New Action Photos of Amazing Spider-Man Minimates!
May 29, 2012 - Diamond Select Toys' Amazing Spider-Man Minimates are scheduled to arrive in comic book shops and online toy stores on Wednesday, and the Toys "R" Us assortment has started to trickle out across the country. With product in hand and the movie still a month away, DST has taken the opportunity to re-create some of the coolest-looking scenes in the movie using Minimates! Check out their shots above (and below) the streets of New York City!
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May 29, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:
Hi - We've just dropped pricing on three new Masterpiece offerings from Takara - MP-12 Sideswipe ($83.99), MP-12 Red Alert ($83.99), MP-13 Soundwave ($139.99) and have posted this on our site:
Attention Transformers Customers - BBTS 'Thank You' Preorder Price Cut
Submitted by News on Tue, 2012-05-29 16:00NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL FOLDS INTO NEW YORK COMIC CON
Anime Content To Remain Vital Part Of NYCC Programming
Feature Anime Guests To Be Announced Soon
Submitted by News on Tue, 2012-05-29 15:55Hillside, N.J. & Cary, N.C. - May 29, 2012 - This fall, Wizkids, game creator and wholly owned subsidiary of NECA, is enabling fans and players to unlock the wondrous world of HeroClix directly from their iPad devices, and have today announced the inclusion of Marvel Universe Super Heroes within the HeroClix TabApp™.
Seamlessly integrating physical HeroClix miniatures from several Marvel lines, HeroClix TabApp™ will feature stylistic versions of Marvel Universe Super Heroes Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Wolverine, Cyclops and Iceman, the six original Marvel HeroClix series one figures, at launch.
As Jamie Kampel, Director of Licensing, Marvel, explains, "We're excited to partner with NECA on this brand new interactive toy. The HeroClix game has been hugely successful with Marvel and the HeroClix TabApp will further engage core fans and create a new entry point for consumers."
Submitted by News on Tue, 2012-05-29 15:34May 29, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:
Hi - we've just listed more exciting preorders from Takara! Pricing has been established for the MP-12 Sideswipe at $94.99 and we've also added the freshly announced MP-12 Alert at $94.99. Takara also brings us what is sure to be an amazing version of Soundwave - the new MP-13 is priced at $154.99 and scheduled to arrive in December.
Sideswipe
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11477&mode=re...
Red Alert
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11480&mode=re...
Soundwave
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11481&mode=re...
Enterbay has just released information on their fantastic new sculpts of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent J and Agent K - We've just listed the 12" figures at $224.99 each - take a look at them here:
Submitted by News on Tue, 2012-05-29 03:26May 29, 2012 - This fall will be a great season for Universal Monsters fans. Not only will Universal release eight classic Universal Monsters movies on Blu-ray for the first time, Diamond Select Toys will also be paying tribute to the origins of the most famous monsters on Earth. True, you've already seen DST's upcoming assortments of 7-inch action figures and 2-inch Minimates, as well as their new line of 8-inch vinyl bust banks, but they aren't done yet! There are still two more DST products to announce for the Universal Monsters in 2012, and they're both a blast from the past.
May 25, 2012 - Hasbro has sent an update concerning the fate of their GI Joe: Retaliation movie toys, now that the movie has been delayed until March 2013:
Submitted by News on Fri, 2012-05-25 12:54G.I. Joe is an ongoing consumer franchise and therefore there is merchandise available to consumers. There is a limited amount of G.I. Joe Retaliation product at retail now, but in light of the movie moving out to March 29, 2013, the majority of the movie line will be made available early next year in time for the film's release.
May 25, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer Urban-Collector has several new items of interest to collectors:
This week we are featuring new pre-orders from WETA, Diamond Select and Gentle Giant!
Featured Pre-Orders
Amazing Spider-Man Minimates Pack Big Action into Small Packaging!
May 24, 2012 - The Amazing Spider-Man movie is still a month off, but Spidey fans will be able to get their hands on great Spidey merchandise as early as next week! That's when Marvel Minimates Series 46 hits comic shops and online retailers, with the movie versions of Spider-Man, Peter Parker and the Lizard, plus exclusive figures of Aunt May, Uncle Ben and some Spidey-hunting SWAT Troops!
If that's not enough for you, Spidey and the Lizard will also be showing up soon at Toys "R" Us stores and toysrus.com, along with TRU-exclusive figures of Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy, Curt Connors and Vigilante Spider-Man! Collect them all, and check out the packaging for both assortments below!
Submitted by News on Fri, 2012-05-25 00:41
May 24, 2012 - Listed below are the toy (and child-related) recalls from this week; these links go to the official announcements on the Consumer Product Safety Commission web site.
- New CPSC Data Show Child Drownings In Pools and Spas Still A Leading Cause of Death
- Bicycle Stems Recalled by Ridley Bikes Due to Fall Hazard
Submitted by News on Thu, 2012-05-24 21:52