So its that time of the year again. The staff headed to the International Toy Fair Industry Trade Show this week to meet with the manufacturers that supply our store and to check out whats coming up in 2009 for the world of TOYS!!!! Always a great experience at the Javitz Center in NYC, this year marks the 106th show! Although we may not have as many pictures as some of the others, cut us some slack, we're a store, not press and we try to offer a little more than just selling you stuff. Anyway, here's part 1 of the photos, please feel free to comment away. Enjoy!
Stopped by the Lego booth, some new Star Wars and Indiana Jones, pics a little blurry because of their set-up though.
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The Toy2R booth was great, as usual. Raymond Choy (owner) was there and said that they have a lot of surprises for 2009 and fans will be very pleased. After viewing the booth, vinyl collectors will be well taken care of this year!
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Stopped by JailBreak Toys, makers of the Obama figures. You may have seen them at SDCC, but if not check them out.
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Darkhorse comics was up next. They had the Homer & Lisa Classic Character statues on display as well as an awesome 13" Bruce Campbell figure!
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DC Direct put out some amazing Watchmen Movie merchandise. These are must haves. The movie will be awesome and the products are at the same level. Figures, busts and replicas galore.
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Nothing new on the World of Warcraft scene, but a few pieces to view.
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Only time will tell how the GI Joe Rise of Cobra Movie will be, but if the Hasbro figures are any indication, it should be alright. Theres a first look at Cobra Commander in the form of the cute Combat Heroes, a mammoth Pit Playset and much more!
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Part 2 of our coverage features some great new stuff from Mezco (a 3 3/4" line, their version of Super Hero Squad and a Little Big Planet license) including Hellboy 2, Living Dead Dolls and Cinema of Fear, Hasbro's Star Wars, Gentle Giant, Diamond Select Toys, a ton of DC Direct, Mattel DC Universe Classics 7 and Metal Gear Solid.
Part 3 features all things Marvel including Attakus statues, Mighty Muggs, Legends, Icons and Minimates, Hasbro's Transformers 2 Movie Toys, Nightmare Before Christmas, the Eaglemoss Magazine Figurine Collection, a few Simpsons, McFarlane's Halo 3, NECA's Gears of War and their Cult Classics as well as some Friday the 13th replicas. To finish off the pics is our random section with some giant plush guys walking around, cool displays and various other companies.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Toy Fair 2009 Pics Part 2
Part 2 of our coverage starts off with product photos of the Exclusive DC Universe Classics Series 7 with a build a figure Atom Smasher!
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Tons of great new product including the Jim Lee Joker statue, new Adam Hughes Catwoman and Zatanna DC Women Covergirls statues, New Gods Series 2 and much more!
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Mezco had plenty of new surprises in COF including 3 3/4" Freddy, Jason and Leatherface figures to fight your Star Wars and GI Joes as well as plush, 12" and stylized versions of the 3 classic horror characters.
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Newly added style to the Mezco lineup is their version of Marvel Super Hero Squad cuteness, but for Hellboy!
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Mezco picked up a new property for all you video game heads, Little Big Planet 2" and 6" figures!
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LDD doll fans will be plesantly surprised with the new series 17 as well as mini versions of Series 16 due out this Halloween.
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Clone Wars, Comic 2-Packs, Mighty Muggs, Galactic Heroes, Evolution sets, Droids and awesome vehicles coming to a galaxy near you.
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The cross-overs continue with some upcoming Jedi robots.
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The Land of Oz clicks its heels and wind up at GG, with some Star Wars bronze and animated style works.
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Ghostbusters go Back to the Future and wind up on the Starship Enterprise.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Toy Fair 2009 Pics Part 3
Part 3 is finally done and hopefully you've enjoyed this as much as we did. Before we get into the gallery descriptions, i wanted to note something that wasn't on display at the Toy Fair which will surely be on the top of every kids wish list.
