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SH Figuarts 1/12 Ant-Man Promotional Images. He will come with a mini 1.5cm Ant-Man Released in July 2016 with an RRP equivalent to £40 - but you will have to add import costs to this. http://tamashii.jp/marvel/civil_war/

We are already getting two Dog Aliens in series 8 with brown and grey variances. NECA have just revealed they are also considering adding this Molten version as a chase figure in the wave. I think this is a nice variant, but am not a fan of chase figures. Particularly over here in UK where NECA product doesn't really hit shelves and the chase figure will simply sit with independents who will then charge a premium.

I've just completed a man-cave makeover, so it seems like a good time to update the "collection" page... CLICK THROUGH to take a tour of the Archives... I am also considering hosting other collections on the site, so if you want to show off your figure collection and would like to discuss us hosting it for you, then drop us an email mephitsu.archives@gmail.com

This is the proposed contents of the NECA Alien Creature pack - unpainted in this photo. Contents appear to be 1. Facehugger in Stasis Tube 2. Chestbursters x 2 3. Royal Facehugger* 4. Normal Facehugger 5. Juvenile Queen* * Still waiting for the correct terminology for these two items #NECA #Aliens #Actionfigures

Put the date in your diary - Friday 4th March 2016 We are joining fans, fan sites, news sites and Toy companies across the world to support Take an Action Figure to Work Day on the 4th March 2016. This will be the 3rd Annual event, which started in 2014 by Randy Ham ‘The goal of #AFWD2016 is simply to share a love of action figures and pop culture across the web,’ says founder, Randy Ham, ‘We just wanted to create a social media holiday like no other. 2015 showed us what this little idea could do, and we are beyond excited about the possibilities that 2016 will bring!' Read more about the AWFD by scrolling down... We would love all of you to take part - so pick your figure(s) and head off to work on the 4th March with your Camera. Please feel free to post your AFWD photo's to our Facebook Page using the #afwd2016 , and we will upload all of them to a combined Mephitsu Archive Gallery - with each picture getting it's owner one entry into our quarterly contributor draw* You should also share you photo's using the various media below, and in particular using the hastag #afwd2016 Website: actionfigureworkday.com facebook: facebook.com/ActionFigureWorkDay Twitter: @AFWorkDay Tumblr: actionfigureworkday.tumblr.com Pinterest: pinterest.com/AFWorkDay/ Instagram: instagram.com/actionfigureworkday Hashtag: #afwd2016 More about #AFWD2016 press release 2016 Take Your Action Figure To Work Day sets 2016 date Following a successful launch in 2014, Action Figure Work Day has set Friday, March 4 2016, as the third annual Take Your Action Figure To Work Day (#AFWD2016). Take Your Action Figure To Work Day began when Randy Ham brought a Teen Titans Raven variant to work with him and posted a few photos of her in his office. He got so many positive responses, he decided to do it again, and see how many other people would participate. With only 3 days to prepare, he set Friday, March 7th, 2014 as Take Your Action Figure To Work. People were encouraged to bring an action figure to work and post pics on social media using the #actionfigureworkday. Online invites were sent out, event pages were set up, and texts were furiously typed. Within a day, the event was picked up by a couple of news outlets, blogs, and several retailers and toy companies (Hastings Entertainment, NECA Toys, My Face On A Figure, and others). By the evening of March 6th, tweets with the hashtag started coming in from Singapore and New Zealand. All day, from all over the world, social media was full of pictures of action figures at work. In 2015, Action Figure Work Day revamped with a new logo, a streamlined hashtag, #afwd2015, and a new website (actionfigureworkday.com). The campaign also enlisted the help of My Face On A Figure, so that participants could purchase a customized action figure of themselves through a link on the Action Figure Work Day website. Mashable, NPR Morning Edition, and dozens of other media outlets picked up AFWD. It was especially popular with local television morning shows. By the end of the day, #AFWD2015 had a Twitter impression of over two million, with tweets by GE Healthcare, DC Comics, Kimpton Hotels, and more. Thousands of people tweeted, posted, and Instagrammed photos, and was the top trending topic on Facebook for most of the day. ‘The goal of #AFWD2016 is simply to share a love of action figures and pop culture across the web,’ says founder, Randy Ham, ‘We just wanted to create a social media holiday like no other. 2015 showed us what this little idea could do, and we are beyond excited about the possibilities that 2016 will bring!' Website: actionfigureworkday.com facebook: facebook.com/ActionFigureWorkDay Twitter: @AFWorkDay Tumblr: actionfigureworkday.tumblr.com Pinterest: pinterest.com/AFWorkDay/ Instagram: instagram.com/actionfigureworkday Hashtag: #afwd2016 * Mephitsu Archives contributor draw runs once per quarter, with the current competition running until 31st March 2016. For each contribution that is picked and shared on one of more of our channels - the poster will get one entry into the quarterly draw. Each contributor can enter as many times as they wish in the 3 month period, but their post must be approved and shared for it to be included as an entry. Once the quarter closes all the entries will be numbered and one number picked using a random number generator - draw will be posted online. The winner has 1-week to contact the site with their name and address. The draw is open to all, but winners outside the UK will be asked to pay postage for their prize.

