This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the first Nintendo Store outside of Japan, at Rockefeller Plaza, in New York City. This store is a 2-story shop featuring Nintendo games, consoles, and lots of plush toys and merchandise. This June, the store was crowded with visitors hoping to try the newly released Switch2 console.
CVLife BearMight 6-24×50
CVLife continues to put out dependable budget-priced optics with increasingly better features. This scope features Japanese ED glass, which offers improved sharpness and clarity while reducing chromatic aberration. This newest scope changes up their previous turret design with something that feels vaguely like a Vortex turret that got stretched taller. It even has a similar zero-stop ring and pin system to a Vortex Strike Eagle.
The scope comes with a decent set of rings and a throw lever. The rings have a thick anodized coating common with budget rings, designed to cover over the hard edges and lack of refined milling. The rings do feature a recoil lug and Torx screw for better holding power.
The scope performed well in tracking and optical clarity. Its main shortfalls were its heavy weight, tight eyebox, and small exit pupil at 6x in particular. Despite this, with a street price below $250, it’s a good example of a budget, entry-level long-range competition scope. It may not beat the quality of scopes from Athlon, Burris, or Vortex, but it beats those brands’ entry-level offerings for value and price.
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Scope：https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F12S1N96
15% Discount Code: IUK8523O
100 YARD RESOLUTION
Group: -1
Element: 3
SPECS
BearMight
Magnification: 6-24x
Objective Diameter: 50mm
Tube Diameter: 34mm
Reticle: First
FOV @ 100 Yds: 22.5 – 4.5 ft
Eye Relief: 3.6 – 3.5 in
Parallax Adjustment 20 yds – ∞
Elevation Adjustment: 75 MOA
Windage Adjustment: 60 MOA
Click Value: 1/4 MOA
Length: 15.9 in
Weight: 35.5 oz
Tactical Snacks Breach Peach & Green Apple Rattle
Tactical Snacks is a veteran-owned company that were handing out sample packs of their low-carb gummies at SHOT Show earlier this year. I taste-tested their Watermelon Overwatch sour gummies. Tactical Snacks were created to provide low-sugar alternatives to regular gummy candies without high-fructose corn syrup.
They recently expanded their flavors and sent me a sample pack of their two newest: Breach Peacha and Green Apple Rattle.
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Breach Peach https://amzn.to/4nkTlyN
Green Apple Rattle https://amzn.to/3IIKgAP
SPECS
Green Apple Rattle / Breach Peach
Net Weight: 1.8oz/50g
Calories: 80
Carbs: 39g
Fiber: 15mg
Net Sugar: 3g
Protein: 0g
Potassium: 2mg
INGREDIENTS
Breach Peach
Tapioca Fiber, Allulose, IMO (vegetable source), Pectin, Cane Sugar, Organic Natural Peach Flavor, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Malate, Organic Fruit and Vegetable Juice for Color, Vegetable Oil and Carnauba Wax, Monk Fruit Extract
Green Apple Rattle
Tapioca Fiber, Allulose, IMO (vegetable source), Cane Sugar, Pectin, Organic Natural Apple Flavor, Malic Acid, Citric Acid, Organic Spirulina Extract (Color), Sodium Citrate, White Rice Flour, Sodium Malate, Fumaric Acid, Organic Turmeric for Color, Monk Fruit Extract
SHOT 2025 UTG Pro MP5 Clamps
At last year’s SHOT Show, Leapers showed off their new UTG Pro monolithic MP5 clamp on modernized handguards. They turned out to be a huge hit among MP5 fans. This year they’ve brought these modern Picatinny mounting options to a receiver scope clamp and a front sight clamp.
These clamp-on mounts allow users to attach modern optics, weaponlights, and accessories onto MP5s while retaining its traditional furniture.
TMI 250924 KPop Demon Hunters
Today’s Livestream was shut down by YouTube due to copyright claims on the video footage from KPop Demon Hunters. I’m claiming FAIR USE. In this video an Animation Industry professional (and Pixar alumnus) and a former Creative Director discuss the technical aspects and art direction of KPDH using looped footage from the film to illustrate our points and provide visual reference to or commentary comparing the state of the animation and the entertainment industry. I’ve filed a Dispute. It will be a couple of days before somebody at YouTube comes to a decision. I hope it’s a reasonable and educated one.
