Summary: Net profit -23% to $73.3M, revenue edges up 1% to $1.17B. Barbie sales -12%, the fourth consecutive quarterly fall as the iconic brand struggles to stay relevant, American Girl +14%, Hot Wheels -1%, Fisher-Price -3%. North American gross sales -2%, international +4%. Mattel (MAT): Q2 EPS of $0.21 misses by $0.11. Revenue of $1.17B [...]
Mattel Earnings Report … Q2 2013
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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Target Pegs Shrinking?
From “Quercy,” hope it’s not happening in your store … Tweet This Post
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Mirai Suenaga Bus
There have been a load of Mirai Suenaga Ita-vehicles so far - Itasha, Itachari and Ita-plane! Today we ...
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SDCC 2013: The DC Collectibles Sneak Peek
Before the doors open for Preview Night at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, DC Collectibles held a special sneak peek event showing off some of the new stuff they were going to put in their display as well as a few pieces that may not be ready for public reveal just quite yet. Click through for the gallery we could publish. Beyond this set of images, they also had displayed action figures of Kid Flash, Superboy and Wonder Girl in their New 52 Teen Titans costumes, a new Poison Ivy Women Of The DCU statue as well as design art for DC Bombshells Zatanna and Stargirl!
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Buff Monsters Resin Tsunami Hits SDCC
Buff Monster is in town for Comic-Con and he’s brought a resin army with him. He’s releasing several resin heads including the brand-new devil head in pink (small run, $20), a set of three heads featuring the regular head and zombie variant in black resin + purple glitter and a...
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Toy Break SDCC Indie Toy Secrets Panel (7.18)
Toy Break has put together an ‘Indie Toy Secrets’ panel for SDCC, ideal for looking to become part of the wave of indie, artist-owned toy projects. The panel will feature The H. Eric ‘Cornboy’ Mayse of The Four Horseman, Scott Tolleson of Stolle Art, Jay Garcia of Mana Studios, and...
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worth 1000 words: toys of toys
See the amazing art installation full of thousands of discarded toys by Hiroshi Fuji over at Spoon & Tamago.
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Prepare yourself, figma Miku 2.0 pre-orders open tomorrow
When Mikatan gets around to putting up her previews of upcoming figures, that could only mean that pre-orders are right around the corner. While they've finally gotten around to making each of the major Vocaloids, now the most popular's figma has been upgraded for version 2.0.
As this is a 2.0, original owners are left to wonder whether this new version gives enough incentive to warrant a new purchase. A few of the new changes are easily spotted, such as the translucent hair tips, improved shading, and just a bit of increase in height. New accessories are always a way to get those who were on the fence, so Mikatan is leaving that up to tomorrow's post. Of course, by that time, pre-orders will be up and you can make your choice then.
We'll update this post once they go live and add in the rest of Mikatan's preview when it becomes available.
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set database: LEGO 60026 town square
set database: LEGO 60026 town square
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set number: 60026
set name: town square
theme: city
year: 2013
pieces: 914
prices: us$120
minifigs: 9
nice city set.
image courtesy of Grogall
image courtesy of smythstoys
set name: town square
theme: city
year: 2013
pieces: 914
prices: us$120
minifigs: 9
come with a bike showroom, a pizzeria, a bus, a mobile crane, a street sweeper and a statue.
the bike showroom has 2 storey levels, a rotatable door, 2 bicycles and 2 motorcycles.
the pizzeria has a fan, 3 pizzas, an umbrella, tables and seats.
minifigs included a chef minifig, a bus driver minifig, a sweeper minifig, a crane driver minifig, a showroom owner minifig, a boy minifig, a female minifig and a male minifig.
great playability.
overall design is great.
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Disney Planes: The Junior Novelization REVIEW
“Quercy” sends us a review! “123 pages. I liked it.” SPOILER ALERT after the Amazon Link so STOP reading if you don’t want to know anything (or more!) “I believe kids will like it because the race has 7 legs and goes on pretty much the entire story… I can imagine the scenes at cinema [...]
