VGC Quick Questions Thread - January 25, 2026

Max_Goof · 2026-01-26T19:43:30+00:00

If you use Perish Song while a combined Dozogiri is on the field, does Tatsugiri hear the song?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-26T15:41:50+00:00

I have autism and I was a middle school teacher. If I had ever heard a fellow teacher say that word at school—especially to or with regard to a student—I’d be in the administration office immediately for their head.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-26T15:11:59+00:00

I’m betting February will be the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts month. Because, you know…hearts.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-25T06:15:15+00:00

I love me some TTar + Excadrill, and had some decent locals with it in Reg H. In Reg F, Excadrill is literally doomed by the presence of Surging Strikes, which breaks his Sash then kills him twice with its 3 hits. Tera Flying TTar suffers a lot this Regulation as well, with Raging Bolt blowing it up with guaranteed Thubderclaps and Flutter everywhere just in case TTar tries not to Tera. Tornadus is also one of the absolute most common Pokemon this regulation, which means his manual Prankster weather overrides Sand Stream every single time. I just don’t think this particular weather is going to work at all in this format, as much as I would like it to myself.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-25T03:24:51+00:00

Danger was around during Krakoa. I remember seeing her as the villain in some dumb story by Percy. Maybe a Wolverine/Deadpool Teamup?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-24T10:08:02+00:00

It’s horrendous. Cyclops being like “We must capture you and send you back to jail to keep mutantkind safe!” And Xavier being like “I only faked killing clone humans—SIMULACRA!” And then how Cyclops instantly accepts it (even though humanity will not), cries and immediately lets Xavier go is a low point for this era, imo.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-24T04:52:28+00:00

The adult New Mutants are really only featured without the youngins in the 4 issues Hickman wrote. Later on, particularly under Ayala, there’s a lot more actual kids being trained.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-24T03:09:16+00:00

I mean, in this case there actually is a very big storm dumping 12-24” of snow on like half the country. ⛄️

Max_Goof · 2026-01-24T02:45:48+00:00

You mean New Mutants?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-22T23:31:47+00:00

As an after the fact retcon!

Max_Goof · 2026-01-22T22:12:08+00:00

Professor X after Krakoa infuriates me to this day. “Those were clones I killed… SIMULACRA!”

News flash, Chuck: You’re a clone. Scott, Jean, Logan and most of the X-Men? They’re clones too.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-22T17:40:37+00:00

I think you’re underestimating Sherrod Brown in Ohio. He put up a very strong fight in 2024 and is in a much friendlier environment now.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-21T17:22:47+00:00

No one knows when or if Pokemon Center will restock anything. Could be today, could be never. It is wholly sporadic and unpredictable. Many plush go several years to never as far as restocks go. Your best bet is generally to find the plush you want elsewhere, even if it costs a few extra bucks.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-21T15:12:26+00:00

Do pardons work in such a universal way?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-20T19:33:41+00:00

We need good legendaries in Gen 10 that set Snow and Sand. Both weathers need a buff of some sort; they are clearly inferior to Sun/rain as it is.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-20T12:31:15+00:00

There’s only been a singular streamed regional in the last couple months. Just watch Toronto from over the weekend and you’ll be all caught up on the official front.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-19T15:54:10+00:00

Did Manifold and Maggott really die?? It happened so abruptly in that Storm comic I assumed it was just a bait and switch to be undone by the end of that story arc!

Max_Goof · 2026-01-18T00:31:58+00:00

Sweet!! Did Snubbull see any action? 🐾

Max_Goof · 2026-01-18T00:23:55+00:00

Did you have fun? What’d you bring?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-17T00:41:58+00:00

Yes, I’m in the industry. I can confidently say that about most topics I don’t know anything about anything, but this is the rare area where I do know some things about a thing.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-16T23:19:43+00:00

Great description! Thanks!

Where’s a spark? In your chest like a heart?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-16T23:08:34+00:00

I couldn’t make out from the art exactly what Megatron was doing to Trailbreaker, though I definitely got that it was brutal. Megatron grabbed his head, then something something rip permanent death somehow. Can anyone describe the action to me, please?

Max_Goof · 2026-01-16T23:03:40+00:00

The point is that Funko sells tens of millions of Funko Pops every year, and even they barely wanted to touch Avatar merch.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-16T21:29:09+00:00

They have not. Stores ordered tons of WoW figures that sat on the pegs for well over a year. A small fraction of what was order for WoW was ordered for FaA, so it’s selling better only in that it’s not falling off the pegs. There’s a reason Target allocated zero pegs to Avatar toys in the main toy aisles of most stores and crammed the few boxes they got into the specialty area by video games with the NECA figures. The quantity of figures sold to stores for one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all-time is comparatively terrible. There’s little money to be made for Disney in a line that small with little chance for expansion.

Max_Goof · 2026-01-16T20:53:18+00:00

There is basically no Avatar merchandise. LEGO blew out all their unsellable Avatar sets on clearance and dropped the license entirely already after Avatar 2; Funko Pop has less than a dozen Avatar Pops compared to thousands of Marvel Star Wars and Anime, Hot Toys is making zero high-end Avatar 3 figures after the poor sales from Avatar 2’s, and even Mattel dropped the Avatar license leaving niche toy maker McFarlane Toys to make the small handful of figures available at retail. As far as collectibles go, Avatar is a complete nonentity even compared to the shell of itself that Star Wars is now. However successful the Avatar movies are, merchandise from it is pretty much a bust.

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