NECA has posted packaged pictures of the exclusives they’ll have at San Diego Comic-Con, from their Street Fighter, Dead Space, GoW, Coraline, and TMNT licenses.
For those curious to our earlier report that April O’Neil would be released in blue at SDCC and in different colors for retail, TNI has posted pictures of April in green and yellow jumpsuits.
Hey, Nice Package NECA’s SDCC Exclusives Show Off The Goods
In case you needed some last-minute convincing to get your booty headed in the direction of San Diego Comic Con this week, July 22-26, to be exact, here’s an advance look at NECA’s exclusives in their packaging. This way you know what to go for as you’re shoving everyone else out of the way. Dig it if you dare, and don’t forget the details:
Street Fighter 4 Guile in Charlie Costume
Dead Space Isaac Clarke in Unitology Suit
Gears of War Lambent Locust Grenadier
TMNT April O’Neil with Mousers
Coraline in Star Spangled Sweater
Street Fighter 4 Guile in Charlie Costume
Based on the DLC Classic Costume Pack from Street Fighter 4, Guile pays tribute to his war buddy Charlie by donning his classic costume. This figure features over 30 points of articulation, interchangeable hands, and a newly sculpted torso and vest.
Dead Space Isaac Clarke in Unitology Suit
Isaac comes with LED Lights on the mask and spine, more than 20 points of articulation and the Unitology version of the Cutter weapon (not pictured). He features unique deco to recreate his Unitology Suit from the Dead Space video game.
Gears of War Lambent Locust Grenadier
An exclusive version of the Locust, mutated from prolonged exposure to Imulsion. The convention special Lambent Grenadier features a translucent head, torso and upper arms, with all new deco to recreate the Lambent ranks of the Locust and the Gnasher shotgun.
TMNT April O’Neil with Mousers
NECA proudly presents this special edition April O’Neil action figure, based on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. April is fully poseable and comes with two menacing Mouser villains with articulated jaws. Celebrate 25 years of TMNT with this exclusive set.
Coraline in Star Spangled Sweater
This special edition figure of Coraline from Tim Burton’s hit stop motion film features a brand new outfit and facial expression not available anywhere else. Coraline also sports a fully poseable bendable doll body and articulation at the neck, wrists and boots, and comes with a doll stand for display.
Note: In light of the economic situation and in gratitude to collectors and fans, NECA is proud to announce that for the sixth consecutive year the prices for our Exclusives will remain the same at an ultra-affordable $20 each.
And don’t forget, due to the increased costs of freight and storage at the convention site itself, we’re bringing in smaller edition sizes on all of our exclusives. For those unable to attend the San Diego Comic Con, we will be offering limited quantities online through the NECA Store on Amazon.com. Watch for more details closer to the event.
Good news, Family Guy fans – Mezco is relaunching its Family Guy line of toys. There will be a line of mini figures featuring Meg, Peter, Brian, Chris, Lois, and Stewie, as well as a line of 6 inch figures featuring Peter, Brian, and Stewie in Series 1. These should be available before the holiday season this year, in early November.
Family Guy – Peter
Family Guy – Lois
Family Guy – Brian
Family Guy – Stewie
Family Guy – Chris
Family Guy – Meg
Family Guy by Mezco
Meet the Griffins: Peter, Brian, and Stewie. Stars of the #1 rated, Emmy award-winning hit show “Family Guy”! The first episode aired in 1999, and 10 years later the show is more popular than ever, with over 18 million weekly viewers and top-rated DVD sales! New episodes air weekly on FOX TV, and syndicated episodes can be seen multiple times a night on TBS and Cartoon Network. Mezco Toyz presents six inch scale rotocast figures of the outrageous family including show accurate accessories!
TNI has posted a press pic of the prototype of DST’s Abomination from the Marvel Select line. This is a welcome return for Diamond to the larger scale figures that work in both the Select and Legends scales.
I really liked the Abomination from the Onslaught wave of Marvel Legends but there is something very satisfying about the proportions, sculpt, and paint that makes this very appealing. Of course, this won’t have nearly the amount of articulation that it’s predecessor in ML had, but I don’t think he needs it. I hope this comes out looking this good in production.
Marvel Select Abomination
Here is a look at Diamond Select Toys upcoming Marvel Select Abomination figure.
VeeBee at TheFwoosh.com has put up early looks at the DC Universe Classics Gleek (and the Wonder Twins) and the Masters of the Universe Tri-Klops.
I can hear the collective groans of collectors worldwide on this. Unless you can swing a trip to San Diego, have friends that are going, or are willing to pay out a load of cash in the aftermarket, you won’t be getting Gleek, an exclusive gift to purchasers of the Wonder Twins at San Diego Comic-Con. But that shouldn’t matter to so many of you, since true comic fans hate the Wonder Twins! Right? Right?!?! 😉
Gleek in his polybag
Gleek himself is all new and has a great sculpt, especially his little oven mitt-esque booties.
I was very impressed with Tri-Klops at NYCC. However, side by side with the vintage and 200X figures, I wonder if there’s an opportunity to incorporate some of the 200X design elements in future Classics. Like with Tri-Klops’s earlier companions, he’s a very literal translation of the original toy and artwork. I really do wonder why there’s the fuss over keeping these guys so true to the vintage source material.
