Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
Avatar
0 Playsin 6 hours

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 1st, 2025!

Follow us @aic_podcast on InstagramFacebookX, and YouTube

Start creating a podcast today with Zencastr! Learn more.

Intro and other voices by Joe Azzari

https://www.instagram.com/voicesbyjoe/

Theme Music is "Game Boy Horror" by the Zombie Dandies

Proudly part of the Non-Productive Network

Recommended
Transcript

Introduction to AIC Toy News

00:00:05
Speaker
AICNN, where toy news matters.
00:00:12
Speaker
Welcome to AIC News. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the goods. Let me get you caught up with what you need to know headed into a fresh week of toys. We're going

Hasbro Marvel Legends Pre-orders

00:00:23
Speaker
to start things off with our friends Dan and Dwight over on the Hasbro Marvel Legends team.
00:00:28
Speaker
as last week they had a quite packed live stream that included a lot of new items with pre-order windows and all sorts of things that you need to know.
00:00:38
Speaker
So starting off with what's already live, the MCU Marvel Legends Wave for Fantastic Four First Steps is up for pre-order. It is a mainline release.
00:00:49
Speaker
In that first wave, you have six Storm, Reed Richards, The Thing, and two versions of Johnny Storm, both Flame On and and Flame Off, as well as Shalabal, the female silver surfer.
00:01:04
Speaker
As I mentioned, this is a mainline release. It is already up for pre-order. You can get it on Amazon. You can get it on Big Bad Toy Store or Entertainment Earth. Wherever you prefer to complete your pre-orders, and you can visit AICpodcast.com forward slash links.
00:01:20
Speaker
We have everything all set up for you there. Moving on

Gamerverse June-July Releases

00:01:23
Speaker
to what is coming up this week and ahead, we have brand new wave of Gamerverse figures that will span the entire month of June and into July.
00:01:36
Speaker
This Gamerverse wave is based off of the classic Marvel versus games in the Capcom universe. So we've got Wolverine and Silver Samurai, which is a fan-mazon exclusive. So that is fan channels and Amazon that goes up at 1 p.m. Eastern on June 5th. That's this week, as well as Psylocke and Thanos. That is a Target exclusive on 6th.
00:02:03
Speaker
Then you have Omega Red vs. War Machine, which will be coming to you in July as part of Walmart CollectorCon. We've got Captain America vs. Blue Venom.
00:02:14
Speaker
ah That is a mainline release and that will be available on June 12th. And then you've got Shuma Garath, which is a Fanazon exclusive. That will be June eighteenth Juggernaut, another Fanmazon exclusive on June 26th. If you want to see pictures of these in close up, make sure you visit our Instagram feed.
00:02:35
Speaker
at AIC underscore podcast.

Yojo June Budo Figure Reveal

00:02:39
Speaker
ah This week is also your kickoff for Yojo June. So on June 4th, Emily, Lenny, and Tony will have their Yojo June reveal live stream. But to wet your palette ahead of that, they did reveal Budo, which will be available soon.
00:02:58
Speaker
They showed the render reveal, and he looks pretty great. Very kitted out. Looks like you can almost get really two-in-one figure there So definitely keep an eye out for that.
00:03:10
Speaker
Moving on

Nacelle Toys Preorder Announcement

00:03:11
Speaker
to the biker mice from Mars from our friends at Nacelle Toys. We, of course, saw these back at Toy Fair. This is Wave 2. They are up for preorder now for $35 each. Or wave for $165.

Bandai & Tamashii Nations Exclusives

00:03:25
Speaker
You can visit nacellestore.com to get that preorder
00:03:28
Speaker
you can you can visit naelto dot com to get that pre-order in from ah From Mars to the planet Namek, we're headed over to our friends at Bandai and Tamashii Nations as they have put up their Namekian Guru and new Krillin figures from that Frieza saga.
00:03:51
Speaker
Those are premium Bandai exclusives, SH Figure Arts. ah You can get them now, ah likely through the rest of the month. As with these... i premium Bandai pre-orders, they do have a window.
00:04:04
Speaker
um They do not announce when the window will officially close, but typically they last ah about a month.

Monsterpalooza Highlights

00:04:11
Speaker
ah This last week was also Monsterpalooza, which ah is is where Mondo shows off a bunch of new things that they're working on.
00:04:19
Speaker
We got closer looks at the upcoming Street Sharks Ripster, which is ah currently sold out, but they did show off the urban Aztec King Ghidorah which looks incredible. That is up now for pre-order at MondoShop.com.
00:04:36
Speaker
And then they also showed off their upcoming Sofubi Jaws. Bruce the Shark, ah this thing is pretty epic. Comes with a cage, comes with floating canisters, comes with all sorts of accessories, as well as a removable and swappable head that will allow you to get your Jaws 2 scarred look.
00:04:55
Speaker
So very cool. Look for that coming in July. ah

Diorama Prince Wave Eight

00:05:00
Speaker
Last but not least, we have from our friends at Diorama Prince, wave eight of their backdrops are up.
00:05:07
Speaker
ah You've got five new backgrounds to choose from. You can go right now to DioramaPrints.com, save $2 on each release and and get yourself some some refreshed backdrops for your photography and for your toy displays.
00:05:25
Speaker
Once again, you can visit AICpodcast.com forward slash links for all of your links. And until next time, this has been your AIC update.

Credits & Licensing

00:05:35
Speaker
update
00:05:42
Speaker
This has been a non-productive media presentation. Executive producer, Frank Hablaui. This program and many others like it on the Non-Productive Network is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License. Please share it, but ask before trying to change it or sell it. For more information, visit non-productive.com.