Funko’s holiday releases – Pop vinyl and more!

Funko sent a quick update over today, providing some details of some holiday themed releases.  Hard to believe that Christmas is less than 120 days away!  From ‘Rudolph the Red…

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Photo Op – Avengers #1 Cover

This was one of the rate photo projects where I went from idea to finished photo in one evening.  To make that challenging; this was also one of the rare…

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Kickstarter project for ‘Souls of Toys’; an action figure photography book

Here at the AwesomeToyBlog HQ, I often get emails informing me of topics for the site; most are generic press releases and aren’t terribly interesting but occasionally I’ll get one…

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New classic Doctor Who announcement – City of Death 2-pack

Underground Toys announced a new 2-pack in their Doctor Who Classics line this morning.  Coming this October are the 4th Doctor and Count Scarlioni / Scaroth.  This 2-pack includes swappable…

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Heads up Who fans – the Master figure tomorrow on FigureOfTheDay.com

The newish online store, FigureOfTheDay.com has tweeted a hint that tomorrow’s (Aug. 19th) offering will be a Doctor Classic Master figure.  While I’m not sure which it will be; its…

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Entertainment Earth Bust Sale – Buy one get one 50% off

Online retailer Entertainment Earth kicked off a new promotion – a busy one get one 50% off sale good for any in-stock bust.  This promotion runs through August 23rd.  You…

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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,…

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Even more updates from Matty regarding 2012 subscriptions

After the final extension of the subscription period, a few new pieces of news have come out of the Matty camp this week; and its a mixed bag. Masters of…

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Photo Op – Band of Ewoks

This is the second of my photos from my Flagstaff camping trip; as I was going into the woods it was obvious to take along some Ewoks.  But this photo…

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Details on Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ Toys from Jazwares

Following their debut at Comic-con, more details are now available for the “Adventure Time” toys from Jazwares that are heading to Toys R Us stores in a few weeks.  Based…

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Funko announces new Halo Bobbles, Star Wars Pop! and Hawkman

A new batch of Funko images arrived in my inbox today, and I couldn’t be happier; as I’m a huge fan of the product Funko is putting out in the…

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Matty extends subscription deadline one last time

The deadline for subscribing to any (or all) of Matty’s 2012 collector’s clubs has been extended one last time.  Any orders for the clubs must now be placed prior to…

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Photo Op – Cybermen on a Mission

Over the weekend I took a quick camping trip up to Flagstaff, AZ; and I brought along my camera and a bag of toys.  Recently, during a Hastings on-line sale,…

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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…

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Target Buy-one-get-one free sales through 8/20

Target’s got a great buy-one-get-one free sale this week.  This sale is applicable on the Transformers Cyberverse, Spider-Man, Beyblade and Marvel Universe lines.  The Target I stopped at today had…

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