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DIAMOND SELECT TOYS: POUND FOR POUND RHINO IS THE TOUGHEST OF SPIDEY’S FOE LIST

Umpire — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:32:27 +0000

The Hulk. The Thing. The Abomination. The Juggernaut. Diamond Select Toys’ oversized Marvel Select action figures have been dazzling collectors for years, and now they’re ready to do it again… with the Rhino! Designed and sculpted by Gentle Giant, the leather-skinned Spider-Man foe stands nearly 8.5 inches tall with 16 points of articulation, and is ready to tear through your Marvel Select collection like tissue paper. If you don’t feel like having him stomp Spider-Man on your shelf, he’ll come ready to display in the now-famous Select collector packaging, complete with side artwork for on-shelf storage. Pre-order him today at your local comic shop or your favorite online toy store, and look for him to hit stores in early 2013!

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HOT TOYS: BLACK WIDOW BRINGS THE PARTY TO YOUR COLLECTION

Umpire — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:12:17 +0000

Seems as though Hot Toys is announcing Avengers figures on a daily basis, and I’m all for that! I’d love to get my mitts on an agent Coulson or Hill, and now with Natasha Romanov, or Black Widow, the whole A team will be given movie likenesses and our collecting plans will be taken care of for the foreseeable future… Still, there’s that Purple guy and the Chitari Soldiers…
Black Widow is coming soon… Stay sharp, people.

HOT TOYS: I AM A GOD YOU DULL CREATURE! LOKI COMES DOMINATE YOUR COLLECTION

Umpire — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:38:52 +0000

Hot Toys is proud to present the collectible figure of the 6^th superhero from the hottest movie of the town – the 1/6^th scale Loki Limited Edition Collectible Figurine of The Avengers from Marvel Studios. The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the movie, highlighting the newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed costume, weapons and accessories.

Please refer to the attached photos and spec below for your reference.

Hot Toys –MMS176 – The Avengers: 1/6th scale Loki Limited Edition Collectible Figurine Specification

~ MMS Series ~

The 1/6th scale Loki Limited Edition Collectible Figurine specially features:
-              Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Tom Hiddleston as Loki in The Avengers movie

-              Approximately 32 cm tall

-              TrueType body with over 30 points of articulations

-              Black hair sculpture

-              Movie-accurate facial expression with detailed wrinkles and skin texture

-              Nine (9) pieces of interchangeable palms including:

-              Two (2) pairs of relaxed palms

-              One (1) pair of fists

-              One (1) pair for holding dagger

-              One (1) left open palm

-              Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted

Costume:

-          One (1) green-colored cape

-          One (1) black long vest with leather-like materials and bronze-colored armor

-          One (1) long-sleeve leather-like black shirt with bronze-colored armor and strap

-          One (1) leather-like pants with patterns

-          One (1) pair of black boots

Weapons:

-              One (1) long and one (1) short scepter

-              Two (2) daggers

Accessories:

-          One (1) helmet

-          One (1) muzzle

-          One (1) pair of shackles

-          Figure stand with Loki nameplate and the movie logo

Artists:
-    Head Sculpted by Lee So Young

-    Head Painted by JC. Hong

-    Head Art Directed by Yulli

**Prototype shown, final product may be slightly different

Release date:     Q4, 2012

TM & © 2012 Marvel & Subs.

© 2012 Hot Toys Limited. All Rights Reserved.

PRIZE MONKEY GIVEAWAY: LAST WEEK TO ENTER TO WIN DELUXE CAPT. ACTION AND CAPT. AMERICA & SPIDER-MAN COSTUME SETS

Prize Monkey — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:26:00 +0000

If you haven’t entered, now is the time. You have a chance to win a super prize pack or Deluxe Captain Action with 2 deluxe Marvwl costume sets.
It’s free to enter and you don’t have to belong to our forums to play. So, read the instructions below and get yourself entered… Because you can’t win if;n you don’t play.

Yeah, it’s a long title, but there are a boatload of merchandise to be won by one lucky reader of AFTimes.com. Round 2 has generously provided these items to the Prize Monkey and he just wants to turn around and hand them to one of his fans. Remember that each of the deluxe costume sets also include parts to collect to assemble the Avengers Hawkeye.

