MY THOUGHTS ON THE GOAT 2026 ANIMATED MOVIE [A MOVIE REVIEW, WITH SOME SPOILERS]

OK, this GOAT animated movie was released in theaters on February 13th, 2026. And it was hastily shoved to streaming platforms like Amazon Prime on March 24th 2026. Not the wisest business move to make, but we'll talk about that later.

First of all, this is a kids 3D movie. And there are some portions that may have been generated by AI, which they tried to blend into the stylish camera shots. I won't criticize that, although I'm part of the "NO AI" crowd. When you or your family member have been fired from a job and replaced by an AI system, then you'll understand the negative sentiment ;)

But of course, I hope that doesn't ever happen to you, as one of my fans!

Anyway, the style of this GOAT movie is reminiscent of Spiderman into the Spiderverse movie... not my favorite style, but it still works.

This is basketball themed movie, and it has a few NBA players like Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala [both players from the NBAs Golden State Warriors, while Andre aka Iggy has retired]. Both Andre and Steph serve as voice actors for their anthropomorphic counterparts [a Zebra and a Giraffe], and a few female WNBA  players are in the movie as well, along with the entertainer Jelly Roll. 

The movie's main character, a little pygmy goat named Will, is voiced by Caleb Mclaughlin. And the lead female character is a black panther female, voiced by Gabriel Union [wife of Dewayne Wayde, former Miami Heat NBA team player].

Plot is very basic. Little poor Goat-boy can play basketball [called roarball, & played on various dangerous / elemental-styled B-ball courts]. Goat-boy is from a single parent family, and he dreams big. Soon he goes viral from a streetball challenge, and he get a chance at a major league roarball contract, to play with the big boys and girls, with a chance to win a championship. Fortunately, he gets signed to the Vineland Thorns, the same team as his idol, a female tough black panther gal named Jett. And with their team, they battle a bunch of odd animal teams, and get to the NBA finals, aka the roarball championship game. Some stuff happens and it seems like the team is getting sold off, while this drama is leading up to the big final game. Thus the team almost falls apart, but then they pull together, and they win championship game. And they get the Claw trophy. The End.

The cast is lively and colorful, and the voice performances are good. And the camera angles during the basketball / roarball segments are all fantastic. The movie emphasizes teamwork, to make the dream work. And it seems like one of the themes is... size doesn't matter, as long as you have heart... and one hell of a jump-shot. The camera angles were always on point, in the ballin' scenes. And the movie did have one thing that all family movies need: heart.

Now here are some Critiques that I'll give, as an artist for over 20 years:

Overall, in this GOAT movie, the character designs were not the best... they were far too androgynous. For example, Ms. Jett [shown seated in the pic on the left], the lead female character, looks too much like a "Male" Black Panther, as do many of the other female designs in this movie. You can just study the Disney animated catalog spanning over 50 years, for better animal designs, or even Balto from the 90s; the 3D animators here didn't have to be "Disneyfied" in their style to create the GOAT, but the character designers should have done a lot better. Plus the female WNBA players still look like women in real life. But in this movie, their anthro / animal characters look like... male characters.. And at least, since Jett is female, then her panther-eyes should have been drawn differently and more sleek - study the female faces, in the 90s The Lion King, to see what I mean. The artstyle in this GOAT movie reminds me almost of the style of a theatrical feature like the Madagascar 3D movie, except that the animals there don't wear clothes. And those designs were created for slapstick comedic effects, as opposed to being intended to be realistic, like The Lion King.

As an adult person, when you see a cartoon / animated character drawn as a male, but presented with a female voice, it can throw you off, for a while... until you hopefully get used to it. But when you've just seen better designs, then you've seen better. And the pic on the right shows Jett, looking overly manly or just "dudish", while going for one hell of a slamdunk.

So why does Jett look so manly? Answer is Simple: because this GOAT movie was contrived in the Woke Era, when women are not allowed to be women. They've got to be manly, gritty and tough girl-boses... definitely no "TNA", and the uglier the better LOL. Plus Jett is the idol of the little boy goat, Will. And thus Will looks up to her, as one of the greatest players in the roarball game. 

