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College wk/stdy supervisor, 1980's Lego enthusiast, Typemoon and others Anime Enthusiast. (39)
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Two Lego Sets, 10305 Lion Knight's Castle, and 40567 Forestmen Hideout... They're very nice... but can I make classical Castle sets with them? Follow me and I'll share three + one I already shared last year.
Magic Kaito 1412 was my introduction to Case Closed, and if Case closed weren't a behemoth, it might have gotten more traction...
I'm keen to see this again. And Dubbed? Yes and Thank you.
I'm keen to see this again. And Dubbed? Yes and Thank you.
So here's a scoop that someone tipped me off to this morning...
You mean to tell me that a whole entire English dub of Magic Kaito 1412 has just been sitting there on an app for free...and only NOW is anyone finding it?! amasian.tv/video/series...
You mean to tell me that a whole entire English dub of Magic Kaito 1412 has just been sitting there on an app for free...and only NOW is anyone finding it?! amasian.tv/video/series...
Magic Kaito 1412 [English Dub] | Amasian TV
Kaito Kuroba is a seventeen-year-old high school student who is an adept magician due to the influence of his father, Toichi Kuroba who died mysteriously. Eight years after his father’s death, Kaito d...
amasian.tv
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Magic Kaito 1412 was my introduction to Case Closed, and if Case closed weren't a behemoth, it might have gotten more traction...
I'm keen to see this again. And Dubbed? Yes and Thank you.
I'm keen to see this again. And Dubbed? Yes and Thank you.
Stranger Things Season 5 episodes 1-3
Oh hey, I really like Stranger Things again. What a great return to form after those last 2 outings. I liked pieces of seasons 3-4, but here... 5 is soo much tighter, and more focused. It feels good watching it.
Oh hey, I really like Stranger Things again. What a great return to form after those last 2 outings. I liked pieces of seasons 3-4, but here... 5 is soo much tighter, and more focused. It feels good watching it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Stranger Things Season 5 episodes 1-3
Oh hey, I really like Stranger Things again. What a great return to form after those last 2 outings. I liked pieces of seasons 3-4, but here... 5 is soo much tighter, and more focused. It feels good watching it.
Oh hey, I really like Stranger Things again. What a great return to form after those last 2 outings. I liked pieces of seasons 3-4, but here... 5 is soo much tighter, and more focused. It feels good watching it.
The heart of coal is painted gold.
It shines so bright in artificial light
The cold coal of a painted heart is never fit for burning.
It never warms anyone to see it
It never makes its way to ash
Never worth its weight in gold,
nor even a useful lump of coal.
To the trash heap soon,
badump.
It shines so bright in artificial light
The cold coal of a painted heart is never fit for burning.
It never warms anyone to see it
It never makes its way to ash
Never worth its weight in gold,
nor even a useful lump of coal.
To the trash heap soon,
badump.
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The heart of coal is painted gold.
It shines so bright in artificial light
The cold coal of a painted heart is never fit for burning.
It never warms anyone to see it
It never makes its way to ash
Never worth its weight in gold,
nor even a useful lump of coal.
To the trash heap soon,
badump.
It shines so bright in artificial light
The cold coal of a painted heart is never fit for burning.
It never warms anyone to see it
It never makes its way to ash
Never worth its weight in gold,
nor even a useful lump of coal.
To the trash heap soon,
badump.
I heard some of the darkest reporting on NPR on my way home delivered as affably as it normally is and I sometimes wonder how they stay sane while they talk.
I emailed my Senator and asked them to push back on the rhetoric.
www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
I emailed my Senator and asked them to push back on the rhetoric.
www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
'Remigration,' once a fringe idea, becomes a mantra for the Trump administration
The recent shooting of two National Guardsmen in D.C. has revived calls from the Trump administration for "reverse migration," or "remigration." But those ideas trace back to European extremists.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I heard some of the darkest reporting on NPR on my way home delivered as affably as it normally is and I sometimes wonder how they stay sane while they talk.
I emailed my Senator and asked them to push back on the rhetoric.
www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
I emailed my Senator and asked them to push back on the rhetoric.
www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
Eden's BoWy... I'd see it at a used dvd store, but the dvd covers looked ugly, so I kept ignoring it. Then I did a Rightstuf Blind Buy and they sent me Eden's BoWy, and I was like OH NO, not this ONE!
So then I watched it. I misjudged it HARD. I've moved on from 90's Fantasy anime, but not EB.
So then I watched it. I misjudged it HARD. I've moved on from 90's Fantasy anime, but not EB.
