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Grimlock to be Masterpiece 8

xequae — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:01:41 -0700

MP-08 has been confirmed as Grimlock and you can check out pics at tformers.com. He will be a little more expensive than the past Masterpiece figures running at around $130.

Lego Millenium Falcon assmbling itself

xequae — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:57:00 -0700

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Sideshow's end of summer giveaways

xequae — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:51:24 -0700

Sideshow has 5 awesome contest up to celebrate the end of summer, so hurry up and enter for your chance to win. All the contests end on Sep 04, 2008 5:00pm PT.

Creature from the Black Lagoon Premium Format statue

Frodo and Sam 1/6 scale figures

Silver Surfer Polystone statue

The 30th anniversary of the Lego minifig

xequae — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:58:59 -0700

30 years ago Lego released its first modern Minifig, the previous ones were the same size but without moving legs or arms. Starting in 1978 with a cop, Lego has produced over 4 billion minifigs starting out with figures from town, castle and space sets to the modern licensed figures.

While every one had the same expression for the first eleven years, they now come in a wide array of expressions and faces.

Also head over to Gizmodo for a cool look at the making of Lego minifigs.

Hasbro and Mattel SDCC exclusives up for order

xequae — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:48:30 -0700

Hasbro and Mattel have their SDCC 2008 exclusives up for sale on their sites, but hurry as things are selling out quickly. The Blue and Black suited Cobra Commanders went in less than a couple of hours and Fin Fang Foom is now sold out.

HasbroToyShop.com

MattyCollector.com

Sideshow announces 12" Darth Vader, Stormtrooper and Rebel Fleet Trooper and more

xequae — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:38:06 -0700

Sideshow has revealed a great lineup for San Diego Comic Con this year. Starting things off is the 12" Darth Vader and 12" Stormtrooper, which will be available for pre-order on Friday, August 1st at 10:00AM and 12:00 Noon. Next up is the 12" Rebel Fleet Trooper from the Tantive IV. Next up is an amazing the lifesize bust of General Grevious. And finally they announced a Tusken Raider Premium Format figure.

Enter to win "Life Size" Clone wars figures from Toys-R-Us

xequae — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18:49 -0700

Toys-R-Us is giving away "Live Size" Clone Wars statues from Star Wars: The Clone Wars as well as other cool Clone Wars merchandise over the next several months so head on over and enter for your chance to win today.

Toys-R-Us Clone Wars Contest

Enter to Win: 7/18-8/15 Ahsoka 8/16-9/16 Obi-Wan 9/17-10/3 Anakin 10/4-11/18 Commander Rex

Kid Robot announces a new Simpsons line

xequae — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:17:23 -0700

Kid Robot has announced a new line of Simpsons 3 inch vinyl figures that will retail for $7.95 each. There will be 24 in all, including 3 chase figures. They are scheduled to hit store August 21st.

Toynami's SDCC 2008 Futurama Exclusive

xequae — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:32:42 -0700

Toynami has an awesome exclusive lined up for this year's San Diego Comic Con from the Futurama line. It features Robot Santa and Bender dressed Robot Santa and both figures look great. It will be limited to just 2000 pieces and will be $50, which seems pretty steep, but is still a really cool set.

Head on over to Figures.com for the rest of the Toynami SDCC 2008 exclusive details.

Sideshow's video look at developing their 12" G.I. Joe line

xequae — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:50:32 -0700

Sideshow has up a pretty cool video with the creators of their 12" G.I. Joe line. It does a nice job showing off what fans they are of G.I. Joe and all the work they are putting into doing justice to all the characters. Definitely worth checking out, plus a sneak peek at some design work for Cobra Commander and a look at a Cobra Soldier.