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If you’ve been wondering when the next round of Minimate zombies will hit stores, wait no longer as you can make your own with Zombie Decal Kit from Luke’s Toy Store. The kit is designed for the 24 Season 1 Box Set and the Biff and Marty Back to the Future Minimates sets, but you can use any Minimate parts to design your own.
Also, if you would prefer to combine your own parts, all of the decals have also been designed to work with popular color minimate parts as an alternative to using these Minimate sets. The choice is up to you!
Included in this kit:
- 6 full zombie decals, and an additional 6 zombie faces
- Duplicate set of decals in case you make a mistake with the first set
- Detailed application instructions
- Battle damage instructions
Zomibe Superman is just around the corner…
Next to the Justice League Unlimited action figures, the DC Universe Classics line (and the build-a-figure series) is on my must buy list. It’s just too bad our local stores don’t care any of the figures, forcing me to go online to quietly build up my collection. This spring, Mattel will launch the thirteenth series of the action figure line that includes Blue Beetle, Blue Devil, Wonder Girl, and Negative Man.
Gallery after the jump!
Art Asylum has posted a series of in progress shots of the upcoming War Machine figure based on the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie. Polished up, the figure looks good, and will go nicely with the iron Man Mark IV action figure when it is released.
Part of the new vehicle collection for the Minimate line now includes a DeLorean from Back to the Future series.
Two versions of this little guy are coming to stores and we’ve gotten lots of requests to show more photography – so here’s the “clean” version for Toys R Us!
There will be figures included with each car to make the collection complete.
And I for one am more than happy to see the JLU line from Mattel continue until I am an old, old man. What the hell am I talking about? Mattel announced over the holiday that the Justice League Unlimited toy line will continue in Spring 2010 with new figures available through Target.
We have some great singles, 3 packs and 6 packs in store including many more fan demanded character, a return to Apokolips and a few out of the blue surprises we think JLU fans are going to love!
Mattel remains very committed to this line. As long as their are fans looking to purchase more JLU figures, we will do all we can to keep them coming. Considering Grodd was slated to be the very last figure, both the fans and dedicated members of the Mattel brand team have fought tooth and nail to keep the line going with a collector focus. We do read the message boards and hear fans requests. While we may not have gotten to every request, if you look back at the last 16 months, look at how many impossible or fan demanded characters we have been able to get to: The Question, Captain Atom, Cheetah, Batman Beyond, Mr. Terrific, Supergirl, Shazam… the list really does go on and on!
At retail we will still need to pair collector figures with more kid friendly selections to keep the line going, but you can be sure JLU will still be around, at least for the first half of 2010.
But there is some sad news about the line…
Who says comic book geeks have to be in the 30s? If you have a little tyke you’re trying to convert to the dark side, one sure fire way to get him (or her) to pick up and play with those DC Super Friends again, is to give them the latest addition to the line – Hawkman.
This 6″ scale, chunky figure is fully-articulated (including articulated wings) and arrives ready for battle in his new brown war deco and Hawk Jet.
Yes, it is certainly cool, but Mattel doesn’t say if Hawkman comes with his own Nth Metal mace for kicking Lex Luthor’s butt.
Who doesn’t like Terence Stamp as General Zod from Superman II? For those who can’t get enough Zod action, Matty Collector has a 12-inch articulated figure that can interact with the other 12-inch DC figures from the company. General Zod has a cloth replica uniform, 2 “crude noisemaker” weapons, extra hands, and a stand for the geek in your life to proudly display his action figure.
One of the biggest problems with any action figure toy line is the lack of other things for your figures to interact with. Sure you may have Superman, Spider-Man, and that 12-inch Mego Fonzie that get along swimmingly with your cardboard box rendition of the Hall of Justice, but what happens when your action figures need to get from here to there? Minimates have been one of those toy lines that have a lot of playability when it comes to replaying your favorite story lines from the comic book pages, but additional playsets and vehicles are really needed to enhance play.
Art Asylum has announced it will grant our wishes with a vehicle line debuting in the spring 2010.
