The AFB Podcast Episode 208: Toy Fair Armchair Coverage Part One / Marvel Legends Absorbing Man Wave

Episode 208 of the AFB Podcast is live at iTunes and is now available for direct download! Download and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes now! 

This week, join Ben, Eddie, Adam, John, Justin, and Scott for a great new show packed full of toy fun!

This week we tackle the first half of our armchair coverage of the 2016 Toy Fair News, and then we run through a Toy Breakdown of the Absorbing Man Wave of Hasbro's Marvel Legends. 

If you don't use iTunes, you can download Episode 208 here now! Click on the link to listen, or right click to save the file! The podcast will always be available from the “Podcast” tab here - but if you can subscribe and give us positive ratings at iTunes, that will help us greatly! 

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News Covered in this Episode:

1. Unofficial Guide to Marvel Universe figures (Working on a link, it’s in Spain)
2. Sideshow Collectibles “Gamora” premium format statue
3. Sideshow Collectibles “Deadpool” P/F statue sneak peek (this is dangerous )
4. DC Collectibles NYTF reveals
5. Factory Entertainment “Deadpool” products
6. Funko Adventure Time, Daredevil and Skyrim Dorbz
7. Funko “Game of Thrones” Pops
8. Hasbro Marvel Legends “X-Men” Wave.
9. Hasbro announces 12” Marvel Legends
10. Hasbro Marvel Legends 4” 2-packs
11. Hasbro Marvel Legends “Role Play” accessories
12. Hasbro My Little Pony “Guardians of Harmony” figs including first ever “grown-up” Spike
13. Diamond Select Premier Collection “Rogue” statue

1. NECA “Weird Al Yankovic” figure
2. NECA Predator “Ultimate Scarface” action figure
3. NECA 18” Arkham City “Harley Quinn” & AoU Hulk
4. Hot Toys Star Wars “First Order: Tie Pilot” ⅙ figure
5. Hot Toys Star Wars Battlefront “Shocktrooper” ⅙ figure
6. Mattel Bats vs Supes “Barbies” This is what Mattel does with the DC license. Uggh
7. Mattel snags HALO figures from McF
8. Kotobukiya “Rogue” ArtFx statue Hrrrm :|
9. Kotobukiya “Spider-Gwen” Bishoujo statue
10. DC Comics & Thomas the Tank Engine Mash-ups (from Seth on Facebook)
11. Diamond Select 2nd wave of Muppets
12. McFarlane Toys new 6” “Spawn” action figure
13. Bif Bang Pow KISS Wooden Figures
14. Titan Merchandise Beatles Titans
15. IAmElemental Series 2 - Wisdom
16. Not strictly Toy Fair, but Figuarts TMNT

The AFB Podcast Episode 156: Toy Fair 2015!

Episode 156 of the AFB Podcast is live at iTunes and is now available for direct download! Download and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes now! 

This week, join Ben, Justin, Scott, and John for all of the latest news and reviews!

This week, we break down all of the news and reveals from New York Toy Fair 2015 in an extra-long episode! 

If you don't use iTunes, you can download Episode 156 here now! Click on the link to listen, or right click to save the file! The podcast will always be available from the “Podcast” tab here - but if you can subscribe and give us positive ratings at iTunes, that will help us greatly! 

The AFB Podcast is also on Stitcher Radio!

Have a listen, and please give us some feedback at podcast@actionfigureblues.com - we might even read out your feedback on the next show!

Happy listening!


