MattyCollector makes my day

MattyCollector today proved, to me at least, why I put up with the frustrating purchasing process.  Today they teased Catra, one of the member’s of Hordak’s evil Horde.  Catra will…

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Figure Spotlight #10 – King Greyskull

King Greyskull is ancestor to both Prince Adam and Princess Adora, his last act before passing was to preserve his power inside his sword.  It is this power that allows…

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MattyCollector site improvements

MattyCollector today announced some site improvements which may bring some relief to the frustrating experience of MattyCollector shopping.  They are implementing a Captcha system, which will weed out automated bots;…

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Figure Spotlight #9 – Lego Indian Chief

The Lego mini-figure Indian Chief is part of the 3rd series of Lego’s crazy popular mini-figure assortment.  The third series started hitting stores in December of 2010; with arrival at…

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Figure Spotlight #8 – Buffy (lead miniature)

Ok, I’ll admit that I’m cheating today by calling this a figure spotlight.  Even the most creative use of the “figure” definition would be stretched to include this Buffy statue. …

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Transformers Generations rumor mill

Based on some listings in the Wal-Mart computer system, potential news of 2 classic G1 characters making an appearance in the Generations line appeared this weekend.  The listings are for…

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Figure Spotlight #7 – Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman falls into the category of Marvel heroes that I don’t know much about.  But I am very satisfied with her Marvel Universe figure, which is part of the 1st…

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Icon Heroes previews Thundercats Jaga figure

This morning, Icon Heroes updated their facebook page with a preview of their upcoming Jaga figure.  While the figure is pending approval, its a great looking piece so far.  It’ll…

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Figure Spotlight #6 – Lego Fisherman

I spent about 30 minutes of my day today at the Lego store feeling mini-figs in an attempt to complete my series 3 collection.  I’ve now moved to using a…

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Figure Spotlight #5 – Marvel Universe Spider-Man 2099

Let’s be honest here; the events in the Spider-Man 2099 comic book were not significant enough for me to remember anything about them almost 18 years later.  So then, why…

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MattyCollector announces the return of Mo-Larr

To commemorate Mo-Larr’s return to Robot Chicken, MattyCollector has announced a 2nd chance to grab a Mo-Larr and Skeletor set, the 2010 SDCC exclusive.  On Monday, January 10, 2011, at…

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Mattel and THQ team up

This week it was announced that toymakers Mattel have worked out a licensing deal with video game makers THQ.  This gives THQ the ability to develop games around all of…

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Figure Spotlight #4 – Wooof

Part of the Star Wars Vintage Collection ‘Return of the Jedi’ wave is Wooof, an update of the vintage Klaatu figure.  Wooof was one of Jabba’s guards at the Sarlaac…

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New Star Wars 3 packs revealed at Sandtroopers.com

The fine folks over at Sandtroopers.com today revealed 3 new vintage style 3 packs.  The breakdown of the 3 packs is: Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Death Star Trooper X-wing pilot Luke,…

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Non-blind bagged blind bagged Lego Minifigs found at Toys R Us?

An interesting report came across the twitter today (follow me!).  There’s a report of Toys R Us selling labeled Lego Mini-figs.  Instead of having to decode Lego’s ‘dot-system’ the figures…

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