Search this site

Medicom have alredy released two versions of the Dark Knight Batman in the MAFEX range. Now they are having a third go at the figure with a March 2018 release of version 3.0 The new version will bring with it a fabric cloak as well as swap-out head and hand options. The cloak will come with built in wire armature to assist in posing. Batman will be armed with a battarang, grapple gun, EMP Blaster and the adhesive bomb gun. Expect to be paying about £60 imported for the Dark Knight come March 2018

Over at the Join the League website, Mattel have announced a special release of their 6" Cyborg figure for SDCC. The figure is packed in an impressive cube box with images of Cyborg from Justice League as well as the Justice League logo. Inside this box is a secondary box in a brushed metal design - based on the Mother Box design from Jack Kirby's 4th World . Under the top flap of this is the figure itself, laid on top of a black cubed background. There is then built in sound and light fx, operated via a small switch. Checkout the video to see how it all works.

Bandai have begun early solicitations on an SH Figuarts Batman figure from the Justice League movie. The figure, w hich has an exceptional likeness for Ben Affleck, looks to come with a soft good cape. It will also include a battarang and some swap out hand options. Nothing else is known at this stage other than they will be aiming for a November release to coincide with the movie release.

NECA have confirmed the arrangements for two new products on the NECA Alien X club. Ultimate Alien The new Ultimate Alien will be added to the Club after SDCC. You will therefore be obliged to purchase the release to continue your membership and qualify for the bonus items and releases. We would expect you will need to buy both versions, but await clarity on this. This is or both US and UK members The Sewer Mutation SDCC exclusive US collectors can pre-order this now via the Alien X Club for delivery after SDCC. I have been advised that this will be made available to UK subscribers after SDCC as promised in the original press release. You should get a notification as this goes up for sale. It isn't clear as yet if this is a required purchase or a bonus item while stocks last.

NECA surprised collectors with the announcement of a new Ultimate 7" figure - Ash from the TV show Ash vs the Evil Dead. The release will be essentially the standard blue shirt release, but with a wealth of added parts. There will be four head options, a mechanical hand, a wooden hand, a hand stump, a photo of Ash's car and of course a shotgun and chainsaw to figure those Deadite hordes. This will all be packed in the Ultimate box packaging, with a special lenticular cover. The figure will ship as early as September 2017. The US price is expected to be between $25 and $30, and expect to pay around £25 here in the UK. Pre-orders should go up soon at the usual places. Ash vs Evil Dead - 7" Scale Action Figure - Ultimate Ash From the hit STARZ TV series, Ash vs Evil Dead! The series follows Ash, stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who spent 30 years avoiding responsibility, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. #NECA has given Ash the Ultimate #actionfigure treatment—he comes with four interchangeable head sculpts, chainsaw, mechanical hand, wood hand, hand stump, photo of his car, and shotgun that fits in a back holster… Everything he needs to fight a plague of Deadites. The 7” scale figure is highly articulated and comes in collector-friendly deluxe window box packaging with opening flap and bonus lenticular cover. Shipping Date: September 2017

NECA have confirmed the full details for the Ultimate Aliens Xenomorph that was teased last Friday. The figure will be updated from the Series 2 release and come with 30 points of articulation. The Alien will also come packed with an open Alien Egg, Facehugger and Chest-Burster. They will be packed in the Ultimate packaging with colour coded packaging - blue & brown. In a case of 6 there will be three of each figure for collectors to pickup. They should hit store shelves in October (possibly November here in UK) and the price is expect to be around $25 / £25 Aliens - Ultimate Warriors Assortment From the thrilling #Aliens movie, the Warrior Alien gets the "Ultimate" #actionfigure treatment! The assortment includes both blue and brown Aliens. We've upgraded the deadly creatures, which now have added articulation and plenty of extras: each comes with a #Facehugger, #Chestburster and egg accessory. The Warrior stands over 9" tall and has over 30 points of articulation and bendable tail. Comes in collector-friendly deluxe window box packaging with opening flap. Shipping Date: October 2017

Marvel Cinematic Universe Guardians of the Galaxy Gamora Marvel Select 7" scale Recipe NECA Divergent Triss (body & legs) NECA Jonah Hex. Lila (arms and hair) Diamond Select Disney Store Exclusive Comic Gamora (head) Hasbro 5 POA basic animated Gamora (sword) Star Wars Black Series Greedo (belt) Paints - Revell Aquacolor / Tamiya Once Diamond had announced we would be getting an MCU Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot and Drax in their 7" Select scale but not a Gamora I knew I wanted to do something to allow me to have a full Guardians line up on display. There is no 7" scale likeness of Zoe Saldana at the moment, and the Hasbro Marvel Legends sculpts are too small to pass for 1/10 scale. I therefore decided to go with a representation of Gamora, and it felt right to use the Diamond Select comic book Gamora that was currently being sold as a Disney Store exclusive. While the head was OK, the hair on the Select version was not what I wanted. The head was boiled and hair removed. I then obtained the NECA Lilah (from Jonah Hex) and her head was given same treatment and the hair removed and transplanted onto the Gamora head with a little shaving of the plastic. The body took care of itself in that the costume used by NECA on their Divergent Tris figure was already a pretty good match to what Gamora wore in the Vol. 2 sequel. The arms had to be removed, and I took the arms from the Lilah figure and added these in their place. The pegs were compatible so the swap was easy and the articulation retained. The head needed some work to make it fit on the Tris peg. This also means shaving down the neck. The final addition was the belt which I had left over from a Black Series Greedo figure. It had to be stretched and shaped to fit. A thigh strap was added using some left over strapping from another custom. The figure then needed painting. The costume only really needed darkening to be black all over, I then washed the legs and bodice section in the dark blue as a wash. The belt was glossed black as was the strap and holster. Silver details were added. The skin tone was mixed as the initial green was too dark. This was applied and then some very slight silver strips added to the face. The hair was left it's base colour from Lilah, but I worked up some layers of red and then black washed to tone it back down. Gamora's sword was from the budget Hasbro cartoon line of Guardians. The cartoon Gamora sword is a nice sculpt and is pretty well sized for a 7" figure. All it needed was a paint with black undercoat then silver on top. It also fits neatly into the Greedo holder, although perhaps too snugly as I have had a bit of rub when bringing it out and this needs touching up. While we await the official MCU Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket and Groot - here is Gamora with my current versions of the Guardians.

