During Toy Fair 2013, Hasbro unveiled yet another incarnation of their Transformers franchise: Construct-Bots! These figures move beyond just the construction/customization-aspect of their Kre-O brand by incorporating ball-joint articulation and the ability to transform without being disassembled! Bumblebee was one of the first to be shown (of course) thanks to the massive popularity he’s garnered over the last few years, but today MTV Geek is bringing you an exclusive first look at the upcoming Scout Class and Elite Class assortments—including, my favorite Decepticon, Shockwave!
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Exclusive: Hasbro Reveals 7 New Transformers Construct-Bots
Posted 5/10/13 10:12 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Hasbro, News, Toys
Review: Hasbro And Marvel's NYCC 2012-Exclusive 'Old Man Logan' Figure
Posted 10/14/12 10:51 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Hasbro, Marvel, New York Comic Con, Reviews, Toys
Last year, Marvel Comics gave away an X-Force version of Archangel form Hasbro's Marvel Universe 3 3/4" action figure line for free with the purchase of a digital comic subscription. I missed my opportunity to own the winged bringer-of-death... and sadness ruled the day. Needless to say, when it was revealed that a Wolverine figure from the Mark Millar-penned Old Man Logan storyline was going to the next subscription figure beginning at New York Comic Con 2012, I knew there was no way in hell were pretty good odds I'd miss my chance to snag it! As fate would have it, Hasbro hooked me up (and all the other guests, cause I'm not special) with one for attending their press party, so I ripped Logan free from his package at the Javits Center for an on-site review!
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NYCC 2012: Mattel's Surefire Toy Marketing Strategy? Batman
Posted 10/12/12 3:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Mattel, New York Comic Con, News, Toys
The Mattel booth is once again stocked with piles of plastic awesome at New York Comic Con 2012, and more than a few glass shelves have been taken over by Batman-- plus a few of his allies and members of his rogues gallery. The variant suit-heavy Batman line is looking to continue strong with additions like Bane, the Joker (who has been hitting the gym), and a number of Batman figures with all manner of weapons attached. The Batman Unlimited line was also present for the first time since their announcement with the highlight for me being the "The Dark Knight Returns" version of Bruce that is compatible with Mattel's other collector-oriented line, Masters of the Universe Classics. You wanna see all of these various vigilantes and master criminals at NYCC 2012? Then read on!
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Let Gentle Giant Class Up Your Joint with The Walking Dead
Posted 9/20/12 4:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Gentle Giant, News, Toys, TV
Nothing brings a room together quite like an incredibly bloated corpse. Now, thanks to Gentle Giant Ltd., all your decorating troubles are over with the release of the Well Walker Mini Bust based on the water-contaminating scamp seen in season 2 of AMC's "The Walking Dead"! To offset the undead menace, G.G. is also releasing Rick Grimes, sporting his police uniform as seen in season 1 of the show. He's also aiming his revolver-- y'know, the one he used to blow that little girl's head off in the first few minutes of the very first episode.
Dragon*Con 2012: Gears and Goggles Abound with These Steampunk Cosplayers
Posted 9/5/12 11:04 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Cosplay, Costumes, Dragon Con
Copper pipes, gauges, goggles, top hats, and corsets could be seen surfacing amongst the sea of cosplayers at Dragon*Con 2012. Steampunk has really come into its own in the past few years, with new Etsy shops and Ebay stores cropping up everyday to offer the latest in gear-covered Nerf weaponry and hydraulic-powered teacups. "Hydraulic-powered teacups?" We really have to get some sleep! In the meantime, here's a gallery of costumes for your skull-meat to enjoy!
3 Companies Are Bringing Cuteness to the Corpses of 'The Walking Dead'
Posted 8/29/12 1:30 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Horror, Toys
There's nothing more endearing and heart-wrenchingly cute as rotting corpses, right? Well, according to Peek-A-Boo Toys, Funko, and Diamond Select Toys, surviving hordes of the undead is right up there with teddy bears and cats singing the Game of Thrones theme! From plush toys to cuddle with at night, to tiny black & white block figures for your desk at work, read on as we take a closer look at three new lines of The Walking Dead merchandise that will pull at your heartstrings-- while chomping on your brains!
DST is Resurrecting Fear Itself With These Latest Minimates
Posted 8/10/12 12:15 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Diamond Select Toys, News, Toys
While all the cool kids are arguing over if Scott Summers is gonna bite the dust at the end of AvX, Diamond Select Toys is remembering the massive crossover events of yesteryear last year with their upcoming release of Minimate sets based on Marvel's Fear Itself! Yes, the multi-part comic event that gave us back the Winter Soldier has been immortalized forever in two multi-packs featuring the temporary looks of both the heroes and the villains. No matter what kind of taste that storyline left in our mouths, we gotta admit that the tiny, evil Thing Minimate looks pretty awesome!
Read on for more images, along with all the info from the Minimate Gods themselves: Diamond Select Toys!
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Sideshow Collectibles Takes Obi-Wan to Tatooine With Their Latest Star Wars: Mythos Statue
Posted 8/8/12 12:30 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in News, Sideshow Collectibles, Star Wars, Toys
The Expanded Universe has long been a point of contention between its validity to the Star Wars canon. From Boba Fett's survival in the Sarlaac Pit to one of Han and Leia's twins becoming drunk with power, the extra content found in the myriad of Star Wars novels, comics and videogames is undeniably popular. Now, Sideshow Collectibles has gotten into the game with their new Mythos line of high-end statues based on conceptual ideas that fit "between the scenes" of everyone's favorite Wookie-filled movie franchise: Star Wars! With their announcement of the Ben Kenobi Star Wars: Mythos statue, not only are they bringing "Old Ben" to fans as he makes his way across the deserts of Tatooine on his way to hermit-hood, but he even has interchangeable heads with the look of Sir Alec Guiness AND Ewan McGregor!
