John Ary here with a super-sized toy column this week featuring some highlights from San Diego Comic Con and some other stories making action figure headlines...
Bane from Hot Toys
With arrival of The Dark Knight Rises, Hot Toys has just released new pics of their new 12-inch figure depicting the film's primary antagonist Bane. Tom Hardy’s mask is undetachable. His body features more than 30 points of articulation, 5 interchangeable hands, a movie accurate cloth costume, a broken Batman mask, and a figure stand. It should release in the early part of 2013 or you can pre-order him here.
Batman: Hush from Medicom
From the bestselling comic book series Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, comes these 1/6 scale versions of the caped crusader and his arch-nemesis. Both figures come from Medicom’s Real Action Hero (RAH) line of deluxe figures and feature multiple points of articulation, cloth costumes and accessories. They will arrive in the states this January for around $200 each or you can pre-order Batman and the Joker online.
Rambo III from Enterbay
In 1988 Sylvestor Stallone took his John Rambo character to Afghanistan to rescue Colonel Trautman. Enterbay commemorates this iconic soldier with a 1/4 scale action figure complete with 25 points of articulation on his PVC body, a film accurate cloth costume,a black headband, black watch, necklace with a jade look-a-like Happy Buddha pendant, Khaki colour shoulder bag and a display stand. This will ship from Japan in November for around $360 or you can pre-order him here.
Marvel Select Venom from Diamond Select Toys
One of Spider-Man’s most deadly foes get’s the Marvel Select treatment from Diamond Select Toys. Venom stands over 8-inches tall with 16 points of articulation, a display base and interchangeable hands and heads. It will run you around $20 when it releases in January or you can pre-order it here.
Jocasta Nu from Hasbro
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The award this week for the most boring action figure announcement goes to Brian’s Toys for exclusively selling the first ever Jocasta Nu figure in history of Star Wars. This Jedi librarian comes with a mantle and bust of Count Dooku, a lightsaber handle, a lit lightsaber, and a battle bag with string closure. It’s up for pre-order now for $24.99 with an arrival date of January 31, 2013. And now, a few highlights from San Diego Comic Con 2012...
Prometheus from NECA
NECA posted these pics on its Facebook page from San Diego Comic Con. They show off some of its upcoming Prometheus 7-inch scale figures. Series 1 features two different versions of the engineer and those will ship in September. Series 2 with Halloway and David should arrive by November. Also figures of the creatures and other cast members will hit retail next year.
Retro Alien Action Figures from Super7
Back in 1979, a 3.75-inch line of toys based on the film Alien were planned, but never produced. Super7 has unearthed the original prototypes and now plans to release a new series of action figures featuring Ripley, Dallas, Ash, Kane and the Alien. Each figure will include 5 points of articulation, accessories and blister card packaging. We haven’t seen any information about a release date yet, but we’ll keep you posted.
Watchmen Comic Figures from Mattel
MattyCollector unveiled its new Watchmen action figure subscription at San Diego Comic Con. Matty will release a total of six figures throughout the year sculpted by the Four Horsemen and comparable in articulation, scale and level of detail to the Masters of the Universe® Classics Club Eternia® and DC Universe Club Infinite Earths 6-inch figures. Most come packaged with accessories (i.e. Rorschach has a gas gun) and every figure will come with a Watchmen logo base. It looks like each figure will run $25 and you can sign up for a free subscription that will give you early shipping and special access to other Matty products.
The Hobbit from Lego The Hobbit from Lego
The guys over at From Bricks to Bothans took some nice shots of the first Lego set revealed from The Hobbit. “An Unexpected Journey” features Bilbo’s house in the shire. The set will be priced at $59.99 with an arrival date of December 1.
1/6 Scale DC Universe Action Figures from Sideshow Collectibles
Sideshow Collectibles brought samples of their new DC Universe license with them to San Diego Comic Con. The company posted new pics of Superman, Batman, Catwoman, the Joker and Harley Quinn on its Facebook page. We’re still waiting to hear more details about the new action figure line.
And finally this week Pixel Dan covered the always hotly contested Masters of the Universe cosplay contest in San Diego this year.
My vote goes to fat Man-At-Arms...
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