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By Mark Rodriguez Ah, Funko Pops.... definitely the Beanie Babies of the current generation. There are Pops of almost every pop culture character or series out there, and if they're not, there eventually will be. Dragonball Z, Overwatch, WWE, Five Nights at Freddy's, My Hero Academia, Rick and Morty, almost anything you can think of, as well as tons of Batman, Deadpool, and Harley Quinn variants. I mean, they're about to release Pops based on Married with Children for Al Bundy's sake. Unlike Beanie Babies though, I kinda can't see an end in sight for Funko Pops. People are probably eager to pre-order the Pops that will be based on the next Avengers movie. My collection at the time.... and this is before I got the Infinity War figures, Marvel VS Capcom and Toys R Us exclusive Ryu and Ken Street Fighter figures. Back in 2016 I made an article on the characters I felt deserved a Funko Pop. At the time these Pops didn't exist and nowadays, some do while some still d...

By Mark Rodriguez I've been busy with a quick trip to visit my bro in Vegas and while attending a local anime convention we also hung out with our friends, and did a lot of drinking. The blog will return with more daily or almost daily articles next weekend, but for the meantime here are my thoughts on Shine Con. This was the first ever Shine Con and it was at the Tuscany Suites in Las Vegas Nevada. It took place August 17, 18 and 19. According to Sean, the guy who runs the con, it was a complete surprise that the con sold out and was as big of a success as it turned out. My bro and I made it all three days. I was cosplaying as Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury, but this time with the long blonde ponytail to complete it more. Johnny cosplayed as Kyo Kusanagi on Day 1 and 3 and Android 17 with the new outfit he has in Dragonball Super on Day 2. It was great to see PikaChika again and she was King to complete the trio. It's also perfect cause we got Terry from Fatal Fury, King from Ar...

By Mark Rodriguez Wily and Eggman joined forces to create their own pocket dimension and use the Chaos Emeralds to reshape both worlds to their liking. Sonic and Megaman teamed up, fought their way through the Skull Egg Zone and made their way aboard the Wily Egg fortress. After defeating Bass, Treble and Metal Sonic, the heroes were defeated and captured by the Egg Wily Machine X, and are now helpless as the evil scientists prepare to reset history, while their friends are still fighting off an army of Robot Masters. How will this end? The issue starts with the bad guys bragging about their victory, and even though Sonic and Megaman got past all their defenses, they still lost, and all their friends are busy fighting the Robot Masters, and Duo is also too busy fighting the Chaos Devil to help. The other heroes are also getting tired and worn out in their fight against the Robot Masters, and plus, they have to tend to an injured Tails as well. Just then, the original Light Robot Master...

By Mark Rodriguez Eggman and Wily have teamed up, created their own pocket universe called the Skull Egg Zone, roboticized all of Sonic's friends into Robot Masters, and captured Dr. Light in their flying fortress. Sonic and Megaman meet up and team up and head out to stop the evil scientists. With their friends turned back to normal and fighting a never-ending army of Robot Masters, Sonic and Megaman storm into the enemy fortress and run into Bass, Treble and Metal Sonic! What will happen now? The issue opens with Eggman and Wily hastily working on their Egg-Wily Machine X while bickering. In the previous issue, Eggman tried to kill Dr. Light by throwing him out of the Wily Egg but he was rescued by Shadow. Wily was furious that he tried to kill Light (since he wants to humiliate him and prove that he was better than him, but not outright kill him) and Eggman is angry since he considers this a weakness. Once they finish the Machine X, they both plan to double-cross each other. Mea...

Mark Rodriguez Wiley and Eggman joined forces and created a pocket universe with mixed elements from both their worlds. Megaman and Sonic ventured forth into the Skull Egg Zone, and even though the mad scientists have captured and roboticized Sonic's friends into Robot Masters, the heroes were able to turn them back to normal. Now with the heroes fighting off an army of Robot Masters from every Megaman game ever, Sonic and Megaman dash ahead to face the scientists themselves and rescue Dr. Light. Eggman catches Dr. Light trying to radio for help and determines he is too dangerous to leave alive..... and he has Metal Sonic toss him out of their flying fortress. What happens now? The comic opens with Dr. Light falling out of the flying fotress and into the huge crater below. Megaman and Sonic panic and don't know what to do, neither of them being fast enough to do anything (not even Sonic?). Suddenly Shadow appears using Chaos Control to grab Light in mid-air and warp back down t...

By Mark Rodriguez Megaman and Sonic venture through the Skull Egg Zone, a pocket universe that's a bizzare mixture from both their games created by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily. After having rescued Sonic's roboticized friends, the gang gathers together and start heading towards the villains' hideout. Eggman and Wily already have Dr. Light, but now they also captured Rouge and plan to roboticize her and have her lead and army of recycled Robot Masters after our heroes. What will happen? I see this was drawn in the Megaman Powered Up art style This issues wastes no time as the band of heroes arrive outside Eggman and Wily's base and see the entire Robot Master line-up from Megaman 1-9, being led by Rouge Woman. As you expect all hell breaks loose. Sonic tells the gang they have to get to the teleporter, but Vector reminds them they couldn't crack the code. As they fight Sonic asks how many Robot Masters has Megaman faced before, and he says it feels like hundreds. Sonic s...