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         <title>Oh Hai Fall of Cybertron Bruticus Toy</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image left" border="0" width="640"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/1328675263589.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.toplessrobot.com/1328675263589.jpg','popup','width=681,height=485,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="1328675263589.jpg" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/assets_c/2012/02/1328675263589-thumb-640x455.jpg" height="455" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span>Yes, the evil combiner Bruticus won't just be making an appearance in the <i>Transformers: Fall of Cybertron</i> videogame; he's also be making an appearance in toy stores, too, as Hasbro is actually producing a figure of his new and improved version. He'll be made up of the five Combaticons, of course, a few of which you can see individually at <a href="http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=84226" target="_blank">Seibertron</a>. Meanwhile, I'm going to put out an extra pair of pants, because if this game series and/or toyline ever gets around to doing a truly updated Devastator I'm going to need them.<br />
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         <title>Oh, Yeah, Ghost Rider 2 Is Still a Thing</title>
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         <object height="338" width="600"><param name="movie" value="http://ictv-bd-ec.indieclicktv.com/player/embed/b51134344b4b64572c52606f9e8f148c/4f30225aea94d/10/0/defaultPlayer^player.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://ictv-bd-ec.indieclicktv.com/player/embed/b51134344b4b64572c52606f9e8f148c/4f30225aea94d/10/0/defaultPlayer%5Eplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="338" width="600"></object><br />Between <em>Avengers, G.I. Joe: Retaliation</em> and <em>The Amazing Spider-Man</em>, I'd kind of forgotten all about little <em>Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance</em> coming out in the next couple of weeks. <a href="http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/28235" target="_blank">Bloody Disgusting</a> has three new TV spots for the flick; I picked this one mostly because of a flaming skull doing a pretty solid Nic Cage impression while looming out of the car's sunroof. But the reason I'm mentioning this at all is because of the synopsis BD posted, which I hadn't seen before:<br /><blockquote><font class="text8">
"<i>It has been several years since making a deal with the Devil and 
Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), living in self-imposed isolation, finds 
himself as the only person who can help save 10-year-old Danny - and 
ultimately the world - thanks to his unwanted and uncontrollable power -
 his ability to transform into the hell-on-wheels monster known as The 
Ghost Rider.</i>"</font><br /></blockquote>...Danny? Maybe as in Danny Ketch? As in the <em>other</em> Ghost Rider? Sure, maybe it's a coincidence, but if I get to see the flaming skull of a 10-year-old in this film, that's going to earn it a minimum of two stars.<br /> 
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         <title>Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the European Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich Spread</title>
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         <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/--ncJbroRgA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Yeah, you can laugh at this old Indiana Jones/Nutella commercial if you want. As it turns out, if you open a jar of Nutella in a room full of Nazis, the Nazis' faces <i>will</i> melt off. From one who knows. (<i><a href="http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/02/07/watch-this-rare-old-indiana-jones-nutella-commercial/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geeksofdoom+%28GEEKS+OF+DOOM%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Via Geeks of Doom</a></i>)<br />
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         <title>The 10 Best Freakazoid! Episodes</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image right" border="0" width="360"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/freakazoid%20main.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.toplessrobot.com/freakazoid%20main.jpg','popup','width=400,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="freakazoid main.jpg" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/assets_c/2012/02/freakazoid%20main-thumb-360x270.jpg" height="270" width="360" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span><em>Freakazoid!</em>, the third cartoon produced by Steven Spielberg for Warner Bros. (after <em>Tiny Toon Adventures</em> and <em>Animaniacs</em>) may remain the most obscure of them all, but it may also have been the most ambitious. Initially conceived by <em>Batman: The Animated Series</em> co-creator Bruce Timm and producer/writer Paul Dini as a <em>Spider-Man</em>-esque, dark but funny teenage hero, Spielberg and <em>Tiny Toons/Animaniacs </em>creator Tom Ruegger spun it into a show brimming with increasingly crazy pop-culture references and some of the most rewarding gags for nerds anywhere. <br /><br />

When nerdy teenager Dexter Douglas gets zapped by a faulty computer chip and endowed with the information overload of the Internet (this was before Wikipedia, mind you), he turned into Freakazoid, a blue-skinned, wild-haired bundle of energy who faced a dastardly rogue's gallery with traditional superpowers and grin-inducing wit and charm. With a bevy of lovable sidekicks, including no-nonsense butler Professor Jones and some-nonsense police Sgt. Mike Cosgrove, Freakazoid also defended the airwaves from boring after-school entertainment for two short but sweet seasons.

