Action Figures/ Toys

While Diamond Select Toys brought a plethora of showings to New York Toy Fair 2020 in February (as always), one line that was definitely a bit underrepresented at NYTF was the long-running Marvel Select figure series… which had exactly zero new figures displayed at the event. It’s been pretty quiet Select-wise ever since, but finally

 The Nacelle Company will debut A Toy Store Near You, a docuseries filmed and released during the COVID 19 Pandemic that takes viewers inside independent toy stores across the country and the world, starting on May 29th via Amazon Prime, YouTube and many other content destinations. New episodes will be released as they are ready

Another Marvel Legends Spiderman Retro Collection Figure Revealed! Just last night Hasbro revealed a new figure that would be in the Spiderman Retro Collection which will be released later this year. The figures that we know that are included in the wave so far as Spiderman, Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy/Mary Jane, Mysterio, and now we

LEGO is celebrating Star Wars Day in a big way…literally. Launching today, LEGO® Star Wars™ AT-AT™ joins the LEGO® Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series. Fans of the classic Star Wars™ trilogy and the LEGO® Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga video game will love recreating Battle of Hoth action with this detailed, posable LEGO brick version of the iconic AT-AT Walker. Also recently

Diamond Select Toys Lord of The Rings Select Line launches later this year! At Toy Fair Diamond Select Toys had a big surprise in store, they revealed that they have the license to Lord of The Rings and that they’ll be releasing a series of Select figures from the films. The first wave consists of

Collectors demanded a new Marvel Legends Kingpin figure for years—and at San Diego Comic Con 2018, Hasbro finally revealed the Kingpin BAF that would go on to be a hot commodity with sky high aftermarket prices for all of last year! But Hasbro has not forgotten or forsaken fans who couldn’t get that Build-A-Figure or

Last fall, Mattel’s first series of Star Wars inspired Barbie dolls were released. The Star Wars x Barbie series take an iconic Star Wars character and gives them a high-fashion Barbie twist. This first series included Princess Leia, Darth Vader and R2-D2. Now, if you are familar with Mattel’s Star Wars Hot Wheels character cars,

Bizarre fact: it is now May 2020, and Sideshow Collectibles just opened their very first 1/4 Marvel Premium Format Figure pre-order this week. If that’s not a sign of the times, I don’t know what is! But regardless, the new Sideshow Deadpool Premium Format statue is now up for order! Depending on how you count,

This upcoming Monday, May the 4th, is Star Wars Day and Toynk.com has some special plans to celebrate! Of course, you can’t celebrate without a sale, so select Star Wars products will be up to 50% off. The Star Wars Day promotion also marks the debut of two different Star Wars Geeki Tikis sets, which

Collectibles companies have been playing it safe over the last couple months and heavily limiting new pre-orders during this challenging economic time for many, but we’ve finally started seeing more new pre-orders over the last couple weeks. And to close out April, Hot Toys launched their first two new Marvel 1/6 figures in a while:

Today Hasbro hosted their first Hasbro Pulse Fan First Friday livestream on their facebook page and revealed several new items. Among the new items were a 3 3/4″ Stormtrooper Luke, new 6″ Stormtrooper and Clone Trooper (Kamino), Vintage-style carded Zuckuss and 4-LOM (swapped names and everything!) (Amazon exclusive), a new ‘The Child’ edition of Monopoly,

When it comes to action figures, army-builders are pretty much the gift that keeps on giving to toy companies. After all, rather than producing one unique character that most collectors will purchase a singular time, the golden egg that is an army-builder will often be purchased multiple times with no more development expenses than a

The Black Widow movie is pushed to fall, but one thing hasn’t been postponed – the next Marvel Select action figure, based on the film! The Taskmaster is almost here, and not only does he fill the frequently-requested movie villain slot, he’s a villain who’s just as cool as the heroine! Designed by Eamon O’Donoghue

Hasbro’s bringing something special to the Hasbro Pulse facebook page this Friday, May 1st at 12PM EST for the first ‘Hasbro Pulse Fan First Friday’. This week Hasbro is spotlighting the Star Wars brand during the livestream with product debuts, pre-orders and a Q&A slated for the event. Be sure to check it out over

