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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: Toy Fair 2013

« on: February 10, 2013, 10:32 AM »

Part 3:

Star Wars
6” Figures
-   Hasbro teamed up with Gentle Giant to make the sculpts
-   R2-D2 comes with jet-pack, sensor, arms, lightsaber, removable dome covers. These plug into the body or head. There won’t be a restraining bolt or serving tray.
-   Darth Maul comes with a alternate head (hooded)
3 ¾” Figures
-   The BaD figures are being released into The Black Series.
Saga Legends
-   5 points of articulation
-   Price point = $5.99
-   No skimping on deco
Mission Series
-   2-packs for $9.99
-   Affectionately called “Buddy Packs”
Class II
-   Scaled down
-   They are being designed to fit the lower articulated figures.
12” Figures
-   Anakin to Vader figure
-   As Anakin, his lightsaber is blue and says things from the movie
-   Putting on Vader’s helmet will change the color of the lightsaber and the sayings become Vader’s.
Exclusives
-   Toys R Us
o     Republic Gunship with be released in the Vintage box
     It comes with turrets and figures
     Will have special deco
o     Biggs’ X-Wing (in Vintage box)
     No figure
-   Target
o     Origin of Vader Battlepack
     Comes with Vader, Chopper Droid, Senate Duel Palpatine, Shocktrooper and the operating table
     This appears to be all repacks
-   K-Mart
o     Scanning Crew 2-pack
     We finally get the last piece of the scanning equipment
o   Ewok Catapult + 2 Ewoks
-   Amazon (gets into the game!)
o     TIE Interceptor (in Vintage box)
o     Slave I with Carbonite Han (in Vintage box)
Jedi Force
-   More new characters
Angry Birds
-   New Characters
-   Foam Flyers
-   Darth Vader Carrying Case (a nod to the Kenner one)
SDCC Exclusive
-   6” Boba Fett with Han in Carbonite

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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Kmart Vintage Ewok Catapult w/Ewoks

« on: February 10, 2013, 10:25 AM »

I remember one of the Ewoks appeared to be gray and black (splotchy).

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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: Toy Fair 2013

« on: February 10, 2013, 10:07 AM »

Part 2:

Kre-o
-   Transformers, G.I.Joe and Star Trek Kre-os
-   Transformers: Beast Hunters have micro changers and 7 combiners.
-   There is an Autobot building set
o     There will also be customizing sets for a limited time only, offering only a few main characters such as Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream.
-   Star Trek (comes out in April)
o     U.S.S. Enterprise (comes with 5 figures)
o     Bird of Prey
o     Shuttle with Spock and Sulu
o     Transporter with Scotty and Klingon
o     Space Dive
o     Figure Assortments from Classic Series to movies (Gorn, Khan, Chang, Borg)
-   G.I Joe
o     9 Building Sets with figures
     Arashikage Dojo with 6 Figures

G.I Joe
-   Mostly the same as last year due to Retaliation’s postponement.
-   New Reveals:
o     Ultimate Flint, Roadblock, Budo, Ultimate Storm Shadow, Ultimate Cobra Commander (both heads included), Data Viper, and Kwinn
-   New Night Landing Raft (with Eel)
-   Eaglehawk (fka Tomahawk: can’t name it that due to licensing issues) Looking at a $40 price point

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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: Toy Fair 2013

« on: February 10, 2013, 10:00 AM »

Here's Part 1 of my Toy Fair Report

My Little Pony (because you know you love them)
-   My Little Pony (the show) will have a musical with the most numbers in any show (I assume on the Hub)
- Lots of talk about "cutie marks"

