Allocations

 

1.      Every brick and mortar retailer with which I have spoken reports getting allocated on Pokemon product while online retailers and streamers seem to have plenty of booster boxes to crack open on camera and to sell. Given that the brick and mortar locations are the ones running events which keep people playing, maybe making sure they have the product which their records indicate they can sell. Given the amount of demand for each new product release, getting new product into the hands of influencers instead of into the hands of stores selling the product would seem to take precedence. I doubt I will see any change

Warhammer 40K Armageddon

 The new Warhammer 40K 11th edition Armageddon set releases this Saturday.  We have enough copies to cover pre-orders and will have some left over for the shelf.  The new core rule book will release on the 27th.  The currently codexes will remain usable for this edition, at least for the forseeable future.

New Releases for July 4th

 

A new season of war is upon us with the arrival of the General’s Handbook 2026-2027! This essential Warhammer Age of Sigmar supplement breathes new life into your games with fresh rules, rebalanced faction points, and thrilling new scenarios.   Including unique battleplans, warscrolls, and objective markers, it is a must-have for every dedicated player and collector.

Brand new Slaanesh Battletome and miniatures including the egotistical Lord of Hysteria to offer an ever better choice for collectors alongside a new addition to the Spearhead range: Epicurean Revellers

New Comics Releasing 6/17/26

 New comics releasing June 17.  The 616 Doom Blind Bag will release 6/16

2000 AD PROG #2485

616 DAY MARVEL MYSTERY BAG FEATURING DOOM

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #21

ABSOLUTE FLASH #16

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #2

ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER–THE KYOSHI WARRIORS #2

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #52

BATWOMAN #4

BLOODLAND #4

CATWOMAN #88

CONCRETE: STARS OVER SAND #1

DEAD TEENAGERS #4

DEADLY HANDS OF K’UN-LUN #5

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #4

DETECTIVE COMICS #359 FACSIMILE

DOG TAG #2

DYING DAYS #1

END OF LIFE #5

EXCOMMUNICATED #2

GI JOE #23

GUN HONEY DOUBLES DOWN #1

HELLBOY IN LOVE: OBSIDIAN #1

HELLO DARKNESS #22

HELLS HALF ACRE #4

IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #2

IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #4

INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #6

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #10

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #492

JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS A DC PRIDE EVENT #3

KILLSWITCH #2

LAND OF NEVER #1

LOBO #1 FACSIMILE

LOBO #4

MAD MAGAZINE #600

MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES–JACE #2

MAGIK & COLOSSUS #5

MURDER DRONES #4

NEW TITANS #36

NIGHTWING #139

ODIN #2

OF THE EARTH #2

OLYMPUS SAGA MEGALITH #2

PHANTOM VS THE RED DRAGONS (ONE SHOT)

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED #5

PUNISHER #5

REDCOAT #18

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN REFORGED #5

SILVER SURFER #4 FACSIMILE

SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE WITCHES OF THE WESTERN WOOD #2

SMILE: FOR THE CAMERA #4

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #48

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #87

SORCERER SUPREME #7

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #2

SPIDER-MAN: LONG WAY HOME #1

STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP #8

SUPER CREEPSHOW #4

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #14

SUPERNATURAL #8

THE BEAUTY (2025) #6

THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN #5

TRILLION DOLLAR KID #1

UNCANNY X-MEN #30

VAMPIRELLA (2026) #3

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #139

WHAT IF…? THOR #1

WONDER MAN #4

X-MEN UNITED #4

Tables

 We are happy to make our table space available to anyone at no charge but we do ask that, before setting up at a table, you check in at the register to make sure space is available.  We have had several instances of players coming in during the evening, walking past the register and taking a table without checking to see if it will be in use.  This is especially problematic on Tuesdays and Thursdays when we have scheduled miniatures players, who take up 2-4 tables and boardgamers, who take up 1-2 tables. please, check with the staff at the regsiter before setting up on a table. We will do our best to accomodate you.

Customer

We had a couple of reminders this week regarding how long the store has been in business.  One customer brought his grandson in to buy Pokemon cards and told us he remembered bringing his son into the store 25 years or so ago to buy Pokemon here.

Another customer in his early 20s told us he remembered coming into the University Avenue location with his parents and falling asleep in a chair while they played D&D in one of the game rooms at the old location.

Big Muddy Monster Comic

 Brad Moore, cover artist on the Big Muddy Monster comic as well as the Legend of Tuttle Bottoms Comic posing with all three issues, autographed by him and the interior artist on the Big Muddy Monster Books, Nathan Bonner, at no additional charge.