All you have to do to enter is this:

1. Head on over to the Captain Action Facebook page and like them.

https://www.facebook.com/captainactionnow

2. Next, check out the in depth article that Umpire wrote last month and leave a clever comment at the bottom of the page.

http://aftimes.com/2012/03/ump…..ent-packs/

3. Send your name and address to the Prize Monkey at:

aftimes.prizemonkey@gmail.com

Winner will be selected at random on Sunday May 27th

DOC OWEN REVIEWS: HASBRO: MARVEL LEGENDS WAVE 2 – DRAX

Doc Owen — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:09:38 +0000

He’s big an’ green and armed to the teeth with blades. Yeah, Drax is one bad mutha… What you say??? Hey, I’m talkin’ ’bout Drax. So, Doc looks at this bad boy so you can see if you want to spend your hard earned dinero on it…

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS: MAD MONSTER PARTY IS OFF THE CHAIN AND HEADED FOR YOUR COLLECTION

Umpire — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:22:54 +0000

The stop-motion holiday specials of Rankin/Bass Productions are legendary. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town… each has been remembered as a Christmas classic. But not everything Rankin/Bass did was reindeer and candy canes. In 1967, they unleashed on theaters the stop-motion feature film “Mad Monster Party?,” a kooky love letter to the classic monster movies featuring pretty much every famous monster you can think of and then some. A cult favorite, the movie has gone 45 years with almost no tie-in merchandise… until now!

Diamond Select Toys will release the first three 7″-scale Mad Monster Party action figures this September, with plenty more to come in future assortments. The first assortment features Dracula, Fang and The Baron, who was based on the likeness of his vocal performer (and horror legend) Boris Karloff! Each figure is sculpted by MMP afficianado Tony Cipriano, and will come in its own display-ready collector packaging with a groovy display base and plenty of accessories. Pre-order your set through your local comic book shop (or favorite online retailer) today!

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MATTY COLLECTOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR MAY 2012 – WITH DOC OWEN

Umpire — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:24:10 +0000

Our readers had questions for Matty Collector and other Mattel concerns and we’ve got the answers, straight from the horse’s mouth. Take it away Doc Owen

CS MOORE STUDIO: ZENOSCOPE ENTERTAINMENT SDCC 2012 EXCLUSIVE GRIMM FAIRY TALE ALICE LIDDLE ACTION FIGURE

Umpire — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:43:51 +0000

The CS Moore Studio and Zenescope Entertainment Announce
2012 Convention Exclusive Grimm Fairy Tales Alice Liddle Action Figure
Limited Edition Variant Figure Available at Comic-Con International: San Diego

Attendees of this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego will have the first opportunity to snag The CS Moore Studio and Zenescope Entertainment’s super-hot 2012 Convention Exclusive Grimm Fairy Tales Alice Liddle Action Figure, sculpted by Clayburn Moore! This variant edition of the upcoming Alice Liddle Action Figure wears a sexy red dress and is strictly limited to 1,700 figures.

Zenescope’s Wonderland series follows Alice’s grown daughter, Calie Liddle, as she travels back to Wonderland. With stunning art and a new take on the Alice in Wonderland fairy tale, Zenescope’s stories have riveted readers and garnered critical acclaim. Alice is the first in the Grimm Fairy Tales line of action figures based on Zenescope’s popular stable of sexy characters. Additional figures are planned in the line, including Snow White, Queen of Hearts and Sela to commemorate Grimm Fairy Tales #75‘s 2012 release.

Zenescope’s sexy interpretation of this classic character is brought to life by sculptor Clayburn Moore, widely regarded as a master of the female form. Moore is a household name to action figure collectors, who fondly remember his many blockbuster action figure lines over the years for their signature sex appeal and detailed workmanship. The Alice Liddle Action Figure marks Moore’s first action figure release in over eight years, and collectors won’t want to miss adding this beautiful figure to their collections.

The 2012 Convention Exclusive Grimm Fairy Tales Alice Liddle Action Figure stands 6″ tall and features multiple points of articulation. Alice ships on blister card packaging, and includes a detailed base and rabbit, croquet mallet and potion bottle accessories. Limited to 1,700 figures, the convention exclusive will be available for $39.99.

Collectors can purchase the figures during the 2012 Comic Con International: San Diego at the CS Moore Studio (#2800) and Zenescope Entertainment (#2301) booths. For preorder information, visit www.csmoorestudio.com and www.zenescope.com.

TOYGODD REVIEWS DISNEY’S VINYLMATION PARK SERIES 8

Toygodd — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:47:13 +0000

Welcome back to the Vinyl Shack. Disney’s Vinylmation juggernaut continues to steam full ahaead. Today I get to show you another cool series, Park Series 8! Take a look:

More Vinylmation soon!

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TOYGODD REVIEWS DARK HORSES’ MASS EFFECT ALLIANCE NORMANDY SR-2 SHIP REPLICA

Toygodd — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:30:32 +0000

Welcome back to the Toybox. Dark Horse makes some very cool replicas of ships from science fistion. Today we get a chance to look at their Mass Effect Normandy SR-2 ship replica. Normandy is a Systems Alliance starship. She is a “deep scout” frigate, optimized for solo reconnaissance missions deep within unstable regions, using advanced stealth technology powered by an experimental drive core. Check it out;

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