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Eden's BoWy... I'd see it at a used dvd store, but the dvd covers looked ugly, so I kept ignoring it. Then I did a Rightstuf Blind Buy and they sent me Eden's BoWy, and I was like OH NO, not this ONE!
So then I watched it. I misjudged it HARD. I've moved on from 90's Fantasy anime, but not EB.
So then I watched it. I misjudged it HARD. I've moved on from 90's Fantasy anime, but not EB.
Of all the things Fortnite has done... this is by all accounts... MY FAVE. I fell in love with Kill Bill in college back in 2005 and I just really like the 'all ages?' Kill Bill cartoon. It's just like stepping right back into an off kilter scene from the film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrUI...
The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge | Fortnite After Dark
YouTube video by Fortnite
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December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Of all the things Fortnite has done... this is by all accounts... MY FAVE. I fell in love with Kill Bill in college back in 2005 and I just really like the 'all ages?' Kill Bill cartoon. It's just like stepping right back into an off kilter scene from the film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrUI...
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Night is Short, Walk on the Line Girl.
The Night is Short, Walk on the Line Girl.
Insert a movie into another movie:
Phantom Menace Thread
Phantom Menace Thread
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Jedi King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Jedi King
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Night is Short, Walk on the Line Girl.
The Night is Short, Walk on the Line Girl.
Tangled: as a former homeschooler, I rather like this movie 'a' LOT.
Never watched the tv show though... but I'm about to rectify that... I found out it has a Bluray last night... So I got one... and while I'm waiting I watched Tangled again instead of more anime or Fortnite or Halo.
Never watched the tv show though... but I'm about to rectify that... I found out it has a Bluray last night... So I got one... and while I'm waiting I watched Tangled again instead of more anime or Fortnite or Halo.
a cartoon girl with a surprised look on her face and a green lizard behind her
Alt: TV version Rapunzel with a look of shock: "I have a Bluray?!"
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Tangled: as a former homeschooler, I rather like this movie 'a' LOT.
Never watched the tv show though... but I'm about to rectify that... I found out it has a Bluray last night... So I got one... and while I'm waiting I watched Tangled again instead of more anime or Fortnite or Halo.
Never watched the tv show though... but I'm about to rectify that... I found out it has a Bluray last night... So I got one... and while I'm waiting I watched Tangled again instead of more anime or Fortnite or Halo.
The new Rozen Maiden Manga Omnibus don't cut cleanly with the old Tokyopop volumes.
If you have the old volumes up to volume 6 (Phase 29), and start buying the new volumes from volume 3 (which is numbered differently (New-episode 32/Old-phase 30), you will have the optimal mix and match of books.
If you have the old volumes up to volume 6 (Phase 29), and start buying the new volumes from volume 3 (which is numbered differently (New-episode 32/Old-phase 30), you will have the optimal mix and match of books.
a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a green dress with red roses
Alt: Shinku: 5th Rozen Maiden: a living doll with blonde hair and blue eyes, is wearing a red dress with red roses and a green bow.
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The new Rozen Maiden Manga Omnibus don't cut cleanly with the old Tokyopop volumes.
If you have the old volumes up to volume 6 (Phase 29), and start buying the new volumes from volume 3 (which is numbered differently (New-episode 32/Old-phase 30), you will have the optimal mix and match of books.
If you have the old volumes up to volume 6 (Phase 29), and start buying the new volumes from volume 3 (which is numbered differently (New-episode 32/Old-phase 30), you will have the optimal mix and match of books.
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After more than 4 years of waiting we finally have new news on Saga of Tanya the Evil II! The 2nd season will debut next year, and the staff and cast have been revealed along with a new video!
Saga of Tanya the Evil II TV Anime Reveals 2026 Debut in Teaser Promo Video
Teaser visual also revealed; sequel was originally announced in June 2021
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
After more than 4 years of waiting we finally have new news on Saga of Tanya the Evil II! The 2nd season will debut next year, and the staff and cast have been revealed along with a new video!
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I’m not joking when I say you’ll appreciate the show in general way more if you know a bit about KINGS ROW.
Since everyone is gearing up for the finale of STRANGER THINGS, it’s a good time to check out part of the show’s ancestry. Fortunately, I happen to have written a book on the subject: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/amer...
American Small-Town Fiction, 1940–1960 - McFarland
American Small-Town Fiction, 1940–1960 A Critical Study Nathanael T. Booth 978-1-4766-7274-8 978-1-4766-3572-9
mcfarlandbooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’m not joking when I say you’ll appreciate the show in general way more if you know a bit about KINGS ROW.
