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Funimation Preparing A Final Merch Blitz For Attack On Titan

Funimation Preparing A Final Merch Blitz For Attack On Titan

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It’s been with us for nearly a decade, but Attack On Titan is finally winding down. The manga has wrapped up and the anime is running through its last episodes, both on Funimation’s streaming service and Saturday evenings on Toonami. But Funi won’t let the Titans dissolve without one last party. They’re preparing a new wave of merchandise centered around the last season as well as the story as a whole. The merch will focus on Beast Titan and Colossal Titan, scouts Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, and Levi, and memorable moments from past seasons. “Attack on Titan was part of the anime renaissance as storytelling became bolder and even more sophisticated,” says Anna Songco Adamian, Funimation Vice President of Licensing & Merchandise.  “Funimation’s consumer products program saw a parallel trajectory of success in product development and retail distribution.  The care in curation we put behind our licensing and merchandising program — along with our omnichannel approach for fan engagement — is part of Funimation’s success story with Attack on Titan.”

Arcade 1Up Adds Fifth Game To OutRun Seated Cabinet

Arcade 1Up Adds Fifth Game To OutRun Seated Cabinet

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Last month Arcade1Up finally announced a racing machine — their first. They are known for recreations of classic arcade machines for home purchase, and have offered near-authentic versions of everything from Pac-Man to NBA Jam (the only difference is a flatscreen instead of a CRT, and the fact that their cabinets are vertically smaller and require a booster box to raise to proper stand-up size). A racing cabinet was long overdue, and the game representing their foray was one of the finest examples, Sega’s OutRun. It’s got everything: the wheel, the starter, the music selector, the shift lever and, most importantly, the brake and gas pedals. Arcade1Up also included three other games, most of which are sequels and spinoffs of OutRun: Turbo OutRun, OutRunners and Power Drift. BUUUUUT they made a surprise announcement this morning… For the first time ever, Arcade1Up will be adding a fifth game to one of their machines, post-release. Arriving by Internet delivery, it’s Rad Rally. another Sega racer released in 1991. The original version was

Tubbz Turns DC Superheroes Into Ducks

Tubbz Turns DC Superheroes Into Ducks

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Check it out — we have a brand new screenshot from the Snyder Cut of Justice League! Oh…..whoa. Wow! We hear he was taking the film in a new direction, but we had no idea he meant….. …wait, what? Never mind. Turns out these are actually Tubbz figures, which are collectibles that reimagine your favorite characters as rubber duckies. Tubbz is dipping into the DC license and duck-ifying Wonder Woman and Aquaman. They’re based on the movie versions and come resting in little tubs with the respective Wonder Woman and Aquaman movie logos on them. Tubbz stack on top of each other, making collections easy to display especially in tight spaces. Known as Wonder Woman, Diana Prince and now duck, she is a 70s icon. You’ll easily recognize her, there’s no mistaking that costume – headband is in place, she’s holding the Lasso of Truth and more than ready for action, who’s going to take her on? He maybe smaller than Jason Momoa but he’s still larger than life, even

The Fanciest D20 Dice Ever Are Coming Next Year

The Fanciest D20 Dice Ever Are Coming Next Year

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Mythroll Armory has brought us many kinds of roleplaying dice, in all kinds of materials, from foldable tin to resin you can doodle on. But they’ve never gone gonzo enough to craft something out of GOLD before. That will change in 2021. Mythroll has announced Stoneheart, a series of precious metal D20s with precious stones in their center. The stone will flash through the holes whenever you throw it, and you’ll have the option of an onyx, ruby or diamond stone — it depends on how extravagant you want to get. Said gem will actually be 20-sided itself! Says Mythroll, ” We’re told by our jeweler [it] is actually a really good cut for refracting light through the stone. It will be one of the rarest cuts of diamond available.” As for the outer shell, you’ll have three metals to choose from: bronze, silver or gold. Prices for this extravagant piece will range from $350 to $6500, and each will come in a white piano finish jewelry box. If you