In real life, it doesn't work like that. You can't force little boys to look up to female WNBA basketball players. It's not normal or psychologically sound, when the boys see the adrenaline-fueled male players in the NBA, violently slamming the ball and almost fighting each other or the referees. Like I said, this movie was contrived a few years ago, in the Woke Era. It's not a crime, but it certainly hinders the entertainment, appeal, and longevity of the feature film. And honestly, when little boys look up to female ballers, it's actually more of lust and sensual attraction, than for idol-like admiration. I won't be surprised if Jett's character was originally supposed to be a guy in the first drafted script proposal, but it got changed before animation began, to meet a strict diversity quota...

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NEW YEAR & NEW TOY POST! PART 3 - WIP, A CUSTOM VALAVERSE GI JOE ACTION FIGURE, AND A CUSTOM-MADE MEDIC BAG / SATCHEL

Back again with some updates!

I should have posted this over two weeks ago. But I've been so damn busy, I didn't have time to prep the photos. Anyway, here we go! 

The custom-made bag / tote / satchel, designed for 6-inch scale action figures has been completed and painted, and it can open and close, via two magnets. It is a handmade item, and it has a rubberband, as a convenient strap. It is a medic bag, so it can hold bandages, medicines, or guns. The bag was painted with acrylic black spray paint, before I used a metallic paint shade to give it some weathering.

 

 

Part 2 of this article is over Here, and Part 1 is over Here.

NEW YEAR & NEW TOY POST! PART 2 - WIP, A CUSTOM VALAVERSE GI JOE ACTION FIGURE, AND A CUSTOM-MADE MEDIC BAG / SATCHEL

 Second post of the day! Here we have a custom Valaverse 6-inch scale toy figure, which I'm still working on. He may end up being a badass SWAT officer; but we'll see how it goes.

The toy's head came from a GI Joe classified toy named Low Light. And the body is from Valaverse Maritime Corps Soldier - this one is tagged as an "Army Builder", since the character has no name / no face, but it comes with two masked head sculpts: one black and the other white. So you can buy multiple copies and build a small army. I'm attaching a raw test-shot of the toy, as the last pic, which shows the items that it comes with in the package. I had to add the bulletproof vest and thigh straps from another toy, specifically GI Joe Classified Scarp Iron. The vest and straps were all red, so I had to paint them black, with Americana / Tamiya acrylic paints. Plus I added a cloth scarf and tied it around his neck. And his assault rifles came from one of my fav sellers on ebay.

At this point in the process, a lot of sculpted body armor and other things still need to be added to the toy to bulk him up. So he is far from complete.

Also, I was working on a shoulder-strapped bag / satchel / tote bag, for the toy. And as you can see, it was made from cardboard and black putty. The bag can open, and it has magnets that help to lock it in place when it closes. I might give the bag to a medic toy that I'm also working on, but I still have to make the items that go into the large bag... or I'll just toss some extra Uzis, Berattas, Smith & Wessons, and other handguns in there. We'll see how it goes. All right, that's all for now! Like and share!

AND PART 1 IS OVER HERE!

   

NEW YEAR & NEW TOY POST! PART 1 - The Xesray Studio Combatants Fight for Glory Gold Hildr Figure!

Damn, time flies. I haven't posted in this blog since October 2025, and it's already February 2026.

I've been active on other social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter / X. A lot has been going on in the world, over the past few years. Trump is still President... and behold: the world has not ended. FYI, I have no problem with Trump... if you do, then go get therapy :D. 

Grocery prices and gas prices are going down, all over the nation. The tariffs are making the USA richer. Foreign countries are starting to respect America again. And the President is against wokeness, while he believes that there is a difference between a man and a woman... look, if you don't like him, that's fine. But have enough common sense to realize progress and positive results when you see it. 

Plus we just had one hell of a lame-ass SuperBowl XL half-time show. Not sure why a grown-ass man would call himself a "Bad Buddy"... and talk about wanting to wear a dress for his performance... he sounds rather woke and stupid... he thought it was wise & progressive to perform entirely in Spanish, in an English speaking country... plus technically, a Bunny has a really small pe....... y'all get the picture! LMAO!!!

Anyway, you can laugh! And smile! You're alive! And personally, I'm still learning to take life one day at a time... and you should do that too :).