Fifteen years later,<em> Freakazoid!</em> still maintains a devoted cult following, most recently rewarded by the release of the complete series on DVD over 2008 and 2009. This countdown of some of the best moments in the show's history is infinitely better than -- dare we say it? -- poo gas!

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         <title>The Final Installment in the Spock&apos;s Scanner Trilogy</title>
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         <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F30KZFVcQSo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="640"></iframe><br />The epic saga of What's in Spock's Scanner, which <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/03/star_trek_the_wrath_of_facebook.php" target="_blank">began here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6n1zmyMbdg&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">continued here</a>, finally wraps up the way we knew it must -- with drunken debauchery, attempted drug use, needless violence, and possible date rape. And bollocks. And farting. And someone finally saying something. Look, I know the video is 11 minutes long, but I swear to god the entire thing is worth is just for the transporter noise at 8:23. I still haven't stopped laughing.
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         <title>C&apos;est le More New G.I. Joe: Retaliation Footage</title>
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         <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sUUtfpCu5Ow" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Sacré mackerel! Topless Roboteer Jay D. alerted to me to this new French trailer for <i>G.I. Joe 2</i>, which is a lot like the first American trailer, but with a small but tasty portion of new scenes. I tell you, even these few new shots made more excited than anything I saw in the new <i>Amazing Spider-Man</i> trailer from this morning. Now, you can attribute that to a major character flaw on my part -- you wouldn't be the first or the last -- but I have to think it's partially because <i>Retaliation</i> is surpassing its original (admittedly awful) predecessor, while <i>Amazing Spidey</i> seems only to be staying the course. Either way, it's sad that a single new angle of Cobra Commander in his mask can make blow my mind with awesomeness while every single <em>shot</em> of the Lizard just makes me shrug my shoulders.<br />
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         <title>Today in Non-News: Psychonauts 2</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image left" border="0" width="640"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="psychonauts_raz.jpg" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/psychonauts_raz.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span>Markus Persson, creator of <i>Minecraft</i>, is a fan of Tim Schafer's <i>Psychonauts</i> game, like a lot of people. Unlike a lot of people, Markus Persson has a shit-ton of money. So when Persson tweeted two messages to Schafer...<br /><br />• "Let's make <i>Psychonauts 2</i> happen."<br />• "I'm serious."<br /><br />...it seemed worth mentioning. Like yesterday, this is simply people talking about doing cool things in anticipation of hopefully doing them, but I know enough folks who have told me how unbelievably brilliant <i>Psychonauts</i> is that even the mere possibility of a <i>Psychonauts 2</i> should send them in paroxysms of joy. Besides, I would very much like to see a trend of rich people funding sequels to awesome games that didn't sell very well (*cough* <i>Shenmue III </i>*cough*). Thanks to SlyDante for the tip. (<i><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/minecraft-creator-pledges-to-help-make-psychonauts-2-6349899" target="_blank">Via GameSpot</a>)</i><br /> 
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:18 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>The Worst Scenes in the Watchmen Prequels: And the Winners Are...</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image center" align="center" border="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="CubanMissile2.jpg" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/CubanMissile2.jpg" height="313" width="600" /></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span>Rather than do my normal intro, I'd like to talk about Alan Moore for a sec -- specifically, <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/alan-moore-stands-up-for-stealing-other-peoples-ch,68911/" target="_blank">Moore's response</a> when someone asked him how he could be upset about <i>Before Watchmen</i> when he's been using other people's characters in <i>League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</i> for years. <br /><blockquote>In literature, I would say that it's different. I would say, and it 
might be splitting hairs, but I'm not adapting these characters. I'm not
 doing an adaptation of <em>Dracula</em> or <i>King Solomon's Mines</i>.
