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SDCC 2013: Toynami Booth Video

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I like to think that we get a little more Comic-Con savvy every time we go. Last year my wife missed out and had to pick up the Toynami Hello Kitty Street Fighter Chun Li on eBay. This year, on Preview Night, instead of previewing, she lined up at the Toynami booth and picked up this year’s Badtz Maru as Ryu and Hello Kitty as Akuma. I was lined up at Hasbro, which was right next to the Toynami booth, and I probably walked around that booth at least 15 times over the course of the show.

When I watched Toynami’s Comic-Con video, I realized I’m still as Comic-Con dumb as ever – I’m always so caught up in taking pictures / getting to panels / trying to get SDCC exclusives that I miss so much of the show. Sandman was more on top of things than me, and took some pics of the Toynami booth.

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Sideshow Lists Exclusive Hot Toys Marvel and G.I. JOE Figures for Pre-Order

As the official distributor for Hot Toys in the US, Sideshow has access to exclusive figures and accessories that other retailers might not be able to carry. They’ve just listed two figures from Hot Toys’ “Toy Fairs” exclusives (figures that were shown and in some cases made available to order at various toy shows around the world) and two Iron Man 3 figures that each come with an exclusive accessory.

I have not yet seen Sideshow list the “evil” Superman figure from Superman III that Hot Toys had revealed with Star Spangled Cap and Joe Colton.

Mattel San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Up For Sale Monday 8/5, Early Access on 8/2

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Just a reminder – if you did not attend SDCC 2013 but wanted to pick up Mattel’s exclusives for the show, you’ll have your chance after this weekend. Mattel is posting their exclusives for sale on Mattycollector.com on Monday at 9AM PST. Current subscribers, Early Access opens for you on Friday at 8AM PST. Up for grabs:

  • Masters of the Universe® Classics Rokkon™ & Stonedar
  • Masters of the Universe® Classics Mini He-Man® & Skeletor® Figures
  • Masters of the Universe® Classics Orko® Figure with Prince Adam® (Note: this is *not* the color-changing SDCC exclusive version)
  • BATMAN Classic TV Series Batman™ Batusi Batman™
  • DC Man of Steel™ Movie Masters® Superman™ vs. General Zod Movie Pack
  • DCU Club Infinite Earths “Shazam!” New 52
  • Monster High® Webarella™ (limit 1 per person)

Be ready for time-outs and quick sell-outs on the more popular exclusives, though – I imagine some of these will sell out before Early Access is over.

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SDCC 2013: Hasbro Transformers 30th Anniversary Panel Reveals

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Yes, our Transformers coverage at SDCC was terrible. It started Thursday when I pulled a novice move and left Room 25ABC because I had a couple hours to kill between Mattel’s first panel and Hasbro’s Transformers 30th Anniversary panel. I got back to the room with plenty of time, but the line to get in was super-long. On top of that, the previous panel was for the Transformers on the small screen, so very few seats opened up.

Thankfully, Hasbro sent us these images for showing off the reveals in the panel. The big news – for the 30th Anniversary, they are introducing the Thrilling 30 – numbered action figures that spawn the lines in the brand. The thirty will include Windblade, the fan-built bot created earlier in the year. My votes must have counted about a million each, because she turned out almost exactly like what I picked – the exception is that Windblade is an Autobot, not a Decepticon. Boo to the good guys.

The thirty will also include figure(s) from the new Transformers Construct-Bots line that Hasbro introduced to us over breakfast. Hasbro listed out the first eleven on the list, and also sent out pics for upcoming figures from each of their Transformers lines.

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MattyCollector Subscriptions and Pre-Order Push – So it Begins, So it Ends?

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It’s just been a week since the Mattypalooza panel at San Diego Comic-Con, but Mattel has already alerted fans that the 2014 subscriptions and the Ecto-1 pre-order are “quite below” expectations, despite them opening up the subscriptions several weeks early. Call it scare tactics, sales and marketing, or just the plain unvarnished truth – Toy Guru is once again warning fans that pre-orders for the Club Eternia and Club Infinite Earths subscriptions and the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 pre-order have to hit their minimums or they’re not happening.

And while, thank Grodd, they’ve replaced the thermometer graphics this year with product silhouettes, the picture they paint right now is pretty daunting. There’s under three weeks to go to the August 19 deadline. Continue reading “MattyCollector Subscriptions and Pre-Order Push – So it Begins, So it Ends?”

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