Phil Reed over at Battlegrip speculates on the specific rights Diamond Select Toys has to Battle Beasts. I actually discussed this on PGPoA way back in 2009, and even then it was rumored DST only had the trademark on the brand name, not the creature designs (or the rub-sign feature). It seems obvious TakaraTomy (the [...]
Poester Power Pal Pixel Dan, who recently stepped down as Senior Editor of Popculturenetwork.com, has revealed his latest project: Pixel-Dan.com, a site that will serve both as a one-stop-shop for his popular video reviews as well as posting his thoughts on some of the latest news and info coming from the world of toys and collecting. [...]
It’s yet another Mattycollector Sale Day. (This time last year, the big sale item was Sy-Klone.) All in One Sale Page The new items this month include Draego-Man, Thunder Punch He-Man, the Ghostbusters Rookie, and the Voltron Yellow Lion w/ Hunk. There’s a ton of other stuff too, including Tri-Klops, Orko, Man-E-Faces, Peter Venkman, Hordak, [...]
A few weeks back, Joe Amaro posted pics of his design for a “Mystic Hammer.” It’s looking good:
The new Battle Beasts website has gone live. Highlights: There will be a new comic from IDW, written by Bobby Curnow (Godzilla Legends, Night of 1000 Wolves) and penciled by Valerio Schiti (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron) At San Diego Comic-Con, DST will unveil the first full wave of Battle Beasts Minimates, which [...]
For what it’s worth, the Four Horsemen say more 6″ DCUC-style DC figures are coming in 2013.
This was posted last night on Mattel’s Facebook page: You may have heard that the time is nearing for the end of the Young Justice toy line. While we’re as bummed as you are, we want to be sure you know this doesn’t in any way mean the end of DC toys from Mattel. In fact, it’s [...]
I’ll admit I’ve been remiss in covering this, but Mattel’s DC toy lines are in trouble. Young Justice’s 4″ and 6″ lines have been cancelled; JLU ends this year. But what about the DC Universe 6″ lines? To quote the Magic 8-Ball, “Outlook not so good.”
Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! The basics: it will be a six-issue miniseries written by James Robinson, with pencils by Phillip Tan and inks from Ruy Jose. For the full scoop, including an interview with James Robinson, visit MTV Geek. I want to say I called this years ago when DC and Mattel joined [...]
Good lord, that title sucks. Anyway, you may recall my recently plugging yatkuu‘s “Shaun of the Dead” Lego project on Lego’s Cuuso website. Well, Simon Pegg mentioned the project on Conan the other night (video) and the project’s support has exploded. Now, I have no idea how the rights issues are going to be resolved around [...]