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AIC NEWS: Week of June 23, 2025
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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 what you need to know for the week of June 23rd, 2025!
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Introduction & Giveaway
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AICNN, where toy news matters. i cnn where toy
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Welcome to AIC News. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the goods. Let's get you caught up on what you need to know coming into a week of new toys.
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So first of all, two little pieces of housekeeping. Well, I guess not little, but two pieces of housekeeping. Of course, it is still June as this is airing on June 23rd, which means you have...
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seven days left to enter our giveaway for a La Boo Boo. Have a seat. ah You can enter that giveaway and through the end of June at AIC underscore podcast on Instagram. You will find a linked post ah or a a pinned post, excuse me, ah when you go to AIC underscore podcast.
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underscore podcast on Instagram. It's free to enter. We ship anywhere in the U.S. So as long as you have a U.S. s mailing address, you can enter to win yourself in a labubu.
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ah The other piece
Upcoming Appearances & Exclusives
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of housekeeping we have is we are super excited. to announce, we've already talked about it before, but this coming Wednesday, so that is June 25th, we will be on In Between Two Sentinels with our friends J-Shot and Machu.
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Really excited to sit down with them. They're very good friends of ours, awesome guys, and we are excited to be on their show. so uh make sure you tune into that live 8 30 p.m eastern time uh over on their youtube channel uh and then uh just in case you miss it uh it will also be on our feed next week so uh definitely stay tuned for that we are super excited super excited to sit down and talk to them so now let's uh let's get into some of the news so uh last week
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NECA had their three-day presale for their San Diego Comic-Con exclusive surfer Chucky, Tiki, ah Ben Cooper Kid, The Glow-In-The-Dark, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Turtles on Vacation 4-pack.
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If you missed your online pre-order open window and you are not headed to San Diego Comic-Con, I'd like to introduce you to eBay.
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of ah So you had three chances. They were up for a while on all three days. um They have since sold out. So if that is something that you want, ah you are going to be looking at the aftermarket or convincing one of your very good friends who is going to San Diego Comic-Con to pick one up for you. So um they will be available at San Diego Comic-Con in case you missed them.
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G.I. Joe June,
Interviews & Announcements
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Yo Joe June continues. ah Lenny sat down with writer Joshua Williamson from Skybound Comics, and they talked about the expanding Energon universe and revealed renders of upcoming G.I. Joe classified Night Force 2 pack with Beachhead and Quick Kick. a Quick Kick is giving off some some Bruce Lee slash Predator vibes.
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Really, really cool colorway for both of those figures, so look for more uh, of that coming soon. Uh, last week was also the jaws 50th anniversary. So, uh, happy anniversary to Bruce and Steven Spielberg and and all the folks that brought that film to life.
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Um, Mondo announced, of course, they're amazing. Uh, so fooby Bruce, the shark jaws piece, uh, that is coming in July, sculpted and designed by Brandon Gash. Uh, absolutely amazing job on that.
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Um, But if you want to get your Jaws fix now, you can pre-order the McFarlane Toys ah Movie Moments slash Movie Maniacs, like 3D poster art of Jaws.
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That is available in limited quantities ah at Big Bad Toy Store. You can visit AICpodcast.com forward slash links ah to get yourself your Bruce the Shark.
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um
Product Launches & Pre-orders
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Also available for pre-order on Big Bad Toy Star are the next three Reaction Plus figures in the G.I. i Joe the movie line from Super 7. So it you can get Jinx, Falcon, and the Cobra La Royal Guard. They are available for $20 each. The O-Ring style figures are available.
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at Big Bad Toy Store. um Also, this weekend was Joe Fest, and there were some really cool reveals and and things that went up for pre-order. Sticking with Big Bad Toy Store, our friends at ah Fresh Monkey Fiction and the Big Bad Workshop put up Inspector Bulletproof, proof the 112 scale figure from Cops and Crooks, their relaunch, nostalgia-fueled relaunch.
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So yeah, you could get Inspector Bulletproof for $39.99 exclusively at Big Bad Toy Store. Also at JoeFest, our friends at Spiro gave us a closer look at some upcoming Animal Warriors of the Kingdom.
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ah Special shouts to the amazing looking Cardinal and Bird bird Person. And then ah also some People People. humans coming
Re-releases & Conclusion
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to, uh, animal warriors the kingdom. So, uh, exciting stuff there. And then of course the, uh, the, uh, Bushido figures that are coming soon. So they had the gin as well as the samurai on display.
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Uh, last to close out, if you are headed to target at all this week, make sure you keep your eyes out for the re-releases of the Marvel legends, X-Men 97 Wolverine and rogue. They are hitting now. Uh, check your apps, check all that stuff and check your stores.
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Uh, and that should do it. I have been Eric, and this has been your AIC update.
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