John Ary here with a quick look at a few action figure lines that are making headlines this week...
Play Arts Kai Nathan Drake from Square Enix
Uncharted gets an action figure! Nathan Drake is dressed in his Uncharted 3 clothes and comes with a pistol, sub-machine gun, and sniper rifle. He should release in the spring for around $50.
1/6 Scale Samurai Predator from Hot Toys
Is it a Samurai who happens to be a Predator or a Predator posing as a samurai? Either way, this is the first figure from the new Artist Collection for Hot Toys. It features a newly sculpted head and body, detailed accessories, weaponry and a diorama base of Alien’s corpse. It’s available here for $359.99 with an arrival date sometime in the second quarter of 2012. We've also posted more pics of this guy over on the Articulation Times website.
1/6 Scale Black Dragon Ninja from Sideshow Collectibles
Who knew Cobra employed so many different kinds of ninjas? The Black Dragon Ninja features an articulated Prometheus 1.1 body with over 30 points of articulation, a hand-painted head with sculpted fabric style mask, a fabric uniform, rope, detailed sculpted hands,forearm and shin armor, two pairs of boots, 11 interchangeable hands, a Tanto knife with scabbard, Nodachi sword with scabbard, Kyoketsu-Shoge, Six Hira shuriken, AK-74SU assault rifle w/ parastock, silencer, sight and pad, display stand and more. The Sideshow exclusive version will also come with a hand painted scarred head. It’s up for pre-order here for $134.99. Look for it in the second quarter of 2012.
Tiger Flyer with Tygus
The ThunderCats toy line continues to expand with this new vehicle set. As with all of the 4-inch ThunderCats vehicles, the Tiger Flyer uses the ThunderLynx system. When you connect the Tygus figure to the vehicle, the LED light-up feature activates and the eyes on the ship glow red. It will sell for $14.99 next year.
1/6 Scale Superman from Hot Toys
Every week the loyal, yet slightly annoying AICN Toys reader mst3kpimp has condemned this column for not reporting on this amazing Christopher Reeve figure. Even though the figure has been mentioned in other columns on the site, and there hasn’t been anything new to report about the figure in a very long while, every week he continually chastises AICN Toys for not making mention of this item. Maybe its an OCD thing?... I don’t know. Anyway, there is new information to report this week. Superman is now officially available to purchase. This movie-accurate collectible features three interchangeable hands, a cloth costume, a specially-made Fortress of Solitude figure stage, a figure stand and a Sideshow Collectibles exclusive green Kryptonite necklace. A portion of the figure’s sales will benefit the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. It’s up for pre-order here. Hopefully this will satisfy mst3kpimp and he will consider the matter closed.
And finally, Diamond Select Toys goes old school with a figure line dedicated to Universal Monsters and the 8-inch Mego figures from the 1970's and early 80's. We take a look this week at the Frankenstein monster...
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