Today on the MattyCollector Facebook page Mattel unveiled the finished product on the Masters of the Universe Adora figure.

At long last, Adora, the Princess of Power (or Horde Force Captain if you prefer…)

As Toy2R looks toward 2010 and its 15th Anniversary – we are looking forward to offering new finishes and designs for collectors in the coming new year.

Up first – Toy2R will launch this colorful yet furry assortment of classic 2.5" Qee Bears. A rainbow of colors all with a flocked finish and including our patented key chain attachment. Available in a blind box assortment – each counter display of 25 pieces will have over a dozen different color variations including mystery chase versions. Platform figures have never been so fun and fuzzy!

Currently available for order through APEX Trading Company (theapex@apex-z.com) these furry friends will be shipping in late December in time to reach your collective hands in January 2010! Reserve yours today!

2010…the celebration begins…

Online retailer announces money-savers for the price-conscious holiday shopper!

LOS ANGELES, CA: November 5, 2009 — In the nick of time for the holidays, Entertainment Earth – http://www.entertainmentearth.com, a worldwide multi-channel retailer and wholesaler of action figures, bobble heads, toys, gifts, and collectibles, is offering over 1,000 items, each priced under $10.
The limited-time offer includes hand-picked toys, action figures, comic books, bobble heads, games, and more from dozens of the world’s most popular brands. From Barbie to Buffy to Batman and The Beatles… Sesame Street to The Simpsons to Star Trek and Star Wars… there’s something for just about everyone.
"Everybody wants a deal this holiday season, and we’re happy to offer not 10, not 100, but over 1,000 items priced under $10," says Jason Labowitz, President of Entertainment Earth.

To find these items, click on the bright green and red "Tons of Gifts Under $10" banner on Entertainment Earth’s website: http://www.entertainmentearth.com

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Following up on their hot Comic Con exclusive Ben Linus Bobblehead, our friends at BifBangPow! have unveiled the next batch of Bobble heads based on ABC’s LOST.   This wave features "others" leader Richard Alpert, weird scientist Daniel Farady and the mysterious man from the orientation films, Dr. Edgar Halliwax.

These are all currently available to preorder at Entertainment Earth.

Hasbro’s excited to announce that the finalists for its STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS DIORAMA CONTEST have been selected.  You can vote now at http://www.Hasbro.com/StarWars and help us crown the 2009 Fan Favorite winner!

Congratulations to the top five finalists (in no particular order):

• Felucia Order 66
• Tusken Camp Ambush
• Sith Reunion
• Hoth Hanger
• Captain Solo Awaits His Fate in the Carbon Freezing Chamber
  

Voting will conclude November 16, 2009. 

Posted today over at the MattyCollector Facebook page…

 

Back in September AFi brought you the news that Toys R Us  was testing out an end cap in select stores where you could pre-order collectibles.   At the time it was just an side end cap with empty pegs and we didn’t know how it would work or what would be available. This weekend I saw the first tags on the pegs giving us an idea of what will be available and how it will work.

Judging by these first two it looks like the preorders will work just like TRU’s video game and DVD preorder system, whereby you give them a $5 deposit and the balance is due when the item arrives.   The real difference being that video games and DVD have a set drop date where you know they will be in stores, not all toy companies can predict their in-store dates that accurately.   Fortunately NECA is pretty good about that so they make sense to use at launch of this program.

According to these tickets there is an estimated date range of about two weeks when the figures should arrive.   Also in the fine print it mentions that you have to pick up your pre-ordered figures within two weeks of it arriving in stores.    I’ll be curious to see how that ends up working and if all of the companies that will participate in this trial can get their products to the participating TRUs in the window stated on the card.

More on this as it develops.

Mattel posted this update today over of the MattyCollector Facebook page

We wish you all a Happy and Safe Halloween!

and a special thanks to Abby for carving this AWESOME AFi logo jack-o-lantern!!

She’s the best!

What would Halloween be without a nod to the all mighty Brain? So important to the mythos of mad scientists, zombies and other grey matter entities.

Toy2R scares up this peek at the new line of 2" Jumping Brains mini figures created by Emilio Garcia. Delightfully being greeted by one of Emilio’s larger resin cousins – this new smaller edition will be dropping towards the end of the year. Blind boxed in an array of various colors and mystery versions – this is the first release of a long line of Brains coming from Emilio and Toy2R.

Brainy Figures indeed! Happy Halloween!

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