Mattel just shot over an exclusive first look at the packaging for the relaunching JLU line that will be hitting Target stores later this year.   I love that they are now labled "Fan Collection"

 ’nuff said. Thanks, Mattel!

Shown is an example of the single carded figure and the 3-packs.

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Fans of DST’s Marvel Minimate universe will be pleased to learn that the next assortments of their favorite super heroes are heading their way later this year!  Series 23 and 24 will feature all-new characters, villains and costumes, making these assortments a must-have for any Marvel fan!

Series 23 will contain several two-packs featuring characters taken from the past twenty years of Marvel history.  Nova will be paired with Gamora, Cloak will team up with Dagger and the Spymaster will take on War Machine in this all-star lineup.  The variant War Machine featuring Jim Rhodes will also be available as a limited chase figure.
With the ongoing success of the Amazing Spider-Man, it was only a matter of time before his villains got their due as Minimates!  Series 24 will feature two-packs consisting of Spider-Man & Shocker, Cosmic Spider-Man & Transformation Venom, “Back in Black” Spider-Man & Kraven and the limited Tarantula variant.  Additional pieces will also be included for transforming Transformation Venom into Eddie Brock and each Spider-Man into Peter Parker.

With fans clamoring for more characters and plans ramping up to continue the Minimate line well into the future, be sure to stick around for more updates as the summer convention season begins!

 

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DC Direct has provided us with the new solicitation information on items that should be in stores February 2009.

 

 

 

ACTION FIGURES
 

NEW GODS SERIES 2 ACTION FIGURES

Based on the art of Jack Kirby

Hot on the heels of the acclaimed JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS hardcovers, Kirby’s art style is interpreted in this second series of   Fourth World action figures, which includes his unique vision of Superman!

Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base. four-color blister card packaging.

Includes:

Kalibak • 7” h

Big Barda • 7” h

Superman • 6.75” h

Metron • 6.75” h

 Advance-solicited; on sale February 4, 2009 * Action Figures * PI
 

SUPERGIRL 1:6 SCALE  Deluxe Collector Figure

Kara Zor-El, the most iconic version of Supergirl, dons her classic blue costume as she joins the popular line of 1:6 scale deluxe collector figures!  In addition to her intricate and authentically detailed outfit, Kara comes with several accessories, as well as her feline companion,  Streaky the Supercat!

This figure comes with a display base and is packaged in a deluxe four-color window box with a fifth panel.

Advance-solicited; on sale February 18, 2009

* Collector figure * $89.99

POSTERS

SUPERMAN #675 Poster

Art by Alex Ross

From the cover of SUPERMAN #675, the first in a series of SUPERMAN covers by Alex Ross!

Advance-solicited; on sale February 11, 2009

Poster * $7.99 US

 

BATMAN #676 Poster

Art by Alex Ross

From the cover of BATMAN #676, the first cover in the “Batman: RIP” epic, and the first in a  series of covers by Alex Ross!

Advance-solicited; on sale February 11, 2009

Poster * $7.99 US

 

WATCHMEN MOVIE:

 

WATCHMEN MOVIE:  ACTION FIGURE ASSORTMENT #2

This second action figure assortment, straight from the movie, features exquisite sculpting and detailing.

  These depictions of Nite Owl and Silk Spectre are from the first generation of heroes, the Minutemen, who established the heroic tradition that the rest of the WATCHMEN characters have followed!

Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base. Packaged in a four-color window box.

  The assortment includes:

SILK SPECTRE (Classic) • 6.5” h

THE COMEDIAN • 6.75” h

DR. MANHATTAN    • 7” h

NITE OWL (Classic) • 6.75” h

  Advance-solicited; on sale February 25, 2009 * Action Figures * PI
 

The Comedian 1:6 Scale Deluxe Collector Figure

This 1:6 scale deluxe collector figure of the nihilistic paramilitary agent comes with many accessories, including multiple guns! The figure is dressed in a movie-accurate, intricate, and authentically detailed costume of full body armor!

