Episodes
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Hey Kids, Comics! #336 - Jingle All the Way (to the Comic Shop)
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
The holidays fast approach and your Comic Shop Santas Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston yet again bring you the annual Hey Kids, Comics! Holiday Gift Guide! Give a listen to some great Christmas present choices for the comic book fan in your life (or for yourself)!
Monday May 07, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #266 - Legends in Their Own Toys
Monday May 07, 2018
Monday May 07, 2018
Greetings everyone! Especially fans of Marvel Legends from Toy Biz to Hasbro!
Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston, your hosts and long-time Legends collectors are back in the toy box this week to discuss a line of action figures that began 16 years ago - Marvel Legends. They are joined by late-comer to the party, The Rantcor Pit's own Eddie Medina!
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Hey Kids,Comics! #261 - Hey Hasbro!
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
At long last an episode recorded some weeks back makes its debut!
This outing your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston talk about the upcoming (by now largely released) Marvel Legends action figures and share their thoughts on which characters ought to be produced in the years to come.
As the character roster expands, there is always room for some of the classics as well as the truly obscure denezins of the MCU!
Friday Sep 22, 2017
Hey Kids, Comics! #246 - I Like Turtles!
Friday Sep 22, 2017
Friday Sep 22, 2017
Way back in 1984 Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird took a gamble that paid off in ways they could have never imagined. They bet on four turtles, a then obscure reference to Fuedel Japan, and the budding indy comics scene to get a return on investing their life savings.
Did they ever see a return! This week Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston discuss their creation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with none other than Figments and The Rantcor Pit co-host Eddie Medina. With Eddie as the in-house expert, expect a lot of insights and laughs served on the half-shell.
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Hey Kids, Comics! Summer Fun Supplemental - Exclusively Yours SDCC 2017
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Yet again this year, San Diego Comic Con exclusives haunt Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston. Breaking their promise not to bitch about SDCC, the JCU brings you this year's rant about that paricular convention and all the toys!
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
The Rantcor Pit #68 Hey Hasbro! (Part 2: Back in Black)
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
It's time to talk Star Wars toys that don't exist - yet - once again.
Welcome to the second (and final) part of 'Hey Hasbro!" in which Cole Houston and Eddie Medina dig deeper into their modern Star Wars toy wish list. What characters and creatures do they favor that they did not get to last time? Can they stick to talking about just the 6" scale Black Series? Can only two episodes of the show truly suffice to cover so much ground?
Find out what Your Favorite Star Wars Guys hope to check off of their collecting bucket list in the upcoming years. This (and the episode before it) will be something to look back at in a few years and see what, if anything, got the toy treatment and satisfied the Rantcor Pit's ravenous appetite for collectbles.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2017
The Rantcor Pit #67 - Hey Hasbro! (Part 1: Small Scale, Big Ideas)
Wednesday Jul 05, 2017
Wednesday Jul 05, 2017
Cole "JediCole" Houston and Eddie-Wan Medina have taken it upon themselves to let Hasbro Toys know what is lacking in their Star Wars line!
Specifically, they are launching The Force of July 2017 (because this episode ran late) with a very personal discussion of what they personally want to see in the coming years from Star Wars at Hasbro. Concentrating primarily on the often ignored 3.75" line, they share favorite picks that have yet to see the light of day. When it comes to the 6" Black Series, well, that is in the mix, too.
And the reason this turned into a two-parter!
Friday Jun 16, 2017
The Rantcor Pit #66 - The New Black
Friday Jun 16, 2017
Friday Jun 16, 2017
What better way to follow four episodes covering 40 years of Star Wars than to talk about one of the most important and endearing offshoots of the Saga, toys! Most specifically the "Black Series" line of 6" tall action figures launched by Hasbro in 2013.
The Black Series label is most largely associated with the 6" figure line that has encompassed the original cinematic Saga, what remains of the Expanded Universe, and even the first anthology film, Rogue One. With so many characters to cull from, and with collectors flocking to this relatively new line, it is little wonder that so many figures have already been produced with so many more on the way!
"Your Favorite Stars Guys" talk up this popular toy line in all of its myriad incarnations.
Thursday Jun 16, 2016
The Rantcor Pit Road Show #1: "Yo Joe!" Toy Extravaganza
Thursday Jun 16, 2016
Thursday Jun 16, 2016
Welcome to a special bumper edition of The Rantcor Pit!
Sunday Jan 17, 2016
The Rantcor Pit #46 - Not a Toy
Sunday Jan 17, 2016
Sunday Jan 17, 2016
Greetings Rantcorps!