It’s mostly statues and busts, but the discounts are great, and they cover all the big licenses, like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Hellboy, and Indiana Jones. Gentle Giant also has the figures from 30 Days of Night on sale for cheap. The sale goes through the end of June.
Memorial Sale thru end of June
Take advantage to the huge savings on selected in stock items through the end of June or while supplies last! Savings of up to 60% on certain items.
In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!
Whiplash Mark II – if you haven’t seen Iron Man 2 yet, sorry for the spoiler, and where have you been the past couple of weeks? – this is the first 6-inch scaled custom I’ve seen of the armor that Ivan Danko builds for the climactic showdown – ends May 26, 2010 19:29:35 PDT
The G.I. JOE team at Hasbro is back with another round of Q&A. If you recall, of the questions submitted, they’ll respond to a number of them of their choosing for the initial round of answers. Then in a couple of days, they’ll send out all the answers to all the questions for the current round. This time we got two out of three answered.
1) Have you ever considered releasing the figures you pack in vehicles like the Motor Viper / Nitro Viper or the upcoming Desert Scorpion in army builder friendly packs? More people would like to build squads but not have to buy 6 vehicles, for example.
Great suggestion. This is not currently in our plan but we will consider this type of pack in the future.
As we’ve come to expect from Mattel, the SDCC DC Universe Classics Plastic Man packaging is outstanding. It’s made to look like Plas himself, and the removable and wearable glasses are simply great touches.
Plastic Man Packaging Shapes Up to Be Super Special
DCU Fans,
One of the SDCC figures we know you’re stoked to see is the one and only malleable immortal, Plastic Man. Being that he’s a super hero and all, we felt his packaging should be equally impressive and here’s your first look!
This special packaging has been shaped to look like Plastic Man himself and it comes in a full-color shipper box for safe keeping. But the coolest thing of all? A pair of Plastic Man glasses are included that can be removed from the package and worn by you!
The figure itself has interchangeable standard arms, stretchy arms, giant form hands (a fly swatter and a bouncy ball with racket), and interchangeable stretchy neck and leg springs. If you do purchase Plastic Man at SDCC, he’ll also come with a special suitcase available only at the show (packed in a separate poly bag). Not just any suitcase, of course… his arms, head and neck can be attached to the suitcase to make him appear disguised as luggage. Inside the suitcase is a chip-art comic book cover from the 75 years of DC Comics.
Can’t make it to SDCC? Don’t worry; Plastic Man (sans suitcase) will be available here on MattyCollector.com after the show, so keep your eye on this spot for more details!
The theme is “every day 3a” – and you’re meant to take a picture of you with a 3A toy. Here was my first attempt:
I’ve been picking up singles of the Dirty Deeds 12-pack individually on eBay (I hadn’t started collecting these yet when they originally went on sale), and had been wanting to take pictures of them. So I took a picture of one of them using the photo backdrop I made a while back, and added my severed head – this version of the Dirty Deeds Bertie comes with 3 severed heads.
Unfortunately, I hadn’t yet seen the contest rule that plainly states, “No Photoshop to be used!” – back to the drawing board!
