playhouses. The structures, on display during Christkindlmarkt [...]

Toys made with care

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Borden High School wood shop teacher Anthony Harper dropped off around 100 wooden toys his students built in class during the semester. The toys were made with tools donated by Hank Klein, before his death. Klein made and donated the wooden toys to The Salvation Army for years.

Transformers New Masterpiece Smokescreen Images and Details from Shogo Hasui

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Thanks to Shogo Hasui @Hasui_TF, Just in are more new image of the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-19 Smokescreen figure. See more sides of the next release in the Masterpiece series showing the new MP-19 figure with notes from Shogo on each of the images showing details of the robot with original Generation 1 figure and alternate vehicle modes. Masterpiece MP-19 Smokescreen will be released this month in Japan and through online retailers. See the images and google translated notes below.

Frankely fantastic

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Frankel is a seemingly invincible racehourse, expertly recreated here by Breyer.

Transformers 4: Age of Extinction - Super Bowl Premier XLVII To Be 30 Second Setup Teaser

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Thanks to entertainment blog Dateline who has posted some news about the commercials we will be seeing in this year's Super Bowl XLVII. The report revealed that a 30 Second spot was taken out by Paramount for the "Transformers: Age of Extinction" movie. Which more or less tells us that we are going to see one of Michaeal Bay's seizure inducing clips that shows everything and nothing at all in blur of cuts and swipes to heart pumping music. Hopefully this one is more than meets the teaser.

Warrior School! - The TFormers.com Featured Comic Of The Week

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TFormers.com's Featured Comic of the Week is "Warrior School!", issue #7 of the Marvel US Transformers series, printed in UK issue #26 and reprinted most recently in The Transformers: Classics Vol. 1. Written by Bob Budiansky with art by William Johnson, inks by Kyle Baker and Brian Garvey, lettering by Rick Parker and colors by Nel Yomtov.

Douglas Adds New Puppies, Wildlife Animals

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Douglas Co., a New Hampshire-based plush toy maker, has added a new size of breed to its puppy kennels, as well as a variety of new animals to its wildlife line. Eight new pups will be joining the dogs line, and 18 new wildlife animals will join the entourage, in time for the 2014 American [...]

Transformers Generations TG-29 Sandstorm Images Show Comparison Shots of Takara and Hasbro Versions

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Thanks to a 78dm.net member who has posted new out of box images of the Takara Tomy Transformers Generations TG-29 Sandstorm voyager class figure. Get look at the new Japan exclusive edition in robot, and both alternate modes that has been updated from the mainline release as well as looks at Hasbro and Takara Tomy versions shown side by side.

Hot Toys Elder Predator 2.0 Sixth Scale Figure - Predator 2

Hot Toys Elder Predator 2.0 Sixth Scale Figure - Predator 2

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Despite having only a very brief screen time in Predator 2, the Elder Predator has been one of the most popular Predators among fans of the Predator franchise. His very cool look, as eel as his code...

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Hot Toys: MMS233 Predator 2 1/6th Scale Elder Predator Collectible Figure

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Hot Toys has released a gallery and product specifications for their upcoming MMS233 Predator 2 1/6th scale Elder Predator Collectible Figure. Click through to check it out.

UPDATE: This figure is now up for pre-order. Follow the link above to reserve yours now!

Transformers Comic Books March 2014 Solicitations from IDW Publishing

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IDW have released their comic book releases for March 2014 with many new Transformers comics coming our way. Get a preview of the covers and story summaries for Transformers: Dark Cybertron, Transformers Regeneration One, Transformers #1 (1984) Hundred Penny Press Edition, Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, and Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters now below.

HOW NINTENDO PLANS TO RUIN THE POKEMON FRANCHISE With almost...

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HOW NINTENDO PLANS TO RUIN THE POKEMON FRANCHISE

With almost every new generation of Pokémon games players have been able to transfer their hard-earned Pocket Monsters from one generation to the next completely free of charge. That’s all about to change.

It’s finally happened. Nintendo has discovered a way to further capitalize on the deep bonds between trainers and their Pokémon.

Starting December 27, 3DS owners will be able to download Pokémon Bank, an app that lets you store up to 3,000 Pokémon online so that you can trade them between games. Anyone who downloads it by January 31, 2014 gets a 30-day trial subscription. After that, it’s $4.99 a year. Not too bad, but it’s the only way to transfer Pokémon from Generation V (Pokémon Black & White and their sequels) to Pokémon X & Y.

Sorry, Nintendo, but this is bullshit. Any time a company forces customers to pay for something that’s been free for more than a decade, I’m forced to call shenanigans.

