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Meet The TERMINATOR SALVATION Toys!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
Merrick here...
Playmates wanted to give you folks a look a the TERMINATOR SALVATION toys that'll be hitting shelves on April 19. They sent along a ton of media (which we appreciate); much of it is presented here in occasionally embiggenable form.
The toys are broken into serveral categories, 3.75" figures, 6" figures, vehicles, and...what would you call 'em...prosthetics?
Let's start with a glimpse of the 3.75" line, which'll run $6.99 a figure...
3.75" Figure Package Sample
3.75" Figures (Sold Individually - Pictured in Group)
These 6" figures run $9.99 a piece...
6" Figures (Sold Individually - Pictured in Group)
6" Figure Package Sample
John Connor 6"
Marcus 6"
Here's the guy who appears oversized in the 3.75" line up above. I'm told this proportion is correct; you can get a glimpse of this guy in the trailers. Check out this guy's face in the 10" version below. Kinda disturbing for some reason...maybe it's the soullessness...
T-600 6"
T-1 6"
T-R.I.P. (RESISTANCE INFILTRATOR PROTOTYPE) 6"
T-700 6"
The 10" line-up (SRP of $19.99). Sold individually, pictured in group...
Marcus 10"
T-600 10"
T-R.I.P. (RESISTANCE INFILTRATOR PROTOTYPE) 10"
T-700 10"
Marcus Mask and Hand (SRP $12.99)
When Ang Lee's HULK mocvie came out, Harry was all excited aboout the giant foam HULK hands you could wear to 'smash' stuff - so was my 9 year old son. I guess this is the TERMIverse equivalent?
T-600 Power Fist (SRP $24.99)
Endoskeleton Patches (SRP $8.99)
This one's pretty creepy looking. I like it...
T-600 Voice 'N' Vision Skull (SRP $29.99)
Here's an HK. For those of us who can't afford Sideshow's significantly more expensive replica (HERE), perhaps this $19.99 iteration might be an aiight substitute?
HK (HUNTER KILLER)
A-10 Warthog (SRP $19.99)
To find these toys (and more) in your area, go HERE!
3.75" Figure Package Sample
3.75" Figures (Sold Individually - Pictured in Group)
6" Figures (Sold Individually - Pictured in Group)
6" Figure Package Sample
John Connor 6"
Marcus 6"
T-600 6"
T-1 6"
T-R.I.P. (RESISTANCE INFILTRATOR PROTOTYPE) 6"
T-700 6"
Marcus 10"
T-600 10"
T-R.I.P. (RESISTANCE INFILTRATOR PROTOTYPE) 10"
T-700 10"
Marcus Mask and Hand (SRP $12.99)
When Ang Lee's HULK mocvie came out, Harry was all excited aboout the giant foam HULK hands you could wear to 'smash' stuff - so was my 9 year old son. I guess this is the TERMIverse equivalent?
T-600 Power Fist (SRP $24.99)
Endoskeleton Patches (SRP $8.99)
This one's pretty creepy looking. I like it...
T-600 Voice 'N' Vision Skull (SRP $29.99)
Here's an HK. For those of us who can't afford Sideshow's significantly more expensive replica (HERE), perhaps this $19.99 iteration might be an aiight substitute?
HK (HUNTER KILLER)
A-10 Warthog (SRP $19.99)
To find these toys (and more) in your area, go HERE!
T-600 Power Fist (SRP $24.99)
Endoskeleton Patches (SRP $8.99)
T-600 Voice 'N' Vision Skull (SRP $29.99)
HK (HUNTER KILLER)
A-10 Warthog (SRP $19.99)
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Now I am going to rip these fucking lights down!!
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Apr 13, 2009 7:29:42 PM CDT
Do any of these toys threaten to "Rip the fucking lights down"?
by gus van rant
I gots to know!
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Some of these are just dumb.
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i'm going to toys r us now
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But they are nice toys...but fucking amateur.
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That thing rocks... probably made for childrens' heads though...
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Fucking prick.
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press the button and he speaks 6 different phrases. "you are trashing my scene." "it's fucking distracting" "me and you are fucking done professionally" "that's what that is, man!" "McG, you got something to say to this prick?" "no, let's fucking go again!"not to be sold to those under 18 or fucking amateurs!
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as usual will have to wait being from oz.
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Man... that's a shame.
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and thats one angry looking kid
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I meant no toys can be marketed to kids from an R-rated movie
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i guess that proves T3 isn't completely ignored, stan winston's legacy lives on. and i love those little patches, wish they had that when T2 came out.
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He's a T-600 (The 10" T-600 model)
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the photo with him wearing the "prosthetics" is hilarious
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"You want me to trash your lights? You want me to fuckin trash em?!"
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These are lame looking. I guess these are the cheap ones for kids to play with, blow up and than light on fire. Hopefully they'll have some high quality collector style figures, I need more figures for my desk at work. At the least the movie looks cool even w/ the PG-13 Rating.
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i hope thats just a nickname for the toy and not used in the movie...makes me want to T-L.M.A.O.
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is from fallout 3. the design is very simillar, as well as the.. um.. NAME.
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The child model wearing the "Voice N Vision skull" has had the picture from the box art photoshopped over his head. Even the lighting effects from the box are present on his mask. Incredibly poor.
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okay, the 6" stuff looks good, so how come the 10" stuff looks like shit? i mean, you have more room for more detail! and yet, they have even less?
