- Dan of the website Chicago Toy Collector created these great custom action figures – in 1980s style – based on classic Atari games. If a Pitfall figure had existed when I was playing it on my family’s Intellivision, I’m sure I would have owned it. Funko/Super 7, are you paying attention? (Hat tip to Robots Pajamas.)
- Boba Fett, a gun, and a little Freudian suggestion.
- ToyFinity has updated their Robo Force comic.
- I’d forgotten all about this, but NECA will be releasing stands for their 7″ figures, at retail, sometime around January. It’s basically the second coming of the popular McFarlane Toys stands (of which I still have a bunch).
- The Kickstarter for the Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts is about halfway there, with 21 days to go. Doomkick has some early samples to give you an idea of what the final product will look like.
- I have very mixed feelings about the upcoming Bayformers take on my beloved Grimlock, but here’s what may be a look at his robot form. (Also: who am I kidding, I’ll be buying the toys.)
- Presented without comment: there was some trouble with charging collectors’ credit cards for Grayskull. If this happened to you, there’s more information here, and, to quote, “there is some urgency as any unclaimed Castles by Dec 5th will be added to the “day of stock” on Dec 16th at $300.00.”
- Holiday shopping has started, so remember, every time you click my Amazon link before buying anything there, an angel (i.e., me) gets its wings (a small commission).
Newt
They randomly canceled my CG. I kind of feel like it's the last push I need to be done with the line. I'm sure I could fight and call and get them to restore it, but at this point, I'm wondering if it's not just $270 saved and call it a day.
Newt
I should add that my card didn't expire, it has thousands of dollars available on it… And Matty charges it once a month already. But I do appreciate that they put the blame on us and not the fact that Digital River is completely inept at everything they do.
monkey boy
wow, mattel had problems? shocking. okay, now with the snark out of the way, let me just say that (much like with gleek) when you mess up a VERY exclusive item, especially when you've made such a big deal about pre-ordering and reserving, it looks very bad. seriously mattel, the largest toy company in america, can't afford better processing and customer service?
the NECA stands are welcome, but i'm much more interested in their 18" figure stands. when those come out i'll be super happy. too many NECA quarter scale figures have a habit of toppling.
Chris
How the hell did they speculate Grimlock from that?
It looks more like an agalmation of the Deathscythe Hell & Astaroth from Soul Caliber.
@RMtheartist
Probably what looks to be T-Rex-like jaw shapes on the shoulders.
I absolutely loathe the Michael Bay TF movies, and find the character designs to be unwatchably abhorrent for the most part, but if that is a design from the next movie, I actually like it (from what I can see of it). O_O
@RobotsPJs
Thanks for the link. And Poe Ghostal.com is my my list of sites I cycle through when I order from Amazon. I never order from Amazon without trying to give my favorite blogs and sites a little taste of the action!