Poe’s note:
FLINT: “No, look, I’m telling you, Cobra’s real plan is to flank us from the west–
DUKE: “Look! Cobra Commander’s picking his nose!”
FLINT: “Cut that out! It wasn’t funny the first time, and you’re getting the monitors all greasy!”
OTHER DUDE MAINFRAME: “Welcome to Whattaburger, may I take your order?”
A couple of weeks ago, Scott Neitlich (Mattel’s “Toy Guru”) wrote an interesting post for the Matty Mattel Facebook page that I think deserves another look. (more…)
Scott Rubin reviews the Toynami The Masterpiece Collection Robotech The New Generation VFB-9H (Rand version) figure. Excerpt: “The fighter mode does suffer from a sort of anti-kibble …” (See also.)
Corey Tincher reviews the NECA Street Fighter IV C. Viper figure. Excerpt: “… she’s actually a great action figure and solid first entry for NECA in the Street Fighter franchise.” (more…)
Now, I’m a big believer in the idea that 99% of unofficial news on the Web should be taken with a heaping spoonful of salt–and if it’s on a fan forum, you might want a whole bowl. And the last official word I received from CSC is that DCUC6 hadn’t arrived and wasn’t expected until the end of this month.
Still, there’s a slight ring of truth to this post that bugs me.
As for your cornerstore questions. I get my comics at their actual store in So Cal on a weekly basis and I asked about the figs this week when I went to get my books. They told me that Mattel messed up their order. Mattel didnt ship ANY Shazam figures to them, They also messed up on the Superman order, intead of sending the specific number of each Superman that CSC requested, Mattel just combined the two numbers and send whatever Supermen they happened to grab off their shelves, so the guys at CSC are having to figure out what Superman they got shorted and which on they have a surplus. Now get this, instead of sending them to Mattel to get the right figures, Mattel told them they would have to trade with other vendors(for example, BigBadToyStore) to get the right order! How lame is that!!
Couple things: first off, be aware that depite the way the post is worded, I believe CSC when they say they haven’t received any figures yet. Rather, it’s likely they’ve told Mattel not to bother sending their figures until everything’s been sorted out on Mattel’s end, and the problem is that Mattel’s warehouses haven’t received Shazam (and are possibly having to sort it out with other online retailers) and are having some kind of problem with Superman.
The whole thing about working it out with trades between the online retailers, though–that sounds to me like something a grumpy employee might have tossed out as a worst-case-scenario, but unlikely to be necessary.
Some of the folks at He-Man.org came up with an interesting idea: everyone posts how many Skeletors they bought and then they sum them up. So far they’re up to 516, which adds up to $10,320 in sales.
It’s a simple way to get some immediate insight into how well these toys sell.
Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys The Dark Knight Bat-Pod 1/6-scale toy. Excerpt: “… for me it’s as near perfect as it could get …”
Jess C. Horsley reviews the Hot Toys The Dark Knight Two-Face/Harvey Dent 1/6-scale figure. Excerpt: “… Hot Toys once again proves they can make some of the best mass-produced heads in the business.”
Michael Crawford reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece The Dark Knight The Joker (Bank Robber version) 1/6-scale figure. Excerpt: “This is an outstanding figure, and even Hot Toys is going to be hard pressed to follow it up with anything that’s better.” (See also.) (more…)
You may never have heard of JDP Designs before, but they’ve heard of you–the action figure collector who wishes they had a better way to show off their figures than just placing them against the same old $20 IKEA shelving or off-white apartment walls. I stumbled upon an article about their Action Figure Displays last week, and I knew I had to investigate.
There have been a few attempts at producing action figure displays, most notably Ultarama. While Ultarama displays are great for figures in the 3″-5″ range, the effect isn’t quite as good with larger figures. Enter JDP Design. (more…)