Read on for more photos, info on the statue, plus insight from the artists involved about their inspiration for the look of Obi-Wan!
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NECA Announces Special Sale Dates For Their Atlas Portal Device Prop Replica
Posted 8/6/12 2:32 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Announcements, NECA, News, Video Games
NECA Toys has recently been doing the work of Aperture Laboratories with the release of their 1:1 scale Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device prop replica. While not actually being capable of opening portals through which to fling weighted cubes and/or annoying people in line at the bank, they do light up are an exact match to what is seen in the Portal 2 video game from Valve. Today, NECA is announcing the ATLAS version of the ASHPD will be going on sale in a succession of three different special sales, that will be announced exclusively on their Facebook page this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday! Not only does the Atlas light up in the correct blue and purple colors, but has some sweet blue racing stripes added on! That makes it faster!-- right?
Read on for all the info about the ASHPD: ATLAS sale, and your chance to be one step closer to living in a videogame.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Toy Review: SDCC 2012 Night Shadow Leonardo
Posted 7/30/12 11:45 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Reviews, SDCC, Toys
Welcome to Day 1 of a full week of reviews from Playmates Toys' new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure lines, here on MTV Geek!
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Review: The 2012 SDCC-Exclusive Hot Toys Captain America Battles His Way Into Our Collection
Posted 7/26/12 4:30 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Reviews, SDCC, Sideshow Collectibles, Toys
During the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Hot Toys threw their hat in the Exclusives ring with the 1/6th scale Rescue Version of Captain America from the "Captain America: The First Avenger" film! He was only available through Sideshow Collectibles, and after the show, Sideshow sent us one over to check out for ourselves! Join us as we take a closer look at this con-exclusive hero and see if he's worthy of his reputation.
"Agent 88" Brings a Senile Assassin to Life... and Kickstarter!
Posted 7/25/12 5:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Diamond Select Toys, Heavy Metal, News, Toys
Back in the early days of collectible action figures, Art Asylum was the company responsible for some of the coolest and edgiest designs around. Their figures weren't found in Wal-Mart or the other big retail chains, but instead were stocked in comic shop and music stores. Digger T. Mesch, and his incredible sculpting prowess, was the man running the Asylum and has since went on to pioneer the Minimates design and a number of fantastic statues and figures from companies like Diamond Select Toys-- and he was also one of the first guys in the trenches fighting for artist's rights against the big toy companies! Now, Digger is taking his eye for design to the small screen with his directorial debut on the new web-series "Agent 88"-- and he needs your help! While some big names (Heavy Metal, Diamond Select Toys, Jim Mahfood, David Mack, etc.) have shown their support, the funds to make this series about an 88 year-old, absent-minded, female assassin is coming from donations through Kickstarter. How does helping out give back to you, other than that warm, fuzzy feeling in your belly? How about exclusive art books and custom Minimates?!
Read on for all the info on "Agent 88", including the names attached to the project and how to donate!
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Hot Toys Confirms Catwoman as Part of Their 'The Dark Knight Rises' Line
Posted 7/23/12 10:48 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in News, Sideshow Collectibles, Toys
Hot Toys has been making freakishly-realistic versions of Bruce Wayne's alter-ego for a few years now. In all that time we've seen multiple versions of the Dark Knight and the Joker, but with the release of "The Dark Knight Rises" it seems they've opened the floodgates for Bat-based 1/6th scale collectibles. Their latest teaser is for the upcoming Catwoman/ Selina Kyle figure, based on Anne Hathaway's look in the film, and while it only really reveals her spiked heels, we're sure we won't be disappointed when the entire toy is finally revealed. In honor of this sneak peek-- and since the post would be so short otherwise, we've also compiled some of Hot Toys other TDKR offerings.
Read on for looks at Bane, the Tumbler, and the best Nolan-verse Batman figure from Hot Toys yet!
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Toys 'R' Us Releases Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys Nationwide
Posted 7/19/12 3:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in News, Toys
The wait is finally over for fans dying to own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys based on the upcoming animated series from Nickelodeon! While some of the Heroes in a Halfshell have recently been trickling their way into collector's hands, now Toys "R" Us has officially launched the nationwide release of the figures and vehicles that Geek first showed you all those months ago! Don't worry about having problems locating the figures once you work your way into Geoffrey's lair as there is a whole section dedicated to the TMNT, complete with sewer pipes and images of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo!
Read on for all the info, straight from Toys "R" Us!
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SDCC 2012: We Review The Exclusive Lt. Falcon G.I. Joe Figure From Sideshow Collectibles
Posted 7/18/12 2:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Reviews, SDCC, Sideshow Collectibles, Toys
At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, we saw an incredible amount of cool toys. Our brains were practically fried by Sunday afternoon as our feeble minds tried to process all that our eyes beheld. Lots and lots of those eye-gougingly awesome toys and statues were viewed during out walk through of the Sideshow Collectibles booth, and of course their wide range of 1/6th scale figures. While the new DC Comics-based line was the huge news, their G.I. Joe display didn't disappoint and we jumped at the chance to review their exclusive Lt. Falcon figure. Now that we're back from the madness of SDCC, it's time to plow into Falcon's review!
Read on to find out if this G.I. Joe exclusive is worthy of a place in the ranks of your collection, as we take him on a trek through the thick jungles and dangerous rivers of our local park!
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