Review : Prince Nuada Hellboy II (Mezco) Wave/Series : Series 1 Released : 2008 Price : N/A Mezco's Hellboy 2 figures are now nearly 8 years old, and like the earlier figures from the 2004 first movie are becoming harder and harder to find. Having a reasonably complete Hellboy collection has been a grail project for a year now, and I must admit that I didn't expect Prince Nuada to be picked up so soon and for such a great price. I am reviewing Nuada as he was received into me. He was bought loose, although I am sure all accessories are present and correct. Nuada originally came on a clamshell card with a deep red background in which is the image of Hellboy. The Hellboy 2, The Golden Army, logo is positioned on an insert card at the bottom of the blister at the figures feet. This logo is repeated round the back along with a short write up of the plot and a visual check-list of the 6 figures in the HB2 series 1 range. Nuada stands 7 1/2 tall with his control crown. Visually, he is one of the most striking figures I have ever seen and considering the 8 years since his release the sculpt would still put a lot of other figures and companies to shame even today. Nuada was played by Luke Goss, and the facial sculpt captures the look from the movie perfectly. The mouth is my favourite element, being sculpted slightly open and with teeth and tongue sculpted inside this. Nuada is wearing the Golden Army crown, and this is a little soft in the detail, but looks the part. The hair is relatively simply realised - using flaps of rubber which are then sculpted with hair detail. Yet they work really well as they hang naturally down both front and back of Nuada. The whole paint job is also really well done with the hair graduating in shade from root to tip. the skin tone is spot on to the movie and the eyes are quite striking in a light blue colour. If the head was good, then the costume is arguably better. It is very samurai in design and starts off with a ribbed torso armour, with each panel individually sculpted so there is texture as you run your finger over the piece. This is then painted in a bone yellow and washed in a darker finish. From the shoulders there are hinged shoulder panels which move with the joint, and these repeat the ribbed pattern and paint finish. Each arm has a multitude of creases and folds and as sculpted seam running shoulder to cuff. Both hands are the same pale skin tone with orange finger nails, which on mine are a bit messy although that could be wear and tear. Underneath the chest armour, around the waist, is a tied red sash and a circular clasp. Like the head piece, the clasp is a little soft considering it is meant to be metal. The sash however flows naturally and is picked out with a deep red velvet colouring and a darker wash to bring out the folds. The skirt pieces are doubled up with one piece folding over another and these start in a bone yellow and end in a bronze coloured panel, with a sculpted seam between the two colours. The legs continue with the deep red velvet colouring and tuck neatly into two leather shin pieces, which unlike the belt and headpiece are engraved crisply with circular iconography and ribbed side stitching. Nuada, like other Hellboy figures we've looked at, has brilliant articulation - considering it's age. The head is ball jointed and can rotate and be cocked to the side and bent forward or backward. The hair moves with the head so never looks out of place due to the very thin rubber material used for the hair. The shoulders are jointed, with a swivel directly under the shoulder. That allows a huge range of arm movement and even negates the fact that the elbows are a simple peg joint with no swivel. The arms finish with wrist joints that allow the hands to swivel a full 360 degrees, crucial for later on when we add Nuada's weapons. There is no waist or torso joint, so the next articulation point is the hip joints which move to the side and outward within the constraints of the skirt. The legs move down to a single jointed knee and then to ankle rockers. Nuada comes with three accessories, all weapons. The first is a sword, the second a short spear and the third a long spear. All three are quite soft in the sculpt, looking very much like cheaper toys accessories and with blunted points. My spear is also quite bent, not sure if that is down to the design or the age of the figure. Each weapon is very basically painted with a handle in one colour and blade in silver, with the longer spear having a more detailed sculpted handle at one end in dark brown. The long spear fits neatly into either hand, or into a two handed poses using that wide ranging arm articulation. The shorter weapons similarly fit in either hand and with the swivel at the wrist can be rotated and posed out to the side, or perhaps crossed in front of Nuada's face. It would have been nice to add sheaths to Nuada's back to sheath the two shorter weapons when not in use, as seen in the film. Considering his age, Nuada only shows glimpses of being "outdated" with a couple of older style joints. Sculpt wise, very few modern figures can beat him and the paint is all applied crisply and with plenty of effects to bring out the sculpted detail. The weapons are a let down, and just knock Nuada down to a 4 out of 5 score.