Back in the Ruby & Sapphire days, Nintendo released Pokémon Box for the Gamecube. It let you hook up your Game Boy Advance to the console and dump Pokémon onto a Gamecube memory card. This was perfect for things like collecting and breeding - especially once you ran out of room to store your Pokémon on the actual GBA cart. But here’s the thing: Pokémon Box was a standalone thing strictly for storing and organizing Pokémon - you didn’t NEED it for trading Pokémon between games.

Pokémon Bank takes the same concept of storage, but puts it online and makes you pay for it. Considering most people will probably only buy this for the transferring capabilities, it seems like Nintendo found a quick and easy way to make A LOT of money. Sure, it’s only $5 a year, but that money adds up when millions of players around the world are paying it. It’s hard not to feel taken advantage of.

There’s also some pretty scary drawbacks to hosting your Pocket Monsters on the cloud. These were taken from the official Pokémon Bank FAQ page.

So, once you store your Pokémon, pay five bucks a year or lose them forever. Kind of like ransom, only you have the option of backing them up to your 3DS game whenever you want. Just don’t forget to renew to subscription. Mark a calendar. Set an alarm. Not the most convenient thing in the world.

The good news is, Pokémon Bank comes with a companion app, Poké Transporter. Poké Transporter lets you transfer any of your Pokémon to Pokémon bank without having to use multiple 3DS systems.

But what if you just want to transfer your dudes without having to use Pokémon Bank? Let’s consult our good friend, the FAQ.

"No, that is not possible. Poké Transporter is companion software that works together with Pokémon Bank to transfer Pokémon from your copies of Pokémon Black, Pokémon White, Pokémon Black 2, and Pokémon White 2 to your own private Boxes hosted online through the Pokémon Bank service. After downloading Pokémon Bank, you can download Poké Transporter for no charge.”

Well then…

Okay, so maybe there’s a way to transfer Pokémon directly from the B&W games to the X&Y games for free without having to store anything online - like, maybe you can do it locally somehow using two systems like you could with from the DIamond/Pearl/Platinum games to the B&W games. Makes sense, right?

WRONG!

Are you kidding me? Why the hell not? The technology clearly exists, so why make loyal fans jump through hoops to do things that were more streamlined (and free!) in previous generations?

Nintendo could have at least done us a solid by letting us store a small amount of Pokémon in Pokémon Bank for free using the memory on our systems, then offering the online storage as a paid upgrade. Or at least let us transfer stuff without needing the online subscription.

Maybe I’m making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. Maybe it’ll be awesome and I’ll be wrong. Five bucks is nothing, but it’s about more than just that. Transfering shit between games used to be free! Regardless, I’m probably just going to transfer my Pokémon while I have the free trial subscription and then never mess with it again.

Martin Hsus Dragon Boy Custom Artist Series Drops Today!

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Martin Hsu has enlisted the help of three very talented artists to do up his Dragon Boy figure. Available on his online store at Noon PST are custom Dragon Boys by 64Colors, Jeremiah Ketner, kaNO, and Mark Nagata. Each of which you can see after the jump! These are truly...

Post It Show 9: Part 2 at Giant Robot 2

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If you missed the opening weekend of Giant Robot’s Post It Show 9, there will be a second drop this Saturday, December 14. Some of the pieces were stuck in transit, and some artists just wanted to create more art. … Continue reading 

Ron Englishs Artist Proof GID Edition Bart Grin

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Continuing with his 12 days of Popaganda, Ron English has made available the Artist Proofs of his latest Bart Grin figure by Made by Monsters. This GID Edition is available now HERE for $145 and comes signed by Ron.

LeapFrog Looks Cheap

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[at Forbes] - LF looks like a good bet to beat the market?s modest expectations.

Kusos Pre-Christmas Sale

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With only 12 days left until Christmas, Kuso Vinyl wants to make your gift shopping a bit easier! That’s why from Today til’ the 17th, you will be able to receive 30% off your order by entering the code “KUSOHOLIDAY”. This works both on Kuso Vinyl and Kuso Pop! Get...

The Yellow Dino Dino Boy

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The Yellow Dino will soon be releasing his new Dino Boy figure with My Tummy Toys. This cute kid in a dino suit stands 6” tall and will be available for pre-order on December 13th – Christmas Eve. There will be two colorways available. The yellow edition, which is limited...

DC Collectibles March 2014 Solicits - Earth 2, Arkham City, DC Nation, + More!

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The DC Collectibles March 2014 Solicits have been released. These are the new product solicitations for products that are going to be shipping in June of 2014. Some of the products, like the Earth 2...

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