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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

A retool with a new head! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Twin Twist is a drill tank version of the flying Topspin, both of which are essential. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Chewbacca with Porg (The Last Jedi Line Look). It's a good pair for the asking price. Read the whole review.

But wait, there's more! We also looked at the Rathar creature, and here's the feature.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Adorable! The Playmobil Penguins are one of many flavors of the flightless sea birds sold over the last three and a half decades - the first of which were unpainted toys for you to customize. These ones came in a foil baggie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Bala-Tik (The Last Jedi Line Look). Supposedly, he's delicious. Read the whole review.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

The last big Headmaster? The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Decepticon Overlord is starting to show up, so get or pre-order yours. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Luke Skywalker (The Last Jedi Line Look). Finally! Read the whole review.

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New to the Playstation 4 this week: A Hole New World, Antiquia Lost, Destiny 2, Don�t Knock Twice, Gunducky Industries, Knack 2, The Lost Bear, Senko no Ronde 2, Songbringer, Spectrum, and Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth.

New classic games this week: Art of Fighting Anthology.

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New to the PSP Vita this week: Antiquia Lost, Licky the Lucky Lizard Lives Again, Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, and Drive Girls.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our 16bit.com Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Free! The Playmobil 2017 Toy Fair Roman Troop Figure is a freebie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (The Last Jedi Line Look). With a probe droid! Read the whole review.

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Xbox fans, it's time to try Destiny 2. Microsoft says:

"From the makers of the acclaimed hit game Destiny, comes the much-anticipated sequel. An action shooter that takes you on an epic journey across the solar system. Humanity's last safe city has fallen to an overwhelming invasion force, led by Ghaul, the imposing commander of the brutal Red Legion. He has stripped the city's Guardians of their power, and forced the survivors to flee. You will venture to mysterious, unexplored worlds of our solar system to discover an arsenal of weapons and devastating new combat abilities. To defeat the Red Legion and confront Ghaul, you must reunite humanity's scattered heroes, stand together, and fight back to reclaim our home."

Also available: Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1, Echoes Of The Fey: The Fox's Trail, Don't Knock Twice, and Squish And The Corrupted Crystal.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Maybe available at HasCon today! The Hasbro Revolution First Strike Comic Preview Mega-Set is the best monument to Hasbro IP this side of the new millennium, so I hope you got/get one. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 2,405: C-3PO (The Last Jedi Line Look) . It's a new take on a classic droid, and it doesn't look new at first glance... or third glance. Read the whole review.

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Via the Outer Space Men News Blog: Cosmic Radiation Outer Space Men Alpha 7 - Available Now?

Set for a Friday release, the item was up for ordering late Thursday night. Check the store and order accordingly - as far as I know, this is the last known/scheduled glow figure. More may come, but weren't produced yet (as far as I know.)

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This week's 3DS offerings: Crystareino.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop:

The virtual console has added the games Detana!! TwinBee and China Warrior from the TurboGrafx-16.

This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Physical Contact: 2048, Blue's Journey, Double Dragon IV, Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition, NeuroVoider, and The Bridge.

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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column! It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update!

Also, check out the Galactic Hunter HasCon coverage!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

White! The Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Beta Phase Ohpromatem Action Figure is a convention redeco that also served as a blankf or customizers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Boba Fett (The Last Jedi Line Look). It's packaged with a new Han Solo. Read the whole review.

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It begins and ends here: Let's start with the G.I. Joe Showcases. Original artwork, prototypes, paint masters, and other items of historical significance to toy people were shown and were a treat to see.

Hasbro had Hasbro Games. Giant games, games for sale, game crates, and game demos - it was pretty amazing to see everything. I was particularly taken with some of the game crates, specifically a game that asks you if you're better than a box of rocks at trivia. It's called - wait for it - Box of Rocks.

Tons of Marvel items were shown spanning a decade of movies and getting close to a century's worth of comic books. I loved seeing Walgreens new exclusives, a 3 3/4-inch Mega Man (really), and some costumes.