All right, today I'll share something that I shared on my other social sites last year. A new toy purchase called: Combatants Fight for Glory "Gold Hildr". Perhaps "Golden Hilda" would have been the better way to present her name. But hey, she was made by a foreign toy company. So it doesn't really matter at this point.

Hildr is roughly 6 inches tall, and she was created by the Indy toy company named Xesray Studio. First of all, I noticed that she is extremely beautiful [and Thicc], and her skin tone is a bit dark, and she is a barbarian gal - so her tanned skin tone is probably tied to her tribal origins. She comes with a ton of accessories, like a belt, a soft cape, a helmet, swords and axes. Plus her accessories are removable. So you can strip her down and put a small dress [sold separately] on her, if you want.

Her joints were all smooth, and there was no need to heat her up with a hair dryer for like 60 seconds. Her lips were unpainted when she first came out of the box, so I fixed that... can't have no toy gal with dry crusty-ass lips sitting on my shelf. But I'll probably leave her inside the toy box, after taking her pictures. The last shown image is a promotional shot that was released before the preorder period, last year. And you can see that in the sample provided by the toy company, her lips were unpainted.

  

That's all for now! more posts coming soon! Like and Share!

AND PART 2 IS OVER HERE!

THE RAMEN TOYS AMPHISBAENA AND THE HASLAB HISTANK! COOL TANKS FOR 6 INCH SCALE FIGURE TOYS!

Heeeeeyyy guys!!!! Yeah, it's been almost a year since I updated  this blog. I've been super busy, while often posting on other social media sites. And a ton of shit has been happening in the world... stuff with Trump, Israel, Russia, etc.

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Before we get to the Tanks, I'll say this, about the Israeli conflict that started about 2 years ago, on Oct 7th 2023:

I hope you know that the Palestinians are muslims in Gaza, who voted for the Hamas terrorist group to be their leaders. And Hamas agents dress as civilians when they attack with guns, to create chaos [they would proudly post videos of themselves online via Twitter, Tiktok and Telegram, to prove this]. 

So, the Palestinians claim that Israel stole their land, so they wanted to "Free Dat Palestinia" from Israeli occupation, by starting a war and killing 1,000 & kidnapping 250 innocent people... 

But the Truth is, according to world history, before the first muslim [aka the prophet Muhammad] was born in 570 AD, if you go back in time for 500 YEARS before that day, history says the entire land of Israel, aka Judah, belonged to the Jews... That's just the Truth. Look up the events of the year 70 AD. You won't see a single muslim Palestinian, because they didn't exist... the Truth might hurt you, but that's the Truth.

Israel didn't steal a damn thing from those muslims, who have been lying to the World through the UN and the crooked media for decades.

I said this on my social media: "You have to mature to the point that you are not offended by The Truth."

Anyway, that's That. I'm 45, and I really don't have time to argue about The Truth ;)

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Smile, man... you're alive!

Today, I wanted to share pics of the new Ramen Toys Amphisbaena Tank, which I ordered online from Big Bad Toy Store over HERE. It is designed for 6-inch scale toy figures, the same type that I make customs for and share on this blog. This is the black version of the tank designed for the villains, which also comes in a pale-green color for the heroes. The tank has no light features, And it costs about $200 before shipping.

A few years ago, via their crowdfunding system, Hasbro [the owner of the GIJoe Classified toy license] released the Haslab HissTank for 6-inch scale toys. Their classic tank has got some light features, while it costs about $300 before shipping.

  

The second comparison shot shows the Amphisbaena Tank compared to the green-colored GridIron Phalanx APC vehicle. And that behemoth costs about $400, with no lights. I do like the Phalanx, specifically the alternate black version [not shown here], but it's just a bit too pricey for me.

The Third pic shows more production shots of the black Ramen Toys Amphisbaena Tank.

And the Fourth pic shows the Hunter Tank [also $199 before shipping], which is the pale-green version for the heroes. The pic shows it with the applied stickers from the sticker sheet, while it originally comes looking plain, right out of the box. 

Plus there are add-ons that can be purchased for the modular tanks, to change their layout and turn them into the classic "GIJoe Wolverine" or a massive "Bridge-layer".

I do have to give a shoutout to "209edd" on youtube, who supplied The Cool Video from which I got the first two screenshot pics. 