Too Much Information live chat show. KPop Demon Hunters became the surprise Animation hit of the Summer. I have a former Pixar animator, Richard Hurraey, to discuss what makes this film great and what Disney and Pixar are missing. https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-250924-kpop-demon-hunters/
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Luxo Jr.
THIS WEEK
Moondog2A
Moondog Reviews
Moondog Go
BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This animated film production company got its start as a spin-off from LucasFilm and ILM. George Lucas sold the company to Steve Job in 1986. It derived its name from a digital compositing “Picture Maker”
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
KPop Demon Hunters is a musical action film where the KPop band HUNTR/X is secretly a supernatural martial-arts team who hunt down demons.
Released by Netflix on June 20.
Surpassed downloads/views of Disney/Pixar’s Elio.
Over 66 million views, to become Netflix’s most-watched title ever. [
SPECIAL GUEST
Richard Hurrey is an animator and CGI artist who worked at Pixar on Finding Dory, Brave, Presto, and SFX on films such as Serenity (2005), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
WHAT
CONTESTS
CONTEST CLUE
This animation company has produced hits such as Finding Nemo, Up, Wall-E, and Toy Story.
YARD SALE
Fundraiser for St. Anne Middle School 8th grade class trip to Washington D.C.
https://moondogindustries.com/yardsale/
This week, you can get a Monstrum 2000 lumen weaponlight for half off.
CZ457 Tac-22 vs CCI Standard
I am testing various 22LR rimfire ammunition at 100 yards to determine which produces the tightest groups in my CZ 457 rifle. My rifle build is a factory-stock CZ 457 VPC, topped with an Area 419 Picatinny rail, and a Discovery Optics XED 6-36×56 scope (their top-tier long-range optic with Japanese eXtra Low Dispersion ED glass).
For this attempt, I am trying out Norma Tac-22. RWS manufactures this ammunition in Germany, which is also the company used to proof CZ 457 rifles at the factory. I have heard good reports on this ammo but my experience with my Ruger Precision Rimfire rifle yielded mixed results. For the test, I’m comparing it to CCI Standard Velocity, which many consider the best overall “bulk” rimfire ammo for bolt-action rifles and bullseye pistols.
After shooting 20 rounds of each, the results were essentially a tie. CCI produced slightly tighter groups but TAC-22’s 2nd group was tighter than any of CCI’s.
BUY
Discovery Optics Website: https://discoveryopt.com
10% Discount Code: Moondog
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ofFcnH
10% Discount Code: MOONDOG2A
100 yard RESULTS
NORMA TAC-22
Avg Group: 1.38″
Mean Radius: .46 MOA
CCI STANDARD
Avg Group: 1.32″
Mean Radius: .47 MOA
Toadstool Cafe Super Nintendo World
During our visit to Super Nintendo World Hollywood, we made reservations for Toadstool Cafe, the only food venue at Super Nintendo World. Because of the park’s attractions and long waits, we made reservations using the QR code at the cafe entrance as soon as we entered Super Nintendo World. To avoid the lunch crowds, we opted for a 10:45am reservation. We had heard that later reservations during peak hours resulted in long wait times and slow or poor service.
Entering the restaurant, choose a queue for a cashier. Make your orders in a fast-food style counter with photos menus of on the wall above. After placing your order, you are given a receipt with an order number and proceed to a staff member at the entrance of the dining room who will bring to you to an assigned table.
A server will bring our food out to your table. During the lunch or dinner rush, there may be delays but our orders came to use in less than 5 minutes. We chose a Toadstool Cheesy Garlic Knot, Piranha Plant Caprese, Super Star Chicken Salad, Yoshi’s Fettucine Alfredo, Mario Burger Kids Meal Set, and Fire Flower Spaghetti & Meatballs. In general, the food tasted good but looked even better than it tasted. Design was fanciful and fun but the flavors were just mid and underseasoned. I found the Mario Mini Burger to be a better deal as it also included a coin-up dessert (a cookie coated in gold colored white chocolate).
Despite the average tasting food, Toadstool Cafe is a worthy experience. While dining, we were entertained by LCD screens around the restaurant showing scenes from the mushroom kingdom, including an attack by Bowser’s airship dropping bombs onto the restaurant and village. The food was filling and pricing was reasonable for a major amusement park. We’ll come back.
