The Daily ‘Shroom – 12/21/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Video: A new clip from the upcoming TransFormers: Animated cartoon has been posted on Cartoon Network’s Podcast, and on YouTube for the benefit of us foreigners not worthy enough to watch free cartoons.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Pics: Linear Ranger has added some scans from Tomart’s Action Figure Digest, showing off some of the new figures and toys from the Power Rangers Jungle Fury line. Plus, there’s a Lord Zedd and a Green Ranger figure (the original) that I’d love to get my hands on.
- Newsbit: From He-Man.Org comes a little info from Toyfare which I only just saw myself:
In the February 2008 issue of ToyFare Magazine #126 a He-Fan asks ToyFare about the possibility of seeing the rare Snake Armor He-Man in mini-statue form.
Cornboy of the Four Horsemen stated that such a mini-statue was a great idea and a definite possibility.Cornboy also revealed that the He-Man prototype seen in the Mattel display case as this past 2007 San Diego Comic con was part of a pitch they had made, and Mattel snuck it into the case to gauge fan response. No word if anything is being done in regards to that prototype.
Check out issue #126 of ToyFare for exactly what was said!
I would so love that Snake Armor figure.
- Newsbit: Christmas shopping for the young ones just got a bit more interesting, as Toys R Us has announced that it’s going to start putting 2008 toys out before Christmas.
- Newsbit: For Canadian toy lovers, it may interest you to know that The 2008 Canadian 80s Toy Expo has been announced, and will be held March 16th, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre.
Maybe I’ll see about covering it… provided finances allow.
- Newsbit: Following the late-night guys, it seems that Stewart and Colbert are returning, too! Wonder what those two will be like, since they rely more heavily on writers…
Plus, Stewart and Colbert issued this press release to coincide with Comedy Central’s:
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.”
– Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
- Newsbit: And now, two more are signed on for the GI Joe movie, plus a look at Rachel Nichols with Scarlett’s red hair.
And it looks like Heavy Duty is part of the cast. I don’t get it, why don’t they like Roadblock any more?
Video Power
- Newsbit: Capcom is offering a pretty good incentive for preordering Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law.
I’d enter, but the shipping charges for Canada are usually tabulated in rape dollars.
- Newsbit: God…
Ok, so the story is two teens who were babysitting the 7-year old sister of one of them beat the holy hell out of her, supposedly imitating Mortal Kombat, and wound up killing her.
Clearly… clearly this is a case of (pardon my saying it) pure fucking stupid. That ANYONE could ever possibly NOT think this was a bad idea, a dumb idea, a stupid idea, ANYTHING but a good idea, is clearly not all there, and needs to be locked away until, if possible, they are taught to be able to be a working part of society that isn’t so friggin’ braindead. Longer, even.
Geeze…
- Newsbit: Sigh. Moving on… Emergency Mayhem is on track for a Q2 release in 2008 on the Wii. Personally speaking, it sounds rather fun.
- Newsbit: Ok, so maybe there’s new Kirby on the way after all, but that’s just in Japan at the moment.
- Newsbit: Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword should be cutting up the DS in March of 2008.
- Newsbit: Wow, where will this go next? Now, Activision wants compensation for Guitar Hero compatibility.
Evil Avatar puts it best: “Man, this really makes Activision look like a bunch of money grubbing bastards.”
- Video: Smash Bros. DOJO!! updates with a new trailer to tease the Adventure Mode, The Subspace Emissary.
Not bad, though I wish we’d gotten a peek at Sonic and Snake…
- Pic: The final map for Burnout Paradise has been revealed, and boy, is it big.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”