Ready Player One

Ep 147 - Generic Pop Culture Properties

Sometimes generic versions of products can be pretty good. Other times it’s clear why the generic version is the less expensive one. This month we’re coming up with generic versions of pop culture properties. Why spend the extra money on Ghostbusters toys when the Spectral Cops toys are just as good right?

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Ray Andrew, Jennifer Hetzel, Joseph Moroles

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Ep 146 - Happy Meal Toys 2

Happy Meal toys were, and probably still are, pretty awesome. Sure they had limited movement, if any, and they weren’t super well built, but getting one was awesome as a kid, especially when you got to collect the whole set! We’re going back to an old topic and making Happy Meal toys for movies that never got them, and in some cases, never should have.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph Moroles, Lanie Moore, Laura Sweet

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Ep 108 - Best of 2018 Media

It’s time to look back at 2018 and discuss the best media from the past year. What movies, TV shows, video games, books, and podcasts will make our lists? You only get to pick your top 10 from everything so choose wisely.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Jennifer Hetzel

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Ep 89 - Pop Culture Mini Golf

Mini golf has been entertaining families and couples for decades and has become a mainstay in American pop culture. While some courses are fairly simple offering a few concrete obsticles and the occassional hill to put up, others incorparate moving parts, sound effects and light shows. This week we're creating our own mini golf course based on our favorite pop culture properties. Could you get the ball past the T-rex on the Jurassic Park hole?

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Lanie Moore, Jason Horn

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Ep 88 - Ultimate Toy Store Draft

The end of an era is upon us; Toys R Us is closing its doors for good. This week, we pay tribute to possibly the last of the giant stores by drafting toy lines for our own ultimate toy store. Our magic supplier is allowing us to draft toy lines throughout history! Who will get the G1 Transformers? What about 1980's Barbies? Which line of TMNT action figures will get drafted first?

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Lanie Moore, Andrew Parker

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Ep 84 - Most Anticipated of 2018

2018 is here! And even though we haven't even had time to get through all of the great media in 2017, we're already looking forward to the awesome stuff to come this year. From Avengers: Infinity War to Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom, Far Cry 5 to Red Dead Redemption 2, Cloak & Dagger to West World; there is a lot of good stuff dropping this year and we're sharing our lists of the things we can't wait to see.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Jason Horn, Kim Bassett

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Ep 73 - D23 SDCC 2017 Wrap Up

New Star Wars land! New Doctor Who! New Ghostbusters! It's like geek Christmas. And between all of the news coming out of D23 and San Diego Comic Con, it basically was. This week the group takes a break from our stand format to discuss all of the stuff that was announced this past week. Between the trailers, toys and comics books we have quite a few opinions, hopes and fears to get off our chests.

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Cyrus Martin

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Ep 14 - Good & Bad Book to Movie Adaptations

Those of us who love books have probably dreamt about seeing one of our favorite novels coming to life on the big or small screen at some time. And while some books have been translated masterfully like The Lord of the Rings, others not so much, like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. This week we take a look at the good and the bad and why the stories we loved so much on the page didn't work out so well on a screen. Which is better, read the book or watch the movie first? Is it possible to be a bad adaptation and still be a good movie or TV show?

Host: Eugene Stephens

Guests: Kris Andrew, Lanie Moore, Cyrus Martin, Kelly Bolden

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