In an interview ont he HotToyCast, Mez from Mezco revealed that they are releasing the original Ghostbusters into their One:12 Collective range of One:12 figures. The range will include all four original Ghostbusters with Mezco looking ambitiously at an Ecto-One, including lights and sounds. Listen to the HotToyCast here Mezco are hoping to show the first of these at SDCC,

Joining the 7 inch Ultimate Dream Masters Freddy Krueger this Autumn is this 8 inch retro release of Surgeon Freddy Krueger.. Standing 8" high, and with real cloth tailored clothing, Surgeon Freddy will come with removable surgical scrubs, mask, hat and sunglasses. And he will come armed with his trademark glove and a bonesaw. "From A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Surgeon #Freddy joins our retro clothed action figure line. He stands 8” tall and is dressed in intricately detailed and tailored fabric clothing similar to the iconic toy lines of the 1970s. In addition to his fabric clothing, #SurgeonFreddy also wears removable surgical #scrubs, mask and hat. He’s fully poseable and comes complete with sunglasses and bone saw accessories. Blister packaging with resealable protective clamshell features new custom artwork created by illustrator Nathan Thomas Milliner (The Art of Nathan Thomas Milliner) just for this release! Starts shipping to retailers in September!" Source : NECA (Facebook)

NECA have confirmed that the next Ultimate Freddy release will be the Dream Warriors Freddy. Dream Warriors Freddy will arrive in Autumn 2016 and will be fully articulated, as well as coming with a swap out chest/head section - similar to the design to the Ultimate T1000. The Freddy puppet and Elmstreet House will also be included - as well as the usual Ultimate fair of swap out hands and Freddy's trademark hat. From the cult classic A Nightmare on Elm Streethorror films, we present the definitive collector’s version of #Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors! #Ultimate Part 3 Freddy Krueger features plenty of gruesome detail and tons of accessories, including 2 interchangeable heads, 2 pairs of hands, the ElmStreet house, Freddy puppet and removable hat. He’s fully poseable and truly terrifying – swap out his regular sweater front to display the tortured spirits trapped in his Chest of Souls! The 7” scale figure comes in collector-friendly deluxe window box packaging with opening flap. Ships out to retailers in September! Source : NECA, Facebook

We've already seen the promotional images for the upcoming SH Figuarts 1/12 scale Leonardo and Donatello, and you can pre-order these for a Summer 2016 release. Now promotional images have been released for the other half of the team, Raphael and Michaelangelo. Both Mikey and Raph will come with swap-out head options plus weaponry. And it was recently confirmed that Tamashii are using metal lower legs on these turtles - most likely to create a weighted base to allow for some of the more dynamic "ninja" poses. All the Turtles are priced at 7,000 Yen / $60, and that is directly converting to a £60 price tag here in the UK.

NECA have announced TWO Comic-Con exclusive sets based on the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Arcade Game Each box is a 4 figure set - with box one containing the Turtles, and box two containing Shredder and the Foot Clan. The figures are 7" scale, in line with the majority of NECA's core range, with the Turtles looking like they are using the existing NECA TMNT sculpts, albeit with updated Video Game decor. Both boxes will include a tone of accessories, and the packaging will have a classic Arcade cabinet design. Update : it has now been confirmed that these sets will sell at $100 at SDCC. It is also confirmed that the licensing arrangement for these figures prevents them going to retail. The agreement is also for US only, so no option of having these sets for sale outside the US - similar to how the Warner Bros licence worked on the 7" Superman, Batman and Joker figures. The tweet that confirmed this also indicated this US only licence applies to their upcoming quarter-scale Turtles. SDCC TURTLE POWER! We couldn’t be more excited to announce two Comic-Con exclusive sets that have been in the works for a while now! From the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4-player arcade game, we’ll have 4-figure box sets for both the Turtles and the Foot Clan coming to San Diego Comic Con. New sculpts – Tons of accessories – Arcade cabinet packaging TMNT (Arcade Appearance) – Turtles Box Set Cowabunga, dude! This SDCC-exclusive box set is based on the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4-player co-op arcade game and features brand new figure sculpts and deluxe packaging. Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael stand approximately 6” tall and feature over 30 points of articulation, including double knee joints to fully showcase their mastery of the martial arts. Special paint deco reflects the Turtles’ in-game appearance. The box set is packed with accessories, including signature weapons, interchangeable hands, pizza power-up and more. The set comes in gorgeous, display-friendly 5th panel window box packaging that re-creates the look of the actual arcade cabinet! TMNT (Arcade Appearance) – Foot Clan Box Set Cowabunga, dude! This SDCC-exclusive box set is based on the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4-player co-op arcade game and features brand new figure sculpts and deluxe packaging. Shredder and the Foot Clan stand approximately 6” tall and feature over 30 points of articulation, including double knee joints for dynamic poses. Special paint deco reflects their in-game appearance. The box set is packed with accessories, including oversized hammer, swords, throwing star, rifle, dynamite and more. The set comes in gorgeous, display-friendly 5th panel window box packaging that re-creates the look of the actual arcade cabinet! Source : NECA Online

Just days after we saw the SH Figuarts versions of Harley Quinn and The Joker from Suicide Squad, we now get full details of the MAFEX versions of these figures. The Joker, wearing the longer purple coat, will arrive in December and come with alternative head options, a cane and a blinged up hand-gun Harley Quinn will arrive a month later in January 2017 and also come with two head options. She will be packed with hand-gun, hammer and baseball bat. Both will retail at 6,264 Yen, circa £40 in UK - but add onto this delivery and tax. This expands the Mafex DC range even further - with Batman, Armoured Batman, Nightmare Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman all announced from the Batman vs Superman movie.

