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After the reveal of the full line up of their 30th Anniversary Predator range, NECA have now released this image and the promotional blurb below. Introducing the 30th Anniversary Predator collection! We’ve brought back some out-of-production fan favorites for those who missed out the first time around and given them various upgrades – plus we’ve included one ALL NEW figure, the Jungle Demon! Everything comes individually boxed in new 30th anniversary window box packaging with foil accents. All Dutch figures feature the likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger and have over 20 points of articulation. All Predator figures feature BRAND NEW bodies with over 30 points of articulation, retractable wrist blades and articulated shoulder cannons. Details on each figure are below - visit our website for a huge gallery! --> http://neca.io/2kwAxj7 Jungle Disguise Dutch: Comes with torch, spear, bow and arrows. Jungle Encounter Dutch: Comes with M-16 with grenade launcher, pistol and knife. Jungle Extraction Dutch: Comes with M-16 with grenade launcher, pistol, machete and knife. Jungle Patrol Dutch: Comes with M-16 with grenade launcher, pistol and knife. Jungle Demon: Comes with removable backpack and over 30 points of articulation. Jungle Hunter Masked (Prototype): Comes with removable backpack, bloody skull and spine, and now over 30 points of articulation. Jungle Hunter Unmasked: Comes with removable backpack, skull and spine, and now over 30 points of articulation.

Remember that 1/6 scale Yoda from Bandai we reported on a while back, the one that comes with a 1/12 version? Well the figure has been revealed via a Far East Trade show. I do like the look of the smaller version for an Empire display with Bespin Luke, much more screen accurate than the more generic Black Series representation.

Gizmodo have reveled a number of the new products that Hasbro have planned for the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars. One of the lines we have been keen to find out more about is the 6" Black Series range. While this doesn't confirm everything that Hasbro has planned, it is perhaps not quite what we expected. Hasbro will be launching a companion range to the 6" Black Series called the Centrepiece collection. These will be static figures pre-posed in an action stance. They will come on a detailed and dynamic diorama base, and will come with light and sounds functions. Each base will also carry additional foot pegs to allow other figures from the Black Series to be added to enhance the diorama. Only one image has been shared to illustrate what Hasbro have planned, this is the Luke Skywalker in flight-suit from The Empire Strikes Back with a very impressive looking AT-AT foot base. Each set will retail at $50, so not cheap. That will equate to £40 or so here in the UK.

Gizmodo have been given an exclusive reveal of some of the new Hasbro Star Wars product that are planned for the Star Wars 40th Anniversary. The diecast figures have been touted for a while now. It has now been confirmed these are 3.75" size and are actually un-articulated figurines.. They will also be released under the Titanium banner, a range Hasbro have used before for vehicles and that is currently dual stamped onto the Black Series vehicle collection. Each will be packed with a base that fits a card backdrop. Two backdrops are provided, one being a scene from the movie the other being character art work. The bases can be connected into a larger display. As an added bonus the figures have built in FX around their weapons so there are light up features. Five figures have been shown - Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo. The figures will retail in the US for $15 - expect the UK RRP to be around £12-£15 once they've made their way across the Atlantic.

Mezco have held a pre-Toy Fair press event to show off their new 2017/18 product ahead of the big show itself. The preview was streamed live on Facebook and we have tried to capture the key images of new One:12 Collective product. While some of these have been announced and even put on pre-sale it is nice to see these in the flesh Marvel Wolverine Doctor Strange Iron-Man Netflix Daredevil Spider-Man DC Batman Wonder Woman Harley Quinn Deathstroke Other Popeye! Ash from The Evil Dead 2 Zombies from Dawn of the Dead Ghostbusters (look at the full team + Slimer)

