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2024 San Diego Comic Con Recap!
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In this episode, Dave and Erik dive into all of the reveals, panels, and toy news that came out of the 2024 San Diego Comic Con! Which brand had the strongest showing? What were their favorite reveals - listen and find out!
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Introduction to 'Adventures in Collecting'
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Are you ready, kids? Get your parents' permission, check your mailbox, and grab your shopping cart. It's time for the Adventures in Collecting podcast. I'm Eric. And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting, where we talk toy news, culture, and halls, along with our journeys as collectors.
San Diego Comic Con Highlights
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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting.
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Hello. We're back. We are. It is ah hello out there, everyone, in podcast land. I hope everyone enjoyed whether whether you were there in person or whether you were following along at home like we were. Um, we hope everybody enjoyed their San Diego Comic Con weekend. There was quite a bit to talk about, um, as of the time of recording this, uh, it is, it is the final day of, of San Diego Comic Con out in California. Um, typically that this final day is, is usually the more kind of quiet day subdued day. There is more than enough to talk about already, even if there is something that kind of sneaks.
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sneaks over the finish line here. But, um, what we were hoping to do today, because there was a ton of of toy announcements, um, was to kind of just run down some of the highlights for you guys. Uh, some of the things that we thought was really some of the things we thought, uh, were really cool. Some of the things that, uh, that, uh, that really kind of stood out to us as well as, uh, some of your favorite moments. So, um, we did, uh, we did put a little, uh, little story up. We'll post trying to collect ah you know your your favorite reveals from Comic Con. So you know as we get to them, um we'll so we'll sprinkle those ah we'll sprink sprinkle those through as as we're talking about them. Now, um by no means does this mean we're going to get to everything that was revealed because, as I mentioned, there was quite a bit. Yeah, there's no chance. But yeah, we're going to shout out some of the some of the things along the way. so
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I'm just going to take a moment here to take a couple of screenshots so that way I do not miss any of these wonderful responses that we got on ah on Instagram. And while I'm doing that, Dave is about the the toys we made along the way. Yeah. Dave is going to remind you how you can participate in ah in future episodes of Adventures in Collecting.
Engaging with the Podcast
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So you're going to go to at AIC underscore podcast on your your Insta. As I've been told, Graham is no longer a cool way to refer to it. You're gonna go on the Insta. You're gonna search for at AIC underscore podcast. And inside the story, inside the stories, we will post when we're going to be recording a new episode and what the topic of that episode is.
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will be a thing you can tap on and type in your response to whatever that is, whether it's leaving a question for a guest or answering one we pose. There you have it. And then also at AIC underscore podcast on the YouTube and the thread and the X and the Facebook. All right, so let's let's kick this off here um with something I guess we could So we're going to hop around. We're not going to go like company to company. We're going to go from kind of brand to brand, I guess you could say.
Jazzwares' Anime Series Innovations
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Uh, but on preview night, so on the first night, something that we have been dying to, um, to tell you guys about and talk to you about, but and something that we have. Have thus far been under, uh, a quite lengthy embargo slash and NDA slash, uh, professional promise. Uh,
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Our friends at Jazzwares debuted and and launched the first wave of their total anime series of figures. So these six inch, highly articulated figures will all come in at the $20 or thereabouts price range. The first wave um is up for pre-order, adventuresincollectingpodcast.com forward slash links on Amazon. Uh, you can get figures from spy or figures from, uh, spy family, my hero academia, uh, jiu-jitsu Kaizen, uh, attack on Titan. And then they also revealed that, um, that chainsaw man and. Oh boy. Uh, chainsaw man and Tokyo ghoul, uh, figures from those two properties are awesome coming. Uh, we did get to see extremely, extremely early prototypes of these figures back at toy fair.
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um You know shouts to our our friend ah friend of the pod Greg Mitchell from from jazzwares For giving us kind of a quick once-over of these they look great Dave. They looks like yeah job with them. Yeah, um You know, I I kind of only know some of these characters from fortnight but um Which You know, they look cool um People will be like, how do you only know that from Fortnite? that's That's my barrier of entry, I guess, or point of entry. And ah yeah, I think they look cool. I like how you can, you know, it's not separate heads, it's face plates. That's pretty neat. yeahp very Different for jazzwares, but kind of along the lines of anime figures. Yeah, exactly. Something anime fans, anime collectors are very familiar with. I think, you know,
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We saw a lot of comments that um people never thought that they would see swappable faceplates on domestic figures. um yeah we I know we can comfortably say, having spoken to Greg and and um and the and the folks at Jazzwares about these, this is something this is definitely a labor of love for them. Yeah, these are definitely folks working on these who have a passion for for the properties. Yeah, and and you know they know what people are looking for. and and Shouts to at silver loves anime on Instagram the total anime ah from jazzwares was their favorite reveal of comic-con so big big reveal something that ah you know people have been waiting on for a while and Seems like it it delivered. Yeah for sure um so from ah total anime hopping over to our our friends of Jada toys and
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ah When we had ah Mike Jimenez on on the podcast earlier this year. Yeah, that was still this year I don't think that was 2023
Jada Toys' New Releases
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Within the last 12 months. We'll go with that um We talked extensively about Street Fighter And, uh, one of the promises that, that Jada toys made to Capcom in the, uh, you know, signing the, the, the license over was that they would complete the entire roster of, of street fighter to. Championship edition. Did I get that right? I always forget it was super, super street fighter. Thank you. Super street fighter. And, um, we can comfortably say now at the close of, uh, at San Diego comic-con.
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that, uh, the entire roster has been revealed. So not even pipelines. We've got prototypes out there, um, with the addition of DJ Balrog, Thunder Hawk, E Honda, uh, Zangief and, uh, Akuma. we now have the entire roster. So they had them all on display in this awesome dial along with you know some of the con-exclusive variants they've done over years like Dark Ryu and Violent Ken and ah Player 2 Chun-Li. um it's it's It's really impressive and remarkable to see the entire cast of characters there, Dave. Yeah, it's pretty neat.
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um
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Definitely you know looking forward to picking up, especially with the the new challengers on the horizon. I know we saw Fei Long initially, um you know, good to see the other three characters now joining the fold. I think also, like, courtesy of Toy Shiz, there was a proto man for Mega Man as well from Jada. Yep, jada shown off Jada had a couple other surprises at the booth, um including Tony the Tiger joining their their mascot ah wave or mascot line of figures.
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um A few other new Mega Man figures, I think Woodman was on display um for the first time, ah Protoman. ah And then the big kind of shocker reveal from them was the Scooby-Doo license. So they had Shaggy, Roinks, they had ah Shaggy, the Mummy, and the Creeper ah were on display. ah They were slowly adding more. so As of the recording of this, they might add more today. That might be one of those things that they kind of sneak in towards the end. But um lots of really cool stuff in the pipeline from Jada, which is which is awesome to see. um you know we We loved having Mike on the on the show. um We're going to have to have him come back. There's a whole lot more for him to talk about, right? Yeah.