Massive parts of HasCon were set up to Nerf items. Blasters and cars are their main products, but there are shooting galleries and a quasi-paintball zone where people could shoot each other - or a dude dressed like a zombie!

I was delighted to see a big Play-Doh setup. There was a test play kitchen in addition to scores of display cases and demo stations with new items. The vintage stuff was the most fun to revisit, though.

This HasCon Grab Bag is loaded with other stuff. Shirts for sale, Littlest Pet Shop, Dunkin Donuts Plinko, micro-sized Tonka vehicles, and so much more could be seen. I had fun. The free donut holes made my day each day.

This Transformers Generations gallery was the heart of the show - it was the big thing you probably wanted to see, and the Transformers area was right up front when you entered the show. Tucked in were new Power of the Primes toys, with the new Dinobots being the best thing I've seen in a while. It's Sludge, people!

I loved getting to look at Transformers Grey Prototypes since they had new Power of the Primes toys and previously unseen things like scraplets and Blaster from the movieverse.

I didn't see much new for Transformers The Last Knight. Everything was shown before, but if you haven't seen it you're in for a treat.

If you entered the convention hall, there's no way you could miss Transformers Props and Displays. Full-size cars and a giant Optimus Prime were just some of the things on display.

Similarly, Transformers Robots in Disguise was mostly previously announced toys. I like it.

And that's all!

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We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment at 12:01 AM my time on Monday!

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If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Dead! The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Zombie is pretty good for a decaying dead guy. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Resistance Pilot Tallie (The Last Jedi Line Look). She comes with an A-Wing. Read the whole review.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Three modes of terror? The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Blitzwing is at a store near you, maybe, possibly, if you're lucky. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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New to the Playstation 4 this week: Baja: Edge of Control HD, Bloody Zombies, Butter & Friends: Babysitter Sim, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, DreamBreak, Get Over Here, NASCAR Heat 2, NBA Live 18, NHL 18, Planet of the Eyes, Samurai Shodown V Special, Time Recoil, Tooth and Tail, Transcripted, Trulon: The Shadow Engine, VR Karts, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Happy Dungeons, Inside Limbo Double Pack, Maize, Manifest 99, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018.

New classic games this week: Art of Fighting Anthology.

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New to the PSP Vita this week: Samurai Shodown V Special.

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New to the Playstation 3 this week: Pro Evolution Soccer 2018.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our 16bit.com Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Neat! The Playmobil Ghostbusters 9221 Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is in stores now and is a pretty sturdy representation of the characters from a comedy that came out in 1984 - so naturally, it's what a German toy company wants to make for preschoolers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jyn Erso (Forces of Destiny). She's a real doll, except she can actually stand on her own two feet! Read the whole review.

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Via the Glyos News Dump: New Glyos Drop Thursday at 9:30 PM Eastern. It's tonight! Matt Doughty confirmed there will be no Outer Space Men, but there will be some other guests of interest. Exciting!

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Xbox fans, it's time to try Planet of the Eyes. Microsoft says:

"A finalist for "Best Indie Game" at the Canadian Videogame Awards, Planet of the Eyes tells the tale of a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet. A stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score and fully voiced audio logs will sweep you away on the immersive journey of a lone robot in an unknown world."

Also available: NASCAR Heat 2, PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018, EA SPORTS NHL 18 Young Stars Edition, Rogue Trooper Redux, Transcripted, Maize, and Don�t Starve Together: Console Edition.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Taco Friday! The Hasbro Marvel Legends X-Men Deadpool is a fun figure if you can find one. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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This week's 3DS offerings: Metroid: Samus Returns.

The store for New 3DS has Minecraft: New 3DS Edition and Percy�s Predicament Deluxe.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Earthlock: Festival of Magic.

The virtual console has added the games Vigilante from the TurboGrafx-16.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Quest of Dungeons, Semispheres, Robonauts, Kingdom: New Lands, Beach Buggy Racing, NeoGeo Spin Master, and 36 Fragments of Midnight.

Also Jeremy Parish wrote a thing about Nintendo arcade game ports really, actually getting their first official home releases for the Switch. Finally!

