Congrats to Diamond Select Toys – top collectible toy manufacturer in sales to comic and specialty market
Congrats to our friends over at Diamond Select Toys who have been ranked first among collectable toy manufacturers for sales to comic book and specialty stores in 2012. In the…
Read more »Figure Spotlight: K9
One of the highlights of this past SDCC was finding the Who Shop booth which was featuring merchandise from the new K9 children’s show. When I was first exposed to…
Read more »Figure Spotlight – TeenyMates: Collectible NFL Figures
With the close of Labor Day, the unofficial summer season wraps up and fall pounces upon us out of nowhere. The return of the football season is one of the…
Read more »Figure Spotlight: SDCC Good Luck Troll
If you’re of a certain age and reading this, then Good Luck Trolls will require no explanation. If you’re a bit younger, then the idea of rubbing a small naked …
Read more »MIB3 Toys from Jakks Pacific
Men In Black 3, which hit movie theaters May 25th brought the box office domination of ‘The Avengers’ to an end with its #1 opening weekend box office returns. It…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #35 – Cyberleader
Name: Cyberleader Series: 2 from Bif BangPow! Availability: October 2011 As part of the initial four figures released at last year’s NYCC – The Cyberleader is the final figure to…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #34: The Master
Name: The Master Series: 2 from Bif BangPow! Availability: October 2011 As part of the initial four figures released at last year’s NYCC – The Master is the latest figure…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #33 – Sontaran Field Major Styre
Name: Sontaran Field Major Styre Series: 1 from Bif BangPow! Availability: October 2011 With a pre-toy fair announcement, a toy fair debut, and an appearance at SDCC the Bif Bang…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #32 – The 4th Doctor
Name: The Doctor Series: 1 from Bif BangPow! Availability: October 2011 Just before Toy Fair 2011, Bif Bang Pow1 announced that they secured the rights to produce figures from the…
Read more »Bif Bang Pow! goes Bionic!
As I mentioned in the previous post, Bif Bang Pow! sent out two huge announcements today. Not only did they secure the rights to classic Battlestar Galactica – they also…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #30 – SDCC Geek Domo
Name: ‘Geek’ Domo Series: Domo Qee Released: July 2011 Over the past few years, a Domo Qee has been a SDCC staple. Domo Qees are a series of Domo-shaped…
Read more »Figure Spotlight 29 – SDCC Pop! Vinyl Chewbacca
Name: Chewbacca Series: Star Wars Pop! Vinyl Released: July 2011 Funko’s Pop! vinyl line was one of my surprise favorite items from this year’s toy fair. I love the simple,…
Read more »Figure Spotlight 28 – Mumm-Ra
Name: Mumm-Ra Series: Thundercats Released: August 2011 In the past year Thundercats have become hot, hot, hot. With their new TV animated series having launched a few weeks ago, a…
Read more »Product Spotlight #27 – Senitype Movie collectible
During Comic-con, I was provided a sample Senitype collectible movie ticket, and wanted to share my impressions of the product. Starting off you may wonder, what’s a Senitype collectible movie…
Read more »Figure Spotlight #26 – Vinylmations Robot Series
Name: Steampunk Bot Series: Vinylmations Robots Released: July 2011 Coinciding with the kick off of this years’ San Diego Comic-con, the Disney Store released their exclusive series of Robot Vinylmation…
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