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T-R.I.P.???!!! How awful is this film going to be?
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But this is just ridiculous.
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I mean, considering what's being done in the toy industry nowadays, those suck.Well, sure I want one of the endo-skull over-head masks to put on my shelf, but other than that...
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Apr 13, 2009 7:56:54 PM CDT
it's PG-13 ! no rated R movie can have a toy for kids!
by nooneimportant
McFarlane toys gets around this because it's marketed to "collectors".
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Pick a scale and go with it.
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Do you really see kids wanting these?
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every time I've visited this site for the last two months.
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FYI McG, Skynet tanks and planes don't really need to have a little robot head ontop of them for us to realize it's a ro-bit.
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AND WHY ARE THERE NO OTHER FIGURES OF HIM? THATS STRANGE SEEING HOW HES THE MAIN CHARACTER. ALSO HE DOSENT DO THE VOICE IN THE GAME, IM GUESSING HE WANTS LITTLE TO DO WITH THIS AS POSSIBLE.
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Powah!
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That movie was rated R and I remember the toys being a huge hit that Christmas. Hell, even ALIEN RESURRECTION had a toy line from Hasbro and that movie was gory as shit.
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The Shame!
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If you are still quoting Christian Bale's rant, then you are both unoriginal and tedious. It doesn't bother me, it just seems sad at this point.
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Does skynet think humans would fall for that?
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Apr 13, 2009 8:19:15 PM CDT
What the F is wrong with me? What don't I F'ing understand?
by iron-kong
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I am so getting that skull "for my nephews."
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Apr 13, 2009 8:23:03 PM CDT
The MPAA has voluntarily barred advertising R-rated movies to ch
by nooneimportant
as of 2008
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Apr 13, 2009 8:29:51 PM CDT
Those endoskeleton patches are the fucking shit!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Christian Bale not allowing his likeness and not supplying his voice for the video game means one thing = he doesn't like what happened or how the movie turned out.
But, hey, I'll probably like it. So I really don't know if...
"OH GOOD! AND HOW WAS THAT!?"
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Why would skynet make catchy T models? T-R.I.P.? Please. Also, the T-700 is great, but the weapons are mondo stupid. With endoskeleton patches, the girls will finally love me!
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And Where's the Pull-String Activated Bale Model that Tells You What A Fucking God Damn Amateur You Are?
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Given you have the mentality and writing skills of a brain damaged 5 year old, I think it might just be possible that your son is actually older than you. Now that's an idea for a movie.
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Sarah Connor inflatable doll? You'd like to plow the ass of a 12 year old boy? You're a nice guy, but FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
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nothing on the incredible 12 inch figures that sideshow have which are cool news, but instead a story that feels like a reprint of a target sunday insert. whaddya wanna bet merrick gets shipped a box of these for his "son"
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Bill Paxton in True Lies: "She's got titties that make you stand up and beg for buttermilk, ass like a ten year old boy".
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Apr 13, 2009 8:38:20 PM CDT
Bill Paxton was basically playing Jim Cameron.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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So was Aliens and Predator, they marketed and sold toys for children made by Kenner.
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When he dunked a female's fucking head in the toilet.
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If I was a child, that is. I had an aversion to "cyborg" things when I was a kid and I am very glad that these toys didn't come out then. Frankly I don't think the Terminator franchise is for kids anyway but what do I know. I've only been following it for what, 25 years?
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...long enough for all these toys to be designed and manufactured. Which means McG was lying yet again.
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After McFarlane Toys and Gentle Giant's scanning technology, there's no excuse for at least the figures to not look like the actors. These look like they were made in 1988! And the fact that the other 3 Terminator films, especially the first two, had little to ZERO action figures and toys, clearly is a sign of trouble for this movie. Fucking amateur, man.
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I love how the T-600 and T-R.I.P are the exact same figure but differently colored. Toy-maker cash grab perhaps?
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Ugly as shit. Give me the Star Wars Kenner stuff from 25 years ago any day over this garbage.
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I named my junk John Conner 6" and now a toy has the strange the name. My name is more flattering then my wifes name for it "micro machine"
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So, Skynet has a bad sense of humour in this movie? Maybe that's where the Arnie Terminator got it from.
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Someone must have been screwing with the lighting the day the designers made toys. Only explanation. You have no fucking idear how distracting that could be to professionals.
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childish junk
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You're right: the Terminator franchise chicks just don't have cushin' for the pushin'.
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They need a toy light set so the john connor doll can go in and trash it....
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http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=900411
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That mask is hideous.
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WHAT in the name of sweet baby Jesus, is that Indiana Jones figure in the top right hand corner supposed to be? "Crack addict Indy"?
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...as the next guy, but there WERE Terminator 2 toys when that movie came out.
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No seriously. They do. They have images over at toynewsinternational. These figures look like shit. They make the mcfarlane lines look good...an those sucked ass as well..b/c they were essetially maquettes.
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unless they can top the kickass T:SCC finale. And I don't get the thing with collecting plastic statuettes but it doesn't hurt my feelings any if somebody else does.
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so much for cool news
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I'm just here for the "Shane Hurlbut action figure, with real light-fiddling action" jokes. Carry on.
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Lord, help us.
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Apr 13, 2009 9:41:17 PM CDT
T-R.I.P. fortelling of the T-franchise after this abomination?
by coltrautman
its McG and pg-13...honestly..
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just creepy
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movie. It's hard to believe someone called McG, could be such a corporate whore. I'm not criticizing though, I'd sell out in a second, given the chance.
