Cobra has moved beyond Weather Domination to total Environmental War!
Evil Scientist Corrosion has refined Plasmatox, Cobra’s weaponized toxic sludge, by adding Compound Z, Cobra’s experimental zombie serum. Now, he’s ready to seed clouds across the nation, and raise his zombie army. Can Flint and the Eco-Warriors defeat this madman?
I had no idea there was such a thing as Ninja Day, but today, December 5th, is it! And Sideshow’s marketing team is right on top of it, offering a $10 coupon code, NINJADAY13, on (you guessed it!) ninja items.
Woah it’s Ninja Day! (We know, it snuck up on us too)
Use coupon code NINJADAY13 & SAVE $10 on select Ninja collectibles!
- Storm Shadow Sixth Scale Figure by Hot Toys – $204.99
- Snake Eyes Sixth Scale Figure by Hot Toys – $194.99
- Black Dragon Ninja Sixth Scale Figure by Sideshow Collectibles – $134.99
- Snake Eyes and Timber Sixth Scale Figure Set by Sideshow Collectibles – $199.99
- Arashikage Temple Sixth Scale Figure Environment by Sideshow Collectibles – $249.99
Gotta love Sideshow!
This week we’ve got customs from across three of the major Hasbro brands:
In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!
Customizers, don’t forget to check out the submission guidelines for CustomCon 36.
A couple of weeks ago, I posed the question if Hasbro could revitalize the G.I. JOE brand by launching a new 6-inch action figure line. I reasoned that if the Star Wars team could make it work with the Black Series and the Marvel team could go the other way (from 6-inch to 4-inch) with Marvel Universe, then it could work for Joes too.
DC Total Heroes Superman (6-inch scale) and DC Comics Multiverse Deadshot (3.75-inch scale)
This past week I got my first look at Mattel’s attempt to breathe new life into their DC Comics license at retail with the DC Total Heroes and DC Comics Multiverse lines as pre-orders went live online. And good Grodd – I dislike them so much I want them to fail. Now I’m left wondering – are my feelings unfounded, making me a hypocrite? Why should I want to see this happen for G.I. JOE when I can’t stand Mattel’s attempt to do the same?
Continue reading “Soapbox Sunday: What’s Wrong with Mattel’s New DC Retail Lines?”
I’m not a good G.I. JOE fan. When I was a kid, I had a lot of the original 3.75-inch Joes from the mid-80s. I watched the cartoon whenever I could, and I’d wage a lot of war against Cobra on the floor of my bedroom. But as an adult collector, I don’t buy a lot of G.I. JOEs anymore. And although the Hasbro brand has seen some resurgence after a lackluster first live action movie outing with a better received sequel in G.I. JOE: Retaliation, that hasn’t exactly translated into better sales in the toy aisles to kids and their moms either. With the brand losing shelf space at retail, it’s looking rather bleak for the toy line for 2014.
A couple years ago, I picked up a bootleg Snake Eyes in the 6-inch scale. I don’t know the origin of the toy, but it holds together like something made in a factory. It’s got the articulation setup of the 25th Anniversary Joes. And it’s got almost everything that I’d want to see in a G.I. JOE toy line for the adult me.
That leads me to my topic today – could Hasbro breathe life into G.I. JOE with a new six-inch action figure line?