Diversions this week are predictably about toys we had as kid, including a very long sidebar about Mighty Max, and Matthew’s reverse-engineered Boglin hatred derived from his sad childhood. We also have some obligatory Platty Joobs round-up chat, and there’s an unintentionally difficult Cavern Of Lies this week, themed around Funko Pop, because any made up Funko Pop is indistinguishable from a real Funko Pop. Links Nate wants Iron Harvest Lego of big mechs doing wars. I have not mentioned Dragon Age for at least five minutes so I suggest a Playmobil Skyhold castle from Dragon Age Inquisition (we then argue about whether Playmobil is good). Nate also wants Age Of Empires to be made into a war game with all models (debatable if this is a toy, but I’ll allow it). Matthew suggests a version of The Room’s puzzle box, possibly also in Lego (someone has done the doll’s house from The Room 4 on Lego Ideas). He also suggests a Mad Max version of cool game worlds like Desperados 3 or Baldur’s Gate, and then we talk about Mad Max for a while. Overwatch characters are basically already action figures. Recommendations this week are the new series of Danish political drama Borgen, the mystery/thriller/cannibalism show Yellowjackets, and the YouTube channel Brick Experiment Channel.