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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column! It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Stranger Things is almost back, Emmys or not! The Funko Pop! Television Stranger Things Mike Pop! Vinyl Figure is the last of these I had on my review pile. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Outer Space Men news blog: New Outer Space Men - Meet Luna Eclipse and Zero Gravity. New characters, new heads, and glowing parts - what more could you ask for? These are in the works, it seems, along with Astrodite.

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We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment at 12:01 AM my time on Monday!

Become a Patron!

If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Octane, but not! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Decepticon Octone should confuse buyers and sellers for years to come. These ones came in a foil baggie. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Han Solo (The Last Jedi Line Look). He looks a little lumpy under the macro lens. Read the whole review.

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So Kmart isn't doing well - in Phoenix, most of them have slowly closed and become other things - furniture stores, indoor go-karts, or sad husks. The last open store is on the I-17 and Northern, currently going through its death throes. I was there last week on my birthday toy run, and the toy department had been collapsed with the former toy department being empty shelving for sale. It looked far better in July, when the YouTube account Retail Archaeology made this lovely video.

Semi-related, Toys R Us announced it'll file for some sort of bankruptcy this week, which doesn't necessarily mean it's going out of business. In the 1990s, Kmart was part of what Hasbro called its "top five" - Target, Kmart, Kay-Bee Toys, Toys R Us, and Walmart - who made up 85ish percent of the American toy business market. Kay-Bee closed in the late 2000s, with Kmart not officially out of business, but dozens of store closures are announced every couple of months. (The rest of the toy market was often referred to, at Hasbro, as "market six." Mattel referred to the other stores as "alternative channels" or "alt channel" stores.)

The loss of Kmart over time has been supplanted by growth in Amazon and online toy sellers like Entertainment Earth (where I work), plus increases - albeit small ones - at the likes of Walgreens and increasingly GameStop. And JC Penny has a toy section again this year, probably right now at a store near you.

If you've got a Kmart near you, take a stroll through it - here in Phoenix, we're fast approaching our last chance.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Glow! The Nintendo Super Mario Boo Amiibo is seemingly gone, so I hope you got yours. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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New to the Playstation 4 this week: The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +, Blackguards 2, Burly Men at Sea, Caveman Warriors, The Coma: Recut, End Space, Factotum 90, Minecraft: Story Mode � Season 2, Morphite, NBA 2K18, Pankapu, Project Cars 2, Raiders of the Broken Planet, Robonauts, Shoppe Keep, The Solus Project, Hidden Dragon Legend, Ink, The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.

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New to the PSP Vita this week: 36 Fragments of Midnight, Burly Men at Sea, Mecho Tales, Factotum 90, and Mary Skelter: Nightmares.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our 16bit.com Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

You want brains with that? The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Ghoul Butler is a pretty swell release, complete with serving tray and glowing skin. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Snoke (The Last Jedi Line Look). He's gold! Read the whole review.

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Xbox fans, it's time to try Super Hydorah. Microsoft says:

"Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot� em up designed to offer a challenging and memorable experience, sublimating the wisdom and richness of traditional shmup classics. The game has direct action, nostalgic art and a wide variety of unique spatial content and situations. It is hours of intense fun, alone or with your friends, to face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance. If you love unique experiences and handcrafted games, Super Hydorah is made for you!"

Also available: Morphite, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Pankapu, and Blackguards 2.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Blue! The Onell Design Outer Space Men Neo Astrovos was the mystery figure a few months ago from the Glyos assortment, and it pays tribute to the Astro Knight figure of old. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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This week's 3DS offerings: Pok�mon Gold and Silver.

The store for New 3DS has 36 Fragments of Midnight, GUIDE THE GHOST, and Frutakia 2.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop:

The virtual console has added the games Shockman and Chew Man Fu from the TurboGrafx-16.

This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Arcade Archives Mario Bros., SteamWorld Dig 2, Thimbleweed Park, and Art of Fighting.

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Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column! It's new! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!

Be sure to send in your questions for the next thrilling update!

