Welcome to The Roundup, a new feature here on Pixel-Dan.com that will allow me to give some quick shout-outs, plugs, and just mention something toy related that caught my attention that may not necessarily warrant a full write-up. Here’s what’s on tap for this week’s roundup:
– Poe Ghostal, another friend of mine, has conducted an interview with yours truly along with several other well-known toy reviewers to ask the tough question: How does receiving free samples from toy companies affect the reviews? I know this is a topic many will be interested in reading about, and hope that my answers are both well-received and make for a good read. Poe’s introduction is up now, and each individual interview will follow.
– Over the weekend, Hasbro announced yet another San Diego Comic Con exclusive: The Avengers Hellicarrier playset that is over 4 foot long! Now we saw the Hellicarrier playset back at New York Toy Fair, but to my knowledge it has never actually hit retail stores. Now it’s almost a foot longer than before and is exclusive to SDCC. It will sell for a whopping $129.99, and surely be impossible to get home if you flew in. It also includes figures of Captain America and Maria Hill, though form the pictures they seem comic-styled and not movie-styled. Drat…I was hoping for the first-ever action figure of Robin Sparkles.
– Reminder that Friday is Matty Day. It’s a big month, with 3 MOTU Classics Figures, another Voltron Lion, and a DCUC figure! Hope everyone has the funds ready to spend!
– Non-toy related, but The Video Game Years 1979 Part 1 was posted over the weekend at RetrowareTV.com. I’m very happy to be a part of this very professional looking show. My hats off to the guys over there for all of their hard work on editing it each month. If you haven’t already, make sure you check it out!
That’s all I’ve got for this edition! Feel free to discuss below!
UPDATE 2: The contest is now officially over! Thanks for all of your entries! Winners will be announced shortly!
UPDATE: Just a heads up- you only have through Friday to enter to win a set of 5 Marvel Grab Zags!
Welcome to another installment of Mini Figure Madness! This is a special episode sponsored by the fine folks at Grab Zags! Grab Zags has supplied me with a full case of Marvel Avengers Grab Zags blind bags!
So join me as I rip open several bags to see what cool toys are inside!
But wait! That’s not all! I’m sharing the wealth with you! THREE LUCKY WINNERS will be sent 5 Marvel Avengers Grab Zags of their very own!
The rules for the giveaway are simple! All you have to do is reply to this post. Just make sure in your reply, you somehow include the phrase “AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!” And that’s it! You’re entered!
I’ll accept entries through June 15th, 2012. After that date, three random winners will be drawn!
Dollar General stores have been receiving some pretty cool G.I. Joe repaints!
Join me for a look at the Cobra Commander figure from this exclusive wave, based on a 1993 release of the character! While Cobra Commander is most recognizable in blue, there was always something about this particular black outfit that appealed to me.
Check out this updated version in the video after the jump!
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!
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!
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?
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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!
