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AIC NEWS: First Week of August 2023
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.
This week the AICNN anchors highlight toy industry news from the first week of August, 2023.
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Introduction & Sponsor Highlight
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Toy News with Eric and Dave
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AICNN, where toy news matters.
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Welcome to AIC News. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the goods. I'm Eric and I'm here with my brother Dave to catch you up on the latest toy news. Land ho! Our friends at Plunderlings have some great news. The Plunderlong and Plunderstrong shipments are just a week away from hitting US customs. Stay tuned over the next couple of weeks as they have more to share. The wait is finally over, guys.
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A little crowdfunding update, Super7's Cats Lair and the Hasbro Haslab Vintage Collection Ghost from Star Wars are both fully funded and well on their way to unlocking their first tiers. Visit Super7.com and HasbroPulse.com respectively to back these massive projects and learn more about the future unlockables.
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Slice and Dice. The latest SH figure arts release from Bandai and Tamashi Nations is up now on premiumbandai.com. Mecha Frieza is ready to join your collection for $85 for a limited time. Visit adventuresincollectingpodcast.com forward slash links to get yours now.
Entertainment Highlights
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And also, just in case you guys haven't heard, it has been one incredible weekend for toy adjacent movies. The Barbie movie has crossed the $1 billion mark. So congratulations to Mattel and the entire team on that. And I have to say I saw that as well as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this weekend, Mutant Mayhem, both were fantastic. Definitely go see them. Awesome movies. Dave, over to you.
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We'll start with one of the biggest stories of the week, which was the 60th anniversary WWE elite Mattel, then now forever together four pack, being pulled from the shelves and being unable to be sold at the registers. Thank you to friend of the pod, Steve from Mattel. We do have an update from Steve answering a question on the ringside collectible wrestlingfigs.com forums.
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He said, hang tight, you'll be able to purchase these figs soon. So hopefully more news coming soon on when that's going to be back out on shelves for everybody who missed out the first time.
Marvel and LEGO Updates
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This week, LEGO put up on LEGO.com the second series for the Marvel Studios LEGO minifigures that are coming out on September 1st. And we got to take a look at the 12 characters that are in that.
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series. So we have She-Hulk from She-Hulk Attorney at Law, Echo from her upcoming series, Goliath from the upcoming season two of What If, Kate Bishop and Hawkeye from Hawkeye, Mr. Knight and Moon Knight from Moon Knight. We got to see Agatha Harkness from the upcoming Covenant of Chaos show, and the werewolf from Werewolf at Night.
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Now there are also X-Men 97 minifigs in the collection and that is going to be represented by Wolverine, Beast, and Storm. Those are going to be $4.99 each and once again they will be due out on September 1st this year. On behalf of myself and my brother, this has been your AIC News Brief.
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Closing Remarks & Licensing Information
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