New Release from TOY BIZ

By CubanZod and Julius Marx

It’s a great time to be a Spidey Villain. Even journeymen baddies like THE BEETLE are getting the super multi-articulated 6” treatment! (If only the FLASH ROGUES got such love!) Now shipping to a Wal-Mart and Target near you is the latest wave of Spider Man Classics: WEB TRAP SPIDER-MAN (with armored Spidey and generic “Thug”); TAIL STRIKE SCORPION (a vac-metallized repaint of the previous Scorpion issue): SPIN ‘N TRAP SPIDER-MAN (with pop up Venom); WEB CANNON SPIDER-MAN (with teeny tiny eyes); and of course the aforementioned BUZZING BEETLE.

 

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The Act You’ve All Been Waiting For…

"San Diego Here We Come…"

Well, it’s that time of the year again: time to be beaten down by the biggest nerd gathering known to man. Yes, my friends, I’m talking about the San Diego ComicCon International. As you can see by the picture at right, Daniel "Julius Marx" Pickett and Jason "ToyOtter" Geyer are on their way down there as you read this, ready to bring you the best Con Coverage on the web! This year looks to be unbelievably huge, with estimated attendance topping 100,000 people. Comic Con has come a long way from being a tiny gathering of locals. These days, all of genre Hollywood turns out to "wine & dine" their target audience, and more importantly for us all the major and minor toy companies show off their upcoming goodies. In terms of brand awareness and consumer relations, SDCC has become a more important event for the companies than the New York Toy Fair. Nowhere is that clearer than in the massive amount of exclusives being offered this year. So enough with the preamble, let’s get to the coverage!

Click Here For AFi’s Full SDCC 2005 Coverage!


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By Julius Marx, CubanZod & Jason Geyer

The Ultimate Action Figure Battle

A contest of Strength, Poseability and Strategy – A collaboration of Toy Biz World Wide and Upper Deck Entertainment.

Famous characters from the Marvel Universe engage in the ultimate action figure battle! Put your hero in the Attack Pose of your choice, and use unique Battle Tiles, Power Cards, Projectiles and a personal Attack & Defense rating on his base to enact your battles. These powerful elements and your strategy help decide the winner of each battle.

Trying a brand new scale for Marvel figures, Toy Biz is gambling that kids and collectors alike will go ga-ga over these 3 3/4" figures with Marvel Legend style articulation. Not only that, but they are all part of a new game along the lines of the popular trading games such as Heroclix and Magic: The Gathering, but with a poseable fighting element added in. Part game, part action figures, Showdown! allows Marvel heroes/villains to go head to head in a contest of strength, poseability and strategy.

 

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