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Wow these toys are demented. That Power Fist rivals the Hulk Hands any day. Feel the power of the Terminator?? Oh man lol. And it vibrates. Ok. And that Terminator mask is just plain fucked. Hilarious stuff.
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Seriously, that John Conner toy could be anyone.
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It is PG-13.
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Seriously, is the guy who designed this line living with an early 80's market in mind? These figures look like junk, even kids know this is crap.
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...looks like the Dad from Everybody Loves Raymond. I'd have watched THAT episode.
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The only one I'd consider for my shelf if it was a good quality toy(which I don't see here, but I bet it will be made) are the Terminator Bikes.
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Apr 13, 2009 10:20:12 PM CDT
Oh fuck you. There were a shitload of T2 action figures.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And there were a shitload of Alien3 action figures if I remember correctly. So don't give me any fucking shit they dropped the rating to have action figures. They would have had toys regardless.
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that looks like a DNA double helix on the packaging in the Terminator's red eyes. and notice the burned city of LA on the bottom!
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Apr 13, 2009 10:24:25 PM CDT
Does anyone spend like 200-300 bucks on sideshow collectibles?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
If so-- you need to get a fucking woman to spend some cash on. Seriously....a couple hundred bucks on action figures? For that kinda coin-- I hope you're getting off on it and stuffing the thing up your fucking ass you lonely ass motherfucker.
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Especially if they have rip-chords and you can make them do stunts like those old Evel Knieval bikes. Actually I remember in the 80's they had smaller stunt bikes that looked like crotch rockets.
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Pretty much all I want one for.
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But as others have stated, HERE is the reason we get a PG-13 rated Terminator movie. Why the fuck can they make toys for T2 and still make it R rated? Oh I know, because we weren't a nation of total pussies back in '91.
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The Terminator weapons look like melted together assault rifles.
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Gross and kinds creepy. So it the Terminator mask. On the flipside I hope they use the uncanny valley to full effect with the T-600s. That's what makes them so menacing in the 1st place.
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The ones that came out back when the movie was released. Those looked like shit and so do these.
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Yeah, do you remember that bullshit line. Remember his Terminator car that looked like a corvette and fired missiles. Also, the terminator arm that fired. That would be one useless fucking Terminator. Don't forget John Connor with dirt bike, the only competent toy in the whole line.
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Learn it. Live it. Possible exception for specialized toys that vibrate and make the G-Spot swell but you can't get those from Sideshow Collectibles. No a full scale replica of Thor's Hammer doesn't count
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Yep. This film was never, ever gonna show the gore and boobies it needs it they've been planning on having all these toy tie-ins. All these stupid, ugly, make-a-fast-buck then on-clearance-in-October shitty toys. Nice that Playmates wants to show us these figures, which not only spoil some of the story, but we've been seeing glimpses of for months. Fuck you, Playmates, and fuck you, McG.
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Along with an Arnie figure in a wifebeater, and for some inexplicable reason you could pop off his upper torso (face and chest). I loved the days when action figure lines would end up going totally wacky with shit that was never in the movies or TV shows.
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bring back memories of something similar 2000AD gave away based on a cyborg character in one of the early issues(sorry - 'progs')it was probably in 1977 (when everything was better than it is now, kids). I had them on when I went to school. Bastard teacher made me take them off.
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The 6" T-700 looks like it's taking someone from behind. Or if you buy 2 then they could dance the tango together. The 6" John Connor: lipstick and wellington boots, nice. The 6" Marcus is hiding a boner on his pants. Honestly, look! The 6" T-600's job is to blow leaves off the road. The 10" Marcus; anyone seen the rape scene in Tetsuo? The 10" T-600 looks like Uziel from The Prophecy, and I love the way that his left trouser-leg is staying up. 10" T-R.I.P, there's your Jar-Jar, right there. Hope this movie doesn't end up being buggered on South Park.
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The 6" T-700 looks like it's taking someone from behind. Or if you buy 2 then they could dance the tango together. The 6" John Connor: lipstick and wellington boots, nice. The 6" Marcus is hiding a boner on his pants. Honestly, look! The 6" T-600's job is to blow leaves off the road. The 10" Marcus; anyone seen the rape scene in Tetsuo? The 10" T-600 looks like Uziel from The Prophecy, and I love the way that his left trouser-leg is staying up. 10" T-R.I.P, there's your Jar-Jar, right there. Hope this movie doesn't end up being buggered on South Park.
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Apr 13, 2009 11:27:21 PM CDT
JuanSanchez -- they didn't have that shit in your village?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Anyone know where I can get a Kochanski?
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Remember that first wave of Ninja Turtles toys? That Splinter that looked like a big brown turd and that gay shirtless, purple & blue armored Shredder?
That was like 1987, so it can be forgiven... except that their toys all look like that still.
Take a look at the Star Wars line; those figures are priced for kids and yet they look great.
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Apr 13, 2009 11:33:40 PM CDT
The only career killer for Bale = A FUCKING BULLET
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Especially with T2 they got really creative with shit. Anybody else have the thing were you covered the little 6 inch ecto skeleton in pink flesh stuff which could be torn off at your leisure. Or how about the exploding Robert Patrick toy. How I miss being a kid :(
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Apr 13, 2009 11:42:36 PM CDT
"little 6 inch ecto skeleton in pink flesh stuff"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
That wasn't a T2 toy dude. That was your mom's fucking pocket rocket.
