It seems we weren't the only ones to watch Kevin Tancharoen's web-based modernisation of Mortal Kombat, as New Line announces the hiring of the director to helm a new big-screen adaptation of the popular videogame franchise.
Friday, September 30, 2011
SPONSORED LINK: Minimates Navy Builder Four Pack
We saw them earlier this week, now the Minimates Calico Jack Pirate Raiders Navy Builder Four-Pack is available to Pre-Order from Big Bad Toy Store.
Each of the four figures - a pirate, evil pirate, skeletal pirate and British Navy officer - stands at 2'' tall and features 14 points of articulation, plus assorted accessories and interchangeable parts. Unlike many Minimates figure sets, these figures will not be sold through Toys R Us and are a ''specialist store'' exclusive - unless of course you do the smart thing and order them from Big Bad Toy Store!
VIDEO VIEW: Doctor Who's ''The Wedding of River Song'' Trailer and Prequel
It's a double-whammy of Doctor Who goodness ahead of Season Six's finale tomorrow as we bring you the ''Next Time'' trailer for ''The Wedding Of River Song'' and the Prequel teaser.
The Doctor Who finale airs tomorrow on BBC One and BBC America.
NEWS: Tonner's Catwoman
With the Internet buzzing over the recently leaked photos of Anne Hathaway in her Catwoman costume on the set of The Dark Knight Rises, it seems like there's never been a better time to take a look at Tonner's take on the felonious feline.
NEWS: Sideshow Collectibles' Crimson Guard
Sideshow Collectibles has released the first teaser image (above) of their latest 12'' GI Joe figure, The Crimson Guard.
This 1/6th scale figure will be available to Pre-Order on October 6th but ahead of that, Sideshow has promised a closer look two days ahead of that, on October 4th. In the meantime, you can see more of the premium figure over at Sideshow Collectibles.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
VIDEO VIEW: GI Joe Secret Mission to Spy Island
GI Joe is off on an exciting adventure. And you can go with him!
NEWS: New Releases From We Kill You
Tomorrow sees the release of a new line of custom pieces from We Kill You.
Featuring new colourways of William Jr, Migoi and Hickory Butternut Sprout, the release is limited to just seven figures and will be the last time these sculpts are used. Each figure will retail at $45, available from tomorrow (Friday 30th September) via We Kill You's website but ahead of the release you can see a preview of all seven figures at SpankyStokes.com.
NEWS: Behold, Galactus! The Minimate!
Diamond Select Toys has posted this very cool image of their upcoming Galactus Minimate on their Facebook page. Gotta love that Minimate-style mini-Silver Surfer...
Expect to see the Galactus and his Heralds pack in stores later this year.
NEWS: The Walking Dead Webisodes
AMC's TV adaptation of the post-zombie apocalypse comicbook The Walking Dead is set to get its own web-based spin-off in the run up to the show's return next month.
NEWS: Troy Stith's The Guardian
We haven't heard much from Troy Stith of Gorilla Mouth for the last few months but now we know why: he's been busy working on this amazing-looking commissioned piece, The Guardian.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
SITE NEWS: Semi-Hiatus
Just a quick update to let you know that due to (very pleasant) personal reasons, That Figures will be operating in a ''Semi-Hiatus'' mode for the next few weeks. Although we plan to continue to update the site on a daily basis during this period, the number of posts per day will be somewhat lower.
We'll be back to our regular posting schedule later next month - and hopefully by then we may even have something to Review!
NEWS: Argonaut Resins Reveal New Glyos Project
Argonaut Resins has another very cool Glyos-based toy coming our way soon in the form of The Kings of Atlantis.
NEWS: Sideshow Collectibles' Rinzler
Sideshow Collectibles has released more images of their previously-teased Tron Legacy Rinzler statue.
NEWS: Marvel's The Avengers Toy Packaging Revealed
Collider - via The ToyArk - brings us the first image of - among other things - this ''Plasma Cannon'' Iron Man figure from the upcoming Marvel's The Avengers movie tie-in line.
I'm not sure if the ''Plasma Cannon'' designation is a reference to an event in the movie, whether Hasbro plans to include ''mission variant'' versions of the figures (as seen with the Spider-Man figure line's Extreme Ninja Surfboard Spider-Man-type figures) or if this is just the work of an imaginative graphic designer adding ''interesting'' elements to the mock-up.
I guess we'll just have to wait until nearer the movie's release to find out.
NEWS: More Mini-Skekiltor, Oculus Viri First Shot
Yesterday we took our first look at oOMoSOo's Mini-Skekiltor, a Monster In My Pocket-scale version of the character originally released in collaboration with the sadly defunct Halfbad Toyz.
Today we've some more shots of the mini Mace of Hades, plus the first image of the companion-piece, Oculus Viri.
