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Poe’s Point Special > Toy Fair 2010
It would be impossible and way too much work for me to cover all the awesome stuff coming out of this year’s Toy Fair. The awesomeness seems to be hearkening back to the good old days of the early 2000s…anyway, instead of trying to list everything, I’m just going to hit the highlights of the stuff I’m excited about. But feel free to use this as the catch-all Toy Fair discussion thread.
Masters of the Universe Classics
Of course we start here. We’ve had hints and suggestions of all the stuff that was revealed, but frankly, I was never really 100% sure we were going to see Tytus or, even more insane, Gy-Gor–who looks much better than I’d imagined he would as a Gorilla Grodd repaint. Anyway, the reveals were:
- Tytus (12″, Q2 bonus figure)
- Gy-Gor (Q3 bonus figure)
- She-Ra (with interchangeable heads and removable tiara) Club Eternia – June)
- Count Marzo (with amulet and sword)- Club Eternia – July
- Keldor (with twin power swords and acid vial) Bonus Figure – TBA
- Whiplash (with classic and 200X heads)- Club Eternia – August
- Mo-Larr & Skeletor Robot Chicken SDCC 2-pack
- Lex Luthor vs. Skeletor 2-pack
- Weapons Pack
Wow. Where to start with all this? (more…)
Whiplash!
No, it’s not an announcement about the October MOTUC figure–it’s walking Alcoholics Anonymous PSA Mickey Rourke as supervillain Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
I loved Iron Man. I liked Rourke’s performance in Sin City, and while I haven’t seen it yet, I’m sure he deserved his Oscar nomination for The Wrestler. I have faith in Rourke and IM2 director Jon Favreau.
But I’m sorry–Whiplash looks like an over-the-hill biker who took a spill off his Harley and wound up in traction (basically my dream version of Wild Hogs). What’s with Marvel’s new obsession with making their movie villains look so lame?
Here’s hoping this is just some early, temporary outfit before he cleans himself up. ‘Cause if not, the action figure of this dude is going to be about as exciting as Deadpool‘s.
Toy review roundup (via Fanmode)
Corey Tincher reviews the Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight ShadowHawk (variant) figure. Excerpt: “You’re … getting a character in plastic form that you would probably otherwise never see, so paying a little extra premium is more reasonable.”
Nathan Newell reviews the Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight Scud (Sol version) figure. Excerpt: “… a pretty solid figure.”
yo go re reviews the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select Anti-Venom figure. Excerpt: “The Marvel Select figure isn’t as articulated as it could be, of course, but it’s still … more than acceptable …” (more…)
