Game of a Game

 Alright! I'm back with some random shopping pics. I still have some of those Xmas pics but I thought I'd fill in some normal-style pics so it doesn't get boring. Would it? I don't know. I'm just rambling at this point. Enjoy some fun stuff we saw.

Tecmo Bowl! A board game of a video game. Do you get an auto win if you get Bo Jackson? That guy was impossible to tackle. There was a funny Family Guy bit about that.

"Please buy the comic!" Screams the risque art work on the cover. If you don't know what this referring to, good. if you do recognize what they did, um... Yikes, right? This is a Batman comic?

I have not yet played the Jedi Survivor Star Wars game. Should this be exciting to see a figure of this character? I'm a big fan of the show Survivor, I should like the Star Wars Jedi version of it, you think?

Looks like Mega Bloks changed their name to just Mega, and now it looks like they removed that word entirely, into Mattel Brick Shop. They are copying the Lego bricks, can't they just put "Lego, but not really" on the box?

This POP! Figure gives me an opportunity to point out that Marvel put a basically naked character in a movie. And it was a girl! Isn't Silver Surfer supposed to be a guy? That's not a serious argument, I'm just being... Cheeky.

Nobody wants a Switch 2? We all have phones in our pockets, that play games just fine. Is that why?

These dinosaurs are adorable! And you can watch them woosh around on your Hot Wheels tracks. Cool.

What an extreme niche collaboration for a McDonald's Happy Meal toy. It's a mix up of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty. How random is that? I mean, I think they are super cute. But I can't imagine either TMNT fans or Hello Kitty fans would be that hyped.

We all know who wore a red basketball jersey with the number 23. But you can't really own colors and numbers, can you? It doesn't really say Michael Jordan on this figure anywhere.

Zuru figures that the packaging is part of the toy. Very creative. Gimme five!

I'm not sure the picture shows it clearly, but this was a neon orange-red bike. what a great idea, you see it for a long way away, if you were outside riding it.

Comfy! A little plushie controller. I like the two analog sticks are the feet. I hope this cat is not tickleish.

I laughed when I saw this Lego Friends character on this box. See the girl in the kayak? That's the same girl on the roller blades on the top of the box. You mean to tell me she crammed all that hair into that tight helmet?

Pokemon Scarlet/Violet came out in 2022. And they finally came out with the action figures for the three starter Pokemon, three years later. You think they could coordinate that better? By a little bit?

Even used, it's valuable. Welcome to The Island, I am the new Number Two. Who is Number One? You... Are Number Six.

How mind-blowingly ironic. The kids (or adults?!), frustrated at the blind boxes, rip them open to get the figures they want. These are figures of Spider-Mans, heroes who would not endorse the ripping opening of boxes in the store. With great power comes great responsibility.

SO. MANY. COOKIES!!! I wanted to just dive right in like Cookie Monster and nom-nom-nom all those cookies! What a funny scene that would have been.

It was one thing when the trashy newspapers baited people with "colorful" headlines. Like this disrespectful use of "Don" instead of "The President" But when I saw this, I realized normal news sources are doing the same thing these days. So is this a regular newspaper, or one of the old trashy ones?

HA! While watching an old episode of The A-Team, I saw Garak from Star Trek Deep Space Nine! The actor, not the actual Cardassian. His voice and mannerisms were un-missable.

The 2nd-hand Lego store had a Mister Gold! The price was $6,800! AND it was already "sold"! Somebody put a down-payment on it and was going to return with the rest of the money. One Lego figure, worth six thousand eight hundred dollars.

There was a bigger, not-real Lego 3D Printed one. Probably less expensive, by a lot, haha.

That little monster plushie purse looked awesome. That's what my guy friend said. Would a real woman want to wear that? Is that some kind of power move to wear such a silly purse? Fashion can be weird.

Ah! It's a Christmas straggler picture. I really enjoyed the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks. It was both funny and true in spirit to Star Trek themes and storytelling. The show has almost no merchandising, so it's nice to see these ornaments.

Itsa Star tree topper! From the Super Mario video games, in case you didn't recognize it.

Just a neat art choice, it's an asian mermaid with a koi fish pattern tail. I like it.

It's a Small World puzzle! I like that the Disney ride has it's own unique art style. Simple and cute.

Charlie Brown failing to kick the football is funny, because you're not meant to take it seriously. Lucy is mean. That's the joke. Also, this is a clever perpetual calendar.

Yowza. It's a plushie zombie with a brain? That's not cute, is it? That poor thing. Probably shouldn't hug it though. I guess I had a Halloween picture left over somehow.

I don't play Minecraft, but this giant thing looked super creepy. Is it? I don't know for sure. I mean, I think it's creepy, but I don't know if it is, in the game.

I was about to walk past this aisle of door cameras and got a laugh wondering if anybody was going to be watching me. Your package is here!

Um..... Um..... That sign in the artwork says "Your QPC was grown from a golden seed planted by me, Mayor McCheese!" Um.... Gross?

Cute One Piece characters. I liked the Netflix series so much I've watched it twice already. And I might watch it one more time before the second season comes out. Did you ever binge-watch a show you've previously binged?

This football player had a memorable touchdown celebration where he did a literal headstand. But can we also take a moment to appreciate his cool name? Amon-Ra. That's like the Egyptian Zeus. But... His last name is St. Brown, like "Saint' is not Egyptian.

I took this pic a while ago, but I think I remember this tiny Lego model and flower book set was $20. That must be one heck of a book to go with the relatively small Lego set.

This says Decepticon, but Crasher was a Renegade. That's what the villains were called on the Gobots cartoon. Gobots was the competition to Transformers, but Hasbro eventually bought them out, so now they can use the characters as Transformers.