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Changing of the Guard

The Ark has limited defenses. (I am shocked. Shocked I say.) Therefore the Maximals want to get Sentinel from the sunken Axalon.

A Carnivores Guide To Cardiology- That's Not What "Routine" Means

The shortest version of this- The conclusion of my cardiac catheterization was: I’m good but weird. There are some medication changes to maintain the good part. It took me more time to recover from freaking out than from the actual catheterization.

 
The short version of this- A new, complete, right coronary artery blockage was found twelve years after my last catheterization (fifteen after my first one.) However, I had and have no symptoms or loss of quality of life because of the collateral flow around it due to my high activity levels and diet. Due to those life choices, the vessels carrying the blood around the blockage have made themselves larger, stronger, and better able to deliver blood on their own. I will be starting a new, but statistically proven through trials, injectable medication that will drop my cholesterol WAY down to maintain keeping the remaining coronary artery pathways open.
 
 
The really long version of this- Apologies for how “really long” this is. I usually break up stories of this size, but it’s a thing I needed to do to maintain what mental health I have left. There was a lot to cover, and I didn't want to have any, “So I’m in the Cath Lab with a tube near my heart… Tune in Next Time!!!” cliffhangers.

Yes, I realize this is about the length of one "Disney Day." Also- shut up.
 

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Beast Wars Season Three

The menu is the same but with a Red Console. There is an elevator ride first. Functional if not flashy.
The opening credits have bits from all three seasons including some massive spoilers. Sad, really.

Predator Badlands Post

 FINALLY!

We got a film with a Yautja as the main character.

AND THEY USED THAT NAME!!!!

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The Agenda Parts 2-III

Note- Don't blame me for the episode numbers. They did that.

Continuing Evidence I Should Never Have a Dream Journal

 

Yet another incredibly realistic dream took a turn.

Since it messed with my head, I'll share to allow it to do the same to others:

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Transmutate

Megatron is sleeping… in robot form. Huh? He was faking, but that still means that the robots sleep. I have questions. He caught Rampage going for the rest of his Spark. More crab torture. Sorry Nineties kids.

Tron 3 Was Not In 4D After All

 I really need to send Disney a thank you card. 

Because as far as I can tell, even though they know there is no evidence to support the idea that these movies will do well at the box office, they make a Tron film just for me every fifteen or twenty years. 

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Bad Spark

We start off with Cheetor finding a broken, massively oversized, pod with a big “X” on it crashed in an Energon cube pile, in a swamp. I’m sure it will be fine.

Daredevil Through a Kids Eyes 2: Pointy Horned Boogaloo

Hi squad, Anabelle here. Long time no see actually… hope you’re doing OK literally drowning in Transformers posts! [Fair.- Jeff]

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Tangled Web

Huh, Shiny Megatron’s laser pliers are a “gun” he holds, not his actual hand. How about that?
The alien beam turned all the unstable Energon crystals into cubes. That’s…quite a change from how that used to work.

The Secret Concert- October 10, 2025

Rosa has been a fan of Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón since long before she met me. I've found her some CDs and videos over the years but they have been very hard to come by up here.

Recently, when I, once again, commented that she had no "wish list" (HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!) She said she would like a recording of her more recent concerts. While trying to hunt for them, searching generally on the web in the early summer for "Eva Ayllón concert"  I found absolutely no DVDs or Blu Rays available. However, I did notice she was going to be appearing not only in New York city but also at the Shea's Performing Arts Center at William Paterson University in Wayne!

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Beast Wars Season Two

The DVD Menus are the same as season one, but showing blue controls instead of green. Oh, and there is a short intro (using below the show level digital animation) of shooting a hole in the wall to get into the control room.

The Bride of Halloween Music Trivia

I obsess way too much about both horror films and novelty music to have gotten every song I thought of into last years list. 

As usual, there will be a ridiculous amount of other trivial information written into the questions, many of which have two parts. Plus, they all have a bonus question (which may have two parts as well), because I can't help myself. Feel free to give yourself one point for each part. Heck, give yourself however many points you want for each part. It's not like there are awards, and I'm certainly not keeping count. I'd like to think if there was going to be comparisons with anyone else, everyone would use the same scoring method out of basic human decency. 

On second thought, just stick to one point each.

Transformers Rewatch Beast Wars Season 1H

Other Voices, Parts 1 and 2

This was really a three part season finale, along with the previous episode.  
Tarantulas’s plan is- he’s straight up leaving the planet and abandoning everyone. What a guy.

More "Grown Up" Star Wars.

Andor season two was pretty amazing.

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The Low Road

Giant beanstalks have sprouted up everywhere around the Axalon. Is this a fairy tale episode? Why not at this point?
Hey, Dinobot’s sword and shield that spin for absolutely no reason finally have a use. They are excellent weed whackers.