Packaged in a deluxe four-color window box with a fifth panel, the figure also comes with a display base.

  Advance-solicited; on sale February 4, 2009

Collector figure * $125

 

WATCHMEN MOVIE: The Comedian Bust

This hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust of The Comedian features a patriotic, waving-flag base, with a Doomsday Clock depicted on the back!

Packaged in a four-color box, the bust measures approximately 5.75” high x 3.5” wide x 3” deep.

 Advance-solicited; on sale February 11, 2009 Bust * $69.99

 

WATCHMEN MOVIE: Dr. Manhattan Bust

This hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust of Dr. Manhattan features a “clockwork” base, with a Doomsday Clock depicted on the back!

Packaged in a four-color box, the bust measures approximately 6.5” high x 3.5” wide x 3” deep.

Advance-solicited; on sale February 11, 2009

* Bust * $69.99

 

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SelectStartNow.com Is The Exclusive Location For The Highly Anticipated Variant

Only 250 Pieces

( New York, NY June 9, 2008) Select Start LLC announced today the sale of Dr. Destruction: The Wild edition from Muttpop.  The vinyl which begins presale on Monday, June 9, 2008 is available exclusively at www.SelectStartNow.com and is limited to 250 total pieces. 

The exclusive piece is the latest addition to Muttpop’s Lucha Libre rotocast vinyl figure line. The Dr. comes with a removable cape, cigarette, cane and rotating head and stands approximately 8.25" (21cm) tall and retails for $69.99.  This particular color way is the perfect clown prince to brighten those annoying dark nights…

 This concept works sinfully well on Dr. Destruction. The figure’s stocky build and dapper clothes plus the purple cape and cane combine to put this one over the top.  Speaking of the cane, the humorous smiley face accessory is a great touch matching the delicious combination of evil and humor that makes this Joker tick. 

 Dr. Destruction is the leader of LES FORMIDABLES, the first genuine group of French superheroes. His heroic intentions are mainly cultural: Dr. Destruction is appalled with the peasant-like ways of Americans and came to East L.A. to teach them the rudiments of Les Bonnes Manieres. He drives the pride of the French automotive industry: a 1979 Citroen CX Presidentielle: 2.5 tons of solid Parisian iron with the power of 75 horses, fueled by the purest of diesel. Some people suspect that Dr. Destruction isn’t really French. While it is true that he has no qualms sipping American brewed coffee, his reputation as a flip-flopping back-stabbing surrenderer cements his country of origin. His skull adorned cane hides a sharp blade that, he claims, killed the fifth member of LES FORMIDABLES: the one who mocked Jerry Lewis. Destruction uses this very sharp blade every morning to spread brie on his baguette.

 

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Two millennia from now, a crippled spacecraft hurtles toward certain destruction in the roiling inferno of a star. Seeming bent on destroying the ship, a mysterious alien presence is possessing members of the crew, hiding its searing power behind the heat-shielded visors of their industrial welding masks. As the clock ticks down, Martha and the Doctor have just 42 minutes to unravel the mystery to save the mining ship, themselves and everyone else aboard.

The Industrial Welding Mask weighs in at a solid 900g (2.0 lbs) and is made from cast metal. It comes in a strictly limited edition of 500 and was created by Weta model maker and Doctor Who fan, David Tremont.

Dimensions: 6.5" H x 4" W x 3.5" D (170mm x 100mm x 90mm).

It’s the third in a series of six helmets from Doctor Who, exclusively available from the Weta website and at selected shows. It will be available for delivery in August/September and shipped from our local warehouses in the UK, US and New Zealand. For further announcements about the range, sign up to our Doctor Who mailing list

available for pre-order

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Los Angeles – June 9, 2008:  Huckleberry Toys is pleased to announce the first series release of it’s McDonald’s McDonaldland action figures will occur at the San Diego Comic Con in July, with distribution at nationwide retail to follow in August.