Arcade1Up Announces OutRun Seated Arcade Cabinet

Arcade1Up Announces OutRun Seated Arcade Cabinet

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Arcade1Up has brought many classic arcade machines to the home in their original form, from Pac-Man to NBA Jam, and they’ve done a great job all around. But while they’ve faithfully reproduced maze munchers, fighters and sports games, there’s one genre they’ve ignored entirely: racers. We’ve always found this strange — racing games are one of the few genres that would truly benefit from a home arcade conversion, with their steering wheel controls and physical brakes being a cool part of the experience. The wait is over. Today was the day Arcade1Up finally announced a racing machine — and what a machine it is! They went above and beyond by making this a seated cabinet…something you rarely got to experience unless your local arcade had enough room for one. The game they chose is Sega’s OutRun, recreated spotlessly. In addition to the wheel, it’s got all the buttons: the starter, the music selector, the shift lever and, most importantly, the brake and gas pedals. In the Arcade1Up tradition, they’ve included

Dragon’s Lair 1/6 Scale Replicade Now Available

Dragon’s Lair 1/6 Scale Replicade Now Available

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Replicade specializes in miniaturizing the world’s most popular arcade classics to pencil size. These devices not only look nifty displayed on your desk, they are fully playable. They’ve produced twelve-inch replicas of the Asteroids, Tempest and Street Fighter cabinets, and now they’ve turned their attention to 1983’s Dragon’s Lair. Despite its size, the Replicade contains everything the original cabinet did…the trapezoidal marquee, the digital score displays, the attract mode on an endless loop. While the Kickstarter campaign for these things was a massive success, delays occurred in production (the original date of release was March 2020, but…yeah). It’s out now, though. Replicade’s commitment to detail here is so obsessive, the Dragon’s Lair cabinet includes a mini replica of the Laserdisc player installed in the back that powered the thing. Just open the back panel and you can remove the plastic Laserdisc model, and even insert a tiny facsimile of the Dragon’s Lair disc. Plays the original Dragon’s Lair arcade game running on Daphne LaserDisc Emulator Fully functional secondary scoreboard displays

Mythroll Armory’s Dungeon Christmas Ornaments Available This Week Only

Mythroll Armory’s Dungeon Christmas Ornaments Available This Week Only

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We’d prefer not to bring up the holidays right now, because we KNOW the retailer industry is chomping at the bit to shove it into our faces the very second Halloween ends, and we’d like to enjoy our remaining week. But next week, Mythroll Armory’s ornaments won’t be on sale. Yes, it’s the same Mythroll Armory behind Doodle Dice and the Perplexing Puzzle Experience, along with many other things. These wizards of tin usually crowdfund their work, and this is a record fifth effort within one year (quite a feat in 2020). Eight metal ornaments themed around tabletop gaming are currently being offered in super-limited quantities by Mythroll. This project reached its goal within one day, but it will only live a week, and it’s been several days since launch. For 39 dollars American, you can get the following eight creations to spruce up your tree…. Merry Critmas Wreath: Let’s people know that this year, you’re pulling out a 20.  It’s going to be a happy day and a merry

Hypnotize Your Friends With This Miniature Polybius

Hypnotize Your Friends With This Miniature Polybius

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The story goes that during the golden age of arcades, a mysterious cabinet appeared that was all black except for the words “POLYBIUS” in bold blue. Those who dropped their quarters in were given a psychedelic experience that left them with headaches and other medical problems afterward, and strangers in black suits were later seen collecting data from the machine. There’s no proof that Polybius ever happened, of course, but it’s a fun urban legend that’s grown in popularity since the dawn of the Internet (its earliest mention was on a message board in 2000). People have tried to repllicate what they believe Polybius would have been like, but none have attempted what Quarter Arcades wants to do. Quarter Arcades specializes in 1/4-scale reproductions of popular arcade machines that are fully playable. They’ve introduced mini versions of Pac-Man, Galaga and Galaxian, and now they’re turning their attention to Polybius. A Kickstarter campaign to fund the “replica” has just met its goal with three days to go. How do you recreate