I have to admit, in the ranks of guys like Mer-Man, Webstor, Trap-Jaw, Whiplash and Spikor, Tri-Klops was never one of my favorite baddies in the MOTU lore as I was growing up. He had three giant eyes, yes, but he never got quite as much play as the others, even though I recognized him as one of old Bonehead’s top brass. So, when I first saw this figure in person at New York Comic Con, I liked him, and I was impressed with the detail, but as time went on he still seemed like the guy between Duncan and Webstor. Well, much like Zodac, Trydor here is a very impressive figure once you have him in hand.
Catching up on some back news, now that I’ve got regular net access back again. Toyfare is running a second fan poll for DC Universe Classics, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. (how would they name him on the package – “Shazam Junior”?), Geo-Force, Libra, Raven, Toy Man, and Uncle Sam. The big hitters for me are Raven of Teen Titans and Toyman from the Legion of Doom.
I’m going to have to think pretty hard about this, because I don’t think we’ve had any word on of the other members of the first fan poll, which ran last year at this time and yielded The Question as the winner, due in DC Universe Classics wave 11. I think that poll had a bit of a stronger list of characters, at least based on what I read in DC, so I was hoping that we’d get more of them. Huntress and Catman are two biggies for me.
DCU FAN POLL: ROUND TWO
Mattel’s taking it to the fans once again with another fan choice poll, allowing you to choose the next DC Universe Classics figure
Get ready for yet another election. Don’t worry, this one won’t involve smear campaigns, newspaper articles or those annoying commercials. This time you’re voting for something really important, an action figure sculpted by the Four Horsemen.
The masterminds behind the red-hot DC Universe Classics action figures want your opinion on who should join a line that already includes an eclectic mix of DC heroes and villains from Batman and Robin to Atom Smasher and The Question the winner of the last fan choice poll from ToyFare #133. The figure will pop up in plastic in the Fall of 2010 for the series’ 15th wave. So, check out the following six nominees, then make your voice heard
DCU FAN POLL: ROUND TWO
CAPTAIN MARVEL JR.
You’ve already got your Captain Marvel and your Black Adam, so why not round out the male side of the Marvel Family ignoring Osiris and the Wizard of course with Freddie Freeman here, the young crippled lad who could speak Captain Marvel’s name and ride the magic lightning. Freddie’s gone through some changes since first donning the blue duds, including a brief period of calling himself CM3 cause if he said his own name, he’d turn off his powers, duh and, more significantly, becoming the new Captain Marvel in the pages of Judd Winick’s The Trials of Shazam.
GEO-FORCE
Created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo, Prince Brion Markov here has been a member of the Justice League of America, but is probably more known for being a member of many incarnations of the Outsiders, starting with the original team from Batman and the Outsiders. Since his creation in 1983 this brother of Teen Titan betrayer Terra shares similar abilities as his earth-moving sister at least now he does, has gone through quite a few changes, most obviously from his original green and yellow costume to his current brown and orange version. Currently starring in The Outsiders, Geo-Force has gone through a resurgence in popularity of the past few years and was completely awesome kicking Deathstroke’s ass in DC Universe Last Will and Testament.
LIBRA
Obscure until last year, Libra played a pretty big role in Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis miniseries along with all the tie-ins that went along with it. We’re still trying to fit all the pieces of Final Crisis together in our heads, but Libra cut a pretty intimidating swath through the villain community. Not only did Libra have Lex Luthor working for him, but he also iced the Martian Manhunter with fire, of course. We don’t want to spoil anything but, we cheered when Lexy shot Libra and explained he was actually the Anti-Life Equation. Oops, spoiler He’s also not Barry Allen like we all thought
RAVEN
A figure of Raven would get us one step closer to having a full team of Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s New Teen Titans. We’ve already got Kid Flash, Cyborg, Starfire and Robin well, there’s a Tim Drake Robin and a Dick Grayson Nightwing. Aside from everyone’s favorite brooding hooded mystic, you’d only need Wonder Girl Donna Troy and Beast Boy to round things out. Not too shabby. Plus, just imagine how much fun the Horsemen would have with that hood and cape Won’t someone please think of the Horsemen
TOYMAN
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the DCUC team really likes “Super Friends,” so it’s no surprise they went with this cartoon-inspired jester-like incarnation of the Superman villain for your voting pleasure. This Toyman would also continue the trend of including “Challenge of the Super Friends” Legion of Doom members in the line. Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, Black Manta, Giganta, Riddler, Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd have already made the cut, so that just leaves Toyman, Cheeta, Scarecrow and Bizarro. Do your part and bring these long-lost fiends together again
UNCLE SAM
Aside from being the living embodiment of the raddest country on Earth that’d be us, the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths version of Uncle Sam lived on a world called Earth-X populated by the acquired-by-DC Quality Comics characters. What made this world different? The Nazis won WWII Since continuity’s been rewritten a time or ten since then, Sam has a simpler origin now and leads the Freedom Fighters: A group made up of most
. Watch for more details closer to the event.
but there is something very satisfying about the proportions, sculpt, and paint that makes this very appealing. Of course, this won’t have nearly the amount of articulation that it’s predecessor in ML had, but I don’t think he needs it. I hope this comes out looking this good in production.
