2011 was the year I rekindled my childhood love of Lego – it started with a Harry Potter Hagrid’s Hut set that I found on sale, and since then I’ve been picking up sets from their different sub-lines. One of the things I enjoy the most are the minifigures that come with the sets, so it was a no-brainer that I started picking up their Lego Minifigures series as well.
Aaah, it’s good to see some Marvel Legends in toy shelves again! Well, ones that don’t get snapped up as soon as they get put out anyway, like the couple of Legends that I stumbled upon in my local Toys R Us. The return of Marvel Legends is finally underway with Wave 1 starting to show up at retail!
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After some December teasers from Spy Monkey Creations, we finally have some in-hand samples of what they’ll be opening up 2012 with: The Spy Monkey Armory Series 1!
Over the past couple of years, Spy Monkey has been producing weapons that toy collectors can use with their 6/7″ action figures, mostly geared towards Masters of the Universe figures. We’ve reviewed a couple of them like the Sword of Ages, and the Shield of Destruction and Shield of Deliverance. For 2012, they’re adding another dimension to their products: customization!
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A couple weeks back, Spy Monkey Creations sent us some black and white silhouette teaser images of what they have in store for 2012. It looks like you can disassemble and customize your own weapons! We’ve been told the new items will be fully interchangeable and compatible with Onell Design’s Glyos System and as well as the Four Horsemen’s Outer Space Men line.
Bluefin / Tamashii Nations announced a few weeks ago that they will be releasing an S.H. Figuarts Trunks next year!
Here’s their official statement from their Facebook account:
Introducing S.H. Figuarts Trunks!Created through direct consumer feedback from the U.S. comes one of the most heavily requested Dragon Ball Z characters! And because we heard you, Trunks comes with both normal and Super Saiyan head/face pieces! Tamashii Nations and Bluefin is proud to present this U.S. and Tamashii Web Exclusive item! Coming May 2012. U.S. MSRP $48.99
Swords x2!!!!!
Interchangeable hand parts: 7 right hands, 5 left hands (plus the two attached to figure means 14 hand parts total)
Interchangeable face parts: 8 interchangeable faces (4 Normal, 4 Super Saiyan)
I love that we’ll be getting a normal head as well – I’m really looking forward to this one!