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Pixel Dan’s Blind Bag Mini Figure Madness #7

Thursday, June 21st, 2012 by Pixel Dan

The Madness returns! Join me for the latest installment of that video series where I rip open blind bag toys on camera.

Today is a different kind of episode, with some different “blind bags!” First up, I up a Transformers Chronicle Blind Box figure from Takara Tomy, thanks to Pixel-Dan.com sponsor PastGenerationToys.com! Click here to order your own Transformers Chronicle Blind Box figure!

Then, I open up some special “homemade” blind bags toys that were sent in by viewer @PyrusMasquerade!

Reviews
Blind Bag, Hasbro, Kre-O, Takara, Transformers
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The Round-Up: Unofficial Guide to He-Man Reprint, Poe Ghostal Interview, SDCC Hellicarrier, more

Monday, June 11th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

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.

 

 

  • – 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!

 

Editorials, News
Cereal Geek, Hasbro, Mattel, Poe Ghostal, San Diego Comic Con, The Roundup
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Hasbro G.I. Joe Dollar General Cobra Commander Figure Review

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 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!

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Reviews
Dollar General, G.I. Joe, Hasbro
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UPDATED: G.I. Joe Retaliation release date pushed to 2013- How does this affect Hasbro?

Friday, May 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

UPDATE: Hasbro has finally made an official announcement concerning the status of the Retaliation toy line. TNI has the full press release.

“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.”

Well, that’s pretty much exactly what I assumed would happen. You’ve got to think that this cannot be good for Hasbro. Retailers already seem to not like stocking G.I. Joe figures as it is. This can’t make G.I. joe look any better to those retailers who all assumed stocking this product would be ok since there is a movie to back it. And now, Hasbro has to wait almost a year without any new Joe product. Ouch.

If you are interested in any of the first wave stuff, I’d recommend grabbing it now if you see it. I have a feeling these will end up being the hard to find items come next year.

ORIGINAL POST: Out of nowhere, Paramount and Hasbro announced that they are pushing the release date of G.I. Joe Retaliation from June 2012 to March 2013 in order to convert the film to 3D. ToyNewsI.com has the full press release.

It’s crazy to think that after all of the promotion that has gone into this film Paramount thinks the best thing to do is push the release date almost 9 months just so the film can be in 3D. Is 3D really that important? Does it really affect sales? It seems to me that many people are over the 3D thing at this point. I’m sure most people would have been just fine with 2D.

But here’s my bigger question: How does this affect Hasbro and the release of the Retaliation toy line? These toys have already started hitting stores. They’re out there. Hasbro also put a lot of focus on this line of movie toys at New York Toy Fair in February.

Hasbro hasn’t made an official announcement about the toy line as of yet. I am very curious to see what kind of problems this may cause, if any. Will Hasbro pull the toys? Will they just not release any of the next waves until next year? Or will they just put it all out anyway even though the movie is now almost a year away?

It’ll be interesting to see what happens, that’s for sure.

News
G.I. Joe Retaliation, Hasbro, Paramount
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