Monday, April 30th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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From Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection comes this action figure from Episode I: The Phantom Menace! Join me for a look at the Naboo Royal Guard, making his debut in figure form! This one’s for you, army builders!
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Battle Beasts! That has been a HOT word as of late! Diamond Select has finally announced their upcoming line of Battle Beasts MiniMates, and kicked the line off with a translucent red Ram exclusive figure at the 2012 Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo.
Join me for a look at this new figure from the line that doesn’t have anything to do with the vintage Battle Beasts toy line from Hasbro other than the name itself!
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
This video should actually be called Christina’s Blind Bag Mini Figure Madness! Thanks to our friends Janet and Jarrod, Stina has 6 brand new blind bag My Little Pony mini figures to open up! She’s had bad luck with doubles the past few videos. Will her luck change this time around?
VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Jarrod and Janet for hooking Stina up with these new figures!
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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Saturday, April 28th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Mattel has finally revealed their 2012 San Diego Comic Con exclusives. Fans have been chomping at the bit for quite some time, speculating on what we may be seeing.
The goofy looking trio you see above is the Masters of the Universe Classics exclusive known as Vykron. At least, the barbarian guy is Vyrkon. I’m unsure yet if the other two have been given official names. But in a nutshell, it’s one figure that includes three outfits: a barbarian, a military man, and a space man.
For those in the know, you will immediately recognize what this is. But it seems that there are a lot of fans and collectors out there that are completely thrown off by this exclusive. Many seem to not know what these odd looking figures represent.
Friday, April 27th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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From Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection comes this action figure from Episode I: The Phantom Menace! Is this another must-have, ultimate version of a popular Star Wars character? Join me for a look at young Obi-Wan Kenobi!
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
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From Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection comes this action figure from Episode I: The Phantom Menace! Join me for a look at young Anakin Skywalker!
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Raaaaaaaggggeeee! The second figure from the all-new Club Infinite Earths DC Universe Classics line is the Red Lantern known as Atrocitus! Join me for a look at this new figure from Mattel!
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The debate over the reversed forearms on the upcoming MOTU Classics Stinkor has been a very hot topic among fans over the past week. This thread on He-Man.org is a prime example of how fans are reacting.
Last week I posted a comment directly from Mattel where they stated that the arms were reversed on purpose. Mattel says this was a decision from the in-house design team in an effort to make Stinkor “pop” and differentiate him from other figures who utilize the finned forearms.
Mattel has stuck by this statement, as many questioned them on the MattyCollector.com forums. After similar mistakes happened with reversed parts on figures like Roboto and King Hsss, its understandable why fans may be having a hard time accepting Mattel’s statement as truth.
Yesterday, the Four Horsemen chimed in via their Twitter account, stating:
“We haven’t seen a production version yet so we really can’t comment yet, but we can’t imagine why they would be switched.”
In my opinion, this statement from the Four Horsemen does not prove that Mattel is outright lying about their decision like many fans are claiming. I feel that all this proves is that The Four Horsemen did not intend Stinkor’s forearms to look that way. We already knew this, considering we saw the original prototype at Power-Con, and the forearms were correct.
Now, I am not at all defending Mattel’s decision on this, so don’t get me wrong. I agree that it seems incredibly odd to swap parts for the sake of swapping them, especially when it throws off the anatomy. I’m just saying that the Horsemen have only stated that they also don’t know why Mattel made the decision to swap them, if they did indeed purposely do so.
The debate continues to heat up, so it’ll be interesting to see where it goes. What do you think? Was this a QC issue? Or do you believe this was a decision by Mattel design, albeit an odd one?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The DC Universe Classics line is moving to MattyCollector.com as part of the new Club Infinite Earths subscription! The line kicks off in May 2012 with the release of the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick! Join me for a look at this new figure!
