I’m psyched for people that want Walter Peck for their Ghostbusters collections. Personally, if I pick him up, it will be more for the outstanding accessory – the wall and containment unit with working hatch. For those of you who didn’t pick up Winston Zeddemore, Peck will also come with a non-opening, non-corded ghost trap.
So, that is the plastic realization of the perfect movie scumbag. I can’t freakin’ wait to get Venkman so I can pose these two together. Even now, despite that I am a total face-forward vanilla action figure poser, I am tempted to pose my Spengler figure trying to throw a choke hold on Peck. Any guy that can elicit that strong of a reaction out of Egon is certifiably butt-headed in my book. “Your mother!” Awesome.
VeeBee has a nice first look up for Optikk, the first figure in Masters of the Universe Classics from The New Adventures of He-Man. I know there’s a fair amount of derision aimed at that animated series – I have never seen it, so I can’t comment. But I do know that I like way Optikk looks – and there’s your pun for the day.
I have learned a lot about the Galactic Guardians and Space Mutants in the past year or so gearing up the eventual release of the first NA figure. When Optikk was announced, I was quite pleased. While there are several NA figures with cool designs (mostly the bad guys), Optikk and Slush Head have been my two most wanted (and if the Trade Mark hints are any indication, Slushy just might be next).
Believe it or not, Optikk utilizes a lot of reuse, probably more than you would expect at first. For the most part, he is Kronis – arms, chest and legs. He has a brand new “armor” piece that is quite impressive from a design/scupt standpoint (it is removable). Leave it to the Horsemen, they even sculpted the dial on his back from the old figure (just for show on this version). In lieu of the furry shorts, Optikk has a more modern, um brief(?) that will work perfectly for a certain as-yet-unproduced hero with many faces. Again, this is sculpted really well and fits so that it is not bulky (like Adora) so I hope that for any short/skirt/pant pieces they follow this pattern.
Two more Blackest Night series? This is the comic event that keeps on giving, toy-wise. I can hear the the DC collectors being torn apart. First, you’ve got Mera, who makes her first appearance in plastic form, but as a Red Lantern?! Outrage!!!
But with her, Dex-Starr? We love you again, DC Direct!
Mattel isn’t the only company with an online sale this week. 3A Toys is adding to its 1/12th scale World War Robot roster with the Armstrongs, available to pre-order in either 4- or 8-packs.
Talyn and I didn’t start collecting WWRp until recently, but now we’re hooked. If you aren’t familiar with this line of toys, check out our World War Robot reviews for more pics.
To remind you, WWRp Armstrongs will be on sale at http://www.bambalandstore.com on 23rd of April, 9-00 AM Hong-Kong time, that is 4 days and 18 hours from now, you can check the countdown for your timezone at http://www.threeaonline.com/blog [edit – link removed because the countdown timer is throwing a malware warning]
There will be two packs offered – 4pack and 8pack, prices – 160$ and 280$ with shipping included (in both cases). If you haven’t bought anything from Bambalandstore yet, I suggest you to register an account there right now, to save time during checkout and Bambalandstore accepts only Paypal, no credit cards!