MENU
https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/toadstool-cafe/menu.html
TMI 250917 Demon Slayer
Too Much Information live chat show. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is now the most popular anime release in the US. What is Demon Slayer? Let me give you the basics with as few spoilers as possible. https://moondogindustries.com/auto-draft/
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THIS WEEK
Moondog2A
Moondog Reviews
Moondog Go
BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This Japanese brand’s cars are known as a Rice Rocket. It’s famous models in the 80’s and 90’s include the EVO and Mirage.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Shonen: Young men / boy
Battle: Dragonball Z, Naruto, My Hero Academia
Horror: Deathnote,
Precursor: Bleach, Inuyasha
Stunning animation
Compelling story about family and perseverance
Relatable and Quirky characters
CONTESTS
CONTEST CLUE
Founded in Japan in 1870 by Yatarō Iwasak this multi-national corporation makes cars, vehicles, ships, trains and industrial machinery. Creator of the infamous “Zero” fighter plane in WW2
#mitsubishi
YARD SALE
Fundraiser for St. Anne Middle School 8th grade class trip to Washington D.C.
https://moondogindustries.com/yardsale/
Vector Optics Continental 2-12×44
After testing my first Vector Optics scope, the Continental 1-6×24 LPVO, I had such a positive experience I wanted to test their MPVO. Vector Optics is a Chinese scope brand not very well known in the US. Their top-tier Continental scopes use the same German Schott glass found in premium European scopes.
The Continental comes with a zero-stop turret and a spare turret that turns freely. The elevation turret has a red indicator pin that pops up after 1 rotation and shows a silver base after the 2nd rotation. The build quality is superior to “budget” brands. Its fit and finish is on par with more premium brands like Burris or Zeiss. Its Schott glass provided a bright, clear, and sharp image that was color-accurate and had minimal chromatic aberration.
My sample had an unusual RAR first focal plane reticle (FFP) with a bold, large sunburst circle-of-death reticle. This fast-acquisition ring is much too big for precise shooting, intended to draw you to your target. If you crank up the magnification to 6.5 or higher, the FFP reticle enlarges so that the big ring disappears from view and the view is dominated by the central T-style tactical reticle with a tree. Because the central reticle doesn’t really become visible until you bring up the magnification, this scope really should be run with a throw lever; it’s a shame they didn’t include one with the scope.
The MPVO has a street price around $600, so it’s not “budget Chinese” scope, but it is half the price of a comparable Schott glass scope from Zeiss or Meopta. Amazon doesn’t have this particular model but they do have a simlar one with a different reticle.
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Vector Optics Affiliate link: https://vector2007.com/geegarvtbt
Discount code: MOONDOG
SPECS
Magnification: 2-12x
Objective Lens: 44 mm
Tube: 34 mm
Eye Relief: 100 mm / 4.0 in
Field of View 62.4 – 10.8 ft @ 100 yrds
Parallax Focus: 10 yrds to Infinity
Click Value: 1/10 MIL
Max Elev Adj: ≥63 MIL
Max Wind Adj: ≥30 MIL
Battery: CR2032
Length: 317 mm / 12.48 in
Weight: 767 g / 27.1 oz
Lets Glow BART Anime Festival
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is the subway system that runs through San Francisco, Oakland, and now to San Jose. They recently adopted an anime mascot character called Baylee and her three associates. On September 6, 2025 BART hosted its first Anime and arts festival, named “Lets Glow” at their Warm Springs station near Freemont, CA.
The event was free to attend. I drove in and utlized the ample free parking. I arrived before the official start time of 4:00pm, there were already over 300 attendees and more arriving via the regular BART trains to the station.
They distrubeted event passports that could get stamped at various sections of the event. There was an Itasha row with fun anime and video game graphics modified cars. There were huge crowds around the Artist Alley where local aftists sold their art and merch. There was exceptionally long line to buy BART Anime themed merch.
Lets Glow had probably 10 times more folks than the BART organizers anticipated. It was a fun taste for anime lovers but not much to do and see. Future events would do better to have a headline guest or guests like voice-over artists or J-POP bands.