JDA VINTAGE TOYS: April 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH: STAN WINSTON CREATURES REALM CLAW TARE FIGURE At http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JDA-Sports...

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH: STAN WINSTON CREATURES REALM CLAW TARE FIGURE At http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JDA-Sports...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: BLACK WIDOW 12-INCH FIGURE

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: BLACK WIDOW 12-INCH FIGURE: BLACK WIDOW 12-INCH FIGURE April 1, 2013 Deadly, highly-skilled and incredibly versatile, Black Widow is among SHIELD’s finest operati...

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: THOR 12-INCH AVENGERS FIGURE

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: THOR 12-INCH AVENGERS FIGURE: THOR 12-INCH AVENGERS FIGURE April 3, 2013 Heroic, handsome and packing a big hammer, Thor makes his way to the Sideshow/Hot Toys lin...

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH: STAN WINSTON CREATURES REALM CLAW NAKURU FIGURE ...

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH

JDA VINTAGE TOYS: HOT PICKS OF THE MONTH: STAN WINSTON CREATURES REALM CLAW TARE FIGURE At http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JDA-Sports...

Friday, April 26, 2013

Man of Steel Poster, New Hobbit Clips and More Nerdy News

Man of Steel Poster, New Hobbit Clips and More Nerdy News
124 CommentsBy Chris Cummins in Miscellaneous, Movies Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:00 pm

• Here's your new, and obviously J.J. Abrams-inspired, Man of Steel poster, in which Supes is in handcuffs. Is he finally being arrested for the cinematic crimes against humanity he committed in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace? Find out next summer! So far it seems like all this movie is doing is enabling "Meh of Steel" jokes and not really generating much excitement. Am I wrong here? Are any of you actively anticipating this? Let me know below.
• Here's six, count 'em, six new clips from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They are fun, but, as I keep mentioning, STILL NOT AS GOOD AS THIS. (Via io9)
• After weeks of rumors, it has been confirmed that Jamie Foxx will be Electro in the new Spider-Man film. Foxx talked with Entertainment Tonight about his thoughts on the character:

Man of Steel Poster, New Hobbit Clips and More Nerdy News

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By Chris Cummins in Miscellaneous, Movies

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:00 pm

The Top Ten Strongest Non-Superpowered Women in Comics

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By Melissa Molina in Comics, Daily Lists

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 6:00 am

Many women over the years have commented how difficult it is being a woman in their generation. Women in comics have it just as difficult than ladies do in the real world, especially those not possessing any sort of superpowers, but there are many great qualities about this select group of women that make them unique. These girls are the perfect combination of brain and brawn. Sure, some of them may be hot and heavy with a cape-wearing crusader or a super villain, but that doesn't mean they can't handle whatever strange things life throws at them. Now let's acknowledge and honor some of those regular comic book women who are extraordinary in their own cool ways.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Spawn Series 16: Nitro Riders

Spawn Series 16: Nitro Riders

While sold on toy aisles at stores like Walmart and Kmart, the Spawn figure line was generally squarely focused on its teenage to twentysomething audience. Sure, kids bought some of them, but other than the fact that they were toys, it didn't seem like they were meant for younger kids. Of course, everybody knows you can throw a motorcycle in anything and kids freaking love it. 2000's Spawn Nitro Riders included smaller scale action figures with big goofy bikes and figures with names like "Green Vapor" plus other things you may use to name your farts. If the motorcycle thing worked for Spider-Man, Wolverine, and even Darth Vader, why not Spawn? It's a sign that Spawn truly was a toy line on some level, which is really one of the most horrible things you could do with it.

Spawn Series 16: Nitro Riders

Sunday, April 21, 2013

McFarlane Toys Design Studios realistic baseball figurines - YouTube

Sunday, April 14, 2013

SLAP SHOT

10) Slap Shot

Depending on your movie buff level, you may never have heard of Slap Shot, particularly if you're the kind of person that collected action figures at the turn of the century. Fans were confused -- why would Todd McFarlane make these figures from a comedy that a lot of people either forgot or never heard of? They would eventually go to the clearance rack, but it turns out there really was a good business reason to do them-- it gave Todd the chance to show professional sports teams the level of quality they could put into an officially licensed sports figure, which we'd start seeing at the end of summer in 2001. But at the time, this was a baffling choice when put against monsters of music, film, and the comic book world. Today, the bloody variants of the brothers Hanson go for a good chunk of change, so perhaps they weren't that horrible.

McFarlane toys

In the 1990s, Todd McFarlane pioneered a sort of hybrid mass consumer/collector market by making toys with adult themes and more detail than ever before, and in the process, managed to suck a lot of life out of trading cards and comic books and spit it back out into action figures. Today, his company is best known for its stab at making toys for a more Wal-Marty audience, with Halo, various major league sports, and even cartoons like The Simpsons and Hanna-Barberra a few years ago.

But back in the 1990s, these newly-forged toy fans were rabid. They couldn't get enough demons, warrior princesses-of-Hell, vikings, robots, or whatever else Todd McFarlane and his house crew could come up with. To witness the transition from toy collecting as a casual pursuit of older, discontinued items to a rabid pursuit of brand-new products was a bit of a shocker, and that would go on to become the norm for so many fans for years to come, and to this day the focus for most toy junkies continues to be on the latest and the greatest.

It didn't help that McFarlane also came up with numerous variations -- that is, little tweaks and changes -- in each figure, so not only did people buy one, they bought several. Extra bloody repaints? Weird variations on panties? This company had all this, and more. McFarlane Toys even gave the world stunning takes on characters from Alien, Friday the 13th, The X-Files, Austin Powers, Robocop, video game toys from the first two Metal Gear Solid games, and numerous music acts like Alice Cooper and Metallica. Truly, the company ruled the adult figure roost until NECA would take the crown early in the 21st century. McFarlane Toys will always be remembered for its original creations like Spawn, as that's the property that made the company what it is. Some were awesome, and still are. Others, a little iffy by modern standards. We're not as interested in building up as we are tearing down, so let's take a gander at some of the less desirables from the 1990s, shall we?

Friday, April 12, 2013

PORTAL 2 : CHELL

March 15, 2013

The most recent in a long line of “JUST TAKE MY MONEY, VALVE” items, we finally have a fully sculpted, 7-inch rendering of Portal protagonist CHELL. And we couldn’t be happier.

Well, okay, maybe if they announced Portal 3. But until then, we couldn’t be happier.

Wait, maybe Half-Life 3.

Okay, for this moment, in regards entirely to Portal merchandise, we couldn’t be happier.

This has now been released. Get on it.

THOR 12-INCH AVENGERS FIGURE

April 3, 2013

Heroic, handsome and packing a big hammer, Thor makes his way to the Sideshow/Hot Toys lineup. He stands 12 inches tall and comes with both Mjolnir and the tesseract, plus a ton of other awesome accessories. As you might expect from the studios bringing you the figure, this guy is a stunning example of what movie-based figures can be. Grab ‘im now while you still can!

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BLACK WIDOW 12-INCH FIGURE

April 1, 2013

Deadly, highly-skilled and incredibly versatile, Black Widow is among SHIELD’s finest operatives. Now she’s immortalized as an amazing 12-inch figure from the amazing duo of Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys. If you’re a fan of the character or looking to grab the whole set of Avengers heroes, then make sure to grab this one while it lasts!