On their Twitter account, Entertainment Earth posts this update: Guess what just arrived? Mattel’s DC Universe Batman vs. Clayface and Superman vs. Brainiac sets. Order now and you’ll get ‘em. The website still says “Coming in June,” but if you order now they’ll ship. If you’d like to order them, please kindly use these links: [...]
Wow. Today’s Show and Tell is a doctoral dissertation on the action figure of Thud Butt from Hook. It’s written by Ben Leach, vintage toy enthusiast and frequent contributor to ToyFare magazine. It’s fair to say you have never loved a toy as much as Ben loves Thud Butt. Not ever. So prepare to learn [...]
THE QUEEN AND HER COURT – PART 3 The past couple of days of “The Queen and Her Court”, have introduced you to a few of the warrior women from the Four Horsemens’ fan-favorite property, “7th Kingdom”. Today will be no different as we bring to you three more fatal female furies. Each of today’s [...]
So AFI reader hotrod77 found something interesting. In the Myspace blog of comics artist Matthew Clark (who has had runs on several major comics), there are artist turnarounds of DC characters, which–according to Clark–were done at the behest of DC Licensing.
Just a couple quick notes: I’m considering making Onan the Barbarian a regular It Figures feature (once a week, probably on Fridays). I like having something of a recurring, signature character. However, he’s arguably a rather gross, childish concept, and I realize it’s quite possible I’m amusing myself far more than I’m amusing most of [...]
THE QUEEN AND HER COURT – PART 2 Yesterday, in part 1 of “The Queen and Her Court”, you were introduced to Queen Alluxandra of the Bluddmane Clan and Isadorra of the Ironspynne Clan, the first pair new of figures from the Four Horsemens’ fan-favorite property, “7th Kingdom”. Today you’re going to be introduced to [...]
Gentleman Ghost by Poe Ghostal Poe’s note: I find those little energy sparks that came with Superman Blue/Red have an infinite number of uses…
Oh man…if ever I might break my vow to buy only articulated action figures, this may be the thing to do it. It’s a Monkey Island statue by Symbiote Studios, makers of the excellent Sam & Max statue.
Tucked away in Action Figure Pics’s Q&A was the revelation that Orko will be a part of MOTUC in 2010. I know that won’t excite all of you, but since there seem to be a good number of He-Fans around here I thought I’d mention it. The question is, how will he be available? As [...]