National Space Day is coming up on May 1st, and what better way to celebrate than with a limited-edition NASA-inspired Etch A Sketch®! Launch your creativity, explore your imagination and sketch anything you want from this world and beyond! In celebration of the out of this world launch, Spin Master, the leading global children’s entertainment

Today, the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have revealed a new range of enchanting playsets for fans of the Wizarding World. Packed to the brim with delight and mystery, these captivating playsets will help bring the Wizarding World to life in a way that only LEGO play can do. Featuring well-known characters, creatures

It’s been slow going news-wise for Marvel Legends fans lately (although new waves actually are beginning to hit some stores in dribbles), but Hasbro did have one unexpected new solicitation to announce this week to coincide with Earth Day: an exclusive reissue of an exclusive three-pack that contained three reissued figures to begin with! That’s

The last month and a half have been some of the slowest for Marvel toy news and releases that I can remember in the last decade—but while the pandemic is still going strong, companies have finally started rolling out some new items for pre-order over the course of the last week! I’ll be catching up

Toynk Toys has officially announced a new Summer Collection of licensed Golden Girls apparel and accessories. The collection will consist of a total of 4 new t-shirt designs and 4 new campaign-inspired metal button pins, featuring the characters Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, and Sophia. The t-shirts will be available in women’s and men’s sizes. All products

While it’s certainly the expected outcome, this year’s San Diego Comic-con is cancelled due to the pandemic. If you had a badge for the show, you will have the option to request a refund or transfer their badges to Comic-Con 2021. All 2020 badge holders will receive an email within the next week with instructions

Tomorrow Mondo falls back into Gotham City with a celebration of all things BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Kicking things off are a couple of brand new posters by Phantom City Creative for the episodes “Dreams in Darkness” and “Harley’s Holiday.” Full disclosure: Mondo originally planned on having their second BATMAN: THE ANIMTATED SERIES x Phantom

Tired of living in today’s science-fiction world? Enter a world of fantasy with Diamond Select Toys’ next two action figure releases! The first series of Lord of the Rings Deluxe action figures and the second series of Avatar the Last Airbender Deluxe action figures are up for pre-order now, on the DST site and other

The Child will be released in the Black Series line soon. Sometime last year during the release of the Mandalorian series Hasbro revealed various products of the Child which will be released a little later this year. The most hotly anticipated item for me has to be the Black Series figure and I have to

WonderCon may be postponed this year, but Icon Heroes is still celebrating the show this weekend with their biggest sale event of the year. Select items are on deep discount, up to 90% off. There’s also a deal on their enamel pins, buy 2 and get the 3rd free. You can find all the items

I’ve been rationing out reviews for the last few 2020 Marvel Legends figures I’ve received thus far–and I’m not willing to go out for a pandemic toy run–so hopefully the next waves of Hasbro Marvel Legends ship via online retailers soon. But in the meantime, I’ve got at least one headliner (at least to hardcore

Fans of the Clone Wars series are in heaven now that the series has resumed on Disney+, and now they have something else to be excited about – new Clone Wars products from Gentle Giant Ltd.! The latest mini-bust from GG Ltd. is a web-only exclusive, and it’s available to order today only! The Ahsoka’s

Just the other week before Wrestlemania Mattel showed off a slew of new WWE products in the Basic, Elite and the Ultimate Line. Usually, before the event, they’ll show off the toys at a fan event before Wrestlemania. Though due to what’s going on in the world now they showed them off on social media.

Wondercon might be delayed this year, but Toynk Toys is bringing Wondercon to you with a special spotlight on ‘Con exclusives of the past. Close your eyes and imagine a crowded exhibit hall floor then browse right over to ToyNK.com and browse the goods. Maybe you missed something at a past show…or maybe you missed

You’ll find I’m full of surprises Last year Hasbro revealed that the next figure in their Star Wars Hyper Real line which will be the Bespin Fatigues Luke Skywalker and now they have released more images. Including final packaging shots as we get closer to the release. I haven’t yet picked up the Hyper Real

Following on the announcment that the LEGO group would be working with Nintendo on LEGO Smuper Mario Adventures, today LEGO provided a sneak peek into what a few of the LEGO Super Mario sets will look like. Additionally pre-orders started today. The full LEGO Super Mario assortment will launch Aug. 1st, but fans can now