Manufacturer Uncle Milton picked up the Star Wars license and are releasing a bunch of sets combining science with Star Wars, kind of a learn as you play concept. Most impressive of them all is the Star Wars Force Trainer ($110). Players can "Use the Force" to control a Jedi Training Remote with their mind! Utilizing NeuroSky technology, you put on a headset which reads and interprets brain waves then converts them into a linear measure of brain concentration. The deeper the concentration and mental focus, the greater effect it has on the Training Sphere which you make float up and down a cylinder with your brain waves. Character's voices from the Star Wars universe encourage the player as you try and make the Sphere float. Truly amazing stuff and its real. Last year at an Alien Museum Exhibit i visited, i tried out similar technology as well. Be on the look-out for release later this year, we'll be carrying this in our store as well. Now to the photos!
Starting off our final section of Toy Fair 2009 is the blockbuster Summer Movie Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. A slew of Robot goodness here including the new players in the movie, the monstrous Devastator, the Fallen, Soundwave and the rest of your favorites!
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Eaglemoss continues its popular Magazine Figurine Collection with a new surprise, DC Comics characters!
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Super Hero Showdown, Minimates, 12" Marvel Icons, Kotobukiya statues, Mighty Muggs, Secret Wars 2-Packs and a new wave of Marvel Legends! Calling all True Believers, this is a must see section.
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Jack Skellington and a few others arrive right in time for the Halloween season later this year.
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For you rockers, there's some new Guitar Heroes on the way and a major license announcement, NFL players in their College Uniforms!
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Finish the fight and move on to the next one in this Halo 3 / Halo Wars photo collection. Awesome pics of Triple Size (3-Up) Prototype figures included, just make sure to bring your Battle Rifle along.
Click Here For (13) Halo 3 / Halo Wars Pics
For you Gears of Wars 2 players check out the upcoming series 3, a Locust Box set plus ton of others including new stylized GOW vinyl type figures, Resin Busts and 2-Up Prototypes. Chainsaw not included.
Click Here For (14) Gears of War 2 Pics
Get your controllers ready as NECA continues their Player Select video game line with some must haves like Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter series 2. For you movie buffs there's 4 new Terminators, Friday the 13th, BeetleJuice, the Excorist and Harry Potter Half Blood Prince rounding out the line.
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A few repeats from other sections in here, but there's not much new Simpsons merchandise on the horizon. Worth checking out to see the Naked Barney and Gentleman Willie from the Greetings From Springfield PVC line though.
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And finally wrapping it all up are the costumed plush bears walking around, the impressive booths, Bandai's Kamen Rider Q&A, Square Enix, Attakus statues and everything else that wasn't included in the other sections.
Click Here For (28) Various Toy Fair Pics
Manufacturer Uncle Milton picked up the Star Wars license and are releasing a bunch of sets combining science with Star Wars, kind of a learn as you play concept. Most impressive of them all is the Star Wars Force Trainer ($110). Players can "Use the Force" to control a Jedi Training Remote with their mind! Utilizing NeuroSky technology, you put on a headset which reads and interprets brain waves then converts them into a linear measure of brain concentration. The deeper the concentration and mental focus, the greater effect it has on the Training Sphere which you make float up and down a cylinder with your brain waves. Character's voices from the Star Wars universe encourage the player as you try and make the Sphere float. Truly amazing stuff and its real. Last year at an Alien Museum Exhibit i visited, i tried out similar technology as well. Be on the look-out for release later this year, we'll be carrying this in our store as well. Now to the photos!
Starting off our final section of Toy Fair 2009 is the blockbuster Summer Movie Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. A slew of Robot goodness here including the new players in the movie, the monstrous Devastator, the Fallen, Soundwave and the rest of your favorites!
Click Here For (63) Transformers 2 Movie Pics
Eaglemoss continues its popular Magazine Figurine Collection with a new surprise, DC Comics characters!
Click Here For (11) Magazine Figure Collection Pics
Super Hero Showdown, Minimates, 12" Marvel Icons, Kotobukiya statues, Mighty Muggs, Secret Wars 2-Packs and a new wave of Marvel Legends! Calling all True Believers, this is a must see section.
Click Here For (57) Marvel Pics
Jack Skellington and a few others arrive right in time for the Halloween season later this year.
Click Here For (5) Nightmare Before Christmas Pics
For you rockers, there's some new Guitar Heroes on the way and a major license announcement, NFL players in their College Uniforms!