 What I am doing is stealing them. There is a difference between doing 
an adaptation, which is evil, and actually stealing the characters, 
which, as long as everybody's dead or you don't mention the names, is 
perfectly alright by me. I'm not trying to be glib here, I genuinely do 
feel that in literature you've got a tradition that goes back to <em>Jason And The Argonauts</em>
 of combining literary characters [...] It's just irresistible to do 
these fictional mash-ups. They've been going on for hundreds of years 
and I feel I'm a part of a proud literary tradition in doing that. With 
taking comic characters that have been created by cheated old men, I 
feel that that is different [...] And that's my take on the subject.<br /></blockquote>This is, of course, profoundly stupid, but it made me realize I'm also okay with Moore's <i>League</i>, but disapproving of Before Watchmen. Why is that? I'm honestly not 100% sure, but I do know that I don't mind when someone makes new adaptations of Dracula or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Batman, because while they're wonderful and entertaining, I don't consider them works of art like, say Stendahl or Thoman Mann or, yes, <i>Watchmen</i>. <i>The Red and the Black</i> and <i>The Magic Mountain</i> are complete works unto themselves, and I'd think it just as inappropriate if some guy tried to write a <i>Magic Mountain</i> prequel as I do <i>Before Watchmen</i>. It's something about the works themselves that allow or prohibit expanding upon them -- I hate to call it a "literary quality," since we're talking about book and comic books here, but maybe that's it. It's certainly not a matter of "stealing" versus "adapting," though. Hell, to me it feels like Moore is adapting those classic characters in <i>League</i>, and DC is stealing <i>Watchmen</i>. <br /><br />But whatever. On with the contest.<br />
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         <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5EQ0uVtmw2M" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe><br />Specifically, the <i>Next Generation</i>, represented by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and the <i>Star Wars</i> prequel generation, represented by Qui-Gon Jinn. Sir Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson were on the <i>Graham Norton Show </i>together, when Norton decided to settle the eternal debate of which franchise is better by comparing the two actors' toys. This video is awesome for two reasons: 1) I had forgotten how ridiculous those old <i>Episode 1</i> banks looked when they weren't all paired together. Qui-Gon was supposed to be placed next to an Obi-Wan and a Darth Maul bank, so they could "fight." Without his partners, Qui-Gon looks like he's having an episode of the DTs. 2) Stewart actually facepalms. Hell, he <i>headpalms</i>. It's divine. (<i><a href="http://www.themarysue.com/star-trek-versus-star-wars-graham-norton/" target="_blank">Via The Mary Sue</a></i>)<br /><br />FYI, the only DVD of note coming out today is <i>Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1</i>, which I only mention for Rifftrax purposes. Hopefully DVD Day will be back next week, assuming next week doesn't also suck ass.<br /> 
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         <title>The Potato Gotham Deserves, Just Not the Potato It Needs Right Now</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image center" align="center" border="0" width="490"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="dkph.jpg" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/dkph.jpg" height="551" width="490" /></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span>Yes, there's going to be a Batman Mr. Potato Head, uncreatively named The Dark Knight Spud. One can only hope this means a Heath Ledger Joker Potato Head is on the way, complete with a menacing potato peeler in his hands. I assume a Bane Potato Head will be next, though, since Bane already kind of looks like a potato anyways. (<i><a href="http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=PPW10088&amp;mode=retail&amp;picture=out" target="_blank">Via Big Bad Toy Store</a></i>) 
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         <title>Optimus Prime Is Still Making Poor Decisions</title>
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         <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ljlHOZ9GVCQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe><br /><i>Battleship</i> wasn't the only Bayformers-related video shown during the Super Bowl; Universal Studios Hollywood aired this commercial for its Transformers: The Ride 3-D... uh... ride, which intimates the only way you can defeat Megatron and the Decepticons is by paying $77 and sitting in a small theater with moving seats for a while (in other news: It costs $77 to get into Universal Studios Hollywood? Not counting parking? Holy shit, that's <i>obscene</i>). Ignoring the question of why Megatron is still alive at all (he was dead at the end of two of the three <em>TF</em> movies, after all), and why Optimus decided to make his call while Megatron was less than 10 feet away from him, I just want to say how lucky everyone at Universal is that I missed this commercial. If I'd seen Bayformers Optimus Prime appear to interrupt a NY Giants Super Bowl, I would have immediately had a brain embolism, run out of my apartment, and gone on a Universal Studios Hollywood executive killing spree before even considering it might have been a gimmick-y commercial. 
