2012 Star Wars cardback design

StarWars.com has premiered the new design for the Star Wars brand starting in 2012.  With the 3D release of ‘the Phantom Menace’ the designers again feature Darth Maul as the…

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Doctor Who Classics ‘Revelation of the Daleks’ set announced

The latest addition to the Doctor Who classics line was announced today.  Coming in the April time frame is another Dalek boxset.  The next set is from the 6th Doctor…

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MattyCollector downgrades shipping for non-subscribers

With the February sale, Matty made some changes for non-subscribers.  Due to rising costs associated with shipping, they have moved their service off UPS ground onto USPS.  This means that…

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2011 San Diego Comic-con exclusives tracker now online

With the AwesomeToyBlog coverage of Toy Fair 2011 wrapping up, its time to turn our attention to the next big geek event of the year, San Diego Comic-con.  Last year’s…

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March Matty Madness

MattyCollector has posted their March sale line-up, and they have quite a month lined up.  If you’re a newish Masters of the Universe collector, you’ll want to pay attention to…

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Walking Dead pre-orders now available

Announced just prior to toy fair, McFarlane Toys secured the rights to produce action figures based on the both ‘The Walking Dead’ graphic novels and television series.  Preorders for these…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Activision previews Wappy Dog

During Toy Fair I had the opportunity to get a preview of an upcoming Activision product, Wappy Dog.  Wappy Dog is an innovative product which combines the pet simulation genre…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Knucklebonz Rock & Roll statues

Part of the magic of toy fair is seeing what you find when just wandering around the showroom.  While waiting between appointments, I came across the Knucklebonz’s booth where their…

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Thundercats preorders

Based on all the toy fair buzz, it looks like ThunderCats are going to be hot in 2011.  Pre-orders have been posted for a few of the items that have…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro’s Indiana Jones SDCC exclusive

Announced at Hasbro’s collector’s event, the Indiana Jones ‘Lost Wave’ SDCC exclusive was truly a surprise.  While a final boxed image wasn’t shared, check below for pictures of the individual…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Lego Mini-figs Wave 4 official images

Included in my Lego toy fair post was an image of an images of the figures included in the 4th series of Lego Mini-figures.  If the photo of a photo…

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Toy Fair 2011 – NECA Toys

I went into the NECA booth at toy fair well aware of the buzz coming from my fellow bloggers, so I was concerned that I’d be disappointed since my expectations…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro Transformers press release and official images

Finally here’s the official press release from Hasbro giving details on their 2011 Transformers line up.  In the galleries you’ll find movie toy images, Transformers: Prime images and a few…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro GI Joe press release and official images

Hasbro has released images and a press release for their GI Joe 2011 product line, including some details on “30 for 30” campaign.  Check out the images below, some items…

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Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro Marvel press release and official images

In support of their various Marvel lines (Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Marvel Universe, etc) Hasbro has released and official press release and images to the press.  Check out…

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