February 8th, 2010 by admin
Series: Doctor Who Classics, 2nd series
Release Date: 2/2010
Comments: As a way of kicking off a week which will focus on the new wave of Doctor Who Classics figures, we’ll start with the Ice Warrior as featured in the 1967 2nd Doctor classic episode “The Ice Warriors” (and subtly referenced in this years “Waters of Mars”).
Well, this is going to be an easy week of articles to write, since this set of Doctor Who figures is well better than anything I could have ever imagined. Granted, I’ve been a Doctor Who fan my entire life and was thrilled with my Dapol figures – so it would be hard to make something I didn’t love. The Ice Warrior does look like it stepped right out of the TV and turned color – it is that good. The only criticism I have is that I wish the sculpt had been tweaked slightly to drop the head down a little further into the ‘collar’ – just to improve the screen accuracy slightly. But other than that nitpick – this is a golden figure.
February 8th, 2010 by MattG
Taken in Flagstaff, AZ – on the campus of NAU. This is the first in a series of snow photos I took on the trip. I was surprised at how well these photos came out and I decided to spread them across a week (or so) making daily posts. Hope you enjoy!
February 5th, 2010 by MattG
Coupons.com has quite a few HASBRO coupons posted on its website. Among those is a My Little Pony “buy one get one free” Pony friend up to a value of $6.99. You can find the coupon in the “toys and games” category on the left. Enjoy!
February 5th, 2010 by MattG
Got my second wave of Doctor Who classics figures this afternoon. Sorry for the glare – I hate when figures and cards are fully entombed in plastic. Read more to see all 6 figures in the wave.
The Master from “The Deadly Assassin”
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January 28th, 2010 by MattG
Kohl’s has the Captain Rex helmet on sale for $19.99. Use coupon code NEW3015 to save 10% and then apply coupon code FREEJAN to get free shipping.
Then use the mail in form to get 3 free Star Wars Saga Legends figures. Great deal all around!
January 25th, 2010 by MattG
TJ Maxx (and Marshall’s I would assume) has come across a variety of GI Joe and Star Wars comic 2-packs priced at a very attractive $6.99. Among the Star Wars ones spotted was Luke with Clone Emporer, the one with the white Darth Vader and Leia, and a normal Darth Vader and Grand Moff Trachta. On the GI Joe side of things, I stumbled across several GI Joe Resolute 2 packs.
January 24th, 2010 by MattG
This year’s Toys R Us exclusive Star Wars: The Force Unleashed boxsets have been revealed on ebay (and reported on Rebelscum). There will be 2 boxsets available, each comprised of a mixture of old and new figures. The breakdowns the Toys R Us exclusive Star Wars: the Force Unleashed are below.
Set 1 of 2 will include:
Imperial JumpTrooper (repaint)
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Galen Marek (Bounty Hunter outfit)
Felucian Warrior (repaint)
Shadow Stormtrooper (repaint)\
Set 2 of 2 will include:
Imperial EVO Trooper (repaint)
Juno Eclipse
Galen Marek (Raxus Prime)
Rahm Kota Milita Elite
Shadow Stormtrooper (repaint)
These sets should go a long way towards satisfying the demand for figures from the popular game (I have to have that translucent Stormtrooper!). No details on pricing or release date are available yet.
January 23rd, 2010 by MattG
Comments: This Smurf is a bit outside the norm of my usual purchase, but Target’s 75% toy clearance is often motivation to pick up something different. Obviously insipired by urban vinyl figure or Mighty Muggs this figure features a minimal design with a majority of the details coming from the paint decos.
One thing of interest – the copy on the back of the box is unusual. “‘These little blue pixies speak a smurf language that only they understand.” If I recall correctly, in the Smurf cartoons they speak english, not some weird smurf language. Where’d this come from?
January 22nd, 2010 by MattG
With the 2nd wave of Doctor Who classics pending any week now, speculation continues as to when the final 2 missing Doctors (Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann) will be joining their otherselves.
While there are a few images out there of a painted Sylvester McCoy Doctor, the Paul McGann Doctor had yet to be seen. This morning while reading the the WhoNA Doctor Who forum, I came across this pic of the prototype from an (now removed) eBay auction. Looks like Character Options has another top notch sculpt under their belt.
There are still a bunch of questions about these figures that are unanswered, namely how and when they’ll be released (2010 SDCC, 11 Doctors boxset, orange head variants, other?).
January 22nd, 2010 by MattG
Toys R Us has published their ad for the week of 1/22 through 1/30. Of interest are:
- Save $20 on any PS3 or XBox 360 game priced $59.99 or more when buying PS3 MAG or XBox 360 Mass Effect 2
- Save $15 on any Will game priced $39.99 or more when you buy Wii Tatsunk vs. Capcom
- All Mighty Mugg figures will be Buy 1 Get 1 Half Off.
Next looks to be a good opportunity to pick up the 2nd wave of Transformers Mighty Muggs.
Ice Warrior
Smurf