My Attempt at Toyfair 2007 Coverage First Half
Hi Everyone,
While I'm not a news reporter by any means, the wife and I went to Toyfair on Sunday. Here is what I saw, what I heard about and my personal opinions on everything. I hope it's a good read for all of you.
Thanks,
Mike
Attakus
Attakus was one of our 1st stops of the day and they had all of their pieces displayed. The Falcon was huge. It took up the whole right side of their front display. I have to say it's really nice in person, but not for me. The figures reminded me of Hasbro figures, only metal and I'm more of a statue and bust man.
Attakus also has alot of the Marvel pieces on display, which I have never seen in person. The Hulk was amazing and so were the Alien and the Alien Egg displays. The Oola was a beautiful sculpt and the press pictures Attakus took do not even come close to how the statue looks in person. I would say it's up there as one of Attakus' best sculpts.
The people working the booth were real friendly and spoke better English then I did. LOL, which isn't saying much, considering I'm a Brooklyn boy. They do have a new Sandtrooper Sergeant coming out soon. He is the same height as the Squad leader and has a different Pauldron, different weapon and the foot pose was different. So I would not call it a repaint. Attakus told us they are only making 700 pieces of him worldwide and Japan will not get the 200 pieces they normally do of this statue. 700 is Attakus' 2nd lowest run after the Bronze Yoda, which was only 250 pieces and you never really see him these days. The pricing on the new Sandtrooper should be about the same as the current Squad Leader coming out.
There will also be another Scrat statue being made. Since the 1st one sold out so fast and the demand is high for this little guy, they are producing a 2nd version of Scrat. Which will be the same exact sculpt as the 1st Scrat except the base will be a different color. There is no edition size set yet. Pricing will be identical to the 1st Scrat which should resale for about $90.00.
Attakus also told us their Shrek and Donkey statue is almost sold out. With the new Shrek movie coming out, this statue got a resurgence and they are almost done. I suggest if you do not have one to pickup this statue as I have one in my son's room and I love it.
McFarlane
The wife and I stopped by the McFarlane booth to take a look. One of the nicer things we saw was a 2-Up of Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer for the new box set they will be coming out with later in the year. For those of you who do not know what a 2-Up is, it's a 15 inch PVC (sometimes resin) sculpture of the actual product coming out. Once it's completed, the manufacturer shrinks it down to standard 7 inch size (normal figure size). One manufacturer told me it's easier to start off bigger and when the figure is shrunk down, it looks that much more accurate. This is something I learned at the show.
Neca
Neca's booth looked more like a tent to me. So the wife and I went inside to take a look. They had an entire corner devoted to Harry Potter. All of the new figures which are coming out were displayed as 2-Up prototypes. If you want to see some pictures, go to www.voldemortsvault.com and they have them on the main page. They look fantastic. Especially the Harry vs Voldemort box set they will be releasing later on this year. Tom Riddle's grave was fantastic. We were not allowed to take any pictures of the prototypes which is why we do not have them up.
The people at Neca were awesome. Jon and Chris were really nice guys. We also took a look at the 2 new Saw Puppets they will be producing later this year. One was approximately 12 inches tall and the other was a mini size at about 6 inches. Again, no pics. LOL, top secret stuff here. Other Honorable mentions were the 4 2-Up's we saw of the new Reservoir Dogs Boxed set coming out and we saw the 18 inch Hannibal Lecter Figure also coming out later this year. Props to Neca for bringing out really affordable collectibles that look just like statues.
Master Replicas
The Master Replicas booth was pretty amazing as well. They had the new Boba Fett Helmet Displayed and the Gree Helmet as well. Both were pretty accurate. What turned my head is the new Star Trek Assault Phaser coming out. Finally a nice new Star Trek Replica (it's about time MR). Even though it was a prototype, it was pretty cool. We also got to play with the new Yoda FX Saber coming out and that was pretty fun. All thought it's in scale to Yoda, it was a little on the smaller side, but had a nice looking hilt and a bright green light. The clashing sounds were a little different from the normal sounds I'm used to hearing from the Anakin and Vader FX Sabers I currently own. The Boba Fett Blaster was really nice. Big and had a real nice look to it. I wanted to pick it up, but was told not to touch, LOL.
Master Replicas also has the new Luke Blaster on display which to me, looks similar to the Han in my opinion so it didn't do anything for me. I was then looking at some of the new Disney Statuettes coming out. They had the Pinocchio puppet and the new Jiminy Cricket Statue and the new Minnie Mouse statue out as well. They changed these around a little from the previous 4 which are all out on the market. Minnie's ears and Jiminy's hat were felt covered unlike the Mickey, which was just black pain on top of resin. However, MR is raising their price points on these. MR put more quality into these pieces and it's reflected in the new SRP on them.