Transformers
-   Beast Hunters will be in the following lines: Robots in Disguise, Kre-o, Bot-Shots, Rescue Bots, Generations.
-   Dragons + Transformers = Beast Hunters.
o     Predacon
-   These will be new molding, new designs, no repaints.
-   Voyager Shockwave has removable armor.
-   Optimus Prime will have 5 spinning dragon heads that fire.
-   Predaking will be the same scale as Prime.
-   Constructabots
o     Can build a robot with various pieces, and will allow the robot to transform into vehicle mode without removing any of the pieces.
o     Pieces are interchangeable with other sets.
o     You can create your own Transformers.
o     There are four different divisions:
     Ultimate (135+ pieces)
     Triple Changers (65+ pieces)
     Elite (55+ pieces)
     Scout (35+ pieces)
     Larger sets come with colored trays for storing pieces (Red: Autobot, Purple: Decepticon)
-   2014: 30th Anniversary of Transformers
o     Coming out this fall:
     Pack-ins (starting with Wave 3)
•     Comics in Deluxe Bumblebee, Megatron, Trail Cutter, Orion Prime
     Voyagers:
•     Triple Changers – Springer and Blitzkrieg
     Platinum Edition: Gold-foiled packaging
•     Grimlock (vac-metal) vs. Bruticus
     Masterpiece:
•     Classic Soundwave with 5 cassettes
•     Acid Storm
     Titan Class:
•     Metroplex
o     Stands 24”+
o     Largest ever Transformer
o     Comes with Scamper
o     Works with Legends Transformers
o     Has functional pupil
o     Transforms into Vehicle, City, and Robot
o     $125 price point

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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Amazon Vintage TIE Interceptor

« on: February 9, 2013, 10:46 PM »

Quote from: Pete_Fett on February 9, 2013, 10:44 PM

My only concern with Amazon having these exclusives is how am I gonna get my MIB/MIP ones?

Hasbro has heard the complaints and have talked with Amazon about how they package figures. They are concerned as we are that their product makes it to the customers hands in good condition. Whether Amazon listens is another thing.

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6" Figures / Re: 2013 SDCC Exclusive 6" Fett w/Carbonite Block

« on: February 9, 2013, 10:42 PM »

Quote from: Jeff on February 9, 2013, 10:17 PM

Fear not - from GalacticHunter's Facebook page:
"SDCC Exclusive will be Boba Fett with Han in Carbonite. Han in Carbonite will be exclusive to show. Fett will be general release figure no variations."

So Fett will come with both gauntlets then... so you'd need to get two if you want Empire and Jedi versions? It's nice they talked to GH more about this... with me they didn't get too much into detail...kind of 'wait and see'. But I didn't ask about Fett, but if Carbonite Han would light up.

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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Kmart Imperial Scanning Crew 2-Pack

« on: February 9, 2013, 10:15 PM »

Quote from: Jesse James on February 9, 2013, 07:51 PM

Did you notice if the heads were new Steve?

I did not... too busy being excited and writing things down... plus the images didn't stay up for long.

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Movie Heroes / Saga Legends '12-? / Re: Target "The Rise of Darth Vader" Battle Pack

« on: February 9, 2013, 10:12 PM »

Quote from: Scockery on February 9, 2013, 08:01 PM

Quote from: P-Siddy on February 9, 2013, 05:50 PM
Quote from: Jeff on February 9, 2013, 05:06 PM
Sounds like it includes Vader, Operating Table and some other figures. I'm also not sure if this is really a TVC item or if it's a cheapy Legends item... I'll just put it here for now (Vintage) and move it later if needed.

It's Vader, Emperor, FX-6, Shocktrooper and table.

The hasbro dio photo showed Chopper droid, not FX-6.

You're right... forgot the guy's name.

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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Big Items of the Future!

« on: February 9, 2013, 09:52 PM »

Quote from: Nicklab on February 9, 2013, 08:44 PM

You look at today's presentation and it's VERY CLEAR. We need to look at 2013 as a year to essentially reset the line and Star Wars as a whole. Until Episode VII gets into production and the Disney hype machine can get things rolling, I think we're looking at a pretty bleak year. Meaning no large vehicles. Especially when you don't have media to support the release of that large vehicle.

That's exactly what Hasbro was saying. Without the movies, there was no media support for the movies. And now with the movies coming out soon, they are gearing things up for that.

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