You may not know who Eddie Wires is, but if you’re a fan of action figures, then you most likely have pieces of his work in your collection. Eddie is one of the premier prototype painters, and certainly one of the more prolific ones. He’s also an extremely nice guy – sorry, I couldn’t find a P-word for that.
I found these pictures in one of Eddie’s Facebook photo albums, and it’s really a mixed blessing. While I love seeing his work, it’s almost like torture, because the production pieces can never truly match up.
I had to beg, borrow, and steal to get these lazy mofos (me included) to write something up, but here’s what some of the crackjack staff members at the Fwoosh (me included) had to say about what we saw coming out of San Diego Comic-Con.
At last, because no one demanded it and because the show’s been over for a month already, here’s the San Diego Comic-Con Best in Show review, by your friendly neighborhood Fwoosh staff.
Hasbro’s announcement today that it is bringing back Jurassic Park toys as a Toys R Us exclusive has left some people shaking their heads like a chain-smoking Samuel L. Jackson trying to unhack a hacked computer system while carnivorous dinos are ready to pounce. After all, Jurassic Park III, the unimaginatively named last movie in the franchise, was released way back in 2001, and the last time a Jurassic Park DVD saw print was in the holiday season of 2005, a reissuing of all three movies.
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Alpha Velociraptor – carded
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Alpha Velociraptor
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Triceratops – carded
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Triceratops
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Dilophosaurus – carded
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Dilophosaurus
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Tyrannosaurus – carded
Jurassic Park Electronic Dinosaur – Tyrannosaurus
While it’s a curious product offering given the age of the movies, I am guessing that Hasbro and TRU saw an opening in the middle of the dinosaur toys category. At the high end, you’ve got products like Pleo, the Aibo of the dinosaur world that never quite got market traction, and Mattel’s D-Rex. Mattel also has a low-end offering for kids with the Fisher Price Imaginext Dinosaurs. By reusing tools from prior JPIII and Lost World toys, this was an easy way for Hasbro to gain reentry into the category.
So, I guess Hot Toys posting on its Facebook fan page that they “wanna know who are the REAL BASTERDS” was not a very tough clue to figure out. As expected, Hot Toys followed that up with the announcement that they’ve acquired the license for Inglourious Basterds, the Quentin Tarantino World War II flick starring Brad Pitt that tore up the box office this past weekend for $37.6MM.
Sure, Hot Toys misspelled the title just like everyone else does, but don’t worry – the lethal offspring of the Pitt / Tarantino pairing is so strong that Inglourious Basterds is still the number one result when you enter “Inglorious” into Google.
Hot Toys The next Hot Toys MMS License is…Inglorious Basterds!
We had previously reported that the Masters of the Universe Classics He-Man and Skeletor will be getting re-released on Mattycollector.com, with He-Man on November 16 and Skeletor on December 15. In addition to a slight packaging change, Mattel has listed out what they’ve changed on each figure.
I’m starting to get pangs of guilt for opening all my MOTU Classics figures now. 😀
He-Man®, Skeletor® Figures Updated & Re-Released
Awesome News, MOTU Fans!
Two of your favorite characters, He-Man® and Skeletor®, are getting updates and being re-released right here at MattyCollector.com! Both of the originals were giant hits when they were first released, but the Four Horsemen and Mattel had a few minor changes they wanted to do to make them even better.
