There’s a mall near me that has one of the old-school little toy junk shops you used to find everywhere, but seem increasingly rare these days. I stop there every couple of weeks. It has an impressive assortment of action figures, from carded Playmates Dick Tracy toys to loose Kenner Ghostbusters and TMNT to a 12″ Mr. T. But recently I made a rather incredible discovery. (more…)
Pic of the Day > ntitled by geekyvixen
Power-Con News & Discussion Thread [UPDATED 9/23 8pm]
Power-Con is in full swing, and already some huge, huge news has been dropped: Castle Grayskull is coming. (more…)
Interview > Phil Reed’s “Transforming Collections”
As reported earlier here, PGPoA Power Pal and all-around gentleman Phil Reed of Battlegrip.com is running a Kickstarter project for a book on third-party Transformers, Transforming Collections. The deadline for the project’s latest stretch goal is September 30. We sat down with Phil (by which I mean I sent him a few questions via email) to find out more about the project. (more…)
Sightings > The Saga of Glimmer
I hadn’t been following Diary of a Dorkette until recently, but this heartwarming tale of her search for her childhood Glimmer figure is worth a read to anyone who had a particular beloved toy as a child.
Sightings > Play Arts Kai Has Dark Knights that Rise, Return
When did the toy world get to busy that I’m completely out of the loop half the time? Anyway, Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line, which up to know has generally featured videogame-based characters, is expanding into movies and comics, evidently – specifically, The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight Returns.
Oddly enough, the live-action-based Rises figure looks pretty good, but I’m not so sure the PAK aesthetic works for the Dark Knight Returns. And while the pinhead made sense for the Arkham videogame figures, since Bats does have a pinhead in those games, it looks wrong on the DKR figure.
Thanks to Toyark via Battlegrip for the tip.
Pic of the Day > Primal Rage Blizzard by (Talyn)
Pic of the Day > Pizzaface and Private Pizza by Infinite Hollywood
BBTS has Titan Joker in stock, New Thundercats Exclusive, Bioshock Infinite & More
Poe’s Pick of the Week: Batman Arkham City Deluxe Action Figure – Titan Joker Deluxe
Now in stock! I saw this badass mofo in person at NYCC last year, and it was absolutely amazing. It’s like Doomsday and the Joker…hired someone to sculpt an action figure of what a cross between them would look like.
BBTS also has some kind of crazy 8″ Thundercats exclusive Lion-O from Singapore, new Gentle Giant 12″ Jumbo Star Wars figures including Rocket-Firing Boba Fett (still don’t get the appeal of those, but different strokes and all that), NECA’s Bioshock Infinite figures (w/ pics!), and much more after the jump.
BBTS has NECA Bioshock Infinite, Jumbo Boba Fett & Cantina Playset
Quick update from BBTS:
Hi – some great new preorders just listed this morning:
Gentle Giant:
The Hobbit – Gollum
Avengers Iron Man Bust
Marvel Venom Bust
Kenner 12″ Boba Fett Rocket Firing Version
Kenner Gamorrean Guard
Kenner Cantina Playset
Walking Dead – Sheriff Grimes, Well Walker
Droopy McCool
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=10632 Mortal Kombat – Sub-Zero vs Scorpion Fatality Statue
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=10639 NECA Predators Series 07
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=10646 NECA Bioshock Infinite
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