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Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, filled with lots of yummy food, laughs and fun. Gobble Gobble!

Upcoming Bandai Reveals...

Bandai Tamashii Nations recently revealed more display photos of upcoming figures. 3 in particular caught my attention. 1. S.H. MonsterArts Jet Jaguar This figure was already revealed on Godzilla Day (November 3rd). These new display photos have popped up, though no further details on pre-order date, release date, or accessories have been confirmed. I am very much looking forward to this guy, as the original 1973 Jet Jaguar is one of my favorite characters from the Godzilla series. I just hope he comes with several extra hands (including his signature thumbs up), and perhaps an alternate head with his antennas sticking out (for when he flies).  In honor of Jet Jaguar, he's a YouTube link to his classic theme song: Jet Jaguar Punch Punch Punch In the S.H. Figuarts line, the one surprising reveal was Red King. Even though he's one of the most popular Ultraman kaiju, I was still kinda stunned to see Bandai finally teasing his prototype in the Figuarts line. It's about time, re...

Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1981) / Bog (1979)

First up in my lake monsters double feature was this early 80's horror about a half-human, half-frog creature. The horror title fits it nicely, though not for the reason you would think. The plot begins with this guy and his girl in a cabin. He's telling her the story of something that happened to him as a young boy. This is where the story kicks in. The main character, Kelly, is living on a lake with his Dad. Some trackers are there as well, attempting to get some gold that's alleged to be somewhere in the lake. The other characters are some old timer named Charlie who keeps harassing the trackers by shooting at them, and babbling about something that's lurking around, and a paleontologist and her niece, who are there to study fossils of an old creature that were found in the area. Anyway, the monster that lives in the lake, Rana, was worshipped by the native American ancestors who lived on that island, and it begins to attack people who go into the water. This is one ...