Super Mario Bros Game And Watch Announced For November

Super Mario Bros Game And Watch Announced For November

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Super Mario Bros turns 35 next month. Mario himself, having debuted in 1981’s Donkey Kong, is closer to 40, but Nintendo has always treated his first original console game appearance like his birthday. They have a LOT planned for this year’s celebration, including the return of the Game and Watch brand. Game and Watch was the original handheld system, brought about by Gunpei Yokoi in 1980 when he noticed Japanese businessmen would fiddle on their calculators to pass time. It was possible to make simplistic games out of the same technology, so Nintendo did just that, blinking a board of static images on and off to simulate movement. Tiger Electronics would later copy and mangle the formula throughout the 1990s. Nintendo’s early arcade titles like Donkey Kong were translated into Game and Watches, but Super Mario Bros. skipped the conversion…until now. They’re releasing a limited-edition Super Mario Bros Game and Watch this fall; however it won’t be in the crude format of an actual G&W. It’s the literal NES game

One Of The Most Valuable Game Boy Carts Is Getting A Reprint

One Of The Most Valuable Game Boy Carts Is Getting A Reprint

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Ask any collector what the hardest, most expensive Game Boy cartridge is to find, and if they don’t say “Shantae,” it’s at least in their top five. Matt and Emily Bozon’s creation made her hair-whipping debut in a critically acclaimed but underselling Game Boy Color cart back in 2002. The half-genie has starred in many games since, most of which have attracted a much wider audience and left them searching for the original. If only they made reprints of Game Boy carts still….oh wait, someone does. Limited Run Games announced a couple months ago that a Shantae GBC reprint was in the planning stages, and now it’s about ready to enter the market. The Shantae reprint contains everything from the original: a translucent cartridge with guts exposed, a full-color manual, an ad for a Nintendo Power subscription — never mind, I guess they couldn’t bring back everything. All this can be yours for $44.95, which is a lot more than any Game Boy Color cartridge sold for back in the

Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine Crosses The Sea

Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine Crosses The Sea

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Last year AtGames got into the home arcade business with the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine. At the time of its announcement, we held a skeptical view on the product, given AtGames’ reputation and their history of badly put-together “retro” plug-and-play machines that filled the gift shelves of drugstores last decade. But ever since its release, we haven’t heard very many complaints. In fact, we’ve been hearing quite a few compliments. According to the video below, the construction is sturdy, the machine is simple to set up, the built-in library of titles is solid, and it is VERY easy to add more (officially and otherwise). Did AtGames finally get one right? Seems so. The Legends Ultimate is enough of a success that a European version is now being introduced to the UK market, courtesy of Liberty Games. The British model looks very similar to the US one, except with a slightly different lineup of logos on the front (it now advertises the fact that it has Genesis Aladdin and Lion King).

McFarlane Toys Unveils RAW10 Creature Line

McFarlane Toys Unveils RAW10 Creature Line

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Todd McFarlane has made quite a name for himself not just as a comic book artist, but as a toy designer. The McFarlane Toys brand always attracts an audience of collectors, which is why they’ll be surprised to learn to get Todd’s latest line of creatures, they’ll have to beat a path to….Wal-Mart. Todd is aiming at a wider audience with this one. RAW10 is a line of figures designed for both kids and adults, which will come with its own accompanying online comic series fleshing out its lore. (If this were 1993, they would have their own syndicated cartoon show for that purpose.) What’s RAW10? In-universe, it’s the name of the secret laboratory that conducted illegal experiments to create a fearsome army to conquer the world. Part beast and part robot, these animal cyborgs pack awesome power and plenty of McFarlane ‘tude, but they want nothing to do with the evil scientists who created them…they’re now trying to save the world from RAW10. The figures include CY-GOR the gorilla,

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