Today’s Teefury shirt. I know these geek-culture mash-ups have gotten tired, but this one is a great idea and the art is fantastic. Someone needs to make a custom Marvel Legends figure of this pronto.
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UPDATE: By the way, you can order these on BN.com.
Funko president Brian Mariotti posted official photos of the first wave of the Legacy Collection Game of Thrones figures, along with the following note:
Funko is proud to announce of first ever line of premium action figures.
It’s a shame we could not release this information the correct way, but things happen.
I will let you all in on a scoop, that is series 2 will be shown for the first time at Toy Fair. So you will see a New Daenerys(mother of dragons outfit), Khal Drago, Jamie Lannister, Robb Stark, Arya and Brienne!
For the next 30 day[s] only Series 1 will be exclusively at B & N.
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe@poeghostal.com.
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A sadly predictable bit of MU 3-pack trollery: the Red Hulk using the fantastic MU series 4, 2009, Hulk sculpt has been replaced with a Blastaar figure. Found at a TRU in Rego Park, Queens.
So user punksraven at the Funko Fanatic forum did some research:
Hey guys, I’m new here. After those ebay pics surfaced, I did some investigating. Got a UPC off the Hound’s box in the ebay pics. It’s 849803039127. They’re in TRUs system but no stores in my area have them yet. I’ve also called three barnes and noble stores in my area. They all are telling me that these aren’t in stock in those specific stores (or any in my area) YET, but they have all said they have a very strict RELEASE date of 2/15, which is Saturday. They told me they will probably get them later in the week, but wouldn’t be able to sell them until then. Of course, if the shipping boxes aren’t labeled, or a worker just happens to miss that date, they’ll obviously get put on accidentally. Judging by others finding/buying them, it doesn’t seem like the registers are flagging them with the release date, so if they’re on the shelf, shouldn’t have any issue purchasing them. Hope this helps guys!
That makes sense and matches with Brian M.’s comment that the figures would hit the exact same time as Toy Fair. I think the idea was to have a big flashy reveal of the figures at Toy Fair and then be able to say, “And these are on sale RIGHT NOW!” – which, you have to admit, is rather awesome and practically unheard of in this day and age (and still is, of course, thanks to the leaked photos).
I still wonder if BBTS and EE and perhaps Amazon are sitting on these things in their warehouses, waiting for the release date. But it’s quite possible B&N has some sort of temporary exclusive deal. We just don’t know.
This has to be one of the busiest weekends ever for PGPoA. Usually I take weekends off. And I even skipped some news, like the new Jetfire and Unnamed One leaks.
Anyway, my review of the S.H.MonsterArts Alien Warrior from Alien vs. Predator has been posted on CollectionDX. (The reason it’s up over there is because it was a sample provided by Bluefin via my CDX connections, and part of my agreement with CDX is that any samples I get from their connections I review over there.)
Short version: great sculpt, fantastic articulation, joints are a little loose, figure is a tad on the small side, possibly my favorite Alien toy of all time.
Oh good lord. Are MAFEX 6″ Star Wars figures coming?
Image from CollectionDX. Example of a MAFEX figure here.
While I love Star Wars Black, if the first figure is Vader or Boba Fett, I don’t see how I can possibly not get it.
UPDATE: Looks like these may be already on shelves at retail! Check your local Barnes and Noble!
Trust old eBay to provide us with the first photos of Funko’s 6″, super-articulated Game of Thrones figures. These were going to be revealed in about a week anyway, so really they did a pretty good job of hiding them until the last minute. These should hit stores within a month or two (maybe even sooner). The auction states that Tyrion Lannister is also part of the wave, but not available for sale.
I think they look pretty good. The likenesses aren’t perfect, but they’re as good as SWB 6″. This makes me even more excited for Firefly.
What do you think?
(Thanks to Preternia for the heads-up.)
Poe’s Pick of the Week > S.H.Figuarts Super Mario
It’s the Super Mario figure you’ve always wanted. At $24.99, it’s one of the less expensive S.H.Figuarts figures, and there are two separate diorama accessory sets available as well. Click here to order!
Rest of the new in-stock and pre-orders items after the jump!
Hey toy fans!
We have a few quick updates this week with the addition of some awesome new items to our inventory.
New in stock to our Ninja Turtles section are the Technodrome & Sewer Playsets, as well as new figures and vehicles.
Also added is a nice selection of GI Joe 25th, Rise of Cobra, Pursuit of Cobra, and 30th Anniversary figures & vehicles, as well as Prototype figures from the Rise of/Pursuit of Cobra lines.