Mattel's Comic Con Impact
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OK, so from Street Fighter and everything going on at Jada,
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um I think you could make a case that Mattel's WWE both booth and presentation made quite the splash. Yeah. Quite the stir. They had a lot. Lots. A lot. To quote Edward Norton from Rounders, lot of action. Yeah. Some stuff that
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you know, seeing figures of waves that had been previously, uh, revealed as kind of like name only or, um, early protos at WrestleMania and stuff like that. Uh, lots of that, but also, um, some, some, some new, some new fire, uh, including stuff that went up for pre-order during, during comic-con, um, at target. Uh, so the latest wave of legends, I believe it's 20 series, 24. of um w WWE legends is up along with a new, um and I thought this was surprising. I was, I was not expecting this, the, the evolution three pack, um you know, with the famous, you know, thumbs up, thumbs down, thumbs down. Yeah. Moment. um Yeah. I thought that that was really neat. i I think Pete, one of the most divisive reveals of comic-con though, is that ah the, the, the lucha mask CM punk,
00:11:29
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The Straight Edge Society shaved head punk, yeah. um Yeah, the the eBay folks were were none too happy. um that was That was an expensive, expensive, expensive but old figure, because that was ringside exclusive, too. Yep, ringside exclusive. Once again, a once in future ringside exclusive. That's true. That's a good point. um Now, I mean, i I have my feelings on this. like you know I understand to a certain degree there's there's a ah there's an investment angle right on on collecting and there are people that are mint on card collectors and they get things graded and they you know sell cases to put these figures in. and you A figure like this was commanding quite a price on the aftermarket. you know i I forgot the last time I checked, but I think it's safe to say it was like at three to four times value. It's one of the more expensive, yeah um older figures for sure.
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But I, I think the, the, the best, the best feast is the one that feeds the most people. Um, ultimately at the end of the day, like these are as, as the man himself said upon his first um press conference upon returning, um, high tide raises all ships. Yeah. I, I think, um, I think this is good for the community. Ultimately, you know, especially with him being back now and how many people are. Yeah. They're going to be cranking out those punks. So, and how many, you know, think about the people like, and and I, maybe it's, maybe it's a little selfish because I'm in this category, but like people who got back into figure collecting, regardless of what genre figure, whether it's Marvel legends or w WWE or you know anything, Star Wars, whatever. And you name it, uh, yeah, there's a collector for it, right? People that got back into it late. It it sucks. Like it, it, it's such a terrible feeling knowing that there is such a,
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Expensive gap in your collection and I mean there are certain things that like I think Our exceptions to that rule, you know Big one-off kind of crowdfunded projects or like, you know, you know, I don't see them ever remaking Slim Jim macho man. Yeah, but that's not like you don't I mean, I guess a macho man figure collector needs that but at the same time that was like a That was an event related limited run thing. It was a comic con. It was yeah like at at the time of that, when that CM punk that straight edge society, CM punk came out, like anybody could go on ringside and get it. Like it wasn't, he was a roster member. Yeah. Um, so I think this is great. I, I love, I, and that's what I love about the vault. Um, the vaulted and and the, um, or from the vault and the, uh, the greatest hits, the greatest hits. I love all these lines because.
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At the end of the day, right? The, the mint on card collector, I still think, and and we'll see, I mean, time will tell, but I still think that original, um, straight edge society, CM punk will retain value. Um, as a, as a mint on card release, right? I mean, cause this is, this is different, you know, it's a, it's a, technically a different figure. He's got double jointed elbows, different packaging. Um, you know, that figure was from a moment in time and it came out pretty, pretty damn near close to when that event happened so like you know if you're getting if you got the w WWE All-Stars 2 pack with Punk and Macho Man like just because that Punk's back out yeah it's still gonna be valuable so it's still gonna retain some some some I believe that was Punk and Macho Man yeah the one where he where Punk is wearing the Macho Man inspired gear yeah yeah which is getting an elite release um speaking and that works then too
00:15:24
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Speaking of, of, um, of CM punk, he's, he's getting a ah ringside exclusive ultimate edition from the, the. One of the most lauded matches in WWE, WWE w w e history. Um, that money in the bank, uh, kiss goodbye match. Um, and he even includes that face with the messy hair. So that ultimate edition. is up on ringside now for pre-order and it is an exclusive to there. Uh, use code AIC save yourself 10% when you're, when you're pre-ordering it. Um, sticking with ultimate additions. We also saw, and this one, I'm not gonna lie, grinds my gears just a little bit, just a little bit, but, uh, Rhea Ripley getting an addition with, with a, uh, a scale modern raw ring. Um, don't get me wrong.
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Steve, love you. Ringside, guys, we love you. God move rings somehow, and this is this is one way to do it. um you know from The the marketer marketer in me is standing and applauding. the my My wallet and my collection space is crying tears of saltiness. With the women's belt for the first time. Yeah, it is it is an awesome ah awesome release. i She looks great. Looks like a great Ultimate Edition. um The good thing is, you know, with these ultimate additions, like we saw with Kane, like we've seen with um Eric Bischoff, Eric Bischoff, hopefully this, well, we haven't seen it with Bischoff yet, but we've seen it with Kane. Hopefully they reuse these, these, these tools, this tooling and these molds and they get it out, get out another um ultimate, and ultimate edition rear Ripley, maybe in a different look um as a standalone release down the line somewhere.
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But, um, she looks great. You know, I mean, you're going to have like the core original judgment day. Yeah. In ultimate, which is nice. That's true. Yeah. With the, with the announcement of in baller, the exception of JD, which yeah. Okay. Hey, maybe one day, maybe one day. Um, I have to say though, my, my favorite announcement, um, from the w WWE uh, showcase, uh, is, is twofold. So I got, I'm getting a new gen figure that I didn't think I would ever get in Justin Hawk Bradshaw, but which is, that's a great looking figure, which is amazing. Um, looks like he's going to be in the legends line, uh, by the looks of it. And, uh, an ultimate two pack featuring the ultimate warrior and Papa Shango, uh, Papa Shango has been long on my, I hope he shows up in the greatest hits line.
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But i will I will certainly take a 1992 Papa Shango in in ah in ah an ultimate form. Yeah, that's that's awesome. You're also getting an updated SID. Yeah, I mean, but there there is just a ah metric ton of, I mean, the the the two packs, the the tag team two packs getting um the headbangers, the ECW Dudley's, Imperium, um That Monday night war Lex Luger is awesome too, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. That, that, that whole, um, Collie build a fit Royal rumble, build a figure wave is awesome. Getting, uh, getting Hulk with the Hulkamania will live forever batter. Um, which is a ah first, I think, I don't think Collie's had a, an elite. I think he's only had basics. I think you're, you're correct. And then, you know, the the big kind of like hidden news here is, you know, one of the, one of the running
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I don't want to say running jokes, but, um, one of the things, you know, in the wrestling figure communities, of course, the Bret Hart face scan, uh, debacle, you know, everyone kind of saying that he hasn't had his, his due, you know, hasn't been done justice. It looks like this WrestleMania elite that's coming might be the best head scan we've ever had at him. So very curious to see that outside of the package. They only had it displayed, um, on card. But also that WrestleMania wave is is another big one for me because ah I missed my chance to build Howard Finkel in the past. So I'm excited to be able to build the Think with that release. And that's that's Mania 4, Brett, from the looks of it. Yeah, yeah. So yeah, I mean, w WWE, very strong showing um with Mattel there. ah Let's just hop real quick into their panel as well.