Huckleberry made an exclusive run of figures utilizing the original artwork found on the old Remco blister cards 30 years ago. Only 300 of each normal figure exist in this format.  To add to that, Huckleberry made 100 of each of the first series of variant figures on blister cards.

 

 

 

 

 These exclusive blister carded figures will be released in two manners:

1.      Limited Edition of 100 - Sold as an exclusive 10 pc box set which will include the five regular figures and the five variant figures, which are:

Ronald McDonald®

Grimace®

Mayor McCheese®

Hamburglar®

Captain Crook

Mayor McCheese® variant 1

Mayor McCheese® variant 2

Hamburglar® variant

Captain Crook variant 1

Captain Crook variant 2

 

2.      Limited Edition of 200 – 200 of each of the normal figures: 

Ronald McDonald®

Grimace®

Mayor McCheese®

Hamburglar®

Captain Crook

 
No exclusive variant figures will be sold outside the box set.

  Pricing info will be released soon.

 

 

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The GI JOE team at Hasbro has answered our latest round of questions.  If you have a question you want answered in the next round then post it in this thread. 

 

Q1: Since Hasbro got back the DVD rights to GI Joe cartoon do they have any plans to release old GI Joe DVD sets at all? 

A: The Hasbro entertainment team is now investigating all options.  For the short term, the DVD battle packs should tide you over.

 

Q2: Will vehicles be included in the upcoming Combat Heroes line? A little Combat Hero VAMP with Clutch would probably be the coolest thing EVER! 

A: The short term plan is for Combat Hero figures.  If the line is a success, we will look at expanding it into other expressions such as vehicles.

 

Q3: Will G.I. Joe get the Mighty Mugg treatment?

A: We are investigating this for 2009, but are not ready to announce anything yet.

 

Q4: Will the GI Joe sky striker enjoy a re-release? 

A: No, while we would like to do this, the original Sky Striker tool is not available.

Q5: We understand Plan A stood to make just 25 figures for the 25th. Now it does not to make financial sense to stop such a good thing at 25, much less, 62.  Kenner’s Star Wars collection stopped at 200+ figures.

 That number didn’t halt Hasbro from gunning for its 1,000th Star Wars figure in the close future of that new collection. Â Taking cues from that, can we too see G.I.Joe’s new anniversary collection continue on and on? Via his own “Legacy Line,” with his own “Expanded Universe” waves of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s Joes?  Giving something new to all of Joe’s broad base of fans (as Star Wars did with their broad base of fans spanning the movies, comics, and cartoons) all coalesced in this new 3.75 format?  Reaching such a broad base, can maybe have Joe reach its 1000th figure. And, afford Joe’s own BMF-like Millennium Falcon, the U.S.S. Flagg – even if its just available during Christmas time. Like a Walmart or Target exclusive, as exemplified in the latter’s Christmas re-release of Star Wars “Emperor’s Shuttle,” of which sold-out so quickly just a few years back just as a Christmas-time exclusive.  Come on.  Wadduya say? 

A: The short term plan is to continue the classic line until the movie line debuts in 2009.  After the movie, we will look into all options, including an expanded universe.  As for a large key driver item we are looking into all expressions for movie and will have more info in the coming year.

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As excited as the Four Horsemen are with the release of their latest Seventh Kingdom inspired FANtastic Exclusive  action figure, "The Chalice of Guudenuph", they regretfully have to announce that the most recently planned release date of "the Chalice" will have to be postponed by a little more than a week.

The powerhouse of a pink pachyderm "The Chalice of Guudenuph" was most recently scheduled to go up for sale on the Horsemens¹ online store, Store Horsemen (http://www.StoreHorsemen.com) this Tuesday night. The new release date will be next Friday night/Saturday morning (June 21st) at 12:00am EST.

As announced previously, The Chalice will sell for $25.00 each (plus shipping) and will be limited to less than 300 pieces! Ramathorr and a very limited amount of the Anitherian Nine sets will also be put back up for order at the same time as The Chalice of Guudenuph for $25.00 each (plus shipping), and $225.00 each set (plus shipping) respectively.

