Road to Solo: Han Solo from Star Wars: The Black Series Phase III by Hasbro

  We're just a few weeks away from the impending release of Solo: A Star Wars Story and it's time to check out one of the big guns: Han Solo himself! I think one of the things many Star Wars fans never really prepared themselves for was to see one of the Original Trilogy's big three recast. Other than technically seeing Luke and Leia as babies in Revenge of the Sith, Alden Ehrenreich is the first of the main three to truly be portrayed by a different actor. While Solo seems to have had a troubled production history, everything we've seen over the past 4 months has me very, very optimistic about the film. I'm hoping for a slick, fast-paced caper film set in a galaxy far, far away and, hopefully, Ehrenreich is able to pull off leading it up. Only one figure of this younger version of Han has been announced for the Black Series and this is it. Let's check out this new version of Han Solo after the break...

Something Has Survived!: Armored Action Truck from Matchbox: Jurassic World by Mattel

  I couldn't tell you the last time I bought a Jurassic Park toy. Maybe in 1997 when the Lost World was released? The original Jurassic Park is one of my favorite films and while I definitely have enjoyed most of the films in the series I just haven't picked up that much merchandise from it since 1997. Nostalgia is a powerful tool, however, and while on a recent trip to Target I stumbled upon the very cool Matchbox Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom cars. I'm not much of a toy car collector (other than the occasional Batmobile) but these Jurassic Park vehicles definitely appealed to me. I picked up two of the five packs, which I'll get around too in the next week or so, but for now I'm checking out the only single packed vehicle I bought: The Armored Action Truck. Mattel has released this as a full sized vehicle in the regular line, too, where it's called the Gyrosphere Blast. I'm assuming that means we'll see this cool looking vehicle in the film then, huh? Let's take a quick look at this truck after the break...

Road to Solo: Dewback/ Sandtrooper from Star Wars: The Black Series Phase III by Hasbro

Sorry for the lack of reviews lately, folks! Due to some technical problems behind the scenes things have been a bit slow lately and I have a stack of toys piling up on my desk! Today I'm reviewing a really cool set that Hasbro released alongside the new Solo: A Star Wars Story product last month: The Dewback and Sandtrooper set! While it's not from the new film, I doubt you'll find many Star Wars collectors who will argue with the inclusion of a Dewback in the line. While the Dewback is completely new, the Sandtrooper is mostly just a repaint. Hasbro has released quite a few Sandtroopers in the Black Series thus far: The classic orange pauldron wearing Sandtrooper was released in the first series of Phase I figures back in 2013 while the enlisted Sandtrooper was released in Phase II and the Sandtrooper Sgt. was part of an Entertainment Earth exclusive Phase III 4-pack. Included with the Dewback is a mounted Sandtrooper, sometimes called the Desert Sands Detachment Sandtrooper) based on the Sandtrooper from the Power of the Force II Dewback and Sandtrooper set. He adds some value to the set, though, and its nice to have another Sandtrooper as they are just so darn cool. Ready for a closer look at these guys? Then join me after the break...

Confirmed Epic Podcast Retro Rewind #16: Arrested Development Season 4

*This podcast originally aired on June 7th 2013, and is part of our Retro Rewind initiative to publish our back catalog of episodes for our listeners!


In this week’s edition of The Confirmed Epic Podcast we review Netflix's newest release: Arrested Development Season 4. 

We also cover the EPIC news items of the week: Defenders of Eden, The Week of the Batman, Matt Smith leaves Dr. Who, and Benicio Del Toro and Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy. 

As always we get into what we have been checking out this week: Heroes Con Cos-Play, The final season of The Office, Hellboy comics and crochet, The Big Bang, and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. 

Although we do warn listeners in the podcast, we wish to reiterate: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS PODCAST. 

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Confirmed Crap Podcast #3: The Last Jedi Revisited

In the 3rd edition of The Confirmed Crap Podcast join The Reel Brad Bell and Jerry 'Barbecue17' Reed as they rip into Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi like never before in a character by character breakdown of the infamous film.

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Confirmed Epic Mini-Podcast: Avengers Infinity War

*Although their is brief prediction segment at the start of this pod, rest assured it is filled with spoilers that not even the time stone can make unheard.  You have been warned!

*This is a special edition of the Pod. with The Reel Brad Bell checking in for paternity break to talk Infinity War in a ride along home from the theater immediately following the Thanos beatdown of Earths Mightiest Heroes.  Due to the fact that this audio was recored in a moving vehicle, we apologize if the audio is not up to it's usual epic quality.

Join us as Evan Truelove returns to the show in a surprise Confirmed Epic Mini-Podcast discussing the biggest film all-time: Avengers Infinity War directed by: The Russo Brothers.  

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Minifigure Review: Armored Batman (DC25) from DC Nano Metalfigs by Jada Toys

 It has been a few days since I last served up a review, hasn't it? Well have no fear, friends! It's about to get crazy! I just received the Batman Day 2017 variant Ascending Knight Batman in the mail, I have some more Solo: A Star Wars Story action figures to review, and I just received a complete set of series 4 of my beloved Jada Toys DC Nano Metalfigs fig. Series four includes twelve figures total with nine new sculpts and three repaints. Armored Batman is one of the brand new sculpts. Each figure in this line is numbered and while the other figures in this series are numbered 51-61, Armored Batman is numbered #25. Why's that? Probably because this sculpt has been floating around for a year or more and has been shown off a few times but only now has Jada Toys inserted him into the line. He's actually the only Batman (unless you count Batman Beyond) in the series, which is pretty interesting considering that about 1/4th of the line consists of Batman variants (Seriously; I count about 13 Batman variants and around 60 figures thus far). Armored Batman is based on the BvS Armored Batman costume and completes the BvS trio along with regular Batman and Knightmare Batman. Let's check out this armored version of the Caped Crusader after the break...