Couldn't let a new year start without some weird charts to kick it off! Check out my game, TV, comic, and film highlights for 2025, along with what I'm most looking forward to in 2026!

My Christmas 2025 haul is now up on The Lazy Shell: thelazyshell.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Venus also appears to be the White Ranger in this mini. Very appropriate, considering that, in a way, she's pretty much the nexus point between the two franchises.

They bringing VENUS in on this one?! Wow, PR/TMNT crossovers just went full circle.

Finished the second Digimon Movie Collection. Discotek somehow made Runaway Locomon even better. #WatchToTheEnd

Merry Christmas Eve, ya'll! (And yes, my little tree has both Raph AND Ralph.)

Awesome to finally see Rizzo back in action! Here's hoping he shows up in the new Muppet Show!

It's a holiday miracle! Bean Bunny and Rizzo the Rat are back!

That's NUTS! They've literally been with the Turtles since they've even HAD a toy license and it's always been their biggest brand. Definite end of an era for both. I'm curious to see who's going to take over as the master toy licensor in 2027.

How Toei has me with all of this dubbed Digimon content lately:

2025 will go down as one of the absolute best years for English Digimon fans. (Especially dub fans.)

IT STARTS THIS WEEK?! I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED GHOST GAME YET!!!!

YES! I was HOPING that the Knuckles hardcover wasn't a one-off! Now all we need is the Tails one-shot and every IDW Classic Sonic story will be available in trade form!

New Purple Stuff Podcast! Join us as we circle our favorite toys from the 1987 Sears Wish Book! What a catalog! Listen here: dinosaurdracula.com/blog/1987-sears-wish-book/

New Lazy Shell post! Check out my hauls from the last chunk of 2025!

Donkey Kong doesn't worry about seasonal stress and neither should you. Don't take any of this stuff too seriously and just have fun rockin' around the Christmas tree. Happy holidays from all of us at DK Vine! This year's card is by @theflyingdustman.bsky.social and @camreigle.bsky.social!

Never stand between a crocodile and her zebra. #TalesofTheTMNT

Tales Scratch/Hob's story in a nutshell: #TalesoftheTMNT

I kinda got Sponge on the Run not including a digital code because it ended up premiering in the US on Paramount+ and they probably wanted to push that, but why isn't one included THIS time?? Even the Blu-ray for the last friggin' PAW PATROL movie included one!

Wasn't expecting separate VA announcements! This is RAD!

Awesome to have confirmation straight from the source after all the weird nebulousness around Ghost Game's dub!

Drummed up a fierce pair of tyrannical statues! #DonkeyKongBananza #NintendoSwitch2

REALLY hope that Playmates actually end up releasing those Tales Tokka and Rahzar figures. I haven't bought a basic TMNT figure in eight years, but I'll gladly make an exception for my favorite mutant duo. (Especially with these rad designs.) #TalesofTheTMNT

Raph and Mikey might be worth it just for Pepperoni and Klunk.

I don't know where the artists on these Mario cartoon VHS covers got the idea that Bowser regularly rocks purple overalls.

Mokuba prepares a sneak attack as a royal decoy! #YuGiOhDuelLinks @tarasands.com

Dual Override was a nice surprise, the Miss Piggy and Rowlf bit was fun, and that live orchestral take on Breaking Through (Heart of Gold) at the end was absolute fire. That's all I've got. #TheGameAwards

Arukenimon in this show in a nutshell: #DigimonGhostGame

Isn't that the one where Elsa and Anna head to the Beanbean Kingdom? #DisneyPixelRPG

RAD! I've always wanted to play this one!

Also, I don't think @childishgamzeno.bsky.social was ever expecting to have "corrupted Peter Pan" on his resumé. #DigimonGhostGame

They really yassified Captain Hook when they turned him into a Digimon, huh? #DigimonGhostGame

I've managed to collect a few animation cels from the classic Pebbles Cereal Christmas commercial, which was a huge part of my childhood. Here's another one, which captures Barney right when he was delivering his famous line, "Ho ho ho, I'm hu-hu-hungry!"

Interesting that ALL the backup stories seem to be related to the headlining characters in some way this time around. Didn't think we'd see Miggy team up with time-displaced LoSH Clark before Terry.

I've heard of clickbait, but this is just absurd.

Sometimes Christmas expertise resides only in the mind of the "expert." Merry Christmas to all you try to keep holiday traditions and joy throughout the season.

DK Rogues

Little weird that none of the product photos show the Minicons in the alternate head modes, but whatever. (Is anybody really going to have him on the shelf with the default purple head?)

And I wear it as a badge of (very weird) honor! @slowbeef.bsky.social @diabetus.bsky.social

The Ghost Game dub, the second movie set, AND Time Stranger's first major DLC pack! Digimon fans are EATING this December!

Awesome! Tangle and Whisper are with the rest of the Sonic cast on the character select rather than at the end with the guests! (Tangle is Acceleration type and Whisper is Boost type.) #NintendoSwitch2 #SonicRacingCrossWorlds

"Peter Stormare as Tokka" was certainly not a casting that I had on my bingo card. He went from Lord Dregg to our favorite mutant snapper!

Yessssssssss, now that's MY Sideways! (He'll have the honor of being the first non-Beastformer in my TF display!)

An acting superstar makes her way to the stage! #YuGiOhDuelLinks @hereliesanjali.bsky.social

Purple things for life!! 💜

Yu-Gi-Oh AND Digimon! Blythe is DOMINATING my interests this year! (I also love how Mummymon's bandana continues the purple theme established with Zuwijo and Grimace).

I somehow just learned that Skeledirge's Japanese name is LOUDBONE, and that's amazing. It sounds like a music-themed villain from Extreme Dinosaurs. LOUDBOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!

Took a bit longer than a month, but very happy that all of these are officially dated now. (With the exception of the Sgt. Frog Movie Collection, but that's no big deal. After spending like half of 2025 devouring three whole seasons of Keroro, I can wait a bit for more.)

DECEMBER 2025 IS GONNA BE ONE FOR THE BOOKS!

FINALLY!!!!!! DIGIMON AND TURTLE CHRISTMAS, HERE I COME!!!!!!!!