Also, check out the Galactic Hunter HasCon coverage!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

A new head! The Hasbro Transformers Robots in Disguise Warrior Class Windblade is a masked redeco and it's pretty great. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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We're taking donations for server costs! Really. One of the rewards is Q&A a few days early - you can read next Monday's installment at 12:01 AM my time on Monday!

Become a Patron!

If you've got a dollar a month to share, please Visit the Galactic Hunter Patreon and help cover our server costs. I'll still put in hours of work, writing, photography, and research for you - I just need some help making sure that the site costs me only time, and hopefully not money. Thanks for your support!

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Titanica! The Playmobil "Fi?ures" Figures Pirate is a nifty figure, another in a decades-long run of successful seafaring privateers. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: TIE Silencer Kylo Ren (The Last Jedi Line Look). He comes with a ship, no cape, and an unpainted scar. Read the whole review.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

GameBoy Pheyden! The Bit Figs Matryx Pheyden is superbly cool, and another tribute to those of us who made it through 1989. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via PCC: The Playmobil Collectors Club is ending. It's over, with one free figure left before it all goes away - whatever it is. I was a paid member but have yet to get my first figure, so... well, that's $10 I guess.

The forums were nothing special, ordering exclusive product in the USA was complicated (I couldn't make it happen), and I hope they just sell those special items elsewhere. Maybe somewhere that it's easier to understand how to coordinate an order. It was nifty, but oddly there are other paid collector forums for this particular line as well. Without official previews (and there were some) there wasn't much else going on there.

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Via NCS: Game � Classics Vol. 2 Jet Set Radio Beat Action Figure. It's a polygon figure, which is weird given how much the game emphasized cel shading. Union Creative will release this in late December for about $60.

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New to the Playstation 4 this week: Blue Reflection, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, DWVR, Eventide 2: The Sorcerer�s Mirror, Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition, FIFA 18, Firefighters: Airport Fire Department, Fort Defense, Fragments of Him, The Girl and the Robot Deluxe Edition, Gundam Versus, Hob, Light Tracer, Lightfield, Mahjong World Contest, Mecho Tales, Ninja Shodown, Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash, Splasher, SteamWorld Dig 2, Summon Night 6: Lost Borders, Voltron VR Chronicles, VRog, Outcast - Second Contact, Pharaonic Deluxe Edition, Pinball FX3, Ruiner, and Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash.

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New to the PSP Vita this week: Koi, Summon Night 6: Lost Borders, SteamWorld Dig 2, Koi, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our 16bit.com Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Insert coin! The Super7 Street Fighter II M.U.S.C.L.E. Set A is pretty cheap, and can be yours right now if you order one. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Elite Praetorian Guard (The Last Jedi Line Look) . It's red! Read the whole review.

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Xbox fans, it's time to try LIGHTFIELD. Microsoft says:

"LIGHTFIELD is a hyper futuristic racing game with a parkour twist. Drive on any surface including walls, tunnels and sci-fi architecture to piece together the fastest racing line. Only by mastering your anti-gravity spaceship and finding the best omnidirectional route can you race to the top."

Also available: Splasher, SHINY, Pinball FX3, FIFA 18 Ronaldo Edition And ICON Edition, Fallout 4: Game Of The Year Edition, Halo Wars 2: Awakening The Nightmare, and WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship.

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Something new every day-- unless it's old! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!

Probably at Walgreens! The Hasbro Transformers Generations Cyber Battalion Prowl is a fun and simple figure, which is pretty meaty for the price. So read on, and come back next week for more!

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This week's 3DS offerings: Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters and Culdcept Revolt.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop: Hive Jump and Super Ultra Star Shooter.

The virtual console has added the games Double Dungeons from the TurboGrafx-16.

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This week's batch of titles on the eShop: FIFA 18, One Piece Unlimited World Red - Deluxe Edition, Golf Story, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Picross S, Deemo, Conga Master Party!, Binaries, BUTCHER, INVERSUS Deluxe, Pankapu, Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch Story:COMBAT, Astro Bears Party, Burning Fight, Tower of Babel, Sparkle 2, and Physical Contact: Picture Place.

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