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um They showed off, again, just a bunch of stuff. We've got a Monday night war wave with a build a figure of Golga, which is insane. as Bam, bam. And the boss man coming to the Coliseum collection, which is a, which is an Amazon release for the first time. Very, very cool. Um, first time in the line, Jade Cargill Ethan page got three different versions of mood coming. Um, yeah, the two ultimates. And then, uh,
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Legends modern. Yeah, which is wild to me. Yep. ah Make a difference Rikishi that legends that legends wave is kind of crazy if you think about it Because you have Carlito um Wrestling machine Kurt angle god Godfather old, you know modern mooda and Billy gun smoking guns Billy gun. Yeah Makes me hopeful that maybe we'll get Bart one day. but And the you know modern DX Shawn Michaels to go with the Triple H that came out. Yeah, it's wild. It's a wild set. um We've got two final bosses of the Rock coming, one in promo gear, one in in ah his gear from WrestleMania 40.
00:21:25
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Yeah, with the new belt. And the new updated tattoos, that's an ultimate. Brian Pillman back in the, in the line for the first, for the first time in a while, along with his, uh, his son, which is really special. Yeah. I mean, just a lot from a lot from the line retros. Yeah. Uh, WCW Sandman hack, uh, axiom first time in the line, um, as a, as an elite.
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You got basic chase you. Yeah, just just a no holds guard retros like brother love with a Royal Rumble ring. Retro. Yeah. Yeah. Um, ultimate solos Coa. So yeah, there's, there's, there is a lot from, um, coming from Mattel and, and before we move off of Mattel and onto, we'll, we'll jump into Hasbro next. ah They also announced for their Masters of the Universe ah line, the the i Turtles of Grayskull has been so popular, they're expanding their collaboration crossover ah experience with ah hemen and the masters are ah i'm sorry with ah four He-Men in the Masters of the Universe. They're expanding it, going into Thundercats. So for the first time, Thundercats and Masters of the Universe will will be ah
00:22:58
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Crosshads. So very, very cool. ah Kids of the 80s rejoice. um All right, so moving into moving into Hasbro. um Is that the first time Mattel's doing Thundercats, too? I believe so. I believe so, yeah. Moving into Hasbro, the big item for Hasbro was another successful Haslab launch.
Hasbro and Marvel Legends Updates
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Uh, the GI Joe team launched the Rattler on Thursday and by Friday it was funded. So for $325 you, you can go get yourself a sweet Cobra plane, Cobra jet, uh, with three unlockable tiers. The first of which is nearly there if not already, already there. They've tier one as of recording the 11,000 is there. There you go. So two more figures to come. Uh, yeah, you get the patches.
00:23:58
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Yep. Working on the figures. Yeah. So at 14, you get, uh, a gunner. And then add ah at, at 18, you get, uh, a pilot and a Baroness. So in that, that awesome blue, you get blue gear Baroness. Very, very cool. Um, something else that we can now talk about, which is great. We finally got it. I also, by the way, love the new as lab design of the website on pulse. Ooh, that is a divisive topic, Dave. it is Really, where it shows you like where the tears are at and what the backers are at? It looks really great, but unfortunately, it's been a little ah a little problematic,
00:24:40
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like in terms of function. Oh, OK. Made it easy for i me to see information, so I'm happy about it. Yes, visually, it is it is nice. Functionally, I think they have a couple more bugs to squash there. but ah The other big I appreciate the function of it as a person who needs to locate information quickly. There you go. Um, something else that we have been on, we, we, we broke the news that road pig was coming to a GI Joe classified and now you get to see him. So in all of his glory, very, very excited that road pig was announced and put up for pre-order. Um,
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along with a name only reveal of a pair that I have been waiting for patiently law and order joining the classified line. Um, yeah, really, really great presentation. They had some awesome stuff to show, uh, in render reveals as well as, um, actual pre-orders. So, um, you know, congrats to the team, uh, Emily, Tony, Lenny on another, uh, Oh, well no and now, and now, uh, Ben B Mac on there. on another awesome, uh, has lab. So great job guys. Um, moving from, Oh, and they also announced to that, uh, starduster is going to be their, their Hasbro pulse con, uh, exclusive this year. And he comes with the cereal box. He comes with a little tiny cereal box. Cause he was a mail away back in the day. So really, really that's an, that's an adorable little, uh, call out there. Um, sticking. Also shout out to rock and roll, AKA machine gunner.
00:26:22
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who was an early figure that I had, um, as a kid. And, um, oh, here, uh, I forgot to shout these out as well. So, um, at tank 2180 on Instagram, road pig, uh, was, was his, uh, his favorite reveal. Um, we had, uh, at Mr. Best to underscore 18 shouting out the ultimate CM punk. ah Let's see what else we got here. That one's good too, because that's an upgrade. So that's that's an upgrade from an Elite.
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That's it so far. That's it so far. You have it back into Hasbro here. um Marvel Legends. So our friends on the Marvel Legends team, they had a great presentation as well. um Some absolute banger, banger announcements here. um The Video Game Sentinel 2-pack went up for pre-order and sold out almost immediately on Pulse. Very, very cool to have two um video game beat-em-up Sentinels. I pre-ordered mine, very excited to get those. Deadpool and Wolverine, ever heard of it? ah so Yeah, it was a movie I saw.
00:27:41
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I saw it as well, so we'll talk about that maybe on a future episode of the show. but ah Yeah, i don't it's we're still in within the spoiler embargo, I feel. Yeah, we can't we can't talk about it yet. But ah three figures from that film went up for pre-order and were announced, i Wolverine in his yellow and blue, Deadpool in his new reds, and Deadpool with an accessory that is that is Logan. Yeah, it's a two-pack. so
00:28:11
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So that actually there there's I would say there's a fourth because Colossus. Yep. Yeah. So Colossus was also announced. He goes up for pre-order this coming week. So if you're listening to this, uh, let's see, that's going to be Wednesday stay at one o'clock. There you go. This coming Wednesday, one o'clock. Uh, they also announced something that I have been waiting for. Yes. Uh, something that I've been waiting for for a very long time. We have our first ever MCU army builder two pack. We've got Chitauri Outriders from Avengers Infinity War that will be available on Amazon and Fan Channel ah Thursday, August 29th at 1 p.m. Eastern time. i am I am super stoked on these. as They look great. um I don't know what else to say about them. They're they're they're fantastic. ah People that were clamoring for some more inhumans are getting Crystal, ah who is a hotly contested, hotly wanted figure.