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Doesn't make a lot of sense as far as fooling the Resistance. It's hard to mistake an 8 foot tall rubber behemoth as a real person. That said I can't wait to see them in action. The prequel novel to the movie featured a lot of T-600 action.
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i will lol @ a r rating while i wear my t-600 voice 'n' vision skull with its sound fx and voice changer.
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If I was Christian Bale I'd rant like a motherfucker about anything. Considering I am a badass batman, I hatcheted Jared Leto whilst listening to Huey Lewis And The News, Went for the method smackhead look in The Machinist, Public Enemies with him and Johnny Depp doing the Mann thing with Tommy Guns!, and of course he went loco Rolling Thunder style in Harsh Times. That's a man who can rant whenever the fuck he wants!
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XXX rated
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At least in a way that is different from the normal powerfist.
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I care... it was kinda awesome. I listen to it every night before bedtime.
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I promise to plant my most bolce boot in the puss of any grunt-faced little bastard that comes at me wearing any of this fucked up Terminator shit. They are worse than eerie and any kid that wants to put on one of those masks and come near me is asking for it in a big way and will certainly get it.
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Holy crap, action figures have come a long way since the early 90s. The figures look awful, frankly.
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...had been leaked, instead of destroyed by that Scientologist celeb-coddling Sheriff Baca.
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HK flies over wooooooooooshhhh PEWPEWPEW BOOM MISSLE FIRE FFSSSSSSS BOOOM
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Will any toy universe ever be safe again? I do expect man at arms special edition figure to be produced in a Barbie fantasy time travel line where she is dressed as Shera.
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They could have really gone after the horror angle of the rubber skinned machines if they went for an R but you cant look at these toys and not know that it will be PG-13 garbage.
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FUCKING UNPROFESSIONAL!
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What about all the T2 toys, you moron ? It was the exact same line for an R rated movie, prick. Don't speak when you don't know shit, fuckin ass.
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...That was before 9/11 and the Jonas Brothers, we now live in a different time.Of course it all comes down to what you lable something. Have I seen plastic "action figures" of Watchmen at Blockbuster, no I've seen "special edition replicas".Its like... Tommy Chong was arrested for selling bongs (water pipes), but according to some states you can sell 'water pipes', but not 'bongs'. What's the difference you ask? The same between a vagina and a cunt... one sounds more likeable than the other.
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Apr 14, 2009 1:10:54 AM CDT
Glad you agree. CUNT is a far more likable name for it.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
VAGINA sounds like I'm gonna examine it. Not split it.
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Because to represent Bale in 6" form is FUCKING AMATEUR...That is fucking why! Bales fucking professionalism is simply to fucking great to be seen in toy form. I'm sure it is in his contract that ALL likeness of Bale MUST be at least a manly and professional sized 16"...anything less will get fucking trashed.
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The fact that toys like this are created MONTHS AND MONTHS in advance, and the fact that toys for kids don't get marketed to children, you've got here definitive proof that THE MOVIE WAS ALWAYS - ALWAYS - ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE PG-13, AND WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE 'R' NO MATTER WHAT. McG's lies sicken me because people believe him. Now, he's been found out. I hope someone in the Hollywood scene reading this takes a moment to call him out for this.
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Indeed, I'm not sure if the worse T2 toy was even at least 500% better than these.
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Now you're commenting on toys? This is the equivalent of Ice T staring in family films...you've lost your edge, DGDB...you should change your name to "Rainbow Brite's Lip Gloss"
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Who made this shite are real amateurs, so they get paid 50 cents an hour, and have to work 16 hours a day, get with it, take some pride in your work and show some profesionalism.
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Anyone think he looks like one of those future will be / wanne be Columbine guys ? Gives me the creeps.
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and warrented. fucking ass
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Have been drinking a lot lately, and might be hallucinating, so can someone confirm that there really is an add on this site for Rescue Ranger toys
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That's how I role.
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That helmet thing looks stupid.
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Is he our new Edward Furlong in the eventually remake of T2?
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Apr 14, 2009 2:15:59 AM CDT
In McG's "imagination", Skynet consists of rappers?
by stalin vs predator
"Yo, dawg, check out mah T-RIP! Yeeeeah, I thought of tha name mahself, it trippin', aight! And look at all tha bling on that sucka!"
Or something similar. Thankfully, I don't know that babble well enough to imitate it. But I thougt I knew McG's "imagination" and "creativity" - and now it turns out that they're actually smaller and more pathetic than I'd believed.
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Apr 14, 2009 2:22:10 AM CDT
Oh, and I wonder why there are no "touch me and I speak" toys.
by stalin vs predator
They seem to hammer those out for every bigger movie this days, so I wonder if this was because a certain primadonna didn't want her toys reflashed by clever techies to speak "What don't you fucking understand!?!" instead...?
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Apr 14, 2009 2:31:26 AM CDT
The Marcus Mask scares me, but not as much as seeing a PG13 movi
by alucardvsdracula
Fuck it, I will never watch this piece of kiddy porn.
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Fuck McG and this stupid film.
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lol dude. that was funny, i had the same thought. Please tell me those wont be actual terminator model names.....please
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mixed expectations for this movie. The trailer looks cool, and i think it will benefit from being a completely different movie from previous ones (since it will be mad max/post apocalyptic like) so it should hopefully be better than the completely pointless T3....
