Sunday, February 19, 2017

New York Toy Fair 2017: Day 2

Some pretty cool news from Diamond Select - Pulp Fiction figures! Prototype pics were in Previews magazine over a year ago, so by this time, I think most of us had given up! But here they are, with Jules Winfield, Butch Coolidge and Marcellus Wallace looking pretty damn spot-on in the likeness department. Very little info is available, but with their Muppets, Ghostbusters and Marvel lines in resurgence, Diamond Select could be powering up to claim some turf. Here's hoping we get some decent versions of these characters, the audience is certainly there to support them in a major way.


















































In other news, NECA (online, not at the show) unveiled their Aliens series 11 assortment, featuring a long-anticipated classic character from the original 1979 Ridley Scott film - Lambert, as played by actress Veronica Cartwright, in her astronaut pressure suit. The figure comes with two heads, one with head cap, flashlight and removable helmet. This lets fans finally complete their collections of the three Nostromo astronauts, along with Dallas and Kane - though we're all still hoping someone (cough, cough - @sith_fire30) finally gives us a way to get an "un-facehuggered" John Hurt head!

Series 11 is part of the debut of NECA's new subscription service, NECA Club x Alien, which you can join right here:

https://thenecastore.com/collections/neca-club-x-alien

Members who purchase every release will be eligible for an as-yet unnamed end-of-the-year club exclusive figure. Be very interesting to see how this flies. What's got me confused is that Big Bad Toy Store already has Alien: Covenant figures up for preorder, yet NECA Club x Alien does not. So what if folks already ordered Covenant figs off BBTS, does that invalidate their eligibility for the exclusive figure? Will this cheese-off BBTS, who does plenty of NECA preorders...? We shall see. Estimated availability of Series 11 is this coming May.

 








Saturday, February 18, 2017

It's New York Toy Fair! 2017 Edition

Day One of New York Toy Fair brought us all kinds of goodness!
Feast your eyes!

Dark Horse continues their massive rollout of figures from HBO's Game of Thrones, with first looks at Tormund...
...and a new Mother of Dragons version of Daenerys...
Fan-favorite NECA debuted some new goodies both online and in person. First, a completely unexpected Ultimate 2-pack Anniversary tribute to Evil Dead 2, with some terrific accessories and simply amazing sculpts. Given how insanely busy NECA is prepping new properties like Alien Covenant and Blade Runner 2049, it's amazing they found time to attend, let alone produce new surprises like these!

 
They're also going into the comic book realm with their Alien franchise, giving us 2-packs of both Batman vs. Predator, Batman vs. Aliens, and Superman vs. Aliens.

 

For fans of the larger 1/4 scale figures, NECA has a nice looking version of Doctor Strange...
 
...and a fantastic comic-inspired version of Dare Devil.

 Mafex gave us a glimpse of the soon to be released astronauts from 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as a new edition of Batman...
 
 
 ...and dammit, Jim, Mezco is continuing their hot One:12 Collective Star Trek line with Dr. Leonard McCoy - an absolute must-get!
 
That's it for day one, we'll see what else surfaces over the next couple of days!