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Weekend Toy Run: Transformers Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime on Amazon

TRANSFORMERS FIRST EDITION OPTIMUS PRIME Open Package

The next installment in the Transformers movie franchise, Age of Extinction, isn’t due to hit theaters until late in June. The normal shelf date for movie toys is usually 3 months in advance of the opening. However, since the movie got a teaser spot in the Big (maybe not so fitting a descriptor this year) Game, Hasbro has jumped on board with something novel. Teaming up with Amazon, they launched the Transformers HQ on Amazon immediately following the airing of the teaser, and are offering up the first edition Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime.

That’s two Transformers exclusives with two different retailers launched on 2/2 – the first we covered was the Year of the Horse Starscream that’s exclusive to TRU. I checked the Toys R Us website for Starscream – the exclusive isn’t available online yet, but you might want to keep checking.

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Hasbro Transformers Starscream – Year of the Horse Toys R Us Exclusive

Our good pal trs sent us a couple of pics of the Year of the Horse Platinum Edition Starscream. It’s exclusive to Toys R Us, and should hit shelves with a $109.99 price tag. The official shelf date is February 2nd, but you might see them out early – after all, today is the Lunar New Year, which kicks off the start of the Year of the Horse. (You could also ask a stock person to check in the back for you.)

In the meantime… 恭禧發財 / Kung Hei Fat Choi (Cantonese) / Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) – Happy New Year!

A Star Wars Christmas Story by Macas

Most folks have taken down their lights and packed away their Christmas decorations for the year, but AFP reader Macas sent in a story from his childhood that put me right back in the holiday spirit. It’s a story about the one toy that would make or break his Christmas – and change his life forever. He now makes a living as a toy dealer, buying and selling toy collections, so he’s living the dream!

Spoiler alert – no tongues get stuck to flagpoles, but I can’t promise he didn’t shoot his eye out with a laser blaster.

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Border Patrol: Marvel Legends Sirens – Scream, Spider-Woman, and Storm

This week I found a few Marvel Legends females that show how the new Hasbro bodies are way ahead of what’s come before them.

  • Marvel Legends Scream by glennwebman69 – this spawn of Venom uses the Jean Grey body – it works for Scream’s lithe body type – great sculpt and paint here enhance the base figure – ends Feb 02, 2014 18:44:21 PST
  • Marvel Legends Spider-Woman by Loosecollector – this is a previously owned custom being sold by its current owner – the Jean Grey body is a big improvement over the lanky, awkward body that came from Toy Biz (hey, I was happy to get her way back then), but I’ve got to believe that Jessica Drew deserves the badonkadonk from the new Moonstone body – ends Jan 29, 2014 13:41:29 PST
  • Marvel Legends Storm by Wings – the old Toy Biz Storm was great back in the day, but seeing her on the Moonstone body has me convinced the weather witch needs more curves – the approach the customizer used with her hair makes for a nice wind-blown effect, but I would have liked to see it blended better at the hairline – ends Feb 02, 2014 13:08:04 PST

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!

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Spider-Man Marvel Legends (Infinite Series) Carnage – Quick Pics

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[Rendered speechless by his enjoyment of the new Spider-Man Legends Carnage, Talyn shared a bunch of pics. If you want to see more of the Spider-Man Legends wave, leave a comment below. – Ron]
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