Registration opens for GI Joe convention

Registration opened today for the 2011 International G.I. Joe Collectors Convention which will be held March 31st to April 3rd at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort.  Key events of…

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Entertainment Earth’s Winter Blowout Sale

Online mega-pop culture store Entertainment Earth has unleashed its latest sale, the Winter Blowout Sale.  Tons of product is in this sale so head over there and take a look…

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Lego Minifigs series 3 may be hitting Lego Stores this week

Based on the Lego calendar found in stores; this may be the week when Lego Mini-figs series 3 are hitting racks.  The calendar has January 6th through 9th highlighted with…

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Green Lantern movie toy images surfacing

Mattel has sent several movie sites the first official image of a toy from the upcoming Green Lantern line, supporting the Ryan Reynolds starring motion picture.  The figure includes a…

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Free toys from Hasbro!

Hasbro has a new promotion in place to secure some of your post-holiday dollars.  Spend $20 on select Hasbro merchandise, complete the form and send them proof and they’ll send…

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AwesomeToyBlog looks back at 2010

With it being New Years Eve, what better time to take a look back at the year in toys.  There’s tons of lists and retrospectives out there, so I’m going…

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End of year clearances have begun

With Christmas now behind us the end of year clearance sales have started; here’s a few places to be sure to check-out. Target – they’ve just started taking mark-downs but…

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Matty previews King Hssss figure

Today on Matty’s facebook page a preview image was posted of the March Masters of the Universe figure, King Hssss.  Looks like Masters of the Universe has a pretty solid…

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Launch date for Transformers 3 movie merchandise?

Included with the new ‘Reveal the Shield’ toys is a cross-promotional sheet / poster deal that includes the detail that we can expect to see Transformers 3 licensed products starting…

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Several unreleased G1 bios now published

This is easily the best thing I’ve read all day, granted its 6:30 AM, but this is likely to stay on top for awhile.  Over on Disciples of Boltax there…

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January MattyCollector.com sale line-up and details

MattyCollector.com updated today with details on it’s January sale.  While I enjoyed having an off month in December, it looks like they’re getting me back in January.    The sale…

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Some new Who product

I generally keep my AwesomeToyBlog Doctor Who posts focused on Classic Who (it may be my #1 toy line for 2010, you know), but there’s been some interesting announcements of…

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Gentle Giant announces next two 12″ vintage Star Wars figures

With 2 of their 12″ vintage style Star Wars figures released and pre-orders already open for the next four (Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia and Darth Vader), Gentle Giant has…

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Sideshow Willow statue preorders now open

Talk about quick turn-around!  Just last week the newest Sideshow Toys Buffy statue was announced, and now it is already up for pre-order.  Expected in Q2, 2011, Willow is priced…

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Underground Toys announces new Doctor Who Classics set – ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’

Today Underground Toys announced via their Twitter feed a new boxed set of Classic Doctor Who figures.  From the 5th Doctor story ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’ they’ve put together a…

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