From the Corgi display we say some of the new Die Cast Marvel statues and Star Trek Mini ships, which were pretty cool. The Elektra standing over Daredevil Die Cast was a real nice looking piece. Finally, our sales rep took us in the MR secret room. LOL. The wife and I felt like VIP's. They had on display all of MR's Harry Potter offerings which unfortunately are not available in the US due to licensing. However, the figures were really nicely done and they had a set of bookends which were killer.
Diamond Select Toys
Diamond was located in the toy building so the wife and I hopped on a shuttle from the Javits center and went for a visit.
Diamond had a ton of new items on display. Alot of this is a blur, but here goes.
Diamond will be producing 2 new office space figure sets. Which had me cracking up. I could not get over how cool they were. 1st was my favorite Milton, who was sitting at his desk cubicle and it was the entire desk, cubicle, all office items, papers everywhere, awesome. The 2nd figure was Bill Lumbergh, which was shown standing up with his cup of coffee in hand leaning on a cubicle wall. I think you will be able to put them side by side like the basement scene from the movie.
We were also shown Diamond's line up of Spiderman 3 Resin Products. They were hidden in a cabinet. LOL, top secret so again no pics. The Black Spiderman Bust and Venom were really nice as was the new Sandman statue. Diamond told us Sony will now allow any Spiderman 3 pictures to be released until March 24th. The 2 busts are a definite pickup if you're a Spiderman fan.
We also got to see the new Marvel Zombie Super Hero pieces. Diamond had Spiderman with Mary Jane on display and both were Zombies. You can see Spiderman's ripped up torso, bone pieces and hanging flesh. It showed me Spiderman in a whole new light. LOL. I think I will actually pick one of these up since I like Zombie stuff.
Diamond will also be releasing new Star Trek busts later this year as part of their Icons line. From the 4 we saw and they were prototypes, they looked pretty good. I think the Kirk needs a little more work though. I did not think he was 100% Shatner in my eyes.
I got to see the Ghost Rider statues again and the more I see the Ghost Rider on Water with his motorcycle, the more I'm going to take one of these home. LOL. Gentle Giant sculpted it and it's a piece you really have to see in person to appreciate. Very detailed and big. I love it and it's one of my favorite non Star Wars / LOTR statues coming out.
I'm going to close this Blog Entry out since I've been working on it for almost an hour. I will post a 2nd part which will include highlights of Sideshow and of course, Gentle Giant. That post will probably be the same size as this one.
Thanks for reading. Be back in a little while.
Thanks,
Mike
While I'm not a news reporter by any means, the wife and I went to Toyfair on Sunday. Here is what I saw, what I heard about and my personal opinions on everything. I hope it's a good read for all of you.
Thanks,
Mike
Attakus
Attakus was one of our 1st stops of the day and they had all of their pieces displayed. The Falcon was huge. It took up the whole right side of their front display. I have to say it's really nice in person, but not for me. The figures reminded me of Hasbro figures, only metal and I'm more of a statue and bust man.
Attakus also has alot of the Marvel pieces on display, which I have never seen in person. The Hulk was amazing and so were the Alien and the Alien Egg displays. The Oola was a beautiful sculpt and the press pictures Attakus took do not even come close to how the statue looks in person. I would say it's up there as one of Attakus' best sculpts.
The people working the booth were real friendly and spoke better English then I did. LOL, which isn't saying much, considering I'm a Brooklyn boy. They do have a new Sandtrooper Sergeant coming out soon. He is the same height as the Squad leader and has a different Pauldron, different weapon and the foot pose was different. So I would not call it a repaint. Attakus told us they are only making 700 pieces of him worldwide and Japan will not get the 200 pieces they normally do of this statue. 700 is Attakus' 2nd lowest run after the Bronze Yoda, which was only 250 pieces and you never really see him these days. The pricing on the new Sandtrooper should be about the same as the current Squad Leader coming out.
There will also be another Scrat statue being made. Since the 1st one sold out so fast and the demand is high for this little guy, they are producing a 2nd version of Scrat. Which will be the same exact sculpt as the 1st Scrat except the base will be a different color. There is no edition size set yet. Pricing will be identical to the 1st Scrat which should resale for about $90.00.
Attakus also told us their Shrek and Donkey statue is almost sold out. With the new Shrek movie coming out, this statue got a resurgence and they are almost done. I suggest if you do not have one to pickup this statue as I have one in my son's room and I love it.
McFarlane
The wife and I stopped by the McFarlane booth to take a look. One of the nicer things we saw was a 2-Up of Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer for the new box set they will be coming out with later in the year. For those of you who do not know what a 2-Up is, it's a 15 inch PVC (sometimes resin) sculpture of the actual product coming out. Once it's completed, the manufacturer shrinks it down to standard 7 inch size (normal figure size). One manufacturer told me it's easier to start off bigger and when the figure is shrunk down, it looks that much more accurate. This is something I learned at the show.