And the link to the Ramen Toys Website with their various Tanks [which may be sold out soon] is over HERE

My Amphisbaena Tank is on the way, but it has not been delivered yet. I hope it arrives before Christmas. I do make my own custom 6-inch scale military vehicles, but I don't post them online... some day, I will, since I keep working on them and refining them  ;)

Plus the DSNG Book 33 is coming this week!! So stay tuned!!

CUSTOM SERGEANT SKULLDON AND RICK RAMPAGE - ACTION FIGURE TOYS BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

 I've got two new customs today!!! [ Rick Flair Voice: Wooo!!! ]

OK, I bought some of the new figures from Valaverse Wave 5, and decided to customizer them, with parts from GI Joe Classified series, in order to make some more Original DSNG Characters.

The First Character with the red beret hat and the black t-shirt is codenamed Sergeant Skulldon. His regular name is Robert "Big Rob" Totenkopf... and he's a villain!! :)

For Sergeant Skulldon, the base upper-body was Atlas, from Valaverse, and the lower-body was one of the Recon Corps soldiers. The Bandolier / X-harness strapped across his chest came from Big Ben, and I had to sculpt a basic chest armor on him, before adding the X-harness. The handgun came from GI Joe Fodder. And one of his assault rifles has a strap made from a black rubber band.

The Second Character with the baggy blue jeans is codenamed Rick Rampage. His regular name is Richard "Rick" Bernard. And he's also a villain!!! Muuhahahahaa!! :)

Honestly, every original franchise needs cool villains, so that's what I was focused on creating!

For Rick Rampage, his body was a mixture of Atlas [bottom-half] and the Recon Corps soldier [top-half], while the handgun and thigh straps came from GI Joe Classified Heavy Duty. The head came from the Marvel Legends Star Lord toy, and it was repainted slightly. And his assault rifles came from ebay & Valaverse, while a black rubber band was added to one of them.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy and share!

   

  

MASTERVERSE REVOLUTION BATTLE ARMOR HEMAN AND SHERA PRINCESS OF POWER ACTION FIGURES!

I have the Powerrrrr!! If you grew up in the 1980s, you'll appreciate these action figures from Mattel. They are highly articulated, well painted, and all around fun. Good for use as ornaments / desk buddies that bravely stand at alert, beside your PC or laptop computer.

This new Battle Armor Heman has a more serious look than the former version. And he came with an armored vest that I removed. The lovely Shera figure is one that I've shown off before, since I've had her for a while. And I took the pictures against my Cobra Wall Diorama, which I showed previously over Here. Thanks for looking! Enjoy and Share!

  

CUSTOM COBRA BASE DIORAMA WALL FOR GIJOE CLASSIFIED / VALAVERSE 6 INCH SCALE FIGURES!

Been working on this Cobra Base Diorama Wall for a few months, on and off. It was created from cardboard boxes, putty, metal, plastic and other household items. Once the main composition was done, I spray-painted it, and then I added more stuff to it. Magnets were used to add the Cobra logo and the red vertical banners, which are removable. The main three-part gate in the wall doesn't open... I almost did it, but I figured it would just be too much work.

You can look at the Before and After pictures, with some 6-inch scale figures added for a sense of scale. The rectangular size of the wall is 21.0 inches wide, by 15.5 inches high. And it weight is almost 8 pounds, since there was stuff added inside the cardboard wall, to keep it from being crushed easily.

In the pictures, I also added a custom 6-inch Cobra Commander Toy that I created like 5 years ago, but never shared it online. He was made from an old Marvel Legends Star Lord body, but he was heavily customized with putty, and the "red cloth wire-cape" came from ebay. And I added a lot of details that were painted with silver and gold. The Baroness and Destro toys are from GI Joe Classified toy line.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy and Share!

  

  

THE TRANSFORMERS ONE 3D ANIMATED MOVIE FLOPS / STUMBLES / TRIPS, ETC, AT THE BOX OFFICE

So the Transformers One 3D animated movie came out last weekend, on September 20th, 2024.… and it bombed at the box office, making 25 million dollars over 3 days [which is what some hit movies make in 1 day]. And the movie cost roughly 75 million dollars to make, which does not include marketing or other post-production expenditures.

Here is a link to the movie trailer on Youtube: HERE

And here are a couple of points worth considering, about why the animated movie failed to connect with the original fans.


