Episode 99 - The Best Toy Ever

Heads up gang, there are some big changes coming to show. First and foremost, we are moving to a bi-weekly format for the foreseeable future. We’re also cutting down the show length to an hour so we can record and edit easier; not to mention make it easier to listen to! Optimusgene will explain everything during the show. We also discuss the Steam Box, Topher Grace’s version of a Star Wars prequel movie and the best toys ever (or at least our favorites).

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Show Notes

New Releases

• Last Week:
  • Movies - A Thousand Words, Friends with Kids, John Carter, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  • Blu-ray - Footloose, Immortals, Jack & Jill
  • Games - Blades of Times, Major League Baseball 2K12, Mass Effect 3, MLB 12: The Show, Street Fighter X Tekken, Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends
• This Week:
  • Movies - 21 Jump Street, Casa de mi Padre
  • Blu-ray - Happy Feet Two, My Week with Marilyn, The Adventures of Tintin, The Three Musketeers, Young Adult
  • Games - Mario Party 9, Armored Core V, Silent Hill: Downpour, Birds of Steel, FIFA Street,

News

• Movies - Topher Grace edits together a good Star Wars prequel movie
  • Grace took all three prequel movies and edited together an 85 min movie
  • Using some addition Star Wars properties he made a prequel movie that tells Anakin’s story with no extra stuff (down from 7 hours from the 3 prequels)
  • http://www.slashfilm.com/topher-grace-edited-star-wars-prequels-85minute-movie/
• Movies - Apple announces new iPad & 1080p video Apple TV
  • The new iPad has a retina display & will play 1080p video
  • The new Apple TV can play 1080p video from iTunes & Netflix
  • http://www.slashfilm.com/apple-announcements-movies-cloud-fox-universal-blocked-1080p-appletv-ui-netflix-1080p-itunes-subscription/
• Movies - Ralph McQuarrie dies at 82
  • McQuarrie created the visuals and look of the Star Wars universe
  • Also contributed to E.T. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Cocoon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc.
  • http://www.slashfilm.com/original-star-wars-designer-ralph-mcquarrie-died-82/
• Games - Valve could be working on a console
  • Update * Valve says this aint so. http://www.gamespot.com/news/valve-not-planning-hardware-anytime-soon-6365184
  • Game sites like Kotaku & others have picked up on Valve possibly building a gaming console (aka Steam Box)
  • Nothing has officially been announced
  • http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-curious-about-valve%E2%80%99s-steam-box-could-be-it

Main Topic

• Best / Worst Toys Ever
  • Favorite toy series?
    • Why?
  • Do you still have any of them?
  • Toy you wanted the most?
  • Any toys you always wanted but never got?
  • Worst toy ever?
    • Why?
  • Toys then vs now: which is better?

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