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GoBots - Figure #35: Blaster with Creepy Mail-Away Form

Two things I sure like are 1980s figure mail-away offers, and adding carded GoBots to the Preserve. How fortuitous when those two things find themselves combined in a single post! Behold, then, figure #35 from the 1984 GoBot collection, with the original mail-away form still attached for the special green Creepy figure! My Dad clearly picked these duplicates up at the reliable Flourtown, PA KMart, cut the UPC codes off of four packages, and mailed them on in. Since I have that Creepy in the collection, it must have worked! Click either image below for the gallery of Blaster, and this historically important mail-away offer. Hurry, offer expires December 31st, 1985!

Preserve Contest Ends Tomorrow

A reminder that all entries for our current contest are due by the end of the day tomorrow. Be sure to send email to contest@parrygamepreserve.com for your chance to win some of the loot! More details can be found here.

G.I. Joe - Sgt. Slaughter SDCC Exclusive

Press Release:

Hasbro�s G.I. Joe 2010 Comic-Con Exclusive 3.75-inch Sgt. Slaughter

Product details:

There are going to be two different versions of the Sgt. Slaughter 3.75-inch figure � a primary figure (PF) and variant figure (VF), sold separately.
Re: accessories, both the PF and VF will come with a whistle and a non-removable hat. The PF also comes with a weight belt, baton, and microphone; the VF also comes with a machine gun and revolver.
There is the potential for the PF and VF to be sold online at HasbroToyShop.com following SDCC, but that is not guaranteed based on the �special edition� nature of the PF and the �special SPECIAL edition� nature of the VF.
Pricing is TBA.
As announced at New York Toy Fair: Sgt. Slaughter himself will be present at the Hasbro booth at SDCC (date/time TBA).

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Variant Figure

TurboGrafx-16 Devil's Crush

Having finished posting the 4-item set of my original games for the TurboGrafx, I now venture out into the realm of dragons and driving wind, a land of confusion and turmoil, also known as things I haven't owned for 20 years. Given all that, what better way to start off the rest of the TG16 collection than with one of the favorite titles for the system, Devil's Crush! This game by Naxat Soft from 1990 (20 year anniversary - whoa!) is part of the collection that friend of the Preserve Steen all but contributed to the archive several years ago. It is, in summary, a fantastic pinball simulator with snappy controls, pretty accurate physics and some crazy Hieronymus Bosch inspired visuals. Click the image below for a few more glamor shots of another beautiful title for the TurboGrafx...because no ordinary pinball game could ever prepare you to meet the devil !

Tron Legacy Trailer

I saw the new 3D Alice in Wonderland over the weekend - I can't stop thinking how amusing this whole 3D thing is, as if it's some groundbreaking new concept. Since Avatar did so well, we can all be nearly assured that just about every movie will be 3D for the next few years - prepare yourselves for Driving Miss Daisy 2011! AiW was pretty fun, and Depp was enjoyable as always, but what was particularly fantastic and unexpected was my first look at the Tron Legacy trailer which graced the start of the festivities. I was so impressed by the careful attention and, I like to think, loving detail that the people behind this sequel appear to be adding to the film. Just the shot of a dusty Flynn's, with all the arcade machines under plastic wrap, and all flickering back to life with the throw of the main breaker - such a beautiful scene. But don't take my word for it - the trailer is now available to see.

I've not really been paying enough attention to all of the crazy viral marketing that has surrounded this movie for over 8 months, but here is an amazing writeup about a media event from July 2009, and the site flynnlives.com should catch us all up somewhat as well. Maybe it's time to dust off my games....

Batman - The Brave and the Bold: Solomon Grundy

Let's sneak another figure in from the Batman: The Brave and the Bold line - Solomon Grundy! While at the Mattel event at Toy Fair I asked Toy Guru how the Batman BandB line is going, and he assured me that it is going strong into 2010. I'm concerned, however, that we only saw 1 new figure in their showroom, and it sort of has the feeling of a line that's being wound down. Target also just did a reset of their toy aisle this week and the previously sprawling BandB section has contracted to only 2 columns of pegs and a sliver of shelf space. Well, at least they managed to bring out a solid Solomon Grundy - click the image below for more pics - and I hope I'm wrong about the near-term future of this line!

G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra: Combat Heroes

When I learned through our very own Q&A with Hasbro that the Combat Heroes scale of figures was being scrapped for 2010 and beyond, my interest in those little guys grew three sizes that day. Well, I'm finally getting around to adding all of the Combat Heroes sets for the Rise of Cobra line to the Preserve. Of particular interest are the single-pack figures that would turn up infrequently at discount stores like TJMaxx, and are an interesting footnote to this vanishing line. Click here for the index page of the RoC Combat Heroes, or click the image below to check out Cover Girl vs. Destro!

Transformers Q&A - Also Due Monday!

Ok folks, some short notice on this one but big thanks to Hasbro for keeping the Q&A going in 2010! They have sent the new schedule, and round one questions are due to them by this Monday as well! Be sure to send them our way by Sunday night, along with the Joe questions. We only will be asking 2 Tf related questions in the Q&A this year, but that's still enough to learn something cool!

G.I. Joe Q&A for 2010 - Round 1 Due Monday

Hasbro has spoken, and the schedule for the 2010 G.I. Joe Q&A is upon us! Questions are due this coming Monday, so please have all submissions made by Sunday night. The format has changed a little, in that we still submit three questions, but will likely only get 1 unique answer. Then Hasbro chooses the best questions from all of the sites, and releases those to everyone. Confused? Well, let's get through a round and see how it goes!

Oh, they also provided this handy reference to un-fuzzy the sorts of things they are and are not likely to answer:

Topics open for discussion � Deco Decisions, Design Choices, Design Process/Development and Redeco/Retooling. Also, questions pertaining to past and current Lore/Storyline, Line Strategy and Marketing.
Topics that cannot be addressed - �When will X toy be made/redesigned/released?�, Hypothetical, Sales/Cost Data, Product Idea Submissions, Potential Design/Redesign and Future Movie/Entertainment.

DC Universe Classics - Eclipso

Let's sneak another of the new DC Universe Classic figures from wave 12 in for today, and that figure is Eclipso! With his evil powers emerging during lunar or solar eclipses, this embodiment of the Spirit of Wrath is looking to tempt and corrupt humans and superheros alike with his evil ways! Click the image for more shots of this typically well-done figure, and the full bio and stats.