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Fun little thing I found at target. Very close to being a proper micro playset, but it doesn’t quite close with everything inside. If only the items were a tad smaller or the cart a tad bigger.

Super Street Fighter II mini diorama from a toy line called Console Heroes by a company called Wilder Toys. It depicts Ryu fighting Ken on Ken’s stage. Ken is in his default stance and Ryu is firing a Hadoken. Ryu is on the left and Ken is on the right, but the life bar placard at the top of the diorama shows the opposite.

The outside of the diorama showing it is modeled on a Sega Genesis cartridge, game label and all.

November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Let’s fuckin goooooo

November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Absolutely in awe of this excerpt from the “themes” section of Wikipedia’s Bioshock Infinite article. Middle school essay-ass shit.

“In response to people discussing Columbia "as a particularly racist society", Levine said that the game was making no particular point about the theme of racism and that the game's depiction of it was merely "more a factor of the time".[95] The racism portrayed in Columbia was seen by Levine "more as a reflection of what race relations in the U.S. were like in 1912"; Levine explained that the game was "less about exploring the good and bad sides of racism and more just a reflection of the time and how it impacted that era".[104] He noted that several historic American figures such as the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were "men of their times", great men who were nevertheless racist because of the times they lived in. Consequently, Levine reasoned that the depictions of nationalism and racism were warranted in the game, saying that to not do so would be "dishonest" and "strange" to the time period.[104][105] Many reviewers praised the game for its treatment of race.”

November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Practicing malicious compliance like

November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, there’s this. Thankfully only 3 holds on this one.

Photo of a book titled The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited About Your Eternal Home by David Jeremiah. A pink slip of paper can see seen sticking out of it.

November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Gave this a flip through and it looks very much like the right approach. It’s nice to see it exists, but even nicer to see are the pink flags, which signify holds. Our system shows 10, a massive amount for a nonfiction book if this type. Does the heart good.

Photo of two copies of a book titled Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang. A pink slip of paper can see seen sticking out of each copy.

November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

sure enough, first row of results.

screenshot of google images search results for "destroy all monsters" showing the first row being The original Japanese poster, the original U.S. theatrical poster, the Japanese 1972 re-release poster, a common promotional image featuring all featured monsters, the criterion poster used in the Showa Era box set, a photo collage poster of what appears to be X-Plus figures being used by Rotten Tomatoes, and the 1998 ADV Films VHS cover.

November 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

this thumbnail caught my eye. they're using the Criterion poster for Destroy All Monsters, presumably to represent Destroy All Monsters Melee. this very much tells me this person just googled "Destroy All Monsters" and grabbed one of the first results.

youtube thumbnail with the text "ABSURD TOP TIERS IN FIGHTING GAMES" surrounding a collage of four images sliced horizontally like a pizza. From top middle going left: standard promotional image from the first Shrek movie featuring Shrek, human Fiona and Donkey running away from the dragon's fire, the Criterion collection poster for Destroy All Monsters (1968), two Dragonball characters I don't recognize, and the standard poster art for the Jimmy Neutron movie.

November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Behold: the ultimate symbol of mankind’s hubris. The living embodiment of nuclear annihilation. Happy 71st, Godzilla.

November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

No accessories (not even the wings) but his gimmick works!

November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

I can stop anytime I want.

November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

#HappyHalloween have a Gill-Man fatality.

November 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

#HappyHalloween folks. Have a peek inside my mind basically 24/7.

Jada Toys Creature from the Black Lagoon sitting on the floor like a child whilst clutching a crunch bar with a bite taken out of it in front of NECA Toony Terrors Elvira. Both figures positioned in front of a display of Halloween decorations, most prominently a ceramic haunted house.

October 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

If that’s 3spooky5you, never fear, femme goth GF and butch trucker GF are here to save you.

October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Desk all decked out for the day.

Left to right, back to front: Super7 ReAction+ Dracula, Wolf Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Monster in pocket Skeleton, Invisible Man, Mummy, Vampiress and Spring-Heeled Jack.

October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

wow they used popular characters to make a spoof of a popular movie? how weird. how offbeat. real avant garde stuff mate.

October 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

I think Jan Misali is a great youtuber but I kind of resent how popular that one mario video he made got cause now every guy who has a weird video-game related pitch makes thier thumbnail this and it starts to sound very desperate and annoying after a while

October 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Beautiful bit of algorithmic serendipity from the other site.

Top tweet from twitter user McR1B69: “Contemporary horror is desperately missing science fiction elements. It’s all mystical and occult if not just a killer. Where’s the world we come in contact with every day changed in new and terrifying ways we can’t comprehend”

Bottom tweet from twitter user vvestiges: painting of a blonde 50’s-style pinup girl waving at a UFO in the desert. At the edge of the frame, you can see the woman is leaning on a red car with an open hood, suggesting she is flagging the UFO for help with her engine.

October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Snapped this fun shot down in the basement at work the other day.

Super7 ReAction+ Creature from the Black Lagoon in a sort of walking forward pose on a full bookshelf in a library basement. Has the iOS “vivid warm” color filter on it and a vignette around the edge giving it the look of an old photograph.

The same shit as before, now in black and white.

October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

G1 Spinister sadly in storage (with a broken rotor D:) but felt wrong to not pose Warpath here next to his fellow “most stylish helicopter rotor storage” club member.

Tonka/Bandai 1984 Super Gobots Warpath next to Hasbro Transformers Legacy Spinister.

October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Mike-anoids From The Deep

@miketruk93.bsky.social

Honestly have fallen in move with this piece. I think I knew before that the rotor could go his back but had forgotten about it. Really makes a world of difference in robot mode.