Back in early January 2016, I wrote about ‘my want list’ in relation to the world of Pop! Vinyls from Funko (post can be found here) The original Charlie’s Angels, Melrose Place, Sex and the City…

Shortly after the post, Funko unveiled Clueless pop! vinyls – one of the mentions on my list.

Fast forward to Feb 2020 and the New York toy fair and I can cross another TWO items off that list!

Yep, Will & Grace AND Romy and Michele pop! vinyls have just been unvieled during day one of the New York toy fair 2020. Check them out below….

All pop! vinyls (along with the numerous other releases announced (including Smoky and the Bandit, Archie Comics and The Office to name a few) will all be available from your favourite retailer soon.

Now if we can get those Melrose Place pop! vinyls, i’ll be happy!

You’d be forgiven for thinking Evil (now streaming on 10 All Access) is just another cut and paste crime procedural drama show. There’s your team of investigators (including a  forensic psychologist and your stock standard tech guy) and a different case each week to solve. But what makes Evil different from what’s been done is that it’s not entirely a ‘crime’ series. Evil has strong religious themes behind it involving the Vatican and their trying to prove or debunk exceptional cases of miracles and demonic possession.

The opening episode for instance involves forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) meeting with a man, suspected of committing several murders but the topic of him being possessed at the time of his crimes brings her into contact with priest-in-training David Acosta (Mike Colter) who works for the Catholic Church investigating supernatural cases that pique the churches interest.

Michelle and Robert King, the minds behind Evil are also are the same pair responsible for the fantastic The Good Wife and The Good Fight so it’s no surprise that when Kristen is in court, the show shifts into a legal drama or when she’s at home with her four (annoying loud) young daughters, the show shifts into a family drama. And it may seem there’s a lot of ‘shifting’ going around, but Evil never really loses it’s focus as the legal and family themes become intertwined with the supernatural as Kristen finds herself at loggerheads not only with occult expert Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) but also with a demonic presence that begins to greet her at night.

The only real let down from Evil is how quickly some of the story lines are wrapped up or never actually solved. The angel caught on camera in a hospital? Don’t expect too many answers on that one. The prophet who can see the future? Not going to spoil it, but that’s swept under the rug and shipped out to sea. It becomes a frustrating watch as you realize, with almost the entire episode done, they’ve still got to wrap the main story line up and you know it’s not going to be satisfying.

Evil on paper has a lot of promise and a likable cast that also includes Christine Lahti, Kurt Boggs and our very own Patrick Brammall. If you can get past the quickly wrapped up story arcs and Kristen’s REALLY loud children, you will find a tense science versus supernatural drama involving some really interesting cases.

Evil is currently streaming on 10 All Access

It’s one of the most hotly anticipated shows to hit our screens this year and also, one of the most bizarre – The Masked Singer Australia brings twelve celebrities, local and international, disguises their identities under elaborate costumes (some more stunning that others…) and throws them on stage to sing their heart out while dropping clues about just who is under the mask.

The ‘guessing panel’ is a hodgepodge of well known names – Radio host Jackie O, THE Dannii Minogue, comedian Dave Hughes and making the most surprising appearance – Lindsay Lohan, fresh from her stint in Mykonos, hosting her own reality show Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club

Kicking off the show is host Osher Günsberg, claiming “We’ve never seen anything like this on television” and no, he’s not referring to the silver brocade palm tree suit he’s sporting in the opening episode.

What follows is a round of introductions where our mystery celebs are paired up into battle rounds where they have a sing off, the audience choose their favorite and at the end of the episode, one celebrity is forced to reveal who is under that mask!

The guessing panel spend the episode trying to pick up on any clue possible as to the masked identities and at one point after Prawn sings, Hughesy, the only male on the guessing panel, manages to suffer a case of foot-in-mouth by asking “there’s a few people on this panel who have gone out with sports players” which leads to some some uncomfortable glances from Dannii and a wtf?! from Lindsay.

The mystery celebs can all sing and really well….too well in fact, especially concealed under such elaborate outfits where microphones have no direct access to their voice. A google search revealed “do the celebs sing live on Masked Singer?” is a constant search term – globally speaking – and i’m still yet to find an answer that doesn’t involve the words “we filmed in one take and they sung it live”. I’ll let you all be the judge on that.

So who’s under these masks in our version? Everyone in the know has been super tight lipped but names such as Deni Hines (who i’m pegging as the Unicorn simply from her distinctive and well known tone) to Courtney Act, Rob Mills to Jason Donavan have all been tipped to have stepped into costume. And the guessing is half the fun of these shows.

JUST WHO DID NETWORK TEN GET TO PUT ON THE MASK?!

To finish this review off, The Masked Singer Australia is family fun viewing. The songs sung on the first episode range from Elvis’s Suspicious Minds to Irene Cara’s FAME to Ed Sheeran’s Perfect and you can see everyone is having fun. There’s not really much to poke at here because it’s masked celebs singing songs – with Lindsay Lohan trying to guess who they are.

Is there a reveal on night one? My preview episode didn’t get to that point so i guess we’ll all have to watch to find that one out!

The Masked Singer Australia begins Monday night – September 23rd, at 7:30pm on Network Ten.

It’s been all quiet on the Mego front since we posted about the lines available to the international markets and that includes the Australia Post exclusive Wizard of Oz – Dorothy and Wicked Witch carded figures (which have oddly appeared on Amazon US before any mention of them here)

But worry no more as it seems we have our first official sighting of new Mego figures here in Australia thanks to pop culture store Mighty Heroes who have listed the horror wave of Mego which includes Freddy Kruger, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, Nosferatu, Dracula (Bella Lugosi version) and Face of the Screaming Wolf.

Each 8″ figure, via MightyHeroes.com.au is retailing for $34.99 (which is semi in-line with US prices when you take into account currency conversion) and, to date, there is no sighting of the other lines available to international markets which includes the legends, music icons and Star Trek range.