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The Spider-Man That Inspired Power Rangers

Chris Walker — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:00:18 +0000

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we’re breaking from our usual format a bit this week. Oh, we’re still highlighting a nifty collectible item you can buy on eBay, but not one of ours. See, t-shirt seller Cleveland Sleeves was our booth neighbor at Motor City Comic Con a few weeks backs and…

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Value on Home Video

Chris Walker — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:45:02 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we are following up on last week’s lesson about why you won’t be able to retire on VHS tapes with some specific guidance on where there is value in your home media collection. To do that, we’re looking at Lot #91 from our August Fourth auction session. It’s a…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Guyver 2

Chris Walker — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:00:00 +0000

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TOKUSASTSU GESUNDHEIT: Spider-Man Movie

Chris Walker — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:00:22 +0000

Welcome back to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where this week we are celebrating today’s release of Spider-Man: Far From Home by watching the first Spider-Man movie ever intended for theaters! BRIEF BACKGROUNDThis flick was produced for the Toei Manga Matsuri festival (much like the previously covered Metalder movie). As such, it is a glorified episode of the…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II

Chris Walker — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:00:52 +0000

Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re continuing our extended look at the Heisei-era Godzilla series with Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II. Plot Rundown G-Force, the U.N.’s military answer to the ongoing Godzilla problem, has two super-weapon projects in final stages: Garuda, a high-tech fighter/bomber meant for fighting kaiju, and Mechagodzilla, a 100% robotic Godzilla based on…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Godzilla Vs. Mothra

Chris Walker — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:10:45 +0000

Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re continuing our look at the Heisei Godzilla series with 1992’s Godzilla Vs. Mothra! Plot Rundown A meteorite lands in the ocean and sets off a chain of events that will once again put some Kaiju on the path to battle: it awakens Godzilla from his slumber on the bottom…

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Strange Times & Places: Godzilla Cataclysm

Chris Walker — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:00:43 +0000

Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’ve obviously been in something of a Godzilla mood of late. As a result, we’re looking at the IDW mini-series Godzilla: Cataclysm. How’s It Different? It’s an Imaginary Story, in as much as there is any definitive Godzilla canon. It depicts a world where a catastrophic global…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: The Return of Godzilla

Chris Walker — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:52:33 +0000

Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where I was moved by the snow to start marathoning the Heisei Godzilla series! We begin with the starting point of the series, 1984’s Return of Godzilla. Plot Rundown Thirty or so years after Godzilla’s original attack on Japan, the fishing boat Yahata Maru goes missing at sea. Reporter Goro Maki…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Space Squad 2

Chris Walker — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:00:43 +0000

Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where I am incredibly excited that the second entry in the Space Squad V-Cinema series, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad, has been released! Plot Rundown In “our” dimension, Space Squad commander Space Sheriff Gavan has dispatched Space Sheriff Shaider and a brand new World Ninja Jiraiya to bring in one…

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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Lupin Vs. Patren Update

Chris Walker — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:00:36 +0000

Welcome to back to Tokusatsu Gesundheit (finally), where this week we will be catching back up with this year’s sentai Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (up through episode 21). Plot Rundown The Lupinrangers and Patrangers continue to battler both the criminal forces of the Gangler and each other for the pieces of the…

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