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and the fact that its been written by the same guys who did T3 (though at least Nolan did some rewrites). And then theres Bale, who seems to be on a real winning streak (though it does nt last for any actor, so who knows?)
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while doing it
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You had a stick? You lucky fucker! A tin can AND a stick? I wish we grew up in neighbouring caves.
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ideas, and the lack of balls. However dude, even in the rare instance where something risky and original is tried it will still be hated and attacked on these boards...
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deserve what they get, endless remakes/reboots/sequals/prequals/adaptations etc...There is no more objectivity or giving talented directors the benefit of the doubt. Its all knee jerk reaction now, and a "show me everthing now or it sucks" type mentality. Or everyone just makes up their minds beforehand based on their personal issues with whatever director/actor etc...
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The original two Terminator films are so distinctive and groundbreaking in their different ways. They were made by somebody with a vision and balls to the wall passion. T3 was a hackjob, someone cashing in on T2. This new one will be no different. No James Cameron, no Adam Greenberg, no Brad Fiedel. At the very most this new film will be a competent action film (which it won't be has anyone seen the action sequences from the Charlies Angels films?) McG is the worst kind of Hollywood pushover, as we saw from his on set reaction to Bale. This is not a Terminator film.
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Apr 14, 2009 6:03:14 AM CDT
hese are the two guys in charge of the Terminator films
by kwisatzhaderach
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7414024.stm
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Putting fans in charge of a franchise is a bad idea.
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Bale rant jokes still are hilarious to me too. Gus Van Rant's at the top cracked me up. That rant is one of the best things ever to come out of Hollywood
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read Cameron's Rambo 2 script? If so what did you think of it?
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GIVE ME A FUCKING ANSWER!
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those hack directors thats good at mimicking another directors style, i get the impression he has no particular style or pov of his own when making a movie. Most of his comments in interviews seem to stress how much he has studied the first two movies, so I think he has tried his hardest to make a film that feels like its part of the same universe as the first two movies.
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a movie can be a very bad thing, there is a lack of objectivity. Think about the horrible Clone wars animated series, John Logan's script for Star trek nemesis etc...While Nolan was nt a particular Batman fan (he brought Goyer on partly to provide all the Batman mythos knowledge) and look how the last 2 Batman movies turned out. Or Singer, not a big x-men fan. Thats partly why I think Paramount did something really smart by giving trek to J.J who wasnt actually a trek fan...
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both know, directors with passion and balls are in short supply these days. Look at all the big summer movies and who they have been made by...all studio yes men/hacks/journeymen....
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based on demand and the popularity of the film. I can't imagine the Speed Racer toys last year were successful at all.
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is kind of useless in real life.
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And then wants to watch The Terminator with Arnie's cock, Linda Hamilton's breasts and "Fuck you, asshole?"
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I haven't read Cameron's Rambo script but if anyone has a copy I would love to give it a look.
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Fans are just destined to try and copy the films they fell in love with in the first place. Singers Superman Returns being the main offender.
You're right about directors with lack of vision. Nolan and Fincher are the only two blockbuster directors I can think of from the current movement that are turning out anything watchable. -
nuff said. oh apart from maybe nak nak crak crak
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nuff said. oh apart from maybe nak nak crak crak
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...kids are supposed to LIKE this stuff, let alone WEAR & PLAY with them? Half of them are of bad quality and the other half are...I can't find a good word for it. Atrocious, maybe? Endoskeleton patches? Seriously? Markus mask?
I bet it will be lovely to see your kid and his friends run around wearing those. Really adorable. -
I think I'll buy it just for that. Not for the fisting action itself, primarily, but for a good laugh. I hope to God O'Reilly has heard about the naughty Terminator toy. Also, I see no one's been ripping on Bay lately. http://tinyurl.com/cs738b
You're welcome. -
it's says "Firing Fist Action." Tobias Funke say, "Funny your mind went there." I'll have to retract that pithy email I sent the giant head of O'Reilly, I guess.
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They didn't even try did they?
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Apr 14, 2009 7:53:01 AM CDT
I want the Christian Bale action figure that says, "WHAT DON'T..
by leafar the lost
...YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND?!" and "OH, GOOD FOR YOU!" and "YOU'RE A NICE GUY...NO, YOU'RE A NICE GUY, BUT WE'RE DONE PROFESSIONALLY!" I can't wait to buy one for my son.
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And multiple orders for each figure? My guess -- ALL OF THEM. And when they receive them, they will "hate" them, and when they see the flim (yes, flim) in theatres something like 500 or 600 times over a two week period, they will do it with "hate" in their hearts. "Hate" in this case meaning an almost psychotically obsessive love.
In other news, T2: WEE WUB WOO ROBODADDY is, hands down, the most overrated movie of all times. Oh, no wait, the second most overrated -- TITANIC would the the MOST overrated movie of all times (as well as being one of the worst movies of all times. Excuse me, flim. Thats right: flim.) -
like it's covered in blow.
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like the TDK figures. Oh, and A10 Warthog? Warthog is the nickname. It's A10 Thunderbolt II. Fuckin' unprofessional.
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Did they just recycle the T2 toys?! They look as shitty as the ones from 92.
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McNuggets or Fishburger for the rapper figure?
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there was an ad for a preview this wednesday on Fox and it showed Terminator Salvation rated PG-13. he has a pic of the screen up at the site. this sucks!!! We should start a new saying. Instead of Fuck Bay, it should be Fuck McG !
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OOOOOOH, Good!