SPONSORED LINK: Blue Box 1/18th Scale MH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter
From Blue Box comes this awesome 1/18th Scale MH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter. And yes, that's GI Joe-scale...
This lifelike representation of the Black Hawk comes complete with Navy Seal figure, fast-deployment rappel line, twin mini-guns and accurate flight details. Retailing at $179.99, the vehicle is set for a December release but you can Pre-Order it now from Big Bad Toy Store for just $169.99.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
REVIEW: Spider-Man's Stinger Strike Scorpion
Produced by Hasbro | Released September 2011
An evil clone of Spider-Man, the Scorpion shares the webslinger's heightened strength and agility but also has a few tricks of his own, including a cybernetically-grafted tail...
CLASSIC COMMERCIALS: Starbird By MB Electronics
This weirdly-sedate, rather sterile commercial just doesn't convey how cool the Starbird really was. An electronic toy with flashing laser blasts AND engine noises? Surely that was the Best Thing Ever! It's also interesting to note that the ad is designed for adults, presumably taking a tip from the very cool Micronauts commercials of the same era...
NEWS: Medicom Cowboys & Aliens Real Action Heroes Figures
It may not have set the box office alight, but it looks as if Cowboys & Aliens may at least have spawned a very cool line of premium action figures.
VIDEO VIEW: Toy Break Episode 185
It seems like it was only yesterday that we brought you the latest episode of video toy review show, Toy Break.
Oh wait, that's because it was and we were tardy bringing you last week's show. Anyway, this time we're only a day late bringing you the latest episode, in which George and Ayleen are joined by Eric and Jim from toy design team extraordinaire, The Four Horsemen.
NEWS: Big Chief's 11th Doctor Final Prototype Revealed
Ahead of the Season Finale this Saturday comes our first look at the awesome 1/6th scale 11th Doctor final prototype from Big Chief Studios.
NEWS: Hasbro's NYCC 2011-Exclusive Compound Hulk
Hasbro and Marvel have released the first images of the upcoming New York Comic Con 2011-exclusive Marvel Universe figure, the Compound Hulk.
Based on - and with card art featuring - the work of artist Ed McGuinness, the figure will be available exclusively from the Hasbro booth (#302) or through HasbroToyShop.com for the not-bad-really price of $11. Or a few days later on Ebay for $200...
Read more at Marvel.com.
NEWS: Sucklord's Space Necromancer Single Releases
The Sucklord has just announced that his former only-available-as-a-three-pack-bundle Space Necromancer and His Minions bootleg art figures are now available individually.
The Space Necromancer is available now for $75, while Minions AssMaster and GrimFail retail at $85 each. Grab yours now from the Sucklord's Store ahead of the master bootlegger's upcoming appearance on Bravo TV's Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist.
NEWS: Minimates Pirate Raiders Navy Builder Pack
The Art Asylum has released this image of the upcoming Calico Jack's Pirate Raiders ''Navy Builder'' four-figure Minimates pack. This ''nameless grunt'' Army Builder pack feature a (regular) Pirate, an Evil Pirate, a Skeleton Pirate and a British Navy Officer, making them ideal for crewing the recently-released Calico Jack's Pirate Raiders ship.
The Navy Builder pack is set for a release in December, available from Diamond Select Toys through ''specialist'' and comicbook stores.
NEWS: New Gormiti At Toypedia
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Cactus of the Forest Tribe from the new line of Gormiti figures, Gormiti Luxion.
As reported at Toypedia (a site any fan of small-scale mini-figures should be checking out), the new line focuses on glow-in-the-dark figures, with 29 of the 34 new figures featuring this effect. Although the line is launching this month in Europe, there's no word on whether we'll see the figures in the US but here's hoping we do, as - with a bit of smart marketing and decent distribution - the Gormiti line could be the new Monster In My Pocket.
Monday, September 26, 2011
NEWS: Universal Monsters Minimates Gallery
Diamond Select Toys has just released a super-cool new gallery of images of their upcoming Universal Monsters Minimates releases.
SPONSORED LINK: Doctor Who 5'' Action Figures Series 01 The Silent
Ahead of this Saturday's Season Finale we bring you this very cool rendition of one of the most sinister and downright scary aliens ever to feature in Doctor Who, The Silents. Standing at 5'' tall and featuring multiple points of articulation, this action figure from Underground Toys is in-stock now at Big Bad Toy Store.
Order your Doctor Who Silent Action Figure from Big Bad Toy Store now.
NEWS: Terra Nova Premieres Tonight
Just a reminder that tonight sees the US premiere of time-travel and dinosaur-survival drama Terra Nova.
