Toy News Roundup: Star Wars Celebration 2015 and More Galore!
Today is Sunday and it’s time for the 86th 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?
NEW FROM GENTLE GIANT
As part of Gentle Giant’s month solicitation they released the details and images for their jumbo Super Powers Wonder Woman, jumbo BTAS Joker, and Zombie Mystery Bust. They are all available for pre-order now.
JOECON 2015 PRESS IMAGES REVEAL TOYS “R” US AND SDCC 2015 EXCLUSVIES
JoeCon was last weekend, where Hasbro revealed a bunch of new exclusives for this year – including SDCC and TRU exclusives. There are several exclusives for each which start to become available in July.
STAR WARS TRADE VIDEO
This week saw the release of Kurt Edward Larson’s newest video, a short up on Funny or Die in which he engages action figure trading with his beloved Star Wars figures. We caught up with him on the day of release.
FUNKO’S STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015 EXCLUSVIES
Funko finished revealing their Star Wars Celebration 2015 exclusives just in time for this show this weekend. They have several exclusive products from their Pop! Vinyl, Hikari, and Super Shogun lines.
I HAVE A VISION
Hot Toys finally gave an official teaser of their Vision sixth scale figure this week. No details were given, but I would imagine that he goes up for pre-order very soon.
HOT TOYS ATTENDS STAR WARS CELEBRATION WITH AN EXCLUSIVE
Hot Toys attended Star Wars Celebration for the first time this year. To welcome that event, Hot Toys announced an exclusive Spacetrooper sixth scale figure. The figure is available for pre-order on Sideshow Collectibles.
THE CONCEPTUALIZATION PROCESS OF MAKING AN ACTION FIGURE
Andrew Franks from Boss Fight Studio has made a video showing his process for conceptualizing an action figure from the start.
MEZCO’S MORTAL KOMBAT X SERIES 2 REVEALED
Mezco released the official images and details for their Mortal Kombat X Series 2 figures. This series is going to include Kitana, Quan Chi and a new character making his debut in Mortal Kombat X – Kotal Kahn.
COMICAVE STUDIOS ANNOUNCES A TRULY EPIC AND MIND-BLOWING HULKBUSTER
Comicave Studios, a company that I have never heard about until this week, announced what many would consider the ultimate Hulkbuster action figure. It’s quarter scale (making it 4 feet tall) and comes with animatronics to reveal the Mark 43 armor inside. So awesome, but it’s going to be so expensive.
SUPER POWERS FLASH REIMAGINED IN ARTFX+ FORMAT
Kotobukiya announced this week that The Flash is going to be the next character to get the ARTFX+ treatment in their new Super Power Collection line. This 7-inch statue will be available this October for just $30.
FINAL PRODUCT PHOTOS FOR HOT TOYS AGE OF ULTRON CAPTAIN AMERICA
Hot Toys released the final product photos for their Age of Ultron Captain America 12-inch figure. He really does look good, and potentially much better than the last Avengers Cap.
SIDESHOW’S JOKER PREMIUM FORMAT FIGURE FROM ‘BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM’
Sideshow Collectibles revealed the Joker Premium Format Figure from ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’. It’s currently available for pre-order. The company also plans to do Batman from the game really soon.
POTENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT EARTH EXCLUSIVE MARVEL LEGENDS 5-PACK INCOMING
Images surfaced this week of a potential Entertainment Earth Marvel Legends 5-pack featuring the Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s not 100% confirmed to be EE exclusive, just yet.
HOT TOYS AND SIDESHOW AT STAR WARS CELEBRATION
Sideshow Collectibles has released some images from the Hot Toys/Sideshow booth at Star Wars Celebration. They have all of the droids you are looking for and more!
STAR WARS BLACK SERIES 6-INCH PACKAGING CHANGING…. AGAIN!
It looks like the Star Wars Black Series packaging is going to be changing again. This is going to be the 3rd packaging change since the line started.
KOTOBUKIYA SNOWTROOPER 2-PACK
The latest Star Wars addition to Kotobukiya’s ARTFX+ line is going to be a Snowtrooper 2-pack.
HOT TOYS SANDTROOPER CLOSEUP!
Sideshow’s Star Wars Celebration photos don’t really give a good look at Hot Toys’ upcoming Sandtrooper, so here’s a better look, directly from Hot Toys!
