There will actually be six variants of He-Ro. As revealed earlier, he will come with one of three different stones concealed within his staff, but He-Ro will also have a San Diego Comic-Con variation, which will come with the SDCC logo underneath his armor. Fun times for completists!
MOTU Fans!
As most MOTU fans know, He-Ro is our special San Diego Comic-Con 2009 MOTU figure. You’ve waited patiently, and now I can finally share some of the details!
This version of He-Ro will be available at SDCC, then at MattyCollector.com after the show. Both the SDCC version and the MattyCollector.com version will have three different Spell Stone variants, randomly packed. But like all spell stones, they’re well hidden. The stones come packed in a closed Spell Staff so the only way to know which version you have is to open the package, then open the staff to see the color.
Spell of Protection……Green Spell Stone
Spell of Defense……Red Spell Stone
Spell of Healing……Purple Spell Stone
There’s one more thing… if you get He-Ro at the show, he’ll also have a special SDCC variant with the SDCC logo on his chest under the armor (you’ll need to take him out of the package and remove the armor to see the logo)! The logo version will be sold only at SDCC.
If you can’t get to the SDCC, don’t worry, because we’ve got you covered. You can still get He-Ro without the SDCC logo here on MattyCollector.com after the show on Monday, August 3rd at 12:00 NOON ET, so be sure to mark your calendar!
Coinciding with the release of Activision’s new open world action game, Prototype, NECA has released a figure of Prototype’s hero, Alex Mercer. Given the character’s freerunning abilities, I would have hoped for a more articulated figure, but NECA has seemed to go back and forth on how much articulation they’ll be putting into the Player Select line.
Ready Your Devastator Attack
NECA’s First Prototype Figure Takes Shape!
Just in time for the June 9 release of Activision’s new hit game Prototype, NECA Player Select unveils our very first figure for it: lead character Alex Mercer!
The scene is New York City and a mutating virus has just been unleashed in Penn Station (how would you know? — heyo!). Alex wakes up in the hospital, unable to remember anything, but soon learns he has the ability to modify his genetic code at will and attains superhuman powers.
With some help along the way, Alex begins to unravel the conspiracy surrounding the release of the virus and ultimately clashes with the likes of the military and secret government enforcers, all the while battling through the hordes of deformed New Yorkers using his newfound strength, agility and shape-shifting.
The fate of the city and ultimately the world beyond is up to you as the player, but however it turns out, NECA’s Alex Mercer features his morphing bladed right arm and ball-jointed neck, shoulders, torso, and wrists, and comes in a collector-grade clamshell package — ready for the fight of his life.
Toyfare has posted an interview with Harold Ramis, who played Dr. Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters movies. He talks about the upcoming action figures from Mattel, the video game, and making the original movies. An excerpt here:
Mattel Ghostbusters - Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler
TOYFARE: Have you gotten a look at your action figure yet?
HAROLD RAMIS: I saw the maquette, the clay model of my head, which was cool. Then they showed me a fully dressed figure without the head.
What was it like seeing an action figure that actually looked like you?
It was weird coming after all the toy merchandising that was really predicated on the cartoon show. The movie drove the merchandising and yet they were afraid to use our likenesses because they didn’t know that we would stick with it. So, there was something more generic about the cartoon figures. I have one sitting right here in my office, the blonde Egon. It was cool that we created something that had that much reach into the culture. And now, to see one that actually looks like me and to see our likenesses in the new video game is incredible.
How long ago did Mattel approach you about the figures and what was your initial reaction?
I’m really vague on when the toy stuff started, but it had to be in the last two years. The game stuff probably started three years ago. The game development went apace, but the release of the game was delayed due to the corporate shuffle. The action figures, I can’t remember when we signed off on it, but it’s kind of exciting for me, having spent so much money as a father on action figures.
Mezco 18-Inch Abe Sapien
Mezco has sent over more pictures of the 18-inch Abe Sapien that is available this summer, both online and at San Diego Comic-Con. I am really impressed with the detailing – check out the skin texture and the goggles. Abe is styled after his appearance in Hellboy 2. He looks great with the 18-inch Hellboy – I’ve got one of those, but in the comic book style, and would very much like to have a comic book-styled Abe to keep him company.
