Phil Theobald

I drew the three stooges for my friend

I was so stupidly delighted with myself when I was first watching Andor. "Ooh, ooh! I know what that cereal is! It's the Trolls tie-in version of Trix!" I exclaimed to my poor wife.

Boxes for some of the new LEGO Pokémon sets. There's Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise (72153), Eevee (72151), and the Kanto Region Badge Collection (40892).

It's my own fault for going into the LEGO Store...

Screenshot from Star Wars: Andor. Close-up of Syril Karn's face as he holds up a single piece of cereal. It's a spherical and colored with a swirl of purple and blue. In the real world, it's a piece of "Trolls World Tour" Trix cereal from 2020.

Screenshot from Star Wars: Andor. Close-up of a bowl of cereal as blue milk is poured into it. It's the same spherical, purple and blue swirled cereal from the first image. As mentioned, it's really "Trolls World Tour" Trix cereal from 2020, but with all the non-purple and blue pieces removed.

I saw those in the store the other day, and to be honest... they're both pretty weak crossovers. Not even any Mario-shaped marshmallows? Boo.

Although it IS nice to see Syril's favorite cereal back on the market.

Screenshot from Pokémon LeafGreen Version on Switch. The player character is in his bedroom at the beginning of the game. He's standing in front of a TV with an NES hooked up to it. The caption reads, "PHIL played with the NES."

He sure did.

It's a figure. No model building required. But you _do_ have to apply a decent number of stickers for a lot of the details.

Fortnite wishes.

(Although I would absolutely buy Kamen Rider skins in Fortnite...)

Pokémon TCG art has gotten really, REALLY good.

A Pokémon Trading Card Game card. Mega Evolution—Ascended Heroes illustration rare Scorbunny (225/217). Scorbunny has a huge grin on its face as it falls backwards into a pile of green and orange leaves. Illustrator: Yuu Nishida

My perfect little friend.

Thanks for the heads up on Cosmic Chaos. I had picked up a digital copy on Switch back when it was on deep discount, but I just snagged a physical copy, too.

(I also grabbed it on Steam since it's currently on sale for $4.)

A package of Marshmallow Peeps that are flavored like SunnyD orange drink.

Sure, who cares? Let's go. Whatever you got. Gimmie some Peeps that taste like the purple stuff.

I say "comparatively-priced," but that's not really true, now that I think about it. Given yen-to-dollar and Hasbro's recent markups on Transformers, Sideswipe is actually about $10-15 more expensive than Carry Braver.

It was pretty cheap, too! Only ¥2,400.

Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck next to Hasbro's Studio Series Sideswipe figure.

Just for larfs, here's Carry Braver next to a semi-recent, comparatively-priced Transformer figure (it's Sideswipe!).

Carry Braver is a bit taller, but Sideswipe is significantly more poseable, has a better transformation scheme, and isn't covered with stickers.

But he's also not a Yamato truck!

Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck in his robot mode. He has large, robotic "Hulk hands" over his hands. The Yamato Transport EV Delivery Truck Tomica vehicle is next to him for scale (it only goes up about a third of the height of his legs).

Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck in his vehicle mode next to his robot cat buddy.

Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck in his vehicle mode next to the Yamato Transport EV Delivery Truck Tomica vehicle. The regular Tomica truck is a bit smaller than Carry Braver.

So, here's Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck, a weird little non-Transformer toy. His cat buddy turns into his stomach, waist, and thighs. The trailer splits in half to form the legs. Plugging the cab into the transformed cat activates a spring mechanism that auto-converts the upper body.

Box for Takara Tomy's Carry Braver Yamato Transport Truck figure from its Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokuso Gattai Robo toy line. The box's main image is the toy's robot mode: a white, green, and yellow robot that has enough kibble to clearly show that it transforms into a truck. The robot's head sports what looks like a green hardhat with the Yamato logo (a yellow oval containing a stylized silhouette of a cat carrying its child in its mouth by the scruff of the child's neck) and black cat ears. It also shows the toy in its vehicle mode: a white truck cab with a silver load compartment. The side of the compartment has Yamato Transport's logo on it. Near the bottom of the box, a robotic cat is popping into view and waving at the viewer. The cat has a round, black face with no features other than a pair of large, round yellow eyes. The cat is also wearing a green hat with the Yamato logo on it. The cat's ears are sticking out of the sides of the hat.

After coming back from Japan with a Tomica toy of a Yamato Transport delivery truck (again, the company with the best corporate logo), I was browsing around for Yamato merch (I want that logo on a shirt) and came across this: a TRANSFORMING Yamato delivery truck!

Off to Amazon Japan I went!

Cripes, Geats is so stupid/great.

I stand by my offer.

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I'm afraid it is. I'll still be around here, though, so don't get TOO broken up.

That's the sound Transformers make when they change forms.

See What It’s Like to Visit the PokéPark KANTO Attraction in Japan Discover what it’s like to visit this attraction in Tokyo and learn about its creation.

Hey, remember when I went to Japan a couple weeks ago?

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Just use milk, dude.

Sad, but true. Don't worry... we'll all get through it.

I hope Toy Story 5 ends with Woody and the evil Leapfrog tablet mutually discovering the values of both toys and technology. Then, they hook up and give birth to the first Skylander.

Like a Ben Garrison edit.

No, you'll just get to say it more often!

Oh, I'm sure I'll pop back onto the show on occasion.

It's not me, I can tell ya that much!

Any excuse to eat Japanese McDonald's french fries and fried apple pies.

Oh, you! meme