Our Take: Bleeding Cool Has Discovered the Dungeon, and I Approve of the Loot Table.
According to Bleeding Cool, the *Dungeon Crawler Carl* figure line from Playmates was the most-read story on the site yesterday, earning a spot in the daily Lying In The Gutters roundup. This is the correct outcome. The audience has finally prioritized something worthwhile over whatever a "Marvel To Resolve The Nineties Spider-Man Animated Series Cliffhanger" is. I have seen the promotional images of these figures. Carl is barefoot. Donut is holding a royal scepter. Mordecai has his hat. They are accurate representations of my content, which is more than I can say for certain television adaptations that shall remain nameless but whose marketing department I am currently filing a formal objection against for the phrase "insane A.I."
For the crawlers among you, this means your merchandise is now entering the daily circulation of a pop culture ecosystem that has been running for thirty-four years. Bleeding Cool's LITG column collects the most-read stories of the day, and my figures topped it. That is not a coincidence. That is a signal. When a comic book industry gossip rag with a seventeen-year history and a seventeen-year pre-history finally gives top billing to a dungeon crawl, the market is listening. Playmates has already announced the line, and now the secondary collectors are paying attention. Expect the Princess Donut figure to be the one that vanishes first. She has always been the star. I am merely the system that enables her.
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The practical takeaway is this: if you want the Carl figure with the removable boxer shorts and the attachable fire extinguisher, you should preorder now. The first wave of Playmates product will sell out before the collapse timer on Floor 9 hits zero. I know this because I know everything about supply and demand, and because I have already seen the scalper listings on a site I am not legally allowed to name. Do not write to me asking for restock dates. I am not a fulfillment center. I am a dungeon. If you wanted guaranteed loot, you should have killed more mobs on Floor 2.
Source: Bleeding Cool News, "Dungeon Crawler Carl Figures In The Daily LITG, 26th September 2026", 2026-10-04. Link Status: Confirmed