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Every year there are more and more exclusive toys and statues at San Diego Comic Con. Who can keep track of all of ‘em? Well, get your wallets out ’cause here’s the list you want to bring with you to the big show! (Images, prices, piece numbers and more items to be added as they are announced!)
Happy Indiana Jones Toy Day! For this Indiana Jones final sneak preview, we take a look at Hasbro’s 12" Talking Indiana Jones figure and he’s got a lot to say!
Spoiler Alert! This preview may contain spoilers from the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! You have been warned!
For today’s Indiana Jones sneak preview, we take a look at a vehicle from Raiders of the Lost Ark that serves as the center piece to one of the greatest scenes in modern cinema: the Cargo Truck.
One of the neat features in the new Hasbro Indiana Jones 3 3/4" figures are the little fictional and historial relics that come packed with each figure. Below is a checklist of which relic comes with what figure.
Today’s sneak preview features the German Soldier with Motorcycle as seen in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I don’t know what it is about bikers, but the Hasbro team really seems to pull out all of the stops when it comes to bike-riding characters (the last excellent one was Star Wars’ VOTC Biker Scout) Let’s take a closer look at this exceptional figure and vehicle set…
As excitment for the latest Indiana Jones adventure grows - toy fans will get their Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull fix several weeks earlier with the May 1st release of Hasbro’s newest figures and vehicles based on the new and classic movies. Rather than concentrating on the action figures, I’m going to preview a few of the great deluxe sets and vehicles from this upcoming line.
We are truly living in a golden era of toys. The stalwart lines of Marvel, DC, Star Wars and GI Joe are offering unprescidented character selection and excellent quality figures and vehicles. Old favorites like Megos and Captain Action are getting another chance at getting on the market. Every major genre movie this summer like Dark Knight, Iron Man, Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones has toy representation. Video games like The Force Unleashed, Halo and Metal Gear are getting figures based on their characters. Even shows and comics that would have never got a second look in the past by toy companies like the Goon and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are being turned into figures. Despite all of this, there are two current licenses that continue to go without action figure representation (and it mystifies me):
Some thoughts on what fans really want and why a single change of paint color will earn Mattel more money than they’ve been making…
001 Black Manta Hey all, and welcome to the inaugural post of "Get to know me!" - see that triple digit right before the name "Black Manta"? That’s my overly optimistic way of showing you that there will hopefully be more than one of these - especially if you like it, so don’t be afraid to comment!! Since the one thing I know more about than toys is comics, I thought I’d combine my love of the two and give you a brief "who’s who" on some of my (and yours if you request them) favorite action figure characters including their appearances in print and plastic form. OK, enough blabbing, of we go! Besides having the coolest voice on the Superfriends, Black Manta has had the destinction of being a) being the only Aquaman villain made into an action figure and b) being the first baby-killer in comics.
