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Hardcore fans of Mike Allred’s Madman Atomic Comics title character will probably be fighting like cats and dogs over this limited edition, 100 piece, 12-inch figure from French toy designer Thierry Raynaud.
Each figure comes with a signed certificate of authenticity by Mike Allred, and if you can afford the 200 Euros, you might be able to add this figure to your shelf of pride.
Shocker Toys has announced that it is bringing The Maxx to Wizard World Philly June 19th through the 21st.
Sam Keith’s MTV The Maxx Exclusive will be ready to throw down at the Wizard show, and he ain’t no push over. Shocker Toys will have on hand MTV’s the Maxx fully poseable action figure with all painted highlights and his suit cast in translucent purple plastic. The Maxx will be featured with translucent purple suit parts and come with 2 heads and 3 Isz. These are limited edition figures with only 250 each produced and once gone will only become a highly sought after Indie Spotlight collectible.
Also on the line up of exclusives and premiers are 6-inch figures of ShadowHawk, SCUD, Kabuki, Katchoo and The Max from the company’s Indie Spotlight.
Arriving for the first time will be Mallows, a 5-inch designer collection toy for collectors.
Mattel dropped off a couple of new action figure images featuring a Blue Wildcat variant, the packaging for the upcoming JLU SDCC Green Lantern exclusives, and the packaging for the Anti-Monitor that the rest of us who aren’t going to get the giant figure can expect to see in stores.
Marvel has announced that all new and renewing subscribers to Marvel’s Digital Comics Unlimited service, not only get a slew of digital comics, but each account will also get an exclusive Hasbro Marvel Universe Nick Fury action figure.
“Hasbro is very excited to be teaming up with Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited for this exclusive giveaway,” said Billy Lagor, Senior Director of Hasbro’s Global Brand Strategy & Marketing, Marvel. “We truly value and appreciate the connection that we have with our Marvel fans and hope that shows in our action figures.”
Marvel is making it clear, you need to sign up with the service to get the figure. Or do like everyone else will do and head over to eBay and purchase one there.
It’s not often we review action figures on this site (we really need to do more of ‘em), but when a company sends us one for possible review, we’ll go ahead and give it workout. Shocker Toys has had its Indie Spotlight series out for a while, and its Maxx series includes the SCUD: The Disposable Assassin Sol variant figure. Since it is in our hands, and out of the protective packaging, it’s up for review today.
Shocker Toys sent Major Spoilers one of the figures from its Indie Spotlight Comic Book Heroes Series 1 figure (look for review soon), and they are already cranking out the Series 2 figures that features the Tick, Dick Tracy, Jack Staff and more. The figures are well made, and if you are looking for an indie hero to fight alongside your DC or Marvel figures, then you might want to check out Shocker Toys.
- The Tick
- Jack Staff
- Ignacia
- Dick Tracy (& Trench Coat w/Tommy Gun Variant)
- King Zombie (& King Zombie Variant)
All Series 2 figures are packed with items from The Tick’s universe so fans who collect the entire series can recreate scenes. For even more fun with The Tick, the Series 2 Mail-away figure will be everyone’s favorite Tick sidekick, Arthur!
In addition to these, Shocker Toys has announced its San Diego Comic Con 2009 Exclusives will be a pair of Dick Tracy black and white figures.
The B&W Dick Tracy Variant will be available ON SITE ONLY. The Dick Tracy B&W Variant will be produced ONLY for on site sales at SDCC ‘09 and will not be made again. Preliminary estimates are that there will only be 250 of the B&W Variants available for purchase.
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Via a variety of different sources bouncing bits of information from one site to another, it looks like April O’Neil will be the first non-mutant ninja turtle in the NECA TMNT line. No word on price, but the two mousers should give reason for fans to pick up the rest of the TMNT figures to help save the damsel in distress.
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No, that’s not some eye chart test, but rather a reminder that the Justice League Unlimited Legion of Super-Heroes 4-pack will be on sale May 15, 2009 up on the Matty Collector website. Interestingly, my summer officially starts on May 15, which means I’ll be getting my summer started right with these figures.
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Mattel has announced the sold out Mer-Man figures, part of the new Masters of the Universe collection, will be back in stock on April 29th, beginning at 12:00 PM Eastern. The first run of the figures sold out, so fans who are building up their new action figure collection will want to cue up early.