00:29:09
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along with lock jaw. So a two pack for, uh, for in humans fans. And the other big highlight, um, came in the way of kind of what's to come. Uh, they showed a teaser that is very obviously for Spider-Man unlimited. Uh, very, very cool. Very excited for that figure. Even though that show is absolute hot garbage. I have always loved the design of Spider-Man from it. Um, and then all the ROM, the space night.
00:29:39
Speaker
That's something that people have wanted for a long time. So ah yeah now that he's back in the Marvel wheelhouse he's he's on the table and he's coming and he looks great and Then a dragon man. So another figure from Marvel Legends past a big boy um He is not going to be a has lab. He's going to be at the Hasbro pulse exclusive ah to come so a Lot from the um the Marvel Legends team there, you know, to be excited about. And then to kind of close out our Hasbro combo here.
Star Wars Collectibles Unveiled
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Well, I think there's two things, right? Well, I was going to say Star Wars. Yeah, and then Transformers. Oh, and then Transformers. Yes, yes, yes, yes. So Star Wars. Because there's something I want to talk about in Transformers, though. So I'll give you a quick run through on the Star Wars highlights.
00:30:33
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um Lots coming from the Acolyte, lots coming from Andor, lots coming from ah the Mandalorian and Ahsoka. Bunch went up for pre-order. Three and three-quarter inch vintage collectors can finally rest at ease knowing that we're getting Cobb Vanth. He's up for pre-order now. Mando on the Blerg. Something that a lot of us have wanted for a long time. um Ahsoka the white as I like to call her kind of tying her into ah a little bit of a Lord of the Rings reference there But ah she's coming in both scales Looks awesome. The black series one might be the one of the best likenesses. I think they've ever done Unbelievable and the armor playset. Yep, the armors Forge playset and we also got Moff Gideon's light cruiser Imperial Hallway, so
00:31:25
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um That's been a playset that I have wanted for a very very very long time Just just not specifically Moff Gideon's light cruiser, but just that Imperial those Imperial walls. I love the tante for Playset so i've I've wanted an Imperial version of it and we're getting it So it's up for pre-order again all of these um on Amazon adventuresincoeing dot com adventures or adventures and collecting podcast comm forward slash links ah You'll get links to all of these um Bunch of the stuff we mentioned, unfortunately, is already sold out, the Deadpool figures, but ah Star Wars stuff is still up, um both on adventure on ah Amazon and Pulse. Also some some killer pipeline reveals um for a vintage collection and the Black Series, ah both of them. Lots, I think a lot for people to be excited about, um which is good, because you know in the in the world of Star Wars collecting, things have been kind of
00:32:24
Speaker
Touch and go. I think a lot of people are are getting i'm feeling a little bit of fatigue on on a lot of character repetition um in in both both of those lines, the the Black series and the vintage collection. So it's nice to see um so my some new faces in the pipeline and and in the announcements. And um I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that ah for the first time ever, ever, since since the Kenner days, We are getting Star Wars shadows of the empire action figures as a prince, uh, she saw her was announced for, uh, the black series. So hopefully that means dash rendar is as close behind. I know our buddy choices is jumping up and down and, and probably crying tears of happiness, but, uh, I think they're coming up on their 30th anniversary next year in 2025 for shadows of the empire. So hopefully.
00:33:20
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there's ah There's more to come from that. Be cool to see the game getter re-released, too. That would be awesome. That would be awesome. Dark Forces just did, so. Again, finger fingers crossed, man. And now, a word from our sponsors.
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00:33:41
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00:34:22
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And now, back to the show.
Transformers and Knight Rider Crossover
00:34:25
Speaker
ah Dave, talk so talk to us about Transformers. What what jumped out at you there? um Well, I and you know i think the you've you've got that really cool-looking Optimus that's coming from the movie from 86, which I'm sure is great for a lot of people. I like weird stuff, though, and I really enjoy the crossovers. um There is Kit. um Agent Knight, so. Really cool, and it's got. Knight Rider, and and the once he changes, it basically is Assle off as a robot. With the genes and everything, it's great. Yeah, and then. Lights and white lights and sounds on that, by the way. Okay. So it has the LED bar on the front, and it has kit ah lines that have been recorded. What would roll is once he's transformed, he should play the theme song, but. Oh my god.
00:35:19
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um And then of course, which i I will definitely strongly consider getting that, but I will absolutely need the Triple T with Sergeant Slaughter and Leatherneck, which I will probably never transform, but that's okay. ahhu Yeah. Yeah, that that vehicle was a favorite of mine too for from when ah from when you had it. But the thing that's really cool about that set for those that might not be
00:35:49
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you know, super up on, on their Transformers lore, uh, cup, who is the, the, the transformer that's, that's playing role of of the triple T in this, in this collaboration is also a Sergeant. So like the grizzled war veteran, uh, Cybertronian war veteran bot is, is teaming up with, with the Sarge. So it's just, it's just a really cool, like it works on so many levels. Um, two awesome O-rings in there too and in Sarge and Leatherneck. So yeah, that's that's it. That's a huge, huge win for, I think, for Transformers and G.I. Joe Collectors. Really, really cool. Yeah, but that's what I want to talk about with Transformers. I don't know if you have the ah feelings on the ah Studio Optimus. Well, the Studio Optimus. So i that went up for pre-order shortly before San Diego Comic Con.
00:36:51
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and ah and sold out very quickly. um It's kind of like, and I think Evan from the team put it best, like if you're celebrating 40 years of Transformers, you need to put out a an Optimus Prime that is, you know, representative of that 40th anniversary. And being able to do a commander class version of him with the trailer, with the flame effects that make it look like you can do the jump from the beginning of the the opening credits roll, um It's just, it's that, it's that Optimus Prime. And I think for a lot of people, it's going to be like their hero Optimus Prime. I mean, it's, it's, it's not often that we get to say that like toys are perfect. It's pretty perfect. Um, so the reason why they showed that again at San Diego Comic Con was not just to celebrate Evan's work and Takara Tomy's work. Um, but was to say that more are coming. So they are going to restock those pre-orders. There are going to be more made available.
00:37:50
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Um, so stay tuned, uh, for that. And and I guess the the last piece of news is that, uh, in September, I believe it's September 13th. I feel like that's right. Friday, September 13th. I think that's right. Um, is the, uh, no, um, Hasbro pulse con. Okay. So they'll be doing their, their fall, um, early fall, late summer, whenever we look at it, uh, convention. So. More to come from Hasbro across the board um in
McFarlane Toys' Exciting Announcements
00:38:25
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September. So yeah, they had it they had a packed show. um Lots of panels, lots of good stuff to to talk about. um So from the House of of Marvel and Star Wars to the the House of DC Comics and UFC and Freddie Mercury,
00:38:45
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uh... mcfarlane toys so uh... brother pod time mcfarlane had some some awesome stories to tell uh... during his his pal uh... and know a lot of folks had some troubles with at comic-con live streaming some of the panels but tahd being tahd doing whatever the hell he wants uh... live-streamed his own panel thankfully so we did get to experience it from afar which was which was really nice but uh... they had quite a few reveals so uh... looking at the UFC figures, figures, statues, uh, for the first time. Um, so nice little, little lineup there. Uh, you know, more movie maniacs, Dave, some more Rocky figures coming your way. Um, yeah. Um, didn't, wasn't Rocky three part of collector con? Yes. So yeah, club or Lang and, uh, and Rocky from Rocky three.