The Four Horsemens¹ Cornboy had this to say, "First of all, we want to apologize to everyone who¹s been looking forward to the release of these figures. With all of the delays we¹ve had so far with these things, this latest postponement is somewhat embarrassing for us to say the least As collectors ourselves, we know what a pain it is to wait for something that you¹re really into."

As for the reason for the latest schedule change? Cornboy said this, "The reason for the latest shift in scheduling is pretty simple. We¹re moving into a new, larger studio, which is going to require a lot of new construction. We¹ve packed all of the FANtastic Exclusive product away into our new storage area for protection until the bulk of the construction is finished, but the construction¹s taking a bit longer than we¹d hoped."

He added, "The need for the move came about quite quickly and unexpectedly. We would have loved to have had more time to plan it out, but things didn¹t go that way. Once this big move¹s out of the way, things should run a lot more smoothly around here, including all of our outstanding shipments. We¹ll send out a reminder press release just before the figures go on sale."

So please be patient. Pachyderms will soon be parading through your living room. They¹re just not very good at telling time.

 

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MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about the Lemmy Icon Figure, which is about to begin shipping from Locoape, creators of iconic figures and collectibles via www.lemmyfigure.com. In addition to a standard edition an edition of 2,500 pieces is one exclusive that includes an individually numbered MOTÖRHEAD "Ace of Spades" playing card as well as an authentic D’Andrea Lemmy guitar pick. Also available is an autographed edition limited to only 50 pieces worldwide.

"I had to stand on this platform while the camera went around and did the hologram thing and then they made the model, only smaller," Lemmy said. "They said it’s an action figure, and I said, ‘So, you’re gonna put a *&$% on it?’ They said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Well, then it’s not going to get much action then, is it?’ A bad name for it, right?"

Watch video footage of Lemmy talking about the action figure at this location.

Locoape, the newly formed Chicago-based manufacturer, produces an array of both licensed and proprietary branded products with an emphasis on toys, collectibles, trends and popular culture.

"We’re very excited to be able to introduce the Locoape brand to the public with an iconic license such as MOTÖRHEAD. Lemmy is an artist that defines modern hard rock and metal music," said Locoape CCO Michael Romano.

According to Locoape President Steve Loney, "When we first began to develop the Icon series brand we wanted to first solidify just who the Icons are. Much was debated, but Lemmy was instantly at the top of that list. With so many Iconic artists in development and the roster we’ve secured we’re already planning in to 2010! People are really going to be surprised just who and what we’re developing."

Romano added, "Beginning with Lemmy, we’ve strived to create the Icon series as an ongoing brand of true show piece collectibles. Collectibles that include the artist’s input and offers the fans and collector an item with the quality and integrity that they deserve."

Spencer Gifts, Hot Topic, Virgin Mega Stores, Hastings, FYE, HMV, Diamond, independent record and specialty collectible toy stores and distributors worldwide are all places you may be able to find your own Lemmy figure. Locoape has assembled the finest distributors throughout Europe such as Gear for Games, Cosmic, PBM Express, SD, HEO.com, Cards Inc., Legends & Album stores in France, Blister Direct in Japan, Figure Mania and Croftminster in Australia, Grossnor in Canada are just a few of the wholesale channels that will be carrying the Lemmy figure.

 

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Shocker unleashes another exclusive 3" vinyl figure this summer

MTV’s The Maxx

Available only at San Diego Comic Con booth# 3849, 3948 this summer July  23-27th, MTV’s The Maxx mini is a runner up to a new Indie Spotlight  mini vinyl toy line. This all-new line will feature fully painted  vinyl action figures of the popular Indie Spotlight 6" line that will  fit in your pocket or on your desk. The 3" collectible vinyl action  figure line will come in 12-14 characters per wave blind boxed and also a chase figure! Sculpted by Ricky K.Y. Lam the tiny but larger than life mini Maxx will be limited to 500pcs and featured in a full colored box available at SDCC 2008 and also available to non attendees through the website www.shockertoys.com/store.php.

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