Hello AFI! As a fan & reader of the site for a long time, I consider it a pleasure & a priviledge to be here. A liitle about me before we begin – I am a former video game designer, toy designer/producer, and a professional model builder. I’ve been writing for another toy site for the better part of ten years, and AFI is definitely a big promotion for me! Thanks to all the Men of Action, Toy Otter, and Julius for the warm welcome I received at Comicon!
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let’s take a look at some of the newest toys hitting shelves this weekend. First is are some new offering for Mattel’s Brave & The bold. Singly carded is B’Wanna Beast (accompanied in the case by a correct color Blue Beetle) and boxed is the sweet Proto Bat-Bot. Toy Guru told me that the Proto Bat-Bot was designed internally at Mattel, but was so liked by the folks at Cartoon Network that it will appear on the show! Lights, sounds and firing missiles round out this kid-friendly toy.
Next up shipping from Walmart.com is the long-awaited Iron Man Mk. V 6" exclusive. Nice to finally get this figure, which shows a marked improvement compared to Hasbro’s previous 6" offerings. I’m sure they’ll start appearing on Walmart shelves very soon. Last but not least, that fantastic Jabba the Hutt exclusive has surfaced at WalMart. Here’s a pic of the one I picked up the other day in my collection .
Thanks for the read, be back soon with more new stuff & some thoughts. Please feel free to drop me a line with requests or questions! i’ll also be doing a giveaway soon in conjunction with Mr. Julius Marx with sets of Starro Spores for those who couldn’t make it to Comicon this year.
Captain Collector
Welcome aboard, Steve! We are all thrilled to have you as part of our crazy team!
Thank you sir! We need to find a way to schedule a “Men of Action” geek night!
Vegas, baby!
I will gladly host!!!
nice to see you have found a new home for your articles.was hoping captain collector had not gone for good. plus been waiting for proof that that jabba is out finaly
Thank you sir! He’s definitely out, I found 2 at a local Walmart last week. He seems to ship 2/ case with 2 Jedi starfighters.
Welcome to AFi. It’s great to have you join the team. I’m looking forward to reading more of your write-ups.
Welcome! That’s really cool to hear the Bat-bot will appear on the show. I’ll keep an eye out for that.
Thanks Mr. Vader & Mr. Kevfett! The Proto Bat Bot is a fun toy, and it will indeed be implemented into the show. Similarly, for series 2 of Green Lanten Classics, DC let them design an all new yellow lantern (named by Geoff John, IIRC) who will be then introduced in to the comics! Mattel has some great partnerships going on right now.
Where did you find the B’Wanna Beast figure? Target?
B’wanna Beast was banging on a peg at my local Wal-mart. He appears to be one per case. Check out those nipples!
Those are definitely super hero nipples! Any other news on that yellow lantern to be named later?
It was just a tease, no new info yet, but as soon as we know, you will!
Hello Captain, welcome to the team! Looking forward to reading more and getting hip to what’s on the shelves!
Thank you sir!!! I’ve got bunch more to report on later this week
Hey I know you! Welcome to AFI. We met a few years back at SDCC when you had a broken arm. Saw you again this year, but you brushed me aside like Megan Fox to little fat rose boy. I guess the promotion got to your head. JK.
LOL!!! Ah the SDCC with the dislocated shoulder! What fun that was! Sorry I “rock starred” you this year
Hey Steve!
It was great meeting you at Con and great to have you as part of the team!
You HAVE to blog about your amazing dioramas, I don’t think the AFI crowd has been fully blown away by your model building skills yet!
Spy
Trust me, the feeling & the respect is
Mutual!!! You saw some of my work??? Awesome! Thank you so much! I’m working on some neat stuff now, I’ll definitely be showing some of it soon. I’m working this weekend on my 30″ X 30″ X 30″ Death Star playset!
Welcome, Captain Collector! I had your old column bookmarked and it was always a joy to click on the link and see a new article!
Late to this, but big welcome, CC! Glad to have ya here and looking forward to your contributions! And, yes, if Spy says “amazing dioramas,” I want to see!
Thanks for the heads up on Jabba. Can’t wait to get him!
Hey ???Man! Good to see you on AFI! I’ve book marked your blog so I can get to it easily! Looking forward to reading many years of your reviews here!