Ahhhh, 1984! It was the year the world was introduced to 3 things that could possibly bring about an apocalyptic future: the minivan, The Cosby Show, and the dreadful discovery that Terminator androids would soon wipe out humanity. Yes, 1984 was the year Arnold Schwarzenegger became the Terminator to millions of Americans as they sat in the dark theaters, witnessing him gun down random women named Sarah Connor and just about anyone else who happened to cross his path. Fast forward 27 or so years later and NECA Toys is finally bringing the original T-800 into your home. Sure there have been Terminator figures before, but those have all been based on later films, and while good, just didn’t have that 80’s feel to them. This was long before Schwarzenegger was the protective robot guardian to John Connor. No, this was the Terminator that rarely spoke and had no qualms about pulling the trigger on anyone that got in his way!
At the 2011 Toy Fair, NECA had 5 figures on display from their Terminator line. 3 were versions of the T-800 from the original film, while the other 2 were based on the T-1000 from T2 played by Robert Patrick. While other companies have produced Terminator toys in the past, and with NECA even doing their own for the later films, it’s surprising after all this time that there can still be innovation in the sculpting of this line. The figures all look fantastic, from the gaping hole in the face of the menacing T-1000 to the dated haircut on the T-800. It looks like the figure line up will include: The Terminator, Police Station Assault Terminator (from the time he was killing cops left and right while hunting down Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor), Battle Damaged Terminator (from the time he was…battle damaged), Motorcycle Cop T-1000 (showing off the look when he was hunting John Connor through the streets of L.A.), & Steel Mill T-1000 (from the end of T2). All of the figures shown looked fantastic, and would be welcome additions to anyone’s collections… unless they have a thing against killer robots. Buncha wimps. The figures look to be tentatively slated for later this year.
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Toy Fair allowed us to get close up looks at some of our favorite company’s newest offerings. One of those was, of course, Kidrobot and their insanely fun lines of vinyl offerings. Right there in the front of their display sat none other than their newest offerings: The Family Guy mini-figures! After removing the secret chase figures from the lineup (yes, we know what the chases are! Ha!), we snapped some photos of our favorite show -- that randomly cuts away 90 times an episode! Here’s the info on Peter and the gang straight from Kidrobot themselves:
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