Click Here For (9) Random McFarlane Pics
Finish the fight and move on to the next one in this Halo 3 / Halo Wars photo collection. Awesome pics of Triple Size (3-Up) Prototype figures included, just make sure to bring your Battle Rifle along.
Click Here For (13) Halo 3 / Halo Wars Pics
For you Gears of Wars 2 players check out the upcoming series 3, a Locust Box set plus ton of others including new stylized GOW vinyl type figures, Resin Busts and 2-Up Prototypes. Chainsaw not included.
Click Here For (14) Gears of War 2 Pics
Get your controllers ready as NECA continues their Player Select video game line with some must haves like Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter series 2. For you movie buffs there's 4 new Terminators, Friday the 13th, BeetleJuice, the Excorist and Harry Potter Half Blood Prince rounding out the line.
Click Here For (27) NECA Pics
A few repeats from other sections in here, but there's not much new Simpsons merchandise on the horizon. Worth checking out to see the Naked Barney and Gentleman Willie from the Greetings From Springfield PVC line though.
Click Here For (15) Simpsons Pics
And finally wrapping it all up are the costumed plush bears walking around, the impressive booths, Bandai's Kamen Rider Q&A, Square Enix, Attakus statues and everything else that wasn't included in the other sections.
Click Here For (28) Various Toy Fair Pics
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
1938 Action Comics 1 At Auction
Unrestored Action Comics 1 Up For Sale
After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Superman and Friends" comic book will make a comeback -- at a price of about $400,000, a comic expert said Thursday.
Starting Friday, comic book collectors and Superman fans will have the opportunity to bid on a comic classic -- an "unrestored" copy of Action Comics No. 1, said Stephen Fishler, owner of Comic Connect, an online liaison between comic book buyers and sellers. The book's owner is not being identified.
The auction is attracting a lot of interest.
"One bidder wanted to trade his Ferrari for the comic book," as part of an under-the-table deal, Fishler joked. But he said the auction will remain public. "I couldn't see myself trading in my Toyota Prius" -- even for a $375,000 car.
Why is this "Holy Grail" of comic books so unique?
"Of the 100 existing copies, 80 percent have been restored, but people want an untouched copy," Fishler said. The book is listed in "fine" condition, a six on the 10-point rating scale.
Co-created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the comic book first appeared on newsstands for 10 cents a copy in June 1938.
Nearly 12 years later, a young boy on the West Coast found himself in a secondhand book store, where he persuaded his dad to loan him 35 cents to buy the comic book.
Until 1966, the owner forgot about the book, which was hidden in his mother's basement. Since then, he's been holding onto it, hoping to see it increase in value, Fishler said. He has not been disappointed.
"There has been a lot of interest shown on the book in the collectibles market," said Fishler, who predicted the comic book will sell for about $400,000. But, he added, no minimum price has been set for the auction, so "whatever it sells for, it sells for.
"I've known Action Comics to sell for around $750,000," comic book sales associate Bill Peterson said. "I don't have any intention on making a bid, but I know people who don't mind dropping several thousand for a classic comic."
The comic book marked the first appearances of Lois Lane, Giovanni "John" Zatara and, of course, Superman. The book is in high demand because "there was no such thing as a superhero before Superman. It spawned everything that came after -- like Batman and Spider-Man," Fishler said.
Even during the current economic downturn, Fishler expects the book to do well.
Those who can afford to bid, he said, "would ordinarily put money into the stock market. But that's a shaky proposition." These days, the comic book may even be a better investment than putting money into a CD or a bond, Fishler speculated.
Because the book was published at the close of the Great Depression, it contains advertisements that may appear quaint and quirky to 21st century readers. For only $1.25, one could buy a blonde wig, a live chameleon, a whoopee cushion, a Bible "the size of a postage stamp" or hypnosis lessons.
After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Superman and Friends" comic book will make a comeback -- at a price of about $400,000, a comic expert said Thursday.
Starting Friday, comic book collectors and Superman fans will have the opportunity to bid on a comic classic -- an "unrestored" copy of Action Comics No. 1, said Stephen Fishler, owner of Comic Connect, an online liaison between comic book buyers and sellers. The book's owner is not being identified.
