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By Ron, on August 17th, 2009
I would have loved to bring you this review of the five DC Direct Hal Jordans, but with the craziness of San Diego Comic-Con on top of the craziness of how this exclusive was sold, there was no way. OAFE’s Rustin Parr has some great pics of them (I really like what they did with the packaging) as well as a few choice words for DC Direct.
 DC Direct San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Skittles Hal Jordan Each figure uses the same base body as the “classic” Green Hal, but with minor sculptural variances so it is effectively a repaint of the Superman/Batman Series 6 figure (though with a new torso, as that figure had a hole in the chest for translucent Lantern symbol projection).
The figure is an excellent example of the high caliber of sculpting DC Direct is known for.
via OAFE – DC Direct Green Lantern: Hal Jordan exclusive reviews.
By Ron, on August 4th, 2009
NECA has blogged about their San Diego Comic-Con experience. I’ve included an excerpt of the toy-related stuff, but be sure to follow the link to the entire post, where they cover some of the movie activity (they hosted a signing with the cast and crew of “9″) and even poke a little fun at Randy Falk, their Director of Product Development.
You can see our pics of their booth here: San Diego Comic-Con NECA Pics
NECA Survives San Diego Comic Con 2009
The only wrap-up you’ll ever need.
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Well friends, we’ve somehow managed to do it again. NECA has made it through another SDCC. Things on the left coast couldn’t have gone better, to be quite honest. All our exclusives sold well, especially the surprise addition of the Heroclix Thor’s Mighty Chariot (limited quantities are still available on the cheap from us at our Amazon.com Store ), we world debuted new figures from BioShock, and unveiled the latest from Gears of War, Army of Two, Twilight: New Moon, Dante’s Inferno, 9, and Boondock Saints — and even showed off our brand new BATSU line of specially designed stylized figures, showing off the likes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Insane Clown Posse, Gears of War and Street Fighter!
via www.necaonline.com || NECA Survives San Diego Comic Con 2009.
By Ron, on August 3rd, 2009
It’s time for us to announce the winners of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest, brought to you by the Hasbro Marvel team and the guys who run ActionFigurePics.com and TheFwoosh.com. We had a very tough time picking just three winners, because all the covers entered this year were really great. So we’ll be adding three more prize winners for honorable mentions – but don’t get your hopes up guys, because your prizes will be coming from AFP’s Free Stuff stash.
Without further ado, here are your winners!
 First Prize: Calbretto - Irredeemable Ant-Man #1 Calbretto blew us away with his composition of Robert Kirkman’s first issue of The Irredeemable Ant-Man. Ant-Man is known for his exaggerations, so while we can’t find 23 villains in the cover, we really enjoyed seeing so many Marvel baddies from Hasbro, Toy Biz, and Diamond Select being crushed by Calbretto’s custom Eric O’Grady Ant-Man.
He’ll be receiving a prize pack consisting of all three Hasbro / Marvel Comic Con Exclusives (the 70th Anniversary Invaders 4-pack, the single-carded gray scale Captain America, and the Wolverine Mighty Mugg) plus the new wave of Marvel Legends 2-packs. Congrats!
There’s more… click to continue reading Marvel Universe Covers Contest – the Winners
By Ron, on August 3rd, 2009
It’s getting pretty late and I need my beauty rest, so this one covering the SDCC Exclusive Toy Story Buzz Lightyear is going to be pretty brief.
     
I’m not sure why I took pictures of the outer box. It’s black. It has what I presume is the Buzz Lightyear logo on it. It also picks up fingerprints like one of those beautiful people on CSI: Miami. The goods are inside. Buzz’s rocketship are held in place by a couple of cardboard inserts that help protect those wings. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched the first Toy Story, but the packaging is close enough for my poor memory. It evokes the packaging from the movie, even if it’s not accurate to it.
There’s more… click to continue reading San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Toy Story Buzz Lightyear
By Ron, on August 3rd, 2009
 SDCC Exclusive Ghostbusters Egon Spengler with Slimer Another one of the Mattel exclusives going on sale tomorrow, here’s a quick look at the Ghostbusters exclusive slimed variant of Egon Spengler.
