We’ve got 2 weeks left until Christmas, which means it’s time for Alison Haislip to show us the perfect gadgetry for the holiday geek, like a Lamp in a Box, WWE action figures, the Avatar Interactive Battle Pack and more. Forget everyone else, we might pick up some of this cool stuff for ourselves.
Mattel has updated its WWE page on Facebook with a look at the Elite Collection Series 2. I like how these are looking, but am really waiting for them to start showing their Legends / Superstars line.
Elite Collection Series #2 *Sneak Peak*
Line up includes: Triple H, Batista, R-Truth, Ted DiBiase, Randy Orton, and Matt Hardy.
There are a bunch of really great Mattel WWE pics at Figures and More, who went to Ringside Collectible’s RingsideFest in NYC a couple of weeks ago. I’m pretty psyched about Real Scale, which manages to stay as compatible with the JAKKS WWE scale as it can, while introducing relative heights for the wrestlers.
Mattel is bound and determines to hit the ground running when their WWE line kicks off on January 1, 2010. Mattel has a ton of product planned for launch and they have concrete plans for the months to follow. At RingsideFest, I met the majority of Mattel’s WWE team, including their PR. Representative, Rob Novickas, and Marketing Manager for the WWE line, PJ Lewis. I also met Derek, Alex, and two men named Bill from the Design team. I apologize to them for not printing their last names, they never used them over the course of the day, and if they did, I did not hear them. These talented people have all come together to create one of the best action figure lines and DEFINITELY the best wrestling figure line I have ever seen. The figures are all one size and scale across the entire line, which means they all live in the same universe.
It’s been a long dry spell since Mattel surprised the wrestling collecting community in February, when it announced it would be taking over the WWE license from long-time holder JAKKS Pacific. There was hardly a trickle of news until they teased us last month with a press release and a couple of pictures.
Now, with January 1 right around the corner, Mattel has opened the floodgates. These pics were released through their new Facebook page for Mattel / WWE. Didn’t know they had a Facebook page? It was news to me too.
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