This awesome picture is from Diamond Select Toys’ Facebook page, showing Wolverine and Colossus from Marvel Minimates Series 47 (47?! crazy, right?) executing their signature Fastball Special. I’m jealous that I never thought of taking a picture like this before.
There’s a ton more pics of the Outback X-Men and Brood series here: Marvel Minimates Series 47. Enjoy!
Despite a brief love affair with Star Wars LEGOs over a decade ago, construction toys aren’t in my current line-up of stuff I collect as an adult. I was sorely tempted when Hasbro announced their KRE-O building sets for its G.I. JOE brand.
You see, when I was a kid, one of my first action figures was a 12-inch JOE, and that translated into a love of the 3.75-inch figures when I was a little older. Back in the day I also had a lot of love for LEGO, but that was long before they had branched into licensed properties.
So, the combination of G.I. JOE and KRE-Os hits on a few strong nostalgic notes for me. That they included a throwback to the original fuzzy-haired 12-inch figure as one of their single-packed figures isn’t helping me resist them.
Keep on the lookout for G.I. JOE KRE-O sets and figures starting February next year at Toys R Us. Yo JOE!
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I’m a huge fan of the Terminator movie franchise – well, to be more accurate, I’m a huge fan of the first two movies in the franchise – and the action figures from McFarlane and NECA are great representations of the characters. But I’m out of space in the toy room, so I snapped some quick pictures of these figures before I list them for auction.
I didn’t start picking these up until NECA got the license. The T-850 with coffin and the T-X were part of my father-in-law’s collection – he was very fond of women who kick ass, and Kristanna Loken’s Terminatrix fit the bill. I ended up picking up a McFarlane endoskeleton on eBay before NECA made their own. I’d probably have a lot more of the NECA figures but had trouble finding them at retail.
Yes, I made a Punisher custom, even though Hasbro just released a perfectly good Punisher figure as part of the third wave of (Return of) Marvel Legends. And it’s not that I dislike the figure that’s on shelves now – I love the head sculpt and just wanted to see it on a classic spandex-clad Punisher instead of the trenchcoat version we got.
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Mattel has released hi-res versions of the Castle Grayskull pics in their New York Comic Con panel slideshow, and the pre-order page for the Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull is now live. The big question now is whether you’re going to commit to plunk down the $250 when and if this ships in Fall of 2013.