Just saw that on the front page.  As soon as I saw that the 12" will have "whipping action" you know what I thought of?  The new 12" Marvel figures.  All sculpted instead of using soft goods with the GI Joe-style body.  I have a feeling they're going to be very much toys for kids.

Even if Sideshow wasn't doing 12" figures all I really wanted from Hasbro was a decent hat and jacket because the rest I can easily kitbash.  I've even got a decent head sculpt that's probably better than what Hasbro would do, but not better than Sideshow's if the proto is any indication.

I'll hold judgement on this but I'm thinking it'll really be a kids toy line that collectors won't be interested in much. 

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They had clear photos from the CIV presentation as well.  I'm guessing they just handed Curto a copy of PowerPoint file.  I wonder if they'd do it for other sites if you just asked?

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I'm all in favor of all the figures that are making these sets but I wish they'd leave the Evolutions name alone and do these as single-pack or comic 2-pack figure sets. 

They don't make sense as an evolution IMO, not like a set of Obi-Wan or the Anakin and Trooper sets from 2005 did.  I'd rather have the option of picking and choosing.  I like the Nihilus figure but don't care for Maul or Bane.  The rest are all pretty decent with the Jango and Fett looking really nice.

I just think it looks like Hasbro caved to the collector's desire for Evo sets even though I don't think they make sense.

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I forget what I've paid in the past for shiping from Small Joes, but I highly recommend them.  I order from them every once in a while and they've had some insane deals on back issues of GI Joe comics and some of the Corps figures and whatnot.  They run a pretty good outfit. 

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That's a cute chick on the lower left...

It's nice when someone can find a positive in any situation.  And I concur!

From that photo I'm actually surprised how many people are there on preview night.  How exactly do you get in for that, buy a ticket for the full weekend?  I always though preview night was mostly for press, VIPs, crew, exhibitors and the like more so than for the general public.  But, I've never been so I've never asked about that before.

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I'd be surprised if the Ark came with the 1:6 Indiana figure.  My guess is it would be a set piece sold on it's own with two carry polls and some snakes, maybe a torch or two, removable top and "dust" inside.  Maybe a crate?  Throw in an extra snake for the exclusive.

My guess is the Indy figure would probably end up with either the idol or the head piece (maybe with pole) as the exclusive.  How awesome would the idol be if it was cast in pewter like the Dejarik chess pieces are?  I'm so excited over the prospect of a 1:6 Indy that I can't even tell you.

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I paraphrased it from this post.

The auction said that Hollywood Heroes brokered the sale for a presenter.  So, from that, I take it to mean a presenter that received this set wanted to sell but rather than post his/her own eBay auction they went to HH to sell it for them to give them some anonymity.  Plus it's a high priced item so they may have wanted someone else to handle the receipt of payment and take care of shipping.

That's why it kind of surprised me that one of these sets came up for sale like that. 

As I said, I can see the lure of the payout.  $3k would have covered all my expenses for going to CIV plus put over $1k back in my pocket.  Still, that's not the type of thing I would think to sell, it's so unique. 

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The Transformers line offered new stuff with a hot movie.  No matter how hot the Spider-Man movie may or may not have been, there was really nothing new offered in the toy aisle.

There are literally hundreds of Spider-Man figures avaialble in all shapes and sizes and even Venom has his fair share of toys.  They may not all be easy to get, but Spider-Man's Rogue Gallery has pretty decent representation out there.  I'm not surprised that line didn't sell well.  Plus, isn't it a slightly different scale from the previous Toy Biz versions?  Or did Hasbro only do that for the Fantastic Four figures?  I recall reading that they had adjusted the F4 figures due to the vehicle they wanted to put out.  But I could be wrong on that. 

Plus we've had 3 SM movies so I don't think it was as hot as the first TF was with it being that franchises first live action movie and first big screen movie in, what, 20 years?  ****, I haven't picked up a Spider-Man movie figure of any type yet and I'd only bought 2 Transformer toys in 20 years till this year.  I've already bought 3 TF movie toys in as many weeks with plans for at least one more.

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