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AIC NEWS: Week of April 29th, 2024
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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 week of April 29th, 2024.
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AIC News Update
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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. It's me, Eric. No special correspondence today. No, Dave. He's currently traipsing around Europe and in England and France. It is just, it is just little old me. And I'm back for the first AIC News update in quite a while. So let's dig in.
Mondo Toys' New Announcements
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Starting with something that is very recent as of recording, Mondo Toys had an amazing presentation at C2E2 in Chicago that included two very big announcements. One is that the much beloved Thundercats are joining their one sixth scale lineup. They did show renders for
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at the presentation, but not to bury the lead, they will also be bringing the real Ghostbusters to their lovely lineup of toys.
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six and a half inch tall action figures will be fully articulated. That's right, they will not be one sixth scale. They will actually be closer to 112 scale. So six and a half inch figures
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Fully articulated, this will include deluxe two-packs with accessories, there will be busters, there will be ghosts, and more news will be available at San Diego Comic Con later this summer. Shouts to the Yes Have Some podcast for the scoop there.
Bandai and Hasbro Updates
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And while we're on Mondo, at the time of recording here, you will have just a few hours left
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to grab the timed exclusive 1 6th scale Batman the Animated Series Bane figure you can visit MondoShop.com for all the goods there. Moving on to our friends at Bandai and Tamashi Nations.
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pre orders are up for the evolved Godzilla SH monster arts figure from the smash hit Godzilla and Kong. This evolved Godzilla figure features the the pink spikes down the back but
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This is not a simple repaint or redeco. This is a from scratch, all new figure, all types of new articulation as possible, poses, all kinds of great stuff. It's sitting at $140 at Entertainment Earth, which you can preorder that by visiting adventuresincollectingpodcast.com forward slash links. And you can grab that for yourself now with some free shipping. They also teased in their announcement of the figure
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that Scar King himself is also joining the line. Moving on to our friends at Hasbro, they recently announced a deal with Playmates Toys to transfer the Power Rangers toy making responsibilities over to them. So details are kind of sparse right now at the moment, but it does seem based on the press release
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that the focus will be on kid-focused product. What that means for the Lightning Collection, we are not sure officially, so definitely, definitely stay tuned for more on that.
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While we're with Hasbro, let's head on over to our friends at Marvel
Marvel Legends and Plastic Meatball Announcements
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Legends. This week, the SHIELD three-pack will be available for pre-order that features Dum Dum Dugan, both versions of Nick Fury, and Sharon Carter. So that three-pack will be available this week at select retailers. Last but not least,
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Our friends at plastic meatball announced the next two figures in their view as universe line of three and three quarter inch five point of articulation figures Kenner style and it is blunt man and chronic. So those are available to pre order now for $14 a piece directly from plastic meatball.com. On behalf of the entire AI CNN team, this
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has been your AIC News Brief.
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Thanks for watching