“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” Last week a controversy was sparked when DC Comics announced that a variant cover of Batgirl #40 would be cancelled in the wake of a social media protest using hashtag #changethecover. Fans were outraged that DC would allow a cover that depicts […]
Setting The (Double) Standard: Why Pulling The ‘Batgirl’ #40 Variant Is Bad For Comics
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Barbie Gets Super Powers in New Animated Movie
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Vinyl Sugar: Batman Dorbz Figures
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The Black Swordsman Guts 1/6th Scale Statue
Gecco has announced a new figure - the Berserk / Guts 1/6th scale statue - Lost Children Arc, The Black Swordsman Version. That's a mouthful. The 1/6th scale figure will be released in September 2015 and should retail at $339.00. The Black Swordsman "Guts" includes his giant sword "Dragonslayer" resting on his shoulder...with a base made […]
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Hear The New Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson Track ‘Warlord Leather’
Earl Sweatshirt. Action Bronson. Live drum samples. Prepare your head for supreme bobbage. And while you’re at it, check out Earl’s new album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside below.
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Transformers Generations Cyber Battalion Series Official Stock Photos Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, More
Thanks to Felipe Leon Najera of Transformers Colombia for bringing us the stock photos of the Cyber Battalion Series figures, the "upscaled" simplified Transformers Generations figures recently revealed through retailer catalog scans. Newly verified here is that Starscream seen as a testshot at the Indianapolis Children's Museum is indeed part of this assortment of toys. Also shown is that all of these come in flap-front box packaging that will make them really stand out on shelves. Click through and check out the mirrored images!
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New Rescue Bots Preview Video - High Tide Is Coming!
Hasbro Studios has uploaded a new preview clip for Rescue Bots to their Youtube channel featuring the Rescue Bots on the ocean to build up the introduction of High Tide, who will take the form of (part of) the large ocean liner playset toy shown in advance of New York Toy Fair. We've got the minute and a half teaser embedded below, so click through and check it out!
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DC Collectibles Batman Arkham City Deluxe Clayface Figure Video Review & Images
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An Excuse to Splurge on Her Girls
Seven years and about $2,500 later, a mother recalls that the popular toys and accessories that she bought for her daughters also fulfilled her own childhood desires.
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Combiner Wars Comics Free Downloads At Hasbro Transformers Website Early Look At Rook And Streetwise Pack-Ins
Hasbro has posted two issues of pack-in comics for Combiner Wars figures on their Transformers site. However, it is the issues included with Rook and Streetwise, called Combiner Wars 9 and 10. The issues in question are reprints of Robots in Disguise/"The Transformers" 33 and 34, implying that Blades and First Aid may come with 35 and 36. Click through for links to the free downloads and more thoughts!
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Masterpiece Blue Bluestreak TakaraTomy Mall Exclusive Preorder With Pictures
TakaraTomy Mall has put up a page announcing the next recolor of the Masterpiece Datsun body. The long awaited Blue Bluestreak is available for preorder from now through April 10th, to a limit of 2000 pieces. Blue Bluestreak will cost 7992 and will be released on August 1st. Click through to check out the mirrored pictures of the extremely pretty new Masterpiece recolor and keep an eye out at your favorite retailer or middleman for preorders!
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UME Toys x H.U.S.T.L.E. KinTiki (03.26)
UME Toys and Tru:Tek have teamed up to release the all new KinTiki H.U.S.T.L.E. figures! This design was originally created alongside Martin Hairybottom as a custom bootleg for ToyCon 2013, which was then kit-bashed and re-sculpted by Richard Page of UME Toys. These will now be available this Thursday, March...
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Robotoki x Squid Kids Ink Oki Release at Wondercon
Squid Kids Ink are releasing something a little bit different this year at Wondercon. This is the first time they will be releasing something not of their own design. Introducing Oki, the little mascot of Robotoki Games. Nate of Squid Kids Ink worked on the remodel of the figure, packaging...
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Kotobukiya: Black Butler Book of Circus Grelle Sutcliffe ARTFXJ Statue
The mad Grim Reaper Grelle Sutcliffe is to be the third release from Kotobukiya's hit ARTFXJ lineup, based on the characters from Yana Toboso's manga series Black Butler. Check out the image gallery after the jump!
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Name That…Plain Dude
Just a dude. Well, no action figure is just a dude. Unless it’s the Big Lebowski, but then it would be “The Dude.” ![]()
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ThreeA Toys: Popbot TK Hunter Teased
A teaser for 3As Popbot TK Hunter appeared in the fourth issue of 3A's H3ADLINES newsletter, which you can find online here. The figure will be 1/6th in scale with more details to come!
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Mezco Toyz: Mortal Kombat X Bobble Heads Revealed
Some more Mortal Kombat X news from Mezco Toyz, this time with the announcement that they will be releasing Scorpion and Sub-Zero bobble heads. Click the full story to read the press release.
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NECA: Predator Mask Behind-The-Scenes Look
NECA's Randy Falk has posted a behind-the-scenes look at a work-in-progress sculpt of a Predator mask. Click on the thumbnail above for a closer look.
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Kotobukiya: Avengers: Age Of Ultron Iron Man Mark 43 ARTFX Statue
Iron Man Mark 43 based on his appearance in the forthcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron will be coming in September of this year from Kotobukiya, and they have issued the press release and an image gallery which you can check out by clicking on the full report link.
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Hasbro adds Brake-Neck and Quickslinger to Combiner Wars
As Hasbro put it so simply, "the rumors are true". Some fans felt a little blindsided when Hasbro announced their Transformers Generations Combiners Wars series only to find Slingshot and Wildrider replaced by new members Alpha Bravo and Offroad respectively. There had been a rumor circulating that the pair would be returning to their associated teams later in the year, further supported by Takara Tomy's own announced release of the Aerialbots featuring a Slingshot figure for their Unite Warriors line.
Jump to last Friday and Takara Tomy announces their take on the Stunticons featuring a Wildrider figure and Hasbro seems to have decided to let the con out of the bag. Of course they weren't going to make the big reveal easy. First came a shadowy image of two figures in package on Facebook Tuesday afternoon with only the new names visible and the text quoted above. Then, only about an hour and half later they did a full reveal of the packages showing the exact figures we expected and the text "coming in May". They then topped off their reveal Wednesday with shots of the figures out of the package.
Like the Takara Tomy versions, Quickslinger is a remold of Firefly/Fireflight with a new head while Brake-Neck is based on the Dead End figure, also with a new head. The Takara Tomy versions will be heavily inspired by the cartoon, but the Hasbro take looks to be decidedly more on the IDW comic side like the rest of the team members.
I'm digging the cartoon accurate versions, but this might be a line of figures worth the occasional double dip.
[via Seibertron]
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