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Toy Fair 2011 – Square Enix

Considering that Square Enix had one of my favorite displays at Toy Fair, there’s really no excuse for these pics to have sat on my hard drive for this long. I must have just overlooked not posting them back in February. But today, I was thinking about how much I wished SOTA Toys was still making Street Fighter action figures when I remembered the awesomeness of the prototypes that Square Enix had on display for Street Fighter in their Play Arts Kai line. With their other licenses, including Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and more, Square Enix has really come on strong in the video game segment for action figures.

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Happy New Year! AFP’s Best of 2010

As we kick off the new year, I asked the guys to make their picks for for best [insert anything toy-related] for 2010. I wasn’t sure, since we just picked our “most thankful for” figures a few weeks ago at Thanksgiving, if we’d have much to add. Turns out there was plenty that impressed us above and beyond our Thanksgiving picks.

I’ll get us started.

Ron’s pick – Hasbro Iron Man 2 – Iron Monger

I don’t want to get typecast, because I picked the Marvel Legends Iron Man as one of Fwoosh’s Best of 2009. But this year, I think that the Iron Man 2 line from Hasbro, in particular the Comic series, went a long way in winning over fans who were missing their 6-inch Legends to the 4-inch scale.

The line has some really great sculpts, decent enough paint apps, and some fantastic articulation at that size. And, of course, it brought us this awesome Iron Monger – the huge, classic, comic-based blue version that I never thought we’d get, since the movie-based Iron Monger lined shelves for a while.

There were lots of Hasbro Iron Man news and reviews this year, but one of my favorite posts was highlighting this custom Iron Man armory by Thor-El.

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Square Enix Play Arts Kai Bayonetta

This is a guest review of the Square Enix Play Arts Kai Bayonetta by Ayeffkay. I wasn’t familiar with the character at all before starting to play the Sega game a few days ago. While the figure’s proportions looked a little elongated to me before, they’re actually completely accurate to the game. Big thanks to Ayeffkay for the review and the loads of pics!

Bayonetta is a game where you say “holy shit, that’s awesome” a lot. She jumps and dances around a lot with a gun on each limb, kills more and bigger angels with every level, and wears a catsuit made of her hair, which flies off and turns into a demon whenever you have a boss to kill.

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More Square Enix Play Arts Kai Halo Reach Figures Available for Pre-Order

The more I see of these Halo Reach figures from Square Enix, the harder it will be to not start buying them. I know if I take the plunge I’ll have to buy them all.

The first three figures, Noble Six, Emile, and Jun, went on pre-sale about two months ago. Now Carter, Jorge, and Kat are available to pre-order for about $50 each from Sideshow. These should be available before the end of the year.

Check out more pictures from our NYCC coverage of Square Enix.

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New York Comic Con 2010 – Square Enix Halo Reach and Metal Gear Solid

I probably would never have stopped by Square Enix if not for pushers like Sandman and Industrial. I don’t play a lot of video games these days – I’ve never played a Metal Gear Solid game, and I stopped after the second game in the Halo franchise. But after seeing Sandman’s pics of the Square Enix booth from San Diego Comic-Con and Indy’s Best Toy Ever review of the Sneaking Suit, I knew I’d hate myself if I skipped their booth at NYCC.

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