News Covered in this Episode

1. DC Collectibles - craploads of stuff  DCC Showroom DCC Press Images
2. DCC Green Arrow & Black Canary Statue
3. Gentle Giant - Jumbo Batman: TAS
4. Gentle Giant Jumbo Super Powers
5. McFarlane Showroom - Walking Dead etc
6. Hot Toys Ultron Prime ⅙ action figure
7. Hot Toys Star Wars New Hope Obi Wan Kenobi
8. Sideshow Collectibles Starcraft Tychus ⅙ action figure
9. Tweeterhead Robin Boy Wonder maquette
10. Tweeterhead Skeletor bust
11. Marvel Select zombie Sabretooth action figure
12. Kotobukiya Bishoujo Wasp
13. Jakks Pacific jumbo figures (Star Wars, Godzilla, etc)
14. Hasbro Star Wars Furbacca
15. Funko Showroom - 6” Rocketeer action figure & Legacy Firefly
16. Funko ReAction - Star Trek figures http://pop-critica.com/toy-fair-2015-funko-photo-gallery/
17. Funko Super Shogun Star Wars
18. Bandai Toy Fair Reveals
19. Lego Reveals - Star Wars, Ant Man, Scooby Doo & more & Coverage here
20. Biff Bang Pow Retro 3.75” Flash (ah ah) Gordon figures
21. Executive Replicas Bettie Page doll and outfits
22. Storm Collectibles Mike Tyson ⅙ action figure
23. Playmates TMNT news
24. NECA doing Blizzard video game figures
25. NECA Showroom (Aliens Powerloader, 1/4 Reeves Supes, Ultimate Arnie T2)
26. Hasbro Marvel Legends & Infinites
27. Four Horsemen Gothic Legions Kickstarter is off and running
28. Factory Entertainment gets a Marvel License

Toy Fair: Stuff to buy, stuff to hide…..

Stuck over here in the boondocks, of Oz, sites like Action Figure Insider and Toy News International are a fanboy’s lifeline at convention time. Thanks guys for some great glimpses of ToyFair so far!

We had heard rumours that Zatanna was the next DCD 1:6 Scale figure, and sure enough there she was, with a top hat and white bunny too! Personally I’d love to see the Perez costume come out in this line someday, but it was a no-brainer that we’d see the black and white magician’s suit first. And it works, but golly I wish DCD  would get the knock-kneed thigh cut mess sorted out on their female figures in this scale. It’ll be sorted out with posing, but gosh she looks scee-raggly. Not super-duper wild about the facial expression either, but this is still a lock for me because I love the character and the line and want more, more, more.

We also saw the 1:6 Scale Wonder Woman up close, and after all the ongoing drama about what form Wondy’s hair should take, I can only imagine the screeching that might be taking place now. I’m personally glad they went with sculpted hair, but when have we ever really seen Diana in a ringlet perm? And…. she has the icky thigh cuts. Her uniform does look solidly done, but too loose around the bust in the same way that Black Canary’s was. I’ll reserve judgement until I see her in person. I do feel a bit for DCD on this one, because there are so many dedicated fans that there is no way to make everyone happy no matter what decisions are made.

Oh, and Georg Brewer obviously loves his ablutions so much he’s now  selling them. They’re called Uni -Formz. How Georg manages to do poopies that look kinda like Superman and Batman I have no idea, but the dude should be selling them on eBay along with the Corn Flake that looks like Jesus and the Raisin Toast with the profile of the Pope in it. I guess this is DCD’s answer to Mighty Muggs, and your intrepid reviewer is going to get a couple to give you the low-down. That is how much I love you. Remember that come Christmas time. God help me if I end up liking these.

And outside of DC world, DST is making a Star Trek Original Series Nurse Chapel! That’s awesome news for the Original Series collection. I do hope that DST remembers that the Original Series Stuff was in a smaller scale than the other stuff they’ve made so that she doesn’t end up towering over the rest of team. Looks like she’s coming in a two pack with McCoy with short sleeves and gorilla hair arms. That’s another figure off my want list.

Oh, and AFI has a truly terrifying Toy Fair video of Jesse Falcon up. Put the kids away before you watch that one, if you must watch it all. Short but scary.

Now for some fun news – if you want to make comment on this or anything else you’ve seen from Toy Fair – you can now do it at the AFB Forum – please have a look, set up and account and lend a hand in setting up what we hope will be another fun place to chat toys on the Internet!

Enjoy!