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Hey all!
Well, Labor Day looms ahead (for us in the US) and the unofficial end of summer.
But I've still got some more to show you from Comic Con.
So next up is…
SIDESHOW
Star Wars
Statues
Hot Toys
Hope to see you soon!
RANDY
Randy here.
I come with sad news of the passing of Eddie Wires.
Many of you may not know his name, but you sure have seen his work.
Eddie was a toy industry "go-to" guy when it came to painting toy prototypes.
From busts to statues to action figures; through Star Wars, Star Trek, Invader Zim, Sesame Street, Witchblade, Transformers, Lord of the Rings (both Toy Vault and Toy Biz) Serenity, Army of Darkness, and especially Marvel Toys & Marvel Legends (both Toy Biz AND Hasbro), Eddie was all over the industry.
Eddie began working in the industry in 1998. Eddie's painting helped bring life to the sculpts he worked on. If you ever saw a prototype compared to a final release, you could see the difference. He put himself into and his love into the work.
His love of 1/6 figures was evident in his custom work as well. But it also gave Toy Biz the incentive to do their 12" Marvel Studios line! While much of the line came out, many of them only saw the light of day at the 2002 Toy Fair.
The last time I saw Eddie was at Comic Con in 2009 outside of one of the halls. We chatted about nothing in particular, what he was working on, what he liked at the con. But his enthusiasm and happiness at being at "geek Mecca" was quite evident.
Eddie was an extremely talented artist. But more importantly, he was just a really cool guy.
You can see Eddie's work in more detail at: http://www.wiresproductions.com/
We lost you too soon, Eddie.
Thanks for stopping by-see you on the other side.
Andrew Gaughen
Randy-AFTimes
And my SDCC 2010 coverage continues!
HASBRO
Star Wars
As always, the Hasbro Star Wars display is a highlight for me. And this year's didn't disappoint, using the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back as the inspiration. And the Battle of Hoth never looked so good!
The Level of detail in the Deluxe AT-AT is quite remarkable and worth giving it a closer look… which I did!
Marvel Legends
With the Infinite Heroes taking the center stage, I was happy to see that the Marvel Legends line hasn't been forgotten!
The figures shown are going to be two-packs exclusively at Toys R Us. Due in Fall 2010, the sets are Valkyrie & Hulk, Deadpool & Warpath and Black Widow & Winter Soldier(Black Widow will come with separate heads).
According to the Marvel/Hasbro panel, we'll be seeing some ML scale figures in 2011(comic and movie figs!). But apparently, 2012 will be the big year Marvel Legends return. Let's hope so.
And apparently, we may see already released (Hasbro) Marvel characters re-done with new/modified sculpting… but nothing from the Toy Biz-era ML figs.
As always, please feel free to send me letters (see below) if you have any questions about what I've posted or just in general!
Plenty more to come!
And some more Comic Con "flavor" for you!
Be seeing you!
RANDY
I'm back with more SDCC 2010 coverage!
And away we go!
NECA
Cult Classics
The power of Cult Classics COMPELS YOU!
After several years of hoping, it looks as if we'll finally be able get the iconic Regan from The Exorcist! Scheduled for release in October, so cross your fingers… and twist your heads!
He's THE Mexi-CAN-Machete!
Because the world NEEDS a Danny Trejo figure-NECA finally gets to deliver!
Originally part of the Grindhouse line of figures, it never made it past prototype. But with the Machete movie due Labor Day weekend, we finally get one of the baddest, bad-asses of the past ten years! The figure is due around the film's release.
I'm glad this piece is going to see the light of day. You can even modify it slightly and make your own Navajas from Desperado too!
Some other new licenses include The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Terminator! (YES! There needs to be a Future War Kyle Reese!)
Bob Marley- 6" and 18" figures
The legendary singer is due out within the month.
Player Select Gears of War Predators And this was one of my favorite figure displays at Comic Con! Harry Potter And the posting continues! More Comic Con "flavor" for you! Later! RANDY
From the screen to 3D plastic life, NECA's got more video game figures in store for 2010. We'll be seeing figures from Assassin's Creed II, Splinter Cell and Borderlands
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Two Series of movie figures will be produced. Series 1 hits this month, with Falconer Predator, Berserker Predator and Classic Predator. Series 2 will include Predator Dog Handler, Unmasked Berserker Predator and Battle Damage Masked Classic. The Predator "Dog" will be a deluxe figure.
With the final films due in November and July 2011, there are still plenty of Potter people to be produced!
Twilight
Well, there must be SOME of my readers who are interested in these movie figures. Sooo…
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