Neca
Neca's booth looked more like a tent to me. So the wife and I went inside to take a look. They had an entire corner devoted to Harry Potter. All of the new figures which are coming out were displayed as 2-Up prototypes. If you want to see some pictures, go to www.voldemortsvault.com and they have them on the main page. They look fantastic. Especially the Harry vs Voldemort box set they will be releasing later on this year. Tom Riddle's grave was fantastic. We were not allowed to take any pictures of the prototypes which is why we do not have them up.
The people at Neca were awesome. Jon and Chris were really nice guys. We also took a look at the 2 new Saw Puppets they will be producing later this year. One was approximately 12 inches tall and the other was a mini size at about 6 inches. Again, no pics. LOL, top secret stuff here. Other Honorable mentions were the 4 2-Up's we saw of the new Reservoir Dogs Boxed set coming out and we saw the 18 inch Hannibal Lecter Figure also coming out later this year. Props to Neca for bringing out really affordable collectibles that look just like statues.
Master Replicas
The Master Replicas booth was pretty amazing as well. They had the new Boba Fett Helmet Displayed and the Gree Helmet as well. Both were pretty accurate. What turned my head is the new Star Trek Assault Phaser coming out. Finally a nice new Star Trek Replica (it's about time MR). Even though it was a prototype, it was pretty cool. We also got to play with the new Yoda FX Saber coming out and that was pretty fun. All thought it's in scale to Yoda, it was a little on the smaller side, but had a nice looking hilt and a bright green light. The clashing sounds were a little different from the normal sounds I'm used to hearing from the Anakin and Vader FX Sabers I currently own. The Boba Fett Blaster was really nice. Big and had a real nice look to it. I wanted to pick it up, but was told not to touch, LOL.
Master Replicas also has the new Luke Blaster on display which to me, looks similar to the Han in my opinion so it didn't do anything for me. I was then looking at some of the new Disney Statuettes coming out. They had the Pinocchio puppet and the new Jiminy Cricket Statue and the new Minnie Mouse statue out as well. They changed these around a little from the previous 4 which are all out on the market. Minnie's ears and Jiminy's hat were felt covered unlike the Mickey, which was just black pain on top of resin. However, MR is raising their price points on these. MR put more quality into these pieces and it's reflected in the new SRP on them.
From the Corgi display we say some of the new Die Cast Marvel statues and Star Trek Mini ships, which were pretty cool. The Elektra standing over Daredevil Die Cast was a real nice looking piece. Finally, our sales rep took us in the MR secret room. LOL. The wife and I felt like VIP's. They had on display all of MR's Harry Potter offerings which unfortunately are not available in the US due to licensing. However, the figures were really nicely done and they had a set of bookends which were killer.
Diamond Select Toys
Diamond was located in the toy building so the wife and I hopped on a shuttle from the Javits center and went for a visit.
Diamond had a ton of new items on display. Alot of this is a blur, but here goes.
Diamond will be producing 2 new office space figure sets. Which had me cracking up. I could not get over how cool they were. 1st was my favorite Milton, who was sitting at his desk cubicle and it was the entire desk, cubicle, all office items, papers everywhere, awesome. The 2nd figure was Bill Lumbergh, which was shown standing up with his cup of coffee in hand leaning on a cubicle wall. I think you will be able to put them side by side like the basement scene from the movie.
We were also shown Diamond's line up of Spiderman 3 Resin Products. They were hidden in a cabinet. LOL, top secret so again no pics. The Black Spiderman Bust and Venom were really nice as was the new Sandman statue. Diamond told us Sony will now allow any Spiderman 3 pictures to be released until March 24th. The 2 busts are a definite pickup if you're a Spiderman fan.
We also got to see the new Marvel Zombie Super Hero pieces. Diamond had Spiderman with Mary Jane on display and both were Zombies. You can see Spiderman's ripped up torso, bone pieces and hanging flesh. It showed me Spiderman in a whole new light. LOL. I think I will actually pick one of these up since I like Zombie stuff.
Diamond will also be releasing new Star Trek busts later this year as part of their Icons line. From the 4 we saw and they were prototypes, they looked pretty good. I think the Kirk needs a little more work though. I did not think he was 100% Shatner in my eyes.
I got to see the Ghost Rider statues again and the more I see the Ghost Rider on Water with his motorcycle, the more I'm going to take one of these home. LOL. Gentle Giant sculpted it and it's a piece you really have to see in person to appreciate. Very detailed and big. I love it and it's one of my favorite non Star Wars / LOTR statues coming out.
I'm going to close this Blog Entry out since I've been working on it for almost an hour. I will post a 2nd part which will include highlights of Sideshow and of course, Gentle Giant. That post will probably be the same size as this one.
Thanks for reading. Be back in a little while.
Thanks,
Mike
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