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Phil Theobald
@whimsicalphil.bsky.social
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Player One Podcast co-host. Formerly Nintendo Power, EGM, et al. Currently at Pokémon. Ace mercenary pilot and intergalactic wise guy. Opinions are my own, etc.
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whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Lifts my spirit; I swear that it never fails.
mudron.bsky.social Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 1d
Oh hey, Shout Factory is streamlooping the uncut version of Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas (complete with the Kermit interstitials!) www.youtube.com/live/CzuPZBh...
Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
My pal @thejustincheng.bsky.social gifted me a Kodak Charmera, a keychain-sized, blind boxed digital camera that's designed to look like an old disposable Kodak camera. Super low fidelity (just 1.6 megapixels), but fun to play around with and charming as heck.
A red Kodak Charmera digital camera. It's about 2.25" long and an inch high. A LEGO Minifigure is next to it for scale. The Minifigure is holding a little LEGO camera because I'm very clever. A photo taken with a Kodak Charmera digital camera. Silhouettes of tree and a glowing street light against a dark blue early night sky. A photo taken with a Kodak Charmera digital camera. A vintage "plastic popcorn" decoration of crossed candy canes hanging on a brick wall. A photo taken with a Kodak Charmera digital camera. Looking into a lit Rolife Sakura Densya Book Nook. It's a narrow view between two Japanese buildings. Behind them, a small train is passing by on elevated tracks. Sakura branches hang down from overhead.
December 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Screenshot from the Japanese Nintendo Switch app Hello, Mario! Mario's head appears against a white background. His eyes are half-closed, and he's raising one of his eyebrows. His mustache has been pulled down to his chin, making it look as though he has a fluffy, black beard that's connected to his nose by a thick strip of hair.
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
If tactical diaper bags could play Boxxle.
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
It's true, sadly. These days, we can't even be sure if this dog is a normal man. An innocent man.
Hacker T Dog stares at Lauren Layfield.
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Search your camera roll for “hell”
Screenshot from Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Ichiban stands on a beach covered in what appears to be a dozen or so severed heads and watermelons (it’s people buried up to their necks). Ichiban declares, “What the hell!?”
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Please admire my absolutely gorgeous new plesiosaur fossil mug, handcrafted by the incredibly talented @leslielevings.bsky.social.

Buy art from artists if you can, folks. It's one of the best things in the world.
A plesiosaur fossil mug by artist Leslie Levings. It is, in Leslie's own words, a "wheel-thrown stoneware mug featuring a plesiosaur fossil drawn/carved in slip." It is mostly brown with some black highlights. A lighter brown silhouette is carved into the surface, exposing a black fossil. It looks super rad. This angle shows the mug's handle along with the plesiosaur's skull and part of its neck. A plesiosaur fossil mug by artist Leslie Levings. This angle shows a bit of the plesiosaur's neck, front flipper, and ribs. A plesiosaur fossil mug by artist Leslie Levings. This angle shows the plesiosaur's rear flipper and tail along with the mug's handle. A plesiosaur fossil mug by artist Leslie Levings. This picture shows an angled view looking down into the mug. The mug's handle and plesiosaur's skull are visible. The mug is filled with water, and a bag of peppermint tea is steeping in it. A mini candy cane is hooked over the mug's rim, slowly dissolving in the hot water.
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Man, I don't even like beer, and if I did, I can't imagine I'd like PBR, but C'MON... What was I supposed to do?
A 25 oz. can of Pabst Blue Ribbon featuring rad art of King Ghidorah by the artist Attack Peter.
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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pokemon red/blue screencap - the player is looking at the tv in their home. the subtitle says “There’s a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks” referencing Stand By Me
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Please enjoy this picture I took last night of Kiki sittin' around like a schlub.
Kiki, our one-eyed (her left eye was removed when she was very young) calico cat, sitting on our couch. She is mostly white and grey with bit of orange. She's sitting upright on her butt like a person would. Her hind legs are splayed out, and her front legs are resting in between them. Her hunched posture makes her look like she's got a gut. She ended up in this position after our son was petting her. She is adorable.
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Just recorded my bit of the annual @p1podcast.com holiday song. Please look forward to it!
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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mudron.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
I really dug this game! I'm glad more people are gonna get a chance to play it.
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 10d
South of Midnight coming to Nintendo Switch 2 & PS5 in Spring 2026
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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chuckxl.bsky.social
Toho Bowl this weekend
The Jets play the Jaguars this weekend. Jet Jaguar is a character in Toho’s Godzilla vs. Megalon.
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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aconstantwip.bsky.social
annoying both weebs and trekkies alike by calling tos “showa era star trek”
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
♫ OHHHHHHHHHH... who's gonna feel terrible later today? ♫
The Burger King SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom Bundle. There's a pineapple-shaped box, a cardboard crown with SpongeBob on it, a wrapped SpongeBob's Krabby Whopper, a box filled with Mr. Krabs' Cheesy Bacon Tots, a box containing Patrick's Star-berry Shortcake Pie, and a Pirate's Frozen Pineapple Float. The food from the Burger King SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom Bundle has all been revealed. The SpongeBob's Krabby Whopper looks like a standard Whopper, but the bun in more square-shaped, and it's a very bright shade of yellow. The Mr. Krabs' Cheesy Bacon Tots just look like little fried nuggest, and Patrick's Star-berry Shortcake Pie looks like a little slice of cream pie with pink, star-shaped sprinkles on it. The Pirate's Frozen Pineapple Float is bright yellow with some whipped cream on top.
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Got my Pixoo-64 all set up for the holidays.
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
@leslielevings.bsky.social Hi there, Leslie! I just got the mug I ordered from you a few days ago, and cripes is it absolutely stunning in-hand.