A Heart Filled with Emotion... and Iron

Ironheart was a super hero show which in no way was I the target audience for.

And that is freakin' amazing.

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Spider's Game

There are a zillion Maximal pods in orbit, no wonder they keep getting knocked down. How many Cybertronians came on this trip?

Books To Open Your Mind- Rises Falls and Reigns of Prehistoric Animals.

 

As with almost all adventures with the Prehistoric in my life, this one also began at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Double Dinobot

A Frankensteiny reference opening. That always goes SOOO well.

The Tap Remains the Same

There have been a boatlaod of "decades later" return sequels in recent years. Some are celebrations, some are returns and some are passing the torch. 

Spinal Tap II- The End Continues, is, by far, the best in show (see what I did there?) for this type of follow up film.

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The Probe

Hey! Cybertron! WOO! They launched probes to find the Maximals.

Returning to Inside the Mind of a Toy Addict Part 5 - New Roads, Tiny and Super

Part 1 , Part 2,  Part 3, Part 4

That clearance table (as many of them are) is a dangerous thing. One night the three of us found a two shipping boxes of a Star Wars Tiny Penny wave on there. Checking serial numbers first, Anabelle picked two, Rosa (hoping for a “Baduu” as she calls Grogu) picked one, and I grabbed one to add to the gang at work. After a Baduuless opening, Rosa (abandoning all enabling and joining the addiction) and I drove straight back to the store and bought seven more sets. We missed grabbing all of the serial numbers by one, but still got at least one of every figure in the wave. A scant few went into the “sell” pile. Anabelle added to her group.

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Fallen Comrades

Ooh. A pod is falling! New character time! Nice that with the limited cast, an arrival is really an event.
Gasp. A white tiger in the area, Foreshadowing maybe?

Returning to Inside the Mind of a Toy Addict Part 4 - When One Sale Closes Another One Opens

Part 1 , Part 2  , Part 3

Action Figure Sale History repeated itself, when we stopped to shop on the way home one evening. On the clearance table at the front of the same type of store I found the vastly reduced pit fighting Wookie in, was the deluxe, oversized, brand new (2024) Paz Visla (the heavily armed Mandalorian) figure with a huge discount putting it at WELL below my acceptable price for normal figures. It was not an impulse buy. I know full well about action figures leading to other action figures. Therefore, I went home and did a bunch of research on the site where the Mandalorian figure was in Beskar clad limbo. There I learned multiple other Mandalorians were also neglected by the purchasing public.

I stopped in on the way to work early the next morning…
AND THE ENTIRE CLEARANCE TABLE WAS GONE!!!
 
There was much swearing.
(Under my breath as I was in public and do have some class.)

 
I tried to look moderately sane approaching someone who worked there. They pointed me to the clearance aisle in the back of the joint, and the care that location takes with regard to merchandise in that classification was clear when I found Paz Vizla lying face down in some strewn about gardening supplies.

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The Web

Question- Are beast forms organic, and that’s what protects them from unstable Energon? With the old CGI it is hard to tell.

Returning to Inside the Mind of a Toy Addict Part 3 - It Is a Group Effort

Part 1 , Part 2

This crystal clear problem was once again enabled by the loves of my life. I mentioned I had been stalking the price of a Marvel Legends box set of a new Black Suit Spidey and a collection of his foes (2022) for several reasons
A) The version of "Symbiote Spider-Man" I have from my earliest days of collecting isn’t an official Marvel Legend.
B) I always liked the villain Human Fly, for some reason.
C) Silvermane featured prominently in the Zeb Wells run on Amazing that no one but me liked.
D) Molten Man was shiny. (Yes, this is a valid reason, haven't you been paying attention?)
E) Honestly, I have no idea who Razorback is, but a giant figure of a dude with a wild boar on his head fits my idiom.
F) As should be crystal clear by now, I still have a problem.

Transformers Rewatch Beast Wars Season 1A

BEAST WARS  Introduction

Ten years after the Generation One Transformers cartoon ended. Hasbro brought the franchise back in a modified, or as someone who is hilarious might say, "a transformed" way.

Returning to Inside the Mind of a Toy Addict Part 2- Space Is a Premium

Part 1

Ironically, Christmas itself tends to be one of the rarest times for collection expansion. This is because of the evil action figure black market people and New Jersey’s action figure armpit status. The figures often sell out instantly, or have skyrocketing prices, or are only available through certain shifting outlets, or can occasionally be found through lucky “Thrill Of The Hunt” style auctions.
All of these combine to mean telling anyone about a figure I’m looking for is almost always pointless unless they buy it “RIGHT NOW!!!”

As should be crystal clear by now, I still have a problem, which is also a burden.
 

The holidays are, however, a time for remembering collections, due to the Christmas village. Even Anabelle’s Squinkies from the dark past got a starring role.
 

Transformers Rewatch Original Season 4B

Click for part one of this story.

Rebirth Part 2-

“Prepare to merge.” And now he’s arguing with his own head. Dude, this is messed up.

One of the green guys sounds like Bumblebee’s old voice. That is going to get distracting.

Returning to Inside the Mind of a Toy Addict Part 1 - The Problem Persists

A couple of notes before starting:

A) Jeff the Landshark is almost always on the Rotating Marvel Shelf, because the three of us (mostly the two of us) can't help ourselves.

B) There will be multiple "all of them" pictures where I regularly (and many would say foolishly) assumed, "Well there won't be any more additions to that shelf."

C) As should be crystal clear by now, I still have a problem.

It’s been a little over a year since the survey of my addiction driven collection.

Unsurprisingly it has grown. 

When last we left the gang, I was celebrating the wonderous arrival of Doctor Octopus. It was well over a month later that he and the rest of the Sinister Six  (the "creepy old men" as Anabelle calls Spider-Man's foes) could proudly grace the living room's Rotating Marvel Shelf.

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The Rebirth 

(Transformers Generation One Finale)

A bit of back story is needed for this "season" first:

Instead of ending on the (while not a perfect note) complete feeling finale of Season Three, or making another full season to flesh out the huge amount of new toys they were plugging, Hasbro cheaped out. 

Not only did they not fund a full collection of episodes, they also refused to spend enough to make a movie length five-parter. At three parts, without bumpers, recaps and coming attractions AND including only one set of each credits, that’s one hour and one minute of screen time. During this miniscule time span they introduced FORTY-THREE of their new characters. That’s about 1.4 characters per minute. Rather than have the entire set of reactions be “who the heck is that?” I’ll try to focus on people we know.

Maybe Keep That On the Borderlands

 

When I started playing Dungeons and Dragons at age ten, Module B2 The Keep on the Borderlands was the first adventure every one of us fledgling players knew. It was packaged in with the Basic Set at the time and served as our introduction to the game.

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The Return of Optimus Prime- Parts 1-2

Written by Marv (Crisis on Infinite Earths, New Teen Titans) Wolfman!!! 

At least the story will be good.

Second Part of Sandman... In Two Sections, with Two Parts Each, Plus another Part.

I have been trying to write this for weeks, but I keep coming back to: 

"damn that was good." 

Therefore, this may be a bit disjointed.

Season one write up here.

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Money Is Everything

We have the introduction of a Dollar Store Han Solo for the franchise. 

Not even a Dollar Store Harrison Ford. 

He looks more like Dollar Store Perry King Radio Series Han Solo.

Jurassic World Weariness

Hey, Universal!  Come here for a minute.

Have a seat, please.

Relax. 

Uncle Jeff needs to have a talk with you.

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Call of the Primitives

This creepy, unseen, raspy and squeaky voice guy made Torbatron (?) which is some kind of energy being. Whatever, back to Autobot and Decepticon battles.

Indeed... It was Fantastic!

Wow two superhero films in the same month that understand the source material! 

It only took living fifty five years to reach this point!

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The Quintesson Journal

This makes so much more sense coming after the last one in the right order than when they aired them in reverse when I was a kid.

Look, Up in the Sky! It's Spoilerman!

Years ago, I was asked if I had to chose between Superheroes and Dinosaurs what would I do? I answered- I don't have to, that's why I like Godzilla.

I did learn the answer for well done Superheroes this week, as instead of seeing the new Jurassic Park like I was supposed to, I saw this again.

Spoilers a plenty for this year's Superman.

Because I cannot keep them to myself anymore.

Click here for a non spoiler review if you haven't seen it.

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Nightmare Planet

More horror. Really direct horror. Witches and stuff. Broadcast right on Halloween. 

We’re inside Daniel’s nightmare. Ah.

Things Are Finally Looking Up for Superman

No potential of spoilers review:

YEAAAAHH!!!!!!!!

More detailed, still spoiler free thoughts below (some general references to what is in the trailers.):

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Starscream's Ghost

Old Guy Game Guide- Spider-Man 2 part B

Click here for part A

The game development team did an amazing (ha!) job picking and choosing from multiple, well regarded, past comic book stories (in and out of the main continuity), then added their own spin to create a unique and captivating blend for this collection of tales.

 Kraven and his gang was built up as a viable, city wide threat.                                                                                                   

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Forever Is a Long Time Coming

Another adventure for Blurr, Wreck-Gar, Perceptor and Blaster. Did they really sell that many Autobot microscopes and radios?

Old Guy Game Guide- Spider-Man 2 part A

This is late. Not a big surprise from me and video games. However, the reason is different than  the usual- "I started playing a decade after it was released." 

There will be spoilers. If I could finish the game by now, so can anyone else.

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Madman's Paradise