00:39:36
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um But Ivan Drago and and rocky in the in Apollo's trunks ah Coming soon Beetlejuice coming soon a movie maniacs. Yeah um And then ah two new music maniacs in Freddie Mercury rocking his live eight ah live aid i Outfit and and just a classic slash um But DC so DC multiverse There were two, I guess you could say three, really, really big announcements. um One, physically big. So we're getting the Batman Forever Batmobile um with lights, which is really cool. I loved that Batmobile when I was a kid. Loved the the Kenner one. And it's coming packaged with Michael Gause.
00:40:30
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ah or gauze um Alfred. So we will have an Alfred that will that will be able to go with our our original, our first three Batman. Really, really cool. Looking forward to that. They didn't say whether that was going to be an Amazon or a McFarland Toy Store exclusive. um So stay tuned on that. my My guess is it would be one of the two. um But yeah, that's... Honestly, I would hope it'd be both, but... It it it looks it looks amazing. um It looks like they're reusing the
00:41:03
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body from the three jokers, the criminal, um for Alfred's body, ah that that suited body, which is fine. I mean, it's just a suit, so great. Yeah, it makes sense. And he's got white gloves on. It's fine. Likeness looks fantastic. um and the Batmobile looks great. But then the other one I think is something that I don't think people ever thought this was going to happen. um Yeah, this is a wild one for me. Not only are we getting Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker from the first film. the The Arthur Fleck Joker. But you're getting the Murray Franklin Robert De Niro figure and a Murray Franklin talk show playset.
00:41:52
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um which will allow you to recreate one of, if not the most disturbing moments from that film um in in toy form. um There were a lot of talks about the Joker being one of those characters like Jack Nicholson's 1989 Joker where Joaquin Phoenix was like, there's a lot of stories floating around that you know he wanted either wanted a lot of money for his likeness or he wanted a lot of, didn't didn't approve of figures and there were stories going around saying that he thought figures were creepy. um It seems that that was actually not the case.
00:42:33
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as Todd said during the presentation, that there was actually no real merchandising deal for the Joker because of one, it was an R rated movie from DC and, you know, they actually made a joke. Um, there's no bedsheets deal for a, for the Joker, you know, they're not making, you know, kids bedsheets or other types of merchandise for, for a movie like that. And two, they were wary of any action figures being sold for it because they didn't want them sold somewhere where kids could get them. because this movie, if you have not seen The Joker. And it's not very much not for. Rated R, very much so, not a kids film. Some would say it's not for some adults, but that's. Yeah. um Controversial movie. i But anyway, um Todd was able to kind of break down the barrier on that in conversation um and will be selling
00:43:28
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figures for the Joker, um to ah to an, ah you know, to ah us adult collectors, the people who are who are interested in owning these. I did not think that a ah Robert De Niro figure would be coming in any way, shape, or form, but here we are, and and arthur Arthur Flex Joker will come with three faces, three different distinct heads, and... um I mean, there's been Travis Bickle stuff before, And De Niro is like a a pop, so... Yeah, but I mean, like, this is like modern Robert De Niro, so I mean, you could you could pop pop this head off and put it on another figure and, you know, make it look like, uh, meet the parents, Robert De Niro, if you really wanted to. Yeah, I mean, like, it's... The the Joker part is the surprising part, not the De Niro as much for me.
00:44:20
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And, but, uh, they also did hint that, uh, there is more to come from the Joker considering that there is a ah new movie, um, on the very near horizon. So lady Gaga fans, keep an eye, keep an eye on McFarland toys. Um, yeah. And I mean, other than that, you know, we have, we have just more coming from DC multiverses. We've got, you know, a new, uh, dark knight returns Batman. ah Red Hood and um Huntress Wasn't there a Batman Beyond 2 that I saw? There was a Batman Beyond DC direct um Christmas with the Joker DC direct i The one that I thought was really surprising was ah the question which is a great a great figure um so he's coming to also ah well I Weren't I wasn't able to get a picture of it from any of the sh streams. It was just kind of moving too fast, but um I
00:45:20
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Todd is like all in on soft goods capes now. Um, so there are new spawn figures coming from the call of duty spawn crossover. So think kind of like, um, commando spawn looking spawn figures, but, uh, they have soft goods capes, wired capes. So that's, that's very good for, especially for spawn and kind of has that like living. I'm happy the one, the Batman with Bane came with a soft soft cape. Makes sense. but yep yep yep and um And even the the but the Val Kilmer Batman that's part of the build a nightmare bat um wave is ah has a soft goods cape so he'll be able to sit. Makes sense knowing that the Batmobile's there. yeah
00:46:08
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yeah yep um Okay, so going from McFarlane, uh, real quick to our friends at, uh, the major wrestling figure podcast. Um, Dave, why don't you take us through a little bit of what they had to show off for, uh, for major bendies and big rubber guys and two brand new freaking lines of toys. Yeah. So, um, I mean, the first thing I'll say is, um, You know, Major Bendy is still killing it, still um really, you know, just amping up the collection stuff that, you know, you thought you'd see, but maybe never thought you'd see. Andre in both blue and black strap.
00:46:53
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um Nick Nemeth, a new Matt, a new SDL. Chronic. um But Mance Warner with the GCW title, which is cool. um But the three kind of, I'll say biggest ones, I think. um The next entry in the Jay and Silent Bob line, which is Buddy Christ. Wild. Wild, but makes, it's perfect for a bendy. And then there's one that's up for pre-order now, which is, ah say his name, and he appears. I believe in Joe Hendry.
00:47:34
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Joe Hendry, uh, up for pre-order now. Remember the pre-order is the order. And a much deserved first time in the line figure. Um, uncle Jeremy, Jeremy Padour. I'm very much looking forward to ordering a Jeremy. Uh, that's awesome. Yeah. So cool. Guys got the guy like basically saved wrestling figures when he was at Jax and
00:48:05
Speaker
Yeah, if there's anybody in the industry that deserves an action figure, immortalization, it's it's definitely Jeremy Padour. Absolutely. i Very much looking forward to getting getting a Jeremy. um Big rubber guys continuing to grow. um You've got a macho king coming. um And of course, with a macho king, there's a deathmatch king. So a new Matt, um a new Brian. Matt has the internet title, which is awesome. Um, new Sargent slaughter in kind of more of a like early w WWE, like pre-AWA Sarge. It almost looks like what he wore in that, um, not death match, but that match he had with the Iron Sheik. Yeah. Um, the white and blue, um, an evergreen Ric Flair with the big gold belt. Um, a red Ric Flair, uh, Jeff Hardy.