Review : Snowtrooper Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : Wave 9 (Phase 3) Released : December 2016 Price : £22.99 The final figure of Series 9, numbered 35, is the Snowtrooper from The Empire Strikes Back. The release of this troop complete a full set of Original Trilogy Storm Troopers after releases of the Sand Trooper, Storm Trooper and Scout Trooper. Like all of the phase 3 figures that came before, the Snowtrooper is packed in the standard black box with red spine and backing card and grey lined artwork. He is titled Snowtrooper in red on the front and again on the side spine with no specific reference to the actual movie he appeared in. Round the box back is a short overhead of the Snowtrooper role within the Imperial Military Machine and again this is kept generic rather than talking about their onscreen appearance at the Battle of Hoth. The grey lined artwork, used front and back, captures the sleek look of the Snowtrooper helmet while applying a partial shadow effect and some dynamism into the image as though the trooper was swinging his head round at the time. Once slid out of the box you are faced with the Trooper himself surrounded with his back pack to the right (as you look) and two weapon options to the left. The Snowtrooper stands dead on 6 inches high putting him in line with the other troopers to date. In the 1980 release of Empire there at least two different Snowtrooper armors in use in the Hoth scenes. Our figure appears to be based on the ground troops that enter Echo base once the shields are down. It will be interesting to see if Hasbro will tweak the sculpt and give us the commander version we see on the AT-AT bridge with General Veers. The sculpt is very impressive on this figure, as it has been with most armoured figures that Hasbro have released. The helmet is smooth and rounded, while the face section does carry some folds and creases to reflect it is actually a cloth face cover. The body suit which is visible at the arms and legs is also creased and painted in a cream colour to create a differentiation with the gloss white armour pieces that sit on top. The body armour starts with two shoulder pieces that seem to hang in place. There is then the chest section with its rounded central section and inserted control panel with black painted detail. There are a couple of further details either side of this with a red/black decal to one side and the larger three squared red controls to the other side. The arms have forearm panels and the gloves are white with an armoured piece across the back of each hand. The backpack slots into a hole in the rear of the figure. Around this hole are some sculpted straps but these are lazily just cast in the same cream as the rest of the outfit. The hole is hexaganol while the peg on the backpack is rounded and it actually doesn't matter which way you put it in as it rotates easily around to any position. It does however hold in place quite well although over time it may start to loose grip. The backpack, like the armour, is gloss white in hard plastic. It has some neat details with red, black and grey paint details in the controls and a couple of areas which appear to be Aurebesh text and impressively they don't seem to be decals but rather painted details. The snowtrooper wears an impressive looking armoured cod piece which is attached to the belt which also carries the skirt section. The knees, like the shoulders, are armoured. The belt section has pouches to either side, and the familiar Storm Trooper circular capsule round the back. From this the skirt hangs down, and this is cast in a textured plastic rather than soft good. It is also coloured in the cream used on the undersuit. The figure ends with the cloth boots, similar to the ones both Han and Luke are wearing in their Hoth gear. Up to this point the paint apps have been neat, but quite simple with gloss white on the armour and cream on the other parts. Here though the skirt bottom and the boots have both been weathered. The weathering is also quite variant between batches, with some I've seen being heavily muddied, while mine was more subtle on the skirt base but still quite heavy on the boots. While all the paint is neat the issue with the figure for me is how dark the cream colour is. Now I know this is screen accurate, BUT there is such a thing as perception of what the Snow Trooper should be and thanks to the various incarnations of the Snowtrooper since 1980, including the Vintage figure, my view of the figure is that it is too dark and too far away from what I perceive as the crisp white armour of the Snowtroopers. It's a minor complaint, and feels ungrateful considering Hasbro could have cast the whole thing in white but instead went for screen accuracy. Articulation is standard starting with a ball jointed head. The head does move a lot more than you may expect it to with that face section. What happens though is that as you do rotate the head the face cover starts to "hover" unnaturally. The shoulders are ball jointed, and as the arms raise the shoulder armour retreats under the chest joint without restricting any movement. Down from the shoulder we have a single elbow joint which both bends to 90 degrees and rotates. Thanks to this, and some pivot pegs in the hands, the ability to hold a weapon in two hands is pretty impressive. Just under the chest piece is a torso joint which feels like a ball joint rather than simple rotating peg. The torso can we swiveled to either side, with a little bit of forward and back movement also. The legs are a different matter unfortunately as they are completely blocked in by the skirt. While not a complete fan of soft goods, you feel a soft good skirt here would have worked so much better to allow the Snowtrooper to get into some more action poses - kneeling and crouching. The leg joints are all there to achieve this - with ball joint hips, double jointed knees and ankle rockers - they are just locked in place by the skirt. The two weapons are the E11 blaster, the new version that has been tweaked for Series 9 and that has also arrived packed with the Princess Leia and AT-AT Driver figures. Its a plain black plastic, but carries some decent detail and it fits into the Snowtroopers hand really well, including the trigger finger slotting into the trigger. The larger weapon, the DLT-19 heavy blaster, is the same as was packed with the original Stormtrooper. While cast in black plastic, it is heavily dry-brushed in silver to bring out the details. Out of the two it is the DLT-19 that not only looks better, but also poses better. With this weapon I got the Snowtrooper into a bunch of poses - including a two handed carry pose, but also a sniping/firing position. The Snowtrooper is a fantastic figure, and in a wave full of crowd pleasers it still stands out from the crowd. The cream is a tad too dark for some peoples liking, and there is opportunities for some extra paint apps around the backpack straps. It does have articulation issues around the legs, but makes up for it in the arms. In fact with these niggles aside, the problem with this figure will simply be its availability for those who want to army build. I would hope Hasbro give us options for picking up more of these in the future either with re-releases or perhaps with some troop building boxes alongside the Commander we mentioned earlier, or even with the E-Web cannon. I award the Snowtrooper a 5 out of 5 score, and had the skirt been a bit more flexible and the colouring a little better then he could have easily been the first Star Wars Black Series figure to get our 5* award. Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US