Produced by Steven Spielberg (with a little help from René Echevarria, Brannon Braga and Peter Chernin), Terra Nova is an action-packed drama in which a group of humans, fleeing the over-populated and polluted Earth of 2149, travel back to prehistoric times in an attempt to start anew. Featuring Stephen ''Avatar'' Lang, Shelley ''Mistresses'' Conn, Landon ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' Liboiron and Jason ''Life on Mars (US)'' O'Mara, the 2-hour premiere airs tonight at 8PM EST on Fox.
NEWS: Marvel Universe Wave 16 Hits Retail
The ToyArk brings us the news (and a very cool image gallery) that Hasbro's Marvel Universe Wave 16 - AKA Series 3 Wave 5 - has already landed at retail in the Philippines. Given that the previous two waves seem to have only just hit US shores, there's a new revision case of figures in stores now and the latest Greatest Battles Comic Packs double-figure sets are also on shelves, it seems as if Hasbro is gearing up for a very Marvel Christmas...
VIDEO VIEW: Lulubell Toys Invades NYCC 2011
The New York Comic Con sees Lulubell Toys presenting works from a variety of artists, including Grody Shogun, Mutant Vinyl Hardcore, Paul Kaiju, Skinner and many, many more, as this awesome Old School videogame presentation shows.
NEWS: Power Man/Iron Fist Greatest Battles Comic Pack Spotted At Retail
We told you on Saturday that the Spider-Man/Captain Britain (original costume) Greatest Battles Comic Pack had been spotted at retail. Now we can add the Power Man/Iron Fist set to the ever-growing list of releases from Hasbro we'll probably only ever see online or on Ebay, thanks to the above image which comes to us courtesy of The ToyArk forums.
NEWS: Masters Of The Universe Classics Power-Con Gallery
He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe-themed con, Power-Con took place this weekend and Mighty Action was there to bring us a very cool gallery of images from the floor.
VIDEO VIEW: Toy Break Episode 184
If you're a fan of indie toys, designer vinyl and custom figures then chances are you're already familiar with the awesome video review show, Toy Break. If not, then you can thank me later.
In this episode regular hosts George and Ayleen are joined by Sarah Jo from DKE Toys, as they take a look at Bossy Bear, Monster Lab, Tynies and a whole lot more.
NEWS: Catwoman On Set [UPDATED]
Images hit the web over the weekend, taken on the set of the final installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, showing Anne Hathaway in what appears to be a more cat-like Catwoman costume than previously seen...
NEWS: Atomic Martians Episode 42
It's Monday, so that means it's time for another episode of Atomic Martians Toy Review.
Reviews of Thunder Cracker from Hasbro's Transformers Generations line and The Return of Bruce Wayne High Seas Batman from DC Direct await.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
NEWS: Spider-Man/Captain Britain Pack Spotted At Retail
Sadly not spotted by me - as I'd have bought it - but the Marvel's Greatest Battles Comic Pack featuring Spider-Man and (original costume) Captain Britain has landed at retail, as this Tweeted image from ItsAllTrue.Net shows.
Lucky sod.
NEWS: Sherlock Season 2 UK Air Date Leaked
Bleeding Cool reports that the UK air date of Season Two of the BBC's modern take on the classic detective's adventures, Sherlock, has been delayed until January of next year.
During an interview on chat and cookery show Saturday Kitchen, Lara Pulver - who we'll see portraying Irene Adler (AKA ''The Woman'') in the upcoming ''Scandal in Belgravia'' - stated that the show was returning to UK screens ''In January.'' (Read the full quote here.)
It's not clear why the BBC has elected to hold-over the show until next year or whether this will impact the broadcast of Season Two on PBS, the US channel whose affiliates co-fund production but we'll bring you more when we have it.
NEWS: Original Ms Marvel Re-Issued
Scanning through the Marvel Universe figure racks this morning I came across two of the original Ms Marvel figures, which would appear to be part of a new revision case.
The red and black costume Ms Marvel was re-issued earlier this year with a variant head. Although the packaging made no reference to this, it was clearly intended to be the ''Dark'' Ms Marvel (Karla Sofen), rather than the real Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers.) Now it seems Hasbro is giving collectors the chance to get their hands on the ''original original'' Ms Marvel as part of this new revision case.
Much as I was tempted, I really couldn't justify the $8+ I'd be paying for a figure I already have - just with a new head - but at least it's nice to have the option...
NEWS: Sideshow Collectibles Announces Tron Legacy Rinzler Statue
Sideshow Collectibles has - as the title of this post may have already informed you - announced the upcoming release of this very cool Rinzler statue, as seen above.
No further details at the moment but expect to see more next week.
NEWS: Marvel Universe Series 3 Wave 4 Reviews
Aries0083 was lucky enough to recently score the entire run of figures from Hasbro's Marvel Universe Series 3 Wave 4. Now he brings us his thoughts on the figures in this very cool (and rather long) video review.
