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So glad they remade this hard to find Tomy Takara toys for the 30th Pokemon Anniversary ❤️
15/03/2026

So glad they remade this hard to find Tomy Takara toys for the 30th Pokemon Anniversary ❤️

05/03/2026

New Gundam miniatures tabletop game! Gundam Assemble!🤖 Are you going to try this?

04/03/2026

New Pokemon tabletop game! Re-release of Pokemon Plakoro!😍

02/03/2026

Played boardgames today! Met Emerson Matsuuchi (designer of Century Spice Road!) Played Aqua Garden and Age of Galaxy second edition!

It was fun! Short impressions/reviews in the pics!

Amazing art by on IG!!😍 Merely hours after the announcement of Pokemon Winds and Waves! Welcome to the family Browt, Po...
27/02/2026

Amazing art by on IG!!😍 Merely hours after the announcement of Pokemon Winds and Waves! Welcome to the family Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua!!😍

I did a thing. Tried out plamos for the first time. Liber Knight from the 30 Minute Fantasy series Thoughts as a first...
13/02/2026

I did a thing. Tried out plamos for the first time. Liber Knight from the 30 Minute Fantasy series

Thoughts as a first time builder:
- Both hard and easy at the same time? There's a lot of parts. You need good tools to get it right. But you get into a zen flow state building it (spent 4 hours on this one what). A bit overwhelming to start but I had a friend teaching me.
- The model is really flimsy. Like light plastic that shake a lot. But at the same time it looks awesome. Details really pop out. You can get it into good poses. Coming from blindbox figures where the name of the game is instantly good painted figures out of the box (but expensive).

I have a few more kits I bought to try. Really curious to see how the level 3 armor jobs feel like. This first build of mine feels special. I don't want to touch it anymore lol.

FIRST PLAY: Kinfire Delve Callous' Lab! (Solo)"Fun! Was better than I expected. I somehow got the impression that the ca...
10/02/2026

FIRST PLAY: Kinfire Delve Callous' Lab! (Solo)

"Fun! Was better than I expected. I somehow got the impression that the card play was going to be simple and straightforward. On the contrary, it was much more puzzly that I thought."

Gameplay: a dungeon-crawl derivative in card game form. You have a deck of attacks, spells, maneuvers and in the middle are 4 challenges that you are always able to interact with. The challenge is your attacks are color coded and only work on puzzles, enemies, and obstacles of the same color. Not overly restrictive. But you will feel it hinder you roughly 40% of the game. Best played 2-handed (i.e. running 2 heroes ala coop). Oh and you also roll dice with each attack for added damage making it less predictable.

Eventually you go through enough challenges to get to the final boss. The last fight will use the same color coding mechanisms but the boss will usually be accompanied by 4 henchmen/obstacles that shape the final match.

What's good: The card play was less of a tableau builder. As far as I can tell there are no permanent cards in play. Instead good card play is usually how well you combo and synergize between the 2 heroes (that's why 2-handed is recommended.) So timing, saving your cards, picking your spots are key. Also means you can get incredibly unlucky depending on how enemy cards come out. But hey. That's card games.

What's sus: I'm not sure about replayability. Out of the box you have 2 heroes, and 3 versions of the same final boss (you don't Know which one you get till the final battle). My guess is this was never meant to be a super expansive card game by itself in this one small box. And you are instead encouraged to get the 2 other Kinfire Delve adventures if you want more. You can then mix and match your sets.

Did I enjoy my 1 play? Yes (4/5)
Would I play it again? Yes (4/5)
Do I think I'm the target market for this product? Definitely Yes (5/5)
I like card games, play draft and deckbuilders a lot. So this is right up my alley.
Do I want to own it? Not sure (3/5)
Only because the replayability has got me nervous.

Thanks for reading! What do you think of Kinfire Delve?
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-Jake

09/02/2026

Finally found the Kubo secret, Myself & I, from the Angel's Poem video. Tips on how to find it and shaking guide in the video! Good luck!

JAKE ANIME REVIEW | To Be Hero XEvery once in a while there is a creative project that just blows my mind. Often these a...
06/02/2026

JAKE ANIME REVIEW | To Be Hero X

Every once in a while there is a creative project that just blows my mind. Often these are genre breakers. In animation, the last time I felt this was in 2018's Into the Spider-Verse. A brilliant blending of 3D, cel shading, and eastern/western animation.

Anime I feel is a genre that rarely gives me this feeling anymore. Modern anime often feels trapped in its tropes and its expectations. If I load up a shounen, I know to expect a very slow Episode 1, and a twist in the last 5-10min of the episode. It often makes for predictable and plodding pacing.

So it's not surprising that it's a donghua (aka anime from China) that has now come kicking down the door of the anime world with its take on superheroes in To Be Hero X. The most immediate comparison that comes to mind is My Hero Academia. But TBHX actually shares more DNA with modern stories of gods like Neil Gaiman's American Gods or Kieron Gillen's The Wicked + The Divine.

Superheroes in TBHX get their powers from a "trust rating", which is basically today's equivalent of a social media popularity score. The more well liked you are by the masses. The more viral your deeds are. The more your super powers manifest.

And TBHX plays on this concept in clever ways. Because not only does the belief of the masses give you power, it also shapes the kind of power you get. Even defining the weakness of your powers.

And the animation that carries this story is simply majestic. It is a kinetic and bombastic style that we see in the best seasons of One Punch Man mixed with the creative animation style of K-Pop Demon Hunters. I'm literally shocked at how each episode of TBHX is basically a mini movie in terms of story, pacing, and quality.

There's a reason TBHX is in most top lists of 2025. It is simply THAT GOOD.

Give it a shot. I'm 5 episodes in. And it's a 10/10 for me.

06/02/2026

One Hirono a Day 🧸

02/02/2026

Collectible Madness at Festival Mall Alabang 🤖

Checked out the last day of Collectible Madness Bazaar at Festival Mall Alabang! Saw lots of cool anime figures anywhere from Naruto, Dragonball, Slam Dunk, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, One Piece!

Thought I escaped unscathed but I found Yu Yu Hakusho and Sonic the Hedgehog stickers!

Happy Year of the Horse 🐎
29/01/2026

Happy Year of the Horse 🐎

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