I have found the best thing ever. A Gestalt AMV that sounds like it was sung by operatic and heavy metal chipmunks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_EY...
AMV Gestalt
YouTube video by Hscmrf
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November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I have found the best thing ever. A Gestalt AMV that sounds like it was sung by operatic and heavy metal chipmunks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_EY...
I took this to mean by manufacture. Since I don't have VHS, I go through my dvd's and find.
Ayane's High Kick DVD 1998-10-06... which I paid .45 cents to own. Not an out and out classic, but it is enjoyable.
I started collecting in 2006, so most of my oldest DVDs and Manga are newer than 2000.
Ayane's High Kick DVD 1998-10-06... which I paid .45 cents to own. Not an out and out classic, but it is enjoyable.
I started collecting in 2006, so most of my oldest DVDs and Manga are newer than 2000.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I took this to mean by manufacture. Since I don't have VHS, I go through my dvd's and find.
Ayane's High Kick DVD 1998-10-06... which I paid .45 cents to own. Not an out and out classic, but it is enjoyable.
I started collecting in 2006, so most of my oldest DVDs and Manga are newer than 2000.
Ayane's High Kick DVD 1998-10-06... which I paid .45 cents to own. Not an out and out classic, but it is enjoyable.
I started collecting in 2006, so most of my oldest DVDs and Manga are newer than 2000.
I thought my day might be a touch busy because of a small flour prank I had to clean up.
Little did I know, there was a retaliation prank for the flour...
A whole walking trail for 50'+ through a hall with 1 inch of gravel, stones, a 300 Lb. concrete block, a park bench, and a 15' tree? limb?
Little did I know, there was a retaliation prank for the flour...
A whole walking trail for 50'+ through a hall with 1 inch of gravel, stones, a 300 Lb. concrete block, a park bench, and a 15' tree? limb?
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I thought my day might be a touch busy because of a small flour prank I had to clean up.
Little did I know, there was a retaliation prank for the flour...
A whole walking trail for 50'+ through a hall with 1 inch of gravel, stones, a 300 Lb. concrete block, a park bench, and a 15' tree? limb?
Little did I know, there was a retaliation prank for the flour...
A whole walking trail for 50'+ through a hall with 1 inch of gravel, stones, a 300 Lb. concrete block, a park bench, and a 15' tree? limb?
And now... on 11/23/2025... exactly one year's clocktick later.
Wicked: For Good: Part II. I'm not as happy with it as I was with part one, and the blame for that may be entirely mine... I was kind of hoping the movie would be Wicked Part 2, AND effectively a 'The Wizard of Oz' remake; It isn't.
Wicked: For Good: Part II. I'm not as happy with it as I was with part one, and the blame for that may be entirely mine... I was kind of hoping the movie would be Wicked Part 2, AND effectively a 'The Wizard of Oz' remake; It isn't.
I only knew 'Wicked' from the soundtrack songs college students would play, but I liked 'Popular' as a stand alone song.
I went to see Wicked by myself today, 'Popular' has been one of my favorite songs for 17 years. I worried Ariana's take would ruin the song, but she nailed it.
I went to see Wicked by myself today, 'Popular' has been one of my favorite songs for 17 years. I worried Ariana's take would ruin the song, but she nailed it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And now... on 11/23/2025... exactly one year's clocktick later.
Wicked: For Good: Part II. I'm not as happy with it as I was with part one, and the blame for that may be entirely mine... I was kind of hoping the movie would be Wicked Part 2, AND effectively a 'The Wizard of Oz' remake; It isn't.
Wicked: For Good: Part II. I'm not as happy with it as I was with part one, and the blame for that may be entirely mine... I was kind of hoping the movie would be Wicked Part 2, AND effectively a 'The Wizard of Oz' remake; It isn't.
SISU 2: Road to Revenge...
It's a very silly movie. My friend compared it to a Buster Keaton film... now he wants to rewatch 'The General'.
I have what I consider to be a flawless take: my personal take is SISU 2 is a live action Spy Vs. Spy movie.
It's a very silly movie. My friend compared it to a Buster Keaton film... now he wants to rewatch 'The General'.
I have what I consider to be a flawless take: my personal take is SISU 2 is a live action Spy Vs. Spy movie.
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
SISU 2: Road to Revenge...
It's a very silly movie. My friend compared it to a Buster Keaton film... now he wants to rewatch 'The General'.
I have what I consider to be a flawless take: my personal take is SISU 2 is a live action Spy Vs. Spy movie.