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Actually that video of the producers posted above is not that bad, remember, producers can't be looking like Bale or actors, they have to look like people dealing with huge amount of money. They say McG delivered. I don't care how shit the toys are, I'm not seeing a toy in the theater, I will be seeing a fucking movie.
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bullshit. talk about ruining terminator tradition.
fuck off hollywood .
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These have been up on Bantha Skull for about two months now. http://tinyurl.com/dec48z
They were shitty then, and are shitty now. -
... its a site that nobody apparently gives a shit about!
SCOOP! -
three more days till halloween, halloween, halloween
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..UGLY
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The producers are just typical sleazy Hollywood money merchants. Planning a trilogy. Fucks sake.
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what a name for a toy: "power fist"
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AND got a 3.75' figure.
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Good God people...there's nothing so great about any of the rated R moments in the previous films that makes it a must have for this one. Besides the scope and atmosphere of this film will far outweigh the last 3 films combined. That should be more than enough to entertain us all. Fucking crybabies.
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What the fuck? Are they expecting kids to be going to business meetings wearing the T-600 skull mask??
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On the back of the A-10 Warthog packaging it says "Cock Pit" instead of cockpit... hmm
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didn't give rights to his likeness? Maybe there's a Reign of Fire toy you can substitute or some shit.
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WTF are they doing marketing Terminator to kids?
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'You know, for kids' - haha, thanks for reminding me of one of my favourite films.
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It was awesome.
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The_Observer you said it all bro. You said it all.
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I'm no expert but I did see a cool documentary on robotics a little while back. And my question is - using current technology could scientists actually build a Terminator?
That Japanese ASIMO robot looks pretty fucking advanced to me. Surely all you gotta do is repeat that in steel exoskeleton stylee, give it a gun, and program him to 'terminate' anything that registers movement.
Any MIT alumni or robotics experts in the house gonna set me straight? -
Can I please be a kid again?
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admit it
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how much?? I only got 50 of 'em
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...These toys are fucking garbage!
However..regarding the movie rating to toy coversion..T2 had toys and that was rated R. -
Awful figures that make the original Star Trek: The Motion Picture collection look like DaVinci's. How come a multi-million dollar franchise gets this shit when Doctor Who's 'made by mice for 20p' series gets this kinda awesome detail www.doctorwhotoys.net?
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McFarlane Toys demanded too much of a cut of the profits?
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The Terminator franchise has been reduced to toys for 10 yo you will probably find in Wal-Mart. Makes me puke. Now we clearly see the whole concept behind making this movie.
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The answer to why the damn thing is PG-13.
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looks like he's having a fight with his robotic willy
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I'm guessing he's a helpful streetwise robot who befriends John Conner and bodypops and dispenses one-liners. Smacks a T-800 in the head, causing a robo-concusion. "Whats wrong? Feel like your T-r.i.p.pin? ZING!" A lot of those toys looked like shit prototypes. Except that cool mask.
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A retarded Michael Myers!
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going to EVEN want to emulate 'Marcus' after their parents drag them to T4? Don't worry, these toys are going to be readily available for the forseeable future. (Coz no one's going to buy them)
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the more it looks like a poor man's Mad Max. "T-R.I.P." about did it for me also. I'm worried and this all just feels wrong. Gimicky
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Wait, we're actually ENCOURAGING kids to pretend to be TERMINATORS? Dude, I am so out of the country before that generation grows up.
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I can't imagine any parent buying these. Except for the John Connor dolls. Those are awesome by default.
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http://tinyurl.com/76lqyb
http://tinyurl.com/2hahm2
"When U.S. forces went into Iraq in 2003, they had zero robotic units on the ground. By the end of 2004, the number was up to 150. By the end of 2005 it was 2,400, and it more than doubled the next year. By the end of 2008, it was projected to reach as high as 12,000. And these weapons are just the first generation. Already in the prototype stage are varieties of unmanned weapons and exotic technologies, from automated machine guns and robotic stretcher bearers to tiny but lethal robots the size of insects, which look like they are straight out of the wildest science fiction." -
Apr 14, 2009 6:47:06 PM CDT
I got something clever to say "SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS PG-13"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Come up with a single original thought for fuck's sake.
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KIDS. Pretending. To Be. Soulless KILLING MACHINES! This isn't like me playing Transformers as a kid. This shit, if you'll pardon the expression, just got real.
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Ok, OMFG those toys are shittee LOLZZ! Honestly, they really don't look any better than the T2 toys, and that was 17 fucking years ago.
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That's all I could see when I saw that "fist-firing action."
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He allowed his likeness to be used for the Sideshow Collectibles Terminator Salvation figures so this whole "He knows the movie is crap" thing is bullshit.
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http://tinyurl.com/cm9afh
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Why hast thou forsaken us?
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Apr 14, 2009 8:40:50 PM CDT
Bale has been seduced by evil once before.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But only once.
http://tinyurl.com/conqkc -
The T2 figures came AFTER the movie, long after it premiered and had widespread appeal. In this case, the toys were CREATED MONTHS BEFORE THE MOVIE, and as a result prove beyond even a reasonable doubt that PG-13 was always the intention. And it's rubbish. See, what people who say "Don't whine!" miss about the whole PG-13/R thing is that it's not about wanting to see gore. It's about being disgusted at how Hollywood is terrified of making anything intense, dangerous or risky. Therefore, even an R-rated concept like robot murderers is relegated to PG-13 blanditude.