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Harumika Designer Dress Form
We’ve been desperate to ‘have a go’ with Harumika since it first hit the shelves, and so jumped at the chance to review the Designer Dress Form set.
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SDCC13: Dumbrella and Andrew Bell
Andrew Bell will be debuting the "Clear Envy" Edition Dealmaker sofubi as well as the Blue Edition of Can of Worms. There will also be plush toys, a selection of Android figures, Lucky Cats and more.
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SDCC 2013: Kidrobot
At Kidrobot's booth at SDCC, they had on display all their upcoming releases as well as all of their exclusive items. For their upcoming releases, they had all of their Marvel crossover figures. There were Munnys and Mini Munnys of Venom, Spiderman, Iron Man and Wolverine.
There were also Marvel Labbits of Wolverine and Venom. For con exclusives, available were The Simpson's Zombie Bart and Futurama Zoidberg. While these two are SDCC exclusives, different colors of these two figures are available on Kidrobot's site right now.
Another exclusive there is Locodonta "Hog" Dunny by Jon Paul Kaiser. I think this one has to be my favorite from Kidrobot because this hog is an American daredevil! Also there was an exclusive 7 inch Labbit called Keep Watch Grip. Then from Kidrobot's Street Fighter line, there was a con exclusive of Mecha Zangief.
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SDCC: Power Lords, Square-Enix, Really Expensive Stuff
The reveals and previews keep coming! Well, of course, I doubt that anybody showed off everything they have on Preview Night. But let’s take a look at some other companies, shall we? Over at Square-Enix’s booth, they’re showing off some figures from Final Fantasy XV (or Versus XIII), and some other upcoming Final F… [...]
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Most Wanted > The STSST (Found!)
Most Wanted highlights the glaring gaps in your collection. Feel free to submit your own Most Wanted items to poe@poeghostal.com. So, this is an interesting Most Wanted post. When I started writing it, I wasn’t even sure this thing existed. But in the course of writing the post, I not only confirmed it had, but [...]
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figma Amazing Spider-Man slings into previews
You have more than enough options if you want a figure of Spider-Man. Plenty of entries, made by a multitude of companies, offer Spidey to be able to pose in a multitude of ways. Now you have a new entry by figma which won't be able to pull off most of them.
While figma are well-articulated, we've seen Spidey do a lot more. One thing that Max Factory was able to do really well with this figure is the paint job and replication of the texturing of the costume. The paint really does pop out and you can see yourself buying it if for just that. His accessories are also different from what we'd usually see, as he comes with two webs, a cell phone and a backpack. That's right! A Spider-Man backpack, what I've always wanted with him!
For those who are interested in the web-slinger, he'll be shipping out in December for ¥4,800. At that price, maybe you can pass on this. If you do though, you won't be able to have Spider-Man walk, talk, and with a backpack!
[Images via figma Blog]
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New toys
My Baby Excels along with Thinkway Toys has released a new line of toys based on the characters of the movie Despicable Me 2. The toy range includes the interactive figures `based on Gru, A...
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Hasbro Showcases Pop-Culture Brands at Comic-Con
Hasbro returns to Comic-Con International in San Diego to showcase its pop-culture brands, including Transformers, My Little Pony, Kre-O, and G.I. Joe, as well as licensed toy lines for Angry Birds Star Wars, Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek. Hasbro will celebrate its popular brands and characters with a lineup of panels, autograph sessions, special edition toys, giveaways, and more. Fans will also be able to experience [...]
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SDCC Cavey – Con and Non Con
Holly Stanway will be releasing the Super Duper Caped Cavey in Blue (SDCC 2013 Exclusive) and Pink (Non Con). Both colorways are limited to 15 handpainted pieces. Each includes a little hand cut felt cape. The Blue Vinyl Caped Cavey is available from the Dragatomi Booth #5350 for $30.00. The Pink Vinyl Caped Cavey will [...]
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Batman B&W statue by Grampa, Dead Space ArtFX statue and Star Wars Chess set at Urban-Collector.com
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