Friday, September 23, 2011
VIDEO VIEW: Community's Doctor Who Parody
2001 and Doctor Who parodies, Chang throwing a ham and monkey knock-out gas called ''Chimpan-Zzz.'' Welcome back, Community. Please continue with the genre-themed gags so we can give you the coverage you deserve.
Thanks to The Mary Sue for locating this clip.
NEWS: Dark Shadows Cast Photo
Entertainment Weekly has posted the first official cast photo from Tim Burton's upcoming ''re-imagining'' of cult/camp classic, Dark Shadows.
The original Dark Shadows began life as a Gothic daytime soap which, during the course of its run, introduced more and more outlandish and supernatural elements into the story lines until the introduction of 200-year old vampire Barnabas Collins cemented the show's reputation for the outre.
During its five-year run the show spawned a line of spin-off books, merchandising tie-ins and even a couple of big-screen movies. Although cancelled in 1971, Dark Shadows retained a huge cult following, thanks to syndicated repeats and has undergone two (albeit less-than-stellar) small-screen revivals. Now Tim Burton is directing the big screen adaptation, which is set for a May 2012 release. If you can't wait to learn more, EW's article sheds a little more light on the kooky characters that populate the weird world of Collinsport.
SPONSORED LINK: Marvel Universe Series 3 Wave 4
They may be hitting shelves now but given Hasbro's distribution track record, I wouldn't bank on finding the Marvel Universe Series 3 Wave 4 line-up in your local store any time soon. Unless of course, you order them from Big Bad Toy Store.
Featuring Darkhawk, Namor (Classic Costume), Ultron, Steve Rogers and X-23 (which includes the new female figure articulation set-up) this five-figure set is available now from Big Bad Toy Store for a very reasonable $49.99.
NEWS: Rise of Cobra's Ripcord Rumour
File this one under ''probably just crank-yanking but who knows?''
A member of the Terror Drome Forums posted a transcript of comments heard during a radio interview with Marlon Wayans, who - among other things - portrayed Ripcord in the 2009 movie GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. When asked why he wasn't in the sequel, Wayans had some interesting things to say, which you can read for yourself after the jump.
Spoilers ahead.
NEWS: Brain Evolution Gallery
Last Friday the Toy Art Gallery opened the much-anticipated Brain Evolution exhibition, featuring contributions from a variety of toy customisers and designers, all based on Emilio Garcia's Jumping Brain piece.
NEWS: Doctor Who ''Closing Time'' Preview Clips
This Saturday sees the penultimate episode of Doctor Who's Season Six, with the wandering Time Lord paying a visit to an old friend. But former housemate Craig isn't the only figure returning from his past...
Now the BBC has updated their Doctor Who page with two preview clips of the episode, plus an image gallery, an interview with writer Gareth Roberts and a behind-the-scenes chat with Producer Denise Paul.
Check it out for yourself now ahead of tomorrow's episode - but be warned that this may contain spoilers.
NEWS: What's On Joe Mind? Episode 22
It's time for another episode of the GI Joe-themed podcast, What's On Joe Mind?
This week the guys are joined by The Hiss Tank's Big Cheese Destro (AKA Fran), who shares some background on the site's origins. The team also discuss Hasbro's distribution (or lack of) and announce two contests.
Download What's On Joe Mind Episode 22.
NEWS: Star Wars: The Complete Saga Sets New Sales Record
Star Wars: The Complete Saga has broken all previous Blu-Ray sales records.
In a week.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
REVIEW: Gogo's Crazy Bones Series 3
Produced by Magic Box Inernational/JONA | Released August 2011
The incredibly popular Gogo's Crazy Bones line continues to grow with the release of Series 3 ''Explorer Gogo's Crazy Bones.''
NEWS: Link and Epona Statue
If you're a fan of the Legend of Zelda series - and why wouldn't you be? - then check-out this awesome statue of Link and his trusty mount, Epona.
NEWS: 10th Anniversary Halo Minimates
It's hard to believe, but it's ten years since Bungie's franchise-spawning First Person Shooter Halo landed on the Xbox. Now to honour a decade of destruction, Diamond Select Toys is set to release this four-figure set of Minimates, featuring the Master Chief, Cortana, Admiral Adama Jacob Keys and the Prophet of Truth.
Like all Minimates, the figures stand at 2'' tall, feature 14 points of articulation and come with a variety of accessories.
The Anniversary Set will be available online and from specialist stores later this year.
NEWS: Catwoman Short To Premier At NYCC
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced the release of a 15-minute Catwoman animated short, set to debut next month at the New York Comic Con.
NEWS: Grody Shogun's Ensorcelled Man
A picture paints a thousand words, or so they say. That's certainly true with the above image, which pretty much gives you all you need to know about the upcoming Ensorcelled Man and his details. The only thing missing is that Ensorcelled Man will be available on Pre-Order from Lulubell Toys Bodega from Friday 26th of September.
Thanks to ToysREvil for the additional info.
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