I wanted to confirm that it's food safe before I got drinking tea out of it, though. Is that the case?

Thanks so much!
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
The perfect excuse to watch this if you haven't seen it yet.

(... or, indeed, to rewatch it for, like, the sixth or seventh time...)
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Gettin' out the holiday LEGO.
A pair of holiday-themed LEGO Star Wars sets: Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806) and Christmas X-wing (4002019). The X-wing is the 2019 LEGO employee exclusive holiday gift. It's not an ORIGINAL version of that set, of course (it's very expensive), but I recreated it using pieces I ordered off BrickLink. Low angle shot of the LEGO Star Wars Christmas X-wing set (4002019). Looking down into the cockpit of the LEGO Star Wars Christmas X-wing set (4002019). The LEGO Star Wars sets: Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806). Next to it is a LEGO Minifigure of a Gingerbread Darth Vader. Cookie Vader is holding a lightsaber with a candy cane instead of a blade.
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Local craft store clearly not above carrying bootleg KPop Demon Hunters merch.

(They also have a decent sized stock of Lafufus.)
A box containing poorly painted bootleg figures of Jinu, Mira, Sussie, Derpy, Rumi, Romance, and Zoey from KPop Demon Hunters. Derpy in particular is VERY off-model. Blister card containing ugly bootleg figures of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey from KPop Demon Hunters. There are two each character, depicting them in different outfits. The figures have clips on them, so you can attach them to a backpack or whatever. Bootleg keychains of Mira and Derpy and Sussie from KPop Demon Hunters. Mira looks VERY off-model, and I'm pretty sure the Derpy/Sussie figure is a generic "baby tiger with bird on its head" figure that was just made of blue plastic and covered with a bit of paint to SORTA suggest the characters (Sussie is still blue). A bootleg figure of Jinu from KPop Demon Hunters in his demon outfit. It... does not really look like him.
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
Looks like Tiny Vegeta's about to fall into the toilet.
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
whimsicalphil.bsky.social
It's the most wonderful time of the year.

#LEGOStarWarsAdventCalendar
Box for the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2025 (75418).
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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schwellenbooks.bsky.social
In case I forgot to mention it, I wrote a four-part Dungeons & Dragons 5e campaign as a memorial to the cat that I lost to cancer on May 5, 2023. And there's just 12 hours left to back "The Eternal Legend of Cat Cat" on Kickstarter. Be part of her legend.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...
The Eternal Legend of Cat Cat
A four-part unofficial Dungeons & Dragons 5e campaign inspired by feline ferocity
www.kickstarter.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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datesinmovies.bsky.social
Nov 29th 1983 - H.I. McDunnough first met his future wife Ed, while she was taking his mugshot.

📽️📅 Raising Arizona (1987)
1 Screenshot from the movie "Raising Arizona" (1987): A man with unkempt hair and a mustache stands against a height chart in a police lineup, holding a sign with his name and booking number. He wears a red and yellow floral shirt over a white undershirt.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM