Toy Fair 09

[Blade Raider]

Well, Toy Fair is this weekend (still going on). ASM's site has started updating with pics. Check it out.

http://www.asmzine.com/toyfair09/

[GK Punk]

I may be alone in this, but I love the Rise of Cobra action figures so far.

[Drtooth]

Okay... what the freaking heck are These?!?! The look like Kirby Swallowed up the Marvel stars.

Looks like Mattel is really stealing from Hasbro Here... I want whatever set Plastic Man comes with.

YESSS!!! another Mr. Potatohead Transformer. And a Clone Trooper too. (disappointed no Wolverine Mr. Potatohead would happen, though)

Looks Like we're getting Mom in the Futurama line...

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Okay... what the freaking heck are These?!?! The look like Kirby Swallowed up the Marvel stars.

It totally does...

Anybody else sick of seeing "super cutesy deformed" versions of otherwise serious characters in toys? It got old in Japan years ago, and Hell, it got old HERE years ago. Now toy manufacturers are acting like they're hot and new again and it hurts my brain.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

It totally does...

Anybody else sick of seeing "super cutesy deformed" versions of otherwise serious characters in toys? It got old in Japan years ago, and Hell, it got old HERE years ago. Now toy manufacturers are acting like they're hot and new again and it hurts my brain.

Yeppers, the only person I know who likes them is Tokka.
I'm not to impressed with this years toy Fair, I wonder when Playmates new figures will show?
I thought they'd made more 6 inch Marvel Legends, I've never been a fan of g.i. joe sized figures.

[IamtheKnight]

I like the wolverine origins toys, not a fan of the animated x men toys.

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by GK

I may be alone in this, but I love the Rise of Cobra action figures so far.

Their pretty good, but nothing's really wowed me yet.

Originally Posted by Drtooth

YESSS!!! another Mr. Potatohead Transformer. And a Clone Trooper too. (disappointed no Wolverine Mr. Potatohead would happen, though)

Their also making a Snake Fries for GI Joe. I really like my Optimash Prime.

Now for some random thoughts.

Transformers:
More Devastator (The real one) (Don't click if you don't want to see Devastator)

Offical word on Devastator:

Six different alternate figures connect to make Devastator.
The Big combiner takes up space - 2 ft high, about 4 ft wide.
Because the combined figure is so huge, there are no secondary (robot) mode just alternate and combiner limbs.
There will be other figures for each character that have full robot and alternate modes, but will not combine.

For $100, they should have all their modes! LAME!

Still, combined he looks good.

TFA Arcee
Car Mode
Can Arcee fanboys shut up now? Yes. Will they? Probably not. I like her. She looks right has the Animated style I like.

GI Joe:
Online Excluive 7-Packs
I hate it when Hasbro makes these excluive packs and I only want 2 from each pack. I MUST HAVE Outback and Chuckles (as me and my brother like them. Go figure). Then I just plain want Mindbender and Alley Viper. The rest though, I can live without (especially the Joe pack). I feel as if I just lost at Connect Four...pretty sneaky, Hasbro. Well, could be worse. Outback and Mindbender could have been canned completely.

The Pit
If the side areas can make a "T" shape (Like Countdown's Rocket Base), I might like it better. Aside from the crates, the cardboard accessories look tacky. I really like the ping pong table, but it loses coolness from being cardboard. The set looks to have a med bay/living quarters, which is nice and something all Joe bases should have. It also has a locker room, even if they're on the floor and kind of small, It's a nice touch. It's growing on me.

Other random stuff:
HK-47!
WOOT! About bloody time...

Looks like Toynami has all the good Kamen Rider toys. At least their better than Bandai's ugly ones. I'd like to know more about these. Like where to get them. Toynami don't say much of how to buy their stuff.

Speaking of Kamen Rider. Good ideas, but those have worse articulation than DC Infinite Heroes and are rather ugly to boot.

Hey, dying green guy with your toy! Buy now while it's still dying!

Is that George Lopez in a hawaiian shirt?! That just ain't right...

[Ninjinister]

Oozaru's solid blue and translucent? That's lamer than the Splinter build-a-figure....

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Oozaru's solid blue and translucent? That's lamer than the Splinter build-a-figure....

I don't even know what/who Oozaru is or is surppose to be. Only thing I know is the toys look dumb. Guess that fits the movie

[GK Punk]

I actually dig that TFA Arcee, I may pick her up. When I was a kid it bothered me there wasn't a toy of her. I may pick up the GI Joe PIT, depending on it's price range. Always been a fan of GI Joe bases. Have to agree with Alley Viper and Mindbinder, two of my most wanted characters. Chuckles would be cool to own too.

That HK47 is just bad ass. I wish they'd make more KOTOR characters.

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by GK

I actually dig that TFA Arcee, I may pick her up. When I was a kid it bothered me there wasn't a toy of her.

I love TFA figures. Just from the pictures I know I want her (Okay, I wanted her before too ). I'm just happy it's not the Energon mold. I'm so sick of that mold.

I may pick up the GI Joe PIT, depending on it's price range. Always been a fan of GI Joe bases. Have to agree with Alley Viper and Mindbinder, two of my most wanted characters. Chuckles would be cool to own too.

$100, same as Devastator. I'm sure you'll be able to find it on clearence soon enough (The BMF retail dropped $50 already and some have them on clearence of less from time to time).

I love playsets in general, but it's so hard to find a good one these days. The last to really good playsets I got were the 03 Lair and the Ultimate Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean.

That HK47 is just bad ass. I wish they'd make more KOTOR characters.

HK-47 is my single favorite droid. Including him, they've made 3 KOTOR figures. Darth Revan and Darth Malak were released in 07 (And they were a pain to track down). Hasbro had a vote on figures at the fans wanted. Revan won, but Hasbro decided to design the top 25. Malak and HK-47 were part of the 25. Bastila Shan was in the 25 as well, so I execpt her within the next year, year and a half.

[GK Punk]

I actually had no problems finding Malek and Revan, I bought two of each. (One set for me, one for a friend.)

[Blade Raider]

Lucky. Everywhere around here still had-HAVE the Saga Collection figures clogging up the shelves (Though no where near as bad). I had to pay I think $10 for Malak and then after I gave up on Revan, a friend called me when he found the last one at a WalMart.

Huh, I just remembered something...

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Blade Raider

Their also making a Snake Fries for GI Joe. I really like my Optimash Prime.

You know, I was never too big a GI Joe fan, but I would definitely pick up that Snake Fries.

Speaking of Kamen Rider. Good ideas, but those have worse articulation than DC Infinite Heroes and are rather ugly to boot.

I never really cared for Bandai USA's products. The best thing about their The Tick line was the small PVC figures. It seems that Bandai never knew what the heck it was supposed to do in the US (outside of Power Rangers, of course). I love their original Japanese products though...

Anybody else sick of seeing "super cutesy deformed" versions of otherwise serious characters in toys? It got old in Japan years ago, and Hell, it got old HERE years ago. Now toy manufacturers are acting like they're hot and new again and it hurts my brain.

I wouldn't even call those super deformers. Sure... I like the semi-deformer kiddy stylized look of the Galactic Heroes toys... but now they're just making WTF stuff for the sake of WTF. But I bet it will catch on with people who love stuff insanely stylized so that they don't look like the original idea anymore. I wonder what they'll call them. Marvel ball men?

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Blade Raider

Speaking of Kamen Rider. Good ideas, but those have worse articulation than DC Infinite Heroes and are rather ugly to boot.

Eh, they look fine to me! I won't be getting them since they're in a 4" scale, but for what they are they look pretty decent. And as far as I can tell, the articulation trumps DCIH figures since they've got swivel-hinge hips -- it looks like the same construction they use on the RPM figures.

If you want the SIC figures, you're ordering them from hlj.com. They will cost you limbs.

Oh, and I consider myself an Arcee fanboy and I totally want that Animated Arcee. Considering the unacceptable price hike on deluxes, she may be the only Transformer I buy in 2009.

[Drtooth]

I'm surprised no one commented on This yet.

Fisher Price has OFFICIALLY run of of ways to exploit Elmo.

[Blade Raider]

Originally Posted by Wes

Eh, they look fine to me! I won't be getting them since they're in a 4" scale, but for what they are they look pretty decent. And as far as I can tell, the articulation trumps DCIH figures since they've got swivel-hinge hips -- it looks like the same construction they use on the RPM figures.

The arms have swivel shouders and wrist and that's it. The articulation from the waist (another joint they don't have) is good. Have the waist up it's terrorable. If there's one thing I hate, it's toys without elbows. I can stand it if it makes up with a good shoulders (Like Turtlebot), but the upper body articulation is unless. Btw, I'll take swivel hips to swivel shouders anyday. So yeah, I guess it isn't worse articulation, but about the same, which still sucks (though DCIH looks better imo).

I still might get one or two, but I doubt I'll get many.

If you want the SIC figures, you're ordering them from hlj.com. They will cost you limbs.

And that's why I don't have a lot of import toys...

Oh, and I consider myself an Arcee fanboy and I totally want that Animated Arcee. Considering the unacceptable price hike on deluxes, she may be the only Transformer I buy in 2009.

I outright love Animated. She's a automatic get for me. Still, she looks better than I thought she would.

Originally Posted by Drtooth

I'm surprised no one commented on This yet.

Fisher Price has OFFICIALLY run of of ways to exploit Elmo.

Never liked Elmo. Cookie Monster and Oscar are the cool Sesame Street characters.

[Spitfire]

It's not listed on here but NECA is producing a Dante figure I actually like so I'm gonna get it even though I don't like the series much anymore.



I almost gave in and got this but it was to ugly and I couldn't do it.

[Wes]

I think the Revoltech Dante looks pretty good. A bit expensive, though!

And actually, Blade Raider, I was looking at hlj.com earlier tonight -- apparently some of the Japanese Masked Rider figures are on sale!

http://hlj.com/product/BAN949133
http://hlj.com/product/BAN931645
http://hlj.com/product/BAN950107
http://hlj.com/product/BAN949237
http://hlj.com/product/BAN955507

There are a few others too, but those look like the coolest ones. I'm actually rather tempted by that last one... but I really can't afford it. :/

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Wes

I think the Revoltech Dante looks pretty good. A bit expensive, though!

$20 is expensive for something like that? o.O