1. Severe Brand Damage – For those who don’t know, the pointless pronouns / woke shit had already crept into the franchise with the release of Transformers Earthspark on Nickelodeon. Plus Optimus Prim and Megatron, two male robots, had a “son”. Hence a Ton of longtime Fans and Parents walked away, along with their kids.


2. The Marketing for Transformers One was horrendously bad – From the movie trailers, it came across as a watered-down childish melodrama, for very young kids that like other franchises like Despicable Me and Minions. The original Transformers cartoon series from the mid-1980s was far more mature, and just all around more solid. And unfortunately, the perception overshadowed the reality. Therefore, many original TF fans, myself included, didn’t bother to give the new movie a chance.


3. Revisionist History, presented at its finest – If you are a long-time adult fan, this new origin story may not have appealed to you or your wallet [lets face it, the guys in their 40s who grew up on the original Transformers are the ones that buy those toys for themselves and their kids]. The movie’s trailer showed scenes and events that were not tied to the original lore, while presenting them in a childish carefree manner.


4. Immature Themes – If you watch the original cartoon series, the was a true sense of gravitas and high stakes, as the Autobots fought the Deceptions. It was “cartoony war”, with elements of camaraderie, bravery, loyalty and even treachery [from the bad guys]. Conversely, the vibe of the new movie from the trailers was just not solid enough. Frankly, it was soft and jovial.


5. Poor overall direction of the story – Strangely, those open minded fans that have gone to see the Transformers One movie have said the whole thing was good [although the first act = 1/3rd of the movie, was fueled with childish antics, before things got serious].

But if Hasbro were wise, they would have made a 3D movie based on the original Transformers G1 series, with the 80s original designs presented in smoother 3D form, showing what led the Autobots to flee from Cybertron. In that timeline, linked to the comics and the former cartoon series, Optimus Prime was a working class robot, while Megatron was some sort of gladiator. And they were not “Close Buddies”. Doing that, and sticking with the original set up, would have likely brought back parents and their kids, for nostalgia.


6. Some Character Design Flaws were too jarring to ignore – Some of the character designs in the new TF movie seem to be strongly influenced by the current-day manga / anime robot design themes. And while the small torsos, high pants, and long legs work for Japanese Anime Mecha Robots and souless Gundams, they don’t necessarily work well for Western Giant Robots.

And if you take a candid look at the design of Arcee [standing on the extreme right in the poster that I shared, above], you’ll see that her overall design looks awful, in terms of her feminine proportions… it's like she was not allowed to look like a beautiful woman, at all. Hell, just slap a menacing mask on her, and have her crouch low like a monkey, and she’ll look like a pink robot troll. Her design from the 1980s was more than 10-times better. And those references were obviously ignored.

After the recent video game failure of Concord [which cost Sony over 400 Million Dollars to make], it has become evident that Woke minds hate feminine beauty. And unfortunately, the leading female in this Transformers One movie was designed as such.

CUSTOM JACCOB "MADDOGG" MADONOR ACTION FIGURE TOY BY DSNG! [GIJOE CLASSIFIED VALAVERSE SCALE]

Another new custom action figure, with the top deck background of my new Sci Fi Base Diorama [which I'm still working on]. For those that follow my work, you know that the Sci Fi Base Diorama currently has two floors: the bottom level interior and the top deck exterior, shown over HERE.

This figure is named Jaccob "Maddogg" Madonor. And he is a hero, an Original Character for the DSNG Series. The base body was GI Joe Classified Tiger Force Outback. And I got the new head sculpt from ebay. His jacket came from Marvel Legends Star Lord, and it was cut and customized. Four swords and daggers were added to the jacket, on the front and back. And the sickle blade wrapped around his right arm is a custom, made from parts bought on ebay. His M249 machinegun is from a Valaverse weapons pack, and it was customized. I added some tattoos to his left forearm, and a gauntlet with spikes on his right forearm. He was hand-painted with Tamiya acrylic paints, while his face is partially hidden behind the black bandanna cloth. 

Everything in the background is custom made, and colored with a combination of hand paints & spray paints. And the two ATVs are custom made, based on Halo vehicles on ebay. All right, thanks for looking! Enjoy and share!