00:49:04
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Harley Race, the Brooklyn Brawler, um and Danhausen. Yeah, and then in the red, the red pants. The recent kind of current indie run, Bret Hart pants, Danhausen. And then Major Moments, which is more of like a statue type. And it's ah the first one is Randy Savage giving the flying elbow in his classic pink and yellow gear. So that's cool.
00:49:34
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And then last, yeah, I was gonna say, and then then the other new line. Yeah, um major stars, which reminds me very much of the loyal subject's action vinyls, crossed with the Lucicitos from Boss Fight. um If you got those with the from the legends of Lucia Libre, it's kind of like big head, kind of small body, minor articulation in the heads and arms and legs. Um, you have Danhausen, Macho Man, Randy Savage, Brian Myers, and Matt Cardona as series one. And they are that smaller size, which is really cool. Great for desks and small shelves and things like that. Yeah. yeah Very, very cool stuff from, uh, from the major, major, major gang, major Bendy's gang.
00:50:32
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Shouts to to Kanek for just driving that sucker man. It's yeah, I was already thinking of like, you know Definitely once the major stars go up for pre-order grabbing those and uh for desk space, you know so before we we head on over to jazzwares to kind of close us out here because they were one of the last ones to um to present present I'm gonna do a quick just fire around across a couple of a couple of companies just shout out a couple of things that were um That were revealed ah So Mondo ah revealed their 112 scale the real Ghostbusters figures um They look unbelievable i Price TBD, but they're gonna be two
Mondo and NECA's Latest Offerings
00:51:17
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packs. So it's gonna be a buster and a ghost um And a little ghost so technically I guess you could say a three-pack
00:51:24
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So the first one you've got Peter and Samhain with Slimer. um And then the the second you have, you have Egon and Boogeyman. I can't tell who the little guy is in that one. Little blue, little blue fella. um I don't think it's like Muncher or something. I don't, it looks familiar, but I i can't tell what the name is. um But they look great. Again, one 12 scale. So if you're familiar with their one six scale figures, um It's going to be, they're going to move like those. They're just going to be you know roughly six and a half inches tall. So, um, one 12 scale. I forget. I forget the name of that ghost. Yeah. He's familiar. I mean, he looks like he, he came right off the show. So, um, our friends at Bandai had some new stuff on display for the first time. So, um, Spider-Man India, who looks fantastic from across the spider verse.
00:52:17
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um Of course, their SH Figure Arts Deadpool and Wolverine from um um Deadpool and Wolverine were on display for the first time. Again, you know looking great. That SH Figure Arts Deadpool figure is one of my favorite SH Figure Arts ever. It's just perfect. So sure, I'll take another one. um Rooftop, a small update to the um Miles and Gwen. uh, sh figure arts that they released a small update. These are, this is the rooftop version. They come with some different expressions, different accessories. so like
00:52:51
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You can pose them with Gwen's hair like up in the air. It makes them look like they're sitting upside down. Sitting upside down, yeah. um So really, really cool to see those i in person on display for the first time. And then also from the new Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball Daima, we have the chibi versions of Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta. So more to come ah from from that series, I'm sure, as it as it ah gets a little bit closer. but um Look again, like their, their stuff always, always just looks great. So it was great to see some kind of new reveals from them. Um, and then NECA, while they did not have their own, uh, panel, they did have some of their, um, new stuff out, uh, on display. So lots of stuff from, uh, the, the new Xenomorph from alien, uh, Romulus, which is actually up for pre-order now at the NECA store.com.
00:53:44
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You can get the new... It looks amazing. It looks like a big, big son of a gun. Yep. um And it comes with an accessory bundle that has the new facehugger in it with the new the new design, which looks absolutely terrifying as if that thing couldn't possibly look more terrifying. It somehow does. um Designed by a Blainer thing, if you will. Designed by a friend of the... Yeah, shout out shout out to Blainer for being Visible on ah on every feed. Yeah this week this weekend dude was everywhere Shouts that shouts the bling but um the design he he designed the new um their new ultimate sesame Street figures So we saw Burt Ernie and the count they look Fantastic unbelievable and if you could you know make Muppets into figures and have that texture. They look like they have the that texture and Yep, yep. um kiwi We also saw his ultimate Pee Wee Herman, which looks fantastic. um The reruns of their Beetlejuice realtoys, so ah three different Beetlejuice, a new Beetlejuice playset. The inferno room. The inferno room looks awesome. um Tons of new turtles from
00:55:00
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Everything from the last Ronin, including the last Ronin two now. So like the new set of the four turtles, um, new Mirage stuff. The one that the thing that jumped out the most to me that I'm excited for is Mirage. April O'Neill, um, is coming, which is really cool in her original look. We've got new Christmas turtles that are based on, I was trying to do a little research on this, but it's around the same time as like the turtles on, uh, coming out of their shells tour. They did some kind of Christmas promotional material. um So it's those creepy ah coming out of their shell era costumes ah with Santa hats and scarves. So it looks like there's going to be a holiday set of the four of them, um which is neat. A new ultimate shredder, including his shre his ah his chef hat. And then ah something that they showed back at New York Comic Con last year.
00:55:51
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the stump wrestling turtles, uh, four pack. So from Marchy Marchy. Yeah. So, um, really, really might have to get that kind of fits into your into your collection. Yeah. Um, and then the big thing that kind of caught everyone off um by surprise, uh, during the Nickelodeon panel, uh, necker revealed that they're getting into the 2012 turtles. So they're going to be doing ultimate additions of the, uh, the, the 2012, turtles look for them in 2025 on that kind of that usual $36, $37 price point. um They showed off a ah ah digital render of of um Michelangelo. um Those turtles have super cool and weird proportions, and and there's some really, really cool character designs on that show, so um I'm excited for the the neckification of ah
00:56:43
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Of of the the twenty twelve turtles so so some really really cool stuff there from from nekka and Shouts to our friends at the nacelle company the the toys that made us returns. It's coming back ah Seasons four and five will feature ah superhero toys nerf Pokemon strawberry shortcake ah Well, actually, it's it's the American Greetings brands. So that's even funnier. It's ah Strawberry Shirt Cake, Care Bears, and... My Pet Monster. My Pet Monster. So really, really cool. and um Hot Wheels, Ghostbusters, Polly Pocket, and the one that I am most excited for. And according to our friend Dave at at the Toy DeLorean,
00:57:30
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um Fast food toys got a huge pop. So all those happy meal toys and everything um over the years, there's a lot of good stuff to talk about there. So, um, really looking forward to that show coming back. Obviously that's, you know, nacelle had made its name in, in terms of their standup comedy stuff, but the, the, uh, the actual, um, toys that made a show, you know, kind of launched them into the stratosphere. So really excited for that show to come back. Um, Yeah, just just really cool stuff and that and that brings us to jazzwares who are um um just a Real quick playmates thing too. Oh, yes Yes, yes. Yes. Yes. Um the sewer layer Coming back. That's right. That's right. Yeah the the sewer layer um the ah What is that the the mutant
00:58:22
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Forget what that thing's called. I always called it the drill car. Yeah. Well, we're going to stick with that. Um, the remastered line is growing. They're adding a shredder and, um, rock steady to the, that, that remastered line. Um, and then the original sketch line, they're going to do a shredder and a, and a bebop. Um, they also did announce, um, the sketch turtles that have been very, very popular, that four pack with like the build the diorama. The black and white um sketch turtles that were available at San Diego Comic Con will be available again in the future at ah at a retailer. So um stay tuned. Different packaging, um different presentation for them to continue to make those San Diego Comic Con ones an exclusive, but um those sketch turtles are coming.
