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The Reluctant Adult Podcast is your weekly reminder that growing up is optional, but buying toys as an adult is mandatory. Hosts Paul and Bill tackle the weird, wonderful world of pop culture, collectibles, and childhood obsessions that somehow got more expensive with age. From action figures to comic cons, they cover it all with the enthusiasm of kids and the disposable income of adults (barely). If your idea of “adulting” is deciding whether to open the box, this show is for you. New episodes drop every week. Follow along and remember—we don’t wanna grow up, but we already did!
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer leaks, drops, and rolls, but is that December 17 release date set in stone? Bill wants more goo on his Carnage. Everything is delayed! Hasbro makes their Lightning Collection monsters grow with Finster! We're all breaking our ankles doing the milkcrate challenge; all whilst stealing LeBron's head and exploding him with water. Super7 shows off The Simpsons and they're huge! Plus, Galactus is coming and why was Peter Venkman holding?
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Paul marks out for CM Punk's return to wrestling, but will he only be available in select Macy's stores? There's another He-Man on Netflix to hate. Super7 solicits more toys we'll maybe see one day. Hasbro's new NERF blaster mostly comes out at night... mostly. Hasbro squeezes another drop out of the Mighty Morphin' bovine and hey, remember those Batman Forever glass mugs from McDonalds?
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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
The action figure community came together and pushed the Mattel Creations New Generation Ring over the top, but can HasLab's Galactus rise to the occasion? PixelDan tours a man's basement and has his photography repurposed by Mattel! Hey, remember Street Sharks? Laura Legends does! Who gets custody of Collector's Crush in the inevitable divorce? Disney's Star Wars hotel is stupid expensive and NECA is making Universal Monsters TMNT! Plus, if your super power is invisibility, it just makes sense that you'd be ugly.
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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Life (and Mattel) finds a way to make Paul buy more Jurassic Park toys, but what will it take to get us to back the Mattel Creations WWE Ring? Ghostbusters Fright Features action figures tickle the nostalgia bone and Stay Puft Mini Puffs smell like $%#@. Power Rangers fans are coming out of their shells over Hasbro's latest Lightning Collection pre-orders, whilst Paul and Bill can't agree on whether the new Suicide Squad movie is good or very, very bad. Plus, McFarlane has weird elbows and people are scalping Target's seasonal fabric birds!
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Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Paul's Disney vacation goes off the rails faster than Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railroad, but Hollywood Studios' latest attraction definitely gets a Rise out of our Resistance. A new Beast Wars cartoon sounded good in theory, but sounds like garbage in reality. The new Ghostbusters trailers shows us more from Afterlife, but not nearly as much as Hasbro's toy reveals. Marvel has fans wondering 'What If?' and Super7's Ultimate Transformers make us ask 'why?'
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Unrealistic Eternian beauty standards are on display in Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelations. Lebron just can't get a head. NECA's Comic Con makes itself at home in your wallet. Cereal mascots make sweet action figures. Plus, MEGO ruins G.I. Joe.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Paul finds himself in a Twitter feud with Jazware's Vice President and locks up with the internet's Spencer Powers. Plus, Hasbro hungers for your dollar bucks, Super7 is also making G.I. Joes, and LOLoki finale.
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Mattel finally gets their ship together with their new He-Man Revelations toys. Hasbro unveils more retro-inspired Pulse Con exclusives for their Star Wars lines, but were the original better? Plus, everybody is hoarding Funko's new Turbo Man figure because apparently the morale of Jingle All the Way was too vague.
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Hasbro welcomes Jurassic Park into their Transformers universe with one of the coolest, most unnecessary exclusives ever. No Way Home toy reveals provide a Stark contrast to the traditional movie Spider-Man. The Tomorrow War is a surprisingly good monster movie. Super7 takes their shot at Power Rangers and leaves fans divided. Plus, McFarlane just cannot figure out this Build-A-Figure thing and Hasbro gets colorful with their new Venom exclusive.
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Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
NECA lets the rat out of the bag with their latest Ninja Turtles reveals. Walmart is literally crushing it when it comes to shipping our toys; but they do have very cheap Sphinxes. Plus, the guys pick sides in fireworks versus parades.
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