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SDCC 2013: Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull – New and Improved

I spoke with Toy Guru about the changes that have been made to the Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull. One thing he clarified right off the bat was the “Not Final” sign on the Castle. Some folks took it to mean that structural changes could still be made, but Toy Guru made it clear that at this point, further tweaks are really not possible.

By not final it means the sample wasn’t made of plastic yet and a few kinks to work out like getting the elevator to work a little better. But castle is tooled.

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Border Patrol: Transformers Masterpiece “Becoming Nemesis Prime,” Ultra Magnus, and Hotlink

Because our SDCC 2013 coverage of Transformers was so horrendous, I’m compelled to have an all-Transformers Border Patrol this week.

Transformers Masterpiece “Becoming Nemesis Prime” by frenzyrumble – this one of a kind piece shows Optimus Prime in mid-transformation to Nemesis Prime, with corresponding blue and red LED eyes to show his faction – comes with a 6-inch diameter plasma base with sounds – ends shortly at Jul 23, 2013 16:13:44 PDT

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!

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Hot Toys Unveils Iron Man 3 Silver Centurion

When I’m at an event like San Diego Comic-Con or Toy Fair and taking pictures to post, a lot of times I don’t even have time to think about what I’m shooting. For example, I have been anticipating the arrival of the Silver Centurion armor from Iron Man 3 with all of the previous Hot Toys Iron Man 3 releases from the massive army of Iron Men scene from the movie.

And there it is, in my shots of the Hot Toys figures at Sideshow’s SDCC booth. But of course, while shooting that I was thinking about all of the preview teasers Hot Toys had leading up to the show, and didn’t even notice the Silver Centurion until seeing this news.

Unveil our second pre-order item at the Hong Kong Ani-Com event

Right after announcing the first pre-order item at the Hong Kong Ani-Com event last week, we just can’t wait to unveil our second pre-order item there – the fans’ highly anticipated Enhanced Energy Suit – the 1/6th scale Silver Centurion (Mark XXXIII) Collectible Figurine from Iron Man 3, which will come with an exclusive bonus accessory and specially designed thematic poster upon pre-ordering there!

More special edition collectible figures will be unveiled soon! Stay tuned!

via Unveil our second pre-order item at the Hong Kong Ani-Com event.

Hasbro Star Wars Black Series Buy One Get One Half Off at ToysRUs.com

Update: Looks like the Star Wars Black Series figures are now out of stock or have been removed from the TRU system.

I guess with the launch of Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series being imminent, more of the online retailers are starting to promote them. I was talking to Sandman last night about Amazon reducing its price on Star Wars Black Series figures to $19.99, when he pointed out that TRU is running a Buy One Get 50% Off deal on Star Wars. Like Amazon, each figure is $19.99.

One catch is that is that each of the 6-inch figures is limited to one per order – so if you are looking to army-build Sandtroopers, you need to split up your orders. For example, you could get 3 Sandtroopers by placing separate orders for Luke, Darth Maul, and R2-D2, getting the 50% off deal on each order but adding a bit extra on the shipping side. I went through the exercise and I still saved about $15 even with the extra shipping vs. Amazon. Sandman also did a comparison with Star Wars Black Series at HasbroToyShop – there’s a 10% off coupon there, but if you’re buying a set of four this TRU deal still wins.

Another downside is that pre-orders at TRU are now moving out on ship date. Mine showed as 9/3, so I’m still toying with going back to Amazon if they’ll ship sooner. First world problems!

SDCC 2013: Mattel Mattypalooza 2013! Panel Presentation Slides

Mattel provided their Mattypalooza 2013 presentation as a PDF in their SDCC wrap-up, but we’ve done you a solid and it to images you can just flip through right here in your browser.

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