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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!
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Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Mattel’s anaconda don't want none unless you got funds, hun. The Mattel Creations Snake Lair campaign stretches on for another week. Plus, Doop, there it is! Maximum Marvel Legends Deadpool gives collectors the finger! All 50 of’em! And, go ninja, go ninja, go go Power Rangers! The Ninja Kidz kick back with a new official Power Rangers web series. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Haslab, will travel. Hasbro's Star Wars team is hitting the road, touring the nation with their Republic Gunship crowdfunder in tow. Plus, pass the lasagna! Garfield never turns down a meal… or a merch deal. But will these toy companies ship to Abu Dhabi? And Target tears He-Man a new one! Flip-Or’s not going to like this. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
Walmart wants to “Spark Your Collection” by flaunting toys you can’t own. Hey, that sounds like every Walmart pre-order! Plus, funding is half the battle. With the G.I. Joe HasLab officially backed, all LAAT/i’s turn to Star Wars collectors. Power Rangers fans are spending V-Bucks as if translating cash into a fictional in-game currency somehow erases the concept of real-world value. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
San Diego’s hottest Hasbro exclusives came and went—leaving collectors with carts as empty as their souls. Plus, can you still call it crowdfunding if no one shows up? The Snow CAT and Republic Gunship are doing their best to dodge a date with Cookie Monster and the Rancor in HasLab limbo. I choo-choo-choose to believe NECA’s Turtles train has gone off the tracks. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
With San Diego in the rearview, we break down the winners and losers of Comic Con. Plus, who’s the big guy with the muscles cosplaying as an Autobot? He-Man. He-Man. And, what has four legs and works with a file? Mondo’s Real Ghostbusters Janine, of course! It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Marvel Legends collectors are collectively crashing out over this new Target exclusive. Turns out the real "Endgame" was surviving retail. This GamerVerse two‑pack has us deep in conspiracy mode: can jet fuel melt Adamantium, and where the hell was Wolverine on 9/11? If Hasbro’s Real Ghostbusters exclusive sparked your Ecto Glow addiction, this toy maker just broke the containment unit wide open. It's The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
The Power Rangers are back and this time, it’s your turn to morph. Forget teenagers with attitude, Disney’s casting for middle-aged and mediocre. Plus, Holey shit! New in-box photos of Playmates’ TMNT 1984 Remastered 6-pack have leaked and trypophobiacs are breathing a sigh of relief. And Todd McFarlane’s dogs are barking! For a guy with a foot fetish so strong it would make Quentin Tarantino blush, McFarlane Toys really fumbled the basic shape of a dog. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Hasbro’s new Savage Land Marvel Legends Rogue is oddly familiar. Collectors say the sculpt looks less “X-Men” and more “red carpet,” sparking debate over which celebrity just accidentally became an X-Man. Plus, Snow Joe! Hasbro’s hoping their frosty new HasLab, the G.I. Joe Snow Cat, doesn’t put their crowdfunding hot streak on ice. And Jazwares is turning Comic-Con upside down with their exclusive 6-inch Demogorgon action figure from the new Stranger Things line. It’s The Reluctant Adult Podcast.
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Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Mattel’s Jurassic World exclusive is already feeling the effects of inflation. And this time, it’s not about the price! Plus, The Simpsons just killed off Marge. That’s horrible! Especially since I had Maggie in the death pool. Tiny Chef canceled and you won’t believe the words that came out of that tiny mouth of his. Also, the police officer vanishes from Hasbro’s G.I. Joe Classified lineup. Let’s see how they like it. And Mattel seems hell-bent on proving fans can see John Cena… by releasing every imaginable version of him as an action figure.
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Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Sun’s out, funds out! TMNT collectors hoping to snag NECA’S SDCC exclusive get burned by extra charges. ROSS Dress for Less wears out its welcome with collectors by charging more than retail for toys we didn’t want in the first place. Super7 repaints G.I. Joes in Tiger Force camo, but they still can’t hide from the clearance aisle. Mattel is teaming up with OpenAI to bring Artificial Intelligence to kids’ toys. Proving once and for all that no one at Mattel has seen Small Soldiers. Long Furby culture is being appropriated for mass consumption and I still can’t buy a Room Guardian at Target. JAKKS helps Simpsons fans scratch that figure itch with new soft and squishy Itchy & Scratchy figures. Not that kind of ‘Squishy’.
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