Hasbro Transformers Starscream – Year of the Horse Toys R Us Exclusive

Our good pal trs sent us a couple of pics of the Year of the Horse Platinum Edition Starscream. It’s exclusive to Toys R Us, and should hit shelves with a $109.99 price tag. The official shelf date is February 2nd, but you might see them out early – after all, today is the Lunar New Year, which kicks off the start of the Year of the Horse. (You could also ask a stock person to check in the back for you.)

In the meantime… 恭禧發財 / Kung Hei Fat Choi (Cantonese) / Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) – Happy New Year!

A Star Wars Christmas Story by Macas

Most folks have taken down their lights and packed away their Christmas decorations for the year, but AFP reader Macas sent in a story from his childhood that put me right back in the holiday spirit. It’s a story about the one toy that would make or break his Christmas – and change his life forever. He now makes a living as a toy dealer, buying and selling toy collections, so he’s living the dream!

Spoiler alert – no tongues get stuck to flagpoles, but I can’t promise he didn’t shoot his eye out with a laser blaster.

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NECA Shares Hi-Res Pics of Planet of the Apes Classic Series 1

The reveals for NECA’s Planet of the Apes classic series are coming faster than Charlton Heston picking up the hottest mute chick on the planet. It’s all damn, dirty apes, for series 1. We’ll find out more at Toy Fair. Stay tuned!

Check out the new Planet of the Apes – Classic Series 1!

NECA Planet of the Apes Classic Series 1

The #GorillaSoldier#Cornelius, and Dr. #Zaius 7″ action figures are scheduled for release in July. For higher-res, individual photos head on over to https://twitter.com/NECA_TOYS

via NECA – N.E.C.A..

It’sa Me, Mario! Get Your Gold Coins Ready for Super Mario from S.H. Figuarts

S.H.Figuarts Super Mario teaser

Bandai posted this Super Mario teaser on its S.H. Figuarts Facebook page. Perhaps their claim of the world’s first action figure of Super Mario is a bit dubious – the license has been out there and tons of product have been sold – but it’s certainly the first super-articulated figure of Mario. That means all the jumping, wall-bounding, brick-smashing, mushroom-eating, and Goomba-crushing action is coming your way.

But be ready to shell out some gold coins for this version of Mario. Other Figuarts figures sell for $30 and up, with a pretty tight after-market driving prices higher. Best bet is to hop on a pre-order when they go up. We’ll be looking.

Update:

Available June 2014! ‪#‎mario‬ ‪#‎shfiguarts‬

S.H. Figuarts Super Mario MSRP $24.99
Diorama PlaySet A MSRP $19.99
Diorama PlaySet B MSRP $19.99

via Available June 2014! #mario #shfiguarts S.H…. – Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA.

On Sale Now: ThreeA Toys Seamonkey and Snowpea

In my excitement over the announcement of the Invincible Iron Man pre-order from the 3A Toys and Marvel collaboration, I nearly forgot about this pre-order for another 3A collaboration – this time between Ashley Wood and Kenny Wong, for Seamonkey and Snowpea. If you’re looking for a backstory for these characters, I won’t be able to help. All I can tell you is that Kenny Wong’s Seamonkey, the steampunk-looking diving suit, was shown back in 2009 at Hong Kong Venture (an art show hosted by 3A). Shortly after, 3A announced they would produce Seamonkey as part of their Showcase line, which houses the lines that aren’t Ashley Wood’s IP. (While Showcase works with independent artists, it also holds the Marvel license.) Ash’s contribution to this collab is Snowpea, Seamonkey’s bikini-clad pilot.

But you don’t really care about all that, do you? I mean, it’s a robot diving suit with a babe pilot. It’s in 1/12 scale so that mech suit is huge. Up now at Bambaland, you can pre-order Seamonkey and Snowpea as a set for $230 and three color variant pilots, individually for $45 each. The pilots come with two heads – masked and unmasked. The pre-order window opened last night – not sure how long it will stay up.
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