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:33:34 -0500</pubDate>
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         <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-tnxzJ0SSOw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />The first real trailer for the <i>Spider-Man</i> reboot came out last night -- too cheap to buy a Super Bowl spot, eh, Sony? -- and I'm just not feeling it. I think the problem is that I'm not seeing anything in here to really differentiate it from the Raimi movies, so instead of being "Oh wow, it's a better Spidey flick!" I'm all like "Oh, it's another Spidey flick, with a new guy and we're starting over from the beginning for some reason." Or maybe it's because Rhys Ifans is no Willem Dafoe or Alfred Molina (I'm not even sure he's Topher Grace, frankly). <br /><br />Actually, the real problem is that after the <i>Avengers</i> trailer and the <i>G.I. Joe: Retaliation</i> trailer, there's a pretty fucking high bar of awesome you need to clear to impress me this summer. I'm not dismissing <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> entirely, I'm just saying this trailer attempted the jump, hit the bar, knocked it off, and then landed awkwardly on its neck.<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:55 -0500</pubDate>
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         <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5lEelz0iUJo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe><br />I'd have said someone deciding to mash-up Snoop Dogg's "Smoke Weed Everyday" with the <i>Chrono Trigger</i> overworld music was more than nerdy enough, but this gent went the extra mile, and made a game video of it -- a game where you play as Snoop and break into people's houses and yell at them to "Smoke weed everyday" or other such sage advice. It goes without saying that were it real, I would play the holy fuck out of this game. Infinite thanks to LJDarten for the tip.<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:04:42 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>10 More of the Greatest Colorforms Playsets Ever Made</title>
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         <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><table class="image right" border="0" width="222"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/dandd%20Header%20Image%205.JPG" onclick="window.open('http://www.toplessrobot.com/dandd%20Header%20Image%205.JPG','popup','width=282,height=400,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="dandd Header Image 5.JPG" src="http://www.toplessrobot.com/assets_c/2012/02/dandd%20Header%20Image%205-thumb-222x314.jpg" height="314" width="222" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table>​</span>More than 60 years after they first hit the market, Colorforms are still being produced today. That my friends is called staying power. The brand is currently owned by University Games, who in recent years have released Colorforms based on <em>Yo Gabba Gabba!</em> and <em>SpongeBob SquarePants</em>. Even though it is extraordinarily difficult for such a low-tech plaything to compete these days, these toys that "stick like magic" continue to endure. This is due to issues ranging from familiarity and nostalgia to the fact that Colorforms still inspire imagination in an era when most of their competitors do not. <br /><br />Back in 2008, Topless Robot looked at the<a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/08/the_5_greatest_and_5_most_ridiculous_colorforms_pl.php" target="_blank"> 5 Greatest (and 5 Most Ridiculous) Colorforms Playsets</a>. Today's Daily List drops the negative aspect of its predecessor to again focus on the cream of the Colorforms crop. From oddities that reveal the secret kinks of your favorite Hanna-Barbera characters to playtime's final frontier, here are 10 more of the greatest Colorforms playsets.
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         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:04:44 -0500</pubDate>
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         What if the Muppets did their own version of <em>The Wicker Man</em>, by which I mean the original and extremely creepy 1973 version, and not the recent Nic Cage PSA on the importance of punching women while wearing a bear suit? I think it would go a little something like this:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tH1VdD-nAc0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe><br />HOLY SHIT THAT'S TERRIFYING. Maybe even moreso than the original. Much thanks to Ian D. for the tip, though.<br /><br />Also, sorry for half-assing it today; I've been too full of happiness and booze and red meat and victory to really function. I promise I'll use my full ass tomorrow.<br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
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