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Toy News Roundup: ‘Huge NECA Surprise’, ‘NEW S.H. Figuarts’ and the ‘Real’ Stan Lee Action Figure


Today is Sunday and it’s time for the 112th edition of the Toy News Roundup. Here we round-up all of the most important toy news of the week from our site, and also link you to any toy news that we didn’t cover. So let’s see what the big toy news was this week, shall we?

NECA MAKES THE IMPOSSIBLE
Fans have been dying for NECA to make 7-inch DC Comics characters, but Warner Bros. just wouldn’t allow it, until now.

NECA 7-inch Christopher Reeve Superman Figure

JUMBO MAN WITHOUT FEAR
Gentle Giant announced their Secret Wars Daredevil Jumbo Figure this week.

RICK GRIMES IS FINALLY COMING TO YOUR COLLECTION
After 2 years of waiting, Threezero has finally announced and put up for pre-order their next The Walking Dead 12-inch figure.

Threezero Rick Grimes Sixth Scale Figure Walking Dead 001

OFFICIAL DIAMOND SELECT TOYS NYCC 2015 IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Diamond Select Toys sent out some images and photos of the items they had on display at New York Comic-Con, including several items that weren’t allowed to be photographed at the show.

STORM COLLECTIBLES INKS NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION DEAL
Storm Collectibles announced this week that they have worked out a distribution deal with Bluefin to distribute their products in North America.

Storm Collectibles Mike Tyson Sixth Scale Figure Olympic Special Edition 010

BOBA FETT GETS TO BE A MAFEX FIGURE
Fans of the import Star Wars figures are going to want to check out the newly announced MAFEX Boba Fett figure based on his appearance in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH HOT TOYS’ UPCOMING RELEASES
The latest preview of Hot Toys products shipping soon is very strong with the force. There is also a few Iron Man figures coming soon.

Hot Toys Upcoming Releases The Force Is Strong

PAUL RUDD WOULD BE PROUD
The Hot Toys Ant-Man unmasked head sculpt was revealed and it’s something Paul Rudd would be proud of.

THE STRIKER IS HERE
Final product photos of the Construction Suit have arrived, meaning that the Mark 25 Iron Man should be shipping to your doorstep soon!

Hot Toys Striker Iron Man Mark 25 Sixth Scale Figure Iron Man 3 033

THE PERFECT REPAINT
Sideshow Collectibles announced a R2Q5 sixth scale figure this week, which is basically a repaint of the recently released R2-D2. A perfect repaint though.

THE ‘REAL’ STAN LEE
There have been a number of Stan Lee action figures over the years, but this is the ‘real’ one. 

Hot Toys Stan Lee Sixth Scale Figure 012

S.H. FIGUARTS GALORE
At an overseas convention this past week, Tamashii Nations has oodles of S.H. Figuarts figures to show off for the first time from licenses like Star Wars, Marvel, and more.

SH Figuarts Star Wars Chewbacca


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