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Fan Favourite Pokémon Happy Meal Returns to Macca’s

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Hey Pokemon peeps, Macca’s newest Pokémon Match Battle Happy Meal is coming to Australia – available nationwide from Thursday 24 August!

For a limited time only, Macca’s fans who purchase a Happy Meal will have the chance to collect official Pokémon Match Battle trading cards, a card flip coin and instructions – everything needed to stage an at-home Pokémon Match Battle!

With 12 types of Pokémon Match Battle games up for grabs, Aussies will be able to collect fan favourites including Pikachu, Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly!

image source: McDonald’s Australia



2023 Pokémon World Championships Drone Light Show

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Guess what went down at the 2023 Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama, Japan? Brace yourself: a spectacular drone light show featuring our beloved pocket monsters! Yep, those little critters took to the skies like they were auditioning for Pokémon’s Next Top Aviator. It was a feast for the senses, well, mostly for the eyeballs – sorry taste buds.

Hold onto your Pokéballs, because this show was a real treat. Thanks to ZoëTwoDots and their time-lapse wizardry, you can gobble up the entire dazzling display in a mere 28 seconds! No need to twiddle your thumbs for a tedious 11 minutes like the lucky folks who were actually on the scene. They say good things come to those who wait, but we say great things come to those who’ve mastered the art of fast-forward.


source: ZoëTwoDots



New POKÉMON Gear Is Coming…😍

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Yo POKÉMON fans, now you can wear clothing based on this ever popular franchise!

The cool folks at BlackMilk will range the entire POKÉMON clothing collection on their site, which drops at 7:00am, June 20th!

What are you waiting for, mark your calendars now and set your alarms!

image source: BlackMilk



Pokémon Pinball Machine – It’s For Real

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A dad of a Pokemon fan created an incredible real life Pokemon pinball machine!

Imagine being skilled enough to reskin an old pinball machine into an amazing Pokemon pinball machine?! Luckily for Redditor bosgetti, their father had the requisite skill set to create such a unique, customised and incredible pinball machine.

In case you were wondering, the donor EM pinball machine was a Chicago Coin Hi-Score Pool.

PS: Check out this amazing machine on imgur now!

story source: Reddit



Madman Anime Festival: 2016 Highlights

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We hit our inaugural Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne (Sep 3 and 4) with great expectation and let’s just say, we weren’t disappointed. From being wowed by the awesome cosplay, checking out wonderful special guests like Cristina Lee (voice of Sailor Mars from Sailor Moon) and Makoto Furukawa (voice of Saitama from One-Punch Man), to the great exhibitions and the ever tempting merchandise, there was something to see, do and buy! Speaking of merchandise, we could not leave the festival empty handed, so Ripley and a few of her friends had to come home with us.

If you missed out on the Madman Anime Festival, then check out our highlight pics from this great event.

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We are armed with our guide
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Before we enter the main floor of the festival, we meet Asuka!
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Whoa!
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OK, let’s do this!
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Star Wars temptations
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Hahahahaha!
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Glamours at Banpresto
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Dragon Ball Z represent
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“Fire Fist” Ace
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Goddamn that’s a big Gundam!
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ausretrogamer Ed, Alex Boz can’t resist the urge to pose!
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Play time! Final Fantasy XV (pre-release) action!
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The Jedi readies his lightsabers
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Stopped in our tracks
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Oo’er, merchandise!
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The great wall of goodness
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Anime cinema!
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Hey, it’s an anime festival!
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Awesome cosplay
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Get your weapon ready Ripley, aliens are nearby!
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Aliens!
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Thundercats classic
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Very wicked stuff indeed
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Even SBS PopAsia were getting in on the act
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Oh yeah, One Punch Man!
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Gundams Galore!
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The heroes weapons await
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A Jedi’s saber doesn’t come cheap
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Outside cosplay action
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Spring cosplay!
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Cosplay at its best!
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Hitting the Madman Cosplay Parade!
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And it begins!
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That is one mad weapon!
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The parade gets serious!
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Clever cosplay – the Madman logo
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Amazing cosplay
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Armed forces
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Super cute Pikachu
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Adorable cosplay!
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Best in show!
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Dead-awesome!
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We salute you
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WOW
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Gotta catch them all!
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Pop Culture: Retrogaming Balloon Art

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Retrogaming balloon art – the ultimate in POP culture! Yep, we had to work in that pun in the story. For your next birthday party, rather than just have the boring old colour balloons, get yourself a balloon sculptor to make you some cool video gaming themed characters – just like these……

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Awesome but terrifying Super Mario World balloon cosplay
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Gotta blow up the balloons fast!
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Gotta pop ’em all
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Balloon Invaders
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Master Chief by the Balloon Guy
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Mario by the Balloon Guy
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Balloon Warriors link

Fire flower tutorial by Mr Nany

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