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Ask and ye shall receive! As per request, here's the first look at Dr. Destruction Original with box. Box designed by Jerry Frissen. Art by Bill.

Muttpop was able to celebrate Christmas a little early with the arrival of their latest shipment from China. This shipment included Dr. Destruction, Kozik Mini Gobis, and several other goodies to be released throughout early-mid 2008.It's too late to get these figures into retail stores this year...but we will give newsletter subscribers a special opportunity to purchase select figures before Christmas.

Here's an awesome homage to a classic song and video from one of my favorite rap groups: Drop by Pharcyde. The video was directed by the brilliant Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation).Super thanks to Mista Hippo who, once again, found another Hip-Hop related gem!THE ORIGINAL

Jerry and I spent the whole day preparing all orders for the El Panda Production Tests and Red Demon Black Bean figures. Everything was sent out today. Thanks to buyers and everyone who participated in the lottery! All El Panda Production Tests have been sold.

UPDATE: New screenshots from Brazilian gaming blog Blogeek. I'm pretty excited about the first official look at Street Fighter IV. Street Fighter II had a huge impact on my adolescence. Loved the concept and characters. I was good at the game for about 2 days...then my best friend got the game for the SNES and learned how to DESTROY me.I adore the cartoony chunkiness of Street Fighter Alpha (plus you could play as Guy from Final Fight!). I respect the depth of Street Fighter III's gameplay (but Gobi LOVES the character design & animation!).Street Fighter IV looks like it's attempting to capture the design of Street Fighter II with polygons. The worlds are all 3D, but the gameplay will be traditional Street Fighter: 6 buttons and 2D (as revealed at 1up)Here's a look at the first screenshot of Ryu (which I really like!) and the teaser trailer (which I really couldn't get into...).