We have seen the Dark Knight SH Figuarts figure a few times now as a pre-production piece at various Far East Trade Shows. Tamashii Nations have now confirmed the full details of the figure and a release date for July 2017. Batman will come with soft goods cloth cape, optional hands, and optional head. He will also arrive armed to the teeth with a grapnel gun, batarangs and bomb-gun The ever-popular Batman: the Dark Knight joins the S.H.Figuarts series of ultra high quality figures! Utilizes digital coloring and incorporates a bendable cloth cape - a series first! The highly posable and expressive figure includes optional hands, an optional head, grapnel gun, batarangs, and bomb-gun accessories. Availability : July 2017. Materials : PVC, ABS Size : 150 milimeters.

So far Hasbro's 12 inch Legends range has given us the basic staples of Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron-Man. We also have Deadpool on the way, and now Hasbro have confirmed you can now add Thor and Hulk to your Avengers 12" Legends display. Thor looks particularly impressive, and will come complete with Mjölnir. He also gets a smiling helmeted head and a unmasked serious head. The Hulk sculpt is a modern interpretation of comic book Hulk, with ripped jeans. He will stand 14.5 inches high, putting him a good couple of inches taller vs the other figures. Like Thor he comes with two heads - one angry and one neutral (or as neutral as Hulk gets). RRP on these are around £60 in the UK ($60 in the US). Expect to pay more for Hulk which has a US RRP of $75. In the US a number of these have been tied into specific store deals like Walmart and Toys R Us. In the UK they have never hit mainstream retail but have been sold via independent specialists. We expect to see and find out more at Toy Fair 2017.

McFarlane's 12-days countdown to Toy Fair 2017 continues with days 7 through 9. These three images are all fairly cryptic but we think we have all of them sussed in terms of the licence - although it isn't clear as to what range these will fall into... Day 7 : One Punch Man This GIF, alongwith the clue WANPAN, is pretty much confirming the Animi classic One Punch Man licence is hitting the McFarlane stable. My feeling is Color Tops with a 7" figurine release Day 8 : Walking Dead Sasha This image took fans a while to interpret, but the common thought is this is the scene in The Walking Dead when Sasha shoots the painting. With McFarlane doing Walking Dead product in many different formats it is unclear as to exactly what this will be. You suspect it will be a figure rather than the Building range - but it could be 5" Walgreens range, 7" Color Tops or go down the 10" statue type route. Day 9 : Ghost in the Shell "Say what you see" with this one and it is obvious this is Ghost in the Shell as a licence. The exciting part, and as we found out at the UK Toy Fair, is that this is the licence to the 2017 movie starring Scarlett Johansson. The Major (the character Scar-Jo is playing) was specifically mentioned as a figure in the Color Tops range

NECA have confirmed the full line up of their 30th Anniversary Predator wave of 7 figures "30th Anniversary Predator assortment revealed, classics return this summer for those who may have missed out. #prednesday" - Randy Falk, NECA (via Twitter) There will be four re-released Dutch figures - the Jungle Patrol, Jungle Extraction, Jungle Encounter and Jungle Disguise The remaining three figures will then be Predator figures - the Jungle Hunter, The Jungle Demon (part cloaked) and a surprise being the Gort Predator. The Gort was previously released only as an SDCC exclusive (and a quarter scale) and features a prototype mask that was made for the 1987 movie, but never used on screen. And just before NECA posted this breakdown, we also got a good look at the packaging for the wave with these images of the Jungle Demon Predator figure boxed. "Your first #prednesday reveal, the Jungle Demon in 30th Anniversary packaging. Predator logo in red foil print. The jungle, it came alive..." - Randy Falk, NECA (via Twitter)

It was obvious Hasbro would be looking at a full wave of figures for Spider-Man Homecoming, but up to this week we had only seen the Vulture figure and the associated build-a-part flight accessory. Hasbro have now released details of more movie figures that will make up this wave We will get two Spider-Man figures in the single wave - one will be the homemade "early" suit while the second will be the more advanced suit with web gliders. Vulture will then come as a single packed figure with his flight back being assembled by purchasing the full wave. I would expect Hasbro to potentially follow recent waves by making up the rest of this wave with comic book figures, albeit Spider-Man themed. But that is not all. There will be a 2-pack release for the movie which will contain Spider-Man complete with alternative Tom Holland head sculpt. He will be packed with Iron-Man in what looks to be a variation of the Mark 46 armour (Mark 47?)

Its Day #6 of the McFarlane Toy Fair teases and it seems that Destiny will be a big part of the McFarlane plans for the next few months. Today's reveal appears to be Lord Saladin, indicating this could be the 4th Destiny figure planned for Color Top release.