If this second shipment also sells out fast, we will look at increasing orders again until we can get the numbers just right for MOTU figures. It is a learning process, and we appreciate fan’s understanding as we move forward with each sale getting closer to perfection.
During the first offering, there was a problem with the online shopping cart system, which caused international customers to be locked out of the purchasing process. Mattel assures that the problems have been fixed, and there should be few problems.
This year at the San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics is giving attendees a chance to snatch up an exclusive Domo “Qee” transparent variant. The only place to get your hands on the NHK television mascot is to attend the convention (or just wait until it appears on eBay the week after).
The Domo Qee program, to be launched nationwide in August, is Dark Horse’s first try at the popular “blind box” or “mystery box” format. Individual figures are packed in small boxes; the only way to know which particular figure is inside a particular box is to purchase and open the box. In the Domo blind box assortment, figures are sold in counter displays of 15, and each display box of 15 figures is further packed into a master carton of four cases.
In addition, the boxes each contain one component of a “Build-A-Domo” clear transparent figure. When the correct six components are accumulated, the buyer can put together the complete bonus Domo. There will not be a “Build-A-Domo” component in the Comic-Con Exclusive figure.
“We presented a Comic-Con exclusive 5.5” Domo vinyl figure last year,” recalls Dark Horse VP of Product Development, David Scroggy, “and were blown away as all of the limited-edition sold out. This year, with an entirely new toy, we expect an even faster depletion of our Comic-Con stock. Since last year’s was a yellow variant, we chose the same color for the Qee toy.”
The San Diego Comic Con runs July 23-26, and all Four Day passes to the show have sold out (serves you right for waiting).
Maybe it is the paranoia finally getting to me, but it seems the publishers are starting to figure out this whole web promotion thing, and instead of relying on the indie web sites (like this one), the comic publishers are starting to do their own thing. DC launched its own blog site releasing DC news befor anyone else, and now Marvel is getting into the action figure arena with Geek-lactus.
What is Geek-lactus? It’s a monthly video series hosted by Jasse Falcon, where he talks all about new Marvel merchandise. On the plus side, Marvel is making these videos embeddable, which means more content for us…and more free advertising for Marvel.
On the plus side, all these companies launching their own web presence, only forces the rest of us to work harder to bring you a plethora of content.
The Masters of the Universe re-mastered collection of figures from Mattel have been selling really well since being introduced by the toy company. Several of those figures have been limited edition figures sold exclusively through Mattel’s MattyCollector.com website (that is until eBay sellers get on the bandwagon).
April 15th saw the release of Mer-Man, and even though Mattel has sold numerous figures through the website, the online shopping cart ended up being fraught with trouble causing many carts to remain empty, and before long international buyers couldn’t get their hands on the MOTU fish man.
The good news is Mattel is addressing the issue, and the better news is there is another chance to get the figures sometime at the end of April.
The official statement from the company after the jump.
According to a post up on the Matty Collector Facebook page, the anticipated Alex Luthor/Ultraman action figure two-pack has been bumped to June 15, 2009. On the plus side, the Legion of Super-Heroes 4 Pack arrives May 15, 2009.
Quick update everyone, here are current release dates for the next few items on Mattycollector.com:
- Mer-Man – 4 /15
We will likley sell out of Mer-Man on day 1, but we have a second batch coming in which should go on sale about 4/23- Zodac – 5/15
- LOSH JLU 4 pack – 5/15
- Hordak – 6/15
- Alex Luthor/Ultraman two pack – 6/15
- Man-At Arms 7/15
We are also trying to get some of the new CARS items up by 7/1 and are working hard with the CARS team on some cool surprises. More information as soon as it is available!
-Matty
Hot dang! Saw these today over at the Matty Collector FaceBook page, and I’m burning with jealousy over the exclusive figures Mattel will feature at San Diego Comic Con 2009. Granted, today is April 1, 2009, but we’ve seen some of these figures already appear during the New York Comic Con, so it’s a safe bet at least most of these figures are legit.
I really like the build a bridge idea that this new collection offers. It’s a way to guarantee the entire figure run sells out, and increases the ire of those who are looking for the short pack figure to complete the set.
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