Megator & Man-E-Faces’…’s?…Packaging Revealed

May 13, 2011 | Poe

Mattel has posted packaging pics & bios for Man-E-Faces and Megator, both due this August.

I’ve been thinking I may start doing bio discussions upon their revealing, rather than waiting until I’ve had a chance to scan the actual packaging (I’ll still do that and include them in the review, though). Anyone care either way?

As for these, it’s notable that both of these figures will have “mystery” accessories. I’m with IAT in hoping for a gross zombie head for Megator. That said, the whole thing about resurrecting him is…kinda weird, but cool, I think. Those are my ever-so-erudite thoughts on the matter, at least until the official bio discussion.

As for Man-E-Faces: he was always one of my favorites as a kid. I loved the vintage figure, I loved the 200X figure, and I’m really like the MOTUC version, too. Of the figures coming out between now and August, it’s a tie for me between MEF and Battleground Teela for the one I’m most excited about (Catra, I’m afraid, wins “least”).

Any guesses on MEF’s secret accessory? Or did we already do this?

Bastards of the Universe > “Bad Day, Part II”

May 12, 2011 | googum


I might’ve mentioned him before, but that Wal-Mart exclusive Marvel Universe Savage Frost Giant (and Loki) is pretty sweet. The only downside is, get one and you may very well want another…and there’s every possibility that the distribution is going to be an utter crapshoot on him. Good luck!

The Power-Con of Grayskull

May 12, 2011 | Poe

Power-Con, the first-ever He-Man and She-Ra convention, now has a date and location.

“Get ready He-Fans and She-Ravers!

Power-Con will take place Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th at the Four Points at the Los Angeles Intl Airport! You can fly directly into LAX, jump on the free hotel shuttle and be there in no time!

Show hours are from 10am to 6pm on Saturday followed by a limited attendance dinner (details coming soon) and then an after-hours mixer open to everyone and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday.

The official Power-Con fan convention website will be launching VERY soon!
http://www.thepower-con.com/

It will have advanced and onsite order info for attendees and exhibitors, our first guest announcements, discounted hotel reservation info (so don’t call in your reservations yet!), and many more details. So please spread the word to fans you know!

We know so many fans are going to love Power-Con. It’s going to be packed with programming and have an amazing guest list.

Stay tuned for more info and make sure you are there. You won’t want to miss out!”

I’m sure your first thought was, “Will Poe be there?” so that you can plan to be as far away as possible accordingly. I’m still not sure yet. Hoping to, but we’ll see.

New Thundercats Goodies

May 12, 2011 | Poe

Bandai has passed along some hi-res pics of their new Thundercats product.

There are no pics of the 6″ or 8″ figures, but there are plenty of pics of the 4″ playset, vehicles, and roleplay toys. These are the toys the kids are going to enjoy more than the collectors, but it certainly appears Bandai is prepared to give Thundercats the full product treatment.

I think the coolest thing in the assortment below is the roleplay Sword of Omens, which is as close as collectors are going to get to a real one without spending hundreds of dollars on a custom. The Thundertank is pretty great too, and I like the little lizard dude with the cannon.

Pics after the jump. By the way, click on any spot outside the photo frame to get back to the page (for some reason the “close” button doesn’t work). (more…)

Toy Aisle Trolls > Bait’ll They Get a Load of Me

May 10, 2011 | Poe

Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.

Joker Black Manta 2-pack

Submitted by: Mainman

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: This

The Problem: There have been many, many terrible Aquaman storylines over the years, but I doubt anyone remembers the one where Orin’s soul was exchanged with the Joker’s.

Karmic Payback: Every single time the douche who did this goes on yet another desperate date through an online dating service, the person he meets will always be approximately 20% older, 75% uglier, and of a 60% different gender than what the person’s profile picture showed.

Writes Mainman: “Here’s one where the Aquaman from the Undersea Assault set has been replaced with a DC Superheroes Joker. I love that this particular troll didn’t think the customer service staff would notice anything odd about the Joker being in Aquaman’s spot, as long as they included Hawkgirl’s spear to fill in for the missing trident. Because without the spear, the jig would surely be up…”