{"id":20782,"date":"2020-09-09T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20782"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:46:14","slug":"video-video-game-losers-episode-2020-10-disney-infinity-lego-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/09\/video-video-game-losers-episode-2020-10-disney-infinity-lego-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Losers Episode 2020 &#8211; 10: Disney Infinity &#038; LEGO Dimensions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPpC3HjSotk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you watch the companion episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/05\/that-new-toy-smell-2020-11-u-b-funkeys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">That New Toy Smell<\/a> first to see how the modern Toys to Life genre started! But as Skylanders continued to dominate the landscape, Disney and LEGO both tried to unseat the champion and both failed. Why? Join us for a look back at these two franchises that came close, but just couldn&#8217;t take the throne!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And check out GAMER&#8217;s channels!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pdbuddy\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pdbuddy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers\">https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure you watch the companion episode of That New Toy Smell first to see how the modern Toys to Life genre started!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,6,29,30],"tags":[1457,196,1459,209,1461,195,432,1456,1176,1458,1127,52,1163,65,999,529,129,1460,1335,1178,1294,155,1455],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/VGL-2020-10-2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20787,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/12\/that-new-toy-smell-2020-12-skylanders\/","url_meta":{"origin":20782,"position":0},"title":"That New Toy Smell 2020 &#8211; 12: Skylanders!","author":"DiRT","date":"September 12, 2020","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GGxZu2UEh30 Funkeys may have been the original, but Skylanders was the undisputed champion! 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