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AIC NEWS: Week of September 5th, 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 September 15th, 2025!
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Introduction & Giveaway Announcements
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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 us get you caught up on everything you need to know headed into the week of September 15th. There's a lot happening. But before I jump in, a little bit of housekeeping. So it is September. We are still partnered up with our friend Alex West.
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ah And we are giving you a chance to win an invisible John Cena Elite. So head over to at AIC underscore podcast on Instagram. Look for the pin post.
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And get yourself ah entered to win that ah that highly sought after invisible ah collector's edition elite.
Latest Toy Projects & Pre-orders
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um So first first and foremost, ah congrats to our friends at Hasbro Pulse on the Star Wars team. The gunship the LAT has funded Um, so yet another, uh, successful campaign from the folks at Hasbro. And then, uh, some late breaking news for that, uh, that, that, uh, project, um, Coleman Trevor, he is, he, he was, uh, he was, he was unlocked, uh, as they finished tallying all of the orders. It did come in over 10,000, which means you are getting backers are getting your gunship as well as one Jedi. So,
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Again, congratulations to our friends at Hasbro. Sticking with Hasbro, friends of the pod, Dwight and Dan had the latest Marvel Legends ah fan stream. And in the fan stream, they did reveal quite a few things. So ah September is going to be a packed month for pre-orders.
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I'm going run these down really quick. ah Last week, the pre-order for Mini Comic Wave 2 did go live. So that is a mainstream release. ah That is... it can be found wherever, uh, fine Marvel legends are sold.
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And that includes Feral, Rachel is Phoenix, the Silver Surfer, the gray Black Widow, uh, the man with no fear, uh, or man without fear, excuse me, Daredevil.
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And, um, as well as ah Astonishing X-Men Beast. So that wave is up for pre-order already.
Marvel & DC Collectibles Update
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um Coming this week, um we have the Daredevil ah Billy Clubs and Mask roleplay item that is a Fan-Amazon release that is Fan Chattels and Amazon.
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That's coming at you i had ah on September 16th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. And then ah on the 18th and 19th, there are also new figures coming. So... um On the 18th, we've got the Death Bird and Gladiator 2-pack. Again, that is a fan channel on Amazon release.
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So that's coming September 18th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. And then on the 19th, on Friday the 19th, the Target Fall Geek Out will be Marvel Legends related and will bring the Retro Storm and Mystique ah to your collection. So look for those at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.com.
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on at target.com and of course uh you can always visit uh at aic underscore podcast on either x or instagram where we are always posting the news the links everything when it goes up um there's a ton more from the marvel legends team that was revealed we're gonna we're gonna stick to what you just need to know for the next week but ah there there is a whole ton more coming.
Crossover Collectibles & Pre-orders
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Also, new pre-orders in the world of comics, the Turtles and Garfield crossovers from NECA. That is up for pre-order now. um You can get it at Big Bad Toy Store.
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um Again, links to all of these can be found at AIC underscore podcast, or you can visit aicpodcast.com forward slash links and uh and you can find links to all of these things um dave is going to cover off on a ton of wrestling news next so um i've got three more little things for you in the world of lego the uh batman arkham asylum piece is uh set is up for um order it's in stock over at lego.com Again, ah your reminder of the links, but that set will run you $300. And if you order it directly from Lego, you get a really cool ah Sega Genesis controller build. So um keep an eye out for that.
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um The folks over at Blockies are getting ready to bring you uh the david corn sweat slash james gunn superman so uh they showed off their model kit slash action figure uh situation with the uh the 2025 superman in crypto looking really good uh and then last but not least coming at you this week so on september 19th um we've got a lot in the way uh september 18th 17th 18th and 19th excuse me so well we'll go all across all three days Starting on the 17th, you've got ah Dr. Midnight and you've got ah Mobius Chair, Dark Side War, Batman. Those are coming at you on the 17th.
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On the 18th, you've got Batman Earth 2, a classic Batgirl, a Black Mask as Batman, a Hush Riddler, and a Batman Incorporated. Those are all again on the 18th.
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Oh, and and excuse me, and and Couldn't couldn't forget the the Scarecrow DC Classic as well. So those are all on the 18th. And then on the 19th, you have the four ah highly anticipated Batman Returns figures.
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So you've got the Penguin, Max Shrek, Batman, and Catwoman. All four of those launch on the 19th. Max Shrek is one of those red platinum editions. So he will be available first at GameStop. That's where you're going to be able to pre-order that. and then eventually later on this year at Walmart and Target.
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So with that, I'm going to hand it over to Dave for some more news.
Wrestling Figures & Collaborations
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My Fandom Collectibles has announced the first two figures in their Hasbro-inspired retro line. Their initial offering is a first-ever figure for former WCW Cruiserweight Champion, WCW Hardcore Champion, and WCW Tag Team Champion and friend of the pod, It's Crowbar.
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Crowbar comes with his signature lead pipe and is currently up for pre-order at myfandomcollectibles.com for the early bird price of $37.99 with free shipping. with free shipping The second figure in the line is also a first ever figure, and it will be of former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion Danny Moff.
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Pre-order details on the Danny Moff figure will be forthcoming. Mattel has unveiled their September 2025 WWE photo gallery at MattelCreations.com.
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This includes mint on card looks at the arcade cabinet packaging for Series 1 of the wwe WWE and Street Fighter crossover. We also saw Main Event 160 featuring the first-time-in-the-line figure for NXT's Kalani Jordan.
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We also saw Main Event Showdown 21, Elite Greatest Hits 9, Ultimate Edition 28 featuring Uncle Howdy, Eddie Guerrero, and Tiffany Stratton.
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The Ringside Collectibles exclusive Dudley Boys Ultimate 2-Pack was also shown off. as was the latest Ringside Collectibles exclusive Defining Moments series featuring Paul Heyman, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, and Logan Paul.
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And remember, when pre-ordering at Ringside Collectibles, use code AIC and save 10%. Killer Cross is back and he's joining the Big Rubber Guys line.
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Our friends of the pod over at Collect Major have put Killer Cross up for pre-order over at CollectMajor.com. The latest Big Rubber Guy is $49.95 and ships in March.
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But to paraphrase Killer Cross himself, tick tock, you only have one month to pre-order.
Closing Remarks & Licensing Info
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On behalf of the entire AIC News team, this has been your AIC News Brief.
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Have a great week, everybody.
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Bye.