The Horsemen have announced details on this year’s FANtastic Exclusive, Queen Alluxandra. Click here for photos!
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Happy Hordak Day!
Today’s the day! Feel free to use this post to comment on every agonizing yoctosecond of your efforts to order him. And don’t forget Ultraman and Alex Luthor.
When you’re done ordering, relax and enjoy a cheap laugh by coming back here at 1pm for your regularly scheduled It Figures!
Good luck!
Taste the Rainbow of Hal Flavors
DC Direct isn’t known for its SDCC Exclusives–I can’t remember a single one off the top of my head–but that’s gonna change this year.
Big MOTUC update
ToyGuru posted a very big update over on He-Man.org–so huge it merited a rare weekend update here at PGPoA. I recommend you read the whole thing over there, but here are some highlights. (more…)
Matthew Schultz, Rest in Peace
I didn’t know Matt, a.k.a. “SkeletonCrew” on He-Man.org, but came across this article about his passing in a daily search for action figure-related news. Matt was a customizer, best known for his work with “COTU World.” He was also an Army veteran.
It’s not often we hear about losing one of our own in this still-young hobby. I offer my condolescences to Matt’s family and friends. Here’s a link to a memorial thread on He-Man.org.
G.I. Joe movie FUBAR?
If so, who’s surprised? This looked like a multi-car train wreck from the words “acceleration suit.”
You know what this is going to be? The new Masters of the Universe. As in the 1987 movie: a rushed film with an incoherent and yet paper-thin plot and little or no relation to the toy property outside of the names.
Disney’s Black Hole: V.I.N.CENT returns
One of my favorite films when I was a wee tyke was Disney’s Black Hole, and a couple of my favorite toys were Mego’s 3 ¾” inch V.I.N.CENT and Maximillian robots (the humans I couldn’t have cared less about). While they were arguably ersatz versions of R2D2 and Darth Vader, respectively, the young Poe still thought they were awesome and the old Poe retains a nostalgic fondness for them.
I haven’t watched the movie in years, so I have no idea whether it holds up, but I’m excited by this bit of news from MINDstyle:
“The Black Hole” was the Walt Disney Company’s first PG-rated production – big news 30 years ago, but times have changed! Directed by Gary Nelson and starred Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, and last but not least, Ernest Borgnine the motion picture has found a loyal fan base. With this being the 30th anniversary of The Black Hole and only rare limited merchandise available, we were all too excited to be working on a limited edition art toy collectibles (ATC) figure of V.I.N.CENT for collectors.
Everything starts with the concept art. Since there was little content for us to reference, we created the line art with DCP. The process got under way with the sculpting and raw resins as shown here.
Whether or not I’ll get one will depend entirely on price and the degree to which it’s a “figure” rather than a resin statue of some sort (for instance, will the claws, “feet,” and head retract?), but as of right now, I’m definitely interested.
Thanks to TNI for the heads-up.
Some amazing Hordak pics
He-Man.org contributor Guia X (also known as P. Gayatin on Flickr) has posted some incredible photos of MOTUC Hordak. Check ’em out!
Now THAT’S an exclusive
While I wasn’t as enamoured of Hellboy 2 as I was the first film (for various reasons not necessarily related to the quality of the film itself), and I don’t collect 3 ¾” toylines, I have to say that this is probably one of the coolest SDCC exclusives this year. It’s a 7″ Golden Army Soldier, in scale with the rest of the 3 ¾” figures, and it even comes with a Hellboy to mix it up with.
At $30 the set is pricey, though keep in mind, the Golden Army Soldier is the same size as Mezco’s regular 7″ figures, and those exclusives usually averaged about $25–plus you get the Hellboy.
And at least Mezco’s offering all their SDCC exclusives for sale on their website (I’m looking at you, Gleek).
Mezco’s award-winning 3.75inch Hellboy line continues with the addition of the highly anticipated Golden Army Soldier! The Golden Army Soldier stands approximately 7 inches tall (in scale next to the other figures in the 3.75inch series) and features eight points of articulation. He comes packaged with a 3.75inch Hellboy, who comes complete with a base, and his legendary sidearm, the Samaritan. Ships in Late July 2009.