The auction is attracting a lot of interest.
"One bidder wanted to trade his Ferrari for the comic book," as part of an under-the-table deal, Fishler joked. But he said the auction will remain public. "I couldn't see myself trading in my Toyota Prius" -- even for a $375,000 car.
Why is this "Holy Grail" of comic books so unique?
"Of the 100 existing copies, 80 percent have been restored, but people want an untouched copy," Fishler said. The book is listed in "fine" condition, a six on the 10-point rating scale.
Co-created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the comic book first appeared on newsstands for 10 cents a copy in June 1938.
Nearly 12 years later, a young boy on the West Coast found himself in a secondhand book store, where he persuaded his dad to loan him 35 cents to buy the comic book.
Until 1966, the owner forgot about the book, which was hidden in his mother's basement. Since then, he's been holding onto it, hoping to see it increase in value, Fishler said. He has not been disappointed.
"There has been a lot of interest shown on the book in the collectibles market," said Fishler, who predicted the comic book will sell for about $400,000. But, he added, no minimum price has been set for the auction, so "whatever it sells for, it sells for.
"I've known Action Comics to sell for around $750,000," comic book sales associate Bill Peterson said. "I don't have any intention on making a bid, but I know people who don't mind dropping several thousand for a classic comic."
The comic book marked the first appearances of Lois Lane, Giovanni "John" Zatara and, of course, Superman. The book is in high demand because "there was no such thing as a superhero before Superman. It spawned everything that came after -- like Batman and Spider-Man," Fishler said.
Even during the current economic downturn, Fishler expects the book to do well.
Those who can afford to bid, he said, "would ordinarily put money into the stock market. But that's a shaky proposition." These days, the comic book may even be a better investment than putting money into a CD or a bond, Fishler speculated.
Because the book was published at the close of the Great Depression, it contains advertisements that may appear quaint and quirky to 21st century readers. For only $1.25, one could buy a blonde wig, a live chameleon, a whoopee cushion, a Bible "the size of a postage stamp" or hypnosis lessons.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Blade IV, No Wesley. Sin City 2, No Rourke?
While New Line Cinema is determined to get working on a Blade IV movie, screenwriter David Goyer spoke with reporters and did not rule out being attached to the film. Someone who wont be involved is the man we've all come to know as Blade, that kung fu fightin' vampire killer, Wesley Snipes. I guess there's too much at stake as Wesley fights off hordes of government agents for his tax evasion. The previous film, "Blade Trinity" back in 2004, only raked in $50 million at the box office while the Spike TV series lasted only 12 episodes. Its got me wondering if fans are over the adventures of the vampire hunter's exploits. No new lead actor has been cast to replace Wesley as of yet.
After being asked by reporters about his role reprisal of the psychopathic thug Marv, Mickey Rourke said he's not that enthusiastic about participating in the "Sin City" sequel. With the serious tone of movie character he played in 2008, its no surprise he's not that willing to jump back into the action packed comic adaptation thriller. It's hard to imagine anyone else smashing faces and busting up cops as well as he did in the first flick. Although giving a stellar performance, Rourke lost in the Best Actor category for his portrayl of a washed up body slammer in "The Wrestler" to Sean Penn's performance in "Milk" at this year's Oscar Awards. Sin City creator Frank Miller is aiming at an April 09' start to begin production on the follow up of his film noir smash hit.
After being asked by reporters about his role reprisal of the psychopathic thug Marv, Mickey Rourke said he's not that enthusiastic about participating in the "Sin City" sequel. With the serious tone of movie character he played in 2008, its no surprise he's not that willing to jump back into the action packed comic adaptation thriller. It's hard to imagine anyone else smashing faces and busting up cops as well as he did in the first flick. Although giving a stellar performance, Rourke lost in the Best Actor category for his portrayl of a washed up body slammer in "The Wrestler" to Sean Penn's performance in "Milk" at this year's Oscar Awards. Sin City creator Frank Miller is aiming at an April 09' start to begin production on the follow up of his film noir smash hit.
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