King Arts are a Hong Kong based company who have been exciting Marvel collectors over recent months with their proposed 1/9 scale diecast product. Up to now these have all been Iron Man focused, with the last big announcement being their Iron Man landing Gantry figure and diorama. Budget Stark has now published the following YouTube video which is a tour of the King Arts store in Hong Kong and is very revealing with some new protoypes of an Age of Ultron Captain America, an Ant-Man and for the first time in Action Figure form (excluding Hot Toys) is a movie Yellow Jacket. King Art's line up now looks like this... although many remain prototypes at this time and my not see the light of day. Iron-Man armours - Mark 1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 25, 37, 39, 42 and 45 Iron-Man add-on pack from IM3 (The Mechanic) Hulkbuster Iron-Man landing gantry Iron Monger Ultron, Ultimate Ultron and an additional Ultron add-on part pack Ant-Man Yellow Jacket Age of Ultron Captain America Prices will be circa £80 upwards depending on the figure, and so far only a couple of the Iron-Man's have made it into stores and into hands of collectors.

Welcome to the Sunday Savings, where we delve into the Amazon Warehouse deals and see what we can find... Amazon Warehouse is their clearance zone for items that have packaging damage or very minor cosmetic damage - and therefore the savings can be really good. The links below should take you directly to the discounted price. If they don't, then click on the BUY USED option which sits below the main description - look then for the sold by Amazon Warehouse price. These items are in very limited, often single quantities, and were in-stock at time of publication. Prices quoted also exclude delivery options Ghostbusters Select Ray Action Figure £15.79 Gotham Select Jim Gordon Action Figure £11.26 Gotham Select Oswald Cobblepot Action Figure £8.93 Neca 18 cm Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm Figure £10.96 Marvel Select Colossus Action Figure £16.00 Marvel Avengers Infinite Series Grim Reaper Action Figure £2.37 Kotobukiya 1:10 Scale Lantern Retro Artfx Plus Statue (Green) £11.42 STAR WARS ATTACK OF THE CLONES CLONE TROOPER WITH SPEEDER BIKE £7.82 Doctor Who The Master Retro Action Figure (SDCC 2011 Exclusive) £12.34

Happy Sat-TOY-Day everyone! CLICK HERE for this week's issue. Wow! What a week that has been. We started the week with an avalanche of new images and details about upcoming Marvel Legends, and then finished the week with some BIG surprises from SH Figuarts. In between was a Strange announcement from Diamond and some Weird news from NECA This week we have also been looking at what collectors can expect to find in Disneyland Paris, and our full article is published in this weeks issue. www.facebook.com/mephitsu www.twitter.com/mephitsu www.issuu.com/mephitsu

