Saw some scans of New Super Mario Bros from 4chan’s video game board, so I “borrowed” the pictures…

The game looks awesome as hell and I can’t wait to play a new Mario game that wasnt made by a fan.

For those who are avid collectors of the Marvel Legends line of action figures from Toy Biz, it should be known that there was a production error in the early batches released to stores. The error pertains to the Maestro figure (future version of the Hulk). Maestro comes with one of Apocalypse’s arms, however in the early batches he is missing the tube connecting the back of his arm to his lower back. So when purchasing Maestro make sure you see the tube coiled up in the packaging before taking it to the register.

If you already have one of these Maestro figures missing the tube, you can either return it and get the correct one or you can call Toy Biz Customer Service at 1-800-728-2018. I was told it would take 4-6 weeks to arrive, but it came in 2 weeks.

The Toy Biz site itself has a note on this here.

It has been brought to our attention that the bonus piece that comes with Maestro Hulk is missing. The missing piece is a tube that connects Apocalypse’s left arm to his torso. If you have recently purchased a Maestro Hulk and are missing this tube, please contact our Customer Service department at 1-800-728-2018 for replacement. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers to Toy Biz for addressing the matter in such an accommodating way.

Another fantastic rap video from SNL, this time starring Natalie Portman.

Instant classic.

I really wanted one of these, until I saw it.

I’ve never been huge on GI Joe, and the new Sigma 6 line doesn’t irk me like a lot of hard core 12″ or 3 3/4″ fans.  I figured I’d wait until I saw the new Cobra Commander figure and buy it, like I’ve done with the last few lines.

Since I don’t make it into the toy aisles as much as I’d like, and still hadn’t seen him, I just did a search on Hasbro’s official toy show.

Wow.  What a dog turd. Oddly enough, if they gave him a new head, colored him yellow and called the toy Serpentor, I’d be all over it.  I’m funny that way.

According to their official site, the first single from Pearl Jam’s eigth studio album will be a free MP3 available for download on March 8th. This is a pretty incredible news for fans of the band, but also a boon for the future of online music promotion. When Tom Petty released a single to mp3.com several years ago, his record company freaked out and it had to be removed. Its not uncommon for an up and coming band to slap some tracks on a myspace account to get some buzz, but Pearl Jam is a band that could easily sell the song on iTunes and keep the money. Here’s hoping its a success and more follow suit.

This just popped up on YouTube.

no idea how old it is, but its a pretty amusing feat.

Transformers: The Movie has been given the greenlight to go ahead with production. In a simple post on Don Murphy’s message board, a post read ‘1-2-3’ followed by a picture of a green traffic light.

Eau Claire, WI will once again play host to No Brand Con, but something cool this time around is the expanded focus on gaming. Attendees are encouraged to bring their DS, theres multiple game rooms this time, and they’ve snagged Vinnk from 4 Color Rebellion as a guest with a 4CR meetup scheduled. I’d suggest a powet.tv meet-up as well, but I already know a bunch of people going, so we’ll all just hang out like one big geek family.