Playmates and Jazzwares' Exciting Figures
00:59:10
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Worms, scale tail and anthrax. Yeah. Classic mutants. Very, very cool. And then ah Power Rangers.
00:59:19
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Mmpr fall 2025. Yep. So stay tuned for more on that. They didn't have anything to show for the um The actual Power Rangers just ah just an announcement that they're that they're coming so um Yeah and Very cool stuff um Oh, and here's, here's a quick piece of, of actual, it looks like breaking news coming out of, uh, a little, a little sneaky add to the, the Marvel legends display that, uh, that Wolverine body that that's out now, that, uh, that astonishing, um, astonishing X-Men Wolverine body, the new super articulated body. Looks like we're getting a classic Brown and yellow Wolverine on that body.
01:00:10
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been a long time since the brown and yellow Wolverine has been out so ah classic OG Wolverine or I shouldn't say OG Wolverine but uh that that classic video game will say Wolverine that will look really great with those new sentinels they just put out so um looks like that that Wolverine i I guess you could say Secret Wars, ah Mattel mattel's Secret Wars era Wolverine colorway yeah the works is is coming. So um yeah so that bring that brings us to Jazzwares. So Jazzwares, awesome presentation. They rattled off ah you know a bunch of new releases across
01:00:55
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the Pokemon ah brand cross their Star Wars galaxy ah micro galaxy squadron um And and like we mentioned before they're their total anime, but we're gonna close up shop here talking about Pokemon a lot of new Pokemon We're gonna close up shop talking about a ew because there's there's a lot here. There's a lot um So, I guess let's start with with the vault Dave so we've got the the three pack of um The House of Black, that's coming to the vault. All new Deco on these figures. um With the ah Trios titles. With the Trios titles. But then the other three pack, Dave. Tell us a little bit about what we're looking at here. um Well, there's two. There is the Sting.
01:01:43
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um I guess the Sting Legacy, we'll call it. Where we have Blade Runner, Sting. um I'm guessing that's Final Match Sting. That's what it looks like. And I'm going to say that's kind of closer to TNA Sting than anything um with just the long coat and the black pants. Yeah. but That's a cool that's cool ah cool three pack there. And then we have um from the original
01:02:22
Speaker
um Stadium Stampede I think that was the original one the three the golf cart three-pack. Yeah with Sammy Guevara Matt Hardy and Kenny Omega And it comes in a golf cart you have a golf cart packaging is hilarious I um But yeah, they they also announced ah new Supremes. So we've got ah John Moxley and we've got Will Ospreay coming to the so the the Supreme line, which appears to be ah at Walmart now. Yes. Exclusively. So I don't think you're going to find those Supremes anywhere else um um unless there's a special vault one. But um in terms of retailer, they appear to be ah retailer exclusive there. um there's There's so much of
01:03:11
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from them. I'm like going through multiple posts. Yeah. Uh, I'm just going to call out a couple of things here. So, uh, timeless Tony storm black, black and white. Yep. I think that was an early, uh, premium toy addict event pick for me. yeah Yeah. Um, you're getting it. No Luther, but we're, we're getting Tony. Yep. Including the belt in, in monochrome as well, which is outstanding. Very funny. Very funny. Um, we've got, uh, Orange Cassidy in like black and white scribble. Yeah. Black black and white scribble, Orange Cassidy, another, another, uh, exclusive to ringside. Uh, Shop AEW Mercedes. Yep. Uh, that'll be her first,
01:03:59
Speaker
Her first time in the line. So series 16, unrivaled 16 for the first time in a while, um, is almost entirely all new faces. So we've got the guns, Austin and Colton, Julia Hart. And then I'm just going to say it, Dave, unfortunately, um, Takeshita is the one of 5,000 chains. Well, there's, there's also two other figures in that wave. That's Matt and Jeff. Yeah. Yep. Yep. But in there. We'll say but end of the end of the run year. Yeah. More, more hardy boys looking gear. Um, yeah, the Takeshita being the, the chase is disappointing. Um, yeah, it's, it's, he should be easy. He should be easy to get. Everyone who wants him should be able to get him. He's fantastic. Uh, that bums me out a little bit, but maybe that means that, uh, you know, don't include him in him.
01:04:55
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Multi-pack of some kind something maybe with Don Callis, you know down the line who knows? i But but hopefully hopefully that's the case um Yeah, then we have um I'm just trying to see who else knew was coming sky blue It's gonna be in unmatched series 11. That's that's another yes. I'm in line for her. It's a great-looking figure, too ah and The well osprey is also in that series for the first time There there is a chase Jay white that comes with the cardboard cutout card blade. Yeah, um which is hilarious um I'm really excited for that luminary series 11 sting the yellow yellow pants with the with the red new Japan sting Yeah, it's ah that's crazy ah Blade Runner sting is your your rare or is your chase that is your rare? um Series 17 gives us a
01:05:49
Speaker
Adam Copeland in both Chase and, or no. Yeah, he's the Chase and a standard first time in the line Willow Nightingale. Yep. Willow Nightingale. Huge. As both the, uh, a regular figure and the rare. Yep. Um, we're getting Christian Cage with, uh, the turtleneck, which is, which is fantastic. Yep. Kill switch. Kill switch series, series 18 of unrivaled. Uh, we've got the scapegoat Jack Perry in there as well as, uh, somebody else that, uh, I think a lot of people are going to really, or yeah, two people, a lot of people are going to be really excited about, right? We've got, uh, Okada.
01:06:29
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Kazuchiko Kade. And that's Mariah May in there too. so And I think people are going to be stoked about like a solo um Mark Briscoe as well. Yes. Because I would imagine that's going to be current Ring of Honor champ Mark Briscoe. Yup. And then jumping to unmatched series 12, we've got ah The Juice is Loose. Juice Robinson. Mercedes is in there. mer Mercedes. Roddy. Roddy. Roderick Strong. And then we've got our our anchors on with Mox, but it looks like... Is that... That's ah International Champion Mox. International Champion Mox. And then Kenny Omega. And then the luminary in that wave is the nature boy, Ric Flair.