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If only it had been R rated, it wouldn't have been such a lightweight piece of fluff.
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FUCK YOU ALL AMERICA!! GOODNIGHT.
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The T2 toys were pretty cheesy too. And yes that was rated R. Big whoop.
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Where the hell did you get that? I thought it was gonna be a still from "Shaft" or something.
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If you don't like Salvation's rating, than fuck off and jerk off to Stallone's Expendables. Oh wait.....thats PG-13 too now! Oh well. You always have Inglorious Shitstorm. I hear Eli Roth raps dirty in that one.DIRTY CURSE WORDS = GOOD MOVIE
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Wouldn't buy these, not even for a third world country...
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Apr 14, 2009 9:40:17 PM CDT
Nuclear Holocaust Boneyard Abattoir playset sold seperately
by ebonic_plague
Yay marketing! When I think of global mass murder and the mechanized near-extinction of humanity, I'm thinking Arby's!
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GROWN ASS MEN CRYIN ABOUT TOYS SAD GET A GIRL
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...why is there an ad in the top corner of the page for an Andy Rooney doll dressed up like Indiana Jones?
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whoever the hell he is
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everybody is focusing so much on the rating, imho rating wont particularly make a movie good or bad. Though it would be better for a movie to have the freedom to create whatever imagery it wants without considering anything as silly as the mpaa. But then I guess it also has to do with the film's intentions (what its trying to accomplish story/visual/thematic wise.
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the same guys as T3, and the big question of wether McG can copy/ape the general look and feel of the first two movies (which I guess he can since he appears to have no particular style or voice of his own).
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movie industry guys, its also why it will have a pg 13 rating. Look, lets face reality here...Hollywood is spending insane amounts of money to make these big tentpole genre movies. And since they are so expensive and its a gamble wether their film will be just a modest hit or the next dark knight, well...they have to make sure the movie casn play to the widest possible audiance (if anything blame the MPAA and its pathetic out of date rating system). Thus directors have to come up with ways to skirt around the ratings, by either pushing it as far as they can go (the dark knight) having the action be intense but involve robots/cyborgs (transformers, T4) or have a lot of the action involve aliens or alien creatures. The MPAA does nt like gory violence, but for some reasaon its more acceptable when happening to non-humans...And the toys are now part and parcel of the drive to get extra money from merchandise from these big movies, i guess it helps offset the huge risk of investment..
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if the movie is a big hit. Plus its a kind of branding if you think about it. Toys are a major part of every franchise now, helps get the kids into something and make them fans, or a future audiance for later sequals....
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comics, collectibles, computer games, the dvds etc...
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It's the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,y'all. From the future !Jaden Smith as T-WIZ 2.
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From the official blog of the production of THE EXPENDABLES: so today I heard Sly say, in an understated way, he was about to do the stunt of his life. Hmmm…sounded pretty cool. I’ve seen some pretty big action dudes do some pretty tricky stunts (no disrespect to the incredible guys who risk life and limb by doing dangerous stunts for a living) so it takes a lot to impress me. well today you can color me impressed…a lot…for real…by Sly. The freakin guy is fearless and pretty much ageless. No matter how I describe what I watched him do - 6 times - it won’t even be close to conveying what it was - a classic old school mano a mano takedown. Keep in mind there were no mats on the ground and Sly was basically bareback - no pads except for on his knees - as he dove, rolled, flipped, growled and punched his way through the scene ending with him breaking a neck. Oh and did I mention the sweltering heat and the hard dusty ground he kept slamming his body into? Sly was bleeding and bruised but after watching the last take he turned around and said “that’s how you teach the children.” Then he set up the next shot while the medics tried to stop the bleeding and clean the dirt and stones out of his arm. I LOVE ACTION MOVIES!!!!
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These toys were probably produced when the "John is really a Terminator" ending was in place. So I would not be surprised if they had some sort of "Endoskeleton Exposing Action" or something that made it look so bizarre.
Playmates pulled a similar boner with Star Trek Generations where they released figures of the entire Enterprise crew based on preliminary uniform designs that were never actually used in the film. Plus a "Skydivin' Captain Kirk" figure from a scene that was cut out of the movie. So they ended up with only 2 or 3 figures that were actually in the film. -
All of modern society will end on the eve of 2013, so everyone should cash in their chips and sell out for what is left.My money is going to hookers and alcohol... and a few bucks on guns, since alot people want them (and ammo).When SkyNet takes over, I'll gladly be a cyborg.
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This:http://tinyurl.com/cyjg7uplus thishttp://tinyurl.com/dcc8rdand mix in a little A.I. (the following isn't true A.I., but is freaky nonetheless; there are plenty of vids on youtube discussing A.I.):http://tinyurl.com/cflal6
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by a real doll, because they are mostly interested in advancing the technology so they can have sex with them.
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http://tinyurl.com/cpu22e
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hoses: http://tinyurl.com/c8z7y7Japan has a huge aging population, so they are coming up with these suits to assist nursing home workers in lifting seniors.
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http://tinyurl.com/3vtqmhNanobot soccerhttp://tinyurl.com/d7dt2lThe future is a bit frightening.
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And damn McG to hell!
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It used to make me mad when I was a kid if my toys weren't the same scale. I loved having Star Wars/G.I.Joe/Pocket Superheroes/Buck Rogers/Battlestar Galactica crossover battles. Adding a troll-scale He-Man didn't work out. PLUS they have a 3 3/4 scale A-10!!!!
