Saturday, June 9th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Dollar General stores have been receiving some pretty cool G.I. Joe repaints!
Join me for a look at the Snake Eyes figure from this exclusive wave, based on a 1991 release of the character! This was one of my favorite Snake Eyes figures as a kid, so naturally this is an update that really appealed to me. Video after the jump!
Friday, June 8th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
It’s time for a Retro Review!
With the new film Prometheus hitting theaters in the U.S. today, I thought it would be fun to take a look at a classic Alien action figure!
So join me for a look at the Alien vs Predator 2-pack released in 1994 from Kenner! Video after the jump!
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
By now you’ve probably already seen the video I did on the incredibly awesome custom action figure of yours truly created by Hunter Knight Customs.
Now, Hunter Knight has put together his own “Work in Progress” video to show you how he created this handsome action figure!
Check out the video after the jump!
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Dollar General stores have been receiving some pretty cool G.I. Joe repaints!
Join me for a look at the Storm Shadow figure from this exclusive wave, based on one of the Storm Shadow figures from the 90’s!
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The torture continues!
Mattel just sent along the 4th image teaser for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Classics Mosquitor figure!
This is a pretty good one, showing off the figure’s left arm! We can see Mosquitor’s short, brown gloves. Also, it looks like he’s utilizing the “monster” forearms as seen on figures like Whiplash and Kobra Khan. That’s an interesting and clever way to accomplish his forearms without a newly tooled piece. The vintage figure have similar “fins” on his forearms, just not quite the same as this.
I’m getting more and more excited to see the final figure!
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Mattel once again rewarded subscribers by sending them an e-mail revealing the next Quarterly Variant in the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line. I don’t think there’s really any need to keep it a secret, since it no doubt hit the web the second people started getting the e-mails, so there he is…Dragon Blaster Skeletor!
We’ve known for a week or so that this reveal would be coming soon, and many have been speculating that this would indeed be a Skeletor variant. Many rumors were pointing to either New Adventures Skeletor or Dragon Blaster Skeletor, the latter of which turned out to be correct.
He makes total sense for 2012. We already received Thunder Punch He-Man this year, and in the vintage line Dragon Blaster Skeletor was released alongside him. Also, this is a very heavily dragon themed year with Draego-Man already released and Granamyr coming later in the year. It’s kind of cool to add this version of Skelly to that group.
I think he looks great, and I’m excited to check him out in person. How about the rest of you? What do you think?
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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The Arkham games include some great character designs that lend themselves well to action figures! DC Direct keep on pumping out highly detailed collectible figures of Batman and his Rouges Gallery!
Join me for a look at The Mad Hatter from Arkham City Series 2!
Monday, June 4th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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Coming to San Diego Comic Con 2012 is the Masters of the Universe Classics exclusive from Mattel known as Vykron!
Based on the three prototype action figures of He-Man created by Roger Sweet, the set includes three sets of interchangeable armor, allowing you to display Vykron as any of the He-Man Trio figures.
Join me for an advanced look at this upcoming SDCC exclusive box set!
Monday, June 4th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
My good friend Ben Spencer is working on a new figure project, and the name alone has “want!” written all over it!
Not much information is available on Lucha Sharks just yet, but there is a blog showing a work in progress image. Awesome. I’ll definitely be following this project!
Be sure to check out Ben’s other cool figure project, Galaxxor!
Monday, June 4th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Update: Well, the plot thickens. ToyNewsI.com has just put up an article stating that they contacted Bandai asking about the rumors surrounding the demise of the line. Bandai states that they are still the master toy license holders for ThunderCats, and that they are currently focussing on rolling out product outside of the US.
That’s not a terrible amount of info, but at least we know Bandai hasn’t lost the license…yet. I’m still very interested to see how this all plays out, as I still find it highly unusual that Bandai hasn’t released or even shown us any new ThunderCats product since late last year.
Original Post: The future of the ThunderCats has been a hot topic as of late, and it seems to be really heating up.
The general consensus about the Bandai toy line has been that it’s in trouble. Ever since Toy Fair in February, where Bandai didn’t show off anything new for the brand, most collectors got the impression that the toy line was coming to an end.
