Even for Geek Toys, this show was pathetic. Impressions: You thought this was a battle school thing? You thought wrong. It's another goddamned stealth cheat power show, where his cheat power is that he has a billionaire supporting him, pulling strings, and screwing with other people. Okay, maybe that's not such a big twist […]
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