Power-Con 2012: Interview with SpyMonkey Creations / Weaponeers of Monkaa Reveal

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

From Power-Con 2012, Pixel Dan meets up with Brian T. Stevenson of SpyMonkey Creations to learn all about their new action figure line: The Weaponeers of Monkaa!

Video after the jump!

Power-Con 2012: Masters of the Universe Classics Walkthrough with ToyGuru

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

From the 2012 Power-Con, join Scott “Toyguru” Neitlich from Mattel as he walks Pixel Dan through the new Masters of the Universe Classics figure reveals, including Octavia, Snake Face, and Karatii! Also, he drops a TON of info on the upcoming MOTUC Castle Grayskull playset! You won’t want to miss this!

Video after the jump!

Power-Con 2012: Mattel Mattypalooza Panel

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

From Power-Con 2012, Mattel had some VERY exciting announcements at the Mattypalooza panel! Not only were three new Masters of the Universe Classics figures revealed, but ToyGuru drops a major bomb about the Castle Grayskull playset coming in 2014!

To see the reveals and learn all about the Castle Grayskull project, be sure to tune in!

Video after the jump!

Power-Con 2012: Icon Heroes Castle Grayskull Statue

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

From Power-Con 2012, take an up-close look at the upcoming Castle Grayskull statue from Icon Heroes!

Video after the jump!

Power-Con ThunderCon 2012: Cosplay Contest

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

From the 2012 Power-Con / ThunderCon comes the Cosplay Competition! Join host “Pixel Dan” Eardley as he presents a parade of costumed attendees and awards prizes to the best!

Video after the jump!

Detailed images of the Power-Con MOTUC figure reveals

Monday, September 24th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

Mattel revealed three brand new Masters of the Universe Classics figures at the 2012 Power-Con, including Snake Face, Octavia, and Karatii!

Click on through for a gallery of detailed front and back images of these new figures, and get an up close look at them!

Update from Joe Amaro on the Manta Raider

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

Following the news from the other day about possible delays to the Manta Raider, Joe Amaro has sent along an update, as well as some new pictures of the final product!

Come see me at Power-Con 2012!

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

Here’s a quick update video I put together running down a list of some of the things I’ll be doing this weekend at the 2nd annual Power-Con/ThunderCon! For a full schedule of events, be sure to visit http://www.ThePower-Con.com! Hope to see you guys there!

Manta Raider Packaging Revealed and Possible Delay

Monday, September 17th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

Joe Amaro has sent out an update concerning the upcoming Manta Raider, which was first set to be available at Power-Con this weekend.

From Joe:
The Manta Raiders casts have not arrived, there is still hope, but we may not have them in time for Power Con. Unfortunately, this means I may not have time to do a pre-sell. I am sorry.

The good news is that the Manta Raider is still happening and Rudy has agreed to sign all the back cards so if we don’t make it to Power Con and we have to do online ordering all the Manta Raiders will come signed by Rudy Obrero.

Along with this announcement, Joe has given us the first look at the awesome blister card packaging for the Manta Raider, featuring the artwork of Rudy Obrero! Looking sweet!

We’ll be sure to keep you all updated on the status of the Manta Raider sale!

The Round-Up: figma Kid Icarus, D-Arts Mega Man, Weaponeers of Monkaa

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 by Pixel Dan

It’s been too long since I’ve posted a Round-Up, so here we go! Some of this is probably old news to most of you at this point, but it’s all stuff I felt like sharing nonetheless.

• -As if figma Samus Aran from Metroid and figma Link from The Legend of Zelda weren’t exciting enough, it was recently reported that the next Nintendo character getting the figma treatment will be none other than Pit from the Kid Icarus games, based on his appearance in the recent Kid Icarus: Uprising game on the Nintendo 3DS. I am overjoyed to keep seeing these classic Nintendo characters get modern, nicely sculpted and articulated action figures. It’s like a dream come true, and I’m hoping there are even more to come after this one! 8cough Star Fox *cough*
• -On a very related note, Bandai Japan has revealed the next figure in their Mega Man D-Arts line! Like the figma Nintendo figures, I’ve been very happy with the D-Arts figures based on the Mega Man X franchise. I was thrilled to see that their next will be straight from the classic Mega Man games: Mega Man with Rush and Metall! Yes! Here’s hoping for many more of these figures based on the classic NES games! I want to fill my shelves with Robot Masters! Make it happen, Bandai Japan!
• -Today’s round-up is practically video game themed! My friend Chris of Hunter Knight Customs is always making cool figures, but this one in particular really caught my attention. He made a MOTU Classics style Mega Man, which hearkens back to that bad US box art on the old NES games! You can check out his video here and bid on Ebay to try and add him to your collection here!
• -In case you missed my post yesterday about the new stuff coming from Spy Monkey Creations, you really need to head over to http://www.weaponeersofmonkaa.com and scope out all of their mouth-watering teasers! While we still don’t know exactly what they are up to, I know I for one am incredibly excited and can’t wait for the reveal at Power-Con later this month!
• -Speaking of Power-Con, are you going? I can’t believe that we are a mere three weeks away! All of the details and the schedule of events are available at http://www.ThePower-Con.com! Make sure to come up and say “Hi” if you’re attending!

Lots of exciting toy news there! I’ll do my best to try to stay up to date with these Round-Ups going forward. Stay tuned, as there are plenty of new video reviews on the way as well!