Oh, to be a kid again. Those terminators would have been a great back-up for my Stormtrooper/Cobra Special Forces. I called it the "Evil Alliance". Cobra Commander sat with Destro, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, and Prince Lotor. They ALWAYS won the fight. -
Dingbatty and Danny you just opened my eyes man. That shits way more advanced than I thought.
The future is a bit frightening, indeed.
On the plus side they'll be cool Japanese robots that'll fuck us. But on the negative side they'll be uncool military robots that'll kill us.
If the fucking robots look like Angelina and do anal it might be a trade-off worth making. -
Does he arrive in the T4 time period from their future? He seems a more advanced version of the standard T1/T2 bread and butter terminators...he has a personality and doesn't walk with a stick up his ass.
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"I'm from the future! I don't HAVE to pay fines in the present era!"
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sad day.
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Typically American toy companies pay a free lance sculptor to make their action figures so an artist does them. Playmates is notorious for using cheap factory sculptors. They started this with TMNT and continue to make some of the ugliest figures ever made for every movie line they get. Remember King Kong. Playmates always gets the business they promise large advances and can deliver large percentages. They are the anti-McFarlane of toy companies.
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if during the "Future" someone else dropped in from an even further time in the future. And it was a baby Sarah Connor.
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is the LOST Talkback?
So asks me, DARRYL REVOK. -
Will River-Terminator wearn how to wuv? G-A-Y.
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we are done professionally.
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The reason people get bent out of shape about the toys isn't really the toys. It's because we all know that a movie that puts story and character first, appropriately, is ALWAYS better than a movie that prioritizes technical issues, including making a movie where you're deciding not "What should the character do here?" but "What should the character do here that keeps the rating PG-13?" That's the problem. We know it means they'll have a scene where Marcus is horribly injured and cries out "Blast! My cockamaime hand!"
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honestly!
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Can't wait for my next drivers license renewal :)
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Under budget and on time. Zero fucking around on his sets.
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Those were the BEST sculpted figures Playmates ever did. Lots of absurd detail on those things for the time, especially with the more complex characters, like that guy who was made up of trash and sludge.
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I rubber cemented tin foil to my face to be a terminator. it was alot cheaper, even if it did look like shite.
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are Terminator beer cozies. Ya know? Just like when the Hulk movie came out, and they had those beer cozies that were like Hulk hands but with an opening for a beer. If they made one of those with a terminator hand, I would definitely buy that.
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The Ninja Turtles figures had an astounding amount of detail. Not necessarily the actual turtles themselves as much as the other characters. In fact, they almost had TOO MUCH detail because it was cost prohibitive to actually paint all the different tiny things that were sculpted so most of the time they simply didn't.
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My beer cozy is a twelve pound ivory casting of Bale's penis.
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what a crumpet is to understand cricket!" Sorry, the Turtles talk got to me.
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I agree that they were pretty good for their time, but go to a store that carries Playmates' TMNT and see what they look like NOW.
There are some good looking TMNT figures being made, but they're not being made by Playmates, they're made by NECA. -
a burn-in-ator.9(ok,name needs work).But, basically,its a vaporizer, that's shaped like a cute lil t-1000.
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And if you don't like the design of the new cartoon, you're not gonna like the design of the new toys. Matter of fact, I don't know if the toy line has the freedom to be creative and make all sorts of new characters the way the old toy line did. Seems like there aren't any other mutants in the new Ninja Turtles- you're either a Turtle, a Foot Soldier, a techno-enhanced human, or an alien. Whatever happened to animal/human hybrids like Mondo Gecko and Man-Ray, Bebop and Rocksteady? Bleh.
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professional kids, but still kids.
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Toys aren't kewl unless you can eat them or if they shoot stuff at people's heads and eyes. Preferably stuff that gets lodged in the soft gelatin of the eye ball itself. And then you can yank the fishhook projectile out of their eye with a gentle tug. If you're lucky you might just pluck the eyeball from it's fleshy alcove. That's the greatest toy ever invented. The one's you can use to pluck the eyes out of complete stranger's faces. Call it sick but I bet your neighbor is a cyclops inside of a week.
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It was years before I saw either of the films, but I did love those toys.
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I love that Playmates have pointed out that the shittest looking gun ever is really high tech, ha ha. The T2 figures were better than this, certainly looked less cheap anyway. Even the Robocop figures look better than this. How can the main character have a helmet on, lol. I know you can take it off but damn, that's John Connor! Christian Bale must have really disliked the finished film if he refused to voice over the game and that his action figre be shipped with the helmet on! Priceless! Roll on June.
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I think toy makers were just more creative back in the late 80s/early 90s in knocking out new characters every other month. The variety of both the Transformers and original TMNT lines was great, and they used the shows and comics really cleverly to showcase new stuff. The original Turtles figures were really cool.
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these figures look a lot like the Aliens toys from 1992....but this is 2009 and there is no reason for the cheapness of these toys. i'm passing on these "dollar store" figures for sure.
as a "toy enthusiast" i can say that there have been HUGE improvements in the industry over the past 10 years....not to mention the past 20 years. and these toys look like some of the poorly sculpted crap from the late 80s and early 90s. the indiana jones movie toys are far superior to these. -
especially the marcus mask...WTF
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The worst the toys, the better the movies. That's a fact.
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Dang, These action figures are beast!!!!
I think That these action figures are like so cool to me!!!!!
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