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By Ron, on August 1st, 2009
 Win one of these Gleeks! Just the bagged ones - that one in front is staying right here. A lot of AFP’s readers come from TheFwoosh.com – if you’re one of them, then you probably know about a little Gleek giveaway they were running right after San Diego Comic-Con. Well, Fwoosh’s Gleek Week may be over, but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with Ebay or trading a kidney to get a SDCC exclusive DC Universe Classics Gleek. We’ve got a few here to give away too – when VeeBee wasn’t looking, I ran off with three of Fwoosh’s Gleeks. True story.
To get your chance to win a Gleek, all you need to do is subscribe to one or more of the following from ActionFigurePics.com:
- E-mail Newsletter – Subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll get email (maximum of one per day) when we update the site with new action figure pics. Plus you’ll be entered in our “Free Stuff” drawings. And we will never, ever, sell your e-mail address or send you spam. Note: only verified e-mails will be eligible, so look for the first email from us and use the enclosed link to verify your address.
- Facebook Page – Become a fan and you’ll see links to AFP articles on your Facebook wall when we update the site.
- Twitter – Follow ActionFigPics on Twitter, and you’ll get tweets with links to AFP articles when we update the site.
All of these services are totally free!
A week from today, on Saturday, August 8, I’ll select one winner at random from subscribers to each of the services – one for the e-mail newsletter, one for Facebook, and one for Twitter. And don’t worry – if you’re already signed up, then you’ll be included in the drawing.
So, I’ll look forward to seeing more of you on e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, and hope that I’ll get the chance to send a Gleek your way! Good luck!
There’s more… click to continue reading Subscribe to AFP and Get a Chance to Win Gleek
By Ron, on July 29th, 2009
Mattel has updated its Facebook page with its San Diego Comic-Con presentations – DC Power Partnership Panel – SDCC 09 and Mattypalooza Fan Panel – SDCC 2009. I’ve included some excerpts for DC Universe Classics, Masters of the Universe Classics, and Ghostbusters. The panels were great – folks were pretty excited about all the reveals.
via Facebook | Mattycollector.com.
By Ron, on July 29th, 2009
By Ron, on July 29th, 2009
Visiting the NECA booth last week at San Diego Comic-Con, I was disappointed to not see more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and not until after the show did I find out why. I am not familiar with many of NECA’s licensed video game properties. Sure, I know Street Fighter, but my gaming in my old age is limited to NHL games. Still, there’s lots to appreciate here just from an action figure fan perspective.
Bio Shock – Industrial from TheFwoosh.com really dug these – he hasn’t played the game either.
      
There’s more… click to continue reading San Diego Comic-Con NECA Pics
By Ron, on July 24th, 2009
Mattel held its “Mattypalooza” panel today, in which they recapped the Mattycollector.com offerings, including DC (which was a recap from the earlier DC Universe panel), Ghostbusters, and Masters of the Universe Classics. I’ll be covering the latter in this update.
MOTU Classics is performing better than Mattel expected, so the line is expanding. Beyond the standard monthly figures, we’ll be getting much more. On selected months, there will be bonus figures consisting of reissues, repaints, oversized figures, and even army builder 2-packs. Also, Mattel will make an accessory pack, once per season.
 Masters of the Universe Club Eternia Exclusive Won-Dar The subscription, now called “Club Eternia,” is coming back for the full year of 2010, with some minor changes. Because interest was low, they’ll no longer have the “hold for combined shipping” option. Also, there will be a $20 subscription fee – and they’ll provide an exclusive figure, Won-Dar (a remake of the extremely rare vintage Wonderbread He-Man), and posters of an Eternia map and a character roster.
Club Eternia is available to order on Mattycollector.com. Subscriptions will close in about 3 weeks.
There’s more… click to continue reading San Diego Comic-Con Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Pics (more of them!)
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