01:07:17
Speaker
So it'll be interesting to see what they, uh, what, what, uh, jazzwares does with their first Rick flair, but, uh, the picture that they're showing is him in a nice pink, uh, entrance robe. Uh, so that that's pretty cool. And then I guess lastly, um, I don't think a figure that was on anybody's bingo card, Dave. Um, but, uh, black machismo Jay lethal. Yeah. ah As a ringside exclusive, available for pre-order now. um I mean, i i I really did not see... Going back to the through the Ring of Honor vault for that one, which is cool. Yeah, I did not see that one coming. And then the other two reveals from the the Ring of Honor side of things, right? They revealed... Which is also vault. Yeah, they they revealed... um Well, the Briskos went up for pre-order. Yes. Which...
01:08:10
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ah Highly anticipated figures. Yep. Yep But uh two more Ring of Honor or three more Ring of Honor I think it's two releases one's one's a two-pack one is a single pack, but we've got ah Brody Lee from his Ring of Honor days um Really really cool i the The right the big rig the big rig um Which is a look that he maintained for a long time, we'll say. Yeah. So, uh, yeah, if you have a certain hole in a certain collection, you might be able to fill it with us. And then Dave, why don't you tell us about that other two pack? Oh, finally. Like, I think it's a first, first time. I don't know. Did he get his San Francisco Toymakers? I don't, if he did, I didn't have it, but yeah. I don't know if he did, but I think it's a first time ever Jerry Lynn. Which is wild.
01:09:05
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which definitely has been on my wish list for a long time. um So we're getting Ring of Honor, Erra, Jerry Lynn, and also in the two-pack, another one that's on the wish list, which is Nigel did Guinness. He did have a San Francisco Toymaker. Okay, so first time in decades. First time with a highly articulated figure. Yeah, he was in the Champion Clashers wave. Okay, so first time with an easier to get figure. Yeah, yeah, he was... um that would have been challenging to get. Wow. However you want to, however you slice it, um you're getting a Jerry Lynn that's going to be really cool. And Nigel McGinnis, ROH legend. Yep. So finally, dipping back into the past of ah ROH, we kind of saw that a little bit with the Young Bucks, the Kenny Omega and Danielson, Claudia, like, yeah,
01:10:01
Speaker
But now we're going back into like legendary Ring of Honor. Um, would love to see still, uh, a biker shorts, Joe, but yep. I mean, I, I think definitely, uh, but three, three bangers for, for Ring of Honor, I say. So that, that about does it. Uh, like I said, we we can't cover everything. Uh, pretty much did, but we covered a lot. Um, So let's close it out, Dave. What was your, give me, just don't overthink it. What was your favorite either announcement or pre-order or what whatever from from the event? Give me one. What was the be what was your favorite?
01:10:44
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um announcement Favorite announcement? Yeah, favorite thing that was revealed, announced. Ooh, that's tough. um I mean, I would say it's definitely a wrestling. Alright, do you want to think about it while I answer? Because I have mine ready. Yeah, you can answer, but so I probably have one. Mine is from the Marvel Legends team. um I have wanted that Chitauri, Outrider, Warrior, whatever you want to call it. I have wanted that
01:11:20
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that gaping hole in my collection filled for for quite some time. So i that is my favorite my favorite announcement of of the ah of the entire convention, was that two-pack. I know it sounds silly, an army builder, but um I love those MCU movies, as everyone knows, and probably sick of hearing me talk about, but um getting that as ah as a two-pack is just absolutely massive. um I am not an army builder by any by any stretch of the imagination, but im I'm probably on the hook for two of those, just to be able to have four of those Outriders. Makes sense. Yeah, I mean, I just, I absolutely,
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um For me, their their presentation served my niche so well. like i mean i Between the the Wolverine, the Logan, the Deadpool, the Colossus, the Outrider two-pack, the Sentinel two-pack, there was just there was a lot that really just kind of like spoke to me. um that yeah i that That definitely um was the one that did it for me. And and I'm gonna give one other shout here to to one of our our friends that ah that chimed in. um So, Jay Hernandez at just Jay Hernandez. ah It was a tie for him, ah Marvel Legends ROM, and a figure that we actually didn't really speak about, but the the Marvel Legends, the new Punisher, the War Journal, ah Frank Castle Punisher, Punisher and Bushwhacker, two-pack. Punisher on an all-new body, all-new articulation scheme, he looks fantastic. This gives me hope, fingers crossed,
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that we get that Spider-Man the Animated Series Punisher now, now that they have that body out there. So fingers crossed. um Dave, what about what about you? What was your ah but was your big dub? Oh, I'm going to give a couple of shout outs to wrestlers that we forgot to mention for first time in the liners. OK. Dragon Lee, um Trick Williams, Zoey Stark, all well deserved figures that Among the many, we we didn't get a chance to mention, but ah I'm gonna stay in WWE. I mean, there's just so many like WCW, Rick Roode, Justin Hawk Bradshaw is wild. um you know The Papa Shango where Ultimate Warrior's head drips goo, like that's amazing. um But I think for me, the the coolest announcement or my favorite announcement, um
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The Pillman that's going to go with the Stunning Steve from last year. um
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I'm between Ultimate Punk because it's such a ah big moment. But like, I think the craziest announcement where I was like, I can't believe they made this is Modern Muda. Yeah. ah But like, sign me up for for that because that's that's awesome.
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Yeah, really cool stuff, man. Yeah, I'm going to go with that. I'm going to go with modern Buddha. Well, um as I mentioned before, pre-orders for things that are existing, make sure you're following us at AIC underscore podcast. um We have everything posted there, links. There's still stuff from the Walmart collector con. there's still stuff from the San Diego Comic Con announcements. So GI Joe wrestling on both Target and Amazon and Walmart and all the all those places. So we have we've done our best to collect all those links in one spot for you so that way you can go and grab what you need. um We will keep you up to date on when things continue to kind of roll in on the pre-orders, on the pre-order front as well. um And again, you know we have ah we have Anime and NYC coming up next month in August. So we will be in New York City on a on a
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sunny Saturday afternoon, hopefully fingers crossed, um, that we're not doing it in the rain again, but, uh, in August for that, covering it live and then, um, Hasbro pulse con September 13th. Uh, so we'll, we'll be covering that. There'll be more news there we heading to New York comic con season before we head into our East coast comic con season. So, um, Dave, I think with that we've, we've done a lot. Yeah. That was, ah That half hour news brief turned into a swift hour fifteen. Yeah. um i guess I guess I'm not going to put the news brief bumper in front of this anymore. Full fullb blown episode. All right. Time for the news. This is Dave. um This week I will be the a ball from the altered beast figure.
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Um, oh, the were dragon. Yeah. We're going about where dragon. I forgot about where dragon. I told you, we told them we couldn't do everything. This is, yeah, it's true. Oh, it was in my top 10. I guess it should be mentioned, right? Um, all right. Send us home, Dave. Um, see you at anime expo, everybody.
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