The first three rides to be included in this exciting line will be Back to the Future’s post-time-travel Frozen DeLorean, Terminator 2’s devastating Battle Damaged Hunter Killer Tank and a Minimates debut – the Minimates M.A.X. Red Stealth Jet! Fans should be familiar with those first two, while the Minimates M.A.X. (Mobile Action Xtreme) brand is new to DST and will feature an array of vehicles designed entirely by Art Asylum.
Art Asylum did explore vehicle play a few years ago with its Batman line that featured the Batwing, but the addition of more cars/tanks/trucks/suvs/jest/motorcyles is welcome news.
One of our favorite stories of modifying action figures, has to be Sillof’s Justice League by Gaslight. Now Sillof is back with the Gaslight Legion of Doom!
Inspired by the comic book, Gotham by Gaslight by Mike Mignola and Brian Augustyn. Set in the 1880’s, Batman attempts to stop Jack the Ripper, who has come to Gotham. The figures have darker look and are a great blend of the Victorian aesthetic and the feel of the original characters.
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Oh yes, these will be mine. Mattel has gone back to the source to come up with a new line based on the vintage MEGO figures from days past.
Check out these prototype images. You’ll see they’re not recreations, but updates lovingly based on the old style. In some cases, we’re even improving on iconic features for some of your favorite characters, like a more accurate belt buckle for Green Arrow, or an “s” curl in the hair of Superman.
Green Arrow is the first figure out of the gate, and will be released on December 15, 2009. You’ll have to wait a bit longer for the other figures, as they will arrive in 2010.
The other day, we featured the phaser from Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn as a great gift to give to a Star Trek fan this holiday season. Art Asylum posted this video of the phaser going through its paces. It includes the removable Type 1 Phaser that makes this prop replica stunning.
Hasbro sent Major Spoilers a huge gallery of images of some of their upcoming products. Take the jump for G.I. Joe, Marvel, Star Wars, Transformers. There might even be some interesting Iron Man 2 toys that might give you insight to the upcoming movie.
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Press Release
Today, Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced a 10-year global strategic alliance that will give Hasbro the rights to manufacture and market a wide-range of toys and co-branded games based on the beloved characters of Sesame Street. The range of products, featuring Elmo, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster, among others, will be designed to simultaneously entertain and educate young children. New Sesame Street products from Hasbro’s PLAYSKOOL and games brands will be available in stores beginning in 2011.
One of the more interesting DC Universe figures to arrive over the last couple of years, is the semi-transparent Chemo Collect & Connect figure from the Wave 9 collection. Originally, the insides of the brute was an empty shell, but Mattel had the good mind to try and create a liquid effect, and filled the fellow with plastic spheres. I like the new look, but it does bring up the possibility that some people might have the clear version of the figure and others might have the bubble filled one. For the action figure lover on your holiday list, stuffing their stocking with the complete Chemo figure will only set you back $25 on eBay.
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Long before Star Wars featured Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and the rest, George Lucas envisioned a completely different battle in the stars, and even went so far as to have Ralph McQuarrie whip up some character concepts. Those who have the Making Of… books have seen these designs floating around since the mid-80’s, but now, Star Wars fans can actually get their hands on actual action figures based on those designs.
These sets are exclusives with Diamond Comic Distributors and Toys R Us, and have been out since the beginning of the month. Those who are really looking for a unique gift for their geek, might want to dig around a bit to secure the figures from these two sets.
Set 1 includes McQuarrie’s versions of Han Solo (who bears more than a passing resemblance to a young George Lucas), Chewbacca, Obi Wan Kenobi & Yoda, C-3PO & R2-D2, and Boba Fett. Set 2 features Concept takes on Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Stormtrooper, Snowtrooper, Rebel Trooper and “The Starkiller Hero,” a character that evolved into both Luke Skywalker and his sister, Princess Leia, in the final draft of the first script.
I wonder if I’ll find the Starkiller Hero in my stocking this year, or if I’m going to get another lump of coal?
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