For those who remember the 6.5" - 7" Marvel Civil War bootlegs from last year - the Far East company behind them seems to have a new batch incoming. The new 6 figures are all listed as 7" in scale and are Spider-Man comic based. The line up includes a standard comic-book Spider-Man and what appears to be a very loose interpretation of the Homecoming "homemade" suit. The Spider-Man even comes with an iPhone. We then have Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, Kid Arachnid / Mile Morales and the Black Suited Symbiote Spider-Man. The first listings from these is on the Taobao.com site. Each figure is listed at between 58 and 68 Yen - that is between 40p and 50p in UK money, and this is likely the "buy in bulk price". Expect these to actually be shipped from the Far East at around £5 each + shipping, same as the Civil War versions. eBay is likely too be swamped in the next few weeks.

Happy Sat-TOY-Day everyone! CLICK HERE for this week's issue This weeks issue leads with brand new Marvel Legend figures, checkout the Swamp Thing BAF on our cover! NECA collectors will be excited to see the new Ultimate Xenomorph as well as the SDCC exclusive Dutch. We also see the SH Figuarts Mk47 Iron-Man from Spider-Man Homecoming and from Hasbro a Shocker figure in their basic line. Star Wars fans will be checking out the latest news of Hera, who was postponed earlier in the year - but now has a release date for Force Friday. And Black Series collectors will want to checkout this weeks review - the Astromech Droid 3-pack. www.facebook.com/mephitsu www.twitter.com/mephitsu www.issuu.com/mephitsu

It didn't take much working out from the teaser trailer that if Diamond were only going to do two figures from Thor Ragnarok, that those figures were going to be Thor and Hulk. Now that speculation is pretty much confirmed with a pre-order that has gone up on US site Toywiz. The pre-order uses the usual silouette images that Diamond sends out ahead of the actual promotional images. Thor appears to be wearing the same gladiator armour we see him wearing as he faces off with Hulk. He is also wearing the winged helmet, the first time in the line - and this is his 4th appearance at 7" Select scale. Hulk is in his Gladiator armour, again with a helmet. The Toywiz site has these listed as $21.99 each and due to ship January. That would be a little earlier than usual as Diamond tend to ship their movie figures about 3-months after the movie. A Diamond Select Toys release! They're friends from work! Send your Marvel Select collection to the distant reaches of the galaxy with these two new 7-inch scale action figures based on the new Marvel Studios film, Thor: Ragnarok! Depicting Thor and the Hulk in their gladiator gear, each figure features 16 points of articulation and includes weapons seen in the film. Each figure comes packaged in the famous Select action figure packaging, with side panel artwork for shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! Related Products

NECA have shared the following images, confirming that the Aliens Xenomorph is making a return in an Ultimate format. The images don't give too much away, and the tweet in which it was shared indicates we will find out more next week. We assume the artwork is the box packaging, therefore it won't be presented in the usual blister packaging. The interesting element of the artwork is the two different colourations - one brown, one blue. This represents that the release will have two variants, the same as was released as single figures back at the start of the NECA Aliens line "Look who's coming back in the Ultimate format with added articulation, accessories & more. Full details next week. #facehuggerfriday" Also teased by NECA is this Hadley's Hope sign - as seen in Aliens, 1986. When asked if this would be a diorama type release or a print out backdrop - Randy Falk from NECA answered... "you will be able to get this piece for your collection and displays along with more possibly news on that next week or the following"

Icon Heroes range of 6" Once Upon a Time figures have been delayed a number of times now since their announcement, with a due date of August 2017 now for the first figures. As a prelude to this, Icon are taking an exclusive Emma Swan figure to SDCC 2017. The figure uses the standard sculpt, but is re-coloured in blue jacket. She also comes with a beanie hat. The other accessories that will come with the standard release are also included - these are the sword & sheath, dagger and Police badge. The packaging is very nicely done in a storybook theme. The figure is limited to 500 pieces. And the premium packaging brings a premium price of $35, that is $10 above the proposed RRP of the basic line. An Icon Heroes exclusive! From ABC's hit show Once Upon a Time comes this variant Emma Swan action figure in her iconic blue jacket! Each special edition action figure is packaged in a gatefold keepsake box in the form of the Once Upon a Time fairy tale book! Measuring approximately 6 inches tall with multiple points of articulation, Emma comes with: Beanie Emma Swan Dark One Dagger Sheriff badge Sword and sheath Interchangeable left hand Available at the Icon Heroes booth #3345. Extremely limited to just 500 pieces.