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Who ya gonna call? The 1984 horror-comedy classic Ghostbusters is as beloved now as it ever was! The fun-loving spokesman of the Ghostbusters, Peter Venkman, gets covered with marshmallow in this exclusive 7-inch scale action figure featuring specifically sculpted parts, as well as the standard 16 points of articulation, alternate hands, proton pack, neutrino wand, and a display base. Sculpted by Gentle Giant, the Ghostbusters Select Marshmallow Peter Venkman Action Figure is limited to 3,000 pieces! Ages 8 and up. This exclusive 7-inch scale Ray Stantz action figure is based on the final scenes of the 1984 feature film Ghostbusters, and features 16 points of articulation. Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios.

Jakks booth was full of the usual 20" - 48" figures, which sadly don't float my boat - you can find lots of details on these at ToyHypeUSA.com I am however really interested in Jakks new World of Warcraft movie figures, particularly the boxed 6" versions. Nothing new on show, just nice to see the likes of Durotan outside of a promo photshopped image

Importers Bluefin Distributors and Diamond Comics had a number of Japanese imported lines on display for US companies to purchase via them. Nothing was new, as we had seen most at the Winter Wonder Festival earlier in February. A few of the highlights are picked out in the gallery below SH Figuarts 1/12 Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles Storm Collectibles Mortal Kombat Storm Collectibles Street Fighter Mafex Dawn of Justice 1/12 figures Icon Heroes collectible paper weight statues

Announced So Far... Quarter Scale Hulk Quarter Scale Arkham Harley Quinn Quarter Scale Aliens Xenomorph NECA Dynamic Action Figure Stands Quarter Scale Donatello Ash vs Evil Dead - 2 x Ash figures + Creature God of War Ultimate Kratos Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Bill & Ted 8" Retro figures 7" Ultimate Jason, Friday 13th Part 3 1:1 scale Slimer, Foam Statue 40" Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Foam Statue Ultimate Gypsy Danger (Pacific Rim) Cinemachines - wave 1 and 2 on display (All as seen before Alien x 8 vehicles + Terminator Hunter Killers) source : NECA Twitter Feed, ToyNewsi.com Aliens Alien 3 Ripley Queen Facehugger Weyland Yutani Commandos NECA will also be releasing a Alien Creature Pack. This will contain the Stasis Facehugger, Queen Facehugger and what we believe to be the Queen Chest Burster. More details on this will be announced after Toy Fair 2016. ( Ultimate Toy Collector ) Terminator Ultimate Tech Noir Terminator ( ToyNewsi.com ) Rocky (series 1 from Rocky 3) Rocky with black shorts and title belt Rocky with Gold shorts Clubber Lang, blue shorts Clubber Lang, black shorts ( ToyNewsi.com ) Predator Series 16 Kenner Inspired Predators ( Ultimate Toy Collector ) Video Game Series Contra Castlevania ( ToyNewsi.com )

Ghostbusters While Diamond will do 7" figures, Mattel retain the 1/12 licence for Ghostbusters and will be doing figures from the new film. We had seen these ahead of Toy Fair, but it was nice to see these under normal circumstances. At this stage we are unsure if the "Fraid of No" Ghost is a gimic or has a part in the film. Multiverse DC There were a multitude of DC 1/12 Multiverse figures on display, and larger 12" versions. We got a look at the first figures for Suicide Squad - The Joker, Deadshot, Boomerang, Croc and Katana. There was also the addition of a Multiverse Supergirl figure. Deadshot and Joker will also be released in the larger 12 inch scale. WWE Zombie WWE Zombies will be a new line for 2016 and include zombie figures of your favourite WWE wrestlers. Figures on show were HHH, The Rock, John Cena, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Paige