Funko announces Blox Vinyl

At Comic-con, Funko introduced a new line of vinyl figures – Blox!  Stading 7 inches tall, these figures are a bit bigger than their Pop! figures and feature a different…

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Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace DVD and Blu-Ray details

Last week on Cartoon Network, the first Lego Star Wars animated special; The Padawan Menace, premiered.  I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the special and thought it…

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Thundercats premieres tomorrow on Cartoon Network!

Just a quick reminder that the new Thundercats animated series premiers tomorrow, Friday, July 29 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network.  Coinciding with the premiere of the series,…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Star Wars panel presentation

As with their Marvel presentation, Hasbro has also made their Star Wars presentation available. Details are included for both the main Clone Wars and Vintage lines as well as what…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Marvel Universe presentation

Now that I’ve been sufficiently self-indulgent, it’s time to get back to business.  The folks over at Hasbro have made some of their San Diego Comic-con presentations available to the…

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AwesomeToyBlog is 1,000 posts old!

This is AwesomeToyBlog’s 1000th post, which sort of amazes me.  I just wanted to take a quick break from the Comic-con coverage and take a moment to call out a…

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SDCC 2011 – Bandai’s Thundercats

In the past year, I can’t think of any property that’s blown-up faster than Thundercats.  With a new animated series set to debut this Friday (July 29th) on Cartoon Network,…

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SDCC 2011 – Tonner

Tonner, makers of high-end dolls were present at Comic-con and were offering their exclusive Dark Phoenix.  After chatting with them, I grabbed a few images which you can see in…

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SDCC 2011 – Sideshow Toys

Of all the companies to make a splash early, perhaps Sideshow Toys were the splashiest with their announcements of securing a DC license, their 12″ Star Wars bounty hunters and…

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SDCC 2011 – Dark Horse’s Qees

Announced quite a few weeks ago, Dark Horse had the Snoopy Qee figures from Toy2R on display, which thrilled me to know end.  Similar to their Domo Qees (mostly not…

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Doctor Who Classics Leela now available for order

After being unveiled and first offered at San Diego Comic-con, the newest Doctor Who classics figure – Leela is now available for order from online stores, including Entertainment Earth. Leela…

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SDCC 2011 – Quantum Mechanix

Quantum Mechanix is a company offering screen accurate replicas, collectibles and items inspired by some of pop culture’s most popular properties.  One of my personal highlights of the show was…

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SDCC 2011 – MattyCollector’s Masters of the Universe

After the MattyCollector panel on Friday, the Masters of the Universe display was updated with many of the announced figures for this year’s subscription.  It’s a great looking batch of…

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SDCC 2011 – MattyCollector’s Ghostbusters

MattyCollector’s Ghostbusters subscription club, Club Ecto-1, is continuing for a second year. In fact, subscriptions are now on sale.  Some of the subscription figures were on display in the Mattel…

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SDCC 2011 – Mattel’s Batman Legacy

Mattel’s got a new collector oriented Batman line around the corner, Batman Legacy, which was on full display at the Mattel booth at comic-con.  Check the display out below. [nggallery…

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