It's a very silly movie. My friend compared it to a Buster Keaton film... now he wants to rewatch 'The General'.
I have what I consider to be a flawless take: my personal take is SISU 2 is a live action Spy Vs. Spy movie.
I have Rocky River Retreat, it was the last of 3 big sets of my pre-Highschool Childhood. I never considered it being Horror adjacent because it's just so nice. I think part of why I got it despite its price is that it was about cabins and fishing, so my Dad liked it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvc...
90s LEGO Meets 80s Slasher - 6552 Rocky River Retreat Showcase (of Horror!)
YouTube video by TrikBrix
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I have Rocky River Retreat, it was the last of 3 big sets of my pre-Highschool Childhood. I never considered it being Horror adjacent because it's just so nice. I think part of why I got it despite its price is that it was about cabins and fishing, so my Dad liked it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvc...
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just a heads-up, got a review of virgin punk up on the newsletter.
gamesoftrobo.ghost.io/yasuomi-umet...
"That Mr. Elegance— a man whose goal in life is to collect, imprison, own and ogle cute girls while commanding them to do his bidding— is the most unflattering possible representative of the otaku culture should slap you repeatedly in the face."
"That Mr. Elegance— a man whose goal in life is to collect, imprison, own and ogle cute girls while commanding them to do his bidding— is the most unflattering possible representative of the otaku culture should slap you repeatedly in the face."
Yasuomi Umetsu's Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl packs 35 minutes tight with exquisite, artisanal violence
Legendary animator Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite, Mezzo Forte) dreams of girl assassins blasting their way through massive, bloody action movie set-pieces. A craftsman and a perfectionist, he looks to create t...
gamesoftrobo.ghost.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
just a heads-up, got a review of virgin punk up on the newsletter.
Started watching 'Nautilus' and... if they keep this up this will be my favorite version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea... not that the competition was fierce.
This show is giving me some serious "we have live action 'Last Exile' at home" vibes as of episode 2. and I'm so here for it.
This show is giving me some serious "we have live action 'Last Exile' at home" vibes as of episode 2. and I'm so here for it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Started watching 'Nautilus' and... if they keep this up this will be my favorite version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea... not that the competition was fierce.
This show is giving me some serious "we have live action 'Last Exile' at home" vibes as of episode 2. and I'm so here for it.
This show is giving me some serious "we have live action 'Last Exile' at home" vibes as of episode 2. and I'm so here for it.
If You have an account on Lego.com they have a free sweepstakes to try to win the new Star Trek Lego set.
www.lego.com/en-us/reward...
I noticed it while doing some Christmas shopping.
www.lego.com/en-us/reward...
I noticed it while doing some Christmas shopping.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If You have an account on Lego.com they have a free sweepstakes to try to win the new Star Trek Lego set.
www.lego.com/en-us/reward...
I noticed it while doing some Christmas shopping.
www.lego.com/en-us/reward...
I noticed it while doing some Christmas shopping.
I went to go see this movie for a different reason than why everyone else went. I have for 20 years, with 1 exception, skipped or dropped any anime associated with Yasuomi Umetsu. I showed up for Virgin Punk because it's titled Clockwork Girl.
I've been writing a clockwork girl novel for 15 years
I've been writing a clockwork girl novel for 15 years
Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl
I went to see it before it left the theater after tonight. I had a great time, and I watched all of it... when everyone left I had the theater to myself for an hour.
I also went back to my favorite Chinese buffet for the first time since I'd stopped going in 2020.
I went to see it before it left the theater after tonight. I had a great time, and I watched all of it... when everyone left I had the theater to myself for an hour.
I also went back to my favorite Chinese buffet for the first time since I'd stopped going in 2020.
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I went to go see this movie for a different reason than why everyone else went. I have for 20 years, with 1 exception, skipped or dropped any anime associated with Yasuomi Umetsu. I showed up for Virgin Punk because it's titled Clockwork Girl.
I've been writing a clockwork girl novel for 15 years
I've been writing a clockwork girl novel for 15 years
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
I understood that reference!
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I understood that reference!
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This piece from me about how as a millennial, housing anxiety haunts me, and I can't get enough haunted house stories. WITH incredible @meowwwls.bsky.social freelance illustration; such a joy to work with and got me and this piece INSTANTLY.
Housing Haunts Me
If only getting a mortgage was as easy as opening a book.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This piece from me about how as a millennial, housing anxiety haunts me, and I can't get enough haunted house stories. WITH incredible @meowwwls.bsky.social freelance illustration; such a joy to work with and got me and this piece INSTANTLY.