Review : Disney Build-A-Droid (Disney Parks) Star Wars (Disney) Wave/Series : Disneyland Paris Released : 2015 Price : €10.99 (£8.50) The 3.75" Build-a-Droids are a relatively recent addition to Disneyland Paris, translating across from the US parks last year and being installed in the Star Traders store adjacent to the Star Tours ride in Discoveryland. With the Star Tours and Star Traders closure for refurbishment (April 2016), the Build-a-Droid stand has been moved to the Disney Store in the Disney Village (opposite Planet Hollywood). Essentially, for the very reasonable price of 10.99 (£8.50) you assemble a Droid of your choice using a variety of parts available. Each droid has one body, one head, two legs, a central leg and you can also add an accessory to the dome. When we purchased our Droids for review in Disneyland Paris (April 2016), there was a choice of 8 bodies, 10 R2 heads, 4 R5 heads, 2 R4 heads, 7 leg options and 4 central leg struts. The dome accessories, of which there were 5, included Mickey Ears with a rebel logo, a Yoda hat, an Imperial Cap, Goofy ears and Mickey's Magic Hat. Once you have assembled your Droid, it is all placed into a hinged blister pack. Starting with the packaging, and it is a nice electric blue with blueprint detail on an Astromech droid included into the background. The Star Wars logo is presented in a gold colouring, and under this is the Droid Factory logo. A Kenner style name place is placed under the logo, and left blank for you to add your own Astromech name. To the top left is a Mickey Ears symbol stating age 3+, and to the top right is the Disneyland Parks merchandise stamp. The Droid fits into a central blister which is edged in gold, again very reminiscent of the Kenner packaging. Round the back, and the same blue background continues and there is a repeat of the Star Wars and Droid Factory logo. Under this, centrally placed and trimmed in gold, is a paragraph that details the role of Droids in the Star Wars Universe. It goes on to talk about the Droid Factory and how Park Guests can build their own. Interestingly the text isn't specific to Astromech's and makes reference to Assassin and Protocol Droids - however the current offering in Paris is Astromech's only. The same text is repeated in French underneath, so this is not a US card and is specific to Paris. So let's look at the Droid itself... Each Droid stands between 2.5 and 3 inches high, depending on whether you chose an R2, R4 or R5 unit. Assembly is smooth and each part fits and clicks snugly into position, and can also be removed easily enough and re-assembled, so if you buy a few droids you can experiment with other parts. Sculpt wise, and the Droids are all comparable to the Hasbro Astromech's, and as you can see from our comparison pictures they also match in terms of scale and height. Every part is neatly coloured, with the most detail seen on the body and dome. I found no paint bleed or paint errors on any of the many Droids we built over the week or so we spent in Disney. It is fair to say that some bodies are obviously more detailed than others. Despite the neatness, when you sit these Droids next to a Hasbro version you can see that they are all too clean and crisp, and lack that last level of detail in terms of a wash to bring out the panels further and to dirty the Droid up a little to aid in the realism. Articulation is pretty standard and comparable to Hasbro. Starting at the top, and the dome rotates fully 360 degrees. The same applies to the side legs, and these also have a joint at the feet which allows them to be adjusted to either a 3 leg rolling mode, or a 2 legged upright pose. The inner leg is not retractable, but can be popped off if you want to go with that 2-legged pose. The accessories, for want of a better word, are OK and very kid friendly and also personalise your figure as a Disney exclusive. Their inclusion does mean that when posed without them, there is a hole in the dome of your Droid, and this is more noticeable on the lighter coloured Droids, and the R2's more than the R4/R5 heads. If you have read our Disneyland Paris Shopping Report, you will know that the Build-a-Droid's are one of the very few figure related exclusives that can be bought solely at the Disney Parks. To that end, and considering they come in at a very reasonable £8.50 (cheaper than a current Hasbro 5POA figure), then they are a great little figure to pick up as both a reminder of your trip, and of course as an addition to any 3.75" Star Wars collection you may have. My maths is not the best, but considering the parts available I think there is circa 3500 variations you can employ at the Build-a-Droid station - assuming you use matching legs. That increases to nearly 18,000 variations when you consider the hats and caps. There are also other parts in the range that are currently in the US Parks, but not yet added to the Paris options. It is difficult to score the Build-a-Droid in the usual sense as it carries a couple of extra dynamics - none more so than the fun in building your droid in the first place. Considering the price, the packaging, the assembly and the experience as a whole, there is no real downside to the figure. The exclusivity is its only really downside, and I don't mind this too much as I went to Disneyland hoping to buy something that you can't get in the shops back home. That being said, it would be pretty cool to see the Build-a-Droid principle rolled out to Disney Stores, perhaps with certain parts held as Park exclusives only. I score the Disney Parks Build-a-Droid, Paris version, a 5 out of 5. And I recommend that whether you are a Star Wars fan age 3 or age 63+, that you make sure Build-a-Droid is on your list of things to do at Disneyland Paris.

NECA have revealed, via their usual Twitter channel, that they will be releasing a concept 2-pack of Alien figures in Autumn this year. "Special Genocide Concept Figure 2 Pack Coming this Fall #facehuggerfriday Dog & Chap in Genocide deco!" - Randy Falk, NECA Twitter The pack contains there existing Dog Alien (Alien 3) and Big Chap Alien (Alien) sculpts, but in the red Genocide decor. Unlike the previous Genocide figures, these two have not appeared in the comic series and are a concept design by NECA themselves. The figures are exepcted to be offered worldwide, and in the US it is more than likely going to be a Toys R Us exclusive. As the larger advertising image shows, these two new designs will fit in brilliantly to an existing Genocide hive display.

Tamashii Nations are certainly not holding back by adding new properties to their SH Figuarts range of highly articulated 1/12 figures. This weeks Tamashii Features showl has seen even more "Western" properties joining the current staples of Marvel and Star Wars. Although the DC Suicide Squad figures we reported on earlier will take the headlines, WWE fans will be equally pleased to see these two WWE figures. The Rock and Stonecold Steve Austin were both on show, displayed in a ring environment, and showing off that SHF articulation with each figure posed in a classic Turnbuckle Taunt position. No more details are known at this stage, and the cards with each figure don't give away any detail. SHFiguarts are masters of showing off new figures and then not releasing them in good time - an example of which is their Han & Luke figures in the Star Wars line. We will therefore need to wait on more details about this WWE range. Aside from the release details, fans will be keen to know if these are a one off release - similar to the Freddie Mercury or Bruce Lee figures - of if this is the start of a wider range of WWE legend figures? Imagine an SH Figuarts Hulk Hogan or Undertaker!